"I brought your book to you, remember to read it, and don't leave it in my mother's car next time. I was at school originally, and I had to go back to get it for you." Wang Xinbo drove his mother's Toyota Corolla to the Foreign Languages College and delivered something to his girlfriend Gao Yue.
"Wouldn't you like to have a meal together before leaving?"
"Then just eat something. I have some things to do at school. Today I need to make a poster and some promotional materials for our Tianxing Club. I'm in charge of the office work..."
Sitting in the cafeteria of the Foreign Language School with Wang Xinbo, Gao Yue got some food and sat down in front of Wang Xinbo with the plate. Gao Yue said, "You guys started your own club in your freshman year. Is it reliable? Why do I feel like your group of friends are leading you astray?"
Seeing Wang Xinbo in a hurry, Gao Yue knew that Wang Xinbo had been devoted to the activities of the HKUST clubs recently. If he was participating in the school association, she would not be so worried. However, he founded his own club and invested in it. After the establishment of Tianxing Club, everyone raised funds on their own, and Wang Xinbo contributed two hundred yuan. This made Gao Yue always worried about Wang Xinbo's enthusiasm... It didn't seem like he was doing his job properly.
Listening to Wang Xinbo talking about some things about their association, we realize that they want to create an association that is more cohesive and recognizable, where members can get help not only in school, but also in the future when they go out into the society and work, and they can be proud of Tianxing Society.
Gao Yue felt that it was difficult to comment.
Wang Xinbo is still his somewhat silly boyfriend overall, but the boy in his dormitory named Cheng Ran is very instigative. He actually organized everyone to form an association and asked many people to raise funds out of their own pockets.
That's why Gao Yue didn't want her boyfriend to suffer. Don't be sold out and count money for others. In college, everyone actually starts to have their own little plans. Just like her dormitory, even if the roommates have a good relationship, there will be jealousy and competition.
Gao Yue had not had much dealings with Cheng Ran from Wang Xinbo's dormitory, but girls are naturally more rational and mature in such matters.
"Anyway, you should be careful about what you do, and don't let your grades fall behind, or you'll have to retake the course. You won't be the one who has to retake a course after entering college, will you?"
“We need to prioritize…”
"Also, you haven't called me much lately... If you don't want to call me, just tell me..."
Seeing his girlfriend unhappy, Wang Xinbo tried to please her and apologized, and finally he went to pick up the car after some persuasion.
Before leaving, Gao Yue hugged him and smiled with her head tilted, "We had dinner together last week, but you didn't go. Did you not want to come..."
"Have your uncle and his family arrived?"
Gao Yue nodded, "I came and asked about your situation..."
Gao Yue paused at this point. She and Wang Xinbo were boyfriend and girlfriend, and it was made public after they graduated from high school. Both families knew about it, and sometimes they would go to each other's house for dinner. Their relatives and friends actually tacitly accepted their identities and future.
But Gao Yue's family is slightly different. Her uncle is a well-known entrepreneur in Nanzhou with a net worth of tens of millions. Gao Yue's relatives all rely on her uncle to some extent in investment or business, so her uncle's authority in the family is extremely high.
Once his uncle invited Wang Xinbo to a banquet, and she also called him over. Her uncle's daughter, Gao Yue's cousin, was a second-generation rich girl who loved to play. She had more or less been accustomed to the atmosphere of vanity, and he had gotten used to it since he was a child. But Wang Xinbo was different. His sister and his uncle's family seemed to take their central position in the big family for granted, but in Wang Xinbo's eyes, it was a bit domineering.
Even her uncle said that he had a good project planned with a great rate of return, but no one else could get in. They had to wait until Gao Yue got married and the project was almost complete, and that would be a way for her uncle to give her a sense of security.
On the other hand, his uncle was probably very happy after drinking that day, and he said directly at the table that after Wang Xinbo graduated from university, he could come to work in his company.
Perhaps this kind of thing would be seen as something that other people in Gao Yue's big family would envy, and might even cause jealousy.
But Gao Yue knew very well that even though her boyfriend was a big fool, such remarks were somewhat offensive to his dignity.
So Wang Xinbo kept silent at the time, and was later labeled as "too dull" and "unable to speak." However, it was not a serious matter, and even Gao Yue's family thought that her boyfriend was reliable. Although he was not a man who could do great things, "he was not bad if he worked hard all his life."
In short, considering that Wang Xinbo and her family were of similar status, the relatives thought that they were a good match, and they had an uncle who was famous and could overpower the man. And when Gao Yue got married in the future, relying on her uncle, she would at least be superior, if not rich.
But her uncle's arrangements and statements made Wang Xinbo uncomfortable and burdened.
So Gao Yue could understand that his absence last week might be due to this reason. Although it was obvious that her uncle was a little unhappy because Wang Xinbo did not come when he was called, Gao Yue still smoothed over the matter.
After saying goodbye to Wang Xinbo and watching her boyfriend's car leave the Foreign Languages College, Gao Yue still felt a headache when she thought about this. She would just take things one step at a time in the future.
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"Look how happy you are. What's the matter that has made you so proud recently? You even bought me yogurt and expensive fruits for the refrigerator... You are treating yourself... Did you get a salary increase or bonus, or did the school assign you an administrative position?"
In Shi Jiaxun's dormitory, his girlfriend Gao Min cooked two bowls of noodles and brought them to the table. She looked around the changes in the dormitory and looked up and asked.
Shi Jiaxun’s girlfriend Gao Min is also from HKUST and is now in her fourth year of graduate school. The two have not yet married, mainly because their conditions are not mature in many aspects.
"No, it's the student I told you about, the top student in our class from Sichuan Province..."
"What happened? Did he win a prize? Hey, if he won a prize in a competition, you would get a bonus, right?"
"Why can't you mention bonuses every three sentences... None of them! Didn't they want to set up a student club a while ago? I'm only a freshman, and they want to set up my own club. They asked me to be the instructor, but guess what, the Youth League Committee shirked my responsibility at first, but later called me and asked me to come over, saying that I've been approved! It's the first time that an association has been set up in the freshman year. Wherever I go recently, people are talking about this association being set up in the freshman year. Many people find it novel! It's quite interesting. I didn't tell you that these guys are quite active. Guess what, there are more than 20 people in the first batch, including sophomores. They raised money themselves as the association's start-up capital, and then printed posters and did various publicity. They also plan to hold a lecture in the near future and invite some experts to explain computer knowledge. It's quite formal... Hey, there's a lot of meat in the noodles today."
After listening to what Shi Jiaxun said, Gao Min directly took a few chopsticks of meat from his bowl, which made Shi Jiaxun cry out in pain.
"I gave you some extra credit for nothing... I thought it was something else!" Gao Min rolled her eyes. "It turns out that the first-grade group association thing that even I heard about recently was started by that student in your class. Why are you so excited about being a guidance teacher... What's the point of this first-grade group association? Look how happy you are."
"Of course I'm happy. I also thought it was useless before, but from another perspective, this is at least groundbreaking! You don't know that when I mentioned this before, several people in the office, such as Wang Qichang and Liu Miao, were laughing at me, but in the end, the Youth League Committee approved it! You didn't see their expressions. They were stunned when they told me seriously that students in my class shouldn't do this. Our University of Science and Technology is like an antique. We have never encouraged student activities because we think it will affect their studies. This time, we can actually let freshmen start an association. This is unprecedented. It was born in the hands of me, Shi Jiaxun. What does this mean? This is a good sign! Although it can't solve the establishment problem and there is no salary increase, you dare to say that this is not a breakthrough. Don't just look at the immediate benefits. Who says this is not the beginning of my work as a counselor towards glory?"
His girlfriend Gao Min chuckled, but then she calmed down and said, "Wang Qichang and the others were really slapped in the face?"
"That's not true! Now I guess they will say some sour words behind my back again."
Gao Min glared at him fiercely, "You really are able to interpret everything in a way that is beneficial to you. You always win in spirit like this!"
Shi Jiaxun smiled and said, "Let's find joy in suffering." He then put a few more pieces of meat into his girlfriend's bowl.
Gao Min scraped the meat back into his bowl and tapped the edge of his bowl with her chopsticks. "Then you should eat more to replenish your energy and make your brilliant career as a counselor a success. Give me a raise and promotion in the future!"
Two bowls of noodles and a few slices of meat.
Back and forth.
There is a different kind of warmth in this slightly shabby old teachers' dormitory.