Chapter 19: Dormitory 606
Chapter 19: Chapter 19: Dormitory 606
"Hi, your phone."
Less than five centimeters from the ground, Lin Xi caught the phone, squatted slightly, and said.
"Sorry, sorry..." The girl hurriedly took the phone, looking embarrassed.
It was only then that Lin Xi noticed how cute and beautiful this girl was.
She was about 1.65 meters tall, with big, lively eyes.
Her short hair reached her shoulders, and her neat bangs covered her forehead, just above her arched eyebrows.
In terms of appearance, she was slightly less striking than Bai Bing, but her beauty was completely different from Bai Bing’s.
Bai Bing’s beauty was cold and distant, sparking a desire for strong-willed individuals to conquer her. In contrast, this girl was shy and endearing, evoking a protective instinct but making one hesitate to get too close.
"Thank you, thank you!"
The girl held the phone with both hands, standing awkwardly opposite Lin Xi, and murmured again in a mosquito-squeak voice.
"You’re welcome."
Lin Xi actually felt a bit surprised inside. Ultimately, it was he who startled her at first.
However, looking at the girl’s current state, if he didn’t accept her apology and instead apologized to her, it might make her even more uneasy.
"Could you tell me how to get to the registration office?" Lin Xi tentatively asked.
"Registration, registration, registration office..."
The girl scratched her head as if she were recalling something, murmuring as she did so. Suddenly, excitement appeared on her face, "I know, I know, I just went there."
"Well, well, after you enter the school gate, turn left for over a hundred meters, then right for four or five hundred meters, then... then which way?"
The girl looked embarrassed, scratching her head cutely, "Sorry, maybe I should take you there. Directions are just too hard."
"Thanks then."
Lin Xi found this girl very intriguing and thought it necessary to get to know her better in the future.
The immediate task, of course, was registration, followed by finding the dorm.
Following the girl, they walked for about ten minutes and arrived beside a teaching building.
"I’ll be on my way now. I really really thank you today. Otherwise my phone..." The girl’s voice became quieter and quieter.
"Next, those two seniors over there will take care of things."
Not far away, two seniors were watching Lin Xi and the girl.
One tall senior said, "Is that girl rumored to be the campus belle among the freshmen?"
The other, slightly shorter, replied, "I was the one who received her before. She’s really pretty. I think not only is she the beauty among the freshmen, but one of the campus belles of our whole Jiangnan University."
"Look, is she coming over? This time, no matter what, I must ask for her contact."
"Let it go, you’re imagining things, she’s leaving."
"What a pity!"
From start to finish, Lin Xi was directly ignored by the two of them.
...
"Oh, you’re welcome, you also helped me today, let’s call it even." Lin Xi smiled, sincerely replying.
In the past, he would either be fighting in the underground world, plotting against each other, or being brutally trained and thrown into dangerous places by the old man.
Today’s event felt heartwarming.
Then the two separated, and Lin Xi walked toward the seniors’ long table, "Hello, I’m a new freshman. Could you tell me what I need to do next?"
The tall guy glanced up at Lin Xi without speaking, while the shorter guy played on his phone as if he hadn’t heard.
The sudden departure of the campus belle led them to lay the blame entirely on Lin Xi.
What made them even angrier was the seemingly close relationship between Lin Xi and the belle.
Therefore, when Lin Xi came to register, they were too annoyed to bother.
"Could you tell me what I need to do next?" Lin Xi asked again, confused.
They were, after all, responsible for reception. The tall guy replied impatiently, "Let me see your admission letter."
After Lin Xi handed over the prepared admission letter, the tall guy checked it and entered something into the computer, then looked at the displayed information and puzzledly said,
"How come everything is already processed? And it’s free?"
"What?"
Lin Xi didn’t understand either. The old man had instructed him very simply, saying the admission letter was enough, and apparently, all connections were already sorted.
"Go to dorm 606 in building five," the tall guy said after thinking for a moment.
"Everything’s done? No other matters?" Lin Xi asked.
"Nothing else." The tall guy spread his hands, a trace of schadenfreude in his expression.
After Lin Xi left, the shorter guy immediately put down his phone, looked at the computer information, and said to the tall guy, "Does this guy have some background? How come all the formalities are done, and it’s free?"
"Doesn’t seem like it. Didn’t you notice his migrant worker appearance?" the tall guy retorted.
The shorter guy thought for a moment, feeling it made sense.
"But being assigned to 606, is it really okay?" The shorter guy recalled the three people from the morning, who were also in dorm 606.
These three gave them the impression of fearless troublemakers, and it was rumored that they even hit a senior in the morning.
In front of dorm 606, Lin Xi paused, slightly furrowing his brows.
Inside the dorm, five or six people sat on an upper bunk, drinking, smoking, and playing cards, the noise echoing throughout the entire sixth floor.
But not a single person from other dorms dared to come forward and say, "Keep it down."
Because among these six, three looked like tough characters.
Two were shirtless; one had muscles all over, and another was covered in tattoos, especially the one with tattoos had a black cross on his arm.
The black cross was not very obvious, but Lin Xi’s pupils shrank slightly because he had seen this symbol in South Africa.
Another person looked very scholarly, wearing square glasses, with longer hair that had already covered his ears, looking rather brooding.
The other three appeared to be sycophants from other dorms.
"Sigh." Lin Xi felt a headache; he just wanted to study quietly and flirt with girls.
But sharing a dorm with these three seemed to make peace impossible.
Upon entering the dorm, Lin Xi found the left bed near the door empty and immediately placed his bag on the table under the bed.
It was only then that the card-playing group of three noticed Lin Xi, with the tattooed guy looking at Lin Xi and saying, "Newcomer, are you from this dorm?"
"Yeah," Lin Xi replied but didn’t turn his head to look at them.
The tattooed guy didn’t seem bothered by Lin Xi’s reaction, pointed at the seven or eight dirty socks scattered on the floor, and said again, "From now on, all dirty socks, dirty shoes, and the entire dorm’s cleanliness including the bathroom, are up to you, understood?"
The others also gazed at Lin Xi with cheerful faces, planning to see how Lin Xi would handle this.