Chapter 63: First Love Becomes a Book Fan

September 9.

The day new students enroll at Huizhou Teachers College this year.

The welcome duty was assigned to the second-year students, meaning Cao Sheng and his batch.

As for the third-year old hands? They are very hard to get moving.

Early in the morning, Cao Sheng and others were assigned tasks, mainly to set up tables, hang banners on the main campus road, and prepare bottled water, fans, and the like, waiting for the minibus to bring this year's new students.

Whenever a batch of new students arrived, as long as they belonged to their major, they needed to send someone to lead those new students through the registration procedures.

Otherwise, with the campus so large, new students arriving at Huizhou Teachers College for the first time would find it hard to locate the various procedure points.

Cao Sheng did not skip today's welcome duty.

There were two reasons.

First, when he first came to this school in his freshman first semester, he enjoyed the service of senior students; now that he has become a senior, it is fitting by both sentiment and reason that he should contribute his share.

Second, he is now famous and wealthy; usually teachers and classmates flatter him with words, calling him great writer, great boss, and so on; encountering something like the welcome event, it would be hard to ask for leave or make special exceptions.

It would easily lead people to talk behind his back.

So, he came.

As for whether, deep in his heart, he wanted a bit to see his first love from the original timeline?

How to put it?

A little bit, yes.

But to say he wanted it very much, that is not entirely true.

After all, that Miss broke up with him many years ago, almost 20 years, right?

Twenty years can dilute the most intense emotions in the world.

Besides, back then, it was originally her who liked him more.

She was the one who wanted to be together; he was the one who proposed the breakup.

If she hadn't been crying when she proposed the breakup on the phone, making him feel she still had lingering feelings, he might have forgotten her completely long ago.

That morning, Cao Sheng and several classmates sat behind a desk by the roadside.

Bottled water and hand fans were placed on the desk; a welcome banner was strung in front of the desk, and a sun umbrella was above the desk.

Several classmates were chatting idly.

Someone said: "The first batch of new students today might not arrive until after 10 o'clock, because no matter what vehicle they take to school, it takes some time on the road."

Someone said: "I wonder if we can see a few pretty junior Misses today; whether we can get out of singlehood this semester mainly depends on whether we can land a junior Miss this time."

Someone said: "With Cao Sheng sitting here, we still want to land a junior Miss? We can't land anything, not even a fart!"

After this was said, several classmates and those standing behind chatting all looked at Cao Sheng.

Cao Sheng, who was drinking water, saw this scene and smiled helplessly, his expression very innocent: "Saying that, are you blaming me for not finding a girlfriend? I'm not competing with you."

Luo Xue, a girl standing not far away, chuckled softly: "Cao Sheng, do you still have the face to say that? Just look at how handsome you are today! Plus, you are now a nationally famous great writer; many new students might have heard your name before coming to our school, or even seen your photo in newspapers; with you sitting here, what chance do those few have?"

Another girl, Xu Jing, laughed: "I suddenly thought of a saying: 'One encounter with Cao Sheng ruins a lifetime.' The junior Misses received by Cao Sheng today are in trouble; on their first day of enrollment, seeing a Miss as handsome and talented as Cao Sheng, I estimate they won't be able to like any other boy for their entire university years; don't you agree?"

"Right! You say that, and I feel a bit sorry for today's junior Misses too."

"Cao Sheng, you are committing a sin!"

"Cao Sheng! Why don't you just leave? Accumulate some merit for yourself!"

"I think Cao Sheng should wear a mask."

"Better to disfigure himself! Disfigurement is the safest!"

Everyone joked in a cacophony of voices.

Cao Sheng could only smile helplessly.

Actually, he had not dressed up specially today; he simply wore a pair of black jeans, a black T-shirt, and a pair of black sneakers.

The style was very simple.

But his foundation was good, and combined with the temperament obviously more mature than his peers after his rebirth, he was indeed the undisputed number one handsome guy in their class.

Thus, all morning, whenever new students came, Cao Sheng was always assigned tasks early; those assigned to him were either male students or junior Misses with ordinary looks.

He knew the intention behind his classmates assigning him tasks this way.

Nothing more than wanting to send him away.

As long as he was not sitting here, when pretty junior Misses came, others would have a chance.

To this, he only smiled and said nothing.

He simply led the new students through the registration procedures at a leisurely pace; after helping each new student, he would slowly wander back.

Until past 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

When he had just finished helping another new student and returned to the welcome post once more at a leisurely pace, he happened to see a minibus for new students stop not far away.

Among the crowd of new students getting off the bus, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a familiar figure—his first love from the original timeline.

—Chen Shuyun.

Chen Shuyun, with shoulder-length black hair and bangs cut straight across, was quite pretty; her height was 1.68 meters; why so precise? Because she had told Cao Sheng before.

An egg-shaped face with a bit of baby fat, bright eyes and white teeth.

Neither thin nor fat.

Not a stunning beauty that could make people particularly amazed.

Nor the kind who would blend into the crowd.

Her beauty was not aggressive; one glance showed she was the very quiet type.

As soon as she got off the bus, she attracted the gaze of many people.

Cao Sheng paused slightly, glancing at her twice.

Several enthusiastic senior students had already surged over; Cao Sheng did not go. With a calm expression, he walked to the registration desk, sat down behind it, reached out to grab a bottle of mineral water to quench his thirst, and occasionally glanced over at those enthusiastic seniors, senior sisters, and the green, bewildered junior brothers and junior sisters over there.

Like a mere onlooker.

In a short while, several of Cao Sheng's classmates led a few new students over to handle registration procedures, and incidentally assigned who would take which new student to sign up.

As the most handsome guy here, Cao Sheng naturally attracted the gaze of these new students.

Including Chen Shuyun, they all frequently glanced toward Cao Sheng.

As she glanced, a hint of confusion appeared in Chen Shuyun's eyes; after a moment of slight hesitation, she stepped to Cao Sheng's front, her cheeks turning a bit red, and asked in a hesitant tone: "Se-senior, are, are you Zhongyuan Yidianhui?"

Cao Sheng looked up at her in surprise.

In the original timeline, during this new student reception, he had actively taken her to sign up; during that time they got to know each other, and a few days later, she asked him to meet by the playground, then confessed to him.

But today, he had not approached her at all.

He did not expect that she would actually recognize him.

Is this fate?

Cao Sheng did not answer immediately, so she asked again: "Is it? Did you write 'Living with the Flight Attendant'? You are that Zhongyuan Yidianhui, right? I, I saw your photo in the newspaper; what you are wearing now is about the same as what you wore in the newspaper, also a set of black clothes."

At this, Guan Zhi chuckled lightly. "Cao Sheng! Your book fan has recognized you, and you still won't admit it?"

Guan Zhi's words made the other new students surprised; they all stared at Cao Sheng, sizing him up, but none spoke.

Instead, Cao Sheng's other classmates joined in the commotion with a clamor of voices.

"Haha! Old Zhang, you're done! The beauty you fancy is Cao Sheng's book fan; she definitely won't take a liking to you!"

"Junior sister! You haven't mistaken him! He is Zhongyuan Yidianhui, that guy who wrote 'Living with the Flight Attendant'!"

"Cao Sheng! I want to write novels too! No way! You must teach me later! I want such a beautiful junior sister book fan too! Haha..."

Amidst the commotion, Cao Sheng stood up, nodded to Chen Shuyun before him, and smiled, saying, "Hello! Welcome to Huizhou Teachers College!"

Saying this, he extended his right hand.

Chen Shuyun, her face red, shy yet delighted, took his hand; at that moment, Cao Sheng noticed her squeeze her legs together.