Chapter 213 - A New Begining (2/2)

He could finish an entire English book on extraordinarily boring subjects such as economics. He was extremely sensitive to numbers and eventually, his natural talent earned him a job in one of the biggest investment banks on Wall Street. However, not a lot was known about Qi w.a.n.gsun’s family. Chen Fan only knew that he was from a rich family from Northern China, but that was all he knew. After they graduated, they went their own ways and rarely contacted each other.

“I have already cleaned up the dorm, please… grab a seat… anywhere.” Qi w.a.n.gsun cracked an awkward smile. “I am a… clean freak… can’t stand messiness. Please understand… ”

“That’s fine.” Chen Fan answered.

He sat down and started chatting with Qi w.a.n.gsun.

Soon, the other two cla.s.smates also arrived. The third roommate was a big fat young man called Zhang Mu. He was from the Rong City of South Western China. Due to his size and appet.i.te, his cla.s.smates called him Piggy.

The arrival of the last roommate stirred up the entire building.

A large group of men and women filed into the dorm. There were aunties and uncles, grandma, and grandpa; the entire family had accompanied the new student. The dorm Chen Fan lived in was not small by any stretch of the imagination, it has four bedrooms, and each had their separate washroom, a s.p.a.cious living room, with a sofa, air conditioning, and a fridge.

However, it was jam-packed with the last roommate’s family members.

“Ah! This suit is too old! It’s not nearly as comfortable as the one used by our concierge. Xiao Lun, let grandma rent you a suite outside of school, how about the Hilton Hotel? Grandma is going to feel bad every day thinking you are living in such a dingy little place.” An old woman decked out from head to toe with expensive Jewelry had been complaining about the dorm ever since she arrived.

“Grandma, I will be fine!” A tall and handsome looking young man said annoyed.

“Hi everyone, I am so sorry to disturb you guys. My name is Qiu Zhenqin and this is my son Qiu Yilun, your future roommate. I thank you in advance for looking after my son in the future.” A stately looking middle age man emerged from the crowd and said. “Come on, let’s get out of here to have lunch, It’s on me.”

The middle-aged man’s persistence finally persuaded Qi w.a.n.gsun and the others.

They ate lunch at the most expensive restaurant in Jin City. Dishes piled up onto the table, each more expensive than the one that came before. In the end, Zhang Mu whispered to Chen Fan: “holy s.h.i.+t! This one meal is worth our entire year of tuition.”

Chen Fan cracked a smile and kept his silence.

Meanwhile, the middle-aged man had been examining his son’s roommates, evaluating them in his mind.

Zhang Mu was big and tall. He seemed down to earth but a little bit nervous. He must be from a normal middle-cla.s.s family.

Meanwhile, despite Qi w.a.n.gsun’s ordinary appearance, Qiu Zhenqin knew that this young man was from a powerful family. Ever since he entered this high-end restaurant, he seemed pretty comfortable with everything and neither was he surprised by any of the expensive dishes.

“He must be from a powerful family and was already used to luxuries. He is someone worth my son’s time.” Qiu Zhenqin thought to himself.

However, Qiu Zhenqin conceded that Chen Fan remained an enigma to him. The boy had been sitting calmly all the while and didn’t eat anything except for a few sips of water. He didn’t seem to care about any of these dishes made out of precious ingredients. Even during the toast, his lips never touched wine. If this was a grown-up’s social event, only the boss had the right to not drink at all.

“He is either from an extremely powerful family, or he is outright ignorant.”

The evaluation went on for a while, and he was still unable to get a handle on Chen Fan. In the end, he shook his head and gave up. “I am thinking too much. It’s impossible that my son’s roommate happened to be from a rich family.”

With that thought in mind, he made a mental note to remind Qiu Yilun not to waste his time on this boy.

Qiu Zhenqin was a businessman and valued ties and connections as one of his most important a.s.sets. He had been teaching that importance to his son, guiding him to differentiate between the people that were useful to him and the people who would only waste his time. This, in Qiu Zhenqin’s mind, was the most basic skill of building a useful web of connections.

Qiu Zhenqin always preached his son. “The so called business was a business of connections. With connections, money would come to you by itself.”

After lunch, the Qiu family members finally left school.

Qiu Yilun collapsed into his bed and yawned. “Finally, they are gone! I am FREE!”

He rose to his feet again and smiled at his roommates apologetically.

“Hey bro, do you know any pretty hot chics in our school?”

“Uh?” Zhang Mu was confused.

Qi w.a.n.gsun gave the young man a sidelong glance and kept his silence.

“Ah-ha! Then let me fill you in! I have noticed that the girls in our school are much more attractive than those from other schools. I say we have all the prettiest school girls in Jiang Nan Province. Did you see that senior student who greeted me? She was so friendly and…” Qiu Yilun’s face lit up with joy as he started to talk about girls.

“You guys carry on, I need to finish something.”

Chen Fan walked out of the room.

As soon as he was out of the dorm, he walked toward the main campus of the Jin City University, where his real goal of the trip was.