Slacker University

Chapter 195

The two had been roommates. They had never been particularly close, but things had not been this bad before.

When they applied to graduate school, both chose Kyoto University. Qu Jie had laughed and called it friendly competition: may the best man win. Maybe two people from the same dorm would both get in.

But Xia Jue kept finding that his study materials had disappeared. He assumed someone in the study room had taken them. He was angry, but all he did was keep a closer eye on his things.

Plenty of people contacted prospective advisers early these days. Xia Jue was on good terms with a professor in his department, who offered to reach out to an acquaintance at Kyoto University for him. Yet the emails seemed to vanish into thin air. He received no reply at all.

Then Qu Jie announced in the dorm that he had gotten in touch with a professor at Kyoto University.

Puzzled, Xia Jue asked, "Who did you contact? I haven't heard back from anyone."

"Why are you asking me?" Qu Jie said. "Planning to steal my chance?"

Xia Jue let it drop. Thinking his emails might not have arrived, he planned to send them again. Before he could, his professor called and asked why he had not replied to the Kyoto professor's message. It was terribly rude.

When they looked into it, they found that Qu Jie had deleted the email while Xia Jue was away. The two came to blows in their dorm room.

Their counselor gave Qu Jie a stern warning. Since he had caused no lasting harm, the matter went no further, except that Qu Jie could no longer go to Kyoto University.

With no other choice, Qu Jie used his connections to get into another good