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Jiang Xi hadn’t felt so relaxed for a long time.

In her college life in her previous life, her roommates were all pretty good, but she was busy with tuition, living expenses, and studying. In addition to working various jobs, she also had to complete her studies and strive for scholarships. Her mind was full of survival, and she rarely had the time to relax like she does now. Even with her two good friends in her previous life, most of the time they were consistent in their values, ideals, and interests. Everyone was fighting for common interests and common ideals. Everyone was very busy, and it was rare for them to sleep in the same bed and talk until the dawn with candlelight.

When I woke up the next day, the girls were no longer in the room. Jiang Xi slept a long and relaxing nap until about eight o'clock. They had already bought breakfast and put it on the only desk in the room with a note on it. At six o'clock, they went to the crew and continued filming. It

was hot in the summer, and the crew started work early and finished work late every day, rushing to shoot, especially Jiang Bo's part. He had to go back to school after the semester started, so his part had to be finished in advance. Fortunately, many scenes were not shot according to the plot, but according to the rented scenes. The scenes of the same scene were shot in one go and edited later.

When it was the hottest time at noon, you could rest for two hours and take a nap.

Jiang Xi habitually moved her body first, brushed her teeth, had breakfast, and prepared to go downstairs for a run or two, and stroll around the town at the end of this decade. When she got downstairs, she saw Song Peifeng waiting for her.

She smiled as soon as she raised her eyes, and in the summer morning light, her eyes were filled with a warm smile.

Yesterday, he first sent them back and then went back to the guesthouse, so he knew the way.

Jiang Xi was still feeling a bit lazy at this time and asked him, "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Song Peifeng was also moving his body, "My biological clock has gotten used to it. I haven't run for a few days. I guess you can't stay idle today, so let's move around together."

During the days of flood control and disaster relief, the environment was harsh. When it was damp and cold at night, they all huddled together for warmth. They had to get up early in the morning and could only move their bodies on the spot, do some stretching, etc. It was indeed true that they hadn't run for a long time.

The two of them didn't run for long. They simply warmed up and came across a breakfast stall. They had a simple breakfast with Song Peifeng. She drank a cup of soy milk and returned to the guesthouse. She went back to take a good shower. After washing up, she changed into clean clothes. Song Peifeng had washed her clothes yesterday and put them in the yard under the balcony to dry.

Jiang Xi felt like she had grown lazy bones after being busy for a while. She didn't want to move at all. She just wanted to lie on the recliner, leaning on Song Peifeng, and not go anywhere.

She sat on the wooden old chair in the lobby below the guesthouse, leaning her head against him: "It's so hot outside, I miss the air conditioning."

After a while, they got up, and the two of them opened an umbrella and went to Shudian Cinema City.

The movie city is guarded by a gatekeeper. Outsiders cannot enter casually. They have to register and get a badge. Huang Lan took them to register yesterday. They signed their names and went in.

There was still a performance inside. Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng watched quietly. During the performance, Director Zhang saw her and wanted her to make a cameo again. Seeing that she was unwilling, he urged her to be an extra. When Jiang Xi saw the unwashed extras' clothes with a pungent smell in summer, she was scared and ran as far as she could. She refused very straightforwardly.

She didn't stay in the store any longer and asked He Xiaofang and the others about the admission notice and the time to report to school.

Several people had received their admission letters a long time ago. Xu Xiuli and Lu Xuehua's letters were sent to their homes, while He Xiaofang and Liu Ping's were sent to Wucheng No. 1 Middle School. They had all confirmed that they had received their admission letters and would report to their respective schools in the next two days.

Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng were the same. Everyone was reluctant to leave, but they still had to separate.

Jiang Xi found that she was more afraid of separation than they were. She liked the liveliness of being with them more than she thought.

So Xu Xiuli and He Xiaofang could clearly feel from Jiang Xi that she was reluctant to leave them and was looking forward to seeing them next time, so they told them: "Be sure to come to Beijing to visit me during the holidays, or I can go to Shanghai to find you."

Liu Ping and Lu Xuehua were fine, as they were still young and had countless expectations and aspirations for the future, so they were not afraid of separation. But He Xiaofang, holding Jiang Xi's hand, her eyes reddened again, and said: "You said it, when the time comes I will come to find you, so you can't think I'm annoying."

She was really afraid that she would get further and further away from Jiang Xi because she could not keep up with his pace.

Xu Xiuli took out a notebook and asked Jiang Xi to give her the address of her house in Shanghai. "When the time comes, I will buy a house with you. We will visit each other every day and bother you to death!"

Jiang Xi laughed and said, "That's great. If you don't come, it's your dog!" She also stretched out her little finger childishly and made a pinky promise with Xu Xiuli. Liu Ping quickly stretched out her hand

and said, "And me!" She also pulled Lu Xuehua over to make a pinky promise. Lu Xuehua was awkward and disliked their childishness while stretching out her hand with a smile on her face. He Xiaofang was also pulled over by Jiang Xi. The five people agreed to live in the same community in the future.

Even though Jiang Xi knew that this was difficult, they were young and had no doubts at this time that they could not do it in the future.

Before leaving, Jiang Xi said to Xu Xiuli, "The country has just issued a policy to cancel the welfare housing distribution policy. House prices will definitely continue to rise in the future. This year should be the lowest house price in recent years. If you want to buy a house, hurry up and take advantage of the blue-stamp household registration now to transfer your household registration to Shanghai."

Because of the stock market crash last year and this year, there were especially many stock investors in Shanghai. Although the welfare housing distribution policy was canceled, the housing distribution dreams of many local residents in Shanghai were shattered. They had to buy their own houses, but it would definitely not be that fast. But after this year, by next year, many local residents who were not able to live in their homes would definitely buy houses. In addition, by that time, the entire eastern Shanghai would have been almost completed. Two thousand years later, the soaring speed of the housing market was simply not a speed that ordinary people's wages could catch up with.

Jiang Xi reminded Xu Xiuli: "Just buy it in Hudong."

Xu Xiuli nodded repeatedly.

Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng went to Shanghai to meet Grandpa Jiang first. When Grandpa Jiang saw Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng, who were carrying many things, came to see him together, he knew what was going on. He only glanced at Song Peifeng, and then his eyes were fixed on Jiang Xi. He looked at his granddaughter's dark and thin face, stood up with a hunched body, followed her, held her hand full of small wounds, and kept saying: "Did you not eat well and sleep well? You have to take good care of yourself, do you know? You are young now and don't understand the importance of the body. When you are old, you will know the hardship." He pressed the moisture under his eyes with his palms: "But Don't be like me, getting sick when you're old. You have to take good care of yourself, okay?"

He never asked anyone for anything in his life, but only asked himself silently. He didn't know what to say or do to his granddaughter so that she could take better care of herself. He just kept wiping away his tears out of heartache. Jiang Xi's eyes became hot from crying, and she hugged her grandfather and said softly, "Grandpa, I know, I will take good care of myself, don't worry."

Grandpa Jiang sat on the chair, looking at Jiang Xi, who was getting thinner and thinner, with a sad face.

It was Song Peifeng who came to talk to Grandpa Jiang.

Grandpa Jiang knew him, Song Peifeng from Wuzhong, and had met him before during the Chinese New Year. This time, when he saw him coming with Jiang Xi, he knew that he and Jiang Xi were dating. He was neither happy nor unhappy about this. He was not unhappy because girls of this age in the village had to start looking for a partner and could get married after dating for two years. He was not happy because he did not want his granddaughter to follow the old path of those girls in the village and get married early. She could see higher and stand higher.

But he did not know how to tell his granddaughter this and express it.

But soon, Grandpa Jiang was smiling as Song Peifeng talked about Jiang Wu. He told Grandpa Jiang in detail about Jiang Wu's daily routine in Beijing for the past year and what she did at school every day. He heard Song Peifeng say that Jiang Wu would run five kilometers every morning before going to the Beijing University cafeteria for breakfast. Grandpa Jiang

was worried when he heard this, "You run so far on an empty stomach. You should eat a full stomach before running." He was

also told that Jiang Wu took time out every week to do strength training and learn Sanda. Grandpa Jiang's smile deepened and he said contentedly, "It's good to learn martial arts. Girls are not afraid of being bullied if they learn martial arts." Hearing

that Jiang Wu even took classes that were not her major very seriously, the teacher Professors like to ask her to answer questions, such as how much meat, vegetables and fruits she eats in one meal. These little details in her life finally let Grandpa Jiang piece together a complete college life for Jiang Xi, and also let Grandpa Jiang finally put his mind at ease. With a smile on his face, he sat on the rocking chair, rocking and swaying, following Jiang Xi's lead, and ignored Song Peifeng. Song Peifeng

didn't care about Grandpa Jiang's attitude. Seeing that he finally stopped worrying about Jiang Xi, he looked at Jiang Xi and smiled at each other.

Grandpa Jiang would sometimes look at Song Peifeng, knowing that he was a very good boy with a good family background. He was a completely different boy from the boys from their village, and he was another type of city dweller in his ideal. He thought that if his granddaughter really looked for a partner, he would be many times better than those from their village. Thinking of this, he was satisfied with Jiang Wu as a partner.

However, in private, he still said to Jiang Wu, "You should study hard and don't rush to get married, understand? Finish your studies first, get a good job, and it won't be too late to get married after you get a good job."

He didn't know how to say big things, nor did he know how to express his thoughts. He looked at his granddaughter and was speechless for a long time.

But he didn't need to say anything, Jiang Liu understood everything. She hugged Grandpa Jiang's arm: "Grandpa, I know, don't worry, I understand. I won't let you down."

Grandpa Jiang stretched out his big hand like old tree bark, patted the back of her head, sat back in his recliner, closed his eyes, as if taking a nap.

Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng were about to start school and could not stay any longer. She wanted to invite Grandpa Jiang to Beijing, but Grandpa Jiang had just gotten familiar with the new environment and was going to a strange place again. Grandpa Jiang was unwilling to make the effort and waved his hand to tell her to leave, with a look of disgust on his face: "I have your second brother to take care of me here, I don't know how good it is. You bought such a big house here, and I can occasionally go to help you look after the house. What should I do in Beijing? You go to school and leave an old man like me behind. It's better for you to stay here with your second brother."

Looking at Seeing Grandpa Jiang still in good spirits, Jiang Xi chuckled. It was true that her second brother was more attentive and caring than her. He was a very responsible person. Grandpa Jiang was in the store every day. When her second brother came to the store at noon and in the evening, Grandpa Jiang didn't need to patrol the mountains alone, with no one around. Now there were shops on both sides of him. The people in the shops were familiar with Grandpa Jiang and knew that he had a grandson who was like a big star. There were always many customers in his store every day.

With her second brother taking care of it, she had nothing to worry about.

When Xu Xiuli and her friends were about to go back, Xu's father and mother came to pick her up and sent her to Shanghai University to register. Liu Ping, Lu Xuehua, and He Xiaofang were in the same city, and they left together. Finally, it was Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang's turn.

When Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang came back, Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng had already left Shanghai and came to Beijing to enroll with this year's freshmen.

Before the start of school, I had a small gathering with several teenagers who had entered the IMO finals together. Some of them, like Jiang Xi and his friends, had come to Beijing University and Tsinghua University for a year in advance and were already familiar with university campus life. Some returned to their respective high schools to consolidate their foundation and were truly freshmen.

Song Peifeng and Jiang Xi, as veterans who had already been at Tsinghua University and Peking University for a year last year, were naturally responsible for taking them to register.

Some people who came earlier than them had already registered, and they all clamored to join them.

Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng originally wanted to accompany each other, but were persuaded by those who had already registered yesterday. When they arrived at the lecture hall in Persimmon Grove together, they realized how many people had registered, and there were only two windows for admission, and there was a long queue.

The two had already known the teachers of their respective departments, so they completed the procedures without waiting in too long a line.

Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng went to the dormitory with the new students' quilts, bedding and other items.

The dormitories at Beijing University were no different from the dormitories at Wucheng No. 1 Middle School. If there was any difference, it was that the eight-person room became a six-person room. The iron frame beds at Wucheng No. 1 Middle School were square, while the bedposts at Beijing University were round. The corridor between the two beds was twice as wide as the corridor at Wucheng No. 1 Middle School, so the space was a little bigger. There was no balcony, only a row of windows, and a square table was placed next to the window, so the lighting was pretty good. Unlike Wucheng No. 1 Middle School

, the male and female dormitories were not mixed, and the male and female dormitories were not in the same area. There were also two large bathhouses on both sides of the dormitory.

It might be that before the start of the school year, the dormitory manager was not very strict in managing the dormitories. Song Peifeng and Jiang Qi entered the dormitory together, carrying a series of items distributed by the school, such as quilts, mosquito nets, and water bottles.

Jiang Xi arrived relatively late. The first five beds were all occupied, leaving only the upper bunk near the door. Generally speaking, the person sleeping in this position is responsible for closing the door at night, especially in winter. This bunk is close to the door, so as long as you are not the last person to go to bed, you will be the last to ask the person in this bunk to close the door. Almost

everyone in the dormitory was there, and a few people were sitting at the square table with excellent lighting reading books.

When everyone saw her and Song Peifeng coming up together, they all curiously poked their heads out of their bunks and looked at the two of them.

Jiang Xi, still holding a water bottle in his hand, introduced himself to his future roommates with a smile, "Hello, my name is Jiang Xi, and this is my boyfriend Song Peifeng."

As soon as Jiang Xi finished the introduction, a girl with a round face and a big bangs stood up and said with a friendly smile, "I know you, the winner of the IMO gold award with full marks last year. I also saw your news." She was holding a book in her hand, wearing a simple yellow Dacron shirt on the upper body and black cropped trousers on the lower body. She sat up with her feet crossed under her legs and said, "My name is Liu Yan, do you need any help?" From her

accent, you can tell that she is a girl from Northeast China.

Another girl with fair skin and dimples when she smiled also put down her book and tilted her head to smile at Jiang Xi: "My name is Shen Xinlan."

The others also smiled and introduced themselves crisply: "My name is Cui Yujie."

"My name is Zhang Min."

"I'm Yu Qianqian."

The girl named Liu Yan who introduced herself first came over naturally, took the hot water kettle and washbasin from Jiang Xi's hands, and put them away.

Only the top shelf of the washbasin rack was empty, and the rest were all occupied, with a row of hot water kettles placed side by side.

Song Peifeng had good self-care ability. At this time, he had already spread the mattress on the bed, and quickly helped Jiang Xi spread the cool mat. As for the sheets and quilt covers, Jiang Xi had to take them back to the rental house and wash them before he could spread them on the bed.

Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng did not give up the house they rented at the school gate. In order to avoid the trouble of washing clothes every time, Jiang Xi also bought a washing machine, which was very convenient.

When passing by the bathroom just now, Jiang Xi had already seen several washing machines lined up in the bathroom, but the hygiene of such public washing machines was a problem, so Jiang Xi had no intention of using them.

The two of them quickly tidied up the beds and mosquito nets, and the others watched curiously when they saw that they didn't need to help.

After a while, seeing that she and Song Peifeng were ready, Liu Yan raised her eyes and invited them warmly: "Do you want to go to dinner together and walk around the campus? I came here yesterday and have been busy with registration and other things, so I haven't walked around the school yet."

Jiang Xi smiled and took Song Peifeng's hand, saying with a smile: "I won't go today, I still have to accompany him to register for Tsinghua University. We will live in the same dormitory in the future, and there will be plenty of time to walk around together." The

white-skinned girl with two dimples looked at them with sparkling eyes, exclaimed, nodded and said: "Understood."

Jiang Xi and Song Peifeng went to Tsinghua University together again.

They didn't return to Beijing early, they came back on time, and the plane was fast, so they were faster than other students who took the train. They got there as soon as possible, otherwise where would they have time to accompany each other to register?

Originally, the two of them could do their own things, but strangely, after they became a couple, they should have done their own things, but they had to act together, which made them seem particularly sweet.

This was not the first time they had visited each other in these two schools, and they were very familiar with each other. She went with Song Peifeng to register for him, and went to his dormitory together.

Jiang Wu is much more famous than Song Peifeng. Although not all the freshmen of this year know Jiang Wu, those who participated in the competition with her or those who followed the IMO international competition all have some familiarity with her and can't help but stare at her face carefully. A funny roommate of Song Peifeng's dormitory stared at Jiang Wu's face and thought for a long time but couldn't remember where he had seen her before. He couldn't help but pinched his orchid finger and said loudly: "This girl...I seem to have seen her somewhere!"

Another roommate in the dormitory who had seen Jiang Wu on TV The boy couldn't help but say to the boy holding the orchid finger with a smile: "Do you think it's possible... that you've seen her on TV?"

After being reminded of this, the boy immediately remembered, put away the orchid finger and shouted: "Oh my god! Last year's IMO gold medalist with full marks!"

In schools like Peking University and Tsinghua University, the top scorers in the college entrance examination in each province are not actually the best at the top of the pyramid. What the school and teachers really value more are the students who are recommended by competitions like Jiang Xi, especially students like Jiang Xi who won the gold medal in IMO with full marks.

So on the first day he came to the dormitory, several of his roommates in the new dormitory knew that Song Peifeng not only had a partner on the first day of school, but the partner was also last year's IMO gold medal winner.

Because Song Peifeng was a substitute last year, his figure and name were not clearly seen in the cameras and news, so many people did not know that Song Peifeng actually went to the Argentina trip.

After asking, I learned that they were from the same place. I thought they were high school classmates, childhood sweethearts, and just met. I didn't dare to ask so much, but just sighed that these two were really a perfect match.

The boy who was talking with his finger pinched took out a red round mirror with a dragon and phoenix pattern on the back from somewhere, fiddled with his bangs in front of the mirror, and sighed: "Good-looking people only date good-looking people, we have nothing to do with them."

Another boy in the dormitory was unhappy, raised his upper body and poked his head out of the book and retorted: "Hey, only you, not us!"

Jiang Xi loves to cook, but he is not good at making food. She was lazy and didn't like to do all the other housework that needed to be done. You could tell from the dishwasher in her villa in Shanghai that she wanted to let machines do all the housework. Especially last year, when sweeping robots appeared overseas, Jiang Xi regretted that they came out too late. Otherwise, when renovating, she could have asked the real estate developer in Hong Kong to help her get the sweeping robots done.

So Song Peifeng consciously put their new quilts and sheets into the washing machine, while Jiang Xi sat on the sofa, holding the chopped pears and apples in her hands, watching him do it with a smile on her face, exuding a sweet and happy aura.

She is a person who is very good at sweet talk. You can hardly hear any criticism from her. She always praises you and affirms you. Originally, housework was just his personal need to take care of himself. During the time they were together, he was praised by her. All housework except cooking became his job. He was gradually lost in her praise and enjoyed it.

Some people say that when two people are together, it is not how many advantages the other person has, but whether you can appreciate the other person's advantages and fully accept the other person's shortcomings.

Jiang Xi, except for not liking to do any housework except cooking, can be said to be a self-reliant person who does not need anyone else at all.

But the fact that she doesn't like to do housework is not a shortcoming in Song Peifeng's eyes. Instead, it makes her more like a living person and more real, allowing him to truly feel her tricks and her undisguised thoughts behind her smiling praise.

Jiang Xi's shortcomings in the eyes of others are not shortcomings in Song Peifeng's eyes, but advantages that make him needed by her.