"Finally catching my breath. Walking from the school gate to the dorm with this suitcase almost killed me!"
Shen Yan, having finally recovered, grumbled as she unpacked her suitcase. When she went home for breaks, she carried less, lighter things. Before, someone always helped. This was her first time coming back alone, and she almost got stranded on the road.
"I'm so tired. I'm suddenly glad we're on the third floor. I wonder how the sisters on higher floors are doing," Qiu Xi also complained to Shen Yan while unpacking.
Starting the semester wasn't easy!
After unpacking, they still had to clean and change a bunch of things. This busyness lasted for a while.
...
"Alright, let's go. I'll treat you to milk tea."
After finally finishing unpacking, Qiu Xi, now free, called the others to fulfill her promise.
"Mmm! Getting to fleece people right at the start of the semester, nice, let's go quickly." Song Daiyao, a foodie who not only loved eating but was especially happy about free treats.
"Let's go~" Qiu Xi looked at her roommates, not really minding. Although she said that, they would later find all sorts of ways to treat her back.
They were truly very cute.
They said they were going for milk tea, but the group ended up grabbing dinner as well. They hadn't eaten at the cafeteria for quite some time, so they lingered for a while.
"After not eating at this cafeteria for just over a month, it's still quite tasty!"
Song Daiyao rubbed her stomach and sighed, having eaten quite a bit.
"You know, our school's cafeteria is actually pretty decent. Much better than my high school, hahaha~"
"Yan Yan, look what you're saying. We have quite a few cafeterias here..."
Such a large university with six or seven cafeterias, reasonably gathering the flavors from all over the country. If it still couldn't compare to a small high school cafeteria, it would be unreasonable.
"Hahahaha~ Exactly, exactly!"
"Alright, let's head back."
Feeling stuffed, they needed to lie down...
...
"I've only just started the semester, and I haven't even had classes yet!!!" As soon as she got back, Qiu Xi saw the messages in the group chat.
The counselor said they needed to calculate comprehensive evaluations. The class monitor had created a group chat with the main class committee members to discuss work arrangements.
It didn't seem troublesome, just the tedious work of calculating scores and reviewing them.
That wasn't all. They had just arrived today, and two teachers from the debate group said they were in a hurry and wanted to have a meeting with their four-person team first.
Then, the college's academic committee group chat mentioned the matter of each class picking up their books at the start of the semester.
"..."
They hadn't even settled into the semester, their minds were still on vacation, but work had already come knocking!
This modern university life, truly, you want to start school when you're home, and you miss home when you're at school!
"I've only just arrived at school, and I'm already completely booked!" Qiu Xi sighed to her roommates as she lay on the bed.
"Don't even mention it. Even I, a nobody, have been tagged as 'currently working'!" Shen Yan originally thought she was the most idle in the dorm.
Qiu Xi, no need to say anything, was busy the whole semester. Daiyao was now a bricklayer, moved wherever the student union needed her. Even Xiao Feifei's rehearsals were sought after.
But who knew that she, a small transparent in the club, would also be called upon one day.
"We're all the same~"
"..."
"Just be thankful! It's good there's no homework, otherwise, you wouldn't know where to cry right now!"
Liang Yunfei's words were indeed true, as some schools were fond of assigning students all sorts of varied activities.
"..."
Fine, bowing to studies!