I am from Beida Jade Bird

When the admission letter from Peking University arrived at his house, Chen Zhi was slouching on the sofa, munching on watermelon. Old Comrade Chen and Ms. Zhang Guifang held the letter, looking as if they wanted to enshrine it in front of the ancestral tablets and burn three sticks of high-quality incense.

Chen Zhi, however, was calm.

To him, getting into Peking University was just a basic operation, nothing to get excited about. In contrast, he was much more eager to get another thing sorted out right now—his driver's license.

Not having a car was too inconvenient.

In the future, whether it was taking Lin Wanwan to the woods for some privacy, or picking up Pei Ningxue to deal with some business secrets, he couldn't always rely on scanning shared bikes or hailing cabs, right?

So, taking advantage of the remaining half of the summer vacation, Chen Zhi pocketed the private stash of money sponsored by Zhang Guifang and headed straight to the driving school.

To avoid suffering, he directly signed up for the most expensive VIP class.

Five thousand eight hundred yuan, three people to a car, air conditioning running all day, with the instructor's car providing pick-up and drop-off services. It was all about the premium experience.

Jiangcheng Starting Driving School, VIP lounge.

Just as Chen Zhi finished running through the question bank for the written test, a man and a woman walked through the door.

The girl walking in front looked about eighteen or nineteen, with long hair draped over her shoulders. Her makeup was quite exquisite, though the foundation was a bit thick, leaving a slight color difference between her neck and face.

The most eye-catching thing was her outfit.

She wore a loose white short-sleeved top and ultra-short shorts on the bottom, which were hidden by the hem of her shirt, making it look like she wasn't wearing any pants at all.

Her legs, however, were quite white, long, and straight.

Chen Zhi let his gaze linger on those legs for about half a second with a look of artistic appreciation mixed with critical scrutiny, before expressionlessly withdrawing his sight and looking back down to continue doing his test questions.

He couldn't help it; his tastes had been spoiled.

His girlfriend, Lin Wanwan, had well-proportioned legs with just the right amount of flesh; his good buddy Pei Ningxue's legs were simply a masterpiece of God, and she would occasionally wear black pantyhose and thick black over-the-knee socks for him to see; even his good friend Li Zhiyi, the gentle type, had slender and straight legs.

Compared to these three, although the girl in front of him could be considered a beauty, she couldn't even compare to a single hair on their legs.

She was merely a passing grade.

"Is the instructor not here yet?" the girl took off her sunglasses, her voice a bit whiny and sweet.

The boy following behind her wasn't tall, wore black-rimmed glasses, and carried two bottles of iced milk tea and a parasol in his hands. At first glance, he looked like a low-status simp-in-training.

"Nuannuan, sit here, it's cooler here." The boy attentively wiped the sofa next to Chen Zhi.

The girl ignored him. Her eyes swept around the room and finally landed on Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi was dressed simply today, in a white T-shirt and black shorts. Coupled with his newly cut buzz cut, he looked fresh and neat. His face was even more impeccable, with sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, and a high nose bridge.

The girl's eyes lit up.

She completely bypassed the spot the boy had wiped clean and plopped down onto the single sofa next to Chen Zhi, separated only by a small coffee table.

"Ugh, it's so hot."

Chen Zhi didn't even bat an eyelid, his fingers tapping options rapidly on the screen.

Seeing that Chen Zhi didn't take the bait, the girl wasn't discouraged. She took out a cushion compact from her bag to touch up her makeup, seemingly unintentionally leaning closer to Chen Zhi: "Handsome, did you sign up for the VIP class too?"

Chen Zhi: "Yeah."

Concise and to the point, aloof as hell.

The boy holding the milk tea looked a bit grim, but he could only bite the bullet and come over, sitting on the long sofa on the other side, staring warily at Chen Zhi.

"I'm Su Nuan, and you?"

Su Nuan rested her chin on her hand, her big eyeliner-drawn eyes blinking as she stared straight at Chen Zhi's profile. "Since we're in the same car, we'll have to practice driving together in the future. Why don't we get to know each other?"

Chen Zhi sighed inwardly.

Being handsome was such a hassle; there were always these unwanted romantic encounters.

But he was a taken man now, and this girl was clearly a low-level manipulator. He really couldn't muster any interest.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, Chen Zhi decided to once again bring out his handy alias.

He turned his head and revealed an honest, dopey smile: "Hello, my name is Chen Hansheng."

"Chen Hansheng?"

Su Nuan froze for a moment. She felt the name was a bit rustic and didn't quite match this handsome face. "Your name is quite... quite mature."

"Did you just finish the college entrance exam this year too?" Su Nuan continued to look for topics, her eyes sizing him up. "You don't look very old."

"Yeah, just finished," Chen Zhi nodded.

"What a coincidence! Me too!" Su Nuan's voice went up an octave, sounding very pleasantly surprised. "I'm from Jiangcheng No. 3 High School. Which school are you from? How did you do on the exam? Which university are you planning to apply to?"

The bespectacled boy next to them also pricked up his ears.

In Jiangcheng, although No. 3 High School wasn't as good as No. 1 High School, it was still considered a key school.

These days, blind dates looked at your household register, and students looked at your school.

Chen Zhi scratched his newly cut buzz cut and smiled somewhat bashfully: "I did average, just barely enough to get into a school."

"Oh, what are you being modest for." Su Nuan leaned forward again, her perfume hitting Chen Zhi straight in the nostrils. "Looking at you, you definitely did well. Did you apply to the provincial university? Or are you going out of town?"

Chen Zhi shook his head, a sincere look on his face: "I want to go to Beijing."

"Beijing is great!" Su Nuan's eyes instantly lit up. "There are lots of universities in Beijing. I want to go to Beijing too! Did you apply to Renmin University? Beijing Institute of Technology? Or..."

Saying this, she deliberately paused, seemingly waiting for the most impressive answer.

After all, Chen Zhi's honest and steady aura made him look like a top student.

Chen Zhi looked at her expectant eyes, the corners of his mouth turning up slightly as he slowly spat out a few words:

"Beida Jade Bird Vocational IT School."

The air suddenly went quiet.

The smile on Su Nuan's face froze.

"Wh... what?" Su Nuan suspected she had misheard. "Beida what bird?"

"Beida Jade Bird."

Chen Zhi looked completely candid, even carrying a bit of yearning. "I've liked computers since I was a kid. I heard their employment rate is quite high, and it's a university-run enterprise of Peking University. If you round it up, I can be considered to be attending Peking University."

Su Nuan: "..."

Round it up to Peking University, my ass!

That's a vocational school, bro!

Su Nuan instantly lost all desire to talk to Chen Hansheng.

She originally thought she had met a potential catch—handsome, a VIP student, possibly a rich kid or a top scholar.

Turns out he was just eye candy?

And a poor student going to a trade school at that?

The flirtatious smile on Su Nuan's face vanished instantly. She shrank back, putting some distance between herself and Chen Zhi.

"Oh... that's nice. Learning a trade means you won't starve."

Su Nuan's tone turned cold. She turned her head and started playing on her phone, never sparing Chen Zhi another glance.