5:40 a.m.
In Dormitory 401, the alarms on three phones went off at once.
The different alarm tunes mingled, disturbing the sweet dreams of the three girls beneath their covers.
For a while, none of them woke up. They merely frowned, buried their heads under the covers, and felt around blindly for their phones to turn the alarms off.
Soon, Lin Meng Qiu switched off her alarm, followed by Xiao Yan. But ringing and the buzzing vibration against a bed frame still filled the room.
"...Mmph!" Lin Meng Qiu was thoroughly annoyed. She had no idea whose alarm it was, and she kicked at her covers without opening her eyes, letting her morning grumpiness take over. Xiao Yan rolled around under her covers too. "Aaargh...! Whose alarm is that?! Turn it off!"
Little Cicada paid no attention to any of it. She tightened her arms around the Taoist's school uniform, pulled the covers over her head, and went on sleeping soundly.
Finally, Lin Meng Qiu could stand it no longer. She abruptly sat up and turned to find the source of the ringing.
"Wen! Zhi! Xia!"
"Zzz..."
"Could you turn off your alarm?!"
"Zzz..."
Even in her dreams, she could hear Ice Block Spirit's voice. So annoying!
Wen Zhixia frowned and folded her pillow over her head.
Xiao Yan couldn't take it anymore either. She climbed out of bed, then up onto Zhizhi's bed, felt around for the ringing phone, and finally switched off the alarm.
"Zhizhi!"
"Mmm..."
"Wake up, Zhizhi! We're late!"
After a great deal of fuss, the girl sleeping like a little pig finally woke up.
She sat up groggily, still clutching the Taoist's school uniform. Her big eyes were hazy, and for a moment, she seemed unable to figure out where she was.
"Aw... My alarm