Song He left the bathroom and made a call.
The four people in the bathroom could vaguely hear snippets of the conversation. It seemed he was speaking with the principal.
The four exchanged glances, the atmosphere tense yet expectant.
A moment later, the call ended. Song He came in smiling. "It's settled. The principal agreed to assign Dorm 404 to us, with the power left on all night. Who's going to the dorm manager to get the key?"
"I will, I will!" Ding Yangze left the bathroom gleefully.
Ding Yangze returned in no time, and the group headed for Dorm 404.
Song He opened the door and reached along the wall in the dark. With a snap, the lights came on!
Looking at the brightly lit dormitory, the five top students wore blissful expressions, as though they had found a sacred cultivation ground.
"The power really stays on!" Ning Mo beamed. "Brother Song, you've got such pull!"
Chu Long was also full of emotion. When his studies had been intense last year, he had asked a teacher for a dormitory where the lights would not be turned off, but had been mercilessly rejected. He had never expected Song He to settle it with a single phone call!
Sure enough, top students could do whatever they wanted at school. If they couldn't, it only meant they had not studied well enough!
Dorm 404 seemed to have been vacant for years. A thick layer of dust covered the bed frames and desks, and every step across the floor left a shoe print.
The five tacitly began a thorough cleaning. They wiped the desks, mopped the floor, and cleared away the cobwebs before finally taking their seats in neat rows around the spotless desks.
Ning Mo and Ding Yangze placed their problem books