Chapter 299: The Thematic Class Meeting

After a semester of university life, everyone has undergone earth-shaking changes. This change is reflected in every aspect of life, but the most intuitive manifestation is in clothing and grooming.

Many people have begun to pursue fashion trends, perming and dyeing their hair into various novel and unique styles. The girls wear light and exquisite makeup on their faces, their moth-eyebrows trimmed neatly and stylishly, either soft like willow leaves or sharp like curved blades.

In terms of clothing, it is even more of a hundred flowers blooming and a riot of colors.

To summarize simply, they have shed their immaturity and are gradually moving toward maturity.

The most eye-catching of all is Lin Yang's buzz cut. Shen Yan cannot help but ask, "Lao Lin, it's the middle of winter, why did you decide to get a buzz cut?"

Mentioning this, Lin Yang has a belly full of anger with nowhere to vent.

New year, new look; he had originally intended to get a Japanese-style perm to shock everyone's eyes, but he never expected to encounter a massive disaster, making everyone laugh their heads off.

With no other choice, he had to settle for shaving it into a buzz cut.

At least it wouldn't be too embarrassing.

Shen Yan nods in understanding.

As if remembering something, Lin Yang turns and asks with a chuckle, "Lao Shen, is that silly dog that pees everywhere still doing okay?"

"Hahaha!"

As the words fall, the front and back rows immediately burst into laughter.

"He's full of life, it's just that now he pees like a thief; he has to look left and right for a while first, and he stays far away when he sees a water bucket. Some kids intentionally act naughty and shout 'Bang!', and the dog gets scared out of his wits."

Recalling Dahuang's state like a frightened bird, Shen Yan cannot help but smile.

It is a quite vivid metaphor; the few people present cannot help but visualize that unique scene in their minds.

Truly, his intelligence is touching.

At seven o'clock sharp, the thematic class meeting officially begins.

There are two items on the agenda for this thematic class meeting; the first is the issue of class study atmosphere construction.

The counselor Huang Shuren adjusts his glasses and speaks eloquently on the podium: "After one semester, I believe everyone has a profound understanding of university-level studies. Here, no teacher will urge you to study from behind; everything depends on self-discipline..."

"In this final exam, some students were stunning, while others were not as satisfactory..."

For some reason, Lin Yang feels someone is watching him.

He looks around, but finds nothing.

At this moment, Zhu Baoping asks in a low voice, "Lao Lin, how did you do on your exams this time?"

"Don't mention it, I failed two major courses."

Lin Yang reveals an expression of utter despair.

His performance on this final exam was barely passable, failing two subjects at once. The most frustrating part is that the "Mediterranean" professor for Civil Law seems to have it in for him, and for no good reason, gave him a 59.

Damn it! Would it kill him to give one more point?

The moment he learned his grade, Lin Yang greeted the Mediterranean's ancestors for eighteen generations.

But anger is anger; in the end, he still has to face reality.

Next week is the make-up exam period; once he fails this, what awaits him is retaking the courses.

Just thinking about having to attend class with the freshmen and sophomores makes Lin Yang feel like he has lost all face.

He must not fail the course, no matter what.

Hearing this, Zhu Baoping finds some comfort, finally having found someone even more miserable than himself; he says he also failed one subject and is currently worried about it.

Lin Yang's heart fluctuates slightly, and he immediately sets his sights on Shen Yan: "Lao Shen, you have to save me."

???

Shen Yan is slightly stunned, and after learning the situation, he doesn't even know what to say.

If he had just put in a little more effort during the final, he wouldn't have ended up failing.

"What can I do? Whether you pass or not depends entirely on the teacher's will. You'd be better off going to the teacher to play the pity card and ask for a few original questions; that would be more useful."

Lin Yang knows this clearly; he just wanted Shen Yan to explain some problems to him so he wouldn't be like a headless fly, running around everywhere when he encounters a question type he doesn't know.

"Lao Shen, I'll treat you to a meal after the exam."

However, Shen Yan is truly powerless: "I have to ask for a week off for something coming up; go ask Tang, I believe he is capable of handling it."

"Alright then!"

Lin Yang sighs lightly. Shen Yan is a very busy person who is usually here one moment and gone the next; he hadn't held much hope to begin with.

Fortunately, there is still the reliable Tang Song.

On the podium, Huang Shuren is still rambling on, emphasizing the construction of a good study atmosphere, while the students below yawn incessantly and simply lower their heads to play on their phones.

Another half hour passes.

The class meeting enters the second topic.

Yu Youwei stands up and walks to the podium, saying clearly and articulately: "To enhance class cohesion, it is necessary for the class to organize a team-building activity. As far as I know, many classes already organized team-building last semester, usually going to farmhouses or similar places; our class cannot fall behind others."

Upon hearing that there will be a team-building activity, the students immediately perk up.

They all look up at Yu Youwei in unison.

Yu Youwei is very satisfied with this and continues to speak eloquently.

For the sake of fairness, and to avoid unnecessary disputes, Yu Youwei provides three choices, letting everyone vote by a show of hands, with the minority obeying the majority.

First destination: Anding Mountain in Fuyang District, where you can watch the sunrise, go camping, have a barbecue...

Second destination: Sunset Orange Sea in Xihu District, where you can go camping, have a barbecue, sing karaoke outdoors, enjoy the beautiful scenery by the river, and have a bonfire party...

Third destination: Haiyan County in the neighboring Jiaxing City, to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sea...

The team-building is scheduled for the end of March.

In an instant, the room erupts into discussion, with a buzzing sound ringing in the ears, as if tens of thousands of bees were circling around.

Wu Yueer pokes Shen Yan in the back and asks him where he wants to go. Shen Yan says: "Going up the mountain or down to the sea is prone to accidents; the Orange Sea is quite good, and there are more activities to play."

These words draw unanimous approval from the others.

Except for Zhu Baoping, because he yearned more for the blue sea and sky.

Taking advantage of the gap in everyone's discussion, Shen Yan brought his leave request form to Huang Shuren.

Huang Shuren glanced at it.

Good grief! Last time it was his cousin's wedding, this time it's his female cousin's wedding. What's next? Next time, will he have to come up with a cousin-in-law's wedding?

However, he couldn't be bothered to care, and fortunately, it was only a five-day leave.

Considering his 4.98 GPA, this leave had to be approved regardless.

Five minutes later, the show-of-hands voting process began.

"Students who favor going to Anding Mountain, please raise your hands!"

"Those who favor going to Orange Sea, please raise your hands!"

"Those who favor..."

From the results of the hand-raising, it could be seen that there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes; some liked mountain climbing, some liked watching the sea, and some liked experiencing more recreational activities.

In the end, Orange Sea won by a seven-vote margin.

Choosing Orange Sea had one advantage: it was only 20 kilometers away from Hangzhou University and could be reached directly by bus, thus saving a large sum in transportation costs.

Calculated out, the cost would not exceed fifty.

It was still within everyone's acceptable range.