1994: From a young man from a small town to a second-generation resident of Shanghai

About twenty students from the finance class left early after the performance.

Chen Yong led everyone to a Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot restaurant outside the school, where they happily ate two tables.

To cater to people from different regions, I specially asked the owner to make a divided hot pot.

Zhang Xiting and Liu Chong, students from traditionally spicy-eating regions, can handle spicy food, but half of them cannot, belonging to the type who can die from even a gram of chili pepper.

The finance class celebrated their victory as if they had won a battle.

"Squad leader, you gave the best performance today, I have to toast you." Liu Chong first raised a glass of beer over and downed it in one gulp in front of him.

"You little rascal, you must have been drinking a lot back in high school, right? You even drink with such swagger."

When Liu Chong drinks beer, he exudes an indomitable aura that is quite intimidating.

"The time I drank the most was at my college entrance banquet. People from the village came to toast me, and they would give me a dollar for each cup I drank. I drank forty cups that day."

"What a real man!" Chen Yong, being rather cunning, seized the opportunity to draw everyone's attention to Liu Chong, "Let's all have a real man's toast."

The focus of today's gathering is on him. If everyone drinks a glass, he'll definitely lose his composure, so he needs to conserve his energy.

There's also a lovely, fragrant senior waiting for him.

I had just finished my drink when the boss started serving the dishes.

The main ingredients for hot pot are still familiar items like sliced ​​fresh meat, beef, tripe, dried tofu, and baby bok choy. The price of a dish ranges from one cent to one dollar.

The most expensive meat dish costs one yuan per plate.

The cost for one table is around 20 or 30 yuan, enough for a group of students to eat their fill.

When it comes to drinking, there's a significant difference between men and women. Surprisingly, Ye Linghuan can actually hold her liquor quite well.

Sitting next to Chen Yong, he would have a drink with Chen Yong every now and then.

Zhang Xiting, on the other hand, is separated from Chen Yong by Ye Linghuan.

She had originally arranged to meet Chen Yong alone, but it turned into a class reunion, which made her a little upset.

I didn't have much interaction with Chen Yong throughout the whole process; I just sat quietly and ate.

Ye Linghuan, on the other hand, was getting along very well with the class monitor, deliberately raising her voice a little, "Class monitor, where are you going tomorrow?"

"The class monitor is definitely going on a date with a girl tomorrow!" Liu Chong said casually, only to be met with a deadly glare from Ye Linghuan.

He immediately shrank back and said weakly, "Our class monitor is so outstanding, he must have no shortage of girls to date, right?"

"Our class monitor isn't that kind of person! Stop slandering him."

Chen Yong thought to himself, I'm not as good as you say.

"I have some things to do tomorrow. My family said that the song I sang today was good and could be released as an album."

"Wow!" Ye Linghuan has been a big fan of Chen Yong ever since she met him. "Class monitor, you sang so well today, and you looked the coolest on stage. You'll definitely be a national sensation if you release an album."

It has to be said that the short-haired beauty provided so much emotional value that Chen Yong almost felt elated.

Zhang Xiting sat there, calmly eating hotpot, seemingly detached from worldly affairs. But when she heard that Chen Yong was going to record a song the next day, she couldn't help but bring up the topic and asked Chen Yong where he was going to record the song.

"TiMi Music Company".

"I really want to go, but I've already made plans with my roommate to go to Pudong."

Most people who go to Pudong want to see the night view of the Bund, then take a ferry to the other side of the river and climb the Oriental Pearl Tower.

Take a few photos during the process.

There were many photographers with cameras along the Bund, waiting to take pictures of people. Back then, being a photographer was quite lucrative, and it was easy to make money.

Zhang Xiting silently memorized the address.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Tianliang and Xu Shijie, along with a few classmates who knew how to have fun, started drinking and singing together.

First, one person sings a line from a popular song, then the next person has to sing the rest of the song. If they can't, they have to drink.

This game quickly enlivened the atmosphere. Chen Yong, relying on his vast repertoire of songs, was able to perfectly match the songs every time. He didn't drink many drinks, and even though Zhu Tianliang and Xu Shijie were deliberately targeting him, he still managed to evade them.

The two were a little jealous. Chen Yong was so popular that several of the pretty girls in the class liked him. How were the others supposed to live?

When the finance students were eating, students from other colleges arrived. Xu Shijie knew he wouldn't find a girl he liked in his class, so he set his sights on girls from other colleges.

That way, they won't be affected by Chen Yong anymore.

As a result, a pretty girl from the journalism department saw Chen Yong, who happened to be the girl Xu Shijie had flirted with, and immediately took the initiative to come over and greet Chen Yong, and even wanted to join the table of the finance class.

When Xu Shijie saw the result, he really wanted to slap himself. Damn it, he had made another wasted trip and even introduced another pretty girl to Chen Yong.

This enthusiastic girl from the journalism department is named Li Xue. She's a tall and elegant woman from Beijing. Unlike Zhang Xiting, who has a small face and a big figure, Li Xue looks more like Gong Xue, a woman with a large face.

It has to be said that Fudan University, a school with a strong focus on humanities, has an exceptionally high proportion of beautiful women.

With the added advantage of being located in a city, any girl who believes she has the ability will prioritize developing her career here.

This would result in a much higher proportion of beautiful women.

When Li Xue interacted with her classmates in the finance class, she was particularly clever. She knew that Chen Yong was definitely the apple of everyone's eye among the girls in the class, so she never kept too close to him. She also never made any deliberate gestures such as bending over, picking up chopsticks, puffing out her chest, or swinging her ponytail. In particular, she got along very well with Ye Linghuan, and she almost coaxed her into becoming a feudal-era matriarch.

The effect was excellent; she offended neither men nor women, and also got to know Chen Yong along the way.

Initial contact has been established.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Ye Linghuan suggested going to sing karaoke.

"I won't go, I have things to do tomorrow. You guys can continue having fun."

"The class monitor should calculate today's expenses and deduct the amount from the class fund. At the next class meeting, the cashier will explain the details to everyone."

After finishing explaining the last thing, those who wanted to go back to school went back.

Those who want to play can continue to team up and go out to play.

Zhang Xiting wasn't planning to continue singing karaoke. Before she came to university, her family had repeatedly told her not to go to karaoke.

A group of people had arranged to meet for dinner, so they went out to eat. This is the first scene.

The suggestion to go singing now falls into the second scenario, an unexpected arrangement that often involves more uncertainty.

Ye Linghuan was quite disappointed that Zhang Xiting wasn't coming.

On the way back with a group of classmates, Chen Yong was suddenly told that he had something to do and left on his own.

Does anyone know where Yan Tao went?

Yan Tao's roommate said, "He must have gone to see his girlfriend who goes to the neighboring Huazhong Normal University. He and his girlfriend came from the same high school."

When the name Huazhong Normal University was mentioned, Chen Yong remembered that Ye Huiling was also at Huazhong Normal University.

He's been so busy lately that he's almost forgotten about the school beauty from his high school days. The only classmate he still keeps in touch with from high school is Chen Qingqiao, with whom he exchanges letters.

Although Ye Huiling was the school beauty in high school, after coming to Fudan University, she saw too many beautiful women, many of whom were more outstanding than Ye Huiling.

I wonder how this school beauty, who was a bit arrogant in high school, is doing now. She must be having a tough time.

Chen Yong dropped Zhang Xiting off at her dormitory and was about to leave.

"Class monitor, wait for me a moment. I'll go upstairs and get you the National Day gifts. You can distribute them to the boys tonight."

Zhang Xiting went up with her classmates, but came down alone.

"What gift did the college send?"

"A National Day commemorative medal and a fountain pen."

"Take it back with you."

"Why are you in such a hurry for me to leave? Look over there."

Zhang Xiting looked in the direction Chen Yong was pointing. Under the streetlights not far away, another couple was embracing, and the scent of hormones wafted over.

The slightly aloof Sichuan girl blushed instantly. "What's so interesting?" she said, without blaming Chen Yong.

"It's really not that interesting; it's not as fun as other people's kissing."

Zhang Xiting blushed and asked, "Do you really want to kiss me?"

Chen Yong was completely bewildered. She had only meant to tease the class monitor, but she had gotten the wrong idea. What a perfect opportunity! "If the class monitor could kiss me, I would feel as happy as that guy."

Zhang Xiting stood straight, her hands crossed, looking conflicted. Finally, she mustered her courage and kissed Chen Yong on the cheek.

"Don't tell anyone!" After that kiss, Zhang Xiting ran away like a frightened rabbit!

Chen Yong was stunned. He touched the spot where he had just been kissed. "You're serious?!"