Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again-Chapter 158 - 83: Huang Panpan’s Letter Arrives

Midday, on campus at the Finance Academy.

Feng Zhongliang was handing out a stack of letters, distributing them to each dormitory.

This was one of his duties as the class life commissioner.

In this era, communication is still behind; many college students don’t have mobile phones. Although there are landlines in the dormitories, many people still prefer to communicate through letters.

In a few more years, every college student will have a mobile phone, and letters will gradually become a memory.

The express delivery industry now isn’t as diverse as it will be in later years, with fierce competition among various companies like SF Express, ZTO Express, YTO Express, STO Express, Best Express, and Yunda Express...

Before Su Zelin was reborn, there were countless courier brands, all vying for market share with speed and service.

In the year 2000, the predominant method of sending items was just one—EMS.

While postal service was reliable, reaching remote mountainous areas that other couriers couldn’t reach in the future, and had a low lost item rate.

But EMS was indeed slow, and the service was lacking. At this time, you couldn’t expect a phone notification; everything was just dumped into the reception room next to the security office.

Thus, the life commissioners of each class would make a trip to the reception room every noon to collect all the letters for their class, and if there were any packages, they would notify others to pick them up promptly.

Despite being a bit troublesome, Old Feng enjoyed it because he was diligent, and distributing letters to classmates was the most fulfilling time for him.

"Old Feng, thanks a lot!"

"Hehe, no need, no need, I’m the life commissioner, it’s my responsibility!"

Walking in and out of several dormitories, hearing the boys thank him for the letters, Old Feng felt very happy, thinking that he contributed to the class while also earning respect from others.

"If an official doesn’t serve the people, he’d be better off going home as a sweet potato!"

This saying was Feng Zhongliang’s life motto, but it was also because he was too straightforward and honest that, after graduation, he worked in local government for more than a decade without ever stepping out of the office as a deputy section civil servant.

After handing out one round of letters, there were only two left when he returned to the dormitory.

"Lao Wu, this is yours!" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Upon entering, Old Yang handed one of the letters to Hu Xu.

Lao Wu’s family is from a rural area in Mountain City’s Ba Yu, where the village is very underdeveloped, with only a phone installed in the village committee, and long-distance calls are quite expensive. Usually, Hu Xu’s parents would write letters instead of calling unless it’s urgent, receiving a few letters every month.

Hu Xu nodded towards Old Feng, as dorm mates, they were all brothers, so there was no need to be overly formal.

"Old Three, your little school junior wrote again!"

Feng Zhongliang handed the other letter to Su Zelin.

Outside, he would give some respect by addressing him as the class monitor, but in the dormitory, Old Feng felt that as the dorm leader, he was the biggest, so even the class monitor had to listen to him, thus he called him Old Three.

This envelope was different from the regular ones; it was heart-shaped and pink, clearly from a girl. It had a Great Wall stamp, one of the most common stamps at the time. Other popular ones included those featuring zodiac signs, Buddha statues, pagodas, antique vases, and bamboo.

Every weekend when she returned home, Huang Panpan would call or text Su Zelin, and she would also write letters during school, basically one letter a week.

Over time, everyone in room 302 knew that Su Zelin had a little school junior who admired him greatly in high school.

"Third Brother, your little junior really treats you well, writing a letter every week. I’d love to have such a girl fan!"

Zeng Kaiping was quite envious.

This life, Su Zelin hadn’t taught him those flirtation skills, and now the lively young man hadn’t evolved into the online dating expert, his romantic life was quite unfortunate.

Su Zelin noticed something: this guy’s real-life flirting skills were truly worrying; his talents in this aspect were as different from his online prowess as night and day.

The dorms 302 and 501 had socialized already, and with Zeng Kaiping following him around, he definitely had plenty of chances to chat with girls, but this guy just couldn’t speak in front of girls, not much better than Lu Haoran.

However, the lively young man wasn’t dull by nature; he did have a talent for attracting girls. In the past life, he might not have mastered his skills fully, but he got about seventy or eighty percent, which was enough for him to enjoy flirting.

It was utterly impossible for Lu Haoran; being straightforward was in his bones.

It felt like Zeng Kaiping’s talent was sealed, unable to be released without online dating. In the past life, the lively young man managed to carve a bloody path on QQ, slowly getting the hang of things in reality after having many online dating experiences.

Then when Hed was demolished, his family received dozens of apartments, and he turned into a playboy in the romance scene.

"Ah Ping, this might not be a good thing. You wouldn’t understand my troubles!"

Su Zelin sighed.

The problem with the little junior was a headache for him in both his past and present life.

This time, he tried a different approach to see if he could persuade Huang Panpan to give up on him; so far, there were no significant results, the little junior was still very clingy.

But at least she wasn’t as extreme as in the past life.

Although the rascal spoke the truth, Zeng Kaiping took it as showing off.

"Come on, Third Brother, don’t be the contented one who doesn’t care about the hungry; stop showing off in different ways. I’d love to have your problems!"

Su Zelin ignored his wailing, opened the heart-shaped envelope, and inside were two sheets of girly stationery, with beautiful floral borders and a faint, refreshing scent.

To my senior,

I hope this letter finds you well.

Today I received your reply, and learning that you’ve become the class monitor, I am proud and happy for you!