When Xie Ji came out, he saw Zhou Heyu pulling a suitcase, standing at the hospital entrance with Lu Xunji and Shang Yan.
People in military academy uniforms passing by the entrance all turned their attention to the three of them.
Lu Xunji is a towering 1.93 meters tall, needless to say. Shang Yan, standing next to him, is slightly shorter, while Zhou Heyu is even shorter, probably only 1.85 meters tall, leaning against his suitcase while waiting for someone.
All three were extremely good-looking, and standing together like male models on the street, they were quite eye-catching.
Xie Ji leaned against the doorway and stared at the Ji Shi for two minutes. Ji Shi patted him on the shoulder. "What are you doing standing here? Hurry up and leave!"
"Waiting for that girl to finish taking pictures." Xie Ji tilted his chin up. "She's already pretended to pass by eight times. I bet she's trying to get a nine-grid photo to post on her WeChat Moments."
Ji Shi: "..."
nerve.
Before he could speak, a chubby boy in military uniform ran over from the crowd, said a few words to Lu Xunji, and Lu Xunji nodded and looked up at the hospital entrance.
Xie Ji pulled his hat down over his face and walked towards Lu Xunji.
"Go to the principal's office first," Lu Xunji said ambiguously. "Get your school badge and dormitory key before you come out to eat."
Xie Ji nodded, and Zhou Heyu said gently, "I'll carry your suitcases for you. I'll wait for you in front of the building and help Little Ji take her suitcase back to her dorm."
Lu Xunji hummed in agreement, then pulled Xie Ji and the chubby boy away.
Zhou Heyu tugged at Xie Ji's wrist.
Xie Ji inexplicably turned to look at him.
"About the dorm assignments." Zhou Heyu glanced at Lu Xunji, then whispered in his ear, " Mu Yao and Ji Shi must have told you inside. My dorm number is 221, um... if you'd like."
Xie Ji curiously, "No, you all have double dorm rooms?"
Zhou Heyu nodded almost imperceptibly.
"So all of you in the double dorms are living alone?" Xie Ji, puzzled. "Why do you all make me choose your dorms? What's wrong? Are you afraid of the dark at night?"
Zhou Heyu pursed her lips. "I just want to be with you."
Xie Ji gave him a wary look. "Dude, you're from Nantong too?"
"..." Zhou Heyu paused for three seconds, then whispered, "It doesn't count."
Xie Ji patted Zhou Heyu on the shoulder. "Hey you guys, you need to grow up. Dad can't take care of you forever, can he?"
Zhou Heyu's breathing was shallow. "You... don't want to?"
"We'll see," Xie Ji, scratching his head.
Zhou Heyu looked at him and suddenly asked, "If Lu Xunji invited you to live with him, would you consider the circumstances?"
"Isn't that obvious? My brother needs me, so I'll go through fire and water for him without hesitation!" Xie Ji said earnestly, "We're already friends who've been through thick and thin together!"
Zhou Heyu lowered her eyelashes, her eyes trembling slightly. "Yes, I understand."
Lu Xunji's deep, cold voice rang out from not far away. " Xie Ji, hurry up."
"Okay, we'll come find you guys for dinner after we've dealt with the principal." Xie Ji quickly patted Zhou Heyu on the shoulder, then turned and ran towards Lu Xunji: "I'm here, I'm here, bro, let's go, let's go."
Lu Xunji took Xie Ji's hand, glanced at Zhou Heyu out of the corner of his eye, turned back, and casually asked, "What did you say to him?"
Xie Ji waved his hand. "Nothing was said, just a normal conversation."
"Hmm." Lu Xunji turned his gaze away.
Having spent so many days with Lu Xunji, Xie Ji had figured out Princess Bro's temper perfectly; he could tell how he was feeling just by looking at Xie Ji.
For example, right now, I'm clearly a little unhappy.
Xie Ji quickly said, "He wants me to choose his dormitory and live with him."
Lu Xunji lowered his eyes. "You agreed?"
"I don't know, we'll see. I'm not very familiar with this school yet." Xie Ji stretched. "Anyway, they're all pretty much the same. I'll just pick one when the time comes. We'll all be in the same school, so we can see each other no matter where we live. Isn't it all the same?"
"It's different." Lu Xunji's voice was cold. "I'll get angry."
Xie Ji: "..."
Xie Ji: "Huh? Why?"
"Because I'm pursuing you." Lu Xunji looked at him. "If you live with them, then what am I? Am I the other woman, the simp, the clown?"
Xie Ji was rendered speechless by his smooth little combo. "... Brother, you..."
I give up.
"I don't like being a simp," Lu Xunji said. "That's why I get angry."
Xie Ji thought about it and felt that Lu Xunji's logic was perfectly self-consistent, but something still felt off. "No, what does it have to do with me that you don't like being a simp?"
Lu Xunji glanced at him, said nothing, quickened his pace, and left Xie Ji behind.
Xie Ji quickly chased after him, saying, "Okay, okay, don't be angry."
"I'm not angry," Lu Xunji said in a low voice. "My legs hurt, walk faster, I want to sit down."
Xie Ji immediately tensed up. "Legs hurt? Where do they hurt? How do they hurt? I knew that Zhuang Huan was unreliable. You just got out of the hospital. Why don't you stop walking? I'll carry you, okay?"
Lu Xunji said coldly, "No, a simp like me can't handle that."
Xie Ji: "..."
"Can you smell anything?"
Xie Ji: "Huh?"
"The taste of a simp."
Xie Ji: "That's enough, brother. Wherever you sleep, I'll sleep. We'll even share our coffins in this lifetime."
Lu Xunji tilted his head slightly. "Oh? You can make this decision yourself? Don't you need to discuss it with your brothers Shang Yan, Ji Shi, Mu Yao, and all the others? By the way, Li Jixing isn't here. Shouldn't you discuss it with him too?"
"..."
She's really jealous!
Having finally followed the scent of vinegar into the principal's office, Xie Ji saw an acquaintance.
The person stood nervously in front of the desk, with short, grayish-white curly hair and a pair of large, watery eyes that looked somewhat pitiful when they looked at people.
Upon seeing Xie Ji, he instantly showed the expression of someone who had been wandering far from home and had finally seen a relative. He rushed into Xie Ji's arms and hugged him tightly, crying out, "My benefactor! I've finally seen you again, my benefactor! Waaaaah! You've finally come! I was all alone here just now, I was so embarrassed!"
Xie Ji nudged the fluffy head in his arms. "Little Curly? What are you doing here?"
"Huh?" The curly-haired boy sniffed. "I'm here to get my school badge."
"You?!" Xie Ji's eyes widened. "You passed the special assessment too?"
The curly-haired boy nodded. "Yeah, if it weren't for the food you gave me, I wouldn't have made it to the end of the assessment."
"No, you..." Xie Ji took a breath and asked, "How did you get the pass?"
Even someone as powerful as Lu Xunji suffered serious injuries during the assessment and spent more than half a month recuperating at the military academy, while this little curly-haired guy didn't have a single injury!
"Ah," said Curly-haired, "I took the food you gave me and found a cave. I was planning to give up after the assessment was over, but those patrolling soldiers were too strong; I couldn't beat them at all! And there were all sorts of ferocious beasts and poisonous snakes—it scared me to death! I hid in the cave for a very long time, probably four or five days. Just when the assessment was about to end, I saw a patrolling soldier fall into a big pit, and I pulled him up with a rope. He happened to have a pass on him, so he gave it to me."
Xie Ji: "..."
The curly-haired boy held onto Xie Ji's hand tightly, refusing to let go. He hid behind Xie Ji, ignoring Lu Xunji's icy gaze, and asked, "What's wrong, my benefactor?"
"It's nothing." Xie Ji looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, gritting his teeth, and said, "With your kind of luck, you'll succeed at anything."
God, I will never call you grandpa again, because you never treated me like a grandson!
What about the pass that he and Lu Xunji risked their lives to obtain?
Was he just unlucky? Was he incredibly persistent? Was he capable of enduring hardship?
Damn it, didn't PDD say he was the luckiest person in the world?!
The curly-haired girl tugged at Xie Ji's sleeve and whispered, "My name is Jin Li. What's your name? How about we stay together when we choose our dorm rooms later?"
Xie Ji pulled her hand away from his and politely declined, saying, "No, I don't like people who are luckier than me."
Jin Li: "QAQ!"
When the principal walked in, he saw Jin Li standing to one side, silently shedding tears, while Xie Ji and Lu Xunji stood to the other side, chirping softly.
"Seriously! That's some serious cheater!"
"... Um."
headmaster. "..."