225: Chapter 225 Some names are not just personal names

Although she had returned once not long ago, she had only toured a small part of the campus back then. This time, she saw many more new buildings and facilities.

"I haven't been back in so many years; I never expected my alma mater's development to be so rapid."

"Before I came, I never imagined a school could be this big! It literally has everything inside!"

It was no wonder Zou Luyao was surprised. The Vanguard South Campus of Provincial University was the largest campus, covering a full 3,000 acres.

Although there was still a gap compared to the land area of universities like Zhejiang University or Tsinghua University, this was just one campus of Provincial University!

Living on this campus, if you lived in the dormitory at the North Gate and wanted to go to the teaching building near the South Gate for class, walking alone would take twenty or thirty minutes.

That's why many people rode bicycles to class.

"Are you happy staying here?"

"I am. It feels like this school is bigger than the entire area I've navigated in my life over the last decade! But, it's also because I'm so happy that I realize how unhappy I used to be."

Zhao Xiaoshuai wanted to pat Zou Luyao's head to comfort her, but they were in public, the occasion wasn't appropriate, and their relationship wasn't that intimate yet.

"Time's about up. Let's go find your counselor."

The two were just taking a walk to digest their food, but by now, there were already many "paparazzi" secretly following them. Although Zhao Xiaoshuai noticed these people, he simply dismissed them as Zou Luyao's pursuers and ignored them.

At this moment, in a thread titled "Latest Intel on Goddess Luyao!!!", countless people were updating in real-time.

"Goddess Luyao walking with an old society guy. PNG"

"The 'old society guy' you're talking about looks so young, and he's so handsome. I think they look quite compatible."

"It's just rich people's technology; he must be wearing makeup."

"Don't slander him, upstairs. I saw him up close; that Shuaige has great skin. His face looks very natural, no traces of makeup or technology."

"You don't know jack. You've never even seen the technology rich people have."

...

Everyone in the thread was arguing heatedly.

Actually, if Zou Luyao had been snatched by some senior student, although the buzz would still be high, it wouldn't have been this intense.

It was mainly because Zhao Xiaoshuai, this working professional, had walked onto campus and taken away Zou Luyao, the goddess who "should have belonged to everyone," inciting dissatisfaction in many people's hearts and causing a joint boycott from almost all the male students.

However, Zhao Xiaoshuai was young, wealthy, tall, and handsome, which had also captured the favor of many female students, so his popularity wasn't low either. The two sides just kept arguing more and more fiercely.

Zou Luyao's counselor, Lin Hui, had only graduated not long ago and still kept the habit of browsing the campus network.

She was busy eating up the gossip in the thread, then looked up and saw a man and a woman walking in.

'He really is handsome. The junior students in the thread weren't exaggerating.'

"Sister Hui, you're here so early. I thought you hadn't arrived yet; I was just out for a walk."

"It's fine, I just got here too. And this is?"

"He is..." Zou Luyao only just realized that she had only just met him. Was he a friend? Or an employer?

"Hello, I'm a friend of Luyao. My name is Zhao Xiaoshuai. Come to think of it, we're alumni; I graduated from the School of Computer Science in the class of '13."

"So you're a senior. May I ask what brings you here specifically today?"

"How much do you know about Luyao's family situation?"

"This... I only heard that her mother seemed to have moved here from the south and rented a place off-campus to live with her. Yesterday, Luyao seemed to have returned home late, and her mother even called me to ask about it."

Actually, Lin Hui had already put it very tactfully. Mother Zou's call yesterday had lasted a long time, including but not limited to asking, "Does the school have classes at night?", "Is Luyao dating someone?", and "Who are Luyao's friends?"

She even wanted to get the contact information of all her classmates, which Lin Hui naturally refused, but it was still very annoying to deal with.

Zou Luyao was already an adult; was she trying to baby her here?

Zhao Xiaoshuai briefly recounted Zou Luyao's experiences.

After all, telling these things once could be a form of venting, but saying it multiple times just caused unnecessary internal discomfort. If he recounted it, the situation would be much better.

Hearing halfway through, Lin Hui was a bit dumbfounded.

What kind of extreme helicopter mom was this? It was truly hard on this beautiful junior student.

"Then, what is your intention in coming to see me?"

"Luyao's mother knows everything about Luyao's current information. Luyao wants to be independent, and I'm afraid she'll come to the school to cause a scene, so I want to transfer Luyao to another class, or even another college."

"This... I can't make that decision. Also, although I understand, she is still Student Luyao's relative and guardian. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to bypass her like this? Why don't we all sit down and talk to find a solution that everyone can accept?"

Lin Hui's worry was mainly about the issue of responsibility. It was inappropriate for the school to intervene directly in someone's family affairs. If something went wrong later, they would all have to bear the responsibility.

Seeing that things were not going smoothly, Zou Luyao's face darkened.

Her mother was her guardian; it wasn't easy to get away.

"Forgive me for speaking bluntly, but Luyao is already an adult. She has the right to choose her own way of life, and you have already heard her experiences. Both reasonably and emotionally, you shouldn't just brush this off."

Actually, Zhao Xiaoshuai was being a bit unfair to Lin Hui. A counselor really didn't have that much power; she couldn't handle this kind of thing, and she didn't dare to. But it was normal for him not to understand these things.

"Then let me take you to see the school leaders. Matters like transferring classes or even colleges need approval from above."

Although Zhao Xiaoshuai felt she was passing the buck, he still gave Zou Luyao an encouraging look and took her to follow Lin Hui to find the leadership.

When he saw the nameplate on the Dean's office, Zhao Xiaoshuai was afraid of wasting more time. "Why don't we just go find the principal? That way, we can avoid the 'I can't make the decision' layer by layer."

Lin Hui's face flushed slightly, thinking Zhao Xiaoshuai was dissing her, but she still kindly reminded him, "The principal might not be that easy to see. Mainly, he might not be at school. Let me ask for you first."

Lin Hui walked aside and made a call. At first, it was just as she expected: the principal happened to be at school, but he was about to attend a meeting and wouldn't see anyone without an appointment. He could only receive visitors when he had free time.

And for a busy person like the principal, waiting for a free slot could take forever.

Just as she was about to give up, she inadvertently mentioned Zhao Xiaoshuai's name.

"Who? Are you talking about Zhao Xiaoshuai?"

"Ah, yes. He's also an alumnus of our Provincial University. He said he graduated from the School of Computer Science in the class of '13."

"Bring him over immediately; I want to see him! Xiao Li, go tell Secretary Liu for me that I won't be attending the meeting later."

Hanging up the phone, Lin Hui was still a bit dazed. Could this Zhao Xiaoshuai be some kind of celebrity?