ightly inferior to Chen Lingshan's. Nonetheless, Xiao Yunyun's unexpected gesture of giving Coke to Su Cen, whom everyone thought was wooden, was shocking. After considering the difference between her...Volume 3: To Distant Lands Chapter 29: You're Acting

Su Can's contact with Lin Luoran was sporadic. Occasionally, they would talk on the phone, but then she'd disappear for days before reappearing to explain that she had been busy with school club activities or visiting friends' homes, moving between schools, or hanging out at places like the Bund or in downtown Shanghai. Her life was full and hectic—typical college life, very busy indeed, which left her no time to contact all sorts of acquaintances.

When Lin Luoran mentioned that she went shopping and wandered around the streets at night, Su Can really wanted to ask who she was with because this reminded him of her friends, some of whom were people like Du Dawei and Wei Dingding. But Su Can didn't inquire, and neither did Lin Luoran.

One day out of nowhere, Lin Luoran texted Su Can asking if he had the habit of getting up in the morning to read, practice his voice, or memorize foreign languages. Su Can was straightforward with his answer: no, except for doing morning exercises with Tang Wu, he usually got up around seven o'clock, washed up, and went downstairs either to accompany Tang Wu or head alone towards the teaching building for the first morning class.

So Lin Luoran said, "That's perfect. Every morning I get up early to memorize German to avoid you getting stuck in university CET-4 exams later on. From now on, mornings will be foreign language time. I'll wake you up."

Su Can wanted to say that as someone who had once discussed mountains with Americans abroad, it seemed rather tragic if he still worried about such things after being reborn twice.

However, a thought crossed his mind: in the previous life, one of his college buddies had received calls from a certain lady every morning to wake up. Back then, her smug and self-satisfied look made all the single guys in their dorm envious, making for a legendary tale during university years. Years after graduation when they met again, this friend told him that now his wife nagged even more fiercely than an alarm clock, yelling at him every day to get up for work or risk losing bonuses for being late. Seeing his friend's weary expression, Su Can understood why those four seemingly carefree yet monotonous years of university were called youth.

Coming back to himself, Su Can replied, "No need."

But Lin Luoran had already hung up the phone hastily, and it was unknown if she heard him.

Thus, for several consecutive days thereafter, at 5:30 AM, Su Can's mobile phone would ring. In a groggy state where everyone in the dormitory complained about being woken up, Su Can answered the call saying, "Don't you sleep"

"I'm just reminding you to get up and use the toilet. By the way, we should start memorizing our books together since I've already gotten up." At this time of day, it was usually still dimly lit, with a little fog in the air, but most school dormitory buildings and streets below were quiet.

So, many people in the dormitory complained about Su Can's heartlessness. In the evening, he would say "good night" to Tang Wu and go to sleep together with her, only to have another beautiful girl call him every morning at the same time to wake him up and read books and newspapers together. What kind of college life was this It was simply five-star level.

However, everyone's complaints were quickly overshadowed by excitement. They received news that Lin Luoran might be coming to Nan Da University. The reason for her visit was simple: she said she had nothing to do on weekends and would come over because she didn't have to worry about meals.

"Not really, nobody will treat you to a meal, so bring your own provisions," Su Can chuckled into the phone.

Then came Lin Luoran's pitiful voice. "Your school’s milk tea is delicious, I'll just drink one cup of milk tea and consider it as part of my dieting plan. Then, any place where I can sleep will do."

"Blood, oh yes, there are plenty of long benches on the lawns in our school that you could sleep on, but recently there has been a case involving indecent assault, and the perpetrator likes to target unmarried women with shoulder-length black hair around 170 centimeters tall."

"It's fine, Lin Luoran, you come over. You can sleep in Xiao Xu’s bed, and he will share a bed with us. It’s all guys here; it’ll be easy to manage." Li Han shamelessly butted in, "Come to our school, and I guarantee that you'll get to taste all the delicious food at Nankai University. With our relationship, there's no way we would treat you poorly." His tone was even more familiar than Su Can’s with her.

Of course, because Lin Luoran had been invited personally by Su Can, people were very excited about her coming to Nankai University.

This group of people wasn't limited to Zhang Xiaqiao, Li Han, and Xiao Xu in the dorm. It also included many other people who often visited them for various reasons. Sometimes they would be at Room 602.

When Su Can's phone rang, everyone would strain their ears to listen to his conversation. When he was chatting with Tang Wu on the phone, it would become even noisier. If it were Lin Luoran calling, there would often be many people shouting in strange voices from the side.

Although Su Can thought that this situation was similar to what happened during his college days in his previous life—groups of male students who had been cooped up on campus for a long time trying to attract attention from the opposite sex by being loud and boisterous. Although Lin Luoran couldn't see their antics, she could hear them; it gave them motivation.

Actually, Su Can wanted to say that Nankai University wasn't worth coming to because so many people were waiting for Lin Luoran to fall into the trap.

But at this moment, under pressure from his surroundings, he couldn’t bring himself to say it. If he openly reminded her about it, wouldn’t several single young men who had a crush on Lin Luoran accuse him of being greedy He already had Tang Wu, and now he wanted to monopolize Lin Boran, which could provoke public anger. Even the founder of Facebook shouldn't be too arrogant.

When Lin Luoran arrived at Nankai University on Saturday afternoon, besides Tang Wu and Su Can, Zhang Xiaqiao, Li Han, Xiao Xu, Wang Dongjian, Huang Ying, and Juu Pi (Chinese name Qiao Yan) were also there to welcome her. Among them, two were from Room 619 on the sixth floor of Building Six; one was called Huang Ying, and the other was called Juu Pi (Qiao Yan). They had pretended to be watching DVDs in Su Can's dorm room since early morning just to chat with Xiao Xu and Li Han. Everyone knew their real purpose.

Finally, everyone gathered at the school gate, which was permeated with misty golden particles, to meet Lin Luoran.

Tang Wu wore a hoodie and jeans today, while Lin Luoran opted for a white hooded casual shirt,休閒褲和運動鞋，顯得格外有活力。兩女見麵特彆親熱，挽手同行，又因出眾的外表，自然一路都吸引了不少目光。連旁邊的七個男生也因此無形中感到自己的魅力提升了不少。由此可見，“護花使者”這個職業並非隻是古代那些公主身邊騎士的特權。

Today, Huang Ying and Jaa were quite talkative, constantly chatting with Lin Luoran. Jaa came from a prominent family in Shanghai and was well-traveled and knowledgeable, able to discuss everything from luxury goods to recent domestic and international news. On the other hand, Huang Ying tended to be more reserved but subtly showed her kindness towards Lin Luoran.

Lin Luoran would nod occasionally when they spoke, sometimes smiling. She had a broad education from a young age and was insightful beyond ordinary people's reach, yet she remained attentive and occasionally agreed with the men around her. This made everyone feel even more motivated. Even Huang Ying and Jaa felt that this wasn't the cold and fierce girl who once came to Nan Da University to debate on behalf of Shang Wai; in reality, she could be so gentle.

Su Can watched as Lin Luoran smiled gently alongside Tang Wu, thinking to himself: "You keep up your act."

Today's update is here. This chapter is a bit short since it’s quite late and I can't go on anymore tonight; updates will continue tomorrow.

A friend mentioned that sometimes chapters aren’t directly connected. It isn't that the author writes randomly, those familiar with my work know that I tend to use a narrative style of jumping between scenes to push the plot forward.

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