"Okay."

Tan Wenbin and Zhou Yunyun walked side by side on the campus path.

"Why didn't you come to the mixer today?"

"I stayed up late last night reading and was dead tired, so I stayed in the dorm to catch up on sleep." Tan Wenbin yawned again and rubbed his eyes, "The main thing is I didn't know you'd be there, otherwise I would have just slept at the venue."

"Are the courses for you freshmen that tough?"

"Not really, just think of it as if I've taken on an extra major."

"How does it feel, being in college?"

"It's much more exciting than watching peach trees back home, quite fulfilling."

"That's great."

"What about you?"

"I'm pretty relaxed, feels like study and life are much easier than in high school."

"Eh?"

While they were chatting, Tan Wenbin saw Brother Xiao Yuan walking past them with a backpack.

"Li Zhiyuan!"

Zhou Yunyun waved enthusiastically.

Although the young man hadn't spent much time at school throughout his senior year, he was definitely a notable figure at school, and most importantly, if someone from your class becomes the top scorer in the college entrance exam, you would inevitably bring it up over and over again among your classmates and friends.

Li Zhiyuan walked over and nodded to Zhou Yunyun:

"Class president, hello."

Zhou Yunyun: "Li Zhiyuan..."

Tan Wenbin: "That's too formal."

Zhou Yunyun: "Then call him Zhiyuan?"

Tan Wenbin: "Just call him 'Bro'."

Li Zhiyuan looked at Tan Wenbin and said, "Are you two going to eat?"

Tan Wenbin: "Yeah, Old Sichuan."

Zhou Yunyun invited, "Zhiyuan, how about the three of us, old classmates, together?"

Li Zhiyuan shook his head: "I've already eaten, you guys go ahead."

After that, Li Zhiyuan walked away.

"Is Old Sichuan a Sichuan restaurant?"

"Yeah, that's our dining base, we usually eat there."

The restaurant was quite busy at noon, though not to the point of overflowing, Tan Wenbin got a private room on the second floor, ordered grilled fish with a few side dishes, and chatted and laughed away their meal with Zhou Yunyun.

After eating, the two stepped out of the restaurant and started walking around to help digest their food.

The sky was overcast and the wind had picked up, uncertain if it would rain soon.

As they passed a convenience store, Tan Wenbin bought a pack of cigarettes and a lighter.

Taking out a cigarette and about to light it, the wind made it difficult, and Zhou Yunyun purposefully shifted position to block the wind for him.

Tan Wenbin was stunned for a second, then silently lit his cigarette.

They walked along the university's wall, slowly moving from the north gate to the south gate.

The sky remained overcast, and rain seemed imminent but yet to fall.

"There's a dance at our school in a while, want to come?"

"I probably can't make it, no time."

"Are you going home for the National Holiday?"

"I don't know, depends on whether Xiao Yuan is going back."

"Did I disturb you by coming today?"

"No, seeing you made me really happy, truly." Tan Wenbin took out a sticky note from his wallet with a shop's phone number on it and handed it to Zhou Yunyun, "If you need any help, just call this number and ask for me, my pager number is also on it."

Zhou Yunyun also handed over a piece of paper: "This is the phone number for our dorm building."

"Mhmm." Tan Wenbin took the paper and slipped it into his wallet.

"The bus is here, I'm off, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Tan Wenbin lit another cigarette and watched her board the bus, watched the bus drive away.

He felt a chill on his forehead; the rain began to fall.

Tan Wenbin exhaled a smoke ring, somewhat amused and bemused, "Do you really have to be so on cue?"

He's no fool; he clearly understands what the girl means.

But he can't take that step, because he doesn't know when he might die.

Just stepping back into campus, Tan Wenbin saw Yin Meng and Zheng Jiayi coming this way, chatting and laughing.

Zheng Jiayi didn't see him, but Yin Meng did, and they nodded to each other.

It looks like they were planning to go shopping together.

Tan Wenbin suddenly remembered Brother Xiao Yuan's instructions to observe any changes in Fan Shulin.

But, how should he observe this change?

Should he randomly find someone seriously injured and send them over?

Back at the dormitory building, as he passed by the dormitory supervisor's office, Aunt Zhou called out to him: "Binbin."

"Yes?"

"Come, Aunt made some fried cakes, try them."

"Alright."

Tan Wenbin stepped into the office, took a pair of chopsticks, pinched a piece of the fried cake to eat. It was sweet and chewy, tasted pretty good.

"The girl who came to see you today, I saw her, very decent and graceful, a good girl."

"Ah, oh." Tan Wenbin nodded.

"Are you seeing anyone?"

"Aunt Zhou, I'm not considering that right now, you know, my parents just got divorced, and I'm a bit scared of anything to do with relationships."

"Ah, I see. But as someone who's also divorced, I still have to nag you, your parents are your parents, and you are you. It would be better to find a suitable partner sooner and work on your feelings, it's always good."

"Mhmm, I got it Aunt Zhou. I'm going to go upstairs to read."

Tan Wenbin stood up, and just as he was about to walk out of the office, he saw a man's figure appear at the window of the dormitory supervisor's office, Tan Yunlong.

"Hiss..."

Tan Wenbin felt a toothache, wondering why every time he personally runs into his own father, he ends up bumping into trouble, even more accurate than Ah You's divinations.

Tan Yunlong walked to the corner of the stairs, and Tan Wenbin duly followed.

"Zhou Yunyun?"

"Huh?" Tan Wenbin widened his eyes, "Dad, are you stalking your son?"

"I had the day off today, I came by around noon, I saw you standing with that girl near your dorm, that's Zhou Yunyun, right?"

"Yeah, that's her."

"Are you two dating?"

"No, today was a gathering for Nantong folks."

"How many folks?"

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