Chapter 233 Girls Dormitory

Hongcheng University plays a very important role in Hongcheng.

There are not many immigrants in Hongcheng itself, and most of them come from the other eleven cities in the province.

There weren’t actually many people coming from outside the province, because Hongcheng in the 1990s had nothing special to offer in terms of industry or commerce.

But Hongda is an exception, because there are only four key universities like Hongda that are rated as 211 Project among the twelve cities in the province, and two of them are in the provincial capital.

Therefore, most of Hongda’s students are actually not from Hongcheng, and a large proportion of them are from other provinces and cities within and outside the province.

Business is prosperous near the university.

The city leaders of Hongcheng also keenly grasped this point and moved many schools to the vicinity of Hongda, forming a bustling university town area.

Although Hongda is open to the public, some areas are still inaccessible to outsiders, such as the student dormitory area.

Since there are too many students at Hong Kong University, the dormitory areas are divided into several. Zhou Yi asked several classmates before he found out which dormitory area the 1996 Finance major students would live in.

I found the dormitory area, but before I even entered, an old lady in the duty room at the door opened the window and shouted, "What are you doing?"

"Hello, Auntie, I'm looking for someone."

"Men are not allowed in here." Auntie said while eating melon seeds.

"I won't go in. Please call someone for me."

The aunt looked at the bag he was carrying and knew he was delivering something. "Stand back a little, don't go through this door. If the school leaders see you, we'll dock your salary."

Zhou Yi immediately took a few steps back.

"What's your name? Which building and which unit?" asked the aunt.

"I'm not sure which dormitory she's from, but she's from the class of 1996, majoring in finance. Her name is Lu Xiaoshuang."

Hearing that Zhou Yi didn't know the specific dormitory, the dormitory manager frowned and asked cautiously: "Who are you to her? Which unit do you work for?"

Just as Zhou Yi was about to speak, the aunt took out a form and said, "Forget it, just register. Write down your name, ID number, address, workplace, and contact number."

Zhou Yi was stunned. What's going on? Are you looking at me suspiciously?

I didn't say I had to register.

Helpless, I could only take out my ID and hand it over.

"Auntie, this is my ID, please take a look." Zhou Yi said with a smile.

When the aunt saw the certificate, her originally lazy sitting posture changed, because before the certificate was opened, she saw the national emblem and the words "People's Police Certificate" on it.

"Hey, police officer, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll help you call someone right away." The aunt said with a smile, not even cracking melon seeds.

"Do I still need to register?"

The aunt put away the registration form and said, "No, no, those are for those idle people in society."

Then he turned around and walked to the other side of the duty room, turned on the radio, patted the microphone, and said, "Hello, hello, Lu Xiaoshuang from the 96th Finance Class, there's a police comrade at the door looking for you, there's a police comrade at the door looking for you."

After she finished speaking, the aunt turned off the radio, turned around and said to Zhou Yi enthusiastically, "Wait a moment, someone will be out soon."

Zhou Yi thanked him and thought that being a policeman was the most useful.

"Young man, are you her relative?"

Zhou Yi nodded: "Yes, relative." Then he changed the subject and said, "Auntie, your school's management is quite strict?"

"Hey, that's because something happened before, so the school leaders made this rule."

Zhou Yi asked curiously, "Really? What happened?"

Strictly speaking, Zhou Yi actually doesn't understand the life conditions of a regular university.

Because he was studying in a police academy, which has strict discipline and atmosphere. Also, the proportion of female students in the academy is relatively low. There are conflicts between men and women, but they are rare.

"Oh, there are so many. There are people who hide their boyfriends in the dormitory at night, come in to steal underwear, and even give birth in the dormitory. There are so many."

Auntie changed the subject and asked, "Young man, who did you arrest a few days ago? What a big fuss!"

Zhou Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This aunt was really good at gathering intelligence, so he could only play dumb.

In the girls' dormitory, Lu Xiaoshuang was reading a book when the radio sounded.

She was very surprised when she heard her name on the radio, but when she heard the aunt say police, she knew it must be Zhou Yi.

She put on a coat and ran out of the dormitory. After taking two steps, she turned back, fixed her hair in front of the mirror taped to the back of the door with transparent tape, and then ran out in a hurry.

A roommate asked, "Is that the officer Zhou from the TV the other day?"

Mo Youyou smiled and said, "To us, that's Officer Zhou, but to others, that's Brother Zhou."

Several roommates let out an "oh" sound in unison and laughed.

"You said, was it her brother Zhou who arranged her internship at the tax bureau?"

"Of course. Otherwise, we're only freshmen, how could we possibly get an internship at the Tax Bureau? And look at Officer Zhou, he's even on TV, so his words must carry a lot of weight. Arranging an internship for him shouldn't be a piece of cake."

At this time, a girl lying on the upper bunk of the innermost bed said disdainfully, "Tsk, who knows? She was so poor before, and suddenly a neighbor brother appeared. Who knows what their relationship is. I heard that many female college students are lovers of officials and bosses. Maybe she is also having an affair with that policeman."

When Mo Youyou heard this, she immediately said angrily, "Xu Liu, watch your mouth. Talking nonsense without evidence is called defamation! You will pay the price."

Xu Liu turned over and said sarcastically, "Oh, you scared me to death."

Youyou said angrily: "What a spoiler!"

At the entrance of the dormitory area, the dormitory manager was trying to get some inside information out of Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi looked up and saw Lu Xiaoshuang running out of a dormitory building quickly.

"Xiaoshuang, here!" Zhou Yi waved and shouted.

Then he said thank you to the aunt and went to meet her.

The aunt naturally didn't say anything. After all, she knew the other party was a policeman, so she continued to crack melon seeds.

Lu Xiaoshuang ran over quickly, her chest heaving slightly, and asked with a flushed face, "Brother Zhou, why are you here?"

"Let me get you some clothes." Zhou Yi handed over the bag in his hand.

"Clothes?" Lu Xiaoshuang took the bag and looked at it, then asked in surprise, "Brother Zhou, why are you buying me clothes? No, no, I can't have them."

Seeing that Lu Xiaoshuang was about to return it to him, Zhou Yi said, "I didn't buy it, my aunt bought it. Didn't you promise to tutor Minmin? My aunt was afraid that you wouldn't want the money, so she bought you two pieces of clothing, and that sweater, which she knitted herself. You can try it on later to see if it fits you."

Zhou Yi added, "That dress is on sale at the store. My aunt said I can't return it, and it's not expensive. If it doesn't fit, you'll just have to make do with it."

He knew Lu Xiaoshuang's character very well. He lowered the price because he didn't want to put any psychological burden on her.

"This..." Lu Xiaoshuang's nose felt sore, "Auntie is too good to me."

"No way, she's taking advantage of me. You don't know how expensive tutoring is these days."

What Zhou Yi said is actually not accurate.

While tutoring wasn't cheap in the 1990s, it was primarily provided by in-school teachers. Back then, there were no regulations prohibiting in-service teachers from providing paid tutoring outside of school, and commercial training institutions were even rarer.

Moreover, college students usually work as tutors, and they mainly teach elementary school students. Students from the third year of junior high school to high school need extra classes, and parents at that time only trust in-service teachers.

But Hongcheng’s educational concepts were not so early and so strong, otherwise families like Qian Lailai would not have attended ordinary schools.

This is also the reason why Lu Xiaoshuang has always relied on working to earn tuition and living expenses instead of relying on mental labor such as tutoring.

It’s not that we don’t want to, it’s that there is no such supply and demand market.

However, Zhou Yi's words were purely to let her not worry about these clothes and just accept them with peace of mind.

"By the way, do you have anything to do today?" Zhou Yi asked.

Lu Xiaoshuang shook her head.

"Then put your clothes in the dormitory first, and I'll take you somewhere."

"Where are you going?" Lu Xiaoshuang asked curiously.

"Go to the welfare home and see Xu Xinxin."

Hearing this, a smile immediately appeared on Lu Xiaoshuang's face.

Zhou Yi called Qiao Jiali last night about this matter.

Lu Xiaoshuang went back to the dormitory to put her clothes away, and Zhou Yi continued to wait at the door.

However, he did not go back to the dormitory manager's duty room, as he did not want to be questioned by the aunt again.

A few minutes later, the cell phone in my pocket rang.

When I took it out and looked at it, the number looked familiar. It was from the Luohe City Public Security Bureau.

"Hello, Officer Zhou, this is Lu Zhengfeng." said the person on the other end of the phone.

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Lu Xiaoshuang returned to the dormitory carrying the bag. Youyou and several girls immediately came over and asked what good things she had brought for her.

When they opened the bag and saw that it was clothes, a group of people started laughing.

"Xiaoshuang, your brother Zhou is quite thoughtful this week. He even bought you clothes." Youyou said with a smile.

"No, I promised to help his cousin with her studies, and his aunt bought it for me." Lu Xiaoshuang explained as she took clothes from the cabinet next to her and changed into them.

"It's made of wool, it's not cheap." Youyou said after taking a look at the sweater.

Lu Xiaoshuang had never worn a woolen sweater since she was a child, so she didn't know how much it was worth, but when she went upstairs just now, she reached out and touched it and found that the texture was much better than the old clothes she had worn for many years. It must be not cheap.

"Really..." Lu Xiaoshuang took out the sweater and unfolded it to look at it.

It is an off-white round-neck sweater with beautiful patterns. The sweater is not very thick, but the shape is very nice and the texture feels very good.

Xu Liu, who was on the upper bunk, took a quick look and said to another girl, "Last time I saw clothes for five yuan at a roadside stall, and the owner said they were pure wool. Nowadays, many people are just lying with their eyes open."

Lu Xiaoshuang, who was originally in a good mood and still thought that the sweater was valuable, suddenly felt that these words were very harsh.

"Xu Liu, have I offended you in any way?"