Chapter 1: Encounter 3

  Very soon, Huang Rong felt a dangerous hand among the crowd. The hand was dangerously pressed on her back spine, fortunately it wasn't a dagger but only an oily and mysterious hand. Before the hand could do anything, Huang Rong ran forward recklessly and bumped into Guo Jing. At that moment, all she wanted to do was buy a new vest to change into, to alleviate her disgust.

  "I don't know!"

  "I don't know."

  Huang Rong shouted loudly in a fit of rage, while Guo Jing shook his head very calmly.

  Looking at this silly big boy smiling foolishly at himself, wiping the sweat from his forehead in a somewhat bewildered manner, Huang Rong was taken aback for a moment. Then Huang Rong realized that this silly big boy could be used, using some boys to buy ice cream for her was something Huang Rong often did, unlike her friend Wang Yuyan who would blush when talking to a strange boy, Huang Rong was very disdainful of such behavior.

  "Hey, classmate, can you help me find the store first? Then I'll take you to the chemistry department. I have something urgent." In fact, Huang Rong had no idea where the chemistry department was.

  "I just arrived..." Guo Jing originally wanted to say that even if he helped, it might not be useful, but he still nodded, "Then I'll go ask the teacher."

  As he was about to leave, Guo Jing saw the old man in front of him smiling at him with a cigarette in his mouth. Even someone as dull as Guo Jing could tell that the person was smiling very happily. Guo Jing felt a bit strange and didn't know why this stranger would smile so kindly at him, and the person's appearance actually looked more like a bandit.

  Qiao Feng liked to see this kind of story about the man and her meeting, although the two people were currently very mismatched. However, in Qiao Feng's opinion, meeting was always good. So he grinned from ear to ear with joy.

  Finding the store is not difficult, what's difficult is how to rush in.

  Huang Rong and Guo Jing did not expect that there would be over a hundred people swarming in front of the small store, scrambling to buy water bottles, cups, and bed sheets. The school-run store's only golden season of the year was at this time. As for Huang Rong, these things would definitely have been arranged by Huang Yaoshi's secretary and delivered on time. As for Guo Jing, his fifty kilograms of luggage, which he had carried all the way from Mongolia on his bicycle, already included everything he needed.

  "I..."

  Huang Rong originally wanted to blurt out, "Damn it, how did it become like this." She didn't mind swearing, but in front of Guo Jing, she thought she should take care of the auditory nerves of her minority classmates.

  Guo Jing looked down at Huang Rong, and Huang Rong's tight short skirt and small vest told him that this female classmate was relatively weak and couldn't withstand the impact. Huang Rong vigilantly looked at Guo Jing, because he had looked too carefully. Guo Jing suddenly realized his mistake, and his dark face slightly reddened as he hastily withdrew his gaze.

  He parked his old car in front of the store and said: "Classmate, you want to buy something, I'll help you go buy it."

  Huang Rong handed over a 100-yuan bill: "Help me buy a T-shirt, thank you classmate."

  Seeing Guo Jing's puzzled expression, Huang Rong pointed to her own snow-white short-sleeved shirt and said: "A short-sleeved shirt."

  Finally understanding the other party's meaning, Guo Jing bravely led a group of boys to charge in. Only Huang Rong was left standing alone at the entrance, staring at that old broken car. The people passing by couldn't help but glance at Huang Rong several times, and a 16-year-old petite girl looking at such an old and worn-out car had a somewhat comical feeling. Huang Rong felt the surrounding gazes were piercing to her eyes, she was particularly sensitive about this. In her heart, she had some complaints towards that Mongolian giant for directly leaving such a broken vehicle for her to take care of, making her look like an idiot.

  However, when she carefully looked at the luggage in the back of the car, she found a porcelain jar tied to the package strap and an old cotton quilt tightly wrapped, as well as all the daily necessities that seemed "ancient" to her. She suddenly realized that this was all the belongings of that big Mongolian man, who had left them with a complete stranger so carelessly.

  Huang Rong was suddenly very moved.

  When Huang Rong silently watched the old broken car, she met a person who would bring her many years of trouble. Maybe not as much trouble as Guo Jing, but still quite troublesome. Before turning that corner, Ouyang Ke was still mindful of the several girls behind him, although he seemed to be just casually gesturing with his hand and telling them some jokes, without really looking at them straight in the eye.

  As he turned around the corner, he saw Huang Rong.

  Ouyang Ke prefers to call himself a lustful but not lewd person, although the 18-year-old Ouyang Ke doesn't quite understand the difference between lust and lewdness. This classic phrase was simply borrowed from his uncle Ouyang Feng.

  Ouyang Feng and Huang Yaoshi have a high opinion of each other, as both think the other is quite impressive. Ouyang Feng is the undisputed richest man in the White Head Mountain area, having risen from humble beginnings as a snake breeder to build his snake-based supplement factory into a giant that spans the south and becomes the largest biopharmaceutical company in the Song Dynasty. One area where Ouyang Feng falls short of Huang Yaoshi is in formal education, so after becoming rich, he likes to collect antiques to improve his cultural refinement, gradually gaining some fame for his research on the rare Western instrument, the guqin. Thus, Bianjing University, with its principle of recruiting from all sides, also recruits Ouyang as a board chairman into its art department, where he becomes an honorary professor and openly starts recruiting doctoral students to study the evolution of the guqin.

  Ouyang Feng is stronger than Huang Yaoshi in that he is very popular with women, Ouyang Feng is cool and knows how to show tenderness appropriately, and understands how to use money to win ladies' hearts. While Huang Yaoshi is just cool, very cool, extremely cool, too cool...

  Under the influence of his uncle, Ouyang Ke has been very stylish since he was a child. At the age of 13, he could tie three kinds of neckties and one kind of bow tie. At 16, he began to choose his own evening wear and shirts. He attended an expensive private middle school, where he was picked up by his uncle's Honda Accord on weekends. His curriculum included etiquette, dance, calligraphy, and physical education, courses that ordinary junior high school students wouldn't dare dream of. However, Ouyang Ke's math, physics, and chemistry grades often left Ouyang Feng scratching his head.

  Ouyang Ke rarely chased after female classmates, only to be chased by them. Although this sounds absurd and unimaginable, sometimes legendary figures like him do exist. Just like the little girl who graduated from the chemistry department the year Guo Jing entered school with an average score of 95...

  That day was Ou Yang Ke's registration day at Bianjing University. Although in theory, entering Bianjing University requires a score of at least 600 on the college entrance exam, it is an open secret that some people can enter with scores as low as 500 or even 400. Ou Yang Ke was one of them.

  At this time, a girl in front helped Ouyang Ke carry his genuine leather backpack from Japan, and two behind him, one holding reference books and the other carrying a small package of gifts. The four people smiled harmoniously as they turned around the corner.

  Huang Rong tiptoed to see if Guo Jing had bought her a T-shirt, and at this moment the very fashionable clothes perfectly outlined her entire body's curves. From her delicate ankles to her bangs, all the curves on Huang Rong's body combined to form a perfect youthful girl.

  Ouyang Ke's chest felt a bit stuffy, his breathing was slightly tight, and his eyes were slightly straight. At that moment, the three girls beside him looked at Ouyang Ke in unison, because they also saw Huang Rong and wanted to know Ouyang Ke's reaction.

  Huang Rong's keen sixth sense took effect in time, and she turned her head towards Ouyang Ke. At that moment, Ouyang Ke's eyes were scanning Huang Rong's body for the third time and happened to land on her thighs under her short skirt.

  Huang Rong scowled, her brow furrowed in distaste at her first impression of Ouyang Ke. Although she didn't mind people looking at her, she disliked Ouyang Ke's sloppy casual attire, and even more so the way he dyed his hair silver white, and most of all, she detested the deliberately cool pose he struck by standing up straight with his collar raised.

  Ouyang Ke's impression on Huang Rong is that he is too pretentious.

  But it's not Ouyang Ke's fault, if he had met a different girl instead of Huang Rong, 90% of the time he would be considered a handsome guy, which is also why many girls like to get close to him. However, compared to Huang Yaoshi, he seems too tender. Girls often use their fathers as a standard to measure their boyfriends, while boys use their mothers as a reference, Ouyang Ke didn't understand this at the time. But it's clear that in front of someone as cool as Huang Yaoshi, who is comparable to a rhinoceros, Ouyang Ke's attempts to act cool are childish. "Classmate, excuse me, how do I get to the law department?" was Ouyang Ke's first reaction, going forward to strike up a conversation.

  "I don't know!" Huang Rong replied with a puffed up face, her cheeks bulging out like two small buns.

  "Are you a newbie too?" He said while striking up a conversation, and was surprised that his charm wasn't working on her. Ou Yang Ke was this kind of person.

  "I just arrived, I don't know, you go ask your teacher yourself!"

  "I'm also a freshman, I'm in the law department, Ou Yang Ke." Ou Yang Ke revealed his brilliant smile.

  "I really don't know how to proceed with the law major..."

  "Classmates, let's go register together. Our department has a welcome party tonight, you're welcome to come." Ouyang Ke's dance is something to be proud of.

  "I'm still waiting for someone!" Huang Rong was about to lose her temper. As the daughter of Huang Yaoshi, she wasn't some obedient girl, although it couldn't be seen from her appearance. But Huang Yaoshi himself knew this best.

  "Waiting for who..."

  "Classmate!" Guo Jing squeezed out, his head covered in sweat, clutching a crumpled round-necked shirt. Guo Jing was still quite happy, as many people had rushed to buy this kind of round-necked shirt, and he managed to grab the last one. Although it was the worst one, at least he got it.

  Ouyang Ke was startled by this Mongolian-robed man, staring wide-eyed as he ran excitedly to Huang Rong's side. Ouyang Ke couldn't believe his eyes - was Huang Rong actually waiting for him? Was the tragic history of flowers inserted into cow dung still being replayed in the peaceful and democratic Song Dynasty?

  Huang Rong looked at the T-shirt in Guo Jing's hand, which was a bit like pickled vegetables and a bit like a rag. She hesitated, as this was far from her ideal "T-shirt". However, under current circumstances, getting rid of Ouyang Ke was more important than the oily handprint on her back. So Huang Rong forced out a smile to show her approval of the big guy's shopping standards and hastily put on the round-necked shirt over her tank top to cover up the handprint. The hem of the round-necked shirt reached down to Huang Rong's knees, with bright red "Bianjing University" printed on the front and pale blue "Bian Da, Century University!" printed on the back.

  Huang Rong finally couldn't help but glare at Guo Jing fiercely, the big guy was scratching his head and smiling foolishly at her.

  "I'll go report first." Guo Jing didn't want to disturb Huang Rong and Ouyang Ke, after all they looked more harmonious together.

  "I... I'll take you to the Chemistry Department." Huang Rong resolutely decided to fulfill her promise to help Guo Jing find the Chemistry Department, and she enthusiastically helped Guo Jing tidy up his luggage on the back of the old donkey, indicating her determination to go with him.

  At the entrance of the store, Ouyang Ke was left there, although the crowd around him was still rushing into the store to grab goods, Ouyang Ke suddenly felt a chill in the autumn wind.

  Guo Jing and Huang Rong were still trekking on the road to find the Chemistry Department, while Yang Kang had effortlessly settled the registration. He even took this opportunity to discuss his ideas about the major with Wu Cliff, the head of the Biotechnology Department, from the biological significance of "Tiangong Kaiwu" to the latest cloning technology in the Western Regions. The direct result of this conversation was that Wu Cliff only remembered Yang Kang's name on the new student list.

  Yang Kang was very intelligent, the first prize in the biology competition in Bianjing area, short-distance running was his strong point, and writing was also guided by his mother Bao Xiuzhi and had some skills. These things made Yang Kang very impatient, he didn't react to other people's praise at all. So after chatting with Wu Ya Zi for a while, Yang Kang excused himself to arrange the bed and slipped out, strolling around and slowly heading towards the dormitory.