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Gu Zheng took off her headphones and muttered to herself, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and her eyes curved into beautiful crescents.
At the same time, my roommate's reminder suddenly rang in my ears: "Guzheng, get ready, it's time to gather at the gymnasium."
"it is good."
Guzheng nodded, sent a message to Han Zhou saying "I'm going to the gathering", then got up and left the dormitory with her roommate.
The gymnasium is very large, and is more than enough to accommodate freshmen. The standing map of each class was sent to the freshman group. There were students standing in different areas holding signs with their class names, so it was easy to find their class.
When Han Zhou and the other two arrived at the gymnasium, it was already full of people. The gymnasium was crowded with people and the sound of chattering was endless. Excitement and curiosity were written all over the faces of the freshmen, and they smiled eagerly, obviously looking forward to the magnificent university life in the future.
The disadvantage of having too many people is that it is easier to get hot. Fortunately, the weather is no longer as hot as before, so we can still endure it.
Chen Zheng looked around. He was quite normal in the dormitory, but he became obviously timid when he came to a crowded place. He looked at the crowded people around him with an unnatural expression and followed Chen Long with shining eyes in silence.
"Our class is over there!"
Compared to Chen Zheng's social phobia, Chen Long was much more excited. His eyes were like detection radars. He spotted the sign of "E-commerce Class 1" not far away and ran over excitedly, obviously to see if there were any beauties in the class.
Han Zhou secretly sighed that Chen Long was indeed a talented person in society. He still couldn't forget the shocked look on the canteen aunt's face when this guy asked her if she was married while getting food in the canteen just now.
He and Chen Zheng followed and stood at the end of the class line at a leisurely pace. Since they couldn't see the people in the front, they silently looked at the others in the back row.
The main purpose of this gathering is to confirm the reporting situation of each class, and to organize the team in advance for the military training starting tomorrow. The classmates in the class are just meeting each other and will soon be divided into different teams. If they really want to get to know each other, they will have to wait for the class meeting after the military training.
However, this did not affect everyone's curiosity about other students in the class. The male and female students stood in two rows tacitly, stealing glances at each other. The bolder ones had already started chatting, and soon they were talking and laughing, and established a friendly relationship like "brothers" or "sisters".
There are also some aloof people who are immersed in their mobile phones, with one hand in their pocket, wearing a Bluetooth headset, and not even looking at other people. I don’t know if they are really aloof or using this method to cover up their embarrassment in front of strangers.
In addition, there were people who were playing games with their heads down, people who were giving chocolates to everyone with a nervous look on their faces, people who were asking each other about their college entrance examination scores, and even people like Chen Long who directly asked for someone's contact information but were rejected on the spot.
Surrounded by so many people, Chen Zheng's social phobia was clearly revealed, and he had to find Han Zhou, who was relatively familiar to him, to chat to ease the embarrassment.
Han Zhou joked, "Are you afraid of this kind of scene?"
Chen Zheng pushed his glasses and admitted a little embarrassedly: "It's about the same. It's okay when there are fewer people. When there are more people, I feel uncomfortable all over. I dare not look at other people, especially strangers and girls."
"Really? Then you might want to learn this from Chen Long." Han Zhou looked at Chen Long who was chatting happily with a few boys in front of him and said with a smile, "Or it should be said that it's better to complement each other."
Chen Zheng sincerely envied and said, "To be honest, I really admire his confidence, but this guy's tricks are too obvious. You see, the reason why he deliberately spoke so loudly and kept emphasizing that he can fight in Sanda is probably to attract the attention of girls, but he is destined to be disappointed."
"How to say?"
"For people who are meeting for the first time, if Chen Long had a face like yours, he would attract a lot of girls' attention even if he just stood there without saying a word. But he only looks average, and showing off like this would probably cause negative feelings."
You might as well just say he is trustworthy...
Han Zhou listened silently, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I don't think I have any bad feelings towards him. He just spoke a little loudly, but he didn't have any bad intentions."
Chen Zheng did not refute, but suddenly looked in one direction and asked, "Have you heard of a control experiment?"
"What controlled experiment?"
Han Zhou was stunned for a moment. Before Chen Zheng could answer, he saw a slightly plump girl walking over to him. She took out a piece of chocolate from the box in her arms and said nervously, "Hello, classmate. This chocolate is for you. My name is Deng Xue. We will be classmates from now on. Please take care of me."
"Thank you."
Han Zhou did not reject the girl's kindness and took the chocolate from her hand with a smile. He had noticed before that this girl named Deng Xue gave chocolates to every classmate in the class, probably because she wanted to establish good relationships in advance.
It can be seen that she is a relatively introverted girl. It takes a lot of courage for her to do this. Maybe she wants to change herself.
Deng Xue took out another piece of chocolate from the box and handed it to Chen Zheng. Then she looked at Han Zhou again, opened her mouth, and asked shyly, "Um... classmate, can you tell me your name?"
"Sorry, I forgot to tell you, my name is Han Zhou." Han Zhou quickly introduced himself.
"Han Zhou..."
The girls who had pricked up their ears early on silently memorized the name. They had long been interested in this handsome boy and wanted to ask him what was going on with his hand. This was also what Deng Xue was curious about, so she mustered up the courage to ask the questions on their behalf.
"Student Han Zhou, how did you get your hand injured?"
Han Zhou smiled casually and said, "I wasn't careful when I went out today, and I accidentally broke my bone."
"Is that so..." Deng Xue was a little worried, "It should be okay soon?"
Han Zhou patiently replied, "About a month. You need to rest for a while."
"Oh... then you should take some rest."
Deng Xue obviously wanted to chat with Han Zhou more, but she also knew that this was not a good idea, so she turned aside and gave chocolate to the girl next to her.
Seeing Deng Xue walking away, Chen Zheng asked in a low voice: "How is it?"
"What's going on?" Han Zhou wondered.
"This is the result of the control experiment. I have been observing this student Deng Xue just now. She didn't say a word when she gave chocolate to Chen Long, but she mustered up the courage to ask about your well-being in front of you. So this is the importance of appearance. Being handsome can attract girls' attention even if you do nothing."
Han Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I admit that I am indeed good-looking, but aren't you being too arbitrary in your judgment? She might just be simply curious about how I got hurt."
"Impossible." Chen Zheng said confidently, "If you don't believe me, open your chocolate and look at the words on the wrapper."
Han Zhou was stunned. He opened the chocolate and saw that there were actually words in the wrapping paper. However, they were neither Chinese characters nor English. They looked more like a symbol.
Chen Zheng took a closer look and an expression of "as expected" appeared on his face. He also opened his chocolate. There were words on the wrapping paper as well, but they were completely different symbols.
He adjusted his glasses and explained in a low voice, "'Lucky Chocolate' is a niche product launched online some time ago. A box contains about sixty chocolates. There is a symbol on the wrapper of each chocolate. Most of the symbols are the same, representing friends. There are also a few special symbols, representing different meanings such as 'best friend', 'lover', 'secret crush', etc. The symbol on the chocolate in your hand means 'the person you like'."
He talked eloquently, "It is said that this kind of chocolate is endowed with the magic of luck, which allows the person who eats the chocolate to understand the mood of the giver, thus generating a positive response, and ultimately allowing both parties to achieve the relationship that the giver desires. The effect is very magical. Of course, this is just a gimmick."
Han Zhou was surprised and asked, "Isn't this a niche product? How do you know so much about it?"
Chen Zheng looked embarrassed, and then he realized that he had said too much. He quickly pushed up his glasses to hide his embarrassment.
Han Zhou looked suspicious: "You haven't bought this before, have you?"
Chen Zheng's expression changed slightly, but he finally nodded dejectedly.
He recalled: "I bought a box when I graduated from high school. I mustered up the courage to give it to my high school classmates at the graduation party. I mainly wanted to give the 'secret crush' piece to a girl I liked."
Han Zhou became interested: "What happened next?"
“After that I never wanted to eat chocolate again.”
After a brief silence, Chen Zheng's voice, which sounded somewhat lonely and desolate, echoed in the air.
Han Zhou hesitated for a moment. It seemed that this was a man with a very interesting story...
As they were sighing, a crisp voice suddenly sounded behind them: "If you don't want to eat chocolate, give it to me."
Han Zhou turned his head and saw no one. He lowered his gaze slightly and saw a short girl with a ponytail. She was standing with her arms folded across her chest, looking up at them.
Chen Zheng also noticed this girl. He was not afraid of strange children and asked jokingly, "Little sister, are you here to play at school?"
The girl raised her eyebrows, glanced at him, and walked silently to the back of the girls' group.
Chen Zheng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening and asked in surprise, "Could this also be our classmate?"
"Isn't this obvious?" Han Zhou said helplessly, "Didn't you see she was wearing earrings? Middle school and high school students are not allowed to wear such things."
For some reason, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this girl. If he had to give a reason, it might be because the arrogant look on this guy's face with his arms folded across his chest was a bit like his usual Guzheng.
That’s right, a small guzheng.
This was Han Zhou’s first impression of the girl.
But they are only a little similar. There are still big differences between the two people. Guzheng doesn't have an unhappy expression on her face all day long.
Thinking of this, Han Zhou couldn't help shaking his head, and suddenly heard the short girl next to him ask: "Hey, what's your name?"
"Me?" Han Zhou pointed at himself.
"If not you, who else could it be?" the girl asked in an impolite tone.
Han Zhou was not angry either, he said with a smile: "My name is Chu Yuxuan."
"Chu Yuxuan?" The girl raised her eyebrows. "Why does it sound like a girl's name?"
"Because that's a girl's name."
"Are you kidding me?" The girl raised her eyebrows.
Han Zhou said slowly, "Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking someone's name?"
The girl frowned and wanted to ignore him, but she still said reluctantly: "Xiaoxiao, just call me Xiaoxiao."
Chen Zheng had been listening nearby, and curiously asked, "Xiao Xiao should be your name, so what's your last name?"
"None of your business." The girl glared at him fiercely. Her fierce look scared Chen Zheng. Then she looked at Han Zhou coldly and said, "It's your turn. What's your name?"
Han Zhou hesitated for a moment and replied, "My name is Zhou."
"Daytime?" The girl was stunned.
"Yes, this is my first name. I cannot reveal my last name for now."
Han Zhou looked solemn, and his serious look made everyone around him laugh.
The girl couldn't laugh. She felt that the guy was playing a trick on her. She said unhappily, "It's fine, but what's wrong with your arm?"
Han Zhou did not answer, but said: "Although you don't want to tell me, I can guess your last name."
This was of course nonsense, he definitely couldn't guess it, but he had the status bar and clearly saw the girl's name from the beginning, so it was not wrong to say that he could guess it.
"I don't believe it." The girl curled her lips.
Could this guy be Gu Zheng's long-lost sister?
The more Han Zhou looked at her, the more he felt that this girl looked a bit like Gu Zheng, especially the way she pouted. He found it very interesting and said, "Let's make a bet. If I guess right, then you..."
The girl quickly took over his words: "If you guess correctly, I will run five laps on the playground. If you don't guess correctly, you will run five laps on the playground."
She was still quite alert, fearing that Han Zhou would make excessive demands, so she took over the decision on the bet in time.
"Okay."
Han Zhou didn't care. He didn't want to do anything excessive to this girl. He just thought she was impolite and looked a bit like Gu Zheng, so he wanted to tease her.
The girl was relieved and raised her chin and said, "Then tell me, what's my last name?"
She didn't believe that this guy knew her name. If he really knew, he wouldn't have asked her to say her name just now.
As for the reason why she cared about this guy's name, it was very simple, because she felt that this guy looked a little familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere.
Facing the girl's gaze, Han Zhou didn't keep her in suspense and chuckled, "Your last name is Xiao, and your name is Xiao Xiaoxiao."
He could understand why the girl didn't want to reveal her last name, because the three characters in her name had the same pronunciation. Combined with her height of 1.5 meters, she probably didn't want to hear others call her small.
(End of this chapter)