The Contest for Dorm Leader

"Another Work-Study Student? There sure are a lot this year!" Wang Sheng was a little surprised to see Xiao Wu walk in.

"Hey, don't change the subject. First, tell me why you ambushed me."

Unlike the others, Li Ye had little interest in Xiao Wu as she was now, so naturally, he did not keep staring at her.

"Uh, that's because our Dorm Seven has a rule. Every newcomer has to accept a challenge from the boss of Dorm Seven. If they lose, they have to do what he says. I was the previous boss, but now you've beaten me, so you're the new boss of Dorm Seven."

Wang Sheng stood to one side with his head respectfully lowered. After all, he did not think Tang San, who had followed Li Ye in and was clearly his underling, or the newly arrived, frail-looking Xiao Wu would be a match for Li Ye.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? I'm new too. Why have you decided he's the boss of Dorm Seven without even fighting me?" Xiao Wu looked indignantly at Wang Sheng, as though asking whether he was looking down on her.

"Hmm? What, you don't like it, little girl?" Without another word, Li Ye gave Xiao Wu a look that said, "That's right, I'm looking down on you. What are you going to do about it?"

"Hmph, who are you calling little girl? Are you that much older? Call me Sister Xiao Wu!" Xiao Wu clenched her tender little fists, put on a fierce expression, and glared at Li Ye.

"All right, all right, little... girl."

"You-you need a beating!" Seeing how thoroughly Li Ye was asking for a thrashing, Xiao Wu stamped her feet in anger.

Even Tang San, standing nearby, could barely stand watching anymore. He wanted to talk them down before they started fighting.

"Hmph, if I don't beat you until you're searching the floor for your teeth today, then I'm not Sister Xiao Wu!" With that, Xiao Wu angrily tossed her bag aside and launched a flying kick at Li Ye.

Li Ye did not panic in the slightest. He caught Xiao Wu's ankle with one hand and hoisted her straight up.

"Ah!"

With that squeeze from Li Ye's powerful hand, Xiao Wu instantly felt as though her ankle was about to shatter, and she could not help crying out in pain.

But Xiao Wu did not give up. She kicked at Li Ye's hand with her other leg, hoping to break free.

Who would have thought that this would let Li Ye catch both her legs at once?

Watching Xiao Wu flail with both hind legs caught in his grip, Li Ye immediately thought of catching rabbits in his previous life and could not help laughing aloud.

"Hey, let go of me! You're hurting me!" Xiao Wu cried out, aggrieved.

"Hmph, call me Brother Ye, then beg me a little, and I'll let you go," Li Ye said smugly.

"Hmph, I won't." Xiao Wu rejected Li Ye's demand without a moment's thought.

"Then I won't let you go either. Hmph ╯^╰!" Li Ye turned his head aside and said haughtily.

"Boohoo X﹏X, won't someone help me? This guy is such a bully." Xiao Wu burst into aggrieved tears.

As the big sister of the two great overlords of Star Dou Forest, when had she ever suffered such humiliation? Who had ever been bold enough to treat her like this?

"Um, senior brother, why don't you put her down first? She's a girl, after all. It's embarrassing for her to be held up in the air like that."

Seeing how aggrieved Xiao Wu was, Tang San could not quite bear it, but he did not want to put Li Ye in a difficult position either, which was why he phrased it that way.

"Uh, all right." By now, Li Ye also realized that holding Xiao Wu in the air like this really was rather indecent, so he obliged Tang San and put her down.

However, since simply dropping Xiao Wu onto the floor would not be very nice, Li Ye first gathered her into his arms before setting her down.

"You..." Perhaps because she had not expected Li Ye to do that, even Xiao Wu, a hundred-thousand-year-old rascal rabbit, felt a little embarrassed.

"Thank you, Brother Ye." Xiao Wu shyly thanked Li Ye.

"Huh? What did you call me?" Li Ye leaned his ear closer, pretending not to have heard.

"Oh, you have no shame." Xiao Wu shyly turned her head away.

For some reason, seeing Xiao Wu and Li Ye suddenly become so close left Tang San feeling an indescribable discomfort.

But since Li Ye was now his senior brother, while Xiao Wu was only a dormmate he had just met, he did not dwell on it.

"Which two are Li Ye and Tang San?" Once the commotion ended, a teacher came in through the doorway, bringing two new quilts for Li Ye and Tang San.

"That's us." Seeing that the quilts Yu Xiaogang had bought them had finally arrived, Li Ye immediately pulled Tang San forward to collect them.

Perhaps because she saw that everyone else's beds had quilts, Xiao Wu seemed a little at a loss.

"Hmm? Xiao Wu, didn't you buy a quilt before coming to school?" Seeing her embarrassment, Li Ye could not help walking over to ask.

"Ah, Brother Ye. I-I thought the school would provide quilts, so I didn't bring one." Seeing Li Ye come up beside her and show such concern for her, Xiao Wu grew shy again.

"Then share my bed for now. It's pretty big anyway. In a couple of days, I'll have my teacher buy you a quilt too, and then you can sleep in the bed beside mine," Li Ye said in a tone that brooked no refusal.

Before Xiao Wu could respond, Tang San stumbled in shock beside them.

"Senior brother, boys and girls are different. Isn't this a little inappropriate?"

"Hey, Xiao San, where did you hear all that? We're just sleeping in the same bed. It's not like we're going to do anything." Li Ye gave Tang San an exasperated glare.

"Exactly, exactly! I haven't even said anything yet. Why are you butting in, Tang San?" Xiao Wu also planted her hands on her hips and glared at Tang San in displeasure.

Tang San: What nonsense was I just saying? They're two little kids. What's wrong with them sleeping together? Why can't I keep my mouth shut? Great, now I've offended both of these difficult characters.

After Xiao Wu said that, Tang San could only fall silent and awkwardly start making his bed off to the side.

"By the way, are you hungry? How about I take you to the cafeteria? Come to think of it, I haven't had a chance to try the food at Nuoding Academy's cafeteria yet and see if it's any good." Li Ye looked at Tang San and Xiao Wu and made the suggestion.

"Boss, let me show you the way." Seeing that the three of them were going to the cafeteria, Wang Sheng immediately ran over, eager to lead them there.

"Haha, since you know how to handle yourself, tell me if you run into any trouble at this academy from now on, understood?" Li Ye happily patted Wang Sheng on the shoulder and spoke with the air of a boss.

At this, Tang San could not help wondering how Li Ye had cultivated to his current level. He was acting every bit like a gang boss.

But what could he do when this unreliable fellow was his senior brother? He could only indulge him.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! Who cooked this? How can it taste so awful?!" Accustomed to Yu Xiaogang's cooking, Li Ye found the cafeteria food tasted like chewing wax.

"Uh, big brother, that's just what the food on the cafeteria's first floor is like. If you want something good, you have to go to the second floor, but we Work-Study Students can't afford the food up there," Wang Sheng said awkwardly from beside him.