College Students These Days Are Really Strange

College Students These Days Are Really Strange

At five in the morning, Su City was still slightly cool even in summer.

Every now and then, a few college students returned from an all-nighter at the internet café, carrying breakfast from the shops outside the campus gates and chatting cheerfully about their brilliant plays from the previous night's gaming session.

Their complexions, however, were all much the same: a thick sheen of oil and fairly noticeable dark circles beneath their eyes.

Su Qi looked at the college students in twos and threes, and they looked back at her with equally strange expressions. Why was she wearing a long-sleeved autumn school uniform in the middle of summer?

Unlike high school, college did not require students to wear uniforms every day. But during certain special events and holidays, such as military training or sports meets, they still had to wear them.

Naturally, the uniforms were not given out for free. They cost two hundred yuan per set upon enrollment.

But on ordinary days, most students simply left them hanging in their closets.

What a joke. After suffering through three years of school uniforms, why would college students keep playing the obedient type in college?

So Su Qi, dressed in Soochow University's black-and-white uniform, stood out rather conspicuously!

At that moment, Su Qi had a laptop bag on her back, stuffed full with her Apple laptop, drawing tablet, and all sorts of electronic devices. Anyone who did not know better would have thought she was moving.

Moving—yes, Su Qi really was planning to move.

The reason was the explosive things her roommates, Han Yixing and Wang Dongxu, had said after she pretended to fall asleep the night before.

Wang Dongxu: "Han, the bathroom smells so nice. I suspect that scent isn't perfume. I looked everywhere just now, but there was nothing."

Han Yixing: "I feel like Su Qi has gotten kind of girly lately!"

Wang Dongxu: "I think so too. No, tomorrow morning I have to ask her where she bought that perfume. I'll get one for my girlfriend too."

After that, the bored pair chatted for quite a while longer, while Su Qi did not dare move a muscle.

Only when the dormitory doors opened at five in the morning did she quietly pack her things and become the first to flee the dorm building.

She did not dare imagine what would happen if she spoke with her altered voice. Would the guys in the dormitory just take her down on the spot?

After all, they had joked before that if she ever became a girl, they would be the first to have their fun with her!

Jiangsu University had four campuses, and Su Qi had been assigned to the main campus. Compared with the others, it was closer to downtown, so ordering takeout and the like was very convenient. Housing was convenient too.

Who knew how many college couples had rented places nearby and started living their little lives of groceries, rice, oil, and salt ahead of schedule.

Wang Dongxu from the dorm had once considered doing the same, but unfortunately, his girlfriend was a female student at a nursing school. The nursing school was managed very strictly, and they even had nightly dorm inspections.

So the matter had come to nothing. Still, Wang Dongxu had genuinely spent a long time asking around about nearby apartments.

Among the many shared bicycles, Su Qi spotted that battered little yellow bike at a glance.

Thinking about it made her somewhat angry. She had not expected that company to disappear just like that, without returning her hundred-yuan deposit. To make herself feel better, whenever she came across one of those yellow bikes, Su Qi would ride it for a lap or two, determined to get her hundred yuan's worth.

Creak, creak.

Deprived of its caretaker's maintenance, the little yellow bike let out protesting noises, drawing sidelong glances from quite a few morning joggers.

The morning air was incomparably fresh. As it brushed against her face, every pore seemed to relax.

After riding for around eight minutes, Su Qi found herself downstairs from her destination.

Six grand gilded characters were written across the imposing entrance—Suzhou Green Town Apartment.

The dark gray stone gateposts looked imposing. Two security guards stood ramrod straight at the entrance, greeting the occasional passing resident with warm smiles.

This was an apartment complex under Green Town, focused on service. The only real drawback was the rental price; otherwise, everything was quite good.

Back then, Wang Dongxu had desperately wanted to rent a place here. There was no helping it—those huge floor-to-ceiling windows, the refined interior decor, and the thoroughly upscale residential complex made it satisfying no matter how one looked at it.

Su Qi walked over to a notice board beside the security booth. The left side was plastered with densely packed rental listings, while the right held only a few sale listings.

The layouts of commercial-residential apartments were very simple: one kitchen, one bathroom, and everything else served as both living room and bedroom, totaling roughly twenty-four to twenty-seven square meters.

They were just right as a love nest for two, but would feel very cramped for a family of three. If she had to describe them, they were like hotel rooms with the same layout, only slightly bigger and better decorated.

Su Qi examined the listings.

A twenty-seven-square-meter, fully renovated unit on the fourteenth floor: 2,600 yuan per month.

A twenty-six-square-meter, fully renovated and furnished unit on the twenty-third floor: 3,200 yuan per month.

Su Qi did not understand why the price range was so wide.

And rentals here required one month's deposit and three months' rent upfront. If the rent was three thousand, would that not be twelve thousand yuan?

Su Qi could not help feeling a little pained. But painful or not, she had no choice.

Wasn't the whole point of moving this time safety? If she rented somewhere with poor security just to save money, it might be cheap. A few steps away in the city, two-thousand-yuan monthly apartments were mostly two-bedroom, one-living-room units with some basic renovations.

But she was such a weakling that eighty percent of adults in the country could overpower her. Wouldn't that mean leaving a wolf's den only to enter a tiger's lair?

If that really happened, she might as well let those animals in the dormitory...

Su Qi shook her head and continued looking. Just then, an older woman in a white athletic outfit jogged toward her.

With every movement she made, the waves before her chest swayed with inertia, and Su Qi's gaze was unconsciously drawn to those enormous fruits.

Wang Yun had originally wanted to see who was looking at the rental listings, since she happened to be planning to rent out her own apartment. But she had not expected the newcomer to stare straight at her chest.

It attracted attention to some extent on ordinary days, but this was the first time someone had stared so openly. She decided to teach this little brat a lesson.

So young, yet already so improper.

However, when she got closer, she realized this person was actually a young girl?

Why was her hair so short? Was the tomboy style popular these days? But she did not seem like one. Ordinary tomboys tended to seem more confident. The girl before her looked a little dazed. Did she not have any?

A closer look confirmed it—she really did not. What a pitiful little girl.

"Are you looking to rent a place?" Wang Yun asked gently.

Only after hearing her did Su Qi come back to her senses and shift her gaze away from those enormous fruits. Since they stood so close together, Su Qi could vaguely see her delicate, snow-white neck and collarbones as flawless as carved white jade.

Only then did she properly study Wang Yun, who was speaking to her. Even at first glance, it had been obvious that she was beautiful.

But observing her from such close range was a completely new experience.

Her hair was tied into a single ponytail, making her look quite capable and efficient. Her skin was fair, and from her recent exercise, a faint flush colored her cheeks while tiny beads of sweat glistened on her skin, making her seem even more vibrant.

Her eyes were long and narrow, with eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings. Combined with the gentle aura around her, she naturally brought to mind the older girl next door.

It made one unconsciously want to get closer to her. "S-sorry!" Su Qi apologized to Wang Yun first, since she had just stared at her like a pervert for quite some time.

But she regretted it the moment she spoke. Once again, she had forgotten that her voice had changed.

She immediately pressed a hand to her throat and lowered her voice. "Yes, I want to rent a place."

One second earlier, Wang Yun had been marveling at how nice the girl's voice sounded. The next, she saw Su Qi speaking while clutching her throat.

What was she doing?

Regarding this bizarre maneuver, Wang Yun could only say that college students these days were really strange!!