Who would study psychology unless they had some issues?!

As he spoke, Blue Shirt took out his phone and naturally pressed the mobile scanning button.

Bai Qinghua blinked: "Huh? Oh... sure, aren’t we in the same group now? You can just add me directly in the group."

Blue Shirt’s movement paused for a moment, then he discreetly put his phone away and continued.

"Well... okay, teacher, actually I wanted to add you as a friend mainly because I have some academic questions I’d like to ask you."

"It’s just... since I transferred here, I’ve only been able to understand our research group’s direction on my own, so I mainly want to ask you to recommend some books or papers that I can start with."

"Or, if there are any projects where help is needed, I could join in early to help the seniors and start learning."

"After all... if possible, I do want to further my studies, maybe even pursue a Ph.D."

Blue Shirt watched Bai Qinghua’s expression with eager eyes.

He lowered his voice but didn’t deliberately hide his intentions.

Nearby, Shi Qianqian, who overheard bits of the conversation, couldn’t help but glance over.

This time, Bai Qinghua finally stopped looking at that small door and focused his attention, as this concerned the student’s future plan.

In response to Blue Shirt’s expectant gaze, Bai Qinghua paused for a moment.

"Hmm... no need," Bai Qinghua said, "There’s nothing you need to read, and no need to join the group early either."

Blue Shirt’s expression froze for a moment.

"For academics, just attend classes diligently in your first year. Our school’s training plan is quite reasonable, and the curriculum is well set."

"As for projects... this semester, just listen carefully to the reports during group meetings. If you’re interested in anyone’s research direction, just go ask them."

"Pursuing a Ph.D. or anything like that... it’s too early. Research isn’t all that exciting, you might have different ideas in the future."

After speaking, Bai Qinghua seemed pleased with his answer and nodded vigorously.

He looked up and down at Blue Shirt and encouraged, "I’m telling you, with your high education and decent looks, you’re well sought after in the job market. Many primary and secondary schools like hiring someone like you as a psychology teacher, you won’t have to worry about employment!"

Blue Shirt hesitated for a moment, involuntarily recalling Bai Qinghua’s impressive resume and his strong professional background.

With a mentor like this, facing a student like him... theoretically, shouldn’t be this reaction.

Blue Shirt forced a smile: "Teacher, in terms of employment... should I look for an internship opportunity? I saw the counselor posted an internship recruitment from the Mental Health Center in the group, mentioning it’s a rare opportunity..."

"No rush." Bai Qinghua waved his hand dismissively.

He earnestly advised Blue Shirt: "You’re in your first year, and you haven’t officially started school yet, so during this time, just relax and enjoy yourself. Play games, watch shows, go out for a walk, whatever. Don’t think about joining the group early, and don’t worry about what to read. There will be plenty of time to read those things after the semester starts."

As Bai Qinghua spoke, his pupils seemed to diffuse as if lost in reminiscence: "Once the semester officially begins, you’ll have less time. Busy with studies, busy with jobs, you might even think about dating, then you won’t have time to play games... Hey, do you play games a lot?"

Blue Shirt suddenly didn’t know how to answer. He vaguely felt a misconception, sensing that when it came to the topic of games, his mentor seemed more excited than before...

How is that possible?!

After saying "Thank you, teacher," Blue Shirt dazedly returned to his seat.

His gaze involuntarily wandered back to that small door Bai Qinghua had just come out from.

"Hey, junior, which major are you in?"

Suddenly, a voice snapped Blue Shirt out of his trance. He followed the voice and saw that it was the girl with the bun hairstyle, the senior sister who first spoke up when the teacher came out. She seemed to have just returned from her internship outside.

Blue Shirt’s memory was still quite good.

"Hello, senior sister, I’m in Basic Psychology."

Bun Head nodded and very courteously said: "The requirements for Basic Psychology are quite high, not easy..."

Blue Shirt instinctively straightened his chest: "Actually, I transferred here."

After saying this, he stopped rhythmically.

Bun Head blinked, and as expected, followed up: "So your first choice was..."

"It was Beidu University, I did my undergraduate there." Blue Shirt’s chin subconsciously lifted a notch, almost like triggering an automatic dialogue, "Unfortunately, the slots were very few at my school, and the competition was fierce this year. I was worried Beidu Normal wouldn’t take transfers, but it turned out there were slots available, though very few, and still the competition was intense..."

Bun Head listened, blinking constantly. Finally, seizing a brief moment when Blue Shirt paused for breath, she unexpectedly asked: "Are you Nan Zhubin?"

"...huh?" Blue Shirt’s automatic dialogue was suddenly interrupted.

He was a bit puzzled: "I... my surname is Lan."

"Oh." Bun Head nodded knowingly, a bit awkward, "I wasn’t on campus a while back, I heard the teacher took on an exceptionally outstanding junior brother at the start of the year, very handsome."

This comment seemed to compliment Blue Shirt, making him smile instinctively.

But after a quick greeting, when Bun Head turned away, Blue Shirt’s mind suddenly sounded the alarm.

So there’s a first-year who’s exceptionally outstanding and very handsome this year?

Then the one Teacher Bai mentioned as "the very outstanding junior this year," was it referring to this person?

Just how outstanding, and how handsome?

Blue Shirt is a very driven student, and because of that, he has great confidence in himself.

He originally thought such praising words should be used for himself.

Looks like there’s a rival now.

"Wait, a student taken in at the beginning of the year, how was he taken in at the beginning of the year?" Blue Shirt thought he discovered a blind spot, "Could it be a student from Beidu Normal itself?"

For some reason, he felt relieved.

Blue Shirt started looking around, seemingly wanting to chat with other senior brothers and sisters.

Suddenly, the office door opened with a "click."

Blue Shirt instinctively looked over and saw three male figures appear at the door.

Could the "exceptionally outstanding, very handsome" Nan Zhubin be among these three?

Blue Shirt steadied himself, feeling it’s likely. He was about to take a closer look, but with just one glance, he realized there was no need to really distinguish.

If someone were scanning the office with their eyes right now, as long as their gaze passed over this person among the three, it would surely be caught, glued, and locked onto.

"This person is Nan Zhubin." Blue Shirt realized in that instant.

Among the adjectives "exceptionally outstanding" and "exceptionally handsome," at least the latter was something he couldn’t compete with.

"You’re all back now." Then, Blue Shirt heard Teacher Bai Qinghua, who was initially daydreaming, suddenly become enthusiastic.

"Zhuren, just came over from the company, or? Is the consulting busy lately?" He heard Teacher Bai ask like this.

"Not too bad, I don’t plan to take on more consultations this month." He heard Nan Zhubin reply.

"Great, get plenty of rest, balance work and rest."

From what it sounds like, the teacher has his own company, and this Nan Zhubin interned there?

"But don’t fall behind on studies, didn’t I send you a few articles a while back? Did you read them? Were you able to understand the experiments?" Blue Shirt then heard Bai Qinghua asking this.

Wait a minute, did the teacher recommend articles to this Nan Zhubin?