novelslam Chapter 92 Senior
Chapter 92 Senior
Chapter 93 Senior
The late-night chat lasted until the early hours of the morning, and I don't even know how I finally fell asleep.
But the next day, Yu Zhen still woke up early.
Zhang Qing'an and Yu Dahai also seemed to be early risers, getting out of bed even earlier than Yu Zhen.
The three scholars specializing in international relations were still lying on their beds, snoring contentedly.
After washing up and going downstairs, I found that the campus was not quiet at all in the early morning. There were already many students playing outside, all full of energy.
As I strolled to the vicinity of the playground, the number of men and women increased significantly.
Some people were jogging in circles, some were rubbing their hands together in front of the exercise equipment, some were doing gymnastics, and some were practicing martial arts routines, attracting onlookers who wanted to see what was going on.
It's true, there are plenty of people who have boundless energy but nowhere to release it.
Yu Zhen himself felt quite frustrated and wanted to play ball, but unfortunately, it was difficult to find a ball player.
The younger, stronger, and more energetic a body becomes, the more it suffers the torment of barren land with no land to cultivate.
So he started jogging around the playground.
There's no other reason than that physical exercise is secondary; the main purpose is to burn off excess energy.
I jogged around the track three times and broke a light sweat.
"Good morning, Qin!"
Just as I was about to stop, I suddenly heard a voice greeting me from behind.
Turning my head, I saw that Senior Sister Jin, who had picked someone up at the station square yesterday, was jogging closer.
The opponent was dressed in sportswear from a sports team, and wore a pair of very rare white Warrior sneakers.
Uh, Yu Zhen was stunned for a moment.
Most importantly, I suddenly realized that this senior, Jin, is actually a master at carrying a baby!
Jin Feng kept running forward, but seeing that Yu Zhen wasn't following, she turned around while still running in place, dribbling the ball extensively as she curiously teased, "What's wrong, Qin? What are you spacing out for? Don't you recognize me just because you're wearing different clothes?"
Yu Zhen quickly looked away. "Ahem, Jin Xue—ahem, good morning, Jin! How could I not recognize you? I just bumped into you on the playground and didn't recognize you for a moment."
"Then what are you staring at? Let's go for a run!" Jin Feng was still jogging slowly in place.
Damn it, doesn't she have even the slightest sense of how deadly it is for a young man who hasn't played basketball in a long time to run with the ball?
Yu Zhen didn't want to become famous because of this.
He had already caught a glimpse of many boys running past, their eyes filled with a mixture of evasiveness and curious peeping, each one displaying utter astonishment.
This senior student, Jin, seems to be so proud of her figure that she seriously underestimates its value.
"Uh, Jin, you can run by yourself. I've already trained. You need to exercise in moderation every day. I have to go do other things now. Goodbye."
Yu Zhen left decisively, though in a rather disheveled manner.
Deep down, I felt it was utterly absurd.
This iconic scene, which was usually only seen in Hong Kong and Taiwan adult films in the 1980s and 90s, actually appeared on the playground of Tsinghua and Peking University in 1979.
In this era where couples who dare to hold hands in public are condemned as immoral and shameless.
Is this senior student, Ms. Jin, genuinely unaware or pretending not to know?
Moreover, after trying to recall, I don't recall that the other person was so arrogant when we met at the station square yesterday!
How come it's only been one night? Could it have been inflated?
Shake your head to clear your mind of all the messy thoughts.
Senior Jin is the kind of person who's obviously trying to attract attention; we should stay as far away from her as possible!
Yu Zhen has already figured out his plan for his undercover mission at Tsinghua and Peking Universities.
That is, absolutely, absolutely, never force yourself to do anything foolish that is thankless and exhausting.
As for how to specifically carry out the task and take action.
He firmly believes in one thing: never seek the limelight, and always keep a low profile.
Just treat it as playing a role-playing game at Tsinghua or Peking University for a month; as long as it looks good on the surface, that's fine.
They quickly and somewhat awkwardly fled the playground.
As he was leaving, Yu Zhen turned around to observe and saw that the senior student Jin had indeed started running laps around the field and showed no signs of chasing after him. Only then did the paranoia he felt, which stemmed from the fear that his undercover identity would be exposed at any moment, ease slightly.
The feeling of being transparent with yourself is comfort.
Unnecessary worries vanished without a trace.
Time flies, and a week of school has passed in the blink of an eye.
The biggest takeaway for Yu Zhen from his week-long undercover work at Tsinghua and Peking Universities is that there are just too many smart people out there.
Leaving aside the senior students from Tsinghua and Peking Universities whom one could come into contact with.
Even among the new students, although the vast majority of them come from poor and backward counties and villages, their first impression is that they are all rather rustic, at least in terms of their clothing and appearance.
However, in reality, this group only lived on the Tsinghua and Peking University campuses for a week, and the changes in everyone's mental outlook, especially those who, according to Li Hongyan, suddenly understood the so-called "opening their eyes to see the world" international perspective, and were eager to one day go abroad to visit and see the developed Western capitalist empires.
Thus, the belief in pursuing the pinnacle of life and achieving great success has become a standard feature deep within everyone's heart.
Why did he feel this so deeply?!
This is simply because, with only the first week of school having passed, the most popular activity on campus right now is undoubtedly the English Corner learning paradise.
In today's major exam syllabus, English is not even considered a core subject.
For non-foreign language majors, English exam scores are not included in the total score. However, the first thing that freshmen at Tsinghua and Peking Universities completely changed after entering the school was to make learning English a top priority.
Moreover, the school teachers have repeatedly emphasized the importance of learning English.
To put it dramatically, if a student from Tsinghua or Peking University cannot fluently speak English when they graduate and leave the campus, they have no right to say they graduated from Tsinghua or Peking University, and they are even more disgracing their alma mater.
The school's English Corner learning activities offer unprecedented conveniences, including watching foreign films, listening to English radio broadcasts, and having foreign teachers provide on-site oral English coaching.
In short, as long as you are willing to learn, it is guaranteed to enable you to achieve fluency in English listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the fastest possible time (within one semester).
After their chance encounter on the playground that day, Senior Jin took the initiative to come and find him several more times.
But don't overthink it. Yu Zhen soon figured it out: it turned out that Senior Jin wasn't just enthusiastic and outgoing towards him alone. In fact, almost all of the hundred or so male students in the four freshman classes of the computer science major had received Senior Jin's special favor.
As for why Senior Jin was so enthusiastic and proactive towards these freshmen...
It's not actually any of that messy stuff like youthful restlessness between men and women.
Senior Jin's purpose was very simple: the Computer Science Department suddenly had a vacancy for a teaching position at the university.
This whole mess is Yu Zhen's fault.
So, the original holder of the spot, that scoundrel Wei Yuan from Beijing, is finished.
Faced with these suddenly added teaching positions at the university.
If Senior Jin wants to compete with the other seniors for a spot, she'll have to take a more unconventional approach.
Therefore, Senior Jin decisively placed her bet on becoming one with the freshmen.
During the welcoming ceremony for new students at the train station plaza, the deliberately created atmosphere of preferential treatment for computer science majors, and the moment when Yu Zhen was jogging on the playground and was suddenly caught off guard by an opponent's dribbling skills—it almost took his breath away.
To put it bluntly, it's all about the sacrifices and efforts others made to compete for the teaching positions at the university.