Chapter Sixty-Two Spring Has Arrived

Shen Xin had not even finished speaking when a wave of cheers erupted.

Right at that moment, Chen Xiaoai walked back into the room after finishing a phone call.

Seeing Chen Xiaoai enter, Shen Xin hesitated for a moment before finally gathering her courage and saying, "Um, I was the class monitor all through high school, so I'd like to take this class meeting as an opportunity to recommend myself."

"I hope my fellow classmates can give me a chance."

"Ooh~!"

It was quite rare for a student like Shen Xin to step forward and volunteer herself before the teacher had even mentioned holding elections for class officers. The students below let out some playful, encouraging jeers.

Chen Xiaoai thought Shen Xin's initiative was rather nice.

She remarked, "Anyone else who wants to be class monitor can step up and express it just like classmate Shen Xin."

"We need to elect a male class monitor and a female class monitor before military training. As for the rest of the class committee members, those will be elected after the military training."

As soon as Chen Xiaoai finished speaking, the students began to respond enthusiastically.

Before Shen Xin's self-introduction, everyone's presentations had been rather dry. Some people might have been prepared to run for class office all along, but since no one else had brought it up, they felt too shy to be the first to speak.

Once Shen Xin spoke, the following students boldly voiced their thoughts, going beyond just the class monitor position.

Someone declared themselves helpful and wanted to be the life committee member.

Someone else mentioned a love for playing instruments and singing, making them eager to be the cultural committee member.

Just like that, the class meeting suddenly became lively and animated.

"My name is Lin Siyao."

At that moment, the tall girl who had been walking next to Xia Wei earlier walked up to the podium.

She looked like someone who wasn't much for talking, giving off a cool, aloof vibe.

She wore a black V-neck crop top paired with a gray trendy jacket, denim shorts, and white skate shoes.

Qi Tao whispered to Zhou Ziyang that this girl had the longest legs in the entire class!

Zhou Ziyang couldn't help but nod in silent agreement.

With her hands tucked into her pockets, Lin Siyao exuded a cool aura.

Her entire speech on stage consisted of just two sentences: "I'm from the capital. Please take care of me from now on."

Lin Siyao was pretty, so even with her few words, she drew cheers. The fact that she was from the capital was quite rare, which immediately piqued everyone's interest.

Qi Tao's eyes lit up as well.

"Hey, did you hear that? She said she's from the capital too, she's from my hometown!"

Zhang Dapeng asked Qi Tao, "Brother Tao, are you planning to abandon your girlfriend?"

With a pout, he nodded toward Wang Na, who was sitting all alone in the corner of the room.

Qi Tao's previously bright mood instantly soured. His face darkened as he shot Zhang Dapeng a fierce glare. "If you don't speak, nobody's going to mistake you for a mute."

Apart from these few girls whose self-introductions drew some attention, the rest were quite ordinary.

Qi Tao, however, bounced onto the stage excitedly and announced, "My name is Qi Tao!"

"I'm also from the capital. Welcome everyone to come and visit my hometown, the capital! Hehe!"

Qi Tao radiated a sunny, energetic vibe.

A girl in the audience remarked that this guy was quite interesting.

Hearing this, Qi Tao felt a surge of secret pride.

Next was Zhou Ziyang's turn to take the stage.

Zhou Ziyang's appearance also commanded a certain amount of attention. After all, with his exceptional build, he belonged to that category of steady and refreshing young men. He wore a crisp white shirt paired with yellowish-brown American retro-style cargo pants, looking impeccably clean-cut.

As Zhou Ziyang stepped onto the platform, some girls began to whisper among themselves about his great figure.

He looked somewhat like Louis Koo back in his younger days.

His roommates burst into laughter upon hearing this, pointing out that Louis Koo was quite tanned.

"No, I mean a young Louis Koo."

The girls began searching for photos on their phones.

Shen Xin was momentarily stunned when she saw Zhou Ziyang's appearance. She remembered him all too well, though back when they were buying the house, she had always assumed Zhou Ziyang must be two or three years older than her.

She never expected him to be her exact age.

And to top it off, they were in the same class.

Zhou Ziyang?

Shen Xin etched Zhou Ziyang's name into her memory as he stated his hometown region.

"Weiwei, he's from the same place as you. Do you know him?" Shen Xin asked Xia Wei curiously, turning to the side.

Xia Wei was also listening to Zhou Ziyang's self-introduction and naturally overheard the gossip from the back row comparing Zhou Ziyang to Louis Koo.

At any rate, Xia Wei didn't think there was any resemblance.

She simply hadn't expected Shen Xin to suddenly ask her such a question.

She shook her head and said she didn't know him.

Lin Siyao let out a light scoff and told Shen Xin that a city had a population of several million.

"How could it possibly be such a coincidence that she knows him?"

Thinking about it, Lin Xin felt that made sense.

Once Zhou Ziyang finished his self-introduction, aside from Xu Yiyang, who hadn't shown up, everyone else in the class had gotten acquainted with one another.

Chen Xiaoai hadn't anticipated that the self-introductions would take up so much time. In the blink of an eye, it was already five-thirty, so she had to keep her remaining remarks brief, starting with an introduction to university life.

University life still had fundamental differences compared to high school.

Chen Xiaoai explained that she was usually quite busy, so if anything came up, students could turn to the class assistant, Shao Sisi.

Shao Sisi was a junior student in their department, and whether it was regarding daily life or academics, students could consult her with any questions.

The most crucial issue for college freshmen was safety, especially since September was still a hot season, and news reports every year covered college students drowning from swimming in reservoirs.

Chen Xiaoai warned that there was a river behind the campus, and students should try their best to stay away from it, let alone think about swimming there.

If anyone wanted to swim, the campus sports center had a swimming pool.

Chen Xiaoai was about to add a few more words when noise began to stir from outside.

She checked the time and saw it was 5:40, yet students from other classes were already heading toward the auditorium.

With a helpless expression, Chen Xiaoai said, "Alright, let's stop here for today. Sisi, lead the students to the auditorium for the meeting."

Shao Sisi nodded.

With that, Zhou Ziyang's class also began to buzz with noise.

Today was the first day of school, and since everyone had just gotten to know each other, it felt like they had an endless stream of things to talk about.

Out in the hallway, other classes were filing toward the auditorium one by one.

Shao Sisi instructed the students to form a line in front of their seats.

Zhang Dapeng lined up right behind Qi Tao and asked curiously why Wang Na was all by herself without any roommates keeping her company.

Qi Tao's mind was completely elsewhere; finding the question speech-making, he replied bluntly, "Why don't you go keep her company then?"

Zhang Dapeng opened his mouth as if to say something more.

At that moment, Qi Tao finally seized an opportunity and squeezed forward a couple of steps.

By then, Lin Siyao had taken off her jacket.

Her crop top and shorts accentuated her tall figure.

She was chatting with Shen Xin, and when she smiled, she looked exceptionally pretty.

Just then, someone tapped her on the shoulder. Lin Siyao turned around curiously.

She saw Qi Tao grinning broadly as he said, "Hey! Hi Lin Siyao, I'm Qi Tao, and we're both from the capital!"

Lin Siyao stared at Qi Tao for a good moment before uttering a flat "Oh."

"So you're the guy who spends his whole day showing off in the freshman group chat with too much time on his hands?"

"Hahaha~"

As soon as Lin Siyao finished speaking, the people around them burst into laughter.

Qi Tao couldn't help feeling a bit awkward.

Shao Sisi was already urging the students at the front to get moving, so Qi Tao didn't get a chance to chat much longer with Lin Siyao, though he remained inwardly baffled as to how she knew he talked in the group chat.

Zhang Dapeng chimed in, "Well, obviously because she's in the group chat too."

"Oh, right!"

Swept along by the surging crowd, the students followed the flow toward the auditorium.

Along the way, Qi Tao chatted with Zhou Ziyang and Zhang Dapeng, wondering aloud how many girls in the group chat there actually were and which one Lin Siyao was.

"Do you guys think it's possible that Wang Na was just sent by Lin Siyao to test me, and that the person actually chatting with me the whole time was Lin Siyao herself?"

Hearing this, both Zhou Ziyang and Zhang Dapeng laughed.

When they arrived at the auditorium, the front rows were already packed with students.

The ceiling of South University's auditorium was probably six or seven meters high, capable of holding over a thousand people.

Shao Sisi directed traffic from the side, telling everyone to move a bit further forward.

Determined to sit next to Lin Siyao, Qi Tao practically dragged Zhou Ziyang and Zhang Dapeng past several people, managing to sit right in the row behind Lin Siyao and her group. When passing by Wang Na midway, Wang Na looked straight at Qi Tao.

Qi Tao didn't even dare meet Wang Na's eyes.

He squeezed into the seat behind Lin Siyao and once again interrupted her conversation with Shen Xin: "Lin Siyao,"

Lin Siyao turned around with a curious look.

She saw Qi Tao flashing a wide grin: "How did you know I was in the group chat? Which member are you?"

Lin Siyao was utterly speechless and couldn't be bothered to engage with Qi Tao.

Seeing Qi Tao act like this, Shen Xin couldn't help but chuckle.

Meanwhile, Qi Tao continued trying to strike up a conversation with Lin Siyao, saying that since they both came from the capital and were far away from home, they should look out for each other from now on.

"Hey, Lao Zhou, isn't classmate Xia Wei your fellow townsman? Aren't you going to say hello?" Qi Tao quickly dragged Zhou Ziyang into it.

Zhou Ziyang and Xia Wei were both sitting at the very edge of the row. Hearing this, neither of them said anything.

Zhang Dapeng, on the other hand, was quite proactive. He grinned at Shen Xin and said, "They're all fellow townsmen meeting fellow townsmen, leaving just the two of us. I'm from the north. Hey beauty, where are you from?"

"Didn't she say during her self-introduction earlier that she's from Gusu? Are your ears for decoration or what?" Qi Tao roasted him immediately upon hearing that.

"Oh right, right, right! I totally forgot."

"If you don't need your ears, you might as well chop them off!"

Qi Tao playfully tugged at Zhang Dapeng's ear.

The two of them clowning around brought a couple of amused smiles from Shen Xin.

Lin Siyao, however, didn't even turn her head. She just rolled her eyes as a persistent buzzing hummed right behind her head.

What a pair of absolute dorks.