Chapter 2023: Extra: A Brand New Life 138 Chapter 2023: Extra: A Brand New Life 138 So, in the end, they all agreed.

But they made a point, she must call more often.

Zhou Ping and the others had realized that the little girl had only emerged from the grief of losing her mother a month before the college entrance examination, knowing she couldn’t continue living like that. They noticed because even when she smiled, it was no longer forced.

Previously, even her laughter seemed forced, and even if others couldn’t tell, her family, who spent a lot of time with her, could see she was still very sad and missing her mother.

It was also from that time that the little girl learned to take the initiative to call them. Before, she had been quite passive.

Even though the little girl had stepped out of her sadness and didn’t miss her mother as much, she still tried to avoid troubling them as much as possible. Even when she called, it wasn’t to ask for anything; she just called for the sake of calling.

They could understand.

After all, the little girl originally wasn’t a member of this family. She had her mother, but now that her mother was gone, most people would consider themselves to be alone, especially a child of this age, who is particularly sensitive. So, all they could do was to make the little girl feel as comfortable as possible living in this new home. If she could integrate into the family, that would be great; if not, they wouldn’t force her. They just didn’t want her to be truly alone, as that would be too pitiful.

Although the little girl hadn’t completely integrated into the family yet, she was at least familiar with them. So, if she had nowhere else to go, she knew she could return to this family.

Mr. Zhou and Ms. Zhou were busy, so only Zhou Ping and Mrs. Zhou accompanied the little girl to enroll at the university.

Zhou Ping was actually busy as well, but he still took a day off to accompany the little girl, as he wouldn’t feel at ease otherwise. It was only after he personally saw the little girl register and move into her dormitory that he truly felt relieved.

On the day of registration, Zhou Ping and his mother ran into one of his former professors as they were bringing the little girl through the school gate. They struck up a conversation and Zhou Ping made lunch plans with the professor and a few others.

Those professors knew that Zhou Ping was helping someone register, and Zhou Ping introduced the little girl to them. Although the little girl would not be taught by these professors, they had heard of her. After all, she was the science top scorer of their province by a wide margin, a feat comparable to the impressive high school examination results achieved by Jiang Yue and Xue Yan during their time. Her scores were frighteningly high.

It had been some time since the professors had seen Zhou Ping, and they had a lot to talk about. So, after registering with the counselor, Mrs. Zhou went with the little girl to her dormitory first.

Since the little girl’s major was mathematics, she was the only female in the entire class, which meant the dormitory aunt could only place her in a mixed dormitory, a room for six people.

Mrs. Zhou had just finished helping the little girl set up her bed and mosquito net when she received a call from a friend inviting her for afternoon tea. Therefore, she did not join Zhou Ping, the little girl, and the professors for lunch.

It was only after lunch that Zhou Ping had the time to check on the little girl’s dormitory.

These two days were the new student enrollment days for freshmen, and parents were allowed to come. The dormitory buildings would not have restrictions during this period, so Zhou Ping, like the other parents, had free access.

“It’s 6216, right?” Zhou Ping asked as he walked towards the dormitory building where the little girl was staying.

The little girl’s dorm was indeed numbered 6216, in room 16 on the second floor of building 6.

“Yes,” the little girl replied. With her hair tied in a bun, her palm-sized face was fair and clear, her delicate figure even smaller beside Zhou Ping, who was over one meter eighty tall.