Chapter 17: The Strange Classmate

  Of course, among these two groups of people, there is another type of person who relies on their own talents and abilities to truly rise through the ranks, leave school, enter society, and secure a place for themselves.

  Picked up things and swept the dormitory again, looked at the time, it was already past 7 o'clock in the evening, and the time had passed so quickly.

  She is not like ordinary people who are meticulous about trifles. Although this place is not only inhabited by her, but after all, she is now living here and is a member of the community. She won't go out of her way to make things awkward with others just because of that little friction earlier, and only clean up the area belonging to herself.

  Rubbed his belly, and his belly also responded at this time with a timely rumble.

  At the same time, there was a knock on the dormitory door from outside.

  Her eyebrows slightly furrowed, logically speaking, at this time, no one should be coming to knock on the door, and if it was someone living in this dormitory, they wouldn't even knock on the door, and besides, they had just left not long ago.

  It won't take an hour to finish eating, will it?

  However, she still got up and walked to the dormitory door and opened it. When she saw the person outside, she was stunned for a long time.

  "Lin Hanxiang——ah, no, Lin Xuechang, how did you end up here?" She stared at the person who appeared in front of her in shock, never expecting it to be Lin Hanxiang. It seemed that at this point, there was no one else left in the dormitory either. She thought to herself that maybe he was looking for someone else she knew, so she said: "Xuechang, everyone has gone out to eat, if you're looking for someone, it's better to come back later."

  As Su Mo said this, Lin Han Xiang's eyes flashed with a hint of discomfort, but soon calmed down and smiled: "Actually, I just came to see if you've eaten, now it seems like you haven't. How come your dorm mates went out and you didn't go together?"

  Shaking his head, "I and they seem to be from different worlds, with no common language. Eating together would only make the atmosphere worse, that would be a great sin."

  Lin Hanxiang let out a sigh at these words, and his eyes, when looking at Su Moruo, also held a hint of pity. "Let's go, I'll take you to get something to eat."

  Thinking of the money in her pocket, she paid the tuition and some miscellaneous fees for the whole day, leaving not much left. During this period, she must find a job to support her living expenses first, otherwise, this little money would not be enough. And going out to eat with Lin Hanxiang, they were not familiar with each other, only knowing him from bringing her news and delivering gifts to her dormitory door.

  I had expected Su Mo to refuse, Lin Han Xiang also understood this feeling, after all he came from the same place, a friendly smile appeared in his eyes, "Don't be afraid, actually I'm just like you, we're both poor students, are you worried about living expenses?"

  She took a glance at Lin Hanxiang, and from the moment she saw this boy, she felt that his family was not good either. It seemed to be true, and he could actually guess her thoughts, and didn't think there was anything shameful about it, frankly nodding in acknowledgement, "Uh-huh."

  Seeing Su Mo nodding in response, Lin Hanxiang's smile grew even more, "Let's go, we'll talk as we walk."

  Without any hesitation, since I can introduce her to a job that can support her living expenses, it doesn't matter if she goes down to eat, anyway everything is already ready, and she's also hungry. If she doesn't go down to eat, she'll have to take the things her family prepared for her later, which isn't much different, besides this meal can help her find a job.

  But when Su Mo followed Lin Huanxiang to the cafeteria, she finally understood a key point, which was what kind of person Lin Huanxiang was in Jinghua University.

  Because of this man, although he was dressed in general attire, his words and deeds as well as every move he made did not appear shabby at all. Now it seems that she had committed a fatal mistake, thinking that on the first day of arriving in Beijing, before school even started, she had already managed to provoke some big shot, making herself notorious throughout the entire university.

  Looking at Su Mo Ruo's appearance, Lin Han Xiang smiled brightly and waved his hand in front of her eyes. His gentle voice rang out, "What's wrong? Don't think too much about it, it's nothing."

  She coughed dryly, and finally didn't want to get herself into trouble. She didn't want to be so high-profile, so she pulled on his sleeve, "Uh... senior, look at all these eyes staring at us, I feel really uncomfortable all over, how about we change places to eat?"

  Looking at Su Mo's embarrassed appearance, Lin Han Xiang also didn't say anything, nodded and took her out of the school.

  She walked through two streets with familiarity, came to the door of a restaurant that looked older and a bit worn out, but had already added several tables outside, with some dishes' sounds all around, the whole small restaurant seemed lively.

  The boss's wife had a thick smile on her face, and she led Su Mo Ruo to sit down at a table that had just been vacated.

  Looking at the messy table that had just been eaten and hadn't had time to clean up, without any expression of disgust, he sat down.

  "This place may not look great, but the taste is top-notch, let's savor it later." Lin Hanxiang's face always had a gentle smile that made people feel like they were basking in spring breeze. But this man, who came from an ordinary family, was shouldering his own tuition and living expenses while dealing with academic burdens at work. How did he manage to get by?

  The two of them ordered very simply, one green pepper and one stir-fried bok choy. These were all chosen by Lin Hanxiang based on the flavors from Su Muer's hometown, and he wasn't picky about food, as long as it wasn't poisonous.

  Although it's just a small dish of green peppers, it tastes so delicious. Looking at the boss lady busy outside, handing over the dishes ordered by customers to the man in charge of cooking inside, who should be her husband, the smile in their eyes is so similar. It seems that for Mu Qian and his wife, they are very satisfied with their life situation.

  For people in the capital, eating meat once is not a big deal. In this small aspect, it's also nothing special. Two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, white rice doesn't count as money, after finishing six yuan.

  Non-vegetarian dishes are 4.5 yuan, vegetarian dishes are 1.5 yuan, and two dishes together cost 6 yuan. For Su Mo Ruo's foster mother, this is a "luxurious feast", but Su Mo Ruo knows that in this city, this little amount is really rare.

  The meal was paid by Lin Hanxiang, Su Moye didn't argue with him to pay on the spot, but as soon as they left the restaurant, she quickly handed six yuan to Lin Hanxiang, "Senior, thank you for helping me carry my luggage today and thank you for taking me out to eat."

  Looking at the six dollars in front of him, Lin Hanxiang's smile suddenly disappeared, and his eyes stared straight at Su Moruo. "Don't pretend to be strong now, wait until you have money later, when you're successful, come back and return the money to your senior, or maybe, when you have money later, invite your senior to a star-rated restaurant for a good meal."

  She nodded slightly, and didn't insist on giving the money to Lin Huanxiang. However, she remembered this person in her heart. The past life's Mu Qing would never remember a person so clearly, only because she herself was not passionate by nature. But the present life's Mu Qing was no longer just Mu Qing, she was more of Su Mo Ruo, this kind-hearted girl who would remember those who were good to her.

  After dinner, the two slowed down their pace and strolled back to school. At the school gate, they parted ways. After all, Su Mo Ruo and Lin Han Xiang both understood that they were not of the same social status, but because of similar family backgrounds, they had common topics to talk about. They just wanted to study hard and make a name for themselves in society.

  Back in the dorm, the lights were very bright and noisy. Inside the room, there was a strong pungent smell of smoke. Furrowing her brow, she looked up to see Song Xue Li leading two other girls smoking together, while the other four people were eating snacks and chatting happily.