CHAPTER 304: CHAPTER 260: THE MAZE OF CAMPUS PATHS

"This is the student I mentioned to you before, the one who possesses both talent and beauty, more outstanding than your dream girl Mei Lan. Hua Kongque, how do you know my student? I’ve never heard you mention her." Zhang Zhuosen suddenly remembered to ask this question.

Hua Kongque looked at him disdainfully, "How could I not mention it? Didn’t I tell you about meeting a girl as beautiful as a fairy on the train? That’s her. Ah, girl, where are you going?" Hua Kongque looked towards Lan Tian, only to see Lan Tian was no longer there and had walked far away. The two stopped arguing and quickly followed her.

Seeing the two bickering endlessly, Lan Tian quickly slipped away. She hadn’t walked far when the two troublesome ghosts chased after her. Lan Tian tapped the newspaper in her hand, waiting for the two to approach.

"Jing University is my turf. Where do you want to go? Tell your teacher and I’ll take you there. What major did you choose? Finance, trade, design..."

"Archaeology." Lan Tian interrupted his incessant babbling. If she let him, he could keep going on and on, chattering away like a sparrow and driving someone mad. "Mr. Zhang, please tell me how to get to the Department of Archaeology."

"Archaeology?" Zhang Zhuosen had another constipation-like face of disbelief. "How could you choose archaeology? With your intelligence and ability, you’d stand out in any department. What future is there in archaeology? Plus, you often have to go out and stay in tombs with the dead, it’s too bad luck. Come to our Finance Department instead."

This nutcase is poaching again!

Oops, I misspoke. This nutcase is stealing students again.

"Sister, I know how to get to the Department of Archaeology, I’ll take you there." Hua Kongque pushed past Zhang Zhuosen and walked away with Lan Tian, "I didn’t expect we would meet again after so many years, we really have a deep connection. Big brother, my name is Hua Jing, remember it, don’t forget. By the way, why didn’t Mo Junhua come with you? Which dorm are you staying at? I’ll take you there."

"You’re also a teacher here." Lan Tian could scarcely imagine the expression on Mo Junhua’s face being called brother-in-law. Holding a map and matching it against landmarks, her eyes almost crossed, but she couldn’t find the way to the Department of Archaeology among these landmarks. A flying sword would be faster, ’swoosh’ flying over there without getting lost, or maybe just use Divine Sense to navigate.

"Not really," seeing Lan Tian still looking at the map, he couldn’t help but laugh, "Sister, stop looking at the map; it will only get you turned around to where you started." Many people had been victims of it in the past.

"The map is real, the roads are real, you’ll understand after a few days." Zhang Zhuosen said mysteriously, having suffered the same confusion before, he saw no reason his students shouldn’t share the ordeal. Wasn’t there a saying ’miseries shared, joys not divided’?

On the way, Zhang Zhuosen kept chattering non-stop, never giving up on luring Lan Tian to his Finance Department, fortunately, Lan Tian’s state of mind was different now, allowing her to tolerate him. Hua Jing cracked jokes along the way and after bypassing a couple of intersections, they reached the Archaeology building in about ten minutes from the sports field, which was very close.

Lan Tian looked back at the road they had come from; if she remembered correctly, she had passed the first intersection. When she reached that intersection and didn’t know where to go, she followed the map’s signs and walked west, then reached the sports field. Coming from the sports field, they headed east and then continued north, taking a west turn at an intersection right into the Archaeology building. Yet, it had taken her an hour to get there, and she still hadn’t reached the place.

Lan Tian was beginning to understand what Shen Jingbing meant. Who was the oddball that designed these routes deliberately misleading people?

"I’m here now, thank you both for the directions, I’m going in. Goodbye to you both." Lan Tian couldn’t wait to part with the two, and hurriedly walked inside after bidding farewell.

Zhang Zhuosen, undaunted, called out from behind, "Little Lan, are you sure you won’t consider it? All old men in archaeology, hardly a few handsome guys to look at, but if you really fall for me, it’s not impossible, really. Join my Finance Department, and whatever you want, it will be up to you."

This comment was heard by a male student who had walked in from outside, standing at the door and giving Zhang Zhuosen a strange look, then suddenly smirked and said to Lan Tian, "Junior sister, don’t listen to this guy’s nonsense. Some unambitious male students in our school, upon seeing a beautiful girl, will use sweet words to deceive them and think about nothing but mischief all day, even bringing up our Department of Archaeology. In fact, we have plenty of handsome guys in Archaeology, better looking than this guy. Come in and see for yourself."

Zhang Zhuosen: "..." Fellow student, don’t think that just because you’re a student and he’s a teacher, he won’t punch someone.

The not-so-handsome Zhang Zhuosen clenched his teeth—where did he not look good? He was handsome and dashing, distinguished and elegant. "You must have crooked eyes," he thought.

Lan Tian withheld a chuckle, "Senior is absolutely right."

"Junior sister, which grade are you in? I don’t seem to recall seeing you before." The male student adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose. The number of students in the Department of Archaeology wasn’t many, but wasn’t few either, yet he had an impression of every new freshman and junior, except for her.

Upon seeing Lan Tian, a flash of amazement crossed his eyes. No wonder Mr. Zhang was so persistently clinging to this junior sister; most of the school’s faculty and students knew he liked beautiful girls.

"I just transferred here today." Waving goodbye to the two, Lan Tian followed the male student towards the teaching building.

The male student glanced at the map in Lan Tian’s hand and instantly understood, "So that’s why. I’ll take the junior sister to the department head, he’ll arrange a class for you."

"Thank you, senior. Will it trouble you?"

"No, let’s go!"

The male student walked Lan Tian to the department head’s office and bid her farewell. Lan Tian thanked him again for his guidance.

The Ministry of Education had already called the department head, who had been waiting for her for some time. Lan Tian entered, received a document to read carefully; it was about the rules and regulations of the Department of Archaeology. After Lan Tian finished reading, she was led to her new class.