More than a month had passed since the semester began, and Jiang Qiuran felt that university life was alright.
It was not as wonderful as she had imagined, but it was not terrible either.
Overall, it had not exceeded her expectations by much.
The one exception was Su Bai.
She and Su Bai were genuine childhood friends.
When they were little, their families had lived directly across from each other. Both were ordinary working-class households.
Their parents were busy with work, so they went to kindergarten together and played together.
Later, Su Bai's parents died in an accident. None of his relatives on either side were willing to take him in, so Jiang Qiuran's mother naturally became his guardian.
Fortunately, Su Bai was fairly independent, and the inheritance his parents left behind was enough to raise him.
So Jiang Qiuran's mother had not needed to devote much attention to Su Bai.
Still, she praised Su Bai to everyone she met, saying how sensible he was.
Yet it was precisely Su Bai's personality that led to a fierce argument between him and Jiang Qiuran during the summer break.
They deleted each other from their contacts and agreed to pretend they did not know each other once they started university.
But Jiang Qiuran believed Su Bai would definitely regret it.
After all, she was a beautiful girl Su Bai would have had little chance of encountering otherwise. If he saw her getting close to other guys at university, he would definitely get jealous.
If Su Bai had known about this thought, he would have burst out laughing. After all, he had only ever seen her as one of the guys—a purely platonic friend. But when it came to that sort of thing, Jiang Qiuran was simply prone to flattering herself.
That was