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Under the gaze of Professor Song, Chen Jin started the car and left.
Before, she had thought about buying a bicycle to make it easier for her to get from home to school. At that time, I thought that I shouldn’t be too high-profile at school. But she didn't expect that before she could make it public, people had already spread the news that her family had become rich after the demolition.
In that case, she would not keep a low profile and put herself in a difficult position.
The sun in June is already very hot, and you can sweat just by walking outside. It's freezing cold in the car. No one would choose to walk to school in this weather.
In addition to several graduation theses, Chen Jin's bag also contained her camera. Although the graduation photo shoot was scheduled for tomorrow, she and Lin Kexin had agreed that they would take some individual photos at school today, and then they could leave after taking the group photo tomorrow. Then there is the teacher appreciation banquet tomorrow night...
Maybe because she would stay to work in the future, she didn’t feel sad about graduation. On the contrary, she was almost overjoyed: I finally graduated from college!
"Chen Jin!" Lin Xinran waved at her from the college stairs, then raised her camera to signal her. Chen Jin understood and immediately raised her bag and patted it to show that she did not forget to bring her camera.
When Chen Jin walked up, he found that Lin Xinran’s roommates were looking for Lin Xinran to take pictures. They all wanted to take a photo with the sign next to the entrance of the college building. After Lin Xinran finished taking pictures of them, she called Chen Jin over and said, "Hurry up, someone else will take over the space soon. Other majors are also defending their graduation thesis today."
Chen Jin trotted over and stood in front of a classmate, then took her standard tourist photo, “( ω )y”. As soon as she walked away, someone rushed to grab that spot.
To be honest, she felt there was nothing worth photographing in that place, just a sign for the School of Humanities.
At this time, several of her roommates also came over. Song Jiajia, a student from the Physics Department, also came over, holding hands with Qin Xuemei, and talking about some crazy things.
Chen Jin wanted to take a photo for Lin Xinran as well, but she was not used to using Lin Xinran's camera. The principle should be the same, but the operation was slightly different. Chen Jin took out his camera and said, "I'll take pictures of you with mine, and then we can develop the pictures together and choose."
"good!"
Meng Shengnan was embarrassed to look for Lin Xinran just now. Although she had a carefree personality, she was not completely without emotional intelligence. She and Lin Xinran were classmates but not familiar with each other, so she didn't want to bother her.
When she saw Chen Jin took out his camera, she wanted to go up and ask, but her mind was full of Chen Jin's "feats" in the dormitory during his first three years of college. A person who is usually carefree suddenly becomes shy.
Chen Jin looked at her, "Do you want to take a photo? And Liang Xiaoyu, do you want one?"
"I want it, I want it. Thank you, Chen Jin." Meng Shengnan took the opportunity to run over and directed the people around her to move aside so as not to ruin her background. After the photoshoot, he immediately pushed Liang Xiaoyu over, then waved to Chen Jin, "Okay, we can start the photoshoot."
As soon as Chen Jin finished taking the photos, she glanced at Qin Xuemei, and seeing that she was still glaring at her, Chen Jin immediately rolled her eyes, put away the camera, and went to find Lin Xinran to go into the meeting room.
Lin Xinran was a little nervous and rubbed her hands from time to time. "We are all in the same classroom listening. If I don't defend well later, I won't be able to answer the questions and get scolded by the teacher... Hiss, just thinking about it, I want to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. I hope the teachers will be gentler and not so sharp. I don't want to be asked questions by Professor Song..."
She kept muttering to herself, and Chen Jin was a little nervous at first, but her words made Chen Jin more confident: It's difficult for me, and it's difficult for others too, so don't panic!
Before the defense began, Chen Jin took out the manuscript he had written previously and familiarized himself with it.
A shadow suddenly appeared beside her. She turned her head and saw Yang Qian, who was frowning.
Seeing this, Chen Jin also frowned, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong with her thesis?
Yang Qian sat down depressedly and said faintly: "You actually wrote a manuscript... Chen Jin, you really don't have to work so hard, there is no scholarship this time!"
Thinking back, she originally wanted to live in the dormitory, but the most important reason she moved out was Chen Jin.
Because she works so hard. Not to mention being serious in class, most students are just as serious, but Chen Jin hardly ever participates in club activities. She either studies in the library or in the dormitory. To the extent that every time she saw Chen Jin, she felt a little stressed, so she simply moved out.
Suddenly I feel that it would be nice not to have Chen Jin as my classmate in graduate school.
Chen Jin glanced at her disapprovingly and said, "When you do things, you should start well and finish well."
"You said you wanted to go shopping together, but you didn't come out when I called you later. Why don't you say you'll finish it off?"
Chen Jin continued to read the manuscript without changing his expression. "I am a person who only sticks to my own principles. Okay, don't bother me while I'm reading the manuscript. It's okay if you get scolded later, but I can't stand being scolded by the teacher."
Lin Xinran quietly observed the two of them and poked Chen Jin's arm with her finger, "When did you become so familiar with her?"
"We went shopping together twice, but we didn't know each other very well."
Yang Qian looked at her, "It's so loud, I can hear it."
"It's not something that can't be said, just listen." Chen Jin said casually.
When she raised her eyes, she saw Zhuoran, the talented student in the class, sitting diagonally opposite them. He was looking at them with resentment, sadness and affection. Chen Jin got goose bumps even though she was in the stuffy meeting room. It was the first time she saw a man in real life who could express the expressions of the male protagonist in a Qiong Yao novel.
"Hey, who is looking at you?" Chen Jin pushed Yang Qian.
I missed a lot of things if I hadn’t interacted with Yang Qian before.
Yang Qian followed her gaze and turned her head away indifferently, "I will be his aunt from now on. It's not polite to stare at your elders like this."
Chen Jin:! ! !
Lin Xinran:! ! !
Chen Jin felt that since she would be a counselor at the School of Arts in the future and Yang Qian would stay in school for her postgraduate studies, and since they were college classmates, they should get along well with each other. She had never encountered such a situation in the village: a young aunt who became her boyfriend after breaking up with him? !
Zhuoran turned his head away sadly, and gave Chen Jin goosebumps again.
Lin Xinran still wanted to find Chen Jin to find out what was going on, but classmates and teachers came in one after another and the seats in front and behind their row were full of people. Now whatever she said would be heard, so Lin Xinran suppressed her curiosity.
When she heard that the defense order would be based on the supervisor, she would still be ranked first. Lin Xinran hurriedly looked at what she had written in her thesis.
Chen Jin watched the defense of more than a dozen students in a row. She felt that the teachers sitting in front of her were numb and might be thinking: What rubbish is this!
I don’t feel anything when I’m studying normally. It’s actually not difficult to study, whether I’m preparing for an exam or not. But publishing a paper is not an easy task. Ordinary papers are easy to write, but papers for graduate studies will be difficult to write.
Professor Song and Professor Jiang are worthy of being the two bad-tempered bosses of the School of Arts. They are really good at scolding. Cultured people always use elegant words when criticizing others. Compared with directly scolding people, it is like cutting flesh with a soft knife.
Chen Jinmu went to the defense with a sullen face, recited her own manuscript, answered a few simple questions, and then the teacher let her go.
Just like that? She still finds it incredible.
She was standing in front just now and clearly saw that Professor Jiang and Professor Song had very grim looks on their faces. She was nervous, wondering what the two teachers would find fault with her. In the end, neither of them asked any questions.
The few people who defended their thesis after her also did very well.
Yang Qian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this hurdle was finally passed.
After the defense, only one student's thesis failed. It was said that it was because it was poorly written and had a bad attitude. He did not even consult the tutor about the graduation thesis, so he was directly rejected.
Chen Jin thought that if she encountered a student like this when she became a counselor in the future, she would be so upset. If students cannot graduate successfully, the counselors will have a lot of work to do.
That afternoon, Yang Qian inexplicably joined the photo-taking team that originally consisted of only her and Lin Xinran.
"Next time you take pictures, tell me in advance so I can bring my camera too."
The three of them, who will continue to study or work at NTU in the future, did not behave like people who were about to graduate. They did not look for the school’s landmark buildings, but instead took photos in a corner of the campus with fewer people and nice views.
Chen Jin was glad that she brought cosmetics with her, otherwise Yang Qian would have to go home to change clothes and put on makeup before she would agree to the shoot. If she didn't take the photos well, she would have delayed others' shoots. Chen Jin rolled her eyes so frequently before.
She and Lin Xinran both wanted to know about her and Zhuoran's uncle, but Yang Qian dismissed them with just two sentences, "What's there to know? He's just an old man."
The old men, who were eight years older than them, felt for the first time that Yang Qian was quite pitiful, so they didn't feel comfortable continuing to dig at her wounds.
"Take a break. Let's not rush to shoot. We can wait a few years until we graduate before shooting again." Lin Xinran wiped the sweat off her face and said, "I don't know why, but I'm very happy about my graduation. There's nothing to be sad about."
Both Chen Jin and Yang Qian expressed similar feelings.
They saw several classmates walking past them. They seemed to have a very good relationship and were very lively. The photographer in front of them was instructing them on how to pose, and they were laughing and cooperating seriously.
Chen Jin was a little envious. Good friends who could make progress together and share joys and sorrows with each other in college were hard to come by.
But that little bit of envy soon passed. Perhaps it’s because people take different paths at each stage of their lives, and it’s not necessary to have friends at every stage. Listening to the conversation between Lin Xinran and Yang Qian through her, she suddenly felt relieved.
She has graduated from college, I wonder if one of her friends has also graduated from military school.
The next day, when taking graduation photos, Chen Jin deliberately put on a makeup that she thought looked good and went out. At the door, she saw Shen Baichuan, whom she hadn't seen for a few days, waved to him and said hello, then got in the car and left.
She moved too quickly and the car jumped out, and she didn't hear Shen Baichuan behind her asking if he could give him a ride.
Shen Baichuan looked at it for a while, and finally drove to work honestly by himself.
Chen Jin has always felt that taking graduation photos is too tiring. He stood in the hot sun for half an hour before the photographer finally arrived. Then he had to adjust the position. If taking one photo was not enough, he had to change the location to take another one.
After taking the group photo, many people went to take photos with the teacher. Chen Jin was thinking about slipping away. Yang Qian and Lin Xinran both said that they wanted to go to her house at noon and then go to a restaurant on Wutong Road in the evening to attend a teacher appreciation banquet.
"Chen Jin, come over here and take a photo."
Chen Jin looked back and saw that it was Professor Song calling her, and there were Professor Jiang and several other teachers beside him. Chen Jin had thought about taking photos with the teachers, but there were too many classmates who wanted to take photos, and the photos were being posted here, so she became impatient waiting.
The teacher called her, so of course she had to go!
Chen Jin handed his camera to Yang Qian, adjusted it, and told her, "You have to take a better picture for me."
Not feeling particularly reassured, he asked Lin Xinran to use her camera to help take pictures. One of the two people can take some good photos, right?
"You have to call me Teacher Chen from now on," Professor Jiang joked.
Starting from the change in the way others addressed him, at this moment, Chen Jin finally felt the reality that he was going to graduate.
When Chen Jin returned to the small western-style building, the first thing he did was to turn on the air conditioner and let Lin Xinran and Yang Qian, who had come with him, do as they pleased. "There are drinks in the refrigerator. I'll go upstairs and change my clothes first."
In order to look better in photos, the clothes and shoes look nice but they are not breathable and comfortable. You're really asking for trouble.
Downstairs, Yang Qian calmly put her bag on the coffee table, and went to see what was in the refrigerator. She saw rows of drinks, and then she pulled out the freezer, which was filled with ice cream of various brands and flavors.
He asked Lin Xinran what she wanted to drink, then took it out and handed it to her.
After taking a sip of ice water, the heat dissipated and Yang Qian and Lin Xinran walked around the house. After Chen Jin changed his clothes and went downstairs, Yang Qian said, "Last time you asked me to ask the neighbor aunt if there are any small houses for sale here. Did you ask for me?"
Chen Jin paused as he opened the refrigerator, feeling a little guilty. "I'll go ask tomorrow."
He got a glare from Yang Qian.
Lin Xinran saw her turn on the TV and fell directly on the sofa without caring about her image. "Now I understand why you like to stay at home. If I lived in a building by myself and had no worries about food and drink, I would not like to go out either."
Chen Jin hummed twice and touched his nose.
It’s not that she doesn’t like going out, it’s that she doesn’t like going out with others often. She is very happy to go out and wander around by herself. As long as the car can drive in, she can visit every street and alley.
There is an old street in Dongcheng District, with huge trees on both sides of the road blocking out the sun. Every time I pass by, I slow down and drive past, as if I am driving through a forest in the city. She enjoyed the lively and peaceful journey with great interest.
"I heard that many of the people living here are former teachers from the school. Is that true? Are all your neighbors teachers?"
"This is the new teacher of the Computer Department, who returned from studying abroad. This is the two retired teachers. The original owner of my building was also a retired professor. He has another building here, not too close to mine. Anyway, most of them are teachers from Nanjing University."
Even she, starting from next month, will be a member of the faculty of NTU!
"That's good. The neighbors around here are well-educated, so there won't be a lot of trouble." Lin Xinran sighed, "Didn't I say I would move out after I finish my graduate studies? The neighbors above, below, and around my house are not easy to deal with. They would argue for a long time over trivial matters. When I renovated my house, the old lady downstairs called the police three times, saying that my house was disturbing the neighbors."
"I told my mom that if it really doesn't work out, I'd better just live in school. I'll just live with Chen Lu."
"Look at you, Chen Lu is not bad, she won't go crazy in the dormitory." Chen Jin objectively said: "She only wants to study, you can save a lot of worry if you live with her."
"Let's talk about it later. I don't plan to continue living in the school dormitory. Besides," Lin Xinran spread her hands helplessly, "my family is going to arrange a blind date for me. The people they introduced are all sons of my parents' friends. If there is a suitable one, I will date him. It's not very convenient to go out when I live in school."
The world seems to be caught in a whirlpool of "urging marriage", making Chen Jin feel that the people around him are either dating or preparing to date. Everyone seems to have tacitly accepted the statement that "it's time to get old" and thinks it's time to "settle down".
She hasn’t thought about dating yet. She always feels that she is still young. She just graduated from college and is about to enter the working stage. She has just begun to explore this new stage of the world. How can she be “old enough”?
"By the way, you and your ex-boyfriend haven't seen each other now, right?"
Chen Jin: "I just saw them in the community a few days ago. They often visit Professor Song's house next door. Oh, they also bought a house in the faculty and staff family area. I might run into them often on my way to and from get off work in the future."
"Isn't that embarrassing?" Lin Xinran said disdainfully, "Those two people are haunting us like ghosts. Can't they just get out of here?"
"Why should I be embarrassed? Anyway, I'm not embarrassed." Chen Jin shook his head proudly, "I don't think they dare to go crazy in front of me."
After talking about this and that for a long time, Chen Jin couldn't help but be curious and moved towards Yang Qian, "Can you tell us about you and Uncle Zhuo?"
Yang Qian really disliked Chen Jin's way of addressing her. She used to call her Aunt Zhao "Sister Zhao", and now she calls her fiancé "Uncle Zhuo", which makes people's eyes turn black when they hear it.
Chen Jin actually understood what she disliked and said confidently, "Then what else should we call him? We can't keep mentioning Zhuoran's uncle. If we mention it too much, Zhuoran might remind you of your sad memories."
"Then you can call him by his name, Zhuo Jiyu."
Yang Qian pulled out the pillow behind her and hugged it, saying calmly, "There's nothing special, it's just that my family and his family have an engagement, and we must each send one person to form a marriage alliance. I'm the only girl in my family, and there are many boys in their family, so Grandpa Zhuo let me choose. It doesn't matter who I choose. Zhuo Jiyu's biggest advantage is that he is good at making money. I won't have a hard life following him."
Chen Jin still didn't understand, "It doesn't matter who you choose, so can you and Zhuoran still be okay? Can't you just wait for him to return to China? You can still live freely for a few years."
Yang Qian raised her eyebrows. "This is a new idea. I didn't think there was a benefit to getting married later. Indeed, if I choose Zhuo Jiyu, I will have to get married this year. He is old."
"But Zhuoran is not a good person."
Lin Xinran was curious, "Why not?"
However, Chen Jin thought of another aspect, and recalled what he had heard from Aunt Zhou in the village before: the man of a certain family was not a good person, so his wife ran away. Seriously: "Men really can't do that."
"......" Yang Qian was angry again, "What are you thinking about? I said he is unreliable!"
Chen Jin smiled awkwardly and closed his mouth.
"Zhuoran's father is Grandpa Zhuo's second son and the most mediocre one. When Grandpa Zhuo passes away, the gap between his family and the other branches will widen. Zhuoran is an only child and his mother has a strong control desire. Anyone who marries him will be controlled by her mother-in-law. To be honest, Zhuoran can write, but he can't do anything else."
"My family is in business. I have two older sisters and one older brother. My two older sisters married into wealthy families. If I marry Zhuoran, my family's resources will never be allocated to me in the future." Because Zhuoran and his parents are not worth investing in.
Yang Qian smiled and said, "Do you find it incredible? Like watching a story about a large feudal family?"
Lin Xinran had an expression that said, "It's not like I haven't seen the world before," and said, "What's the big deal? It's a very normal thing. Anyway, my family's conditions are generally not as good as yours, but my parents always introduce me to people with better conditions. They say that the person is the most important thing, and that if the family background is not good, we can create together. Don't believe such talk!"
When it comes to this, Lin Xinran has a lot to say, "Poor couples have many sorrows. When my family was not well off, I often saw people quarreling and fighting over trivial matters. Life was not going well for them. Even love could not satisfy them."
Looking at Yang Qian, he said, "After listening to your analysis, I think it's reasonable for you to choose Zhuo... then someone else. Your family is not called feudal, right? Oh, how do you say this... what do you think?"
Why are you bringing me into this again?
Chen Jin concluded: "This has nothing to do with feudalism or not. You are, uh, integrating the personal connections you can cover?" She had heard her second cousin analyze some of it with her, but she forgot what he said specifically, because her second cousin has recently been in contact with Zhuang Yao, the daughter of her uncle's friend, and they may also need to confirm their relationship.
"It's normal for you to choose Zhuo Jiyu. From what you said, Zhuoran is indeed not suitable. People always strive for higher goals. The most important thing is to live a good life."
"Like my ex, he wants to be with someone who is better off. I think he did nothing wrong, but they can't do something wrong and then come and step on me. If they talk to him nicely, I won't keep pestering him."
"Oh, I'm getting off topic. Anyway, don't worry about whether your family is feudal or not. The most important thing is that you get benefits." Chen Jin thought for a while and asked, "Is your current fiancée good-looking?"
Yang Qian nodded, "It's OK."
"No messy things? Like buying a few bread outside."
"That's not the case. He doesn't have many disadvantages except that he's a little old."
"That's it! You may not be able to find such a good one even if you go out and look for it yourself." It is a bit feudal. After all, even in their village, engagement is no longer a popular thing. But this feudalism has many advantages!
Chen Jin sighed again. After all, it’s still about getting married.
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