Guess the Social Gender in One Second

The whole abstinence thing was a joke, of course.

It was just that today, Shen Nian wanted to help Xia Yanchun fix her sleep schedule.

The night passed without a word... well, actually, they talked quite a bit.

The next day.

Today was the day for freshman registration at Nanjiang University.

Shen Nian, who didn't need to adjust his sleep schedule, could wake up early without a care. Having gone to bed early last night, he got up at four o'clock today and enjoyed a refreshing two-hour workout in the park.

It had been a long time since he last worked out.

Being around Xia Yanchun made a person degenerate. Good thing Shen Nian had a strong will, otherwise he would have long become this bad woman's toy.

On his way home, he picked up some hot congee. He hadn't strolled outside their residential area in three months, and he noticed there were two new breakfast carts set up.

When he got home, Xia Yanchun was still sleeping softly.

Shen Nian didn't know what time she had arranged to leave with Li Shiyan, and since it was still early, he couldn't bear to wake her up.

Chunbao's sleeping face was also beautiful.

At seven-thirty, her phone alarm buzzed. Xia Yanchun's eyelashes fluttered, and her sleepy eyes slowly opened.

The pillow beside her was cool; it seemed Shen Nian had been up for a while.

Xia Yanchun dazedly turned off the alarm. Although she really wanted to go back to sleep for another hour and a half, she forced herself to sit up.

Adjusting one's sleep schedule was pure torture. For a moment, she questioned the very meaning of doing it.

If she had known, she wouldn't have agreed to meet Shiyan so early... Now she couldn't even catch some extra sleep.

If she didn't get enough sleep in the morning, she'd make up for it at noon. Xia Yanchun had already planned to have Shen Nian keep her company for a beautiful three-hour nap in the afternoon.

Time to get up!

Xia Yanchun grunted as she got out of bed, changed into the strawberry dress she wore last time, and transformed into a little strawberry cupcake.

Opening the bedroom door, she found Shen Nian sitting on the sofa looking at his phone, holding a peanut ice cream bar.

"Hey, beautiful," Shen Nian greeted her.

"You went to buy ice cream this early in the morning?"

"I haven't had it in so long and was craving it. I bought a whole box and stuffed it in your fridge."

"...Alright, just don't eat too much in one day."

Xia Yanchun went to the sink to brush her teeth and wash her face, then did her hair, tying it up in her usual little ponytail. Paired with her small leather shoes, she was ready to go.

"The congee is probably cold, should I heat it up for you?"

"No need."

As long as the weather wasn't cold, Xia Yanchun wasn't picky about cold congee. It had some diced radishes and vegetables in it. Even though it was quite simple, she always felt that food made outside tasted better than what she made herself.

"Check your things one more time, do you have everything?"

"Got it, got it."

"Shall we go then?"

"Mhm."

The registration period was two days. Starting with today's enrollment, the long-awaited college life was about to begin!

When she was in school, Xia Yanchun often fantasized about college. College was freer, more relaxed, and more interesting than high school. She heard that the school even brought in outside vendors to open shops, and there were clubs formed by senior students with lots of fun activities. She had been looking forward to it for a long time.

A beautiful girl's favorite thing to do was exploring new shops. She was going to try every single snack at Nanjiang University with Li Shiyan.

"Drive carefully, there might be a lot of cars today."

Climbing onto the back seat of the electric scooter, Xia Yanchun patted Shen Nian's shoulder to remind him.

"You're doubting the driving skills of the God of Mount Akina."

"No matter how good your driving skills are, you have to go slow."

"Got it, got it. I'm the most careful driver."

The scooter slowly started.

Many universities in Cinan opened their freshman registration today, so there were indeed more cars than the previous two days.

The non-motorized vehicle lane was stop-and-go. Following the navigation, Shen Nian slowly and leisurely drove to Nanjiang University.

The total distance was sixteen kilometers, which took half an hour to drive.

The closer they got, the more people there were. For the convenience of parking, Shen Nian parked the scooter far away, planning to walk the rest of the way with Xia Yanchun.

"There are so many people," Xia Yanchun said, holding onto two of Shen Nian's fingers and smiling. "So many well-dressed guys and girls."

"Yeah... it's college after all. Everyone is letting loose. Those who want to dress up dress up, those who want to dye their hair dye it. How could they not look better than in high school?"

"Then do you think I look better now, or back in high school?"

"High school," Shen Nian answered instantly. Before Xia Yanchun could ask why, he beat her to it, "Because in high school you were only eighteen, and now you're already nineteen, an old lady. I prefer them younger."

"Hehe," Xia Yanchun gave a fake smile.

She wasn't surprised at all to hear such nonsense coming from Shen Nian's mouth. Shen Nian was a piece of work.

The flowers and plants along the road were neatly trimmed.

Pushing through the crowd, the first thing they saw was the archway of Nanjiang University. On top of the archway were several majestic, large characters

—Nanjiang University.

"Whoa, wow!" Xia Yanchun excitedly let go of Shen Nian's hand and immediately took out her phone to take pictures.

Shen Nian: "..."

Are all girls like this?

"Send me a copy when you're done."

"Okay... Oh right, right, let's meet up with Shiyan first, I'll give her a call..." Xia Yanchun almost forgot and quickly called Li Shiyan.

Li Shiyan had arrived even earlier than Xia Yanchun, but she had been sitting in her mom's car. After receiving the call, she waved goodbye to her mom and hurried toward the school gate. It didn't take long for her to spot two familiar figures in the crowd.

"Little Chun, Shen Nian! Hey, hey, long time no see!"

Li Shiyan skipped over, and Xia Yanchun's eyes curved into a smile, "Shiyan, long time no see!"

"Long time no see," Shen Nian also waved, making his presence known.

"I can't believe we're in the same university, and even in the same Artificial Intelligence Class 3. What a coincidence!"

"Not really, I asked the leaders at the admissions office to put you in our class."

"Is that so!" Li Shiyan's big eyes sparkled with shock. As expected of Little Chun, as expected of the top scorer, she could even manage something like this!

Didn't this mean that Little Chun and Shen Nian already had the contact information of the admissions office leaders before they even enrolled? In other words... this was the beginning of their network at Nanjiang University! If they could develop it well in the future, this prototype of a network would become a real network.

Little Chun was indeed amazing...!

"Let's go, time to head in and register," Shen Nian urged from behind.

"Let's go then. I'll treat you and Little Chun to milk tea later."

"Wow, the little lady is so generous."

"Hehe, it's mainly because I want to drink some too, to get a sugar rush."

"What else is there to say then? You can hold Xia Yanchun's hand for ten minutes."

"What the heck!" Xia Yanchun almost spat blood.

It was perfectly normal for good besties who hadn't seen each other for a while to hold hands. As they walked down the road, Li Shiyan was already clinging to Xia Yanchun, hugging her arm and chattering non-stop.

Girls holding hands with girls obviously looked like good besties.

Boys holding hands with boys... didn't look like good bros, really.

Wasn't this just another form of societal prejudice and oppression against men? Bravo, you could guess the gender of society in one second.

Nanjiang University was very large. You could search for the name of every teaching building on mobile navigation apps, and there were volunteers on the road guiding freshmen and helping with luggage.

Noticing that Li Shiyan wasn't dragging any luggage, Shen Nian asked curiously, "Li Shiyan, are you commuting as a day student too?"

"Yeah, I've been living in dorms since elementary school, so I don't want to live on campus for college..."

"I thought so. Your house isn't that far from here, is it?" Shen Nian had previously gone to Li Shiyan to pick up some study materials, so he knew her address. If he remembered correctly, it really wasn't that far. It would probably take about forty minutes by electric scooter.

"It's not far, about the same distance as your place. In the future, if you guys don't feel like going home, you can come hang out at my place."

"I can come too?" Shen Nian grinned.

"Well... you can come together with Little Chun." The clever Li Shiyan was very good at maintaining boundaries to avoid any misunderstandings.

After all, she had already visited Shen Nian's house with Little Chun and even had a meal there. It would be a bit unreasonable if she didn't allow Shen Nian to come over...