Episode 3

Nie Xiguang went to Zhixing Building to get thesis guidance. When he opened the door, he saw Zhuang Xu was there. The teacher pulled out Nie Xiguang's thesis and criticized it severely. The perspective was backward and the structure was poor, making it difficult to participate in the defense. Zhuang Xu helped to speak, thinking that there might be improvement if he changed it. Nie Xiguang thought that Zhuang Xu was apologizing for Ye Rong's matter and helped smooth things over. He hurriedly explained that there was no need to speak. The teacher also criticized Nie Xiguang for having a bad temper and not being able to accept good opinions humbly.When going downstairs, the two of them took an elevator. Zhuang Xu said that if he needed help looking up information, he could ask at any time.

On the way back to the dormitory, I met Si Liang. Si Liang asked Nie Xiguang to move back to the dormitory so that he could brainstorm ideas if he had any problems. Nie Xiguang remembered that he secretly overheard Si Liang asking Ye Rong in the dormitory if he considered her a love rival. Ye Rong had bad intentions, indicating that he regarded Nie Xiguang as a touchstone to test Zhuang Xu, so he did not accept Si Liang's wishes.

While doing homework with Jiang Rui, Nie Xiguang received a call from Zhuang Xu. Zhuang Xu had compiled a copy of the materials needed for the paper and sent it to Nie Xiguang's mailbox. Nie Xiguang was very grateful. He opened it and found that he had translated many documents from an international perspective. He suddenly remembered that Zhuang Xu might have helped him because he was apologizing for Ye Rong, so he immediately called for verification. His roommate told Zhuang Xu that he had stayed up several nights and was sleeping. Nie Xiguang guessed that Zhuang Xu went to all the trouble for Ye Rong, so he hung up the phone and then deleted the information Zhuang Xu had given him.

After a month of revision and submission of materials again, the teacher was very satisfied and agreed to participate in the next thesis defense. Nie Xiguang walked out of the Xingzhi Building and felt like spring breeze again. Many girls on campus were taking graduation photos and lamented how time flies.

Accompanying Jiang Rui to take the college entrance examination, Nie Xiguang helped prepare stationery, but Jiang Rui had already paid attention to studying abroad during the summer vacation. Her mother broke the appointment, so Jiang Rui asked Nie Xiguang to accompany him. Nie Xiguang had already booked lunch at the hotel for a few days in advance for the college entrance examination. At noon, Jiang Rui deliberately waited for Zhuang Fei to leave school together. He originally thought that Zhuang Xu would come to pick him up and create an affair for Nie Xiguang. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Fei told his family in advance that he would not come to pick him up, so Jiang Rui pulled Zhuang Fei to eat together.

During lunch, Nie Xiguang asked about the examination situation. Zhuang Fei said that he had a cold and dizziness in the morning and was worried about the impact on his performance. Nie Xiguang remembered that he also suddenly had a fever during the college entrance examination, but his final score was several dozen points higher than usual, and encouraged Zhuang Fei not to be nervous.

The next day, Zhuang Xu accompanied Zhuang Fei for the exam and ordered a more sumptuous meal than the previous day in the morning. Nie Xiguang remembered that when he first moved into the dormitory, he lent money to Zhuang Xu's mother for medical treatment. Zhuang Xu returned it to him a few days later, with an extra five thousand yuan as interest. Now he just invited Zhuang Fei to have a meal, and Zhuang Xu had to pay it back. Since Zhuang Xu didn't want to accept his favor, he simply didn't push it. When his two brothers were over from school, Nie Xiguang deliberately walked outside the door to avoid the embarrassment of the two of them.

On the way home, Jiang Rui was proud of having created an affair for Nie Xiguang. Nie Xiguang explained that Zhuang Fei's invitation to dinner was to repay the favor, and to help find thesis materials was also to apologize for his girlfriend, who was once a sweetheart, and to ask Jiang Rui to stop messing around.

Nie Xiguang passed the thesis defense smoothly, and Zhuang Xu also secretly sat in the back row to listen, but Nie Xiguang did not notice.After returning to the dormitory and calling her mother to report the results of the defense, Si Liang suddenly proposed to treat Nie Xiguang to dinner alone.

In the evening, Si Liang apologized for some things in the past, as if he sometimes deliberately alienated Nie Xiguang. However, it is difficult for children with different family conditions to resonate with each other, especially when Nie Xiguang casually lent some New Year's money to Zhuang Xu. Nie Xiguang could understand Si Liang's mood and didn't care about anything.

Next, preparing for graduation, Ah Zhen was the first to leave the dormitory. When they returned home, everyone was reluctant to leave. They went to the train station to say goodbye. Several boys from Zhuang Xu's dormitory also went to the train station together. When they returned to school, they caught the last bus. Due to the crowd, Nie Xiguang did not squeeze into the bus, so he stayed on the platform to see that Zhuang Xu was there.