It was exactly 6 o'clock when Zhao Jiadi got up. He found that Shen Han had already washed his face and brushed his teeth and was previewing "Basic Accounting".
While the fierce Ma Xiaotiao had just turned off the computer and thrown himself onto the bed, looking like a dead man. After Zhao Jiadi had freshened up properly, he picked up his calculus textbook and prepared to go out. Freshmen still had to attend morning and evening self - study classes. Shen Han, who was sitting near the door, reminded him, "Zhao Jiadi, besides calculus, there's also English in the morning. You forgot to take your English textbook."
"It's okay. I always skip English classes." Zhao Jiadi explained.
"Then what are you going out so early for?" Li Feng, who got up in a daze, asked.
"Going to run on the playground and wait for beautiful girls like waiting for a hare by the stump." Zhao Jiadi said with a smile.
"Good idea. Dormitory 313 approves." Li Feng, the dormitory head chosen by drawing lots, waved his hand grandly. Yesterday, he and Shen Han competed to be the boss of dormitory 313. They compared their academic performance, height, weight, temperament, appearance, and even drinking capacity. It was almost to the point of comparing the size of their private parts. Finally, Zhao Jiadi suggested drawing lots. As a result, Li Feng had better luck, so Shen Han could only become the vice - dormitory head of 313.
Zhao Jiadi ran ten laps on the playground. Then he bought breakfast and dragged his bicycle towards the teaching building. After parking the bike, he found the study room. There were only a few students there, all girls. Zhao Jiadi was very disappointed in them, and they were clearly also very disappointed in Zhao Jiadi. After this momentary disappointment with each other, they were no longer interested.
Zhao Jiadi chose a seat near the window in the last row. After flipping through the calculus textbook and finding it really not challenging, he took out a newly - bought notebook. After opening it, he began to draw the plan of the "Tirpitz" battleship. Zhao Jiadi was a pseudo - military enthusiast because he was only interested in naval battles and battleships. After the early - morning self - study bell rang, the whole class was present except Ma Xiaotiao. Except for good students like Shen Han who planned to "further their studies" during college, most of the boys and girls were making friends. Zhao Jiadi sat alone in the corner of the last row. During the drawing process, he observed the girls in the class a little. Unfortunately, he didn't find a beauty who could score 70 points, so he could only continue to work on his favorite battleship gloomily. The counselor Huang Zhiqiang showed up once. He wasn't at all surprised by Ma Xiaotiao's absence, but was a bit surprised by Zhao Jiadi's punctual appearance. At that time, Zhao Jiadi was concentrating on drawing the command tower of the battleship and didn't notice Huang Zhiqiang behind him who had been staring at the pattern and admiring it for several minutes.
After the first class in college began, Shen Han sat in the first row, Li Feng sat in the middle position where the girls were clustered together, and Zhao Jiadi sat alone in the most remote position. In the previous self - study class, he had already finished drawing the "Tirpitz". Now, he had begun to accurately draw an Orion - class battleship of the British Navy from memory. As for what the calculus teacher was talking about, he still listened. From time to time, he would raise his head with an appearance of devout learning, which made the teaching teacher very satisfied. Because this student hiding in the corner always raised his head during the passages that the teacher thought were brilliantly explained. This kind of in - tune student is a good student.
During the break after the first class, Li Feng sat next to Zhao Jiadi for a while. Zhao Jiadi closed his notebook and chatted with him. Li Feng had already quickly collected the information of several potential class - flower - level girls in the class. Now the most remarkable boys in the class were the tactful class monitor and the elusive Ma Xiaotiao. The former relied on his grades and the "pretentious authority" when he was "appointed during a difficult time". Huang Zhiqiang obviously liked this shrewd and obedient student very much. As for Ma Xiaotiao, of course, he relied on his looks and family background. Now the entire School of Finance was abuzz, discussing this rich man who drove a BMW to school. Li Feng pointed out to Zhao Jiadi several girls in the class who he thought ranked high in terms of face, figure, and temperament. With Zhou Xiaoman's beauty in mind before, Zhao Jiadi still thought that Zhou Xiaoman was more pleasing to the eye. Her temperament was more simple and unaffected. And the girls in the class today were showing off their beauty like peacocks spreading their tails. Because it was the first day of formal classes, everyone also knew the importance of the first impression well, so each of them was more or less "putting on airs".
After the second class began, Zhao Jiadi didn't plan to draw battleships anymore. He began to immerse himself in the calculus textbook and started to do the exercises at the end of each chapter and section. Only when he occasionally got stuck would he go and look at the concepts. The reason why Zhao Jiadi liked mathematics was that he liked its precision. It was not a chaotic discipline. Just as Pythagoras said that mathematics ruled the universe, Whitehead stated a truth more directly: It is a reliable rule that when mathematical or philosophical works are written in vague and abstruse language, they are talking nonsense.
After the bell rang for the end of class, they had to move to another classroom for the English class. Zhao Jiadi, who had already finished half of the calculus exercises, went directly to the library, planning to find a copy of "The Theory of the Leisure Class" there. However, during the process of looking for "The Theory of the Leisure Class", he came across a copy of Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom" and decided to borrow it with his student ID. There were very few people in these rows of the economics bookshelf. Obviously, these books were far less popular than some popular novels. Zhao Jiadi sat on the floor and read for two hours without any interruption.
Before the bell rang for the end of class, Zhao Jiadi timed it right to leave the library and go to the cafeteria to buy lunch. Zhao Jiadi's ordinary life didn't change just because he had an extra copy of "The Road to Serfdom" in his hand. He still didn't attract much attention or turn heads. He sat by the window on the second floor and ate a 6 - yuan lunch. Finally, towards the end of the lunch, Zhao Jiadi spotted a few good - looking girls. However, either their suitors were handsome or they were surrounded by a group of girlfriends and close friends, leaving Zhao Jiadi no chance to make a move. Just when Zhao Jiadi was about to give up, a ray of hope shone down from the sky. Four lovely girls walked towards him. Zhao Jiadi was just about to strike a deep and weather - beaten pose while eating. But when he saw that Zhou Xiaoman was among the girls, he immediately lost his spirit. That girl had seen him in that howling and crying scene, so she knew him pretty well.
If these four "cabbages" are all in one dormitory, it can only mean that the quality of this dormitory is almost at the peak of the Finance Department. It's lonely at the top. Besides the pure Zhou Xiaoman, there are also two beauties who can make men aroused at first sight. One is tall and slender, maybe ten centimeters taller than Zhou Xiaoman. Zhao Jiadi really regrets that she isn't wearing a flight attendant's uniform. But her face is so cold and gorgeous that she hasn't even glanced at Zhao Jiadi from beginning to end. She has a typical princess syndrome.
The other one is much like a disciple of Wang Banjin, nicknamed Daji, taking the alluring and charming route. She is indeed a beauty in the Finance Department. Where she should be curvy, she is extremely curvy, and where she should be perky, it's especially round, plump, tender, and white. The remaining one wears a pair of black - framed glasses, looking gentle and more neutral. Standing alone in a place, she can also attract attention. However, after comparison, the single - minded Zhao Jiadi still thinks Zhou Xiaoman is more comfortable. Because there have been vixen - like and goddess - like women in his family for a long time. One is a top - grade vixen, and the other is a fairy - like sister as if walking out of a painting of ladies. They have slept in the same bed with Zhao Bajiang since childhood and have been together for more than 20 years. So Zhao Jiadi has relatively high immunity to these two types. After secretly looking around for a long time, he still has his eyes on Zhou Xiaoman sitting opposite him.
The other three "cabbages" were sitting at the adjacent seats. Zhou Xiaoman, however, summoned up the courage to break away from the group and, "valuing romance over friendship", sat face - to - face with Zhao Jiadi. She made an introduction. They were all her roommates. Just like in Zhao Jiadi's dormitory, the members came from all over the country. That tall and slender girl was a local in Shanghai. Since Zhao Jiadi was neither handsome and charming nor humorous, and Zhou Xiaoman was also a good girl who was not good at dealing with boys and had never come home later than 11 o'clock since she was a child, the two of them had nothing to talk about when facing each other. The main problem was that there were too many "high - wattage light bulbs" in the way. Otherwise, Zhao Jiadi could also come up with some tricks. After all, he hadn't watched so many artworks about the two genders for nothing. However, it was obvious that Zhou Xiaoman's roommates didn't have a good impression of Zhao Jiadi. Probably they thought that Brother Bajiang really didn't deserve the innocent Zhou Xiaoman. If a woman can make other women feel that she is truly pure, then she is really pure - hearted. After all, there are too many bumps and frictions when women get along. Just like in the Zhao family, Wang Banjin didn't deny that Qi Dongcao was a good woman, but she just never liked Qi Dongcao. And Qi Dongcao also seemed to be indifferent to fame and wealth on the surface, but deep down she wanted to suppress Wang Banjin thoroughly before she would be satisfied.
Otaku Zhao Jiadi was sometimes dragged by Wang Banjin to watch those silly romantic dramas. When he saw the so - called sisters in the dramas, who seemed to be willing to sacrifice everything for each other for a lifetime, or two girls who were originally rivals in love became affectionate, he couldn't help but want to drag them out and slap them. There wasn't much food on his plate to begin with, and after finishing it, he felt embarrassed to linger. As soon as he got up, he heard the three "light bulbs" blatantly start to interrogate Zhou Xiaoman. Zhou Xiaoman seemed too embarrassed to expose Zhao Jiadi's secrets and stammered, which unavoidably gave off a sense of trying to hide something. Once women's gossiping flames burn brightly, it's very terrifying. Even the cold and gorgeous "cabbage" started to "torture" her. Zhou Xiaoman thought that she couldn't possibly say that this guy Zhao Jiadi was shouting and yelling on the road, making her mistake him for a mental patient in an American or European horror movie. Then when she ran away, she fell down, and then there was an embarrassing encounter that was neither earth - shattering nor passionate. So she had to cover it up and said, "He and I are very ordinary high school classmates with no connection."
"It doesn't seem so." The roommate with the most alluring curves said with a smile.
Her name is Hu Shuya. She's from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. But she's not ladylike or elegant at all. She's a thoroughly precocious woman. Right after graduating from junior high school, she gave her first night to a unambitious schoolmate. That guy was the type that many infatuated girls with zero - IQ in their girlhood would fall for. His academic performance was at most mediocre, or he simply loafed around like a little ruffian. He must be handsome, be able to play basketball a little, and his family must be wealthy. It's said that first love is the most unforgettable and innocent time. But Hu Shuya can't even remember what that bastard looked like now, and she even forgot his name. For girls like her, love is not a necessity, but money is. However, after all, she still lives in the ivory tower, so she's not too shrewd and snobbish. She still cares a lot about some female friends she likes. Just like Zhou Xiaoman, who poses no threat to anyone, Hu Shuya almost immediately had an overwhelming urge to protect her. The other two roommates are more or less the same. It's just that Zhou Xiaoman is so cute. When she registered, she moved a large pile of Hayao Miyazaki's animated discs to the dormitory. She was the first to arrive, so after cleaning the dormitory to an extremely clean state, she started to watch "Spirited Away". Then when Hu Shuya and the others arrived at the dormitory, they saw a child crying her eyes out with a mountain - like pile of wet tissues on the table. After that, they found that this little girl was so harmless. There's a small red goldfish in a small glass fish tank on the table. She held it in her hands all the way from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province in her mother's car to the school. There are also four pots of exquisitely trimmed orchids placed on the balcony. She said that there would be one pot for each person in the dormitory. She also prepared a large medicine box especially for dealing with minor problems like flu. There's also coffee and tea. It feels like she's going to take care of the whole dormitory by herself. Hu Shuya, who has been heartless and immoral for many years, was also touched. Zhang Shasha, the beautiful girl from Shanghai who's as cold as ice, also smiled brightly for the first time. And Jiang Xia, the girl with glasses who's the math queen in the School of Finance from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, also loves the simple - minded Zhou Xiaoman very much. Of course, the undercurrent between Hu Shuya and Zhang Shasha in the dormitory is also an open secret. On the battlefield where no man is directly involved, the one - on - one fight among women is often full of danger.
"Obviously not classmates. She even asked me to look for the college roster yesterday. If they were really classmates, it's impossible that she doesn't even have his mobile phone number saved?" Jiang Xia is the League secretary of the class, so she has this privilege and quickly exposed Zhou Xiaoman's lame lie. She glanced at Zhao Jiadi's back, which was neither stalwart nor handsome, and said with a smile, "When I first saw the name, I was quite looking forward to it. I thought he was a boy who would be a perfect match for Xiaoman. I didn't expect him to be so ordinary."
"What's wrong with being ordinary?" Zhou Xiaoman said with a smile.
"It's the ordinariness of mediocrity. There's still a difference between being ordinary and being mediocre." Jiang Xia was incisive. She was very straightforward.
"Maybe he's the type who pretends to be weak to deceive the strong." Hu Shuya giggled, but she herself was the first one not to believe it.
"I'm not going to fall in love with him. It's enough to be friends. As long as he's not a bad person." Zhou Xiaoman still has the mentality of being content and happy.
"Xiaoman, I have many classmates who study in Tongji University and Shanghai International Studies University. I'll introduce some of them to you later." Zhang Shasha said with a smile. She ate with extremely elegant movements. Coupled with her delicate "royal sister" face, she might be even more lethal to young boys than Hu Shuya.
"No. I don't plan to fall in love in college. I've also promised my mother." Zhou Xiaoman shook her head very seriously. If it were an ordinary person, they might just smile and make some polite remarks, but she would seriously reject it on the spot.
The three roommates looked at each other and burst out laughing. What an innocent child!