Chapter 8: Registration Day
The start of school is tomorrow, and Ji Yunqi is quite different from other college students; she’s completely free. She had previously worried about whether tuition fees would be enough.
It was only today, under Wang Mengyao’s guidance, that she found the relevant website, and the original owner of the body had already paid all her tuition fees.
Even the military training fees were paid.
Ji Yunqi now understood why this young girl had so little money on her; it turned out she had paid her tuition, no wonder she was so poor.
Although it wouldn’t have mattered if she hadn’t paid tuition…
However, Ji Yunqi’s biggest concern now is military training. She knows better than anyone how weak her current body is. Is military training really okay under these physical conditions?
The weather hasn’t been very friendly lately. Although it’s not extremely hot, standing in the scorching sun for too long is impossible.
After much thought, Ji Yunqi decided to just go with the flow. When the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally straighten. If she can’t stand it, she’ll tell the drill instructor.
…
No words were spoken overnight…
Ji Yunqi has no intention of living in the dormitory. Her home isn’t far from the school, and she plans to bike to and from school every day. For this, she even bought a monthly pass for shared bicycles.
Unlike other freshmen who are chauffeured by their parents with bags and baggage, Ji Yunqi is all alone, bringing nothing but her phone, some tissues she might need, and keys, all packed in the girl’s patched-up small shoulder bag.
Even after several days, Ji Yunqi still has a sense of unreality, always feeling as if she has returned to her childhood.
Today is the day for school registration, and the entire day is designated for registration. However, she needs to attend a class meeting at 5 PM to meet her homeroom teacher.
It’s because of this that Ji Yunqi left just in time. By the time she arrived at school, it was already 4 PM. She only had an hour to register.
Fortunately, all the procedures were not complicated. She had gone through the same process when she sent her son to university, and it was exactly the same.
“Thank you, se… senior sister. I’m going to the classroom now.” After thanking the senior sister who guided her, Ji Yunqi walked towards the classroom.
Having not been to school for a long time, she almost couldn’t turn her attention.
“Speaking of which, my son was also from Rongcheng University. So, I should be considered his junior sister now? It seems that’s the case…”
Ji Yunqi rubbed her throbbing head, truly unable to understand how such an outrageous thing could happen.
He!
Ji Yunqi!
Her original name was Ji Chengtian, such a majestic name. She was a capable working adult in her fifties, with a loving wife and son. But now?
She’s actually become her son’s junior schoolmate? This is absurd!
Suddenly, Ji Yunqi remembered something. Because her son was an outstanding student at the school, and now he’s an excellent talent in society.
She remembered that her son had bragged to her a while ago, saying that the school planned to invite him back to give a speech to the new students at the beginning of the school year.
Thinking of this, Ji Yunqi felt much better. She was worried about not having an opportunity to get close to her son. Now she could approach him as a junior schoolmate.
She could also check on him from time to time. If possible, she could cook for him every day. It’s just that she was worried that her son might think her intentions were impure and wouldn’t interact with her.
These are all things for later. Even if she wants to approach her son, she’ll have to wait until after military training. The priority now is to find the classroom for the class meeting.
…
Rongcheng University is very large, but Ji Yunqi is not unfamiliar with Rongcheng University, as her son graduated from here.
Without spending too much time, Ji Yunqi found the classroom, but she didn’t expect it to be a small classroom!
Rongcheng University classrooms generally come in three types. Ji Yunqi affectionately calls them large, medium, and small classrooms, as the names suggest.
Small classrooms are no different from classrooms in high school, middle school, or elementary school. Medium classrooms are those with larger floor spaces.
As for large classrooms… they are the most classic ones, the tiered classrooms often seen in campus youth romance dramas.
Ji Yunqi remembered it was a large classroom when she accompanied her son to register last time. This time, it’s her turn, and it turned out to be a small classroom.
…
Looking at the seats in the classroom, she seemed to be late. Only the window seat in the back row was left, and there was a trendy-looking young man next to it.
At first glance, he’s quite handsome, almost as handsome as her son…
After confirming her seat, Ji Yunqi walked into the classroom.
However, as soon as she entered the classroom, many students looked up at her. In their eyes, there was admiration, shock, and some covetous glances.
Ji Yunqi had long anticipated these things. Even though she wasn’t very comfortable inside, she remained outwardly calm.
When she sat down, she noticed that the young man beside her seemed to have many worries and kept looking out the window without interacting with her.
Since the person didn’t want to talk, Ji Yunqi naturally wouldn’t disturb him. Perhaps he was naturally quiet?
She glanced at her phone and played with it casually to pass the time. 5 o’clock arrived quickly…
With the sound of footsteps, a middle-aged man in his forties walked into the classroom, and Ji Yunqi also looked up.
With just one glance, she almost couldn’t stay seated!
She was too familiar with the person in front of her; wasn’t that her childhood friend!
Looking at the person with half white hair, Ji Yunqi felt very uncomfortable. The person in front of her was named Jiang Youwei, her childhood companion.
Ji Yunqi was an orphan since childhood. When she was young, the Jiang Youwei family often supported her, which allowed her to grow up. Jiang Youwei and she had a friendship that was almost life-or-death.
When they met not long ago, he was clearly an ambitious university teacher, but after such a short time apart, he had become so haggard?
Ji Yunqi could guess some of it; it was probably related to herself. Her sudden departure might have indeed dealt a heavy blow to this old friend.
If she thought from his perspective, if the Jiang Youwei family were also like this, and he and his wife both left, she wouldn’t be any better off than him.
For decades, Ji Yunqi’s family and the Jiang Youwei family had almost never lost contact. The relationship between the two families was very good, and they often organized trips together.
And now, seeing her old friend like this, Ji Yunqi felt very uncomfortable…
“I’m sorry, Old Jiang…” a low male voice came from her ear. Ji Yunqi shivered and quickly turned her head to look at the person beside her.
“What did you just say?” Ji Yunqi hadn’t misheard him, had she? Did the young man beside her say “Old Jiang”?
“It’s nothing, just pitying an anime character on my phone…” the young man replied casually, brushing it off.
Ji Yunqi could only turn back, thinking she had misheard…
It was at this moment that Jiang Youwei on the stage spoke…
