Campus Life ⁽³⁸⁾

Last night I was chatting in another boy's dorm room in our class with a student who wanted to join the study group I had formed, and I forgot to check my phone. After we finished talking I glanced at it: the class group chat…

"Stop memorizing vocabulary—I want you to keep me company." When I got up this morning and, as usual, took out my phone to recite words, my wife immediately stopped me. I smiled, put the phone down, and talked with her. We have been together for…

The British philosopher Bertrand Russell said that if George Washington were to return to life in the 1900s, he certainly would not have liked the already prosperous and developed America of that time, but would most likely have come to China, which was then in…

From registering at school on September 7th until today, my second stint of university life has passed 40 days. Many things that happened in these 40 days have deeply touched my heart. Before registering, I was actually quite reluctant to come to school, because the…

After living in a first-tier city for a long time, it's easy to develop an illusion: that everyone's living conditions are fairly good, and that children basically grow up happily. When you step out of a first-tier city and go to live in a smaller…

It's been over a month since I came to school, and I've gradually gotten to know all my classmates; at the very least they all know something about me. These past few days, I took some time to post a proposal in the class group…

In September, I dreamed of my mother twice, both times while sleeping in the school dormitory. Both dreams were the same: the scene of the final farewell between mother and son at her deathbed. When I woke up, my heart was still filled with grief.

The school military training has been going on for almost a week now. As a much-older university student, I stood out conspicuously in the ranks. On the very first day, the drill instructor spotted me, came over, and struck up a conversation to find out…

After a period of adjustment, my routine at school has finally settled. I leave campus for home on Friday and return Sunday evening, then stay on campus without leaving the gate for a whole week. I rise at six every morning, run for half an…

On Saturday after dinner, I went to the National Library as I used to. The main hall of the new National Library building was under renovation and had been cordoned off, making the scene look a little unfamiliar. I had not been inside the National…