Her gaze swept over the rows of books on the shelf, occasionally taking one out.

Finally, her eyes landed on a new book, and she reached out to pull it out.

It was the book published by Su Zelin under the guise of a company.

After it was printed, the bum kept a hundred copies for himself and gave one set to Zhou Fuliang.

Alright, let’s go with these books.

After dinner, the two of them said their goodbyes.

As soon as they stepped out, the dean’s wife couldn’t help but ask, "Does Xiaosu know Qiuwen?"

During dinner, she noticed that her husband’s niece and Su Zelin were chatting quite a bit, with Yan Qiuwen even starting some topics herself.

"They’re friends," Zhou Fuliang replied.

"Friends?"

The dean’s wife was taken aback.

A friend of Qiuwen, and a male one at that, was certainly rare!

As they walked down the faculty dormitory building, the Santana was parked outside.

"Shall I give you a ride?" Su Zelin proposed.

"Sure."

Yan Qiuwen didn’t refuse.

There weren’t many people she could chat with, and she wanted to have a more in-depth conversation with Su Zelin.

Sitting in the passenger seat and fastening her seatbelt, Yan Qiuwen asked again, "How many girls before me?"

"Sixth."

Su Zelin was a bit puzzled.

Yan Qiuwen was referring to how many girls had sat in his passenger seat before her.

But why was she asking about this?

"Oh!"

As she responded, Yan Qiuwen suddenly twitched her nose.

Her sense of smell was very sharp.

There was an air freshener smell in the car, quite strong, in fact.

Normally, Su Zelin wouldn’t like spraying such a strong fragrance in his car; something light and pleasant was more his style.

It seemed like he was trying to cover up some other scent.

Quickly, Yan Qiuwen noticed there was indeed a second scent in the car — very faint, but she could still smell it.

This smell was quite peculiar, somewhat like... Chinese privet flowers.

May was indeed the blooming season for Chinese privet, but there were none planted on the Zhejiang University campus, and not many people liked these flowers because they weren’t fragrant; on the contrary, they smelled a bit fishy.

Not long after, the Santana arrived at the girls’ dormitory area.

After bidding farewell to Su Zelin, Yan Qiuwen was still thinking about it, straight until she returned to the dorm.

"Qiuwen, you’re back."

Everyone was in the dorm now, having just finished dinner, and these top students hadn’t gone to study yet.

"Hey, isn’t this the book published by New Era?"

The sharp-eyed Xiao Yue immediately spotted the book on top of the stack Yan Qiuwen was holding.

Those sentences stirred quite a frenzy at Zhejiang University at the time. Later, there was word that a book had been published, and it sold quite well. Both she and Yan Qiuwen, along with Qin Shiqing, wanted to order a copy, but the publisher had informed them that the first edition was sold out, and they’d have to wait for the second edition.

Upon hearing this, Qin Shiqing, who was sorting out her clothes, ran over. Seeing it was true, she asked in surprise, "Qiuwen, did your uncle also buy this book?"

"Yes."

Yan Qiuwen hesitated for a moment, deciding that this was the better answer.

Actually, she could guess it was probably Su Zelin who gave it to her, as her uncle wouldn’t need to buy it.

Qin Shiqing was a little surprised.

Dean Zhou was a professor in the philosophy department, and he bought it to keep. Seems that book by that pigheaded guy was quite popular, and it’s not without reason that the first edition sold out so quickly.

"Can I take a look?"

"Of course!"

Yan Qiuwen handed the book over to Qin Shiqing and sat at the desk, pressing the power button on the computer.

The strange smell in Su Zelin’s car was still bothering her.

Yan Qiuwen was someone who couldn’t rest until she solved a problem.

Before long, the refreshing interface of Windows XP appeared.

She opened the browser, logged into Google, and searched for keywords.

Soon, many webpages related to the scent of Chinese privet popped up.

After glancing at a few, Yan Qiuwen’s face turned red.

So that’s why!

Now she understood what curiosity killed the cat meant.

Some things are perhaps better left unknown.

The scent hadn’t entirely faded, so it must’ve been recent, probably something from last night.

The genius girl angrily logged into QQ, where there weren’t many friends on her list, and quickly found the male avatar wearing sunglasses.

However, it appeared dim.

She opened the chat and typed two characters before logging off.

Thinking about sitting in that seat, Yan Qiuwen immediately ran to the bathroom to take a shower.

Half an hour later, Su Zelin returned to the dormitory.

There wasn’t much to do today, so he decided to spend some time online.

As soon as he logged into QQ, he received several messages.

From two young assistants, a close friend, employees...

Su Zelin went through them one by one.

When he got to the last message, he was a bit taken aback.

Wen: "Jerk!"

The bum was baffled.

No way!

He had kindly driven her back to the dormitory, so why was he suddenly a jerk?

...