In Lu Zhe's view, the process of registering for university was not complicated at all. However, for Tang Qi, being in the midst of a noisy crowd was enough to make her nervous.
So when Lu Zhe was helping her with the paperwork, Xiao Caitang held her phone and quietly followed behind him.
After everything was settled, Lu Zhe explained, "This is your student ID card. It already has a lot of money in it, so your dad must have arranged for someone to top it up for you beforehand. This is your dorm room key. Although you probably won't be staying in the dorm much in the future, and we didn't even bring any luggage today, it's still best to go and see it and get to know your roommates."
"Roommate..." Tang Qi muttered the word, subconsciously shrinking her neck.
Lu Zhe lowered his voice and said, "Didn't you get reborn? You've already experienced university life, classmates, roommates, and so on. What's there to be afraid of now?"
Tang Qi lowered her head and remained silent.
Seeing her like this, Lu Zhe didn't want to pressure her, so he changed his mind and said, "Then let's finish all the formalities and go back. We should be getting blankets, pillows, sheets, and stuff like that, but since you don't live at school, we won't get them. But we also need the military training uniform. By the way, can you skip military training?"
Tang Qi thought for a moment, then shook her head with a pained expression.
Just then, the young lady's phone rang. She picked it up and saw that the caller ID showed a completely unfamiliar number.
When Tang Qi answered the call, she heard an unfamiliar girl's voice: "Hello, is this Tang Qi?"
"Uh, I am..."
"Hey, my name is Lin Ruoyao, and I'm in the same class as you. About half of the girls in our class have already arrived at school and are in their dorms. We're planning to get together somewhere this afternoon, maybe grab some milk tea or something. Have you arrived at school yet? Can you come with us?"
Hearing these words, Tang Qi instinctively wanted to refuse. But then she remembered what Lu Zhe had just said—'Didn't you rebirth? You've already experienced university, classmates, roommates, and everything, so what's there to be afraid of now?'
Indeed, psychologically speaking, I'm clearly older than them, so what's there to be afraid of?
Tang Qi replied, "Okay, once I've finished my paperwork, we can get together."
Lin Ruoyao then asked, "Is it okay if we meet downstairs at the dormitory later?"
Tang Qi: "Okay, no problem. I'll save your number too, and we can keep in touch anytime."
Then she hung up the phone, and when she looked up, she saw Lu Zhe's slightly surprised gaze. Soon, the surprise in his eyes turned into relief.
Lu Zhe patted the girl's head and smiled, "You seem to have grown up a bit, not bad, not bad."
Tang Qi protested, puffing out her cheeks, "What do you mean by growing up? I'm an adult!"
Lu Zhe: "Then, when you have your class reunion later, I'll find a place to read a book?"
Tang Qi thought for a moment, still somewhat hesitant: "Can you stay by my side?"
Lu Zhe was both amused and exasperated: "Among you group of college freshmen, I feel completely out of place."
Tang Qi: "You look very young too! No, you should say you are naturally young. And we didn't let you be with your classmates, just on the side... For example, when we're drinking milk tea, you can just find a place to play on your phone."
Lu Zhe thought for a moment and said, "Then there shouldn't be any problem."
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Because Tang Qi hadn't explained things clearly, Lu Zhe originally thought that this small gathering was for freshmen, including both boys and girls.
However, when he waited for a while on a bench opposite the dormitory building at three o'clock in the afternoon and saw Tang Qi and a group of girls walk out, he was stunned.
All girls?
He then thought that the boys' and girls' dormitories must be separate, so the boys should be in one group and the girls in another, and they should meet up somewhere else.
Lu Zhe quietly followed behind the dozen or so girls. Of course, he kept a distance to avoid being mistaken for a stalker.
Before he even left the school gate, his phone vibrated; he had received a WeChat message from Tang Qi:
Where are you?
Lu Zhe replied: 【I'm right behind you.】
Tang Qi: [Oh, that's good. We'll go to a milk tea shop outside the school gate later; they say it has seats so we can sit down and chat.]
Lu Zhe: [How was it chatting with your new classmates?]
Tang Qi: [emmmm...I still don't like chatting with them.]
Lu Zhe: [But you should know all these classmates, right? After all, you were reborn, so you should have spent time together.]
Tang Qi: [I've long forgotten their names...]
At this moment, Lu Zhe suddenly remembered the question from earlier and asked, "By the way, you guys don't just have girls here, do you?"
Tang Qi: [Of course there are boys in the class, but today's gathering is all girls. The boys are probably all in their dorms playing games.]
Lu Zhe: [...]
Tang Qi: [Is there a problem?]
Lu Zhe: [It's nothing, I'm just a little uncomfortable. I'm not very good at interacting with girls.]
Tang Qi: [Hehe, it's okay. We'll probably just have some milk tea and chat, and we can leave before dinner. They might be planning to have dinner together, but I definitely won't eat with them.]
Lu Zhe: [Is it really okay for you to be so unsociable?]
Tang Qi: [No problem, anyway, most classmates don't really exchange more than a few words during four years of university.]
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While Tang Qi was looking down at her phone chatting with Lu Zhe, she didn't stop walking, following behind a group of girls. Every now and then, she would glance back and see that familiar figure a few dozen meters away, which would put her mind at ease.
Suddenly, she heard a soft, melodious voice beside her: "Tang Qi, are you chatting with your friends?"
The young lady looked up and saw the girl next to her.
The girl's name was Lin Ruoyao, the same one who had called Tang Qi to invite her over earlier.
Lin Ruoyao also had long hair, but her temperament was completely different from Xiao Caitang's. She was wearing a floral dress, looking very ladylike. Of course, what was even more eye-catching was this girl's face.
She was beautiful, with exquisite makeup that wasn't overly glamorous but rather quite natural.
This puzzled Tang Qi. Why would girls wear such elaborate makeup at a gathering where there were no boys?
While secretly grumbling to herself, Little Rainbow replied, "Yes, chatting with friends."
Lin Ruoyao then asked, "Which dormitory is Tang Qi in? Is it 316?"
Tang Qi: "I don't know either."
Lin Ruoyao was startled: "Where did you put your luggage?"
“I didn’t bring any luggage,” Tang Qi hesitated for a moment. “I don’t live on campus, I live at home.”
Lin Ruoyao nodded with a look of realization, and then smiled and said, "Tang Qi's family must be very well-off."
Tang Qi: "Uh, it's alright..."
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