Chapter 708: Chapter 708
The dormitory houses four people, which, compared to the four-person rooms in high school, isn’t small at all.
All four beds are bunk beds, with a desk and wardrobe underneath; everyone has their own private space.
Pu Sangzhi greeted two of her roommates, but the girl with the long, wavy hair didn’t greet her back.
Pu Sangzhi looked at her several times...
Originally, Pu Sangzhi wasn’t a warm person either; if others didn’t start a conversation with her, she wouldn’t take the initiative to speak to them.
Perhaps, that girl was also the smoldering type, or maybe she was just cold and arrogant...
Pu Sangzhi remembered that she had actually spoken to that girl this morning, so they weren’t complete strangers. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦•𝘯𝘦𝘵
So, after a bit of hesitation, Pu Sangzhi still took the initiative to wave at the girl and say, "Hi."
The girl replied, "Hi."
There was no then! The girl went back to playing with her phone!
Feeling a bit awkward, Pu Sangzhi also didn’t say anything more but quietly climbed into her bed.
The other two girls in the dorm were also silently observing the girl who spoke little and didn’t blend in; no one said anything!
"Right, military training starts tomorrow. During military training, we’ll have room inspections too. Starting tomorrow, everyone needs to fold their blankets into tofu cubes. The next two weeks will be exhausting, so brace yourselves," Pu Sangzhi informed everyone, which was also a way of creating a topic out of nothing.
She hoped that everyone would join in the conversation to enhance the roommates’ bonds.
Minal was particularly cooperative, responding to Pu Sangzhi with a giggly, "Okay, then you teach me how!"
Pu Sangzhi nodded, "Sure. Let’s all give it a try. We have to get up early tomorrow, so it’d be good if we can master it today."
"I’ll give it a try too..." Wei Zixuan also began to act cooperatively.
It was only the particularly aloof girl who still sat on her bed fiddling with her phone, occasionally glancing over at the three of them.
Seeing that the other three had started to act unitedly, the girl still didn’t make any move, just continued to play with her phone.
Seeing this, Pu Sangzhi called out to her, "Aren’t you going to try it?"
Only then did the girl seem reluctantly agreeable to Pu Sangzhi, putting down her phone before beginning to try.
She wasn’t as difficult to talk to as one might imagine.
Seeing her quite cooperative, Pu Sangzhi thought to herself that maybe she was just more introverted?
She needed someone more extroverted to lead her on...
In their dorm, the most extroverted was probably that Xinjiang girl, right?
Pu Sangzhi silently mused to herself.
Meanwhile, in the male dormitory of Zijing 1 Building, Huo Feng’s dorm room had all four occupants present.
One Huo Feng, a pair of twins, and one... the last to arrive, the secretive guy!
The secretive guy arrived late, carrying a bowl of noodles, sitting on his lower bunk to eat, filling the entire dorm with the aroma of noodles.
Fortunately, Huo Feng had already eaten and wasn’t enticed by the smell.
With nothing much to do, Huo Feng was reclining on his upper bunk playing with his phone while the twins chatted below.
Maybe because the twins always had each other for company, they didn’t feel a particular need to make friends with the other dorm members.
The secretive guy wasn’t someone who wouldn’t initiate conversation, after all, he didn’t greet anyone in the dorm upon his arrival.
He just sat there focusing on his noodles...
Huo Feng crossed his legs, engrossed in his phone while occasionally glancing at the few boys around him.
He scrutinized their clothing, hairstyles, and manner of speaking, as if they were from a different country...
Such unrefined attire, looking like well-behaved students with a parental vibe!
Huo Feng guessed that perhaps he was the only one who had been raised free-range? That must be why he stood out as the rare fresh meat among the common nerds!
After a while, the secretive guy finished his noodles.
He picked up the bag, ready to carry it out to the trash can.
Suddenly, the bag tore!
The noodle soup and leftovers spilled all over the floor, and naturally, half of the secretive guy’s pants got soaked as well.
Instantly, all three boys were captivated by the scene...
One of the twins exclaimed with schadenfreude.
Then the secretive guy let out a light sigh and, unhurriedly, grabbed a couple of tissues, wrapped up the plastic bag, and carried it straight out of the dorm.
The dormitory didn’t have private bathrooms, but there was a communal one, and the introverted guy probably headed there.
"Hey, aren’t you going to help him?"
Right after the introverted guy left, one of the twins suddenly spoke to Huo Feng.
Lying on his bed, Huo Feng raised an eyebrow and looked sideways at him, "Talking to me? Why don’t you go?"
"Aren’t you the one who’s really good at housework..."
One of the twins said, "You’re so diligent, you should do more in the dorm and help out. How about we elect you as the dorm leader from now on?"
Then the other twin said, "You fold the blankets tomorrow! You’re used to doing all the chores anyway! If it’s too much trouble, we’ll give you some money..."
The twin by his side chimed in, "I think it’s a good idea. We could give you some extra money every month, and you can help us wash our clothes, shoes, and stuff. Don’t worry, we won’t shortchange you!"
These words ignited Huo Feng’s anger!
Huo Feng suddenly sat up from his bed, his eyebrows deeply furrowed and his phoenix eyes revealing a sinister look.
He swept his gaze toward the twins with eyes that could reduce someone to ashes in an instant...
It had to be said that the viciousness in Huo Feng did indeed have a deterrent effect!
With just one look, both twins were startled and fell silent, no longer daring to speak!
"I’m giving you both one chance to rephrase what you just said, dare to repeat what you just said?" Huo Feng threatened in a chilling voice.
The twins looked at each other, exchanging glances, then shut their mouths and didn’t dare to speak again.
In fact, this idea was suggested by their mother during lunch earlier that day.
The twins’ mother was worried they wouldn’t take care of themselves properly living here, so she suggested they get help from Huo Feng.
She told them to give Huo Feng 400 yuan a month to have him help wash their clothes, shoes, clean the desk, and tidy the blankets.
It wasn’t meant to be often, just once a week would do, and for 400 yuan, it wasn’t cheap.
At first, this idea seemed good to the twins, and they both agreed.
But Huo Feng didn’t agree!
Not only did Huo Feng disagree, but he also mocked them, "Giant adult babies, living is just a waste of air!"
Unable to bear it, the older twin walked over to Huo Feng’s bed and tapped the bed rail with his phone, "Speak politely! If you don’t agree, just say so, what gives you the right to attack people!"
"Based on the fact that you’re ugly, lazy, and an eyesore!" Huo Feng replied unapologetically.
The twin brother’s eyes widened as he was rebuked by Huo Feng, "You... what gives you the right to say that to someone!"
Perhaps having been genteel scholars pampered since childhood, the twins were not prone to quarrelling and didn’t know how to quarrel.
"Do you need me to repeat myself?"
Huo Feng snorted with a laugh and ungraciously repeated himself, "I said you’re ugly and lazy, and I can’t stand you hanging around in front of me!"
"You... you’re actually making personal attacks on people!"
The other twin brother hurriedly approached as well, and they both stood beside Huo Feng’s bed, with the younger one slapping his older brother, "Don’t argue with this kind of person, he’s too low class!"
"If I say him, I’m saying you too, both equally ugly, nobody can tell you apart!"
Huo Feng spoke arrogantly, including the younger twin in his tirade!
"My God... you really are..."
The pair of twins also seemed to feel the malice from society!
For a moment, they were speechless before Huo Feng!
"Don’t argue with him anymore, he’s really too low class! Let’s not talk to him from now on, let’s go, let’s go..."
The younger twin immediately pulled his brother to turn around, and they left Huo Feng’s bed as though fleeing, and perhaps also with a sense of disdain...
Huo Feng watched them leave with a contemptuous look, his eyebrows raised, he snorted coldly, not taking the two seriously at all.
At that time, the introverted guy came back from the communal bathroom carrying a bucket and mop.
When he entered again, the atmosphere in the dorm had completely changed from before...
The introverted guy silently mopped the floor, focusing on himself, not talking to anyone in the dorm.
After he finished cleaning up, it was already 1 p.m., and the three in the dorm had all put down their phones and gone to sleep.
They had to gather for class at 1:30 p.m.
Only then did the introverted guy lie down on his bed, silently picked up his phone, thinking he wouldn’t sleep...
So, he opened a girl’s WeChat and sent her a message: [Are you asleep? How is it over there? Are your roommates easy to get along with?]
Was precisely Pu Sangzhi, the introverted girl in her dormitory!
She replied to the introverted guy: [They all ignore me.]
The introverted guy replied to her: [It’s the same here. Nobody talks to me.]
Separated by their screens, they each let out a sigh that only they could hear...