Everyone was very enthusiastic along the way, and even competed to offer to treat. Generally speaking, everyone was quite eager to see their brother's wife come to visit, not to mention that the one who came was Cheng Ran's legendary academic tyrant girlfriend. Of course, the meaning of academic tyrant in HKUST means the academic tyrant among academic tyrants. There may be a mountain higher than another, but appearance is often inversely proportional to the degree of academic tyrant. Everyone was not looking forward to it. Who knew that when Jiang Hongshao arrived, it could be said that everyone's concept was suddenly turned upside down.
Of course, the group was not so blind that they still left space for two people on the way to the restaurant. However, with so many eyes staring, some things were still inconvenient to do further.
But in the end, what he said to Lao Jiang was true. This was the HKUST that he was familiar with, and he had experienced too much of the usual dull and ordinary life here. He often bought breakfast at the canteen downstairs, took it and ate it while walking along the road where he could see the half-moon-shaped sunken playground, the library he often went to, the football field, and the slope that could take a shortcut to the teaching building. These things that no one would care about originally, but after your description, the interest in the eyes of the girl next to you made all of this have a different meaning. So Jiang Hongshao's arrival after returning to China can be said to be a pioneering work, breaking the boundaries that had never existed before, and the ordinary campus of HKUST seemed to have an unusual scene because of this.
They all seem to be cute.
Although they didn't talk about it, the scene when they first met still remained in their minds, so they had some strange emotions. You can tell from the fact that Lao Jiang's face was always red that he was supporting the team in the away game.
They were chatting idly at first, and perhaps all reunions after a long separation are like this, with a certain degree of strangeness yet familiarity, expectations, a certain distance and reserve at first. But then, after two attempts, Cheng Ran swept his little finger across the back of Jiang Hongshao's hand, then hooked it over her pinky finger, and then climbed over and clasped his entire hand with all five fingers.
"This is the vine fort road you mentioned. It's really special..." Earlier, the two of them were like visitors, introducing the interior of HKUST like a guide. Jiang Hongshao gave feedback like this, and then she stopped talking because of Cheng Ran's private assignment. She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, and the two stopped talking and walked hand in hand in silence.
Many people in front and behind saw it and gave the two of them all kinds of knowing grins.
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They arrived at the dining place, but most of the people there were boys, which was not a big deal. Zhang Jing and her roommates Liu Wenyi and Hao Qian also rushed over after hearing the news. When Zhang Jing saw Jiang Hongshao, she was stunned for a moment, and the two friends around her also looked around and locked onto the real person.
What happened in the Eighth Teaching Building was still told to them by their friends. After all, they knew a lot of Cheng Ran's friends. Hao Qian immediately reported the first-hand information from the front line to Zhang Jing, and then when confirming with Li Wei in Dormitory 409, she also said that they girls should come and participate.
Actually, she didn't really have any thoughts. It was just that at the beginning, many people were optimistic about Zhang Jing and Cheng Ran, and Cheng Ran's "academic nerd girlfriend" was even more mysterious, so she didn't have much presence. And who said that such things were definitely set in stone and others couldn't interfere? Of course, Zhang Jing didn't express such intentions too much, but from the perspective of others, with Zhang Jing's excellence and her frequent interactions with Cheng Ran, it was hard to say that Cheng Ran was not attracted.
When Zhang Jing and her group arrived, Hao Qian excitedly said to Cheng Ran, "Cheng Ran, you're great! I heard that your confession today was quite a sensation!"
Today this matter is spreading rapidly. As expected, it will soon spread by word of mouth in those dormitory buildings of USTC and become known to everyone.
The boys sat together first, leaving the seat next to Jiang Hongshao. Zhang Jing and her group of girls sat down next to Jiang Hongshao. Of course, after a brief moment of shock at first, Zhang Jing regained her usual intellectual and tactful demeanor and said generously, "I've always heard Cheng Ran talk about his girlfriend, and today I finally saw her. Today I'm treating you, and no one can snatch it from me. Boss Luo, give me your menu, and I'll order your specialty..."
Then everyone saw Zhang Jing wave her hand and order a series of dishes that covered almost half of the menu. After everyone persuaded her, she stopped and ordered beer for the boy. Zhang Jing slammed the menu on the table with one hand and turned around, "Hong Shao, do you want to drink red wine? I'll accompany you?"
After Jiang Hongshao said she didn't want to drink, Zhang Jing handed the menu to the boss who was busy writing an order nearby, and said with a smile, "Then let's have these!" The boss took the menu and continued writing on the menu marked with a pencil.
Wang Xinbo and Li Wei from Room 409 looked at each other, and Wang Xinbo said in a low voice, "Do you feel a little scary?"
Levi nodded, "Shivering."
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In fact, the meal was quite harmonious. Most of the people were talking about the anecdotes about Cheng Ran in HKUST. Jiang Hongshao was more interested in these and inquired about them. Some of these were only mentioned by Cheng Ran in private chats with her. Naturally, the specific details were not as clear as those of their classmates and friends who had experienced it personally. Listening to them talk about Cheng Ran's speech at the freshman ceremony, before he established the Tianxing Society, he told everyone in the dormitory about various international situations and secrets, and later encouraged and fooled everyone to establish a club. Jiang Hongshao couldn't help turning her head to look at Cheng Ran, with a smile in her eyes.
Those were experiences that made her feel amazed and astonished at Cheng Ran, whom she had not seen for a long time. Before returning to China, she felt that her successful enrollment in higher education and accumulated independent experience were achievements and support, and she could mention them to Cheng Ran after meeting him, her little vanity that she wanted to show in front of him.
However, at this moment, listening to the stories about Cheng Ran told by one USTC student after another, Jiang Hongshao was slightly stunned.
"At the time, he told us that there was infighting among the Skull and Bones Society in the U.S. presidential election. As expected, in November, Al Gore finally rebounded against the Bush family, and Florida recounted the votes! We were dumbfounded!"
"He got sponsorship for the concert, so we promoted it in a big way at school. The school was very dissatisfied with us because of this! They thought we were overdoing commercial activities! But on the day of Qin Xizhen's Nanzhou concert, you didn't see the scene, Hong Shao. It was so crowded. I don't know how many teachers and students from the whole school came out, it was a sea of people..."
"The Tianxing Society's activities were also very grand. For the integrated circuit design competition, there were more than a dozen participating teams with various teachers behind them. There were professors on site to personally guide each team. The event was quite successful at the time, and it was a huge success! The media reported it on the news, and the second session will be expanded to all universities in Nanzhou. We plan to promote this integrated circuit competition that originated from the Tianxing Society to the whole country..."
"Later, we offended the school. There are many problems here... Anyway, we were supervised and audited, but Cheng Ran took it all on his own. He turned things around and made a comeback... But he had a big grudge with Vice President Huang, and President Huang Pei didn't even get the right to allocate laboratory funds! We'll have to wait and see. We don't know what will happen next..."
"We don't know how he came to an agreement with CQ's Li Mingshi! He's really a well-known person..."
Everyone talks about Cheng Ran, he is extraordinary.
When everyone talked about his deeds, they were all beaming with joy and spitting.
Jiang Hongshao suddenly felt that what to do with the little achievements she wanted to show him... It seemed that compared with him, they were not good enough.
This was the most embarrassing and uneasy situation she, known as "Jiang Ge", had ever experienced.
Yet deep down he couldn't help feeling a little proud when he saw the tone and expressions of his classmates and friends when they described what he had done.
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