“Ranran?”

Grandma couldn’t believe her eyes as she looked at this trendy-looking young man in front of her. He looked just like a young celebrity on a street billboard, and there was no resemblance to her dull grandson anywhere. Well, there was one thing they had in common—the magnetic voice and the habit of scratching the back of the head.

Grandma placed the things she was holding on an empty chair and walked up to the young couple, widening her eyes as she observed Jing Ran’s face. Due to Jing Ran’s mushroom-like hairstyle that always covered his forehead, eyebrows, and eyes, Grandma had no idea what he looked like when he pushed his hair aside.

Using her hand to block the upper half of his face, Grandma confirmed that the lower half of his face was indeed identical to Jing Ran’s.

Grandma gave a command, “Turn around.”

Jing Ran obediently turned around, and suddenly, Grandma pulled down his pants, revealing half of his buttocks, where there was a brown birthmark shaped like a heart. This confirmed that he was indeed her grandson.

This action from Grandma frightened Jing Ran, causing him to immediately pull his pants back up. In a flustered manner, he turned around again and said, “Grandma, why did you pull down my pants?”

“Little brat, why are you making such a fuss? Wasn’t it me who used to bathe you when you were little?” Grandmother had raised Jing Ran since he was a child, always treating him like a little kid.

Jing Li was also taken aback. She had just seen the little prince’s buttocks, which were fair and smooth, and there was actually a heart-shaped birthmark!
She wanted to laugh, but oh no, she couldn’t. The little prince would get angry!

“Oh my, it really is my grandson. He looks so handsome, truly inheriting my beauty!” Grandma joyfully held Jing Ran’s face in her hands, reluctant to let go.

“Am I not inheriting Grandfather’s appearance?” Jing Ran had always felt that he looked like Grandfather when he was young, after seeing the pictures of him.

Grandmother was really exasperated by her low-emotionally intelligent grandson, who couldn’t even coax people! She firmly held his face with both hands and said, “Without me, how could your mother exist? How could you exist? You have inherited it from me!”

“Oh…” Grandma was right, at least a quarter of his bloodline came from her.

Grandma smiled and asked, “Lili, did you take Ranran to get his hair cut?”

Jing Li nodded.

“I knew it was you. How did this foolish boy suddenly become sensible enough to get his hair cut? Lili, thank you for turning Ranran into a normal person.”

Jing Ran, who was standing by, felt particularly depressed: Was there something wrong with me before?

In the evening, Grandma was cooking in the kitchen while Jing Ran and Jing Li were packing their things, getting ready to go back to school. Jing Li had bought a lot of new clothes for Jing Ran, neatly folded and packed them into his backpack for him to take back to school.

Jing Ran stared at Jing Li as she packed her things. Jing Li looked up at him, then lowered her head to continue organizing the clothes. She asked, “Why are you staring at me?”

Jing Ran, feeling a bit gloomy, asked, “Can’t we kiss when we go back to school?”

Jing Li, naturally, said while continuing to pack, “Of course not, school is a place for learning.”

“…But you’re not good at studying.”

Jing Li glared at Jing Ran and continued packing.
Finally, Jing Li smiled and said, “Ranran, I’ve packed everything for you. Am I not very capable? Praise me, praise me.”

Jing Ran: “…”

*
Jing Ran and Jing Li were wearing the couple T-shirts they had bought earlier, sitting in a taxi on their way back to school. On Sunday evening, there were many students at the school gate, returning from their weekend outings.
The taxi stopped at the school gate, and after Jing Ran paid the fare, the two young lovers got out of the car. The handsome boy and beautiful girl standing together attracted the attention of passersby. When they arrived, Jing Ran had bought some fruits for Jing Li. He took a bag of fruits from her hands and carried it for her, while Jing Li hooked her arm around Jing Ran’s and they walked into the campus together.

In the distance, there were some whispers:

“Am I seeing things? Wasn’t that girl just now the beauty from the Management Department? Isn’t her boyfriend a bumpkin from the same department?”

“Yeah, it seems like she broke up with that bumpkin and then got back together, and now she’s already changed boyfriends within a week of getting back together. That bumpkin is really pitiful…”

“That guy is so handsome, like a Korean celebrity. He can even surpass Lin Sui Rong! But do we have such a person in our school?”

*
Boys’ Dormitory, Room 507.

Zhao Ziheng was bored in the dormitory, using his computer to browse the school’s forum website, where he came across some fresh gossip news.

Excitedly, Zhao Ziheng shouted, “Jianhua, Zhonghong, come and take a look, our boss has been ‘cheated’!”

While walking, Cao Jianhua asked, “What happened?”

There was a post titled “New Love of the Management Department Flower, Resembling a Korean Idol!”.

The post included several photos, showing Jing Li walking hand in hand with a handsome guy on the campus road. The photos didn’t capture the guy’s face directly, only a few side profiles, but even from the side, his profile was perfect. The guy was tall and slim, with a well-proportioned body. He had the trendy hairstyle of a Korean idol and was wearing matching couple t-shirts and casual shoes with Jing Li.

After reading it, Liu Zhonghong couldn’t help but sigh, “In the end, this world still judges by appearances…”

Cao Jianhua worriedly said, “It’s over, it’s over. Our boss has been dumped by Jing Li for the second time. I wonder if he’ll lose hope and give up on himself!”

Zhao Ziheng also felt a bit worried, “Our boss hasn’t come back so late. Could it be that he’s so heartbroken that he won’t come back?”

“Click.”

The dormitory door opened, and a handsome guy dressed in Korean style walked in. Wasn’t this the same guy who was revealed on the forum as Jing Li’s new love interest?

“Who are you?” Cao Jianhua angrily questioned, his tone filled with hostility. Not only did this guy steal the boss’s girlfriend, but now he also came to his dormitory to provoke him?

“It’s me… Jing Ran.”

This sentence, ‘Jing Ran’ has been the most frequently spoken words in the past two days. Every time he goes downstairs from his home to nearby shops and greets the neighbors, they all ask who he is.

“Jing Ran??”

The three roommates instinctively gather around and playfully pinch Jing Ran’s face, whispering to each other:

“Did he get plastic surgery?”

“It doesn’t seem like it.”

“Oh my, how did he become so handsome?”

“Oh wow, he really is our boss…”

…

Jing Ran feels the pain from their pinching and quickly pushes them away, stepping back. He rubs his face with his hand and asks, “Did you finish looking?”
Cao Jianhua asks, “Boss, what happened to you that made you dress up like this?”

Jing Ran raised his hand to tidy his hairstyle and said, “I’m preparing to meet Jing Li’s parents.”

Last time, when Jing Li was drunk, she bit Jing Ran’s neck. His roommates saw the bite marks on his neck and thought he had lost his virginity. This time, Jing Ran is preparing to meet the parents, and his roommates were surprised and asked, “Could it be that Jing Li is pregnant?”

Jing Ran is puzzled and asks, “Why would Lili be pregnant?”

*
In the morning, Jing Li and Jing Ran went to the cafeteria for breakfast after their run. The surrounding students kept looking at them, curious about this handsome guy and which grade he was in. They had never seen such an extraordinary appearance at school before. Some even followed them to the Management Department building.

Jing Ran returned to Hotel Management Class 1, and the fangirls secretly asked other classmates in Class 1 about the identity of the handsome guy.

The students in Class 1 were also confused. When did they have such a person in their class?

Today, the most frequent thing Jing Ran did was introduce himself. Every time a new professor entered the classroom, they would ask him where he came from because of his distinctive appearance. Each time, he had to stand up and introduce himself by saying, “I am Jing Ran.”

Jing Ran used to cover his forehead and eyes with a mushroom hairstyle, only revealing half of his face. No one expected that with a new hairstyle and clothes, this “bumpkin” suddenly became a school heartthrob.

During the break, the female classmates wanted to talk to Jing Ran, but he took out a bag of bread from his backpack and went to Class 2’s classroom, thinking that Jing Li might be hungry after her class. The female classmates in Classes 1 and 2 envied Jing Li. How did she manage to have a “bumpkin” boyfriend and then suddenly he became a school heartthrob? Those female classmates who had been in the same class as Jing Ran for three years never realized that he was a hidden handsome guy and felt resentful.

Afternoon dismissal, Jing Ran and Jing Li went to the cafeteria for lunch. Jing Li went to save seats as usual, while Jing Ran went to get food.

Jing Ran was about to join the end of the line when a first year school girl carrying a tray accidentally bumped into him, splattering sauce on Jing Ran’s T-shirt. The first year school girl apologized, saying, “I’m sorry, senior, I didn’t mean it.”

Jing Ran calmly replied, “It’s alright.”

The first year school girl, filled with remorse and sincerity, said, “I’m really sorry. How about you take off your shirt, and I’ll take it back to the dorm to wash?”

After Jing Ran finished speaking, he was about to leave, saying, “It’s fine, just a little dirty.”

The first year school girl reached out and held Jing Ran, earnestly insisting, “No, I made the clothes dirty, so it’s my responsibility to clean them.”

Jing Ran replied, “Can you not take up my time? I need to line up to buy braised fish. If I’m late, there won’t be any left.”
The first year school girl wouldn’t let Jing Ran go and started talking nonsense, “Senior, do you like eating braised fish? I can make it for you another day.”

“No need, I can cook as well. It’s my girlfriend who likes to eat fish,” Jing Ran said anxiously, pulling his hand away from the first year school girl. “Please don’t hold me back. If my girlfriend doesn’t have braised fish later, she’ll have to eat vegetarian.”

Finally, Jing Ran managed to get a portion of braised fish and returned to Jing Li with two trays.

Jing Li stood up and took a plate from his hand, placing it on the table.

Jing Li noticed that there were some sauce stains on Jing Ran’s new t-shirt and said, “How did you accidentally get sauce on your clothes?”

Jing Ran lowered his head and looked at the stains on his clothes, saying, “Someone accidentally bumped into me just now, and the sauce from her plate splashed onto me.”

“People nowadays are really something. They eat like they’re in a rush to be reborn, afraid of not having enough to eat,” Jing Li felt sorry for this expensive piece of clothing. She had originally picked a t-shirt for Jing Ran that cost over a hundred yuan, but he thought the quality wasn’t good and chose ones that cost several hundred yuan each. “When you go back to the dormitory later, change out of it and give me the shirt to wash.”

Jing Ran, who had been independent since he was young and knew how to do household chores, wasn’t the least bit spoiled. “I can wash it myself.”

Jing Li smiled and said, “It’s a girlfriend’s duty to wash clothes for her boyfriend.”

Jing Ran thought for a moment and asked, “What are the boyfriend’s duties?”

“To love me, pamper me, and protect me!”

Jing Ran nodded and said, “I will do that.”

Jing Li smiled, and the two of them shared a smile as they started eating.

In the afternoon, Jing Ran took the opportunity of having no classes to go to the Foreign Languages Department office to collect the prize money for the English debate competition. Just as he left the office, he ran into Li Xueqing, who was heading towards the office.

Li Xueqing saw Jing Ran and couldn’t believe that such a handsome guy actually existed in real life. He was 1.85 meters tall, had a handsome face, chestnut-colored hair, a good physique, and dressed tastefully. Honestly, she felt a flutter of attraction at first sight.

Which department is this handsome guy from? She had been at J University for three years and had never seen such a perfect-looking guy before.

Wait, isn’t Lin Suirong the campus heartthrob of J University? This little handsome guy is even better looking than Lin Suirong!

He must not be from our university, but he came out of the Foreign Languages Department office…

Right, didn’t the Foreign Languages Department recently collaborate with a language school in Korea? There were supposed to be a few Korean exchange students coming over. Maybe he is one of the exchange students from Korea!

You can tell from his Korean-style fashion taste.

Li Xueqing, feeling shy, walked up to Jing Ran and confidently greeted him in fluent Korean, “Hello, I’m Li Xueqing.”

Jing Ran looked confused and asked, “Why are you speaking Korean to me?”

Li Xueqing was surprised to find out that the other person could speak Chinese. Of course, students from Korean language schools who come to China for exchange programs would have some proficiency in Chinese. Maybe he wanted to practice his Chinese more, so he couldn’t communicate in Korean. Li Xueqing introduced herself again, saying, “Hello, my name is Li Xueqing. Can we be friends?”

Jing Ran firmly replied, “No, we can’t.”

Li Xueqing didn’t expect to be rejected and said, “Ah?”

She was the school beauty, after all!

“Ranran, why haven’t you come down yet?” Jing Li had just come down the stairs and was shouting for Jing Ran at the end of the corridor.

Originally, Jing Li had accompanied Jing Ran to collect the prize money but suddenly needed to use the restroom. They agreed to meet in the lobby on the first floor of the teaching building, but after waiting for more than ten minutes, Jing Ran still hadn’t come down. So Jing Li went up to the second floor to look for him and found that Jing Ran was being stopped by Li Xueqing.

Li Xueqing glanced at Jing Li. Wasn’t she Jing Ran’s girlfriend, the country bumpkin? Why was she here?

Jing Li walked over, holding Jing Ran’s hand, and asked, “Ranran, did you get the money?”

Jing Ran raised the envelope in his hand and replied, “Yes, I did.”

“Wait a minute, what did you just call him?” Li Xueqing seemed to sense that something was wrong. Why was Jing Li so intimate with this guy?

Jing Li answered, “Ranran, of course.”

“Ranran?” Li Xueqing had a surprised expression on her face. “Jing Ran?”

Jing Ran nodded.