September 1st is the day when most schools across the country start their new semester.

  That day, Zhou Mei got up very early as usual.

  Not washing, not rinsing, not combing, just wearing a simple suspenders nightgown, opening the door, moving that rattan chair to the corridor and sitting down, then starting to stare blankly.

  She didn't bring out her usual little playmate, which was a small turtle.

  To put it in Zou Wenhuai's words, she has been living on that little turtle for these days. Every time she comes out to sit in the corridor and stare blankly, she takes it out with her, watching it crawl slowly, climb up, and then slide down.

  They often play for two or three hours at a time.

  This time back from afar, it's only been about half a month, but because she started recovering her normal diet, although not eating too much, with the nourishment of food, her complexion changed quickly.

  Her wrists, which were once so slender, have started to fill out a bit, her complexion has become rosier, and even her hair seems darker and shinier.

  The sky gradually became brighter and brighter, and the sound of people greeting each other in the alley outside the door began to increase.

  Finally, a rustling sound came from the doorway.

  A moment later, the gate was pushed open.

  Yeah, since Zhou Fen moved back to this small courtyard, every night Wu Ma would lock the door from the outside before leaving, because if she didn't, Zhou Fen definitely wouldn't. At first, Wu Ma felt it was really not good to lock someone in their own yard, but later found out that even if she didn't lock it, Zhou Fen still wouldn't leave home every day, and wouldn't even go near the door. So locking up made her feel at ease. Besides, she lived nearby, a phone call away, and could come over quickly to open the door.

  Madam Wu turned around and closed the door, seeing that Zhou Fen was actually sitting in the corridor, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

  At this time in the past. She must have also gotten out of bed, but she must be curled up on the sofa listening to songs, still those foreign songs that sound like gibberish.

  Lowering her head to glance at the time on her phone, Wu Ma confirmed that it was indeed not yet 7:30. She walked over and asked, "Miss, why didn't you sing today? Are you hungry?"

  Zhou Fen raised her head and looked at her, seeming to be in good spirits. She stood up, shrugged her shoulders and said: "A bit."

  "Wu's mother just smiled and said, 'How about a bowl of millet porridge with a boiled egg?'"

  Zhou Fen nodded and said, "Okay."

  Then Wu's mother put down her things and ran to make breakfast for her. Zhou Fen thought for a moment, then went back to the room to wash her face and brush her teeth. After tidying herself up, she put on a set of clothes that had been prepared in advance. She took a look at herself in the mirror and felt quite spirited. Very satisfied, she was about to leave, but turned around and glanced again, feeling that the jeans were not cool enough. After thinking for a moment, she went back into the room, opened the closet, and rummaged through it for half a day before taking out a pair of Western-style pants she had bought some years ago. Hmm, too formal...

  She thought for a moment and threw the western-style pants back, then started searching again.

  At last, after a few minutes, she casually flipped over a pair of black casual pants. After a moment's thought, she made up her mind instantly.

  Change into clothes, take a look in the mirror, OK!

  White shirt, black casual pants, handsome!

  Just then, Wu Ma called out that dinner was ready. She happily ran out and shouted to Wu Ma, "Look, look, is it okay?"

  Madam Wu looked at her with a smile and said: "Miss is so beautiful, no matter what she wears, she looks good!"

  It's good-looking.

  If Wu Ma's cultural level were a bit higher, she might say that Zhou Yun now is like a mountain tea flower with dew, clear and blooming.

  Zhou Fen listened and smiled, sat down to eat, first using a spoon to blow and drink the porridge, reached out to touch the egg, found it was too hot, so put it back. Soon, Wu Ma cleaned up the kitchen and came over, sitting beside her, peeling the egg for her. Occasionally turning her head to look at her, as if looking at her own clever and lovely little daughter.

  The egg was peeled and handed over, Wu Ma smiled and asked: "Miss, are you going out today?"

  Zhou Yun was eating eggs while nodding her head.

  Wu's mother asked again: "Is it going... to see that young man?"

  Zhou Yan turned her head to look at her, seemingly a bit shy, but still smiled and nodded.

  Wu's mother just smiled and didn't say anything, she just looked at her.

  After finishing breakfast, Wu Ma took away the bowls and chopsticks. Zhou Fen stood up, put on her sunglasses that covered half of her face, hesitated for a moment, then picked up an old lip balm, twisted it open, and lightly applied a thin layer.

  Since her debut, more than one makeup artist, producer, friend and so on have said that she looks better without makeup than with it. So from a very early age, unless she had to be in front of the camera, even at very important events, she would always go for a natural look.

  Yes, today just needs a slight treatment, but if you apply a little bit of moisture, it will be enough.

  The slant bag was packed three days ago, fortunately the maternal relatives have left and don't need to bring sanitary napkins, so inside are just some simple personal items.

  Then she took down the big straw hat hanging on the wall and put it on her head with a "clunk".

  White shirt, black casual pants, flat-heeled loafers, brown linen cross-body bag, sunglasses, wide-brimmed hat... This outfit, if worn by someone else, would make 99 out of 100 women look ugly to death. But when Zhou Mei wears it, she becomes a perfect artistic and refreshing big sister.

  She gathered her things and stepped out the door.

  "Wu Ma, I'm leaving, don't wait for me for lunch!" she said.

  Wu's mother hurriedly stopped her and poked her head out of the kitchen, wiping her hands while asking: "Did you bring the house key?"

  Zhou Fen stopped, opened her slanting shoulder bag and took a look, nodded, "I've got it."

  "Did you bring your cell phone?"

  Zhou Wen nodded again, "Got it."

  Wallet?

  "It's been brought."

  "Is there money in the wallet? Does the phone have electricity?"

  Zhou Fen heard this and hastily checked, replying: "There is money, and there is electricity."

  Wu's mother nodded slightly and still looked a bit worried, then asked again: "Did you bring that little notebook of yours? The one with our home address written in it."

  This is the most important thing, it's easy to say that it's okay at home, but Zhou Ni still remembers, and the film academy is there, it can't be lost. So she solemnly took out a small notebook and shook it in front of Wu Ma, "I brought it."

  Madam Wu nodded and said: "Then hurry up and go! A date shouldn't be late!"

  Zhou Fen smiled and waved her hand, "Let's go!"

  Wu's mother had already come out of the kitchen and followed her all the way to the gate. After seeing that she was far away, she stood at the door and sighed, then turned around and went back into the courtyard, closing the gate behind her.

  That boy is quite good. Hmm, it's not bad to say so either.

  But judging from their behavior, they didn't leave a name, address or even phone number, it seems like there's not much deep interaction between them - I guess this girl just can't see it herself?

  Then she's gone... To say that, she is a big star, and that young man's family has money, can't they look down on her?

  If there's one drawback, it's probably that she's been married before?

  Nowadays, young people are very open-minded. Getting married and divorced is no big deal.

  Besides, Zhou Yan is so handsome! A few years older in age shouldn't be a big deal, right?

  After closing the door, she indulged in wild thoughts for half a day. Finally, Wu Ma sighed with a bitter smile and shook her head.

  Fate is still up to God to decide!

  …………

  Shuntian Film Academy was hidden in a small alley in the south of the city, Zhou Fen arrived at the gate of the academy by taxi. Just found that the school was setting up tables at the entrance.

  A huge banner across the entrance reads: Warm Welcome to New Students!

  She smiled and looked down at her watch; it was 8:43.

  The scale of Sejong University's film academy is very small, as it is too specialized. It was established around film education, so there are only a few departments in total, and each department recruits only about 20-30 students per year. Therefore, the enrollment scale of this college has been around 200 people for many years, including graduate schools. The entire school has no more than 1,000 students.

  There are few students and the scale of teaching is small, so the school is small.

  Even the gate looks like a third-rate and bankrupt street business, but the school's sign seems to be newly made in the past two years. It's a big white board with six bold characters that read "Shun Tian Film Academy" hanging at the entrance, it's so tacky.

  On both sides of the gate, there is a large ice cabinet on one side. Behind the ice cabinet and under the sun umbrella, a small stool is stuck, and an old man wearing a white vest sits on the small stool, shaking a palm fan from time to time.

  Yes, beyond the gate, there are only a few small buildings covered in dust.

  In short, this broken place doesn't look like the number one film school in the industry at all.

  The surrounding environment is pretty good though.

  This narrow street is lined with willow trees on both sides, and it's said that the oldest ones have been standing for two or three hundred years. They may not be particularly tall, but they are exceptionally thick, with lush branches that block out the sky.

  In September, the sky was still very hot on this side of Shuntian Prefecture, but the entire street was shaded by willow trees, and there was a faint coolness.

  Zhou Fen walked to the school gate, looked around, and without waiting for the seniors from the previous two years to come over and greet her, she walked to the willow tree at the side of the gate, with both hands in her pockets, staring intently at every person approaching the school gate.

  An old man under a nearby parasol fanned himself with a palm-leaf fan and looked up at her.

  …………

  It's almost nine o'clock, and many new students are arriving one after another.

  Big bags and small bags, Daddy and Mommy, big bags and small bags, Daddy and Mommy, one after another...

  The sun has risen high in the sky, and even the willow shade can no longer block it.

  Zhou Fen wore her large straw hat, gazing intently at each young face and every car that passed by the entrance.

  Nothing.

  If it were another school, there would be thousands or even five to eight thousand new students, and the place would be bustling from dawn till dusk, but at Shuntian Film Academy, it's a completely different story.

  Newborns reporting for duty, one wave after another.

  At this speed and efficiency, it took just one morning for more than half of the new students to have completed their registration.

  At eleven o'clock in the morning, Zhou Fen was so hot that she couldn't bear it. She turned her head to take a look at the old man who was selling ice pops with a smile, took out her purse and walked over, asking: "How much for an ice pop?"

  The old man raised his head, narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Mei for a moment, saying: "Ice stick one yuan, ice cream two yuan!"

  Zhou Ai took out a dollar and handed it over, the old man opened the freezer door with one hand, Zhou Ai casually picked up an ice cream stick and stood under the sun umbrella to eat.

  Look at it soon after noon, the old man didn't have much business now, and asked: "Little girl, are you here to go to school or find someone?"

  Zhou Fen turned her head and looked at him, saying: "None of those. We are waiting for someone."

  The old man said "oh" and pointed to another small stool next to the ice stick, saying: "You've been standing for a whole morning, sit down for a while!"

  Zhou Yan turned her head to look at the little pony. Said thank you and went over to sit down and eat popsicles.

  Before long, a middle-aged man who was obviously there to send his child to school came over and saw Zhou Yan sitting next to him eating an ice pop. Without thinking much, he asked her: "Do you have any popsicles?"

  Zhou Fen was taken aback for a moment, looked up at him and said: "One yuan for the popsicle, two yuan for the ice cream."

  He readily pulled out the money and said, "Eight yuan for ice cream!"

  Zhou Ai stretched out her hand and pointed to the old man beside him, "Give it to him."

  A moment later, he took the ice cream and left.

  But soon, someone else came over and rushed to Zhou Niang, "Do you have any popsicles?"

  Zhou Fen raised her head again. She threw away the stick in her hand, pursed her lips and said: "Ice cream is one yuan, snow cone is two yuan."

  The man then bought three ice cream blocks and left.

  The old man closed the refrigerator door and turned his head to glance at Zhou Wen, with a strange expression on his face, as if he was thinking of something.

  Just before eleven thirty, a tall boy from the welcoming team ran over and said, "Mr. Qian, come get your sixteen yuan ice cream."

  The old man smiled and said, "First of all, let's agree on two ice cream cones!"

  That man was taken aback, "It's gone up in price again?"

  The old man smiled and stretched out two fingers. "It only rises for these two days in a year, otherwise, don't you eat today and wait until tomorrow?"

  That man just smiled and stretched out his thumb, "Alright. You're really something, boss! This is the spirit of doing business!"

  He handed over the money with one hand, and with the other, he tore a plastic bag from the freezer, put the ice cream in it, and turned to leave. But when he saw Zhou Fen sitting on the mat next to him, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, looking at her seriously.

  Having finished this big business, the old man was very satisfied and turned his head to look at Zhou Feng, "Are you still waiting?"

  Zhou Yun nodded, "Wait."

  The old man smiled and said: "I'm going to cook!"

  As they spoke, an old lady rode a bicycle over, stopped the bike, took down her lunch box and looked at Zhou Fen sitting on the stool in surprise, but Zhou Fen was unmoved, still staring intently at the gate that few people passed through.

  The old man whispered an explanation and the old lady soon understood.

  The old couple finished their meal and the old lady quickly cleaned up and rode her bike away.

  The old man comfortably belched twice, picked up the large water cup and drank water with a gurgling sound. After lunch, as usual, he wanted to take a nap, but when he turned his head to look at Zhou Fen, he couldn't help asking: "Girl, who are you waiting for?"

  "She turned her head and looked at him, saying: 'A friend.'"

  The old man waved his fan and said, "You're waiting like this, how long will it take to count as one stop? If you're friends, can't you just make a phone call?"

  Zhou Wen was honest and would answer whatever people asked her, "I don't have his phone number, nor do I know what he's called."

  "But he really is my friend."

  The old man curled his lip and thought this girl seemed a bit silly.

  …………

  In the afternoon, another wave of freshmen arrived, and the welcoming center was busy for a short time again.

  Then, I don't know when it started, but somehow people began to discuss, "Look, that girl over there is selling ice lollipops for Old Qian! She's really pretty!"

  Then, one after another, people came running over to buy ice lollipops.

  Moreover, almost everyone ran directly in front of Zhou Mei and asked her: "Are there any more popsicles?"

  "An ice pop is one yuan, an ice cream is two yuan."

  On this day, the old man's business was booming.

  Prepared a full large freezer of popsicles, sold almost to the bottom.

  However, it was already past four o'clock, and no new students had arrived at the entrance of the welcoming center for a long time. Zhou Mei still couldn't wait for the person she wanted to see.

  The sun shone on her straw hat.

  She lowered her head.

  The old man suddenly asked again: "Girl, when are you going to wait?"

  Zhou Fen raised her head and looked at him, her expression somewhat melancholy, but she still forced a smile and said: "Wait a little longer."

  The old man nodded and stopped talking.

  …………

  In the morning, Li Qian first sent Wang Jinglu to school and waited until she was all settled in before they had lunch together. Only then did he slip away back to his dormitory to grab his things and rush over to take care of the registration formalities.

  He came at a particularly opportune moment, just as someone was blocking Zhou Yan's way to buy popsicles, and in almost the same instant, Li Qian slipped in, but Zhou Yan didn't notice him.

  After Li Qian finished the registration procedures and put all his belongings in the assigned dormitory, he met with a few roommates and it was already past four o'clock.

  The dormitory is hot, so the two parents who sent their children to school suggested going out to find an air-conditioned restaurant to sit and have dinner together, getting familiar with each other.

  In front of their parents, several big boys had no right to speak, and Li Qian was not prepared to do anything special, so he just followed the crowd and came out together.

  As I walked up to the school gate, I heard people discussing something there.

  "I'm guessing that girl might be here to select actors or something, otherwise why would she just stand at the school gate for a whole day?"

  "Hmph, are you stupid? Does she look like a casting director or a producer? Besides, if they want to find an actor, can't they just go through the school's registration process and then have a direct interview? Do they need to wait at the door?"

  "Never mind if he's here to pick actors or not, anyway I think Old Qian has hit the jackpot today! With just one girl sitting next to his big ice cabinet, hey, Old Qian will definitely sell at least two hundred more snow cones today!"

  "Hey, hey, I'm telling you, have you guys noticed her face? I know it's covered half, but looking at that nose, mouth, and chin, somehow it feels so familiar! It's right in front of me, yet I just can't recall who it is! Anyway, one word, familiar! Must be familiar! Probably some kind of celebrity?"

  "I'm telling you guys, what's wrong with you? Always staring at that girl!"

  "Hey, look, look, we're not looking at her anymore, we're looking at you, okay?"

  "Hey! Li Jiao, are you looking for a fight? You're just a man! Uh, no, you're actually a 138!"

  A burst of hearty laughter.

  A group of freshmen looked at their seniors with a hint of admiration as they chatted, and when they walked out of the school gate, they subconsciously glanced over - to be honest, Zhou Mei in her white shirt, black pants, large sunglasses, and straw hat was indeed stylish and eye-catching, and several boys couldn't take their eyes off her.

  But at this time, Li Qian took a look and couldn't help but stare blankly there.

  Then he hastily walked over quickly.

  Zhou Fen was lowering her head, her lips slightly pursed, staring at a few pebbles on the ground in a daze.

  Suddenly, a pair of long legs appeared in sight.

  Then, a familiar voice said: "What are you doing here?"

  She was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly lifted her head.

  The moment she saw his face clearly, she hastily stood up with a "huff".

  Surprised, unbelievable, but seemingly a little timid.

  She rubbed her fingers together, looking embarrassed and speaking in a low voice: "I wanted to find you, but I didn't know how to find you, so I came over to wait for you."

  Li Qian looked at her.

  Her smile is clean, natural and slightly shy.

  "How long have you been waiting?"

  Zhou Fen smiled slightly, and that faintly timid feeling floated up onto her face again. "Not long."

  She paused for a moment, then lowered her head and said: "I... I'm afraid I won't be able to find you again."

  At this moment, Li Qian suddenly felt a little inexplicable sadness.

  It seemed that suddenly, when I first opened the door and saw the girl standing in the corridor waiting for me with a cigarette, the scene came back to my mind all at once.

  She stood quietly, with a hint of a shy smile.

  Like a camellia blooming quietly, both fragrant and beautiful.

  She wore white clothes and black pants with a big straw hat.

  Like a sword coming from the west, it directly pierced into people's hearts.

  ***

  This chapter is written, really very tiring.

  It's the end of the month, let me ask for a monthly ticket again!

  Also, it seems like there are not many recommendation tickets, can I have a few more?