Chapter 13 (2/2)

“Chen Hansheng, you’re such a liar.” Xiao Rongyu sounded muffled.

Chen Hansheng reached out to wipe her tears. Xiao Rongyu instinctively wanted to avoid it, but after a moment of hesitation, she stood still on the spot and felt the warmth of Chen Hansheng’s fingers on her delicate skin.

Then, the two people went their separate ways without another word.

The moment Chen Hansheng stepped out of the female dorm, he pulled out a piece of paper from his jacket pocket. Xu Zhixi’s number was written on it.

This bastard lied to Xiao Rongyu again.

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The School of Finance and Economics’ campus was much smaller than that of Donghai University. Chen Hansheng did not even need to sign in. He walked towards the campus activity center, following the usual route by memory. It was the venue for prospective students to report themselves on the first day of university.

Chen Hansheng queued at the payment counter, where parents felt reluctant to part ways with not only their children but the money for tuition fees.

Once he was done with his payment, Chen Hansheng took the receipt and went to Public Administration Class 2 of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences to register himself.

There were two tables at the registration counter where a man and woman sat. The man looked like he was in his mid-40s while the woman seemed to be a university student.

“Hey, student, are you enrolled for Public Administration Class 2?” asked the female university student.

“Yes, my name is Chen Hansheng.” Chen Hansheng affirmed.

As the Andrew Sisters used to sing, a smile could go a long way. Chen Hansheng might not be ugly – he was tall, big, healthy-looking, and energetic, though a little tanned – but it didn’t hurt to put one’s best foot forward when meeting others for the first time.

“My name is Hu Linyu. I’m also a freshman here and enrolled in this class. I guess we’re classmates now.”

The girl introduced herself politely.

Chen Hansheng already knew Hu Linyu. If things went according to his memories, Hu Linyu would be the Student President of the university for four years. Later, she would be handpicked to join the working field.

Hu Linyu was just an average-looking person who could easily blend into the crowd. She was more on the quiet side but she is quick to take initiative and be proactive. She also speaks coherently and charismatically, thus coming off as a very competent person.

“This is our professor, Guo Zhongyun.”

Hu Linyu introduced the middle-aged man next to her.

‘Ah, yes. Professor Guo. Don’t get too close to him, Hansheng.’ Chen Hansheng reminded himself.

Guo Zhongyun wore gold-rimmed glasses as he observed his new student. He smiled and greeted Chen Hansheng before taking out a few registration forms. “Fill in your information and I’ll help you arrange a room in the dorm.”

Hu Linyu looked around Chen Hansheng as the latter filled the form. “Didn’t your parents come with you?”

“No, I came alone,” said Chen Hansheng.

“How admirable to be so independent already! Only you and the other girl in our class signed up alone,” said Hu Linyu sincerely.

Though she did not mean anything by it, the other students who would be her future classmates felt a little embarrassed when they heard her as they looked at Hu Linyu and Chen Hansheng.

Hu Linyu did not know that she had misspoken as she was busy with the registration process.

“Nah, it’s not that impressive,” said Chen Hansheng without batting an eyelid.

“I had to come alone because my parents had an urgent matter to attend to in our hometown.”

Hu Linyu was a little confused. Chen Hansheng did not need to explain himself to her, but the students behind him started to look more relieved.

Professor Guo Zhongyun glanced at Chen Hansheng but did not say anything.

Once Chen Hansheng had finished the formalities, he had finally become a university student. He said goodbye to Hu Linyu and left.

Based on the memories of the thirty-five-year-old Chen Hansheng, Hu Linyu’s prospects had been very good. But because of her slightly careless mouth, she had caused a blunder at work. Fortunately, she was quick enough to notice by that time and took the initiative to leave her job.

The world was always full of hardworking people but sometimes it’s the little and subtle things that determined one’s success.

If only people were more willing to look up from their busy daily lives, take some time to observe and think, broaden their minds, and process the feedback from those around them, perhaps their lives could be even more brilliant.

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