Jinghua Middle School's dormitory building had been rebuilt two years earlier. It stood six stories tall, with cream-colored granite cladding, twelve rooms on each floor, private bathrooms, and central air conditioning.
Those facilities ranked among the best of any middle school in Capital City, but they were still leagues below the Jiang family's villa.
Evening self-study had just ended when Jiang Huaixiao's car stopped outside the school gates.
He did not have security announce his arrival. He simply swiped his school board member's card and entered.
The third-floor corridor of the dormitory building was full of students in uniform, noisily visiting one another's rooms and horsing around.
Someone ran over from the stairwell carrying a basketball and nearly crashed into him. Looking up at his cold face and the suit that clearly did not belong on a school campus, the student stammered and backed away.
Without a sideways glance, Jiang Huaixiao walked to the door of Room 302 and knocked twice.
The door opened from inside, and Duan Qizhao poked his head out, a lollipop still in his mouth.
The instant he saw Jiang Huaixiao, his eyes went wide with shock, and the lollipop nearly fell from his mouth.
"B-Brother Huaixiao?!"
"Where's Xiao Xun?"
Duan Qizhao instinctively glanced behind him, then swiftly pulled his head back and plastered an exceedingly fawning smile across his face. "Xun'er went to shower. He only went in a couple of minutes ago. Would you like to come in and sit down? I just mopped the floor. It's really clean!"
Jiang Huaixiao had already stepped into the room.
The room was not large, with a single bed on either side and two desks by the window.
Jiang Xun's bed was on the left. His quilt was neatly folded, the Brass Telescope rested on his pillow,