[1. Students must complete check-in procedures with the Dormitory Management Committee before moving in. After moving in, they must strictly abide by these regulations. 2. Students must stay in their dormitories every night. Students may not enter the dormitory building outside opening hours. Under special circumstances, they must explain the situation to their homeroom teacher, obtain the appropriate documentation, and submit it to the dormitory supervisor. 3. If the dormitory supervisor does not approve, the documentation may be directly invalidated. 4. When the dormitory supervisor disagrees with teachers in other positions, the dormitory supervisor's wishes take precedence within the dormitory building. 5. Under qualifying circumstances, the dormitory supervisor has the authority to issue direct orders to any student. Students must obey these orders. Failure to comply will be considered a serious violation of school rules. 6. Students must be in their dormitory beds at lights-out. Otherwise, they will be treated as late arrivals. ... 10. Please trust your dormitory supervisor and obey her orders. As long as you are inside the dormitory building, she will do everything in her power to protect you. 11. ...If the dormitory supervisor can no longer be trusted, Article 6 of these regulations will automatically become void, and Articles 12, 13, and 14 will automatically be added and take effect. All students must commit these three rules to memory. In a crisis, they may save your life.]
Ye Chu gave them a cursory glance, and Xiao Xiao called urgently from her bed, "Get into bed, quick! It's almost lights-out!" After hearing Ye Chu lie down, Xiao Xiao hurriedly added, "Oh, there's something else really important. Count the knocks when the supervisor comes. Only open the door if she knocks four times. If she knocks five times, don't open it, no matter what she says!"
Ye Chu nodded to show he understood.
Soon, the dormitory lights went out with a snap. The room plunged into darkness, leaving only the sound of their breathing. Even the air seemed to have stopped moving.
Tap, tap, tap... The supervisor's footsteps echoed down the empty hallway, drawing closer and closer to their room. Xiao Xiao buried her face in her blanket, not daring to make a sound.
Fortunately, the supervisor knocked on the door opposite theirs. As she knocked, she called the students' names. "Wu Hu Liu Lailai... Wu Hu Liu Nainai Zhao Niu..."
The supervisor fell silent for a few seconds, then chose to read another name. "Lu La Lei Liu Lang..." She fell silent again.
Just looking at the two students' names during the day hadn't seemed particularly funny, but hearing the supervisor read them aloud now was hilarious. Xiao Xiao pressed her blanket hard against her face to keep herself from laughing out loud.
But soon, she couldn't laugh anymore-she heard the supervisor change direction and head toward their room!
Knock, knock... The knocking began, but the supervisor didn't read out a name for a long time. Xiao Xiao felt puzzled, then realized the supervisor wanted to call Ye Chu's name but couldn't read the characters.
Ha, you illiterate!
"I am..." The supervisor had no choice but to target the other name, but... she simply couldn't bring herself to say the last two characters! In the end, she slammed the door hard once and moved on to another room.
Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. It looked like tonight would be peaceful, and she could get a good night's sleep.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, the Dormitory Warden was pounding furiously on a door. Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
He was also shouting, "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!"
Although the scene was bizarre, it was somehow hilarious. Su Fengzi's shoulders were shaking.
Pei Yanchuan jumped straight out of bed. Comrade Zhang Jinlian hadn't had time to tell them about the dormitory's hidden rules. Although he didn't know whether doing this was dangerous, fortunately, Pei Yanchuan had also read the last three articles of the regulations.
[12. Residents must carry their dormitory keys at all times. If you do not have your dormitory key with you when receiving an order from the dormitory supervisor, you have the right to immediately request permission to retrieve it. Execution of the order will automatically be postponed. 13. Unless a student has already seriously violated school rules, dormitory supervisors are strictly forbidden from entering students' rooms without permission. 14. The dormitory supervisor may not leave the dormitory office for more than fifteen minutes.]
Anyone who could pound on someone's door so furiously while calling them Daddy definitely wasn't normal. Besides, after being called so many times, Pei Yanchuan felt bad not answering.
He yanked the dormitory door open and saw the Dormitory Warden standing before him, his face a pallid blue, exuding an eerie menace. "Come with me."
"Sir, can I go back and get my key?"
The old man stared at him with hollow eyes. Only after several seconds did he slowly reply, "Be quick."
The moment the door opened, Su Fengzi realized something was wrong. He couldn't hear the Dormitory Warden's voice, only Pei Yanchuan talking to himself.
He tapped lightly on his bed frame, trying to snap Pei Yanchuan out of it, but Pei Yanchuan turned and came back inside. Facing Su Fengzi's bunk, he said, "Brother Fengzi, I'm taking your water bottle."
Su Fengzi frowned. What was this little wolf brat up to now? He couldn't jump up and ask him right now, so he could only tap the bed frame again to show he'd heard.
Pei Yanchuan twirled the water bottle in his hand and gave the impatient Dormitory Warden at the door a sweet smile. "Let's go, sir."
"All right, Classmate Dad."
The moment he shut the door, Pei Yanchuan's gaze turned icy, and a wicked smile curled his lips. He quietly unscrewed the bottle containing the poison. He wanted to see exactly what would happen if the Dormitory Warden left his office for fifteen minutes.
The old man took two steps, then turned around, only to get hit in the head by an uncapped water bottle. Some unknown liquid was forced into his mouth.
By the time he wiped the water off his face, the little brat behind him had disappeared. In his place stood a massive black-furred wolf, baring his fangs at him.
The old man: "..." Could someone tell me what just happened?! Who the hell is the villain here?!!
Just as Su Fengzi was about to fall asleep, he heard the dormitory door open and saw Pei Yanchuan's back. He seemed to be injured, hissing through his teeth. His school uniform also appeared to have been shredded, with a scrap of fabric dangling at his waist.
Pei Yanchuan tiptoed inside. Seeing Su Fengzi poke his head out, he whispered, "Did I wake you, Brother Fengzi? Sorry, I'll be quieter." As he spoke, he seemed to find the scrap at his waist a nuisance and tore it off.
Su Fengzi: ...So what exactly did you go through in that little stretch of time?
The next day, Su Fengzi woke first and turned to wake Pei Yanchuan, only for him to roll over, mumble, and fall asleep again. Last night's school uniform had clearly been reduced to a scrap of fabric, yet the one he wore now looked brand-new, without a single tear or speck of dust.
Su Fengzi guessed that their school uniforms might reset once a day, saving the students the time of washing their clothes.
"Brother Fengzi, you go ahead. I'll sleep a little longer." The person in bed buried his head under the blanket and closed his eyes again.
Su Fengzi shrugged and decided to head to morning class first. As he passed the supervisor's duty room, he noticed that the old man's arm was covered in blood, and his work uniform was in tatters. Even more outrageous was the enormous hole in the office door, which looked as though some wild beast had torn through it with its teeth.
Su Fengzi: I think I know what that little wolf brat did last night.
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