Lin Yi froze for a moment. Then lightning seemed to split the night sky in his mind. The name Wei Liang had casually mentioned back then had actually come full circle now.
"Lin Shiling," he said.
Before his voice faded, Wei Liang nimbly slid off his back and stood beside him, full of life.
"All right, I'm back, Lao Lin."
This time, Lin Yi truly breathed a sigh of relief. Without waiting for Wei Liang to say anything, he checked the room number, gripped the door handle with one hand, and swiftly pulled out his Student ID with the other to swipe it across the sensor.
"Beep!"
"Click, click, click..."
The instant he heard the latch turn, Lin Yi pressed down on the handle, opening the door just wide enough for one person to pass through, and deftly slipped inside.
Once inside the dormitory, he shut the door with lightning speed. Then, doing nothing else, he stepped back and fixed his gaze on the handle.
Several seconds later, the door sounded with a "beep-click, click, click..." Then it opened, and Wei Liang slipped inside like a nimble fish.
Bang!
The door closed, and Wei Liang leaned against it, panting heavily.
"Huff, huff, huff..."
Lin Yi stared at him in bewilderment and couldn't help asking, "Liangzi, what's wrong with you? Even I, Camel Linzi, wasn't panting. Why are you, the guy riding the rickshaw, the one gasping for breath?"
Wei Liang curled his lip. "That's because you have no idea how much I, Celestial Worthy Wei Liang of Fortune and Life, secretly helped you!"
"Really?" Lin Yi was skeptical.
Wei Liang shrugged. Suddenly, his eyes brimmed with tears, and he began wiping away snot and tears. "No... I'm just useless, Lao Lin, boohoo... I'm a dog who gets carried to victory.