Arriving at the men's dormitory area, Su Yifeng dragged his suitcase into Building 2, looking at the faded gold-plated numbers embedded on the walls of different buildings.

The boys' dormitory was even more chaotic, packed with people, some with their parents, some with their sisters, and some with their grandparents. There were very few people like Su Yifeng who came to register alone.

"2232, this is it."

Upon entering, there were already two people in the dormitory. They seemed to have just arrived and were unpacking their luggage. When the door opened, they both stopped what they were doing and looked over.

"Wow, buddy, are you from Idol Producer?"

A fat man opened his mouth wide in surprise. His eyes were small, like narrow slits, hiding round black beads, which looked quite comical.

This guy looks so selfish; he only allows himself to look into other people's eyes, but doesn't allow others to look into his.

Su Yifeng waved his hand modestly and said, "More or less, I've been practicing for two and a half years."

"Really? How could a trainee's grades possibly be..." The fat man was even more surprised, but he realized something was wrong halfway through his sentence and stopped, his small eyes darting around as he said:

"Then you must be the top student among the trainees."

Su Yifeng sighed inwardly; no one understood his humor.

"Just kidding, I'm not a trainee."

"I knew it! How could a trainee possibly get into our Nanjing University?" the fat man laughed, seemingly expressing regret for Su Yifeng: "But it's a shame you're not a star with your looks."

Become a star?

Su Yifeng had no interest in this at all. Like the conglomerates in South Korea, he was quite interested in being the sugar daddy of female celebrities.

How about starting another entertainment company? Sign all those beautiful female celebrities from our memories who we think will become famous...

Su Yifeng suddenly thought, but there's no rush, let's take it slow.

"Hello...you." Another thin boy, dressed in old but clean and tidy clothes with a somewhat ashen complexion, seemed to have finally mustered up the courage to greet her in a low voice.

He came from a poor family in a small town and had low self-esteem.

These labels seemed to be etched on his face.

Su Yifeng smiled slightly and extended his hand, saying, "Hello!"

The fat man and the boy were both stunned, and they had a new understanding of Su Yifeng. Originally, they thought Su Yifeng was handsome and had an extraordinary demeanor, and his family background seemed to be quite good.

I thought he would be difficult to get along with, but I didn't expect him to be so... approachable?

The dowdy-looking boy snapped out of his daze, wiped his hands on his clothes, and then shook hands with Su Yifeng.

After exchanging a few more casual pleasantries, everyone continued making their beds. Each bed had a label with their name on it, which saved them the trouble of choosing.

Su Yifeng didn't bring much; to be precise, he only had a few changes of clothes and shoes. He just needed to wipe down his table and bed.

Therefore, although he was the last to arrive, he was the first to finish tidying up.

After having nothing to do, Su Yifeng simply took out his new Nokia N95 phone, sat down in his chair, crossed his legs, and started playing Snake to kill time.

"Brother Feng, is this all you brought?"

Fat Wei Qi was kneeling on the bed, crawling on the bed to make it. He looked to be about 1.72 meters tall, but weighed at least 200 pounds.

Every time you move, the bed creaks and groans.

This bed is in such a sorry state!

Su Yifeng was moved by the scene. So this is what it's like to be suppressed?

I secretly thought that I should be gentler when I move myself in the future.

He casually remarked as he controlled the snake to eat an apple.

"There's a shopping mall just across the street from the school's back street. I'm planning to go there to buy something later."

Wei Qi clicked his tongue in envy. Although his family was neither poor nor rich, they used old blankets and toiletries whenever possible for the start of the school year.

Suddenly, he noticed the phone in Su Yifeng's hand, which looked much cooler than his own, and asked him about it.

"Brother Feng, is your phone new? How much did it cost? It looks so high-end. Unlike me, I can only use the old phone that's left over from home."

The skinny boy, named Lin Gensheng, seemed to be focused on making the bed and didn't seem to be joining their conversation, but he was actually listening intently the whole time.

He subconsciously thought, "Brother Feng, you're so rich! You only brought a few clothes, and you bought the rest at the mall. How much money did that cost?"

It must be at least several hundred yuan. His monthly living expenses are only three hundred yuan, and that's only after his family scrimped and saved.

When Lin Gensheng heard the two talking about cell phones, his ears perked up. Xiaohua had always wanted a cell phone. If I did some odd jobs and brought one back for her for the New Year, Xiaohua would be so happy, right?

Xiaohua is Lin Gengsheng's fiancée. The two are from the same village and were betrothed since childhood. She originally took the college entrance examination with Lin Gengsheng, but failed and is currently repeating her studies in a town in her hometown.

"It's not much money. Nowadays, all phones are pretty much the same; none of them are that advanced."

Su Yifeng genuinely felt that mobile phones were terrible these days; they could only play a few basic games like Penguin and Snake or Tetris, and nothing else was of any use.

Compared to mobile phones of later generations, even smartphones costing a few hundred yuan are ten thousand times better than the Nokia N95 he was holding, which was worth more than eight thousand yuan.

But there's nothing we can do; it's the way times have changed.

Although Wei Qi didn't know the value of the Nokia N95, he knew it wasn't cheap. He carefully took out a white flip phone and said...

"It doesn't cost much, but it's definitely much better than my phone. My mom bought this phone last year for over two thousand yuan, it was ridiculously expensive."

"She didn't want to give it to me at first, but I begged her for ages before she finally agreed."

When Lin Gensheng heard that it was more than two thousand, his breath caught in his throat for a moment. Even if he emptied his house, he could only get about two thousand yuan.

"Um... Brother Wei, do you have a cheaper version of this phone?"

Wei Qi was taken aback by Lin Gensheng's sudden question, because the other party had only said "hello" and his name since then, and had not spoken again.

"Ah... there are definitely cheaper ones, but I haven't been to a mobile phone store to check, so I don't know much about that."

"This... Ah, thank you." Lin Gensheng lowered his head, seemingly lost in thought.

……

Time passed quickly, and by the time they had all finished tidying up, it was almost lunchtime.

Su Yifeng noticed that Lin Gengsheng kept glancing at him and Fatty Wei Qi, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't bring himself to do so.

"Is there something you need?" Su Yifeng asked Lin Gensheng.

"What's wrong?" Wei Qi asked curiously.

Lin Gensheng seemed startled, then gritted his teeth as if he had made up his mind, bent down and took out two bags wrapped in red plastic bags from a military green cloth bag.

He handed one of the two plastic bags to Su Yifeng and the other to Wei Qi, then said timidly:

"These are specialties from my hometown in Sichuan that my dad asked me to bring to my roommates. They're all homemade and very clean."

While Fatty Wei Qi was still hesitating, Su Yifeng took the bag first, opened it, and saw that it was a bag that looked like dried red chilies.

To be honest, it doesn't look very appealing...

However, he took one out and, under the horrified yet admiring gaze of Fatty Wei Qi, took a bite.

Su Yifeng: ( ̄~ ̄) Chew!

"It's alright, not very spicy."

Lin Gengsheng's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down, and he showed his first happy smile since arriving in this unfamiliar big city.

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