Huang Xueli brought Wang Xiaoliang a pair of slippers, then pointed to the sofa.
"Have a seat, Xiaoliang. Don't just stand there."
He turned to get Wang Xiaoliang some water, leaving the two men in the living room a brief moment to exchange puzzled looks.
Zhou Qiang leaned back on the sofa, his arms spread along the backrest. His posture was relaxed, but there was something appraising in that ease. He did not speak first, simply watching calmly as Wang Xiaoliang came over and sat down.
"When did you get here, Brother Qiang?"
"I only just got here myself."
"Have some water." Huang Xueli set a glass of warm water on the coffee table in front of Wang Xiaoliang, then sat down beside Zhou Qiang.
"Brother Huang, this..." Wang Xiaoliang wanted to ask, but did not know where to begin.
"Xiaoliang, didn't you want to know why University Town suddenly went into closed-campus management?"
"Yeah, it came out of nowhere. I supplied the internet cafés today, and the orders were pitifully small. They said the campuses had been closed off. I thought they were joking."
Huang Xueli nodded. Rather than answer directly, he began telling the story at an unhurried pace.
"Two major incidents happened at Jiangcheng University this weekend."
"The first involved a few students from the physical education college getting into a fight with a group of outsiders at the night market."
A fight? How big a deal could a student fight be? Enough to close the campus? Had someone been killed? Wang Xiaoliang wondered.
"The reason was pretty melodramatic. A sports student had a steady girlfriend at school, but he was also dating a delinquent girl outside. Somehow, that girl found out. Instead of settling the score with the guy, she charged straight into the university to