The Dorm Was Full

"Pang Pang!"

Lin Xia recognized the voice as soon as he heard it.

He turned around, and sure enough, it was the "King of Escape" who had gotten him to Black Iron Tier 2!

Pang Pang let go of his luggage and rushed over, throwing an arm around Lin Xia's neck.

He complained indignantly:

"It's all your fault! I'm Black Iron Tier 1 now... with negative 40 points!!"

"You're the one who ran away instead of fighting me..."

Lin Xia noticed that Pang Pang wasn't actually squeezing him.

Realizing he hadn't come for revenge, Lin Xia grinned mischievously and said:

"But even if you hadn't run away, you still would've lost~!"

"Who are you looking down on!?"

Pang Pang lifted his chin and pointed his nostrils at Lin Xia.

Lin Xia thought he was about to lose his temper, but instead Pang Pang said, "You got any money on you? Lend me some, quick! I'm in a bind!"

"...Huh?"

Lin Xia's face filled with question marks.

But seeing how serious Pang Pang looked, he realized the guy wasn't joking.

"On my way here, I accidentally got into a bit of trouble... Anyway, I'm only 500 short of sorting it out!"

Pang Pang let go of Lin Xia, lowered himself from his tiptoes, and gazed at him with big, blinking eyes.

"What happened?"

Lin Xia was curious, but he still took out 500 yuan and held it in his hand. "Didn't the school give us 3,000 yuan as an enrollment grant?"

"Didn't I just say I got into trouble?"

Pang Pang looked dejected. "I spent that money a long time ago."

That only made Lin Xia more curious.

But before he could ask, heavy footsteps sounded outside the door.

The next moment, a familiar, towering figure appeared.

Lin Xia and Pang Pang said in unison, "You?!"

"You two?!"

The newcomer was the Samurai-Haired Man Lin Xia had defeated earlier.

He furrowed his brow and stared at the two of them grimly.

"Did you break his Buddha statue too?"

Pang Pang looked at Lin Xia with a smile, as if he'd found a fellow soldier.

"What Buddha statue?"

As Lin Xia shook his head, he noticed the black object in the tall man's hand.

Judging by the cracks in it, it seemed to be the statue Pang Pang had mentioned.

But what puzzled Lin Xia was—

Why did this "Buddha" statue look so fierce?

"Brother, now I don't owe you anything!"

Pang Pang snatched the money from Lin Xia's hand and gave it to the man.

The Samurai-Haired Man was so tall that he had to stoop to enter the dorm room.

He said nothing, merely pocketing the money.

Then he walked impassively to Bed Four at the very back and tossed his luggage onto it.

The dorm room fell silent for dozens of seconds.

Those ten short seconds felt as long as a century.

To break the awkward silence, Lin Xia spoke first:

"My name's Lin Xia. I'm from City A. Looks like we'll be roommates from now on..."

"My mom hoped I'd be healthy, so she named me Xu Jiankang. But you can just call me Xu Jian."

As he spoke, Pang Pang put a photo up on Bed Two.

"That's a little too healthy, isn't it?"

Lin Xia glanced at Pang Pang's figure and nodded with a knowing smile.

Then the two of them looked over at the tall man, who was making his bed.

"Liu Yucheng." The man didn't turn around. He set the eerie, ominous statue on his bedside table. "From hell."

After saying that, he even bowed to the Weird Buddha Statue.

"There's something wrong with him up here."

Xu Jian pointed at his head, rolled his eyes, and whispered.

Lin Xia nodded in agreement.

For the rest of the time, an invisible barrier seemed to form in the dorm room.

Lin Xia and Pang Pang sat together, chatting away.

Meanwhile, Liu Yucheng sat cross-legged on his bed with his eyes shut, muttering something under his breath.

Lin Xia checked the time. It was lunchtime.

So he suggested they go eat at the cafeteria.

Liu Yucheng ignored him and continued chanting.

As for Pang Pang, the moment he heard the word "eat," his grin nearly split his face.

But to Lin Xia's surprise, the guy showed no sign of getting up.

Instead, he kicked off his shoes, stretched out on the bed, and said with a grin:

"Whatever you're eating, bring me a portion too. Thanks, Godfather!"

Lin Xia: "??"

Pang Pang explained that his size made it inconvenient to exercise too much, or he'd get out of breath.

Lin Xia knew perfectly well that was just an excuse.

The guy was obviously lazy!

But Pang Pang was just too good at pleading...

Lin Xia couldn't stand having a guy act so coy with him, so he left the dorm by himself.

But not long after he left,

a skinny young man with silver hair and glasses walked in.

He didn't have any luggage, large or small, and carried only a laptop bag.

When Pang Pang greeted him, he ignored him.

Instead, he looked around the dorm room.

At last, he stopped in front of Bed One.

Looking at Lin Xia's photo, he couldn't help recalling his conversation with Zhang Ting.

"This the one?"

"Right. Kill him, and we'll get you a new heart."

Lin Xia ate a quick meal, then returned to the dorm with a packed rice bowl.

"Thanks, Godfather!!"

Pang Pang took the food and immediately began wolfing it down.

"Here."

Lin Xia handed another portion to Liu Yucheng, who was still chanting. "The cafeteria's about to close, so I brought you something. I didn't know if you ate meat, so I got all vegetarian dishes."

At that, Liu Yucheng slowly opened his eyes and stared at the food in Lin Xia's hand without a word.

Then his stomach let out a rumbling growl.

"How much?"

Liu Yucheng took the food and started reaching into his pocket for money.

"This one's on me. We'll be classmates for four years, after all. Let's get along from now on."

Lin Xia smiled as he spoke.

He'd gone to college in his previous life too.

He knew how important it was to get along with your roommates.

Especially roommates you'd already had an "unpleasant encounter" with.

"Godfather, you're a real one!"

Pang Pang gave him a thumbs-up, then raised his eyebrows with a mischievous grin. "So does that mean my meal's on you too...?"

"Sure, that one's on me too."

Lin Xia shrugged.

"Oh my god, a warm-hearted nanny, a pig... and a mute. This dorm is something else!"

A voice Lin Xia didn't recognize rang out.

He looked over and saw a silver-haired young man lying on Bed Three.

Lin Xia's first impression of him was: arrogant and mouthy.

So he gave up on going over to introduce himself.

Instead, he acted as though the guy didn't exist and quietly returned to his bed to take a nap.

"None of you are going to tell me your names?

Then I'll just call you Nanny, Mute, and Pig Head from now on."

The young man chewed his gum, lifted his chin, and spread his hands. "But you'd better call me Wu Ziyang."

"Tch!"

Xu Jian looked disgusted but kept eating as if nothing had happened.

Lin Xia and Liu Yucheng didn't even open their eyes.

Seeing that, Wu Ziyang decided not to embarrass himself further. He pulled out his laptop and started fiddling with it.

When Lin Xia's alarm went off, it was half past three.

Everyone got up and started getting ready to head to the athletic field for the class-assignment ceremony.