Cheng Ran's encounter with the student union senior who called herself "Shi Feixuan" was a coincidence, but who knew that there were so many people in the second cafeteria that day, so the rumor that the sophomore goddess of the mathematics department used her meal ticket to feed a man spread secretly.
The rumor spread like wildfire, and it was said that a large number of people who were openly or secretly pursuing or interested in the goddess immediately expressed their willingness to sharpen their knives. However, the news was first exposed in Cheng Ran's class because the second cafeteria was next to the girls' dormitory, and a girl from the same class happened to see it that day.
So that night, Cheng Ran came back from the library with his notebook, ready to take a shower and go to bed. Just as he washed up in the bathroom, the three roommates had already slept in their beds. Cheng Ran was stunned, thinking it was like they were going to play Truth or Dare.
In fact, the three of them were helpless. In their eyes, Cheng Ran looked mysterious and powerful. He seemed to have skipped the freshman adaptation process and appeared independent and opinionated. Even when going out to eat, they did not dare to call him along unless Cheng Ran took the initiative. They were always worried that he might have other arrangements, and that the dinner between the gods and mortals would delay those important schedules.
Now they are used to nodding their heads to whatever Cheng Ran says. When Li Wei called him "Cheng Ranjun" at the beginning of the school year, people thought he was a sissy. Now even they have to call him "Cheng Jun" in a low voice.
The three men lay in bed, breathing evenly, waiting for the moment to launch the assault, but the charge before dawn never sounded.
Cheng Ran was pouring water for washing his feet without hurry. The thermos was very heavy. There was a hot water pipe in the corner downstairs of the dormitory building, which supplied hot water 24 hours a day. Cheng Ran would get up in the morning to get hot water and help a roommate get it at the same time. Usually Li Wei would rush to go with him. The two of them would get enough hot water for four people. In the middle of the process, Cheng Ran was out and someone might come to the dormitory to borrow water. If they borrowed too much and used Cheng Ran's water, Li Wei would go and fill it up again for Cheng Ran.
So when Cheng Ran comes back from the library late at night, he can use the hot water and soak his feet to relieve fatigue.
While Cheng Ran was sitting in the hot spring, the three people on the bunks above him had already exchanged glances. Facing the resentful and angry eyes of Dawei and Lao Guo, Li Wei buried his head in the quilt.
It seemed like a long time had passed. After Cheng Ran dried his feet and poured the water into the bathroom, he walked up and climbed onto the bed. He turned on the small table lamp in front of the bed and flipped through the English book Puter Arhiteture: A Quantitative Approah that ** had lost, reading it with relish. After a long time, a hand reached out from Li Wei's bed next to him and helped Cheng Ran turn off the knob of the small table lamp.
The bedroom returned to darkness.
The air is filled with the smell of death.
Levi's voice came faintly from the darkness, with a hint of fear that he had done something wrong, "You... go to bed early."
Cheng Ran almost laughed out loud, thinking that the three of them were probably thinking the same thing as the one in later generations: "You old man are so bad!"
Cheng Ran put the book aside and lay down, thinking, come on.
After a while, David spoke up, "Class monitor, this is unusual. Someone saw the female host of the opening ceremony serving you food in the cafeteria without anyone noticing. What is your relationship now?"
These words, spoken in the quiet night, seemed much more natural, as if they were just a friendly greeting between roommates.
"She didn't get me a meal, just a bowl of braised pork that was so fatty that I couldn't eat it. She interviewed me when the freshmen came into the school, so we knew each other. I just got one dish, so let's consider it as payment." Cheng Ran explained, and then had to explain the whole story.
David got up from the bed, "Fuck, you just accepted an interview, and they gave you food as compensation? Do you know who she is? Zhang Jing, a golden flower in the mathematics department, she said a word, and countless people volunteered to run errands and get food for her! What kind of compensation do you want for an interview? Isn't it over if they just said hello to you? Even if they really want to express their gratitude to you, buying you a glass of water is not more ambiguous than serving you a meal, right?"
The other two agreed that what he said was absolutely right.
Li Wei suddenly asked, "Cheng Ran, your father is an official, right?" His family worked in a government agency, and although Cheng Ran's father was not very good-looking when he arrived, according to Li Wei's experience, Cheng Ran's father's gestures were somewhat similar to those of some high-ranking officials in his unit who could be kind and playful with children of subordinates like him. It was difficult for Li Wei to accurately describe that feeling, but it was the kind of calmness that could be brought about by having seen a lot of the world.
"no."
"Surprisingly not." These words came from David. It seemed that the three of them had discussed it privately while Cheng Ran was away.
Cheng Ran said, "But it's almost the same."
"He's not an official, but he's in charge of people. Your family runs a factory." A voice came from Lao Guo's bed.
Cheng Ran kept silent, which was considered as tacit agreement. Although he was not calm in college, the crowds and speeches at the opening ceremony were acceptable in college. But if he told the truth, he didn't think his three roommates would be able to keep the secret if they really asked them to. If they knew that his father was the president of Fulong Company, which was one of the focuses of many graduates from the University of Science and Technology, then what he would have to deal with in the future would be beyond the scope of normal college life, and he would simply add unnecessary trouble and burden to himself. In comparison, keeping secrets is cheaper.
Cheng Ran's tacit agreement made the three of them form a general understanding that his family had its own company or factory, so some irresponsible and random reports in the newspapers were nonsense, and it also caused a big misunderstanding.
"Fuck," Li Wei said, "Then it's over. The newspapers have described you as a typical example of a poor student's counterattack. It seems that these newspapers are misleading! Why did Zhang Jing make braised pork for you... It must be because she thought you were hungry. This is sympathy! Not love!"
Old Guo spoke from the other side of the bed with a tone of experience, and there was some philosophy in it, "Sympathy is often another beginning of love... For a woman like Zhang Jing, maybe if she takes the normal path, she won't be valued at all. Isn't there enough people pursuing her since she was a child? It is said that there are several people in the student union. She has not been pursued by anyone until now, so it is conceivable that it is not possible to win her over with normal means. But Cheng Ran is different. Maybe sympathy can be used to take an unconventional approach."
The topic of conversation deviated, and the three of them started discussing how to pick up girls, especially a five-star girl like Zhang Jing.
Cheng Ran thought that everything made sense. He had never read any reports about him, so he had no idea about the deviation in the newspapers. If Cheng Feiyang was informed about the report from Rongcheng, there might not be anything out of the ordinary. But if the misleading report came from some other newspapers, he would not pay attention to it if it was not too excessive.
So the dormitory then turned into a meeting for everyone to reminisce about their emotions. David actually had a girlfriend who was a school beauty. He emphasized that the reason why she was a recognized school beauty was that she would have solo dance performances at every art festival in high school. Her popularity was unquestionable, but she was conquered by the honest and honest David. However, she was in the Foreign Languages School and David was in South China University of Technology. They agreed that he would take the bus to her school to see her every two weeks, and he also said that he would go home on the weekend to get a disc. He recorded a clip of her performance in a cultural performance in high school, and the three of them applauded unanimously.
Li Wei has had three girlfriends since he was a child. The most recent one just broke up. They got married at his house in the second year of high school. It was the most unforgettable. Li Wei did not say how they broke up. He just said that some time ago she was waiting for him at the door of his house. He passed by and opened the door and went in without even looking. Maybe she waited for another two hours before leaving crying.
There was a sigh. Lao Guo seemed to have the most experience. He said that there were several people in his hometown who knew his family more or less and were looking forward to his return after college. Several families were looking to him as their son-in-law. He looked calm and relaxed, saying that he was just coming to college to relax and had no intention of getting into any more love debts in college. He was like an experienced person, and the two Weis were speechless for a long time. It turned out that Lao Guo, who was unkempt and wore a pair of brown wrinkled leather shoes after the military training, and looked like a social person when they first met, was the one who hid his talents.
Everyone is more curious about Cheng Ran, but actually the expectations are not high. Can you expect a provincial top scholar to have the rich emotional experiences of ordinary people like them
As it turned out, there really was one. Cheng Ran revealed that he had a girl he liked very much and she was currently studying in the UK.
Everyone exclaimed "Wow!" It sounded very hurtful to their self-esteem. What was this surprise all about
Then everyone asked not about her, but in unison, "She has good grades too?"
It seems that this is the general perception of everyone. In fact, those who can be admitted to Central South University of Science and Technology are also academic masters in the eyes of ordinary people, but there is no upper limit to the world of academic masters. They can only be unwilling to accept it, or look up step by step. The unwillingness to accept it comes from the same level, while looking up will only make people who are far behind them have a huge gap and nothing to catch up with.
"My grades are pretty good. If I hadn't gone abroad, I don't know who would have won the college entrance examination this time."
"oh… "
This is the general numb response.
Cheng Ran laughed, "Don't want to see photos?" He brought photos of Jiang Hongshao. Not only the photos of her smiling face next to the telephone booth under Big Ben that she sent back from abroad during high school, but also the photos he took with a camera in the United States. Every scene, every picture showed the lovely old Jiang frozen in them. He was very happy to share them with others.
If everyone is in the mood, he can immediately get up from bed, open the cabinet, take out the photos in the letter bag and show them to everyone.
The result was a lack of interest from everyone.
"A female academic bully..."
"Sleep, sleep..."