System: [You made me watch TV dramas! Do you regret it now?]
Cheng Lang: "..."
After all that fuss, it was already past two in the morning by the time Cheng Lang and Shen Huaiyu returned to school.
The dormitory building was pitch-black, and even the dorm supervisor auntie had fallen asleep. Cheng Lang pressed against the door and examined it carefully, then turned to discuss it with Shen Huaiyu. "How about we make do at the milk tea shop for the night?"
Shen Huaiyu nodded in agreement. "It's so late. We shouldn't wake everyone up."
So the two of them headed back to the milk tea shop. They dragged two folding beds out of the storage room and spent the night in the shop.
The next morning, Shen Huaiyu was awakened by a series of faint noises. When he opened his eyes, it was not even six o'clock. Cheng Lang was already making milk tea in the back kitchen.
The sweet, rich fragrance of milk and tea filled the tastefully decorated shop. The warm early-winter sunlight slowly climbed up the glass windows, bathing the entire room in brilliance. Even their moods lifted along with it.
Rubbing his eyes, Shen Huaiyu got up and walked to the back kitchen door. "Why are you up so early?"
Cheng Lang said, "I want to make a few cups of milk tea and bring them to the police officers who worked the night shift."
Shen Huaiyu suddenly understood. "The officers on duty helped us so much last night. We really should thank them."
As he spoke, Shen Huaiyu hurried off to wash up, then went into the back kitchen to help.
Together, they made a total of one hundred and two cups of milk tea. Carrying two cups, Cheng Lang went