"Aunt Su?"

Zhao Ning and Zhou Zijian looked at Su Qing with surprise. The way she addressed her sounded strange, like she was a nanny.

"Anyway, we're just idling around. By the way, you guys hurry up and get things ready."

Su Qing smiled and changed the subject, saying that he was just being enthusiastic.

The two nodded, probably because they hadn't expected the young master from the capital to be so easy to talk to. But they absolutely couldn't bring themselves to call Su "Mom." Not only were they not in the same class, but they were also at a disadvantage compared to Su Qing in other aspects.

But after this interruption, the two of them took out the local specialties they had brought from their bags to share. Jiang Xia only brought clothes, and Su Qing didn't bring anything at all, but that didn't stop them from eating.

"Old Zhao, where are you from?" Jiang Xia asked while eating a cloud cake.

"From Liuzhou," Zhao Ning replied.

“Not bad, I know Liuzhou river snail rice noodles.” Jiang Xia smiled.

When praised for the food from her hometown, Zhao Ning blushed and scratched her head. After all, snail rice noodles were just an unknown local snack, and many people couldn't stand the smell; they felt like vomiting just from smelling it.

He was worried that this thing would make his classmates subconsciously distance themselves from him when he came to Beijing for school, so he didn't dare bring it.

"Brother Jiang, if you like it, I'll bring you some next time I go home. I just don't know if you'll like it."

"Haha, I'm already immune."

Su Qing asked with some curiosity, "So what is snail rice noodles?"

"It's similar to douzhi (fermented mung bean juice) in Beijing and stinky tofu in Changsha. Although they are not the same thing, people who like it will find it very appealing, while people who don't like it will find it extremely smelly," Jiang Xia explained with a smile.

“Yes, yes! That’s right!” Zhao Ning nodded emphatically in agreement.

"I won't ask Lao Zhou, you can tell he's from Northeast China just by his accent."

“Yes, yes, my hometown is Heilongjiang in Northeast China.” As soon as Zhou Zijian opened his mouth, everyone couldn’t help but laugh, as if a stand-up comedy routine was about to begin.

The two men took a while to make the bed. Jiang Xia, having nothing else to do, took out her phone to let her family know she was safe, and then logged onto QQ to ask Wang Ming about his situation.

"Old Wang, what's the situation on your end?"

Several minutes later, Wang Ming slowly replied: "Just finished making the bed, what's up?"

"Want to come over and have dinner together?"

"Forget it, it's too far away, too much trouble."

If we were in the smartphone era, Jiang Xia could also see what the dormitories at the Central Academy of Fine Arts look like.

"Okay, then let's get together again sometime."

"By the way, Lao Jiang, when do you plan to rebuild the studio?"

"No rush, at least until after military training. Anyway, I'll slowly give you the storyboards for Tom and Jerry Season 3, and we can draw them slowly together."

"Okay, that works too."

Jiang Xia glanced at the time; it was already 11:30. Zhao Ning and Zhou Zijian had almost finished making their beds, so Jiang Xia suggested, "Hey guys, shall we go eat together?"

"OK."

"It's said that Tsinghua University's cafeteria is absolutely amazing."

"We'll know if it's good or not by trying it now."

Su Qing adjusted his glasses, smiling silently at the group. He had eaten at Tsinghua University's cafeteria many times; they had all kinds of dishes, and the food was quite good.

After closing the door, they saw many senior students walking towards the cafeteria. The four of them were not familiar with the way, so they followed slowly behind. However, Jiang Xia ran towards the girls' dormitory as soon as she left the dormitory building.

"Brother Jiang, you've gone to the wrong place. Isn't the cafeteria over there?" Zhao Ning called out.

"You guys go ahead, I'll come find you in a bit." Jiang Xia waved his hand with his back to them.

Zhao Ning asked, "Brother Su, what's Brother Jiang doing there? Isn't that the girls' dormitory?"

"What else could it be? He went to see his wife. We don't need to wait for him; we'll just save him a spot later," Su Qing said helplessly.

As a fellow freshman, his roommate was ahead of countless others on the first day of school, and what's more, his girlfriend was so beautiful that everyone envied him.

Upon hearing this, the other two fell silent, as if they had been struck by a brutal blow. Going to university with your girlfriend, that's what you call a winner in life.

"Brother Jiang is amazing. I haven't even held a girl's hand yet," Zhao Ning said.

“Who can argue with that? I’ve been single since birth.” Zhou Zijian sighed.

"Brother Su, what about you? You're so handsome, you must have a girlfriend, right?" Zhao Ning asked curiously.

Su Qing shook her head and chuckled: "Just like you guys, my family was very strict with me growing up, and I've never even held a girl's hand."

Hearing this young master from the capital say such things, the other two felt much better.

Meanwhile, Jiang Xia stood at the entrance of dormitory building number five and called Lin Yanwan.

"Baby, shall we eat together?"

"Wait for me a moment."

Lin Yanwan turned to look at Tang Qiuting, feeling that it might be a bad idea to leave her alone, so she covered the microphone and asked, "Qiuting, are you coming to eat with us?"

The girl pushed up her large-framed glasses, which covered almost half her face, and looked flustered with a flushed face: "Sister Yanwan, you go by yourself, I... I'm not hungry right now."

Lin Yanwan guessed that Qiu Ting was probably shy, so she said that on purpose. She smiled slightly and said, "Qiu Ting, you have to take the first step. It's okay with me by your side."

Tang Qiuting hesitated for a few seconds and said softly, "But... Sister Yanwan, it's not appropriate for me to go with you to dinner with your boyfriend."

She couldn't help but think of the boy she almost bumped into earlier; he was sunny and handsome, and he and Sister Yanwan were a perfect match!

Lin Yanwan asked Jiang Xia with a smile, "How many people do you have on your side?"

“There are four of us: me and three roommates,” he said.

"Oh, including Qiu Ting, there are two in total."

Tang Qiuting felt very nervous when she heard that Lin Yanwan had included her in the calculation.

"Did you hear that? There are four people on his side, so you're not a third wheel, right?" Lin Yanwan chuckled.

"Well... alright then..." Tang Qiuting said softly.

As the two walked out of the dormitory, they immediately saw the handsome young man standing under the shade of a tree. He was looking straight at Lin Yanwan, his eyes only on his wife.

"Where should we eat?" Lin Yanwan asked.

"They went to Zijingyuan, which is said to be the best student canteen at Tsinghua University."

"Um."

The three walked slowly. Jiang Xia glanced at Tang Qiuting next to his wife. The young girl had her head slightly lowered and was not looking at the road. She subconsciously followed Lin Yanwan.

He asked in a low voice, "Is it just the two of you? Where are the others in your dorm?"

"We haven't arrived yet, maybe this afternoon," Lin Yanwan said casually.

"She seems to rely on you a lot; you two must get along quite well?"

Lin Yanwan glanced at the little girl next to her and whispered, "Yes, we've become good friends."

"Then you'd better take good care of them."

"That goes without saying."

Hearing their whispered conversation, Tang Qiuting silently looked up at the two of them, and suddenly felt very moved.

"Grandma, you don't need to worry about me anymore. I met two very, very nice people at school."