"Brother Cheng, what are you looking at?" Suddenly, Deng Xiaoqi turned her head and looked at Chen Cheng with a pout.

"Huh?"

"Oh, it's nothing," Chen Cheng walked up with a cheeky grin and took the suitcase from her hand. "Let's go. We arrived late, so I assume your roommates have already settled in."

Seeing his slightly awkward expression, Deng Xiaoqi exchanged a glance with Andy, and both of them curled their lips into smiles.

"Sister Andy, let me take that," she said, reaching out to take the suitcase from Andy's hand, and they walked side by side toward the registration desk.

Chen Cheng smacked his lips, suddenly realizing that, having looked around, he hadn't found a girl who stood out more than our Xiao Qi.

It was a bit boring.

Upon reaching the registration desk, Deng Xiaoqi signed in, received her dormitory key, and the three of them headed to the dormitory building.

There weren't many students or parents passing by.

One reason was that it was already afternoon, and many freshmen had already finished their enrollment procedures.

Another reason was that the upperclassmen hadn't started school yet.

The dormitory was on the third floor, but there was no elevator.

This made Chen Cheng grumble to himself for a while.

Looking at the room number 307, a smile appeared on Deng Xiaoqi's face. "We're here, this is it."

"Go ahead and open it," Chen Cheng smiled. "Are you nervous?"

A faint blush crept across Deng Xiaoqi's face, which counted as an admission.

Although she had already added her roommates on green bubble and created a group chat.

But meeting them in person all of a sudden, and three at once, made Deng Xiaoqi, who suffered from social anxiety, inevitably a bit nervous.

Chen Cheng and Andy didn't rush her, and Deng Xiaoqi let out a breath.

"Whew~"

Only then did she reach out and knock on the door.

The door opened within two seconds. The person who opened it was a girl with sharp yet delicate features; one could tell at a glance that she was from the Western Regions.

"Wow, Xiao Qi, finally got to see you."

As soon as the Western Regions girl recognized her, she immediately gave Deng Xiaoqi a warm hug.

Deng Xiaoqi shuddered instantly and stood frozen on the spot, not daring to move.

Chen Cheng's mouth twitched. Well, a social anxiety sufferer had just met a social terrorist.

It was a case of social anxiety meeting social anxiety.

At this moment, Deng Xiaoqi's other two roommates also walked over to say hello.

"Xiao Qi~"

"Xiao Qi~"

Deng Xiaoqi smiled shyly. "Hello, everyone~"

The Western Regions girl, who had the aura of Lin Miaomiao, looked at Chen Cheng and Andy, and asked Deng Xiaoqi, "Who are these two..."

"Oh~" Deng Xiaoqi finally snapped back to reality and introduced them to everyone.

"This is my brother, and this is Sister Andy. They came here on a business trip and dropped me off on the way."

"Brother" was the excuse Deng Xiaoqi had come up with on the road, and Chen Cheng didn't object. After all, he didn't want to cause any trouble.

"Brother, Sister Andy, this is Aidana (can be substituted with Jianai), this is Xiao Han, and this is Chen Yang."

"Hello," Chen Cheng greeted them with a smile.

Andy smiled and nodded.

"Hello, brother. Hello, Sister Andy," Aidana greeted them enthusiastically and took the suitcase from Chen Cheng's hand.

"Please, come in."

"If we don't go in, we'll be surrounded and stared at soon." As she spoke, Aidana glanced at Deng Xiaoqi with a grin. "Xiao Qi is a celebrity in our year."

"The newly released 'Meeting' is super good, hehe~"

This made everyone laugh, which made Deng Xiaoqi feel a bit embarrassed.

With a smile, they all went into the room.

Chen Cheng took a look around; it was a standard dormitory setup.

A four-person room with beds on top and desks below, aluminum alloy cabinets, bookshelves, and wooden beds.

There was about a sixty-centimeter gap between the beds, where one could put suitcases or hang clothes.

Directly opposite the door was a small balcony of equal width.

The other three had already made their beds and hung up their bed curtains, leaving only the spot by the window vacant.

Many movies and TV shows like to stage dramas where freshmen fight over bed spots.

In reality, university students' bed spots are arranged according to their student ID numbers, and each bed has the student ID and name posted before the freshmen arrive.

The counselors are smart; they don't want to add the burden of resolving disputes for themselves.

Without needing Chen Cheng and Andy to lift a finger, Deng Xiaoqi's roommates helped her tidy up her bed.

During this time, they introduced themselves further.

The one named Xiao Han was a girl from the Northeast, from Harbin. She was tall with an outstanding figure, comparable to Deng Xiaoqi.

She was pretty but lacked distinctiveness, so she wouldn't be able to make a living as a lead actress in the entertainment industry.

After graduation, if things went well, she would probably just play the role of a vicious female supporting character.

If things didn't go well, she would just change careers.

Every year, the number of men and women graduating from major art schools is like a school of carp crossing the river, but how many actually become famous or successful stars?

Chen Yang was a genuine local girl with a sweet smile, having the vibe of an "internet first love."

Likewise, she lacked distinctiveness and would probably be able to play a first love or a school beauty in low-budget campus youth films, but wouldn't make it to the big screen.

She was, however, well-suited to being an internet celebrity.

This bowl of rice that is the entertainment industry really determines one's height from birth.

After packing the luggage, Andy suddenly looked at the group as if she had discovered a new continent. "It seems there is no bathroom?"

The four girls exchanged glances and said in unison, "A feature of Northern schools!"

Chen Cheng smiled and explained, "Some schools, to save costs, turn what would be private bathrooms into public restrooms and public shower rooms."

Andy was a bit confused. "Public shower rooms?"

"Yes," Chen Cheng nodded, "Just like a public restroom, a small cubicle with a shower head."

The girl named Chen Yang shook her head and said, "Our cubicles don't even have doors; they just have curtains."

Andy was deeply shocked and looked at Chen Cheng. "Was your school like this too?"

Chen Cheng nodded. "Our department was on the old campus, and the conditions were even worse than this."

"The conditions on the new campus are actually quite good, with private bathrooms and grand decorations; they probably rank among the top university dormitories in the country."

Andy's mouth twitched. For someone like her, who had psychological barriers to even shaking hands with people, expecting her to understand a public shower room was simply wishful thinking.

Chen Cheng, however, noted this down; he would find an opportunity to donate some money to the school and upgrade the accommodation conditions of the old campus somehow.

The old campus was now basically the graduate school, and it would also be a good way to deepen school-enterprise cooperation, hehehe...

Some things are considered charity in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Scum Cheng, they are all business.

Pfft, this is charity!

After tidying up, it was just time for the school-arranged distribution of freshman gift packs and textbooks.

The three girls who arrived earlier even acted as tour guides, introducing the campus to Deng Xiaoqi and her "family members."

By the time everything was finished, it was almost time for dinner, so Chen Cheng took the opportunity to treat the three girls to a meal.

After dinner, Deng Xiaoqi didn't return to the dormitory. She told her roommates without much explanation and left with Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng didn't take Deng Xiaoqi to the hotel where he and Andy were staying, but instead took her to another place alone.

The three girls returned to the dormitory and sat in their respective spots.

"Hey~ Deng Xiaoqi's surname is Deng, but her brother's surname is Chen. And many of her songs were written by Chen Jianan. Do you think Brother Chen is Chen Jianan?" The Northeastern girl, Xiao Han, asked her two roommates suddenly, a flash of inspiration hitting her.

Hmm? Aidana was suddenly stunned and thought about it seriously. "An artist from the same company, wrote quite a few songs for Deng Xiaoqi, and the surname matches."

"The age seems to be about the same too."

"It's really possible."

"Hmm... it's just... Brother Chen's voice is not quite like Chen Jianan's."

Xiao Han shook her head. "That doesn't prove anything. cao thief's songs are almost all falsetto. And his voice is too changeable; he can even sing soprano."

Chen Yang, who hadn't spoken, took out her phone and searched for Chen Jianan. Immediately, as if she had discovered a new continent, she handed the phone to the other two.

It was a photo of Chen Cheng wearing a mask and singing with Xiao Ye.

The two looked at it carefully for two seconds and shouted in unison:

"It's him!"