Upon learning that Xia Zhiyi sister, Xia Wanyi, would be bringing her younger sister to visit him during the holidays, the head instructor stroked his chin and said, "It's alright, just bring your family."
Xia Zhiyi: "..."
OK.
He roughly knew what to do.
Xia Zhiyi thought about it and agreed, but she didn't make the decision for Xia Wanyi, only saying that she would tell her sister when the time came.
The head instructor didn't concern himself with such a small matter; as long as he was sure Xia Zhiyi could make it, that was enough.
After seeing off the instructors, the holiday began immediately.
Xia Zhiyi wasn't too sure about the situation at other universities, but at University A, located in the Imperial Capital, most of the freshmen didn't seem to want to go home for the holidays; instead, a lot of them made plans to watch the flag-raising ceremony.
Xia Zhiyi's roommate, Lin Li, also asked Xia Zhiyi, "Are you going on the 1st?"
Xia Zhiyi: "I won't go this time, I have something to do."
Upon hearing this, Lin Li said with some regret, "Oh, isn't that a pity?"
Xia Zhiyi actually had some guesses in her mind, but it wasn't convenient for her to tell Lin Li.
After confirming that Xia Zhiyi wouldn't be going, Lin Li immediately invited her two other roommates, and the three of them were quite excited.
After learning that Xia Zhiyi couldn't go, Wang Sheng, who slept opposite Xia Zhiyi, said, "Then I'll bring you a national flag later, as a souvenir."
Wang Sheng added, "Don't think it's ordinary. How can a national flag that has been used in a military parade be the same as an ordinary national flag, right?"
Xia Zhiyi smiled helplessly, "Okay, then I'll thank you in advance."
Wang Sheng chuckled, while Lin Li, who was beside him, hooked his arm around his neck and looked at Xia Zhiyi with a smile. Just as he was about to speak, his gaze suddenly fell on the top of Xia Zhiyi's head. After a moment, he hesitated and asked, "Hey? Xiao Xia, have you... grown a little taller?"
There were four people in the dormitory. Xia Zhiyi was the youngest, and somehow, he became known as "Xiao Xia" among them.
Hearing Lin Li's words, Xia Zhiyi touched her head, turned to look at the bed frame behind her, let out a soft "ah," and then said, "Maybe. I'm still growing, it's normal to grow taller."
Lin Li stroked his chin. "I remember the first time we met, you were standing in this spot too. Back then, the height above your head was probably..."
He walked over to Xia Zhiyi, gestured with his hand, and pointed to the spot right in the middle of the bed frame. "This place is perfect, that's why I remember it so clearly."
Then he looked at Xia Zhiyi's current height. "You've grown this much now, at least five centimeters in a month, what did you eat to grow so tall?"
That's way too fast!
Or was Xia Zhiyi already rushing upwards and they just happened to run into her?
Ouyang Qi, who was sitting at the table reading a book, said at this moment, "What's the big deal? We've been eating nutritionally balanced food for the past month, Xiao Xia has had milk and fruit every day without fail."
As he spoke, Ouyang Qi turned to his two roommates, who were both over 1.8 meters tall. " Old Lin, you don't like eating fruit yourself, and you only eat a little bit every time you buy it, giving the rest to Xiao Xia. Isn't it normal for Xiao Xia to grow so fast?"
Lin Li chuckled upon hearing this, "Oh, so Xiao Xia, I deserve credit for your growth spurt!"
Xia Zhiyi: "..."
He was a little helpless.
Then, with Lin Li's excited help, Xia Zhiyi found a measuring tape and measured her height.
Lin Li: "Wow, Xiao Xia, you're 1.76 meters tall now! Keep it up, grow taller, you'll be 1.8 meters soon!"
Wang Sheng chuckled, "Then everyone in our dorm will be over 1.8 meters tall. Won't they be so envious when we go out?"
Ouyang Qi touched his glasses but remained silent.
There's no other reason than that, among the students in the dorm, he's the one who's exactly 1.8 meters tall.
Lin Li is 1.85 meters tall, and Wang Sheng is 1.83 meters tall; both are very tall.
Although Xia Zhiyi is the shortest, when he gets serious, he exudes an aura of immense power.
Ouyang Qi thought about it and suddenly realized a very serious problem—if Xia Zhiyi continued to rise like this, he would end up at the bottom of the dormitory!
That's way too exaggerated.
Who would have thought that the tall guy who used to be the envy of everyone in high school would become the worst student in his dorm in college?
Ouyang Qi couldn't help but take a closer look at his other two roommates, and the more he thought about it, the more something seemed off.
Ouyang Qi: No, I need to train too, and try to grow even longer.
Ouyang Qi has started to consider whether he should go for a morning run with Xia Zhiyi every day.
Yes, even during military training, Xia Zhiyi never broke his habit of getting up early every morning to exercise, which successfully made a group of boys who still wanted to be jealous of him bow down in admiration.
University A's military training is never perfunctory; it's all done according to standards. Most students are so exhausted after training that they can't think of anything else. They might add extra training for themselves, but their bodies won't allow it.
Under these circumstances, Xia Zhiyi was still able to complete her training; everyone would say she's amazing.
He even ran with the instructors in the mornings.
Freshman: Wow, that's amazing!
Ouyang Qi's height of 1.8 meters is entirely due to genetics. He doesn't exercise much and barely made it through military training. Asking him to add morning runs would be unbearable.
But military training was over, and classes were starting soon, so Ouyang Qi felt confident that he could do it again.
However, before Ouyang Qi Xia Zhiyi tell Xia Zhiyi, she was picked up that afternoon, supposedly to run some errands.
After he left, someone came to room 302 looking for Xia Zhiyi. Upon learning she wasn't there, he said with regret, "Hey? Wasn't Xia Zhiyi here for National Day?"
Lin Li dismissed the man with a few words, closed the door, chuckled, and said, "Our Xiao Xia is really popular. That guy probably wanted Xiao Xia to help them move things again."
Ouyang Qi: "That's normal, he's very capable."
Wang Sheng had already taken out his laptop, ready to turn it on and play games, when he heard this and casually remarked, "That's hilarious. Those who really need help don't ask, while those who don't need help are always thinking about making others do their work. They're really dreaming."
Lin Li: "Sigh, what can we do Xiao Xia is such a nice person?"
Wang Sheng: "Those people probably really think Xiao Xia is easy to bully."
Lin Li glanced at the back of Wang Sheng's head.
Ouyang Qi chimed in, "I don't know which genius spread this rumor, making him sound like a pushover who helps everyone he meets."
Lin Li: "Pretty much, I've seen him help a few times."
Wang Sheng: "Have you ever seen him run errands for anyone?"
After a moment of silence in the dormitory, Lin Li slowly said, "He did help you, didn't he? Didn't he buy you water before?"
Wang Sheng: "... I don't count! How can I count as someone else? We're family!"
Lin Li was happy.
*
Xia Zhiyi: "Achoo!"
Xu Chen glanced at him in the rearview mirror and asked, "What's wrong? Got a cold?"
Xia Zhiyi waved her hand and touched her nose. "Maybe someone's talking about me behind my back."
He chuckled, glanced at Ming Taotao beside him, then at Xu Chen, and asked curiously, "Why did Sister Chen come along? You didn't tell me beforehand, it was quite a surprise."
Xu Chen glanced at him, somewhat speechless. "Really? I also want to know what you did that made you call me over."
Xia Zhiyi:...?