Chapter 217: A Buddy from the Northeast

After a simple mutual introduction, there wasn't much more communication.

In Qin Tian's view, this first roommate and his father had personalities somewhat similar to his own, both being relatively quiet and reserved.

Qin Tian chose a bed on the left side toward the inside and began to pack his luggage, taking his clothes out one by one from the suitcase and putting them into the wardrobe under the bed.

Xia Nuannuan helped him organize the daily necessities he bought, and then washed the sheets and quilt covers.

Her movements were clearly a bit unfamiliar, but she washed them very carefully.

"Nuan Nuan, don't work too hard, just rinse them and hang them to dry, let's hurry to the canteen to eat after we're done!"

Qin Tian hung up a jacket on a hanger and said to Xia Nuannuan, who was standing by the washbasin.

"Okay, I know!"

Xia Nuannuan responded, still burying her head in scrubbing the sheets.

"208, hmm, this is it!"

Several people suddenly heard a deep voice, and immediately felt the light in the dormitory dim.

They looked toward the door subconsciously, all with looks of astonishment, their eyes widening slightly.

Only to see a young man with a flat top and a simple, honest smile standing at the dormitory door.

The young man had a very sturdy and robust physique, and his height was probably over 1.9 meters; standing there, he was like a mountain, his head almost touching the upper frame of the dormitory door.

"Hello everyone, my name is Chen Zhuang, from that place in the Northeast!"

The young man greeted them with a smile, speaking in a Northeast dialect that carried its own sense of humor.

"Qin Tian, from a small city under Jiangcheng, considered a local."

Qin Tian responded, unable to help but chuckle.

"Yo, hello, my name is Zhuang Zhe, this is my dad!"

Zhuang Zhe gave the same self-introduction as just now.

"Hello Uncle Zhuang!"

Chen Zhuang hurriedly greeted the middle-aged man as well.

"Eh, hello, hello!"

The man nodded with a smile.

After Chen Zhuang walked into the dormitory, he put down his backpack, which looked very heavy.

After letting out a long breath, his gaze fell on Xia Nuannuan, and he said with a face full of surprise: "This beautiful girl, whose girlfriend is she?"

"My girlfriend, Xia Nuannuan!"

Qin Tian said with a smile.

"Hello!"

Xia Nuannuan waved her hand with a smile.

"Hello, hello!"

Chen Zhuang nodded with a simple smile, looked at Qin Tian with a face full of envy, and said: "Little brother, you are truly blessed, when did you start dating?"

"After graduating from high school."

Qin Tian answered with a smile.

"Is the little sister also coming to Jiangcheng for school?"

"Yes, also our school, we should both be in the same class!"

"Damn! You two were admitted to Jiang University together? That's truly awesome!"

Chen Zhuang exclaimed.

Qin Tian nodded with a chuckle.

This guy looked like a straightforward and honest person who spoke his mind, and although his speech was a bit rough, he wasn't annoying for now.

"Really envious, southern girls are still more beautiful and virtuous. Little brother, you don't know, in our high school class, there were no more than ten girls, not to mention they didn't look that great, the key was that some of them were fiercer at fighting and scolding than us boys, couldn't afford to provoke them!"

Chen Zhuang said with a bitter smile.

Qin Tian smiled and said: "You can't generalize, right? There should be quite a few beauties over there too."

"That's for sure, in our science class, there were fewer girls, but there were still beauties in the school!"

Chen Zhuang pulled up a chair and sat down to rest, chatting enthusiastically with him.

"However, I personally still prefer the gentle girls from the south, that's why I applied for Jiang University."

"I heard that over there, men encountering domestic violence is quite common?"

"Cough, cough... Little brother, you know about this too?"

"Know a little bit."

"It is indeed the case. Most of the women over there are quite fierce, many men fight very fiercely outside, but don't dare to breathe loudly when they get home!"

"There should also be good places, right? For example, when something happens at home, women can also hold up half the sky!"

"That's true, sometimes when the men lose a fight, it's the women of the family who help them find the field!"

Chen Zhuang nodded with a chuckle.

While chatting and laughing casually, the two soon became familiar with each other.

Xia Nuannuan curiously pricked up her ears to listen, feeling that the two's conversation was very interesting.

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The school canteen of Jiang University was very famous among all colleges and universities in the country.

Every year, quite a few graduates who walked out of Jiang University said that they hadn't eaten enough of the school canteen food before they graduated.

There were many school canteens, among which the most popular ones like Maple Garden, Plum Garden, Cherry Garden, and Osmanthus Garden were all existence comparable to star-rated restaurants, not only with elegant environments but also with quite rich varieties of dishes.

Around two o'clock in the afternoon, Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan arrived at the Plum Garden canteen.

It was past the lunch rush, and since most new students hadn't arrived yet, there weren't many people in the canteen.

The two came to the ordering area in front, where various dazzling small bowl dishes were placed, including stir-fried, deep-fried, and braised ones, as well as a fruit area and a cold dish area.

"It looks very good, what shall we eat?"

Qin Tian asked with a smile.

"Yes, it looks so appetizing, there are too many varieties!"

Xia Nuannuan stared at the plates of dishes with sparkling eyes, looking a bit like she had a choice difficulty.

The auntie standing inside looked at the two with a gentle smile and asked: "Freshmen?"

"Yes, hello, we just arrived today."

Xia Nuannuan answered with a sweet smile.

"Then do you need me to recommend some?"

The auntie asked with a smile.

"Can you? Thank you!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded in thanks like a chick pecking at rice.

"You came a bit late, the more popular dishes have been picked out, let me see!"

The auntie looked around and then helped them pick.

"This chicken leg is not bad, do you want it?"

"Yes, yes!"

"Braised pork, do you want it?"

"Mm-hmm!"

"This grass shrimp..."

"We want this too!"

"Pork ribs..."

"Yes!"

Listening to the two's increasingly short dialogue, and looking at the dining plate that was almost full, Qin Tian almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

"Go pick a staple food over there, if you two are eating, these are quite enough!"

The auntie's eyes were smiling, and she reminded them with good intentions.

"Brother Tian, is it enough?"

Xia Nuannuan cast an inquiring look at Qin Tian, and then looked at the other dishes inside with a face full of reluctance.

"Alright, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to eat them all in the future!"

Qin Tian said with a chuckle.

"Alright, then just these!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded, and noticing the teasing gazes of Qin Tian and that auntie looking at her, she couldn't help but blush instantly.

"Brother Tian, I, I was afraid you wouldn't have enough to eat!"

"Mm, I understand."

"Really, your appetite has always been quite big!"

"Mm!"

Qin Tian nodded with a doting smile.

Behind the ordering area, the auntie looked at the two walking toward the staple food area, her face full of motherly smiles.

She also took two portions of rice and a small bowl of flower rolls!

Most of the small bowl dishes here ranged from three to ten yuan. The seven dishes and two types of staple food they chose cost a total of forty-something yuan, making Qin Tian sigh at how affordable it was.

Holding the campus card that had just been topped up with two thousand yuan, Qin Tian swiped the card to pay, and then the two found a nearby table to sit down and began to enjoy the food. ===== CHAPTER 218 =====