CHAPTER 54: CHAPTER 54 IS YOUR NAME THE HIGHEST GOOD LIKE WATER?

As Xu Lin stepped down, the applause in the class continued for a while.

On the boys’ side, only two boys from the neighboring dormitory and Xie Zhengrong and Hu Donghai from Xu Lin’s dorm were clapping.

So far, this was indeed the case.

Even Liu Longsheng didn’t clap.

After all, Liu Longsheng originally planned to rush up first, but Xu Lin held him back.

It’s important to know that the self-introduction on the first night of school is crucial in Liu Longsheng’s view. If performed well, it can leave a deep impression on classmates, especially the girls.

However, Xu Lin’s brilliance was too dazzling, making Liu Longsheng unable to get excited.

Especially tonight, when Liu Longsheng and the other boys arrived in the classroom, they found an unexpected beauty.

It was none other than Rong Xiyi.

Seeing Rong Xiyi’s stunningly beautiful face like a lotus emerging from water, many boys tried to act calm but ended up glancing at her more times than they meant to.

However, the seat next to Rong Xiyi remained empty. This dazzling girl made boys shy away due to self-doubt and hesitation. Meanwhile, girls feared sitting next to her would make them appear as ugly ducklings.

Later, Xu Lin arrived and boldly sat next to Rong Xiyi, even striking up a conversation with her, though it was unclear what they talked about.

Liu Longsheng was filled with envy and jealousy, thinking he should have boldly sat next to Rong Xiyi as well.

Look, Rong Xiyi didn’t reject him, did she?

So, if it were me, wouldn’t it be the same?

Liu Longsheng even felt he could perform better.

Originally, Liu Longsheng’s target was Li Sinan because, no matter what, Li Sinan is an absolute online goddess, not relying on beauty filters. If guided by some insider, she might have millions of followers.

She has that level of looks and physique.

Especially tonight at the class meeting, many girls dressed up and even spent over an hour before leaving home perfecting their makeup and outfits. It was a competition of beauty.

Li Sinan was exactly like this.

All her life, among the girls she met, she was the most beautiful, which made Li Sinan very confident, always believing that even in college, she was the campus belle and goddess often described in novels.

But she didn’t expect to meet someone like Rong Xiyi in college.

Originally, Liu Longsheng’s target was Li Sinan, but with Rong Xiyi’s appearance, Liu Longsheng was lost.

He opened QQ and started browsing through the class group’s girls.

Which account is Rong Xiyi’s?

Liu Longsheng searched around. Previously, he had added twenty-five girls from the class, confirming that he knew who each one was.

There are a total of twenty-six girls in the class, leaving only one he hadn’t added.

Where is Rong Xiyi’s account?

He continued to eliminate and exclude all the boys, including the class assistant Gu Yan and the instructor Shang Wanjun.

Only one account remained.

With no gender indication.

Liu Longsheng paused for a moment.

Nickname: Plain Water.

Avatar: A lotus flower.

Status: Heaven rewards diligence, courage, and strength.

?

Is this Rong Xiyi?

Isn’t this an old-fashioned style?

With all the boys and girls in the class, this was the only account he hadn’t added, and this account hadn’t posted any messages in the class group. It couldn’t be a student’s parent, right?

Liu Longsheng wasn’t sure but decided to add the friend directly.

Then waited for the request to be accepted.

However, after a long time, Liu Longsheng didn’t get the friend request accepted, so he added it again.

He turned back to look and found Rong Xiyi looking at her phone. In theory, if this account belonged to her, she would have seen it by now, wouldn’t she?

When Xu Lin stepped down, Liu Longsheng rushed up next for an enthusiastic self-introduction.

But clearly, Liu Longsheng couldn’t achieve the same effect as Xu Lin.

And now on the podium, he could more directly see what Xu Lin and Rong Xiyi were doing.

"Damn, why is Xu Lin looking at her phone? How can Rong Xiyi let him see her phone?"

Liu Longsheng felt irritated, seeing Xu Lin leaning closer to view Rong Xiyi’s phone, not knowing what they were looking at, meanwhile the two were whispering closely together.

Liu Longsheng was truly jealous.

He had never had a girlfriend before, imagining if his first love could be Rong Xiyi...

Liu Longsheng was already fantasizing.

He truly envied Xu Lin.

Then he saw Xu Lin fiddling with his hair.

So annoying!

What if scratching your head spreads that dirty, stinky, disgusting dandruff all over Rong Xiyi?

On the podium, Liu Longsheng was feeling a bit down, so he gave a standard self-introduction, which included the usual: name, where he’s from, hobbies, and so on. Then he added a personal touch, mentioning that he liked driving before segueing into a tangent about the e300.

But neither Xu Lin nor Rong Xiyi were listening.

Rong Xiyi propped her phone up on the back of the chair in front of her.

"Is this Liu Longsheng from your dorm?"

Rong Xiyi asked Xu Lin.

She saw the friend request message: Rong Xiyi, I’m Liu Longsheng. Grinning.jpg ×3

Xu Lin nodded and said, "Yeah, he’s from my dorm."

Rong Xiyi shook her head. "Prior to this, not a single guy added me. Now that they’ve seen me in person, they’re all sending friend requests. Can’t trust any of them."

She went back to the page and saw there were six more friend requests from guys, but from Xu Lin’s dorm, only Liu Longsheng wanted to add her.

"This account name, Shang Shan Ruo Shui, is it your dad’s?"

Xu Lin glanced at her account.

"Would my dad use such a ridiculously cheesy profile picture? That’s mine!"

"So you admit it’s cheesy?"

"I just threw it together. I don’t even use QQ, just checking group messages, so any old account will do, right?"

"Why don’t we exchange WeChat then?"

Xu Lin suggested.

Rong Xiyi looked at him, opened WeChat, scanned his code, and added him as a friend.

"What are you guys thinking? Just because you see what I look like, suddenly you’re all eager?"

"Hormones, what else can it be? What do you think people our age are up to?"

"Pfft!"

They started chatting, and after Liu Longsheng finished, a few more classmates went up to introduce themselves.

Currently, a guy named Zhao Liangchen is rapping his self-introduction.

Rong Xiyi: "I’ll go up to do my self-introduction in a bit and come back down soon."

On the podium, Zhao Liangchen energetically shared his social media details, saying he had 70,000 followers on Douyin and aimed to become a musician. He even wrote down his nickname and handle on the blackboard, sparking curiosity among many, leading them to search and follow him.

Xu Lin didn’t even need to search; from his attire, he knew it was a rap style.

In the evening, he wore a baseball cap with chains, a t-shirt covered by a thin vest, and more pockets on his clothes than money. You could hear something clattering as he walked.

Guys like him typically are players, finding it easy to get girlfriends without lacking women or dating unattractive ones. They even manage to ensnare some girls and care nothing about their own looks—dominators of the current scene, practically unbeatable.

After rap star Zhao Liangchen finished, Rong Xiyi took her turn.

She truly delivered on her promise, stepping down shortly.

Because she said only one sentence.

"Hi, my name is Rong Xiyi. I have no hobbies."

That was it. Just one sentence, then she came back down, defiantly and willfully.

But it only made the guys more antsy, given Rong Xiyi’s height of over 1.7 meters, her mesmerizing figure, and those long legs that caught everyone’s eye.

When she stood on the podium, the guys were transfixed, many with their imaginations running wild.

Except for Xu Lin.

After finishing her self-introduction, Rong Xiyi returned to her seat.

Xu Lin didn’t pay her any mind. Just then, he’d planned to check out her Moments, leaving his phone propped up openly against the chair back.

"Why is your Moments filled with nothing but game posts?"

Xu Lin noticed that Rong Xiyi’s Moments was all about screenshots from ’Naraka: Bladepoint,’ utterly monotonous.

"What else would I post?"

Rong Xiyi glanced at him and tapped into Xu Lin’s Moments, only to find he hadn’t even activated it.

Rong Xiyi: "You haven’t turned on your Moments?"

"I’m not interested in posting Moments," Xu Lin replied.

More than half an hour later, the class’s self-introductions concluded.

The orientation meeting officially started, covering topics like the opening ceremony tomorrow morning, picking up military training uniforms afterward, and the two ensuing weeks of military training.

The start of this meeting dragged on, feeling like it could stretch over an hour.

Neither Xu Lin nor Rong Xiyi were interested in the meeting; both played on their phones at the back of the classroom, partners in crime.

But then, shortly after the introductions ended, someone tapped Xu Lin on the shoulder from behind.

Xu Lin turned around to find it was the counselor, Shang Wanjun.

"Xu Lin, come outside with me for a moment."

Xu Lin thought he was caught for playing on his phone, as did Rong Xiyi, who quickly put her phone away.

Meanwhile, Xu Lin stood up and followed Shang Wanjun outside into the corridor.

Looking out, Rong Xiyi felt puzzled, wondering why they nabbed Xu Lin when she was also on her phone.