As a sophomore, the slightly green Chen Wan was bare-faced, wearing a white T-shirt paired with jeans, and layered with a red volunteer vest. She would later successfully get elected as the student council president during her junior year.
It was the enthusiastic Chen Wan who helped send Zhou Yuwen to the dormitory in his previous life.
At that time, it was Zhou Yuwen's first visit to the big city, and he felt very fond of the approachable senior sister.
Then the senior sister asked him if he had arranged for a phone card?
Zhou Yuwen said I already have a phone card.
"It's not the same, what you have is from back home. You're to live in Jinling now, so you'll definitely need a local phone card, and do you even have enough data on your cell phone?" Chen Wan gently persuaded.
Indeed, Zhou Yuwen did need it, and not just him—when the dormitory mates heard about the broadband offer, they felt it was definitely necessary. Three people in one dormitory took out cards, when in fact, just one phone card would have sufficed for a dorm room.
Latter on, after joining the student council and becoming familiar with Chen Wan, she found an opportunity to discuss this matter with Zhou Yuwen, seeming quite embarrassed about having taken advantage of him.
Since it was already his sophomore year, Zhou Yuwen of course didn't mind.
However, it was later revealed that getting a campus card cost one hundred and fifty yuan, and as a sub-agent, Chen Wan could earn a twenty yuan commission, while a primary distributor could make an even higher fifty yuan commission.
From what I remember, a certain senior managed to make enough from selling campus cards over his university years to drive off in a new Passat upon graduation.
As a senior sister, Chen Wan was dutiful and reached out to take the luggage, intending to take Zhou Yuwen to the dormitory.
This time, Zhou Yuwen didn't hesitate and directly handed over his suitcase to Chen Wan.
This caught Chen Wan off guard.
Normally, a guy would very shyly say, "It's okay, senior sister, I can handle it myself."
Instead, Zhou Yuwen handed his suitcase to Chen Wan and just walked ahead on his own, not at all worried about Chen Wan being a thief who would steal his suitcase.
"???"
Zhou Yuwen turned back, noticed Chen Wan standing still in a daze, and asked curiously, "What's wrong? Senior sister, aren't you escorting me back to the dorm?"
"Oh, oh, so it's not your first time coming here, right?"
"Of course, it's not." Zhou Yuwen replied.
"Are you from Jinling?" Chen Wan asked again.
"Ah, sort of." Zhou Yuwen had later become a Jinling resident, after all, the 220 square meter flat was not small.
"So your phone card is from Jinling?" Chen Wan sounded somewhat disappointed.
Indeed, still a college student, the disappointment was plain to see on her face. Seeing Chen Wan holding the phone card flyers, Zhou Yuwen, belatedly realizing, said, "Ah yes, you seem to be selling phone cards here, senior sister,"
"No, no, it's just a side job I picked up, it doesn't really matter if you get one or not," Chen Wan quickly regained composure upon hearing Zhou Yuwen say this, realizing her own lapse.
Chen Wan told Zhou Yuwen that getting a campus card was really a good deal, with 30 GB of data per month, unlimited broadband internet included, and they even give you a new smartphone.
Zhou Yuwen nodded, it did seem like a good deal.
"So, junior brother, would you like to get one from me!?" Chen Wan asked, playfully winking.
"I really have no need for a new card," Zhou Yuwen said.
Chen Wan's face showed a touch of awkwardness.
"Look, senior sister, I should probably take my luggage myself. It's quite embarrassing to let you carry it without getting a card," Zhou Yuwen gestured, intending to take back his suitcase.
"It's fine, it's fine, it's just a part-time job. Helping you with your luggage during the freshman welcome is the least I can do," Chen Wan hurriedly waved her hand,
"That would be too much trouble for you, senior,"
"Not at all, not at all,"
"How about this, then," senior, you give me a few more flyers, and when I get to the dorm, I'll help spread the word for you."
Chen Wan was indeed quite unhappy at first, but she cheered up when Zhou Yuwen made the offer, immediately giving her half of the flyers to distribute.
Chen Wan informed Zhou Yuwen that the large building up ahead was the boys' dormitory.
"I won't see you there, I still need to help other freshmen!"
Zhou Yuwen pouted, thinking to herself that in her last life, you had actually escorted her directly to the dormitory.
But it didn't matter, Zhou Yuwen walked alone, pulling her suitcase, into the dormitory where she had lived for four years.
First, check in with the dorm manager upon entering the dorm.
Get the keys.
Pay a 20 yuan deposit.
Write a slip.
The dorm manager said, the slip must be kept safe; when graduating, you can get the 20 yuan back.
At that moment, a student queuing there scoffed, "Just 20 yuan, who would remember that!"
Someone else suggested that the key could be traded for 20 yuan to go online when out of money.
This prompted a round of laughter from below.
At that time, around the start of the school year, the area in front of the dorm manager's door was crowded with people waiting to get their keys. Most of these kids were away from their parents for the first time and hadn't yet realized they were growing up. All they felt was the excitement of escaping parental control for the first time, standing with dorm mates in small groups, using Mandarin tinged with their hometown accents, excitedly chatting away with newly made friends.
"You're wrong! Since the fight with Cell, Gohan's strength had already surpassed Sun Wukong!"
"Impossible! Sun Wukong will always be the pinnacle of power!"
Zhou Yuwen paid 20 yuan, got the dorm key, and followed the route in her memory, pulling her suitcase to the door of her dorm. Since getting off the train, Zhou Yuwen had maintained a fairly steady state of mind.
But standing in front of the dormitory door, Zhou Yuwen suddenly felt a bit more timid as she got closer to home. It was a complex feeling; she had never thought that she, a single man in his thirties, could come back here.
Not to mention, to live with his dorm mates once again.
He reminisced about the days spent with his dorm mates.
Zhou Yuwen pushed open the door of the dormitory.
The sunlight streaming in from the balcony lit up the dorm room brightly.
A four-person room with bunk beds over desks.
Zhou Yuwen was the last to arrive. As the door opened, all three roommates turned their gaze towards Zhou Yuwen simultaneously.
On the balcony, a young man casually on the phone with a cigarette in his mouth was ranting, "Damn it, if I hadn't done poorly on the exams, would I end up at this crappy school?"
Near the door, a bed had a bulging snakeskin bag on the floor, and there stood a tall guy in plain clothes with a crew cut, wearing a somewhat worn black tank top.
And the last one, near the balcony, a fair-skinned, somewhat skinny boy, was quietly leaning on the bed, engrossed in his phone.
Looking at everything in front of him.
"Zhou Yuwen?" The guy on the phone was the first to recognize Zhou Yuwen. In their dorm, there were four people in total. The other three had arrived; the last one had to be Zhou Yuwen.