The next morning Qin Wei got up early, made breakfast and then went out. Li Liang was already waiting at the agreed place, along with other colleagues from the team.
Xiao Yan sitting in the passenger seat was yawning non-stop, and Xiao Chen also had a sleepy look on his face.
As for Li Yan sitting in the back, he was already asleep.
Seeing them like this, Qin Wei couldn't even rouse her own spirits:
"I'm just going to school not shooting an advertisement, do they really need to come along?"
"Here on purpose, to encourage you."
Xiao Yan said to her,
"Do you still remember when you were punished to sweep the streets? Although we didn't know each other back then..."
Qin Wei: "???"
...
At half past seven, Li Liang drove to the school gate, where reporters were already gathered in droves anxiously waiting.
The Drama Academy has more celebrity students than just Qin Wei, plus with the new school year starting, many young trainees were also coming to enroll, so it’s no wonder so many entertainment journalists gathered here.
Qin Wei had Li Liang park the car at the roadside, intending to sneak in when people were unaware.
"Parting here, will contact again."
After Qin Wei said this, she put on her backpack and hat and mask before getting out of the car. Before getting out she suddenly recalled something important,
"Li Liang, remember to go register my dorm room, we'll talk more in the afternoon."
After getting out of the car, Qin Wei lowered her hat brim and walked towards the school.
"Ah! Here she comes! It's Qin Wei!"
The eagle-eyed reporters had already discovered her and rushed over.
In order not to be noticed, she deliberately bought a plain white T-shirt with sweatpants and sneakers without any logos, which was already low-key enough, but she was still discovered so quickly.
"Qin Wei! How do you feel on your first day of school today?"
"Are you planning to live on campus or commute? Did you buy a house in Yunjin just to facilitate going to school?"
"Are you confident that you can get along harmoniously with your classmates? Oh right your former classmates have already graduated..."
"Are you going to just let the assault incident go like that? When do you plan to give the public an explanation?"
"The internet has a memory, don't you plan on apologizing?"
No wonder Xiao Yan said that, coming so early in the morning, these reporters were probably staking her out.
One question followed another, Qin Wei didn’t even have a chance to respond, then some reporter suddenly brought up old news, and the other reporters followed suit with questions.
"Get out of the way! I'll call security if you keep blocking here!"
A pleasant female voice sounded nearby, and everyone looked over to see a young girl in a light brown dress staring at the group of entertainment journalists.
Li Liang and the others also quickly got out of the car to block those reporters for her.
The girl took advantage of the opening to pull Qin Wei's hand and walked into the school.
"Meimei, long time no see!"
Qin Wei let her pull her into the school, took off her sunglasses and smiled at her.
"You shouldn't have worn sunglasses."
Shen Qingqing looked her up and down, the corners of her mouth curving upwards, her eyes flashing with smugness,
"But our Qin Wei is so dazzling, she shines even in the most ordinary clothes. I could recognize you just from your back silhouette, those paparazzi who make a living taking pictures of celebrities can certainly identify you even better.
Forget it, let's not talk about this. Send me your class schedule and I'll show you around."
Qin Wei did as told. Shen Qingqing took a look at her schedule:
"Alright, I have a few classes together with you, I'll also send my schedule to Youyou and Wei Lai to see if they have any classes with you too. You've been away from school for so long, you must be unfamiliar with the new teaching buildings too."
Shen Qingqing pulled her along, chatting while sending messages without impeding their progress forward. Although she was wearing a hat and mask, there were still people who noticed her along the way, making Qin Wei a little nervous.
"Relax, Qin Wei."
Feeling the chill of her fingers, Shen Qingqing put away her phone and said to her,
"Take it easy, half the people in this school work in film and television, many of whom are also celebrity artists. Everyone is already used to it.
People here may look at you, but very few will harass you. The school doesn't allow it, nor does the student union. It was mentioned during freshman orientation...but it's normal not to remember, it's been so long."
Indeed it was.
From entering the campus to the teaching building, there were continual glances directed at her, but no one disturbed her excessively.
"You have Monday morning's two periods of Film History class with me."
Shen Qingqing pulled Qin Wei into the classroom and found seats in the back corner,
"You're super lucky, next is Career Guidance with Wei Lai, Youyou has no afternoon classes so she'll come keep you company, we'll eat lunch together today..."
Chatting for a bit, the classroom also gradually filled with more people. Shen Qingqing stopped talking and took out a notebook and pen.
The teacher gave a simple self-introduction and explained the requirements for this course. Since there would be no final exam for Film History this semester, usual grades and attendance made up half of the overall grade, with the paper notebook to be handed in after 5 weeks along with a short essay counting as the final exam grade.
So taking notes was important...
Seeing her slowly rummaging through her bag, Shen Qingqing handed her one of her own notebooks, and asked if she had a pen.
Qin Wei looked at Shen Qingqing gratefully. The small notebook she casually gave was LV limited edition, so she wouldn't be returning it.
"I have a pen."
She said, taking out a Montblanc from her bag. This custom pen had always been kept in the living room of the villa. She would occasionally use it to sign documents. Liking how it felt in her hand, she brought it along when leaving. Fortunately she had taken it, otherwise An Xinggeng certainly wouldn't have provided her with a pen.
"Quite nice looking."
Shen Qingqing glanced at the pen in her hand while taking notes. Custom edition, with intricate gilded floral engravings on the pen cap, at first glance it looked like a capital "Q".
"Do you want it?"
Qin Wei asked her.
She had given herself quite a lot of things, it would be going too far to keep fleecing her. It was just a pen after all, if she liked it then she could just give it to her.
Shen Qingqing shook her head:
"My dad froze my bank card and restricted my daily spending limit to 1000 yuan. Don't even think about fleecing me anymore."
Qin Wei snorted. Stingy! She wouldn't give it to her then!
...
After class, Wei Lai was already waiting for Qin Wei at the door. There were many coming and going students in the corridor, who kept glancing over at her.
But as Shen Qingqing said, everyone's attention towards her was limited to looking and taking pictures, without excessive disturbance.
Wei Lai was unconcerned and reassured Qin Wei:
"Most of those taking pictures are new freshmen. They just started and find it novel, it'll get better after a few days... How is it going? Adjusting okay?"
"Still alright."
After brief small talk, the two headed to the classroom for class.
Unlike the freshman career guidance classes from their first year of college, the current career guidance course was a featured course offered by the school, mainly considering that most students in film and television related majors needed more internship opportunities.
So the school offered this course every semester, in order to provide reliable internship positions for students through various channels.
Of course they could also find their own, but for some majors half of the semester's curriculum and practical experience were weighted equally, and at the end of term they needed to hand in reflections on their work experience to get the important 9 credits for practical experience.
So this course was very important.
Arriving at the tiered lecture hall for class, there were already many people inside. Qin Wei wanted to find a corner to sit in, but unexpectedly all the corner seats were already occupied.
"Hey, over here."
Someone called out to Qin Wei. Turning to look, Ye Jiahe and Zhou Fang were sitting in the back few rows.
After discussing with the student sitting next to them, the other party readily gave up their seat. The two of them scooted inwards, leaving the edge seat empty for the two of them to sit down.
Qin Wei warmly greeted Ye Jiahe:
"Ye Jiahe, long time no see!"
Ye Jiahe responded coldly.
Not sure why, this person claimed to be her fan but was always so lukewarm when they met.
"Tsk, Qin Wei, tone it down okay, people who don't know better would think you're fangirling."
Zhou Fang sat next to Ye Jiahe, leaning her head over with a smiling expression as she looked at her.
