Xia Jin's lips curled up: "Then I want to continue taking advantage of you." Her hand slid down to Chai Shuqing's hand and grasped it.
Chai Shuqing was taken aback, then realized what was happening and struggled, asking, "What are you doing?"
"In case you get swept away by the crowd."
"You could have just linked arms with me, why are you holding my finger... You're acting strange..." Chai Shuqing glanced at the crowd out of the corner of her eye: "It's weird."
Xia Jin gripped her hand tighter: "What's so strange?"
"Who holds hands like that between friends?"
"You and Yao Yunqi have never held hands like this before?"
"Of course not, we're always arm in arm. Can you let go? Look at other girls, they don't do that."
Xia Jin raised her chin slightly in one direction: "How could there not be? Look, those two girls are holding hands."
“They…” Chai Shuqing pursed her lips, as if she was being too sensitive.
Xia Jin smiled: "Are you feeling guilty?"
Chai Shuqing looked at her: "What do I have to feel guilty about?"
Under the blazing sun, Xia Jin's gaze was clear and fixed on her for a long while, her eyes filled with a mixture of emotions, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.
Chai Shuqing tightened her grip on her hand, pretending nothing had happened: "Come on, let's go eat."
The cafeteria was crowded, with little green men making up the majority of the space.
She and Xia Jin went to queue up.
Amidst the noise, a male voice rang out beside Chai Shuqing.
"Junior, it's you again."
Chai Shuqing scanned the crowd for the source of the sound and saw a boy in the next line leaning out to greet her.
—It was that senior who offered to help her carry her luggage at the school gate and then rode his electric scooter.
Chai Shuqing smiled politely at him: "What a coincidence."
Senior: "We're so destined to meet."
Chai Shuqing: "..."
Senior: "Junior, my team is faster, do you want me to get you some food?"
Chai Shuqing smiled and subconsciously glanced back.
Xia Jin stared at her with a sharp gaze.
It was as if he would devour her at any moment.
Chai Shuqing turned around awkwardly and politely declined the senior's offer: "No need, thank you, senior."
A minute later, the senior student leaned over again and said, "Junior, I glanced at the window, and it seems like there's not much food left. By the time you get to the front of the line, there might not be any left. Do you really want me to get you a serving?"
Before Chai Shuqing could answer, Xia Jin glared at her first.
The senior student shut his mouth in embarrassment and muttered to the person next to him, "I don't think I did anything to offend her... It's strange, why is she glaring at me?"
The boys nearby began to whisper among themselves.
"But to be honest, this year's freshmen are all very good-looking."
"Don't tell me you like that type of girl; you're not even as tall as her."
"What do you mean? I'm 1.8 meters tall, and you're telling me I'm not as tall as that girl?"
"But I have to say, she's really pretty. Wait a minute, isn't she that aloof goddess from the forum?"
"If you like her, just ask for her WeChat. I bet you'll get a really bad rejection. Didn't you see the comments below the post?"
"She looks unapproachable. The girl next to her is much better; she's sunny and lively."
"Even someone as sunny and lively as you has been rejected so many times."
".."
Chai Shuqing took off her military training cap and fanned her face with it.
She glanced back at Xia Jin, then reached out to fan her.
A few strands of Xia Jin's hair at her temples were lifted slightly by the wind from her hat.
"what?"
"Aren't you hot? I'll fan you."
Chai Shuqing touched her wrist with her fingers, slid them down and gently pinched her fingertips, as if she were stroking the fur of a little tiger with its fur standing on end.
After finishing lunch and returning to the dormitory, Chai Shuqing went to the toilet to change out of her military training uniform, put on her comfortable pajamas, climbed into bed, and prepared to play on her phone for a while before taking a nap.
The people in the dorm are chatting.
Even Jiang You, who rarely speaks, asked, "Which department is she in?"
Si Tang: "The people next to our formation should be from the Economics and Management Department, right?"
Chai Shuqing was a little confused about what they were talking about, so she asked, "What are you talking about?"
Xiao Feifei: "Oh right, Shuqing, do you know her? I saw you run over to her when the team was disbanded."
Si Tang: "I saw it too. I saw you eating together in the cafeteria."
Chai Shuqing: "??"
"Are you talking about...Xia Jin?"
"Right, right, didn't you check the forum?"
"No, where can I watch it?"
I'll send it to you.
Chai Shuqing lay down, leaned against the pillow, and opened her phone.
The school forum thread about the newly crowned aloof goddess among freshmen was very long, and it even included two pictures of Xia Jin.
One photo shows Xia Jin in her military training uniform in the morning, taken from the side, so you can only see her profile. The image quality is a bit poor, but you can still tell she's quite pretty. The other photo shows Xia Jin standing on the playground in her own clothes, a shot of her from behind, looking tall and with an outstanding presence.
Chai Shuqing swiped her finger across the screen and saw a comment: "I was in the same formation as her, standing right behind her, and I didn't get a single word to her all morning. I really tried, I'm crying, why can't my goddess even glance at me?"
After reading the forum, Chai Shuqing fell into deep thought.
She stared blankly at the words "cold and aloof goddess" in the title, thinking, "Xia Jin, apart from being a bit cheeky, doesn't seem to be as cold and aloof as they say, does she? How could she be a cold and aloof goddess?"
I want to chat with Xia Jin, but I don't know what to talk about.
So Chai Shuqing sent an emoji first, and the other party replied almost instantly: 【What?】
Chai Shuqing: [Aren't you going to take a nap?]
Xia Jin: [Not that fast.]
Chai Shuqing thought for a moment: "I have a question for you."
Xia Jin: [Speaks.]
Chai Shuqing: [Exactly, you're a freshman just like me, so why were you so adept at the way when you took me to register?]
Xia Jin: [I arrived several days in advance, so it shouldn't be difficult to get familiar with the environment, right?]
Chai Shuqing typed: I've seen quite a few people discussing you.
After typing that line, Chai Shuqing thought about it and then deleted it.
never mind.
She ended by sending a "Good afternoon" emoji.
After taking a half-hour nap, Chai Shuqing changed into her own clothes after waking up, since she was only going for a physical examination in the afternoon, so she didn't need to wear her military training uniform.
On the way there, Chai Shuqing squinted from the bright sunlight. Jiang You, who rarely spoke to anyone, surprisingly came over and started talking to her: "When did you meet Xia Jin from the Economics and Management Department?"
Jiang You saw Chai Shuqing run over to find Xia Jin at noon. The two were arm in arm and eventually held hands.
People on the forum all say that Xia Jin is hard to approach and get along with, right?
Chai Shuqing replied, "Junior high school."
Xiao Feifei, who was standing to the side, said: "You've known each other since junior high school, so you must have a pretty good relationship, right?"
"The relationship... is alright."
Before the physical examination begins, everyone will have a physical examination form in their hand. Just go to the corresponding place to queue up and complete the test according to the items on the form. After the test, there is no need to meet up again.
Chai Shuqing and her roommate Xiao Feifei measured their height and weight together.
"My God, 168cm, 44.5kg, what does that even mean? Only 89 pounds! Shuqing, you're so thin!" Xiao Feifei exclaimed when she saw the "single and overweight" section of her medical exam. "I wish I were as tall and thin as you."
If Xia Jin hadn't been there, it would have just been a peaceful medical check-up.
But then, Xia Jin spotted Chai Shuqing in the crowd, glanced at her medical report, and whispered in her ear, deliberately provoking her: "There's a saying that if a girl weighs less than 100 pounds, she's either small-chested or short." Xia Jin's gaze slid down: "I think you... actually don't..."
Chai Shuqing was furious with her: "Xia Jin!"
"You talk as if you have it yourself..." Chai Shuqing leaned over to look at her medical report.
Yes, 54kg, that's definitely over 100kg.
but.
Xia Jin's height is listed as 176.5 cm.
"You're over 1.7 meters tall, isn't it normal for you to weigh over 100 pounds?"
"You're not 1.7 meters tall, so you can't blame anyone else."
Okay. Very good.
They even attacked her height.
Chai Shuqing stopped in front of her: "We're clearly the same height!"
Xia Jin's lips curled up slightly: "Chai Shuqing, I think your eyesight doesn't seem to be very good either."
Chai Shuqing glared at her, then pulled Xiao Feifei away.