"No need. What could possibly happen at school? I've been in Beijing for half a month and haven't had time to see Ruoshi. I'll treat her to lunch today. Anyway, you've been busy lately, so you don't need to pick me up."
"Okay, come back when you're done."
Chen Jing knew that Rong Ruoshi was a good person with a kind nature, so he wasn't too worried. He waved and turned to leave.
With his small workshop just opening and wholesale business about to commence, he needed to keep a close eye on things to avoid any setbacks.
Rong Ruoshi walked over excitedly with two friends: "Many students just said that a beautiful girl signed up, accompanied by a rough guy. I guessed it was you. Why are you so late?"
Ji Xia looked slightly ashamed, but immediately complained in a serious tone, "What rough man? Is he rough? He's a tough guy, a man with a tender heart!"
"Alright, alright, I know your fiancé treats you very well, and I don't want to hear you bragging. I'll introduce you to two roommates."
Rong Ruoshi introduced the two cute girls beside her:
The girl on the left has straight bangs and two thick, black braids. Although her clothes are a bit dowdy, she has a great figure, tall and thin with long legs, and her chest is very well-developed, with a white shirt with small flowers that makes her look bulging.
With a voluptuous figure and an innocent, delicate appearance, she smiled shyly and charmingly at Ji Xia: "My name is Liu Yujuan."
This incredibly corny name is a waste of her figure and face.
Ji Xia thought to herself, but readily extended her hand: "Hello, my name is Ji Xia, I'm from Guangdong, nice to meet you."
"You're from Guangdong, but your skin is so fair; you don't look like a southerner at all."
The little girl giggled, revealing adorable dimples on both sides of her pretty face. Her beautiful hair was styled into a long braid and placed to one side. She was petite and delicate, with a round face that was slightly chubby, giving her a very cute appearance.
She took Ji Xia's hand with a happy expression: "My name is Jiang Qingci, I'm from Suzhou and Hangzhou, it's nice to meet you."
"Your name is so poetic and beautiful. Your parents must be very cultured."
Ji Xia smiled faintly, but she looked like a little Lolita, which didn't quite match her name.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingci generously tossed her braid: "Yes, my mother also studied art. She paints traditional Chinese paintings. My name describes someone who is knowledgeable and has an artistic temperament. However, it was originally a boy's name, but she insisted that I give myself this name."
"Is this a boy's name? I think it would be nice for a girl too, it sounds grand, like Li Qingzhao."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingci's smile became even more sincere, and he held her arm even more affectionately: "You really know how to talk. Ruoshi said you were a bookworm, but I don't think you are at all."
Ji Xia couldn't help but roll her eyes at Rong Ruoshi: "Heh, I've caught you. Talking bad about me behind my back, how should you be punished? Tell me, I'll give you a chance!"
As Ji Xia spoke, he suddenly grabbed Rong Ruoshi and tickled her waist, causing Rong Ruoshi to dodge and scream.
Without hesitation, she hid behind Jiang Qingci, pushed him out, and extended her wolfish claws.
Liu Yujuan watched the three of them making a ruckus and couldn't help but feel envious.
They seemed to quickly start arguing together, leaving me feeling like an outsider.
Just then, Jiang Qingci suddenly grabbed Liu Yujuan's arm: "Help, help me, Yujuan, save me—"
"Stop fooling around, lots of people are watching!" Liu Yujuan said shyly for a while, and the group slowly stopped playing around.
After catching her breath, Ji Xia smoothed her messy hair with her fingers and asked, "You guys signed up a long time ago. I want to go to the dorm to take a look. Want to come along?"
"Okay, we'll take you there."
Jiang Qingci quickly agreed, "Let's go, but why did you come empty-handed? Where's your luggage?"
Rong Ruoshi looked at her empty hands: "School starts tomorrow, and you haven't brought your things back yet?"
"I don't plan to stay overnight. I'll just prepare a mat, a pillow, and a light blanket. I can rest at school for a while at noon."
Ji Xia shook her head, pulled a cotton handkerchief from her pocket and wiped her sweat: "I never thought we'd end up sharing a dorm room."
"I specifically asked my aunt to adjust it for me, haven't I been good to you?"
Rong Ruoshi raised her chin smugly, looking displeased: "Who knew you would forget your friends for the sake of a pretty face? You're not going back to school to live? Are you planning to rent a place and live together with your fiancé?"
"No, we didn't rent a house, but we bought a small courtyard. This time when we came to Beijing, we also brought two of our girlfriends with us..."
She briefly explained the situation, then looked around the campus with suspicion.
The campus is quite large, but it's full of gardens, sculptures, sports fields, and libraries. However, there are only a few dormitory buildings and teaching buildings.
School starts tomorrow, but there are only a few students in the school, it seems like there aren't many people there.
She remembered that in her past life, she took her daughter to school. The university was full of students, with long queues everywhere, and it was overcrowded.
"Isn't school supposed to start tomorrow? There don't seem to be many students?"
"The art academy originally didn't have many students. Each major only admitted a few people, and each class only admitted two or three hundred students. This is only the third class. All three classes have less than eight hundred students. How many students can there be?"
Rong Ruoshi shook her head dismissively: "Don't compare the Academy of Fine Arts with other universities. Those schools admit at least three to five times more students than the Academy of Fine Arts."
Ji Xia suddenly realized, that's right, before the university reform, the university admission rate was extremely low, and the number of students admitted was not large to begin with.
Art academies are admitting even fewer students these days.
Until around 2000, with educational reforms, university enrollment began to increase exponentially, with millions of university students graduating each year.
However, in the 1970s and 80s, the total number of college students was only two to three hundred thousand a year, less than one-tenth of the number in later generations.
Rong Ruoshi was very familiar with the school, and she led them on a tour of the school before returning to the girls' dormitory.
Their dormitory was on the second floor, room 302. There were four people in the room, and the other three had already made their bedding, leaving only the bed by the window empty.
In addition to the beds, the dormitory also has two wardrobes, with each person occupying half of the wardrobe.
There were two tables next to the bed, one table for each person and half a table.
Rong Ruoshi also prepared sketchbooks, drawing paper, watercolor paints, reference books, and other supplies for them.
Ji Xia borrowed an old towel, filled a basin halfway with water, and wiped down her bed and wardrobe.
"I'm planning to go to the department store to buy some bedding and stationery. Ruoshi, will you come with me?"
"Let's go together. I also want to buy some food to stock up."
Rong Ruoshi called out to her two other roommates. Jiang Qingci readily agreed, but Liu Yujuan hesitated, saying, "I'll pass, there's nothing I want to buy."
"You can accompany her even if you don't want to buy anything. At worst, you can help her carry some things. She doesn't have anything, so she definitely has a lot to buy."
Rong Ruoshi pointed at Ji Xia, and Liu Yujuan looked at Ji Xia and nodded reluctantly.
She doesn't have money to buy anything, so it would be helpful if she could help carry some of the things.
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