Around 11 a.m. in early spring in Beijing, the weather was unusually good. Seeing the long-lost blue sky and feeling the warm sunshine on her face, Xia Minmin took her first draft of her thesis and planned to go to the library to revise it.

As Xia Minmin passed by the counselor's office, she saw a large group of people at the door. However, it was quite common for the four counselors in the office to be from graduating classes. As graduation approached, many students had a lot of questions to ask, and the office was often crowded with students. Xia Minmin was unconcerned and decided to leave.

"Xia Minmin, what are you still doing here? Something terrible has happened in your class!" The class monitor from the neighboring class in the same grade grabbed Xia Minmin, who was about to leave.

"What are you talking about? Be more specific." Xia Minmin was completely baffled by her.

"Zhong Xi's mother from your class caused a scene in the counselor's office!"

Sigh... Xia Minmin knew that Zhong Xi's family wouldn't let this go. Ever since she saw the disciplinary notice a few days ago, and Zhong Xi hasn't returned to the dormitory these past few nights, she had been guessing when Zhong Xi's family would come back.

"I'm not going. It's good that the counselor is out. I'm not talking to you anymore. I need to revise my thesis. I don't have much time left." After saying that, Xia Minmin quickly slipped away while the class monitor from the next class was stunned.

Xia Minmin had no desire to get involved in Zhong Xi's mess. Neither mother nor daughter were reasonable, and they might even drag her into it. It was better to avoid trouble and focus on finishing her thesis.

After spending two hours in the library, I rubbed my overly hungry stomach, stuffed my laptop into my bag, and rode my bicycle to the cafeteria. The peak dining hours were over, and many stalls had already started cleaning. I ordered a bowl of rice noodles; the taste was neither good nor bad, just enough to fill my stomach.

Ring ring...

"Hey, Xiaomin, are you out of the library yet?"

Lin Lanzhi's loud and boisterous voice came from the other end of the phone, and Xia Minmin was sure she was there to spread gossip.

"I just came from the library and am eating rice noodles in the cafeteria." Xia Minmin said, taking a sip of the soup from her bowl with a spoon. The soup was bland and watery.

"Ah! Is it the third stall on the right?" Lin Lanzhi exclaimed.

"Hmm," Xia Minmin said indifferently.

"That place was absolutely awful, why did you choose it? But it was the only place that still had lunch around 1 PM, and other classmates had eaten there before..."

"Get to the point, or I'm hanging up." Xia Minmin suspected that if she continued to listen to Lin Lanzhi, she probably wouldn't be able to finish her bowl of rice noodles. It's good to be a little oblivious sometimes.

"No, no, no, I'll be right there. I just got back to the dorm and heard from my classmates that, guess what Zhong Xi's mom did in the counselor's office?"

Xia Minmin didn't reply. It was obvious without even guessing that she would resort to crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide.

Seeing that Xia Minmin didn't speak, Lin Lanzhi continued, "You would never guess that her mother took off all her clothes in the office today, saying that the counselor had molested her. She said she would call the police if the punishment wasn't revoked. However, there are surveillance cameras in the counselor's office, otherwise the counselor would be unable to clear his name no matter what."

Xia Minmin was also shocked by her shamelessness. Recently, the heating had been turned off, and many offices had their doors closed to keep out the cold wind. "Aren't there still a few teachers in the office?"

"Isn't it a coincidence? Today all the graduating class counselors at the school had a meeting, and our class counselor was delayed in the office because of something. But I suspect it was premeditated, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence?"

Xia Minmin agreed, but this method wasn't very clever. How could they figure out the counselor's movements without even knowing if there were surveillance cameras in the counselor's office?

"Should we wait for the school's announcement? They really know how to stir up trouble."

"Xiaomin, I'm hanging up. You can continue eating your rice noodles!"

After hanging up the phone, Xia Minmin ate a mouthful of tasteless rice noodles. This shop was able to survive among the many stalls at Peking University probably because it was open for long hours every day, from five in the morning to eleven at night, so you could eat there anytime.

Before I could finish two bites, Xia Jianguo called.

"Xiaomin, have you had lunch yet?"

"Dad, I'm eating rice noodles right now. It's from that stall that I told you all said was awful."

"Which restaurant are you going to eat at again? You forgot the mealtime again?"

"Uh-huh."

Throughout her four years of university, Xia Minmin could only eat rice noodles whenever she missed a meal. As for going outside the campus? It was too far and a waste of time, and she didn't want to go. Those close to her knew about this habit of hers.

"Don't be afraid of the trouble, eat something good for yourself."

Xia Jianguo was speechless at his daughter's bad habit. When she was studying in Shenzhen, she would refuse to eat anything that was hard to find. He had never seen such a picky child. But she changed her picky eating habits after studying in another city.

"Dad, has your first draft of the paper been approved?"

"I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it. The thesis is fine; the advisor said it's very well written. Luckily, you helped Dad revise it, otherwise it definitely wouldn't have passed." Many of Xia Jianguo's classmates had their first drafts of theses rejected.

"Okay. You and Mom should pay attention to mealtimes, so you don't miss them like I did."

"Okay, you can continue eating. I'm hanging up now."

There were specks of congealed oil in the rice noodle bowl, and the rice noodles had gone cold. Xia Minmin regretfully gave up on this unpalatable bowl of rice noodles. If she had known it would turn out like this, she would have preferred to go back to her dormitory and eat some snacks.

From the moment she entered the dormitory building, people she knew kept asking Xia Minmin about what had happened that morning. She could only pretend not to know and quickly escape back to her dormitory.

They opened the dormitory door with their keys. Apart from Zhong Xi and Xia Minmin who had just entered, everyone else was sitting in the dormitory, staring blankly at the door.

A roommate at the door pulled Xia Minmin inside and then quickly closed the door.

"What are you doing? A spy within a spy?"

"Oh, don't even mention it, you know what I mean!" Lin Lanzhi gave a meaningful look.

Xia Minmin instantly understood that Zhong Xi and her daughter had indeed caused a great deal of harm. "Did your first draft of the paper pass?"

"No... Class monitor, can you help me take a look? I don't know how to change it."

"And mine too!"

"I need it too."

Three or four papers were handed to Xia Minmin. She made changes according to her supervisor's suggestions, and there were no major problems. Xia Minmin gave her feedback on the parts she didn't understand.

"Oh, so this is it? Thank you."

After finishing her roommate's thesis, Xia Minmin was finally able to sit down and enjoy some snacks. She made herself a cup of milk and ate the snacks to fill her empty stomach. She really missed Ms. Li Chunmei's braised dishes.

"Xiaomin, did Mengmeng call you? When will her police exam results be released?" Lin Lanzhi asked.

"Not yet, but it should be soon. In previous years, it would be around these few days."

Tang Meng took the joint police exam in January. Due to the policy of avoiding conflicts of interest with immediate family members, she could not apply for a police position in Shenzhen. As a second choice, she chose a district branch in Guangzhou.

Speak of the devil, and he appears; Tang Meng's phone call came right away.

"Hey, Xiaomin." Xia Minmin could tell from Tang Meng's tone that it was good news.

"Mengmeng, you passed the exam, right?" Xia Minmin's voice involuntarily rose.

Her roommates all looked at her. It's true that good students hang out with other good students. Even with such a good family background, she's working so hard. What reason do they have to complain about being tired? They should hurry up and revise their papers.

“Honey, you’re so smart. I’ll treat you and Lin Lanzhi to dinner this weekend.” Xia Minmin could already picture Tang Meng’s smiling face even through the phone.