Under her roommates' teasing, knowing gazes, Li Juan walked openly out of the dorm room and downstairs.
Waiting outside the building was her classmate, Kong Xiaodong.
Kong Xiaodong wore a suit, his hair parted to one side, and held a bouquet. Seeing Li Juan come down, he immediately smiled and said, "Hello, Li Juan. Are you free tonight? The cinema is showing The Bell of Kiyomizu Temple, with the Japanese actress Kurihara Komaki in it. I've already bought two tickets. I'd like to take you."
Li Juan knew Kong Xiaodong was a Yanjing local. She had heard his parents were both state cadres, and his grandfather had had his senior cadre privileges restored in the early eighties. His family was quite well-off.
Several girls in their class liked his type. Li Juan also knew someone had written Kong Xiaodong a love letter, though apparently he had not responded.
Li Juan had only recently learned that Kong Xiaodong was interested in her. In fact, when she first arrived at university, Li Juan, who came from the Northwest, had not stood out in class.
Some people had even looked at her with regional prejudice.
After all, the Northwest had always been a harsh, bitterly cold place, and people from eastern cities naturally felt superior in that respect.
But Li Juan did not care. She was already a good student and had no distracting concerns at university, so she soon ranked near the top in every subject and became a model student in the eyes of the professors and instructors.
Besides, Li Juan's family was well-off, she was not stingy with money, and she had her aunt Gu Xiaoyu there, so everyone soon changed their opinion of her.
In less than a year of university life, Li Juan's transformation was no less than