I just want to be a salted fish quietly Chapter 103

Jin Cai Canteen had three floors.

The first floor was a public area, while the second and third floors belonged to a small restaurant where customers could order dishes and drinks à la carte, with prices significantly higher than on the first floor.

Since the start of the semester, Lin Xian had not yet eaten on the second floor, so he didn’t know what the food was like.

The second floor of the canteen had fewer people, mostly professors from the university.

Lin Xian led Ling Youyu to a table by the window, casually ordered two or three small dishes, and then asked, “Have your relations with your roommates improved these past two days?”

Hearing this, Ling Youyu made a bitter face and shook her head.

“Why?”

Lin Xian raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled.

Logically, besides jealousy, girls also possessed strong empathy.

After getting to know each other, they should quickly accept Ling Youyu, but why was the reality so different from what he had imagined?

Ling Youyu blushed, looked at him, and remained silent.

Lin Xian was startled, then somewhat helplessly said, “It wouldn’t be because of me, would it?”

The little girl nodded, her face turning even redder.

Damn it!

It really was!

Every time he attended class during this period, he sat with Ling Youyu, and all the girls in the class saw it.

This led to even stronger jealousy from the girls towards Ling Youyu.

This is…

Lin Xian pinched her face and comforted her with a smile, “Think about it from another perspective: the more outstanding a person is, the more they will be envied by others.”

This little girl was easily flustered, blushing at the slightest provocation and becoming incredibly nervous.

Lin Xian dared not make any inappropriate moves; at most, he would pinch her little face.

The food on the second floor of the canteen was decent, at least better than the taste on the first floor.

After eating, the two walked out of the canteen, and Lin Xian said with a smile, “I still have something to do; you go back to the dorm first!”

“Mm-hmm!”

Ling Youyu nodded, then pulled a small gift box from her pocket.

She stuffed the gift box into his hand, and the little girl turned and ran towards the dorm with her short legs.

“Is it that serious…?”

Looking at her retreating back, Lin Xian was somewhat dumbfounded.

As he walked towards the office building, he opened the gift box in his hand.

The gift box wasn’t big; inside was a big-headed doll. The style was very cute and adorable, and upon closer inspection, one would find that the doll’s appearance bore some resemblance to Lin Xian.

Smiling slightly, Lin Xian played with the doll and walked quickly towards the office building.

As soon as he entered the office building, Lin Xian saw Dai Pingbo walking towards him. He asked with a smile, “Hello, Teacher Dai, have you had lunch?”

Generally speaking, professors rarely remembered the names of students in their class, especially since it had only been a few days since the official start of the semester.

However, Dai Pingbo had a deep impression of Lin Xian, so he smiled and said, “I’m about to go eat. I remember you enrolled in my mathematical modeling course. Don’t skip class this afternoon!”

Holy crap!

There’s an elective course this afternoon?

Lin Xian was planning to go back after English class!

“Don’t worry, Teacher Dai, I definitely won’t skip class.”

Lin Xian said with a smile, while at the same time deciding to print out a class schedule as soon as he returned to the dorm, otherwise he wouldn’t know when he had classes.

“Have you read the two books I recommended?” Dai Pingbo continued to ask.

“I’m almost finished with Zhang Zhusheng’s ‘New Lectures on Mathematical Analysis’ and am about to start the other one!”

“Almost finished?”

Dai Pingbo was slightly startled, then said seriously, “Student Lin Xian, your mathematical talent is excellent. Are you really not considering switching to a mathematics major?”

Hearing this, Lin Xian politely declined, “Teacher Dai, I currently treat mathematics as a hobby. If I were to truly make it my major, I’m afraid I might lose my passion for it.”

“That’s true!”

Dai Pingbo nodded and no longer tried to persuade him.

If it were at Jin University, he probably would have continued to persuade him, as it was rare to encounter such a promising talent, and it would be a waste not to go into a mathematics major.

But at Jin Cai, it was better not to delay him.

It wasn’t that Jin Cai was bad, but every university had its own advantageous majors.

Jin Cai’s advantageous major was finance and economics; as for mathematics, it was truly not good, and it was difficult to find a relevant job after graduation.

“Alright, you go ahead and take care of your business, I’m going to eat!”

Dai Pingbo waved his hand, appearing somewhat unenthusiastic, not because Lin Xian refused to switch majors, but because he was lamenting the mathematical environment in China.

After bidding farewell to Professor Dai Pingbo, Lin Xian expertly made his way to Qi Jia’s office.

At this moment, Qi Jia was eating takeout, and when she saw him walk in, she almost spat out a mouthful of rice.

Seeing this, Lin Xian pouted and said, “Teacher Qi, what do you mean by that? Do I look that disgusting?”

“No, no!”

Qi Jia coughed and waved her hand, then took a sip of water before speaking, “What do you want again?”

Lin Xian smiled and said, “I want to ask, how do I apply for off-campus living?”

“I remember you’re not a local from Jinling, right? If you want to apply for off-campus living, your parents need to come to the school to sign,” Qi Jia raised an eyebrow.

“That troublesome?”

His parents had to come and sign? That was too much trouble!

He wasn’t worried about his parents objecting; after all, under their laissez-faire parenting, as long as he didn’t do anything illegal, Lin Guodong would generally agree.

The problem was, it was too much hassle for his parents to travel back and forth.

“After all, the school has to be responsible to your parents!” Qi Jia shoveled a mouthful of rice into her mouth, mumbling indistinctly.

Lin Xian explained, “Although my household registration isn’t in Jinling, I bought a house in Zijin Mountain yesterday. That should count as a local, right?”

“Pfft!”

This time, Qi Jia really couldn’t hold it in, and she spat out all the rice in her mouth.

Fortunately, Lin Xian reacted quickly and dodged in time. But the office desk suffered, covered in rice grains.

Qi Jia picked up a tissue, wiped her mouth, and said speechlessly, “You bought a house yesterday?”

Lin Xian nodded and said, “Yeah! Jinling’s housing prices aren’t expensive. I bought it in full, so I got the property deed the same day.”

Great!

This old lady has been in Jinling for four years, and now she can’t even afford a toilet, and now you’re telling me Jinling’s housing prices aren’t expensive.

Qi Jia rolled her eyes, found an application form from a pile of documents, and said angrily, “Sign it and get out!”

She was afraid that if Lin Xian stayed any longer, she would be infuriated to death.

Lin Xian smiled, picked up a pen, and signed his name on the application form.

Qi Jia looked at his elegant and unrestrained handwriting and pouted, “Your handwriting is quite good!”

Just this excellent handwriting alone set Qi Jia apart from other rich second-generation individuals. Anyone who could patiently practice to achieve such good handwriting wouldn’t have bad character.

Looking at the rice grains on the desk, Lin Xian smiled and said, “Teacher Qi, as compensation, how about I treat you to dinner tonight?”

“No need, my boyfriend is picking me up tonight, hurry up and get out.”

Qi Jia waved her hand, and then added, “Bring me a photocopy of your property deed tomorrow. Once the are done, you can live off-campus.”