"Friends, I think I've fallen in love."

As soon as the door opened, Lu Yan heard her dorm's most aloof and academically gifted student say those words. She was immediately filled with a "???" expression. What happened? How did the academic genius end up in a relationship?

"Who? Who? Lingzi has a boyfriend?" Ruan Shiran, who was sitting on the right side of the door in the four-person room, peeked out, her voice filled with surprise.

Su Lingyu blushed instantly and hurriedly explained, "He's not my boyfriend, we just met, but..."

"Oh my, so you've fallen for him, haven't you!" Lu Yan sat up abruptly from the bed, completely ignoring her messy ponytail, her face practically screaming 'gossip'. "Tell me quickly! How did you meet? How far have things progressed?"

"Holding hands? Kissing? Or making noises?" Ruan Shiran went even further, making Su Lingyu so embarrassed that she couldn't face anyone.

"No, we just met, just now..." Su Lingyu recounted the events from beginning to end, including the time, place, people, the sequence of events, and the conclusion, demonstrating the qualities expected of a liberal arts student.

But Lu Yan found it strange as she listened. "No, so you don't even know their names, and you didn't get their phone numbers?"

Su Lingyu nodded, feeling wronged. Of course, she hadn't gotten it.

"..." Lu Yan gave her a thumbs up. What else could she say? She could only give her a big thumbs up. After all, even the Stone Buddha was tempted.

However, at this point, both Lu Yan and Ruan Shiran became curious about the person Su Lingyu liked, especially since this person could make their academic genius say that the other person was very good-looking.

Lu Yan looked at Ruan Shiran, and the two smiled in perfect unison, saying at the same time, "Let's get up early tomorrow and go to the fourth teaching building for breakfast!"

And so, three sophomores—no, two, excluding the academic genius Su—did get up early on a day when they weren't in class, and before eight o'clock at that.

The cafeteria wasn't crowded in the early morning, and there weren't long queues. The three of them quickly got their breakfast—sour rice noodles with bone broth.

The three of them faced the cafeteria entrance while eating breakfast, and would look up whenever someone came in, especially Su Lingyu.

They waited and waited, and finally at 8:20, the group of people appeared.

Su Lingyu's hand holding the chopsticks trembled suddenly, and her eyes lit up. The other two, seeing that there was something to see, stopped eating their noodles, since there weren't many left anyway, and took out their glasses and put them on. Their eyesight couldn't be affected by their gossip.

The person at the front was dressed in a blue and white basketball uniform, with a matching headband, a typical sporty look. He was very tall, towering over everyone else. When he turned his head, you could see the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, as if he were smiling, radiating a sunny disposition.

That person was Qin You. The four of them had just returned from running on the playground. Oh, and there was one more person. He Xing, Meng Liangchen's roommate from the same major, also came this morning. After running, the four of them planned to eat something in the cafeteria and then go down to play basketball. They all wanted to touch a basketball before the military training started.

Meng Liangchen decided to split up with them. He went to buy yogurt first and asked them what flavor they wanted. The school had plain yogurt without sugar and also yogurt with sugar.

"I want the original flavor." Just as Qin You finished speaking, Fang Zhe next to him suddenly nudged him and gestured with his finger, "Look over there!"

Qin You recognized her; she was the girl with the braided hair who almost had an accident yesterday. Today, she not only came in person, but she was also carrying a paper bag, which showed that she had come prepared in advance.

"Please accept this, otherwise I'll really feel bad." The girl handed over the paper bag.

"Uh...it's actually okay," Qin You saw the stubbornness on the girl's face, thought for a moment and then accepted it. "Then thank you."

The girl shook her head; she was the one who should be saying thank you. "Alright, I won't bother you any longer. I'll be going now. Bye-bye."

Before Qin You could say goodbye, the person turned and ran away quickly, taking her two friends with him.

“Hey, slow down—” one of the friends said.

"No, you're just leaving like this?" The second friend said in a low voice, but Qin You still heard him, though he pretended not to.

“Let’s go,” Su Lingyu looked at Qin You again, smiled and nodded at him, “We’re leaving now.”

Qin You casually hummed in agreement and walked straight to the entrance of the canteen's noodle shop. "Auntie, four bowls of dry-mixed noodles, one bowl with two spoonfuls of chili, and the other three bowls with half a spoonful."

He Xing subconsciously glanced at Qin You's roommate, Fang Zhe, his eyes seeming to say, 'That's it?' It's over? Gone?

Fang Zhe had an expression that said, "I don't know either!"

Meng Liangchen shrugged and went to buy yogurt.

...

On the other side, the three sisters, who had just left the cafeteria, were both excited and thrilled.

"I guarantee it! This person is definitely a freshman. Our school has never had anyone of this quality before!" Yan Gou Lu Yan said with absolute certainty.

"Look at this! Sure enough, there was a post about it yesterday! Look, look!" Ruan Shiran held up her phone, which was full of posts about that handsome guy from earlier. She was so excited that she was almost incoherent. She took a deep breath and continued, "And! Most importantly, Xu Meiren brought him to the freshman registration yesterday. They're cousins! My god, I don't know how many times I've watched the first three episodes of 'The Night of the Red Chamber,' and the real person was actually at our school yesterday!"

Lu Yan skimmed through the text, then silently uttered a single word – “Damn!”

"This family's looks are terrifying! They're all so incredibly good-looking! Oh no, I think their mother must be something else entirely, she's defying the heavens!"

Su Lingyu silently agreed with this statement. If Qin You's appearance only attracted her, then Xu Qian, with his celebrity aura, made her feel excited but also made her give up any deeper thoughts. In short, he was not a suitable object for fantasizing.

"Sigh..." Almost at the same time, the three of them sighed in unison, and when they looked at each other, they felt dejected.

Qin You treated all of this as a minor incident and didn't care much about it. On the contrary, he was more worried about the upcoming military training. He didn't know if it was because the military training in his freshman year had left him with a shadow, and he still couldn't forget it.

The new student registration lasted for two days. On the evening of the second day, which is tonight at 7:30 pm, all students received a notification in the class group to go to the classroom for a meeting.

The students could probably guess the general content: one was to let the classmates get to know each other, and the other was about the upcoming military training.

Before leaving, Qin You and Fang Zhe both took a shower. They had both played basketball all day and were covered in sweat when they got back to the dorm, so they had to take a shower.

The day before the puppet went to school, Xu Qian specially prepared a number of T-shirts for him, as well as some durable work pants and jeans, all recommended by Xiaomai. The reason was that the children in the family were going to college, and young people like them were more fashion-conscious and less likely to make mistakes.

As it turns out, this is indeed the case. Xu Qian's "Myriad Flower Vest" is usually worn in a more mature style, which is more in line with the temperament of a young man. However, such an outfit is not very suitable for an 18-year-old boy who has just entered university (regardless! The Second Young Master of Cangjian will always be 18 years old!).

More importantly, young people can dress more casually. Whenever Wan Hua wears such clothes out, Yan Lang nags him about being unkempt. The same T-shirt would suit Cang Jian's face perfectly. Xu Qian thought about it and figured it was probably a matter of compatibility.

...

At 7:25 p.m., Qin You and Fang Zhe arrived at classroom 303 in the fourth teaching building.

With only five minutes left before the meeting, the classroom was already more than half full, with more men than women, in a ratio of about 7:3. This year, the wildlife conservation major only enrolled 40 students, just enough to fill one class.

The classroom was 'lively' for a short while when Qin You came in, but it quickly calmed down.

Fang Zhe pointed to the middle row of seats. The seats at the back of the classroom were already full, so he had to settle for the middle seats.

Qin You had no objection, but he was too tall, and when he sat down, he blocked the view behind him. He then turned to Fang Zhe, "How about we go to the side in front?"

Fang Zhe glanced at his height and nodded with a mixture of envy and jealousy. "Alright, go to the side."

The two moved to the first row by the window, where there were fewer people and it wouldn't be in the way.

After a while, a few more people came in one after another. Seeing that it was almost 7:30, their homeroom teacher finally walked in leisurely, fanning himself with a palm leaf fan. He was in his early thirties, wearing glasses and a modified printed gown. At first glance, you might mistake him for someone from the School of Literature.

Upon arriving at the classroom, the homeroom teacher first opened the class roster and directly called out one name, "Who is Qin You?"

Qin You, whose name was called, was taken aback and quickly raised his hand, "I am Qin You."

The homeroom teacher, whose surname was also Qin, immediately smiled when he saw Qin You and teased, "Oh, this is a handsome guy. It looks like our college is going to be swarmed by girls this year."

"Hahaha--"

As soon as he said that, some people in the classroom laughed, but it was all in good spirits.

"You're the first one, so you can come up and call roll. Call out names and have them stand up one by one. It'll be a good opportunity for them to introduce themselves." Teacher Qin directly handed over the task of calling roll to the top student in the class. The student numbers in the class were arranged according to their grades.

Qin You hesitated for a second, but still stood up. Once on stage, his height advantage became even more obvious, as he was a full half head taller than Teacher Qin next to him.

"Young man, how tall are you? Are you 1.9 meters?" Teacher Qin couldn't help but ask him.

“…Teacher, I’m 188cm tall.” Qin You silently took the attendance sheet from his hand.

"Sigh, good nutrition is still the best," Teacher Qin said with a touch of emotion, then sighed and added, "Let's take attendance."

Qin You read out a name from the list, "Fu Tianlei—"

“Here,” a boy in the back row stood up. He was handsome and of medium height. “I’m Fu Tianlei, a local from Weicheng. I like playing basketball. Let’s play basketball together sometime.”

Teacher Qin nodded in satisfaction. "Playing basketball is a good sport. Now, next one."

Qin You then read out the next name; it was a girl's.

"Hello everyone, my name is Yang Qian, Yang as in the sun, and I am also a local of Weicheng. I hope to get along well with everyone in the future."

Teacher Qin nodded. "Hmm, good name. Next one."

Qin You had just finished reading the thirty-ninth name and was about to return the attendance sheet when Teacher Qin blocked it with her fan, "Hey, hey, have you forgotten? There's also yourself. Introduce yourself, quick."

Having no other choice, Qin You put down the attendance list and nodded slightly to the others in the classroom, "Hello everyone, I am Qin You."

After hearing this, Teacher Qin looked at him again, "That's it?"

Qin You shook his head. "That's all."

Teacher Qin put down her fan. "Okay, that's unique. I like it."

"..."

Teacher Qin laughed heartily, quite pleased with the other person's expression. He continued fanning himself, "Alright, go back and sit down."

After Qin You sat back down, Teacher Qin spoke seriously, "Alright, now that everyone knows each other, let me introduce myself. I'm your animal ecology teacher and also your class teacher. Don't ask me why the class teacher is at the back (laughs). I think you've all heard about what I'm going to talk about later, which is military training. Summer training lasts for 14 days, and classes officially start on the 15th day. Is there anything you don't understand? Raise your hand if you do."

Yang Qian raised her hand.

"Ask," Teacher Qin said decisively.

"Teacher, we don't have our military training uniforms yet."

"The clothes will be distributed tonight and delivered to the dorms," ​​Teacher Qin said, then looked around. "Any more questions?"

The audience shook their heads.

"Alright, then the meeting is adjourned," Teacher Qin continued fanning herself, and added, "Oh, by the way, you there, Qin You! And the one who asked the question earlier, you two will each find three or five boys and girls to stay and get their clothes. Everyone else can leave the meeting."

Qin You: "..." I suspect I've been remembered.

The author has something to say: Puppet is roughly equivalent to running two accounts simultaneously, one is from a game perspective, which is full of various cheats, and the other is from a normal person's perspective.

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