Edited by: AL13N
Names mentioned in this chapter :
-苏芮 (sù ruì) – Su Rui, our female protagonist
-芮芮 (ruì ruì)- Rui Rui, a pet name of the female protagonist
-苏小芮(sù xiǎo ruì)- Su Xiao Rui, which translates to Su little Rui.-苏学妹(sù xué mèi)- Junior Su, referring to Su Rui.
-苏宏远 (sù hóng yuan)- Su Hong Yuan, the female protagonist’s father
-老苏 (lǎo sù)- Lao Su, refers to the female protagonist’s father
-苏爸爸(sù bà ba)- Father Su
-刘玥女士(liú yuè nǚ shì)- Madam Liu Yue
-苏妈妈(sù mā mā)- Mother Su
-顾煜城 (gù yù chéng)- Gu Yu Cheng, the male lead-林逸潇(lín yì xiāo)- Lin Yi Xiao
-林叔叔(lín shūshu)- Uncle Lin, Lin Yi Xiao’s father
-唐笑(táng xiào) – Tang Xiao, Su Rui’s friend and daughter of the chairman of Tang Jing Group
-刘玲(Liú líng)- Liu Ling, Su Rui’s roommate
Thus, until Su Rui got out of the car, Liu Yue didn’t force Su Rui to get to know him more.
It’s just that since it has already started. There must be a proper ending.
Then, Father Su and Mother Su retire after winning a merit[1].
Su Rui has to end it herself.
“Which class are you in, Senior?” Su Rui asked when they were in school.
“Year 4, Class 3 of Economics.”
“Is it? Is it over there?” Su Rui asked, pointing to the teaching area ahead.
Before she came to the school, Su Rui looked at the map of the school and roughly remembered how the areas were distributed.
These are the lessons that she concluded from her “history of blood and tears”.
When she went to university, she went around the teaching building three times, but didn’t find that this was the place she was looking for.
“En, yes.”
“Then, you can do what you need. I won’t disturb you.”
“It’s ok. I’ll take you to your class.” Lin Yi Xiao insisted.
Su Rui: …
See, that’s the difference between the experienced and the inexperienced.
She felt that the underlying meaning of what she said should not be difficult to understand.
“There’s no need to trouble yourself. I had made an appointment with my classmate to wait for her there.” Su Rui refused after some thoughts.
Since she doesn’t think that she would have any future developments with him, Su Rui doesn’t think it’s necessary to be ambiguous and unclear.
It’s not like she’s collecting stamps. These kinds of things, in Su Rui’s eyes, have no sense of achievement.
If in the end, she cheats on others, wouldn’t it be her own time and energy wasted instead?
But Su Rui wasn’t lying.
Liu Ling was Su Rui’s university roommate this term.
When she was added in the Wechat group, the two have talked a lot on WeChat. She was a girl with good character.
Su Rui once saw a message that she doesn’t remember where she saw it: To rely on relatives and friends when you are at home. To rely on friends when you are outside. To rely on roommates when you are in university.
Don’t ask them why there were only two people in one dormitory. There were actually several others. One was abroad, another was an exchange student, and another was a weirdo, it’s said that she was returning home to prepare to give birth.
So, Liu Ling and Su Rui are the only new people in the dormitory.
From what Liu Ling had said, the two of them were pitiful. They could only hug and gain warmth from each other for this semester.
“Su Rui?”
When Su Rui heard a voice marked with uncertainty calling from behind her, she turned around
“Liu Ling?” Su Rui asked when she saw the pretty girl in front of her.
“Haha, at last I saw the real thing.” Liu Ling said with a smile when she confirmed the identity of her new roommate.
When she looked at Su Rui, Liu Ling blinked.
“Oh my god! A real goddess!”
“Otherwise?” Su Rui raised her eyebrows.
“I thought your WeChat profile picture was photoshopped[2], haha.”
“I didn’t expect you to look better than the photo!”
“I have purposely photoshopped the photo a little uglier, mainly because I don’t want you to have any pressure.” Su Rui teased.
“Can we still happily be roommates! And you even said, you photoshop the photo a little uglier. Do you dare to say that the photo you sent was without makeup?”
“Of course, what if you take my ugly photo and spread them around in the future?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll make you look uglier, and then I’ll spread it around.”
Talking with this young girl[3], Su Rui seemed to have a little bit more energy for university.
Originally, the two had chatted a lot on Wechat. At this moment, after attacking each other verbally, there was no sense of unfamiliarity from the beginning.
“Let’s go to the classroom and report now? Su Rui asked.
“Sure.” Liu Yue nodded, “did you collect all the books?”
“I collected them two days ago.”
“That would be simple then. We can just collect our student card and get it stamped. Let’s go.”
Su Rui used to think that their third class school reporting was sloppy. Now, she knew that all the school reports were so casual, cough, and simple.
After their student cards were stamped, both of them went down the stairs. Before they came out of the teaching building, a rumble of exhaust pipe attracted their attention.
“Cheh, another ostentatious person.” Liu Ling said disdainfully, with her mouth pouted.
It’s true that University B was the cradle of entrepreneurs.
Of course, it’s not how many successful entrepreneurs have been brought up by University B economic management course but the second generation of most enterprises in City B. This was especially because those who want to inherit their family business have all chosen University B’s economic management course.
It’s true to say that the University B economic management faculty has talented individuals in hiding.
Just like Miss Liu Ling who was next to her, she also has a small fortune at home.
Therefore, Su Rui didn’t think Liu Ling’s words were hatred of the rich.
With a smile, Su Rui said, “To be honest, I also want to drive a fluorescent coloured sports car to school to show off.”
When Liu Ling heard what Su Rui had said, she couldn’t help but laugh.
“Then why didn’t you drive it?”
“I’m afraid no one will hand me a copy of the cheat sheet at the end of the term.”
“Puh haha, absolutely possible!”
“Why isn’t that person not afraid?” Liu Ling gestured to the car that stopped not far away and said leisurely.
“Maybe she wants to be a celebrity.” Su Rui casually replied.
“To come to school, show off and get special treatment?”
“Yup. I’ve gotten all the headlines in my head already: The real-life Mary Sue version of University B, the beautiful lady has talent and wealth…”
When Su Rui hadn’t spoken, she saw the person that came out of the sports car. The words she was about to say were stuck at her throat.
“Su Xiao Rui!”
“You know her?” Liu Ling stared blankly and asked when she heard that person was called Su Rui.
“Yes.” Well….
“This is Liu Ling, my roommate.”
“This is Tang Xiao, my friend.”
“The plastic type[4].” Tang Xiao added.
Yes!
Su Rui agreed in her heart.
“Why are you here?” If she remembered correctly, wasn’t Tang Xiao attending University M?
“I thought that your theory of being close to home is quite reasonable so I transferred over.” Tang Xiao looked at Su Rui and blinked. She continued, “How is that? Are you surprised?”
“I won’t carry this pot[5].” Su Rui said expressionlessly. “Are you sure you didn’t transfer to avoid your blind date?”
“You saw through it, don’t mention, will you?”
“But how did your parents approve of your transfer?”
“I just told them your theory.”
Su Rui: heh heh, so you are making me carry the pot?
“So, are you in the management department too?”
“How is that possible? Isn’t the economic management department quite hard?”
“Then, what are you learning?”
“The history of world musicology or something.”
So professional.
Su Rui praised Tang Xiao in her heart.
If it wasn’t for the consideration of inheriting Lao Su’s company in the future, Su Rui would have also chosen a major like the history of world musicology, western sculpture and so on, which was a subject that won’t cause baldness.
“Have you reported?”
“I’ve done that already, that’s why I came to find you now.”
After that, Tang Xiao took Su Rui and also took Liu Ling’s hand and said, “Let’s go. I heard that there is a lot of delicious food in the back door of University B. Let’s have lunch!”
“Today, I can’t. “ said Liu Ling.
“What’s the matter? You have something on?”
“The form tutor didn’t tell you when you reported?”
“To tell me what?”
“Later at one o’clock, there’s an opening ceremony in the stadium.” Liu Ling reminded her.
“Well, I know. But isn’t this for the first years?” Tang Xiao said as she frowned.
The opening ceremony was for the first years. As for the second and third years, although they were notified, they would just be adding a headcount right?
“It’s not the same this time. It’s said that an amazing Niu Bai[6], the alumnis were giving a speech, and the school requested that we must go.”
‘Is that so? Let’s go together.”
“Lunch in the canteen?”
“Ok, anyway, I don’t have a meal card. I’ll follow both of you.”
….
The opening ceremony in the afternoon was held in the central stadium. As expected, there were too many people.
“Your faculty is there. What are you doing with us?” One afternoon was enough for Liu Ling to dislike Tang Xiao already.
“Nope, I’m not going. I’m not familiar with the people there. It’s boring for me to go there. I’ve been following both of you this afternoon already.” Tang Xiao sat quietly in the crowd of class 2 of the economic management course, and shamelessly squeezed between Su Rui and Liu Ling.
Like the school notification, many excellent alumnis were invited to speak at the school opening ceremony.
The person currently speaking was a very talented music master.
What the speaker was saying, if it was spoken in detail, Su Rui could understand. But, if it’s spoken as a whole, Su Rui couldn’t understand.
Su Rui tried her best and cooperatively nodded her head. At last, she couldn’t help but use her mobile phone like Tang Xiao and scroll through Weibo twice.
“Well, Older sister Xin Yu is returning back to expand her career.”
“Who?”
“It’s Sirie ah. The one who won the M music awards before. She’s very famous, you know?”
“Let me tell you…”
Tang Xiao was about to explain, but she was interrupted by Liu Ling’s shriek.
It wasn’t only Liu Ling, it can be said that the whole stadium was riled up at this time.
“What’s happening?” Tang Xiao asked dumbfoundedly.
Su Rui was dumbfounded as well.
Did they miss any exciting segment while they were distracted?
Just as Su Rui and Tang Xiao were about to look over at the rostrum, they heard Liu Ling who was beside them exclaiming, “Oh god! It’s Gu Yu Cheng!”
[1] 功成身退(Gōng chéng shēn tu) – to retire(from society, esp. From politics) voluntarily after successfully accomplished something or to be highly successful.
[2] 照片上是P(zhàopiàn shǎng shì P) – P refers to photoshop. Thus, it means the photograph was photoshopped.
[3] 妹纸(mèizhǐ)- an internet slang of 妹子(mèizi) which means younger sister/girl.
[4] 塑料(sù liào)- It means plastic but it is also an internet slang which describes something that is very fase, can’t stand scrutiny, different from what really happened. For example, an imitation that looks similar to the real thing on the surface, but it is totally different in quality. In this context, it means fake friends.
[5] 背锅(bēi ɡuō)- the literal meaning means “carrying a pot on one’s back”, which originally describes a hunchback person. In internet slang, it is the abbreviation of “背黑锅(bēi hēi guō) carrying a black pot” which means “bearing faults for others”.
[6] 牛掰(niú bāi) – similar to Cow X, to describe someone is awesome/amazing
