22: First appearance

Freshman registration was over, and every class needed to have a class meeting. During these meetings, the Counselor would make a rare appearance; in the coming college years, the frequency of the Counselor's appearances would be quite low.

When Shen Qian and his classmates' Counselor appeared, it was obvious that everyone's enthusiasm had dissipated quite a bit.

It was simply because the Counselor was a man, wearing glasses, looking gentle and refined, with a scholarly air that only students possess.

"Starting today, I will be serving as everyone's Counselor. I'm not a great beauty, which might disappoint you all, but I don't think that will affect my service to you in the future.

Well, actually, there isn't much service, nothing more than whether or not to approve leave requests, or whether or not to award excellence titles—just these trivial matters.

But I have only one principle: now that you're in college, everyone likes freedom, but freedom often comes with trouble. So I hope everyone can cooperate. When you want freedom, I'll turn a blind eye, but whatever you do, don't bring me trouble, because I'm very afraid of trouble.

This is my name."

The man said as he wrote three large characters on the blackboard: Liu Qingyun.

"This is our class's first meeting. Does everyone want to introduce themselves? If you do a good job, it might even count as extra credit when we elect the class monitor after military training."

In the Human Resources Management major, there are more girls. There were about forty people in Shen Qian's class, and nearly 30 of them were girls. Shen Qian even wondered if he hadn't graduated yet and was still in a liberal arts class.

"My name is Wen Ru, I'm from Jiang Province. Please look after me."

After one of the girls went up on stage to introduce herself, several boys in the class were dazed. This girl was too beautiful, with shoulder-length short hair and exceptionally delicate features. Those eyes looked soft and weak, as if they were filled with stories. She wore an ordinary but clean T-shirt and beige-grey trousers.

"Old Third, she's from Jiang Province just like you. She's a fellow provincial."

Shen Qian smiled. Jiang Province was vast beyond measure, and Shanghai was right next to it, so how could they be considered fellow provincials?

"My name is Tan Xinxin. I like dancing, karaoke, and when I'm free, I like to drink some beer and have some barbecue. If there's a gathering, you can look for me. I also like making friends and playing with everyone. I hope we can get along well in the days to come."

Tan Xinxin's beauty was on par with Wen Ru's; however, one was gentle while the other was cheerful, each with her own charm. As the girl stepped down, she specifically glanced at Shen Qian, who keenly noticed it.

After the few people from his dorm finished introducing themselves, it was his turn. In the entire class, Shen Qian's appearance was quite outstanding. Even before he stepped onto the stage, many people were looking at him.

"Hello everyone, I'm Shen Qian, from Jiang Province. I hope we can get along well in the days to come."

"Shen Qian?"

"No way, he's Shen Qian?"

"How could he be Shen Qian!"

The Counselor keenly noticed the commotion in the class and looked at Shen Qian with a bit of curiosity before stepping up to quell the disturbance.

"Alright, who's next?"

After everyone had finished their introductions, they were still discussing it non-stop.

Liu Qingyun clapped his hands.

"I originally wanted to do an icebreaker game, but now it seems everyone has already become familiar with each other. Shen Qian, please come up again."

Shen Qian pointed at himself with a look of confusion, but he still went up.

"It's clear that everyone is very interested in you. Do me a favor and perform a talent, and that will count as the ice being broken."

"No way, Counselor, you're setting me up."

"How is this setting you up? I wouldn't necessarily give this opportunity to others even if they wanted it. Besides, I really don't want to do some kind of awkward icebreaker game; it feels like an insult to my intelligence. Hurry up; as long as you perform, approving leave requests and such will be easy to talk about in the future."

"You said it!"

Shen Qian thought that since he was going to be a scumbag, the number of times he stayed out all night would certainly not be few.

"I said it."

With the terms settled, Shen Qian didn't act shy anymore. He stood on the stage and looked at everyone.

"I believe that before today, you all have gained some understanding of me from others. However, what you learn through others might not be comprehensive. For example, those who call me a humanoid teddy might not know I speak French.

The Counselor asked me to perform a talent. I think only this is presentable. A French song, 'Dehors,' which translates to 'Outside,' for everyone."

While everyone was still stunned, Shen Qian's accompaniment had already started playing. Shen Qian's voice was good, and with a bit of a magnetic quality to it, he sang the French song with ease.

After the song, he clapped for himself on stage. Below, his roommates wanted to clap, but the scene was just too awkward. The other students were either stunned or something else, as they fell into a strange silence.

Suddenly, Tan Xinxin in the middle started clapping enthusiastically, and then the rest of the class followed suit. The three from his dorm clapped the most vigorously, as if to compensate for not supporting Old Third just now.

"I knew it, with Classmate Shen Qian being so handsome, that matter must have been a misunderstanding."

Shen Qian didn't respond to that.

"I've started things off. If any other classmates want to perform, you can come up. The Counselor said that as long as you perform, it'll be easier to ask for leave in the future."

As soon as he said this, Tan Xinxin immediately stood up. "Since Classmate Shen Qian has already sung a song, then I'll perform a dance for everyone to liven things up."

Shen Qian stepped down and glanced at the Counselor. The incredibly awkward icebreaker game was gone, replaced by an incredibly awkward talent show. However, that had nothing to do with him; his college life had gotten off to a good start.

On the way back to the dorm, the four brothers discussed who was the best-looking in class.

"Although Wen Ru and Tan Xinxin are good, I prefer the one called Xia Xiaodan. Gentle, absolutely gentle. You have to trust the eyes of a Sichuan Province man. Beauty and figure are all superficial; a girl's gentleness is the most important quality."

"You don't know shit. What's the use of just being gentle? As for a Girlfriend, the most important thing is how she feels. I think Wen Ru and Tan Xinxin are great, but they're unattainable. So, it's better to go for something practical. I think He Wenjing is pretty good; her figure is amazing."

While they were still chatting, someone tapped Shen Qian on the back; it was Tan Xinxin.

From just now, Shen Qian had been thinking about how to pursue Tan Xinxin and Wen Ru. One was cheerful and the other was gentle, so he needed to devise two different plans of action.

Through the class meeting just now, Shen Qian was certain that Tan Xinxin likely had some favorable impression of him, but he wasn't clear about the source of that impression yet and needed further observation.

"Shen Qian, my dorm mates are going to have a group dinner. Do you guys want to join us?"