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Qin Ran had just come back in from the balcony with her phone. “Thank you,” she replied, taken aback.
Senior Chen stared at her with a serious expression, but her tone was polite. “It’s okay. I’m Chen Hongxue, from the Medicine Department. I’m in bedroom 102. You can call me if you need anything in the future.”
Medicine Department?
Qin Ran remembered that Cheng Juan, Lu Zhaoying, and the others had all been from there.
“By the way, if you want to enter the Student Union, remember to come over.” Chen Hongxue waved to her.
Loosening the buttons of the camouflage uniform, Qin Ran smiled and thanked her.
Chen Hongxue sighed regretfully as she stared at her back. She could tell that Qin Ran had no intention of entering the Student Union.
Tsk, the four major families…
Qin Ran went down with Senior Chen, guessing that it was probably Lin Siran, Qiao Sheng, or Song Luting looking for her.
When she reached downstairs, she saw a figure standing diagonally by the tree.
His head was hanging down slightly, and he had a lit cigarette sandwiched between his fingers. Standing in the shadow, his facial features were slightly blurred. His black shirt and cuffs had been neatly rolled several times.
Even if his face couldn’t be seen clearly, his aura oozed from his elongated shadow.
At almost ten o’clock, the gate to the girls’ dormitory was still open. Several students passing by couldn’t help but steal glances at him.
“Why are you here?” Smiling, Qin Ran put her hands behind her head. She loosened up and walked lazily to the opposite side.
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“I just came to walk around.” Cheng Juan pinched the cigarette butt and threw it into a trash can. He looked down at her. “You seem quite happy?”
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Her little days seemed quite comfortable.
“Kind of.” Qin Ran glanced around and didn’t see his car. “You walked here?”
“The car is on the road. How was the military training?” Cheng Juan looked down at her and spoke in a light tone, his emotions unclear. “My Dad already greeted Instructor Cheng.”
Hearing this, Qin Ran realized why Instructor Cheng particularly disliked her.
Lowering her hands, she said calmly, “Yeah, he treats me especially well.”
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“That’s good.” Cheng Juan saw that she seemed quite happy and finally chuckled. “There’ll be field training in a while. That place…”
“Why?” Qin Ran’s interest was piqued.
“You’ll definitely like it.” Talking of this, Cheng Juan’s eyebrows drooped, and he seemed rather unhappy. “It’s a little far,” he absent-mindedly said.
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After talking for a while more, he let her head back inside. “Go back, you still have to get up early tomorrow.”
Qin Ran originally wanted to see where his car was, but after being urged, she turned and went back to her bedroom first.
But she only took two steps when someone clutched her wrist and grabbed her. Before she could even turn around, her waist was encircled by one hand. Cheng Juan rested his chin on her shoulders, his clear scent close to her breath.
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The impatience and dispiritedness accumulated in her over the past two days vanished without a trace.
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“Is the dormitory really that good?” he asked lazily, holding the back of her hand.
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Qin Ran looked down. “To be honest, it’s not particularly good, but I can tolerate it.”
Cheng Juan chuckled in a low voice. Under the light, his eyes shone brightly, and all the small pieces in them were evidently all smiles. “I knew it.”
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In the dormitory.
As soon as Qin Ran and Senior Chen left, Yang Yi went to take a shower. Sitting on her chair and turning on the computer, Nan Huiyao casually asked Leng Peishan, “You know Senior Chen?”
“Yeah.” Leng Peishan grabbed a towel to dry her hair. She sat back down on her chair and frowned. “She’s the President of the school’s Student Union.”
She knew her but wasn’t acquainted with her.
Nan Huiyao had a wide social network and got along well with almost everyone. Naturally, she had heard from the seniors of the Automation Department that it was best to enter the Student Union if possible.
Putting her chin in her hand, she smiled excitedly. “Senior Chen seemed very kind to Qin Ran. I’ll ask Qin Ran if she can bring me along into the Student Union later.”
Leng Peishan slowly wiped her hair.
She glanced at the balcony. Their room was in the third building in the second row. They could only see the building in front and not the situation outside the gate.
Twenty minutes later, Yang Yi came out of the shower, and Qin Ran also returned.
Nan Huiyao was about to take a bath when she saw her. She came over with her towel, extremely gossipy. “Who did you meet?”
Qin Ran held her phone lightly in her hand as if she was sending a message to someone. Hearing this, she only vaguely replied without looking up, “Oh, just a friend.”
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Even though they just met, Nan Huiyao still had the face to ask if it was a “guy or girl.” She even asked if she had Senior Chen’s contact information. But when she learned that Qin Ran hadn’t asked for it, she almost collapsed.
Leng Peishan sat in her chair silently, but she subconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
“You didn’t ask for it?! You actually didn’t?!” Nan Huiyao grasped Qin Ran’s arm with both hands, shaking it. “She’s the head of the Student Union!”
Qin Ran looked up and kept her phone. “What’s wrong?”
Nan Huiyao abruptly stopped talking. She sheepishly took her towel to the bathroom. “Nothing, big boss. You can do anything!”
Qin Ran was last to take a shower.
When she entered, Nan Huiyao turned her chair, wiped her hair, and told Yang Yi, reading a book opposite her, that she wanted to shake Qin Ran to her senses.
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Before long, someone knocked on the door.
Nan Huiyao was closest to the door. She went to open it with her towel over her shoulders.
Another senior with very delicate makeup stood outside. She nodded towards Nan Huiyao, looking both generous and temperamental. “Hello, is Qin Ran in your room?”
“Yes, please come in, senior. She’s taking a bath.” Nan Huiyao immediately made way for her and handed her a bottle of yogurt.
The senior was holding a pen and a piece of paper.
“Thanks.” Since she was a senior, after all, she was quite aloof and didn’t talk much.
Leng Peishan also stole more glances at the senior in surprise. Why were so many seniors looking for Qin Ran tonight?
She wasn’t even a local.
Nan Huiyao didn’t dare to speak much with the senior, who exuded a strong aura.
Until the bathroom door opened with a “screech.”
Qin Ran was tying the belt of her pajamas with one hand. The collar was a little big, and when she lowered her head, a little crimson tattoo could be seen, reflecting against her snow-white collarbone.
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“Classmate Qin Ran!” Having seen her picture before, the senior recognized her at a glance. She looked even better in real life. The senior stood up immediately and threw her aloofness away. “I’m the Head of the External Relations Department of the department’s Student Union. I wanted to ask if you have any intention of joining? Of course, our President said that it’s okay if you don’t want to join this department. How about the office, or the Propaganda Department? You can join whichever department you want!”
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There was a difference between the school’s Student Union and the department’s Student Union. Every year during military training, the school committee would begin digging for new students.
Of course, Qin Ran was undoubtedly the best among this group of freshmen. On the first day of military training, the committee had found her admission information, but unfortunately, not her contact information.
Afraid that she would be snatched by other departments, this senior had come right after finding out her admission information to snatch her up.
The more outstanding the student, the better the Student Union’s development.
The freshmen were unaware, but the people of the Student Union were well-informed…
They knew what a score of 747 meant.
Just look at how the top scorer they recruited last year was at the height of his power now…
Fastening the straps, Qin Ran raised an eyebrow and expressionlessly rejected her. “Sorry, senior, but I don’t want…”
“No! Think it through!”
The senior took out the form and patted Qin Ran’s table. She softened her voice again. “Junior, I’ve already brought the membership form. Should I help you fill it out?”
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Pulling out a chair and sitting down, Qin Ran casually propped her legs up and slowly started wiping her wet hair. She turned and smiled at the senior. “Senior, you can ask the Dean of our department. If he agrees, I’ll take it as I’ve lost.”
The senior felt a little heartbroken. She probably never imagined that this year’s top scorer would be so difficult to reel in.
She regretfully put the paper away, but she still forcibly exchanged contact information with Qin Ran. She told her once again to find her if she changed her mind in the future.
Qin Ran sent her out of the bedroom door.
As soon as she turned around, she saw Nan Huiyao and the others’ bewildered expressions.
“Ran-ah.” Nan Huiyao could hear her voice come out an octave higher. “That senior was looking for you just now…”
The freshmen probably all knew the benefits of joining the Student Union. Some freshmen with many sources of information already knew that many families could be joined after graduation.
However, the Student Union wasn’t so easy to enter. There were written examinations, interviews, and even training. Everyone was on par at Beijing University, and countless people vied for a spot in the Student Union every year. However, the total number of officials was just over 100.
For the God-favored-sons of Beijing University, it was even more difficult than the college entrance examination.
Even Leng Peishan had to find a senior to obtain the internal interview materials of the Student Union, which was already considered rare.
But what did that senior just say?
She could enter whichever she wanted?
She could even help her fill it in?
Wasn’t this the big boss treatment?
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