"Xu Lianqiao, introduce yourself so everyone can get to know you," Ye Jiping encouraged her to fit in.
Xu Lianqiao nodded and swept her gaze across the class. "Hello, everyone. My name is Xu Lianqiao."
The room fell silent for several seconds. Seeing that she had nothing more to say, the whole class was baffled. Bi Shisan looked up at her once, then folded his arms again and continued looking out at the blue sky and white clouds beyond the window.
Ye Jiping caught on. "All right, let's give her a round of applause. You'll all be classmates from now on, so look out for one another. Look out for one another, all right?"
Everyone gave a sparse, perfunctory round of applause.
Xu Lianqiao paid no attention to the insincere applause. Instead, her gaze landed on the dejected Xiao Haiyang. Under the watchful eyes of the entire class, she dragged over a chair, sat down right beside him, and stared at him without blinking.
Ye Jiping was already quite accustomed to his students' bouts of madness. After settling everyone down, he earnestly reminded them that sophomore year marked the beginning of their cinematography studies and told them all to take it seriously. He also said that after four years of studying photography, whether they worked in the field or not, they would at least have a skill to make a living with and never have to panic when the time came.
Bi Shisan gave that his highest approval and said that he had already taken his camera to work at tourist spots around the city, earning over a thousand yuan on his best day. If housing costs were taken care of, more than a thousand yuan was enough for one person to eat and drink well—and that was only for