He had been shoved, but it was so late, and she was a girl out alone and drunk. What could he say?
Li Yichen could only shrug helplessly. "It's hard being a good guy." Then he continued walking.
"Are you really going to leave her?" Zhou Yixuan suddenly asked. "The dorm's locked up now. What if she runs into someone dangerous out here alone?"
"You're certainly kindhearted." Li Yichen curled his lip, but stopped anyway. "Aren't you afraid I'm a bad guy? If I go help her, she might be walking straight into a wolf's jaws."
"I know you're a good person," Zhou Yixuan said earnestly, then simply stared at him.
"All right, all right. You win." In less than a minute, Li Yichen gave in, raising both hands in surrender. "I'll go see whether she needs help. If she turns me down, you can't blame me."
When he went back, the girl was kneeling at the dorm entrance, pounding on the glass door and crying weakly, "Ma'am, please open the door... Please let me in..."
"Stop your wailing!" a harsh voice snapped. "One bunch just left after making their declarations of love, and now here comes a drunk... If everyone acted like you lot, how would I ever get any peace?"
"It won't happen again. Please, can't you let me in just this once?" the girl continued pleading.
"Coming back this late, drunk out of your mind—you're clearly no good either." The dorm supervisor's words seemed to strike a sore spot, and the girl burst into tears. "I didn't want to... I really didn't want to..."
Seeing how heartbroken she was, Li Yichen couldn't bear it. He sighed. "I suppose fate brought us together."
He walked over, crouched down, and asked softly, "Is there anything I can do to