Reunion

One year later.

Tao Luobai is already a senior. Most seniors have already gone to look for internships, but he is still busy in his own little corner of the school.

Why.

Because he needs to study this major for five years.

Surprised? Unexpected?

What’s even more surprising is that he, a senior who currently has relatively free time, will join the old students in welcoming the new students.

Tao Luobai thought it was already a surprise enough, but unexpectedly, when the college drew lots to decide who would go to the subway station to pick up the group of children in person, he became the lucky one.

You know, among twenty students in the same major, the probability of picking yourself is very low. Two out of twenty is one in ten.

At the subway station exit, Tao Luobai was in tears.

That's enough.

Of course, he wasn't the only one who was unlucky.

Tao Luobai looked to his side and saw his roommate, Bai Qiaosong, who was wearing the same green welcome jacket as him. He was also the one who sent him obsidian during the summer vacation a year ago. Now, because most of his roommates had gone out to rent houses to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination and the admission to graduate school, the two of them had become each other's only roommates.

And, they were caught together in the welcoming team.

Moreover, we were all picked to go to the subway station to welcome the new students.

Did their dormitory commit some crime that they had to endure such torture? Tao Luobai sighed helplessly.

The sigh was heard by the roommate. Bai Qiaosong looked over speechlessly and hit Tao Luobai to remind him to pay attention to his expression.

New students are coming, don't look so sad.

Tao Luobai received a message from his roommate and made an OK gesture. The two brothers smiled at each other and felt a little comforted.

Soon, the agreed time to pick up the new students arrived, and Tao Luobai and Bai Qiaosong raised the sacks they were carrying.

One sign has the name of the college written on it, and the other has the name of the major written on it.

As for who was holding the sign with the university's name, Tao Luobai's gaze fell on the front of the crowd, where was a tall, strong, dark-skinned athlete, who was carefully selected from the Sports College in order for the school to show its dedication to welcoming new students.

He was wearing the school's exclusive green coat, which was tall, black, and he stood out right there.

Tao Luobai took a few glances and then shifted his gaze to the other side.

On the other side of where Tao Luobai was, at the end of the subway aisle, a group of college students in blue shirts swarmed in. Many of them were also holding signs in their hands, obviously there to welcome the new students.

The name 985 on the leader’s nameplate was so bright that it almost hurt Tao Luobai’s eyes.

Although Tao Luobai's university is also a 211, it has low local recognition and is one of the lowest-tier 211 universities in the province. Therefore, compared with some 211 universities or even 985 universities, it is not competitive.

What's more, the university next to their school, that is, the one in blue shirts, is a very famous 985 university in the province.

Tao Luobai looked for a few moments and then turned his head away.

You know what level they are. Just take care of yourself. Don't be jealous, don't envy, and don't look at them too much, Tao Luobai told himself.

Soon, the new students of their school arrived.

The first one to come was a schoolmate.

After registering with the senior student in charge of the college, she dragged her suitcase and greeted Tao Luobai and Bai Qiaosong who were holding up signs: "Seniors, thank you for your hard work."

Tao Luobai and Bai Qiaosong smiled and nodded.

As the schoolgirl spoke, she stopped where they were holding the sign, then opened her phone and started playing. Seeing this, Bai Qiaosong raised an eyebrow at Tao Luobai, who immediately understood what he meant and was speechless.

Bai Qiaosong is just like that. He would always attribute the smallest things to matters between men and women. Tao Luobai came closer and told Bai Qiaosong the whole story in his ear.

"The elevator is too crowded, so the freshmen have to take the stairs to save time. This junior girl probably feels her suitcase is too heavy and doesn't want to take the stairs. She wants to wait a while until there are fewer people before taking the elevator."

Bai Qiaosong suddenly realized: "I thought this school girl thought you were pretty and wanted to add you on WeChat."

Bai Qiaosong's voice was neither loud nor soft, which scared Tao Luobai so much that he looked at his schoolmate and found that she was still playing with her phone as at the beginning, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he looked at the culprit, glared at him, and said unhappily, "Since you care so much, why don't you help her move it? It's a good opportunity to show off your masculinity."

"Oh my, oh my, I saw that you don't have a girlfriend and wanted to help you," Bai Qiaosong yawned and changed the subject guiltily.

"Weren't you depressed for a while because of a breakup?" Bai Qiaosong continued to mutter.

Tao Luobai wanted to say something, but after hearing his words, he briefly recalled the past.

He had just deleted Brother Shining and went to school the next day. He was in a very low mood at the time. In addition, he was afraid that Brother Shining would find him on Pesticide, so he didn't play Pesticide and could only keep calm every day.

Tao Luobai was a homebody, so although his behavior seemed a bit abnormal to his roommates, it was not that strange. Therefore, they did not notice that Tao Luobai was in a bad mood at that time.

A month after school started, Tao Luobai, for some unknown reason, logged onto Pongyao and found that Brother Shining had sent him a long message after he had deleted him.

The general meaning was that he understood why he deleted him, and said that he did not blame him. He also told Tao Luobai that he would not log into the game during this period because of his studies, and he regretted that he did not have the opportunity to chat with him again.

Finally, Brother Shining said goodbye to him and wished him to pursue his own happiness.

Tao Luobai's eyes immediately became sore when he saw Brother Shan Yao's decent and gentle words.

The emotions that had been suppressed for a month suddenly burst out. Tao Luobai almost rolled out of bed. It was twelve o'clock in the evening. Tao Luobai didn't want to disturb her roommates who were sleeping soundly, so she ran to the balcony outside the dormitory and cried alone.

Tao Luobai tried to suppress his crying, but perhaps because he cried too hard, he woke up one of his roommates.

This roommate was Bai Qiaosong.

Bai Qiaosong took a pack of tissues and came out to comfort him, without mentioning the fact that he was woken up. He stayed with Tao Luobai on the balcony until two o'clock.

Then, the two of them went back to the dormitory to sleep. That night, Tao Luobai did not fall asleep. He asked Bai Qiaosong to go back to sleep with him just to buy time; he didn't want his other roommate to waste his sleep time because of him.

That night was destined to be a sleepless night for Tao Luobai. He stared at the dark bed curtains and the ceiling in a daze until the next day.

Bai Qiaosong woke up around nine and asked if he wanted to go have breakfast with him. Since their sophomore year, their dorms had been going their separate ways. Tao Luobai understood that Bai Qiaosong wanted to observe his condition, fearing that something might be wrong with him, so he agreed.

In the cafeteria, in order to prevent Bai Qiaosong from worrying too much about him, Tao Luobai told him the reason why he was crying - he was heartbroken.

"Senior, no need, I can do it myself."

"You already call me senior, junior, you're welcome!"

A burst of arguing brought Tao Luobai back to reality.

No, it wasn't the sound of an argument. Tao Luobai took a few glances and suddenly understood what was happening before his eyes.

His roommate, Bai Qiaosong, volunteered to help the junior girl move her suitcase after hearing his explanation of why she was waiting there playing with her phone.

Tao Luobai wanted to call out to Bai Qiaosong, but found that he had already successfully snatched the box from his schoolmate's hands and was dragging it away.

Tao Luobai sighed silently. He had heard that some girls' suitcases were extremely heavy. He hoped that the worst possible situation would not happen to him.

Bai Qiaosong took the suitcase from his schoolmate and was very proud. He dragged it to the end of the stairs, bounced it a few times, and then put it down. It was obvious that the suitcase was too heavy and he was struggling.

Seeing that he couldn't do it alone, Tao Luobai put down the sign in his hand and prepared to help him before his schoolmate noticed anything was wrong.

Before he could go over and tell him that he was there, Tao Luobai watched Bai Qiaosong grit his teeth and carry the suitcase on his shoulders, then run up the stairs in one go.

No way, so strong, was it just an illusion? Tao Luobai thought to himself and stopped halfway, when suddenly there was a loud noise on the stairs.

When Bai Qiaosong reached the middle of the stairs, the suitcase on his shoulder fell down. Bai Qiaosong couldn't avoid it in time and knelt on the suitcase. Together with the suitcase, he slid to the ground level with Tao Luobai.

One of the wheels of the suitcase was stuck and fell off. Tao Luobai followed it with his eyes. The wheel was still rolling due to inertia, and it rolled in front of the stunned schoolmate.

Tao Luobai looked up, and his eyes met with his schoolmate's. Tao Luobai smiled at her awkwardly.

"I'll ask him to compensate you."

This little episode ended with Bai Qiaosong buying a new suitcase for his junior online, and a sports student holding a sign with the school's name personally escorted the suitcase without wheels to the dormitory.

After the matter was resolved, Tao Luobai looked at the listless Bai Qiaosong and wondered in his heart how he would spend the next few hours. It was so embarrassing.

Perhaps God noticed Bai Qiaosong's embarrassment, and soon, more and more new students came here. Tao Luobai and Bai Qiaosong had no time to think about these trivial things, and they concentrated on the work of welcoming new students.

Gradually, five hours passed.

The number of new students gradually decreased. Tao Luobai took a look and found that the large group of welcome students from the 985 university opposite had almost left. Tao Luobai sighed in his heart again. It was all because the school recruited too many people. Even the students got off work later than those from the 985 university.

When Tao Luobai put down the sign in his hand and prepared to stretch his muscles on the spot, he heard a familiar female voice.

"Brother, can you help me?"

"My suitcase is too—"

The conversation was interrupted at the moment when Tao Luobai and the girl's eyes met.

The handle of the suitcase retracted with a clang, and the girl's eyes opened wide, as if she had seen someone unexpected.

Tao Luobai greeted her with a smile: "Photographer sister, don't you remember me?"

The photographer's sister said nothing, but ran to a corner with a look of surprise and quickly pulled over a boy who was talking on the phone.

When Tao Luobai looked at the boy's face, it was as if he was back to that rainy night not too far away.