Chapter 16: An Unexpected Invitation

  Upon hearing this, Su Mo'er tilted her head and shifted her gaze to Linlin's body, not saying a word, until she made the other person feel uneasy before withdrawing her gaze.

  Ling Ling was originally going to speak, but didn't expect that just as she thought of speaking, Su Mo Ruo withdrew her gaze. Feeling embarrassed, she also didn't think of continuing the conversation with her. After all, Su Mo Ruo had been admitted to a top national university like Jing Hua, while this girl who looked poor and shabby, who knows what kind of school she got into?

  But the girl's mother had a different idea, being able to get into college was a capable child for them, although she still had a sense of superiority in her heart, but she was much closer to Su Mo Ruo, took out the cooked peanuts from the bag and put them on the table, "You guys should all be going to school to study, come, have some peanuts."

  The three people sitting opposite did not have a single politeness, they started eating as soon as they reached out, even the girl who was lowering her head and showing extreme humility earlier, was also burying her head to eat peanuts.

  "Why aren't you eating?" The woman tilted her head and looked at Su Mo who was sitting still by the window, unable to help but ask.

  Shaking his head, he really didn't want to say anything to her, so he perfunctorily said: "I didn't rest well, you guys eat, I'll take a nap."

  As soon as she heard this, the woman also nodded hastily and stopped talking, leaving Su Mo a quiet space.

  At night, Sumo woke up once, feeling hungry, so she took out the corn cake and glutinous rice cake that her mother had fried and ate some to fill her stomach. After thinking about many things, she fell asleep again until the next afternoon when someone shook her awake, and she opened her eyes.

  Before her eyes was the woman's simple face. "The little girl has arrived, we should get off the bus."

  Upon hearing this, Su Mo's thoughts gradually returned to normal. He thanked the woman and picked up his luggage from beside his feet, then found his suitcase and followed the crowd off the train towards the station entrance to hail a taxi.

  The train arrived at Jinghua University after 3 pm, today is the last day of registration, thinking about this, the pace to the door can't help but speed up.

  The admission formalities were completed under the leadership of the senior, and the luggage in her hand was also carried by the senior, who took her to the direction of his own dormitory.

  Thinking of the freshmen reporting earlier, those sisters and brothers who looked at him with disdainful eyes. Only this simple boy, wearing the same white-washed clothes, didn't look shabby at all, but instead exuded a clean laundry detergent scent that made people feel comfortable.

  "Thank you, senior." Arriving at the dormitory door, because she came relatively late, there were already people inside. At this time, many people still maintained the distinction between men and women, so the boy couldn't help but carry the luggage in either.

  "No need to thank me, junior sister has just arrived at school. If there's anything unclear, you can find me. My name is Lin Hanxiang, a senior student." Showing a mouthful of pearly whites, the whole person had a smile that made people feel like they were basking in spring breeze, his eyes sincerely looking at Su Moruo. In fact, he was taking care of this girl because it made him feel like he saw himself when he first arrived at school and registered.

  Listening to this, she didn't refuse either. After all, the other person was also kind-hearted, and in this school, it seemed that her poor and shabby appearance made many people look down on her. So naturally, getting to know a senior from the same school wouldn't do any harm. Smiling, she stretched out her hand: "Then let's formally get acquainted today."

  Watching Su Mo suddenly stretch out his hand with a mischievous look, his eyes filled with thick laughter, he slightly hesitated and also stretched out his hand. The two pairs of hands clasped together, holding onto the path of life for the two people from then on.

  After watching Lin Hanxiang leave, Su Moruo finally pushed open the dormitory door and took his cumbersome luggage in.

  As soon as she entered, it was a girl who was cleaning up her own luggage and daily necessities. After she came in, everyone stopped their movements, but after a while, they started doing their own things again, as if the one who came in was not a person, but air.

  Find your own bed, look at the bed with a mattress already laid out on it, slowly open the suitcase, and take out the sheets and quilt covers that her mother had prepared for her.

  "Hmph——country bumpkin" The mocking laughter was loud, but the last three words were muttered to himself. Unfortunately, Su Mo had good hearing, so he heard it very clearly. A flash of cold light flickered in his eyes and disappeared instantly. His hands didn't stop moving as he continued with what he was doing.

  Most of them arrived earlier than her, so after everyone finished packing their luggage, they started sitting down and chatting. Since they were all in the same dormitory, they would be classmates from now on. Today was considered their first meeting, so it was natural to gather everyone together for a meal. One of the girls who was dressed exceptionally well spoke loudly: "Classmates, since we'll be living together from now on, why don't I treat you all to dinner tonight? We can go out and eat together as a way to get to know each other?"

  "Good——" The chorus of responses rose and fell, interspersed with threads of joy.

  In this group of people, there are only a few families that can be considered well-off. Most families can only be described as having a modest standard of living, and they would naturally welcome the opportunity to have others treat them to meals.

  The girl who made the proposal also felt proud because of the approval from her roommates and the admiring eyes, she didn't lack this small amount of money anyway. When she came here, her family members told her to get along well with these classmates, as they were able to be admitted to Jinghua University, which proved their abilities. In the future, if she could maintain a good relationship with them, it would be beneficial for both her and her family's company.

  What's the point of spending money on just one meal?

  "I'm not going." A sudden, jarring voice rang out, causing the atmosphere in what had been a relatively harmonious space to suddenly freeze. Every pair of eyes turned to look at the speaker.

  To say, at first, I felt good about myself, but now, just because of Su Mo Ruo's words, the girl's smile instantly froze on her face. After a while, her complexion slowly recovered, but the look in her eyes towards Su Mo Ruo was extremely unfriendly. Although she tried to suppress her tone, "This classmate, we all live in the same dormitory, why be so depressing."

  "But I haven't finished these things yet." After saying that, she lowered her head and began to carefully organize her belongings again. Her hands were extremely gentle, not daring to use any force. These things were all new ones bought for her by her adoptive mother. Although they might be too ordinary for rich families or children who lived a wealthy life, they held extraordinary significance for Su Mo Ruo. Despite having been prosperous and wealthy in her past life, she had suffered hardships that she could tell no one about. In this life, although her living conditions were much worse, at least her heart was free, unbound, and carefree, without the need to constantly worry and fear every day.

  Unexpectedly, Su Mo Ruo still didn't take her own words to heart and instead focused on tidying up the miscellaneous goods that were nothing but a pile of trash in her eyes, which truly made her speechless.

  Someone next to her also saw that the atmosphere was not right, and the girl's expression made them a bit worried, so it was inevitable that someone came out to smooth things over. The speaker was a round-faced, 1.65-meter-tall girl who was quite pretty. She walked up to the girl who had offered to treat everyone and said in a soft voice, "Xue Li, if she's not going, then let's just forget it and not ruin everyone's fun."

  Someone came out to mediate, and the others naturally followed suit. The girl named Xue Li glared at Su Mo Ruo with a fierce gaze, muttered "country bumpkin" under her breath, and then followed the other six classmates in the dormitory out of the door, heading towards the school's canteen outside.

  She shook her head, not bothering to argue with such students. At their age, many of them had similar mindsets - either they were the rich kids who gathered a group of die-hard fans and enjoyed being waited on hand and foot, or they were the poor ones who wanted to cling to the powerful or climb up the social ladder.