Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1565 - 751: The Low-Key Efforts

Chapter 1565: Chapter 751: The Low-Key Efforts

First impressions are pretty important to anyone, and although they may change with time, isn’t life easier if you start by leaving a good impression?

Yan Fei had been working hard all day to make a good first impression on his classmates. He picked up his car at noon and drove home, but in the afternoon, he and Xu Xiaoyan still rode bicycles to school.

He made sure to set his phone to silent mode, just to prevent it from ringing loudly during a class.

If this were an era where already a small portion of students drove to school, his nicer car wouldn’t stand out so much – it would just attract some more ’practical’ people, and other students wouldn’t give him any special looks.

But now it’s different; times have changed, and people think differently.

Nowadays, students are still quite naive; not to mention driving a Mercedes-Benz, even just showing off his phone would lead many in the class to immediately think he’s not on the same level – to put it strongly, as if everyone’s in one class and the guy with the phone and Mercedes-Benz should just play by himself!

Yan Fei’s plan was to gradually ’accidentally’ reveal that he has a phone or a car after some time. By then, he would be familiar with everyone, and although there would be some distance due to these revelations, it would be easier to get along than if he appeared out of place from the very beginning.

But now, Director Xu had interrupted and was about to poke through his low-profile plan, which annoyed him for real.

Fortunately, Director Xu was capable enough to rise to the level of ’director’ and had the skill of observing words and facial expressions. He was initially shocked to see Yan Fei ignore those around him, but after Yan Fei’s ’reminder’, he instantly reacted, rubbing his hands and saying, "Sorry, sorry, I truly mistook you for someone else. You guys enjoy, you guys enjoy..."

Having said that, he didn’t linger and turned to walk into the crowd.

The guys were okay, but the few girls in the class were clearly not ’easy targets’. Three girls looked at each other, clearly sensing that something was off – Director Xu did not come alone; there were two attendants following him with briefcases, probably off to handle some business.

A person with two attendants, who upon seeing Yan Fei was obviously eager to suck up, changed his tune abruptly due to Yan Fei’s facial expression and walked away, just made it too suspicious.

Yan Fei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately stood straight and puffed out his chest towards his classmates, looking smug: "See that? Don’t I look quite like a big boss?"

"Hahaha..." Hu Yidao, somewhat thoughtless, was the first to bust out laughing. "You kind of do, especially with that bag slung over. If you shout a couple times wanting to trade for apples, you’d be even more convincing!"

He was referring to a common business model seen in rural areas, where traders wholesale fruits like watermelons and apples and run through the villages exchanging them for grains. Yuzhou is a grain-producing region; while the farmers don’t have much money, they have plenty of grains, mainly wheat. It’s quite common for the more well-off households to swap wheat for some watermelon and apples.

Most of the other classmates also came from rural areas and had seen such traders. Hearing Hu Yidao and then seeing Yan Fei’s slightly worn all-purpose bag, they all burst into laughter.

While the boys laughed, the skepticism in the girls’ eyes persisted, but the questions on their lips were no longer spoken. It was Huang Xuan, however, who reached out trying to sneakily touch Yan Fei’s bag, prompting Yan Fei to turn around and give her a thumbs up: "What, you fancy my bag? You have good taste. Don’t be fooled by the lack of a brand, this is a genuine leather product, custom-made. Handcrafted using the skin of a huge python from the virgin forest, it’s so good you can’t even buy it with money."

"Hahaha..." Seeing Huang Xuan both frustrated and embarrassed, the boys laughed even harder.

Mao Jie laughed and said, "This is the first time I’ve heard such a pitch about an unbranded bag, Old Yan, you really are too awesome; we’ve just learned a new trick. Custom-made, handcrafted goods... you’re really getting too full of yourself!"

Sometimes, boys truly can’t compare to girls. Like how girls pay more attention to fashion while boys might only remember some sports brands and are unconcerned with the rest – for instance, when it comes to a T-shirt, girls might tell you if it’s acrylic, cotton, or linen, but the boys will just say it feels nice to the touch and must be cool to wear...

When Yan Fei told the true story about his bag, the group of boys found his ’boasting’ personality rather appealing, feeling an instant connection with him. Mao Jie even began calling him Old Yan, showing a familiar tone!

By the afternoon, the group of boys had completely accepted Yan Fei, who was living off-campus, as a good buddy – originally, since everyone else was living in the dormitory, having gotten familiar over a day or two, now Yan Fei had successfully bridged that gap.

As they prepared to take the bus back, Hu Yidao threw his arm around Yan Fei’s shoulder: "Boss Yan, don’t go back home for dinner tonight. Let’s have dinner together in the cafeteria, we’ve got beef jerky, let’s drink some beer in the dorm."

Yan Fei hesitated for a moment before rejecting the invitation: "No, I really have to go home; someone’s waiting for me. How about the weekend? I’ll invite everyone over to my house for drinks then, we’ll have both white and beer, we should stay proper for the first couple of days of the new term."