Chapter Forty-Four: Exchange Student

  As Su Qing was thinking about whether to create an incident to shift her classmates' focus, several exchange students from the University of Hong Kong arrived.

  There were two handsome guys and a beautiful girl among the exchange students, suddenly becoming the focus of attention. As for Su Qing's matter, everyone had already forgotten about it. The topic of discussion among students is always like this, coming quickly and going quickly. Yesterday was gossip, today is current events, and tomorrow who knows what it will be. Anyway, Su Qing is liberated and can start school again.

  Su Qing sat in the classroom for class, feeling that the atmosphere in the classroom was a bit strange. Su Qing looked around and saw that everyone was staring in one direction.

  In the front row of the classroom, there were two unfamiliar faces, a boy and a girl. These two people, Su Qing had never seen before in school. Looking at the beautiful couple, their clothes and dressing style were very particular, they looked like children from rich families. Such people are most attractive to those innocent university students who have not yet entered society. Su Qing believed that many students in the classroom now imagined becoming the boyfriend or girlfriend of this wealthy handsome boy.

  Su Qing looked at her classmates around her, staring blankly or foolishly ahead, and shook her head in silence.

  Suddenly Su Qing discovered that there was an exception in the classroom, and a girl in the corner had not caught the flower madness.

  Su Qingji remembered that the girl's name was Jiang Hanlei, a diligent student. At this moment, she was quietly reading a book, as if isolated from the world and unaffected by everything around her.

  Su Qing walked over to Jiang Hanlei's side and sat down, gently tapping her arm and asking in a soft voice.

  "Isn't it tiring to study so hard every day?"

  Jiang Hanlei saw that it was Su Qing, who hadn't shown up for over a week and finally came to class today.

  "I don't have as good a family background as you, nor am I as smart as you. If I don't work hard, how can I face my parents who have worked so hard to support me in college?"

  Su Qing touched her nose awkwardly upon hearing this. People always habitually say that God is fair to everyone, but in reality there's no fairness at all. Everyone's birth can't be chosen, some people are born with wealth and luxury while others suffer from hunger and cold.

  Speakers often use a sentence to motivate people: You can't choose your birth, but you can choose the life of your future. However, an ordinary person may struggle for a lifetime and still not get the life they want, while some people can easily enjoy power and status by relying on their parents' connections.

  Su Qing thought that if she didn't know how to cultivate the True Realm's methods, and didn't have a magical ring with space, if she was just born into an ordinary person's family, she might not have her current comfortable life.

  Su Qing changed the subject and asked about the identities of the two strangers in front of her.

  "Do you know who those two new faces in the front row are?"

  Jiang Hanlei raised her head and glanced forward, then lowered it again, continuing to stare at the book as she slowly spoke.

  "These two exchange students are from Hong Kong University and have been assigned to our class. The boy's name is Ma Mingzhe, and the girl's name is Lin Ruoyan."

  "I thought you didn't know?"

  "You still ask me. I don't care, but those roommates in the dorm have been talking about them for days. They even say they are rich second-generation kids, all wearing famous brands from head to toe."

  Jiang Hanlei also yearned for the life of a rich person when she heard others talking about it, but she knew that no matter how beautiful her imagination was, it was useless, and everything still depended on her own efforts.

  Jiang Hanlei suddenly thought of something when talking about the rich second generation, and turned her head to Su Qing.

  "You're a general's daughter and rich too, but I've never seen you dress up. If you did, you'd be like a fairy descended from heaven, unmatched by anyone."

  Su Qing smiled slightly after hearing this. In Jiang Hanlei's words, Su Qing still heard a hint of envy.

  "I'm fine like this, no need to care about others' opinions. You're working so hard, you'll definitely have a good future ahead."

  Su Qing smiled at her opponent again and returned to her original seat.

  Su Qing also made a decision in her heart, if she knew that Jiang Huanrui was still working hard and striving to move forward after graduating from university, Su Qing didn't mind providing her with a platform to showcase her talents and shorten her path to success.

  Time passed quickly, and the two classes were over soon. Su Qing packed up her books and prepared to head home. As she stood up, she found someone blocking her way, and when she looked up, it was those two exchange students from Hong Kong.

  Su Qing furrowed her brow, what are these two people up to?

  The girl then began to speak in her not-so-standard Mandarin.

  "Hello, my name is Lin Ruoyan, and his name is Ma Mingzhe. We are exchange students from the University of Hong Kong. A few days ago, we heard that you were absent due to a leave of absence. Today I came to introduce myself, hoping that we can become friends, please take care of us in the future."

  Lin Ruoyan finished speaking, and the two of them bowed to each other. Su Qing was somewhat perplexed - what was wrong with these two Hong Kong students that they would bow to themselves?

  Saying so, Su Qing still had to politely welcome them.

  "Hello, I'm Su Qing. Welcome to study at Tsinghua."

  As soon as Su Qing finished speaking, a girl named Lin Ruoyan excitedly stepped forward and gave Su Qing a big hug.

  "You're as lovely and sweet as they said."

  Su Qing was speechless, her good friend Chen Shan sometimes was also very casual, but the two were close friends. Did this girl in front of her need to be so enthusiastic towards someone she met for the first time?

  The boy next to Ma Mingzhe also seemed to have not expected such a scene. Feeling Su Qing's astonishment, he spoke up to explain.

  "Lin Ruoyan is like this by nature, she treats all her friends this way, don't mind it."

  "It's okay, Lin is very enthusiastic towards others." Su Qing replied with a faint smile.

  "I liked you as soon as I saw you, and I feel like you're just like my sister. Later, our exchange students from Hong Kong are going to have dinner together, why don't you come along?" Lin Ruoyan said with a smile.

  Su Qing was really puzzled, how did Lin's parents come up with the name, it didn't match the person at all. Ruo Yan, a poetic name, Su Qing thought that someone with such a name should be a gentle and elegant person.

  What does it mean for your classmates to eat together and add an outsider? Su Qing was really speechless by the other party, and Su Qing tactfully refused.

  "Sorry, I still have something on and can't go. Have a nice meal."

  Su Qing said goodbye and left afterwards.

  Lin Ruoyan's face lost its previous enthusiasm, gazing at Su Qing's departing back with a look of disdain, and then immediately restored her usual faint smile.

  Ma Mingzhe standing beside her did not notice this change in expression.

  Ma Mingzhe looked at Lin Ruoyan who was acting strangely today and asked.

  "What's wrong with you today? You're not like yourself at all."

  "There's nothing, I just saw Su Qing and felt a connection." Lin Ruoyan said as she turned around and walked out of the school.

  Ma Mingzhe was stunned for a moment before catching up.

  It's the end of the month, everyone give a little reward.