"Yaoyao, look quickly, are those new students? Kind of handsome!"
A senior student at the welcome booth stared at Xu Han and nudged her companion with her elbow!
Upon seeing Xu Han, Yaoyao ignored her companion's feelings and eagerly stepped forward!
"Junior, what major are you?"
"Give me your luggage, I'll carry it!"
Taking advantage of the moment, Yaoyao grabbed the suitcase and looked at his profile!
Seen from the side, he looked like a movie star!
Who was it?
She forgot, but he was definitely handsome!
"Thank you!"
Xu Han was startled by the enthusiastic senior:
"Scriptwriting!"
"Come on, follow me..."
With that, Yaoyao walked ahead enthusiastically, leading Xu Han toward the registration desk!
He originally intended to refuse, but the other party was far too eager, leaving not even a gap for him to chime in!
Under senior Yaoyao's guidance, Xu Han navigated the familiar path straight to the dormitory entrance.
Building 3, Room 520, the place where he had lived for three years!
A strange look crossed Yaoyao's gaze as she stared at Xu Han!
How come he seemed even more familiar with this place than she was?
Under senior Yaoyao's persuasion, Xu Han knowingly added her WeChat and said goodbye before leaving!
Xu Han walked into the dormitory—a familiar setup.
"Three good sons, we can hang out together again!"
At the moment, Xu Han was the only one in the four-person room. He put his luggage into the wardrobe, made his bed, and sat down!
Everything before his eyes was real, yet felt so illusory. What if he woke up from a nap and found it was all just a dream?
He looked at himself in the mirror: it was time for a haircut!
Since he was starting over, he might as well go wash his hair and get a cut first!
Thinking this, Xu Han walked out of the dormitory!
In the evening, a gentle breeze swept through Haicheng, chasing away the summer heat and feeling exceptionally refreshing!
On a commercial street not far from the school, Xu Han found a hair salon!
He looked up at the sign: Dancing Hair Salon!
Never been here before!
Time to try something new?
For a young man of his age, hair was his second life.
Enlisting the services of an unfamiliar hairstylist required courage!
"Handsome, want a shampoo? Come on in!"
"Our skills here are fantastic."
"Guaranteed to make you satisfied."
Before Xu Han could decide, the glass door was pushed open!
A fashionable woman walked out and warmly greeted him to come inside!
"How much?" Xu Han asked!
It wasn't that he was stingy!
The crucial point was that hair salons were full of ambush pricing and invisible charges everywhere you turned.
It could easily cost several hundred yuan, something he simply couldn't afford!
"Oh my... you're so handsome, if you're willing, it can even be free—consider it a promotion!"
The woman's voice was sweet and coquettish, her eyes carrying a seductive gleam.
She looked as though she wanted to steal someone's soul.
Xu Han didn't dare meet her eyes.
Why did this feel so improper?
Before he could react, he had already been pulled inside the hair salon.
The pink-toned decor made him instantly tense up.
No, there was a nine out of ten chance something was wrong here!
Screech!
Just as Xu Han prepared to make a run for it, the screech of hurried brakes sounded from outside.
Immediately afterward, five or six officers in uniform rushed inside!
"Squat down! Everyone squat down!"
"Someone jumped out the window and ran, block the back!"
The scene instantly became noisy and chaotic!
"Cover your heads and squat down!"
"I'm talking to you! Didn't you hear me?!"
Xu Han was grabbed by the collar: Still trying to run?!
"Officer, I just came in to wash my hair!"
"I didn't do anything bad!"
Xu Han kept his head low, burying it almost against his chest!
"Everyone who gets caught says the same thing!"
A knowing look of "I've seen right through it all" appeared in the officer's eyes!
Why don't you ask them—they sounded even more sincere than you!
It was the exact same logic as someone in a psychiatric hospital insisting they weren't crazy!
"I'm done for!"
Xu Han's mind went blank; he felt like a man eating coptis root—full of bitterness he couldn't voice!
With a start like this, who could he even reason with?
Police Station!
Xu Han kept his head lowered like a child who had done something wrong, not daring to look up at the officer in front of him.
"You're a student at Haicheng University?"
"Yes!"
"Instead of acting like a proper student, you run off to fool around in places like that. Do your parents deserve the hard work they put in to support your education?"
"I didn't do anything, really! I just wanted to get a haircut!"
"Incorrigible!"
The officer glared at him angrily!
"Call your teacher and have them come pick you up!"
Xu Han froze. If he called a teacher to pick him up, the whole school would find out!
Before classes even started, he had casually wandered into a shady establishment and gotten caught red-handed by the police!
That wouldn't sound good no matter how it was put!
If he told them he hadn't done a thing and it was all a misunderstanding, who would believe him?
"It's my first day reporting, I don't know my teacher's phone number."
Xu Han was telling the truth; he genuinely didn't know it.
"Then shall I notify your school leadership?"
With that, the officer turned to head out and make a call!
"No, I'll call, I'll call. Can my family come pick me up instead?"
Xu Han asked timidly, his voice barely louder than a mosquito's!
Dying of embarrassment in front of family was still better than dying of embarrassment at school!
"Fine, go ahead and make the call!"
Xu Han's older female cousin was a doctoral student at Haicheng University.
However, before he started school, his cousin had mentioned going abroad with her advisor. He had no idea whether she had left yet, so he could only take a gamble!
He tried to recall the timing of his cousin's trip abroad from his past life, but his mind drew a blank!
Some things, after a long time, tended to slip one's memory!
Xu Han took the phone and wiped the sweat from his palms against his clothes!
Relying on memory, he dialed a number!
Seconds later, the call connected!
A lazy voice came through: Who is it?
"Second sister, it's Xiao Han!"
Hmm?
The person on the other end was clearly startled: Xiao Han? Did you change your phone number?
"No, listen to me first..."
Xu Han briefly described what had happened, naturally emphasizing the part about how he had simply gone for a haircut...
"Hahaha..."
Second sister's laughter was loud enough that even the officer nearby could hear it crystal clear!
"Silly boy, I'm terribly sorry to inform you, but I've already landed in the United States..."
"Then what am I supposed to do?"
Xu Han was on the verge of tears. Surely they weren't actually going to make the school come pick him up?
"Well, as long as you say something nice, your beautiful and kind-hearted second sister will figure out a way for you."
Second sister Xu Ruolan was his younger paternal uncle's daughter.
Xu Han had been raised by his younger paternal uncle since childhood, and they were a pair of siblings who grew up together.
Xu Ruolan loved hearing her younger brother praise her.
"Second sister, you're the most beautiful princess in the whole wide world, please help your little brother out!"
Xu Han lowered his voice, trying hard to flatter the princess-like second sister on the other end of the line!
"Seeing as how sincere you are, kid, just wait right there!"
The phone hung up, and the heart that had been stuck in Xu Han's throat finally dropped back down into his stomach!
The reason he had chosen to come to Haicheng University in the first place was because his second sister was here and could look after him!
Only, the moment he arrived, his second sister had flown off across the ocean.
Before long!
An older officer walked into the room carrying a document and handed it to the officer in front of him!
It was the hair salon proprietorship's statement.
The statement explained that Xu Han hadn't done anything at all and was a law-abiding citizen!
Ten minutes later!
A slender, graceful figure appeared at the entrance of the police station.
The moment she stepped inside, she caught everyone's attention!
"Hello, I'm here to pick up Xu Han!"