余生， 请多指教 - Please Guide Me for the Rest of My Life (English Translation)

Chapter 3: Calm and Collected Boyfriend

There is no love without detours, only a pair of lovers feeling their way forward.

Xiao Cao said, "The feeling of being a new student again... there really isn't any."

Except for people who were in charge of welcoming the students, sometimes calling "Xuemei (underclass sister/Junior Sister)" and sometimes calling " Xuejie (upperclass sister/Senior Sister)", other things went relatively smoothly. But it wasn't long until we were dragged by some senior sisters to a band, which wasn't that nice of an experience. On the first day we had to stick a name tag saying "special relations'' to adapt into a group with "power from all sides''. This was quite tedious and took up a lot of energy, both physically and mentally. Fortunately, there was still the Sichuan girl who used various unique and weird foods to challenge my taste buds. Xiao Cao's mom sent over a huge box of food. I originally considered Yuxiang shredded pork* as the most spicy dish. However, now, I can finish off a whole bag of Dengying beef jerky** in a week without my eyes welling up in tears.

*Yuxiang shredded pork (Chinese: 魚香肉絲; pinyin: yúxiāng ròusī; sometimes translated as fish-flavored pork slices, or more vaguely as shredded pork with garlic sauce) is a common dish in Sichuan cuisine. Yuxiang is one of main traditional flavors in Sichuan.

**A signature Sichuan beef jerky snack is dengying jerky — which originated in the Da County area about 100 years ago. Traditionally it's made of buffalo meat, yellow cattle meat or yak meat, which is seasoned with lots of Sichuan peppercorns and mixed spices.

During this time, San San came over once, and said, "Not bad, not bad. I thought that the old campus would be all ruined".

Xiao Cao said in all seriousness, "It is confirmed that run down houses are not allowed to be occupied and have become uninhabitable." Xiao Cao's dad works at a house appraisal agency.

San San stared at Xiao Cao and said, "Zhixiao, this girl is not bad. You better treasure her."

I.....

When San San was preparing to leave, she suddenly pulled me and asked, "Then, what about Dr. Gu?"

I replied, "How is it that you're more concerned about it than I am?"

Maybe San San's obsession of "Lin Zhixiao, you look at your heart and think!" was too profound. So, on the second day when I was halfway through a video chat with Mr. Lin, Mom suddenly interfered and said, "Just got off a call with the hospital." I subconsciously asked, "Who picked up the phone?"

"Dr. Gu. He thought you were still at home. I told him you already started school."

"Huh?" I was surprised by the things said during the call. Then, I asked, "You guys even dragged me into the conversation?"

"We often talk about you. We chatted for a long while, the last time before I came back," my mom said. With these words, she repeated the original conversation ----

"How old is Lin Zhixiao?"

"23 years old"

"Does she have a boyfriend?" asked Dr. Gu

"She still hasn't clicked yet."

"Mr. Lin was very clingy and attached to her."

"Yea, soon we won't see her for 3 years."

"Oh? Then in the future is she planning to have a family and a job at Town Y?"

"Her dad wants her to, but it's her life so she should make her own decisions."

....

I felt that my heartbeat was racing a little, acting as if I had no other intentions, I asked, "You often talked about me?"