A Little Pretense

Between chatting, the time quickly reached twelve noon.

The group was full and called the boss over to pay the bill.

To Jiang Qin's surprise, the other two boys weren't the same kind of suckers as Qin Ziang, and they only paid for their own milk tea.

Guo Zihang, on the other hand, was a fool who took out his living expenses to treat everyone, but Jiang Qin stopped him.

Starting to be a simp before college even starts, simping for girls you don't even know, plus two guys, isn't that just being a sucker?

In the end, everyone obediently paid their own bills, and only Jiang Qin exchanged a look with the boss, asking him to round down.

"Student, your milk tea is already ten yuan, there's nothing to round down."

"Then can I pay eight?"

"Ah... well, I guess so."

Hearing this conversation, everyone couldn't help but show a look of disdain.

Although college students don't have much living expenses, they should be able to afford a milk tea that costs ten or twenty yuan, right? With a light thud, Jiang Qin decisively slapped a brand new ten-yuan bill on the table.

"Keep the change, the remaining two yuan is a tip."

"????????"

The boss was dumbfounded, the students from Linchuan University of Science and Technology were dumbfounded, but Jiang Qin smiled.

What is the meaning of life? Of course, it's to show off a little bit anytime, anywhere, to comfort these long and boring years.

Seeing this scene, Hong Yan, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't help but take a serious look at Jiang Qin. She thought this person was really interesting. It was one thing to speak with a sense of proportion, but he also didn't play by the rules, and he seemed different from the boys she had met.

The three boys next to her were thoughtful, wondering if they could also try to act like this clever and cheap show-off in the future.

Around one o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was hot, and several people began to discuss where to go for lunch.

Jiang Qin patted Guo Zihang's shoulder, indicating that he wouldn't go. He wasn't a student of the University of Science and Technology in the first place, and there was no need to stay any longer.

"You guys enjoy your meal, I have to go back to school first."

Guo Zihang panicked instantly: "Godfather, I can't do without you, I can't talk to people I just met."

Jiang Qin spat fiercely: "You coward, you're really embarrassing your godfather. It's one thing to help you socialize, but do I have to help you find a girlfriend in the future?"

"But... the official enrollment is tomorrow, what are you doing this afternoon?"

"Feng Nanshu arrives at school this afternoon, I have to take her around first. That girl is terrible at getting familiar with new environments." Jiang Qin said, taking out his phone and glancing at the time.

"Jiang-ge, I feel like you're raising a daughter?"

Jiang Qin was stunned after hearing this, and thought that this was not bad. Feng Nanshu was a socially awkward and innocent girl, really like a little girl who never grows up. He, a middle-aged uncle in his forties, could be said to be raising a girl without any problem.

So Jiang Qin said goodbye to everyone and took the bus to Linchuan University.

After getting off the bus, Jiang Qin saw the familiar school gate. Saying it was a school gate, it was actually an irregular quadrilateral building, pure white, with the four characters of Linchuan University written on it. It could be said to be majestic and domineering, or it could be said to be full of artistic sense.

Because it was the beginning of the semester, there were crowds of people at the school gate, with all kinds of noises, shouts, and car horns. Among them were freshmen entering school with their families, returning old students, and even nearby merchants who seized the opportunity to squat at the gate to sell basins, cups, clothes racks, and other daily necessities.

In short, it was a mess.

Jiang Qin didn't want to squeeze in, so he squatted at the bus stop, watching the passing female college students, as well as those fair and jade-like beautiful legs and plump waists and hips.

But the next second, he caught a glimpse of a familiar girl, and that girl was also looking at him in surprise.

"Jiang... Jiang Qin?"

"Hong Yan, why are you here at Linchuan University too?"

Two questions were asked, and the two looked at each other, and then everything became clear.

Good fellows, this is acting with each other.

Everyone was obviously a student of Linchuan University, but they happened to meet at a social event at the University of Science and Technology, and they all pretended to be classmates, but they really were classmates.

"Let me reintroduce myself, Department of Law, Linchuan University, Hong Yan."

"School of Finance, Linchuan University, Jiang Qin."

Hong Yan was surprised that she had guessed correctly, then couldn't help but smile, "Why didn't you say so at the beginning? You even insisted you were from the Computer Science Department of Linchuan University of Science and Technology, you acted so convincingly!"

Jiang Qin smiled slightly, "I'm too handsome to look like a scholar, I was afraid people wouldn't believe me if I said it."

"Really?"

"Of course, but mainly it was to accompany my friend, he's the main character, so there's no need for me to seem superior."

"Actually, that's what I thought too."

Hong Yan's eyes flickered, and she suddenly felt a curiosity mixed with goodwill towards this person.

Since she was a child, she had an emotional intelligence beyond her peers and was very good at taking care of people's feelings, which earned her a lot of friendships, but it also made her feel troubled.

Why? Because her emotional intelligence was higher than her peers, the actions of the people around her seemed very childish in her eyes, especially since she was very beautiful and had a good figure, which led many boys in high school to especially like yelling in front of her to attract her attention.

Once, when she was passing by the basketball court, someone even deliberately dunked in front of her, and then pretended to accidentally throw the ball at her.

She thought those people were silly, but she couldn't say it directly, so she could only speak less and smile more.

She was very lonely like that.

But this time, she met someone whose words and actions made her feel very comfortable, which was really rare.

Just imagine, what if the person in the milk tea shop just now was someone else? He would definitely want to show off his superiority, and would immediately say that he was from Linchuan University, and then expect to be praised by others.

Hong Yan didn't hate this kind of person, she just preferred to make friends with more stable people. Everyone has their own preferences, and Jiang Qin's approach of concealing his identity just happened to suit Hong Yan's preferences.

However, she had to rush back to the dormitory to pack her bedding, and didn't have much time to chat, so she took the initiative to add Jiang Qin's QQ.

"This is the first time I've taken the initiative to add a boy's QQ, I've never done it before."

"What a coincidence, this is also the first time a girl has taken the initiative to add my QQ."

Hong Yan smiled quietly and easily, "Then I'll go first, there's a pile of things to do in the dormitory, want to hang out sometime?"

Jiang Qin nodded slightly, "Okay, see you when you're free."

"Bye-bye."

Hong Yan waved to him, then turned and entered the gate of the East Campus.

Jiang Qin crossed the overpass and walked all the way to the main campus, then squeezed in with all his might. But once he squeezed in, he realized, good heavens, it was even more crowded inside.

There was even a young man who seemed to have lost his girlfriend in the crowd, frantically shouting "Qi Jiayi," "Qi Jiayi!" Jiang Qin was annoyed by the noise, so he kindly squeezed over to tell him: Bro, Qi Jiayi equals eight, you're already in college, how can you not do addition and subtraction? Afterwards, Jiang Qin followed the map attached to the admission notice all the way forward, and finally found his dormitory building in the equally crowded dormitory area.

As soon as he entered, there were already three people chatting in the dormitory. Jiang Qin was a little irritable from being squeezed, so he sat on a chair to rest and listen to them chat, gradually gaining some understanding of the three.

Zhou Chao, from Dragon City in the south, had dark skin and was relatively short.

Ren Ziqiang, from Dongshan, was thin and tall, with some acne on his face, but he spoke very politely.

Cao Guangyu, from Hangcheng, was wearing a whole body of brand-name goods, held himself very high, and even made a special point of saying that his father was in business when he introduced himself.

"What about you, buddy?"

"Jiang Qin, from Jizhou, usually likes to do business."

"Damn, are you taking advantage of me?!"

Cao Guangyu's mouth almost twisted with anger. Aren't you just forcing me to call you dad? And Ren Ziqiang and Zhou Chao next to him all burst into laughter, thinking that he deserved it, didn't he know that showing off gets you struck by lightning! Jiang Qin thought to himself that he hadn't said anything wrong, he just liked doing business, what are you going to do about it?