Borrowing a Knife to Kill

After passing row upon row of low houses, Feng Chunlan finally stopped outside the innermost building.

She pursed her lips at Jiang You. "This is your dormitory from now on. Go in yourself."

Yet she refused to take even one step inside.

"There are several old employees in there. Make sure you introduce yourself properly, hehe."

She laughed maliciously, her narrow, triangular eyes squeezing into slits.

Every dormitory had exactly the same layout: a small house standing alone, with one large shared room and a toilet inside.

Dormitory Number One was clearly the oldest of them all.

It was at the very back, close to the mountainside.

Water dripped down the rocks of the mountainside, making everything damp.

Dormitory Number One was hidden beneath the mountainside's shadow. With no sunlight, it looked dark and damp.

Jiang You looked up. In the upper-left corner of the entrance, someone had simply painted the number "1" in white.

While they were speaking, the dilapidated wooden door opened from inside.

"Creeeak~"

A figure stood in the darkness, its face impossible to make out.

"Aunt Feng, what brings you here?"

The speaker's voice was somewhat hoarse. "Our dorm leader said that Dormitory Number One is already full."

Along the way, Jiang You had seen everyone greet Feng Chunlan with great respect whenever they encountered her.

But the people in Dormitory Number One had shown Feng Chunlan no courtesy at all from the moment they opened their mouths.

Feng Chunlan chuckled, surprisingly not taking offense at all.

The sunlight fell across her face, making it shine with grease.

"Hey, I didn't want to bring her here either, but a new batch of people just arrived, didn't they?

"There happened to be one extra person, and there wasn't anywhere else to put her. You only have six