Qi Hang and Xu Xian heard He Xiaozhou say that and immediately dropped the subject. "No, no, we'll play!"
Playing cards was a great way to kill time. The four of them played until lights-out, when they finally had to stop.
Xu Xian tossed down the cards in his hand and grumbled, "They still turn the lights out at college? This is just like high school. It's so inconvenient."
As he gathered the cards, Qi Hang said, "Can't be helped. The dormitory's for sleeping. If they don't set a lights-out time, it's easy for conflicts to break out."
Xu Xian was even more annoyed. "If people want to fight, turning out the lights won't stop them. Haven't you heard that darkness is where evil is born?"
In the dark, He Xiaozhou tidied his desk. He was just about to climb into bed when Xu Xian's words inspired him to recite a line.
"Darkness gave me a pair of black eyes, but I use them to search for light."
Xu Xian was speechless. "You'll go blind sooner or later. I tried using a flashlight at night once, and I could barely see anything for ages afterward."
Conversations in the men's dorms often went off track. But no matter where they started, they usually ended with politics. That was how most of them went.
Wang Yue's dorm was no different. After the four of them had talked for a while, it was Qi Hang's comment that brought their conversation to an end, and they each went to sleep.
He yawned and said wistfully, "If only the South Slavs had nuclear weapons!"
The next day, the dormmates went to class together. That evening, they each went to study on their own.
When Wang Yue returned, he saw Qi Hang rummaging through the