"Military training seems like it's going to last half a month. Have you stocked up enough sunscreen?"
"Sunscreen is a minor issue. They only issued one set of military training clothes, without even a spare."
"What's that compared to this? Wearing two layers, inside and out, in thirty-six-degree weather is the real killer."
"I suggest not wearing underwear."
"The fabric is too rough. It'll chafe if you don't wear underwear."
"Use Band-Aids! I just bought a box today. Does anyone want some?"
"Me, me! Just give me two."
"I want four. I'm going to stick them on in a cross."
In Room 503 of Dormitory Building Seven, five girls from all over the country gathered together, sharing tips on how to survive military training.
However, after every few sentences, they would secretly glance toward Bed Three.
A rather unsociable girl sat there. Her features were exquisite and delicate, her eyelashes curled and thick, and her skin so tender it looked as if it could be blown apart. The stuffy indoor heat had brought a rosy flush to her cheeks, adding a touch of helpless charm.
On top of that, she was wearing a black dress that was very clearly Chanel's latest summer model.
Girls loved comparing themselves with one another. Even the closest friends refused to lose, or else the world's ninth wonder—six girls having forty-two group chats for close friends—wouldn't exist.
But facing this girl, the other five roommates all felt a wave of pressure bearing down on them.
How could someone in this world have such a beautiful face? More importantly, she seemed to be a young miss. Otherwise, why would she have bodyguards?
At that thought, they couldn't help recalling what had happened earlier.
At the time, two bodyguards in black suits had pushed open the door. One carried a suitcase, while the other carried a thermos and a washbasin. They had shouted, "Young Miss, careful!" and "Young Miss, thanks for your effort!" before quickly cleaning the entire dormitory.
Fan Shuling had been the first to arrive. She had discovered that the bathroom was clogged as soon as she got there, but before they could notify the dorm manager, those two bodyguards had already unclogged it.
They had even tied a bow around the heating pipe with toilet paper. That damn sense of ceremony was simply lethal.
Because of this extraordinary entrance, Feng Nanshu, who seemed to carry her own halo, had immediately added no small amount of pressure to the tiny Room 503.
It wasn't until four-thirty in the afternoon, when the young miss suddenly got up and left the dormitory, that the five girls finally breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure in their hearts eased considerably.
"She's called Feng Nanshu, right? She's so aloof."
"Yeah, she looks really hard to approach..."
"Actually, I really don't want to live with a young miss like that. Otherwise, won't I have to watch her expression every day for all four years of college?"
"Shuling, keep your voice down. She might not have gone far."
Feng Nanshu was standing by the door at that moment. She tilted her head and listened to a couple of sentences. Then she pressed her lips together, her eyelashes trembling slightly. After remaining silent for a long while, she turned around and went downstairs.
By then, more than a dozen male students had gathered in front of the women's dormitory. Some fiddled with their phones, while others idly drew circles on the ground. The moment they saw Feng Nanshu come downstairs, they immediately crowded over, putting on their best respectable faces.
Some damn upperclassmen were just like this. They couldn't find girlfriends at ordinary times, but the moment new students enrolled, they started acting up, as if being a few years older gave them some kind of halo.
Especially since Feng Nanshu was the kind of girl people couldn't forget after one glance. Naturally, many had set their sights on her.
"Junior, I was the one who gave you directions earlier. Do you remember me? Can we add each other on QQ?"
"Junior, I'm the head of the Dorm Management Department. Leave me your contact information. Come to me if you need anything in the future!"
"I'm from the Student Union. Junior, do you want to join the Student Union?"
"Junior, you haven't looked around the school yet, have you? Linhai University has a long history. How about I take you around?"
Feng Nanshu took a step back, her brows tightly furrowed. She gripped the straps of her shoulder bag with both hands, her eyes wary as hell.
Just then, a figure suddenly squeezed through the crowd and swiftly and naturally pulled Feng Nanshu behind him.
Little Rich Woman was still looking dazed. She had just started to pull free, but the moment she saw who it was, she immediately relaxed.
Seeing this, all the surrounding boys couldn't help frowning.
Who the hell was this guy? Didn't he know the rules about first come, first served? I haven't even gotten her QQ yet, and you've already gone straight in for the kill.
"Looking to add someone on QQ? Come on, come on, add me!"
Jiang Qin pulled out his Nokia and grabbed the boy at the very front by the arm. "One by one, every last one of you, add me! Damn it, you just got to campus and you're already harassing a junior! None of you are getting away!"
The boys gathered around them immediately paled at his words, then scattered with a roar.
"What kind of lousy seniors are you? You couldn't find girlfriends as freshmen, and now you think you can just because you're sophomores and juniors? Do you think all the junior girls are blind and can't see how ugly you are?"
The flirty seniors who had just walked a short distance away felt their hearts stabbed by those words. They felt as if their dignity had been crushed, and immediately turned around to glare fiercely at him. But in Jiang Qin's eyes, their reaction was nothing more than bluster from cowards.
"What are you looking at? I never change my name or surname. I'm Li Dazhuang, a freshman at the Foreign Trade College. If you've got the guts, come to the dormitory and hit me!"
Jiang Qin cursed them for being cowards, then turned to look at Feng Nanshu, only to find Little Rich Woman's eyes lowered and her mood clearly rather poor.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you happy?"
Feng Nanshu raised her head solemnly. "It's the people in the dormitory. They said I'm aloof."
Jiang Qin understood, but still found it strange. "Didn't you smile?"
Feng Nanshu furrowed her brows slightly and thought carefully for a long while. "I did smile. The sweet kind. But it was still strange. I don't know what I did wrong."
"Give me a smile and let me see."
"Hee."
Feng Nanshu's eyes blinked lightly, her slender eyelashes lifting. Her beautiful eyes reflected the fiery sky of dusk. That exquisite face was delicate yet cool, and Jiang Qin stared blankly for a moment, practically unable to look away.
When he came to his senses again, he realized it was a perfect, classic smile that didn't reach the eyes. He couldn't help feeling a headache coming on.
You call that sweet? Still, although the smile wasn't sweet, it wasn't enough to make Feng Nanshu feel isolated either. She had always been extremely slow at sensing the atmosphere around her. Unless her roommates made it obvious, she definitely wouldn't feel dejected.
"How about this? Tell me everything from the beginning, starting with when you arrived at school."
So Feng Nanshu described the scene of her arrival in her cool voice.
After hearing Feng Nanshu's account, the corner of Jiang Qin's mouth twitched repeatedly. He thought to himself that this entrance had been far too damn ostentatious. Bodyguards clearing the way, sweeping the floor, and unclogging the toilet—if that had happened in his dormitory, Cao Guangyu would definitely have been scared to death. No wonder people thought she was aloof.
Relationships between girls were more complicated than those between boys. Even the tiniest grievance could fester in their hearts and grow bigger and bigger. Before he understood the situation clearly, Jiang Qin didn't dare say much, so he decided to find somewhere to ask her properly.
"Come on. I'll take you out to eat first."
"What are we eating?"
Jiang Qin walked a few steps away. "Why do you suddenly perk up whenever food comes up?"
Feng Nanshu refused to answer that question and hurried after Jiang Qin with light footsteps. "Can I be friends with those boys from earlier?"
"No!"
"Why?"
"Because no man is any good!"
"But you're a man too."
"Except me."
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