Chapter 42: Moving into the Women's Dormitory Building

Yunhai is not far from Luocheng, located right in the neighboring province.

Chen Fan and Guo Shuai took a long-distance bus, departing at half-past eight in the morning and arriving in Yunhai City before noon.

As soon as they stepped out of the station, they were startled by the bustling sea of people before them.

Aside from the endless stream of travelers, there were buses sent by various schools everywhere to pick up new students.

Guo Shuai was quite lucky; at a glance, he spotted the banner of the third-tier university where he had enrolled.

When he saw that more than half of the staff responsible for greeting newcomers were female, and all of them were beauties at that, Guo Shuai immediately became excited.

The fatigue from the journey vanished instantly.

He grabbed Chen Fan and said excitedly, "Good brother, I realize now that choosing this school was absolute perfection."

"I'll say no more. Just wait for my good news."

"As soon as I'm settled in, I'll come looking for you right away."

With that, Guo Shuai waved proactively toward the opposite side.

"Hello, senior sisters! I'm a freshman here to register."

The senior students were very enthusiastic and even proactively helped Guo Shuai with his luggage.

This scene left Guo Shuai somewhat flattered and overwhelmed by the unexpected favor.

Before getting on the bus, he didn't forget to wink at Chen Fan.

"As expected, girls in big cities are much more proactive."

"I'll be off first, buddy. Go register yourself."

Faced with this guy who prioritized romance over friendship, Chen Fan could only smile and wave goodbye.

Bidding farewell to Guo Shuai, Chen Fan continued forward alone, with his backpack on his shoulders and pulling his suitcase.

His gaze swept across the banners of several surrounding universities.

Finally, he found the banner for Yunhai University.

There were only four students here, two men and two women.

The senior students were quite welcoming. Upon hearing that Chen Fan had come to university to register all by himself, a senior male student immediately stood up and voluntarily helped Chen Fan drag his suitcase onto the bus.

"Junior brother, sit here and rest for a while. As soon as this bus is full, we'll set off immediately."

Chen Fan nodded hurriedly, "Thank you, senior."

The young man smiled and asked, "You're a student from out of town, right?"

"Huh?"

"Want to buy a phone card?"

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"I don't need one for now."

The other person didn't say anything more, turned around, and got off the bus.

The phone card the person mentioned referred to an IC phone card, usually with denominations of 30, 50, or 100 yuan.

Every time you made a call, you just needed to insert the phone card into a landline telephone to make a call.

Chen Fan felt a wave of nostalgia. It seemed that the business of selling phone cards truly endured among college students.

In a few years, what these college students would be selling to the freshmen would turn into mobile phone SIM cards.

After waiting for about half an hour, the bus was about two-thirds full of new students and parents.

A senior student wearing a sun hat got on the bus and sat in the front row.

"Driver, we can head out now."

The bus set off, and the freshmen on board were all brimming with excitement, filled with longing and anticipation for college life.

Although this was his second time entering university, Chen Fan was still infected by the atmosphere of these newcomers and grew somewhat excited as well.

Sitting in the window seat in the back row, Chen Fan looked at the speeding scenery outside the window.

He was far too familiar with Yunhai.

In his past life, he had spent four years of university here—dating Su Ruochu, starting his business, and laying the groundwork for his commercial empire—all of it began in Yunhai.

One could say that no one understood Yunhai's urban transformation over the next one or two decades better than Chen Fan.

He understood it even better than Luocheng, the city where he was born.

Looking at the passing scenery outside the window, Chen Fan took a deep breath.

His career... would start from this city.

The bus drove into Yunhai University.

The entire campus was already bustling and teeming with people.

Both sides of the main campus avenue were lined with parasols.

Various departments had hung up banners and brought out tables and chairs to form temporary freshman registration points.

In addition, along both sides of the road, various university clubs were taking advantage of this opportunity to advertise and recruit new members.

Entering from the main gate and looking along the main avenue, banner after banner and colorful parasol after colorful parasol stood side by side, stretching endlessly into the distance as if without end—a truly breathtaking sight.

The roads were already packed with freshmen from all over the country who had come to register.

Chen Fan had experience, so he didn't look around blindly. Dragging his suitcase, he quickly squeezed his way out of the main avenue, found a quieter road, and walked toward the dormitory area.

Although Chen Fan had not attended Yunhai University in his previous life,

he had visited Yunhai University countless times back when he was dating Su Ruochu.

He was very familiar with every building on the campus.

The library, the information building, Xunzhi Bridge, Romance Slope, Acacia Lake...

Looking at one familiar place after another, the corners of Chen Fan's mouth couldn't help but curve upward slightly.

Everything was so warm and familiar.

Passing through the teaching building area, Chen Fan noticed that several buildings were still under construction.

In his memory, the basketball gymnasium and Building No. 7 had only just broken ground around this time.

Sightseeing and reminiscing along the way had delayed him a little.

Relying on his memory, Chen Fan found Dormitory Building No. 8 by himself.

Dragging his suitcase, he climbed up to the third floor.

Just as he was about to let out a sigh of relief, two senior female students wearing loose nightgowns walked down the staircase carrying washbasins, their hair still damp.

Chen Fan was startled and hurriedly turned around.

"S-Sorry, did I go to the wrong building?"

"Is this Dormitory Building No. 8?"

Seeing Chen Fan's shy appearance, the two senior students let out a burst of giggles.

"Why is our junior brother so cute?"

"Which department are you from?"

Chen Fan stood sideways, keeping his head down and not daring to look at them.

However, because the two senior students had just showered, a faint fragrance of body wash lingered around them.

It smelled very pleasant.

"I... I'm a freshman majoring in Marketing at the School of Economics and Management."

"Heehee, then there's no mistake."

One of the long-haired senior students smiled and explained.

"There are too many freshmen recruited by our school this year, and the new dormitory building hasn't been finished yet."

"So the school readjusted the residential buildings. They moved the graduate students who originally lived in Building No. 8 away."

"I heard it was reserved for the marketing freshmen of the School of Economics and Management."

Chen Fan was dumbfounded.

"They can do that?"

The two girls looked at Chen Fan with smiles.

"The first and second floors have been entirely allocated to the freshmen, and only half of the third floor is for the freshmen to live in."

With that, the long-haired beauty pointed.

"See that? That iron door down the corridor—past that is the female dormitory, and this side is reserved for you newcomers."

"You aren't allowed to wander over there without permission from now on, you hear?"

Chen Fan wore a dazed expression.

"Isn't this just a co-ed dormitory?"

"It's only temporary. Once the new male dormitory building is built later on, they'll have you guys move out."

Seeing Chen Fan's conflicted expression, the long-haired senior couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"What? You're not happy about living together with beauties?"

"Surely you aren't afraid we'd eat you up, are you?"

Chen Fan glanced at her.

He thought to himself that it wasn't certain who would be eating whom.

Seeming to think that Chen Fan looked quite handsome, the senior student couldn't help teasing him with a smile.

"Does our little junior brother have a significant other? Would you like me to introduce one to you?"

"What kind of girls do you like? The ones with great figures, long legs, slender ones, plump ones, tall ones, or big breasts?"

"As long as you can give me a standard, senior sister can find someone who meets the criteria for you."

Chen Fan hurriedly waved his hands.

"Senior sister, please don't. I'm not that kind of person."