Chapter 333 The Unexpected Phone Call

Shen Xuewei nodded. "Yes, I am a minor. If you don't believe me, go ask my counselor. Would I lie to you?"

Zhu Zijie stood there in a daze, but finally stopped bothering Shen Xuewei.

Shen Xuewei and the others took the opportunity to go upstairs and return to their dormitory.

Peeking downstairs, I saw that Zhu Zijie had left, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She cursed under her breath, sat down at the table, scratched her head in frustration, and lost all interest in writing her novel.

After washing up, she went straight to bed and slept much earlier than usual.

She was clearly in a bad mood, and even Huang Xin, the most carefree girl in the dorm, didn't dare to provoke her.

The eerie atmosphere in the dormitory lasted until the next day when the students returned from class and gradually faded away.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the dormitory had returned to normal, Su Shu suggested:

"Since you don't have class tonight, how about I take you guys to a bar and have some fun? I have a few friends coming along too, they're all pretty good friends of mine, and they're all decent people..."

Lu Jiayi and Huang Xin had never been to a bar before, and they were quite eager to try it out.

The two looked at each other. "How about we go this time?"

"Things have been going on lately, and I'm feeling a bit down. Shall we go relax?"

The two of them discussed this and then made a decision.

The three of them turned their attention to Shen Xuewei, who hadn't said a word. "Weiwei, let's go to a bar and have some fun, do you want to come?"

Shen Xuewei met their gazes, but shook her head somewhat disappointedly.

"I won't go, you guys go ahead."

"Why? We rarely go out together as a dorm, why are you sabotaging us at a time like this?"

Shen Xuewei presented her reasons, stating them eloquently:

"I'm a minor. Is that bar a place for someone like me to go?"

The three of them swarmed around, and Huang Xin brought her face close to Shen Xuewei's.

"No way, didn't you tell us you were 17 when you first started college?"

"It's already the second semester of your sophomore year, how come you're still a minor?"

Despite the questioning looks from the others, Shen Xuewei remained calm and composed.

"I was seventeen years old back then (by the traditional Chinese age reckoning), and I am seventeen years old now (by the actual age reckoning)."

She hasn't celebrated her birthday yet; she is indeed still seventeen.

The group returned to their seats in a daze, still unable to recover from the shock of discovering that Shen Xuewei was still a minor.

They had previously assumed that Shen Xuewei's statement downstairs that she was a minor was a deliberate attempt to reject Zhu Zijie's advances.

Surprisingly, after all this time, it turns out this person is actually a real minor...

Although Shen Xuewei isn't going, Su Shu and the others will still go to the bar.

After they finished getting ready and left, Shen Xuewei went to the library to read for a while, and then ran a few laps around the school playground at night before coming back.

It was already 10 p.m., and the group had been at the bar for three hours, but they still hadn't returned.

They were classmates and roommates in the same dormitory.

After Shen Xuewei finished showering, she found that they still hadn't returned.

After thinking for a moment, she called Lu Jiayi.

The call was answered, but the background noise on Lu Jiayi's end was quite loud. It wasn't until she went to a relatively quiet place that both of them could hear each other clearly.

"Jiayi, it's past ten o'clock, when are you coming back?"

Lu Jiayi glanced at Su Shu, who was still dancing and bouncing around on the dance floor with a few friends, while keeping an eye on Huang Xin, who was lying in a booth.

“We should be back soon. Xiao Xin is drunk, and Su Shu is still dancing. I’ve urged her several times, and she says she’ll be back soon…”

Noticing someone walking towards Huang Xin, Lu Jiayi told Shen Xuewei and quickly hung up the phone and walked over there.

"Okay, Weiwei, I'm not talking to you anymore. Anyway, I'll be back soon."

Shen Xuewei frowned as she dried her hair and looked at the phone that had been hung up.

The dormitory building gates will be closed at 11 p.m., and students are prohibited from entering or leaving at will.

It's almost 11 PM. If they don't come back soon, the three of them might not be able to get back to their dorm tonight.

Shen Xuewei dried her hair until it was half dry, then went outside to the corridor to blow-dry it, and also took the opportunity to look downstairs.

There used to be a hairdryer in the dormitory, but it was found once during a previous inspection by the dormitory supervisor.

However, since Shen Xuewei and her aunt had a good relationship, she turned a blind eye and let it go.

Although the hair dryer was saved, it later broke down because water got into the motor.

Shen Xuewei wanted to buy it, but thinking that it was the middle of summer and it would dry quickly anyway, she simply didn't bother to buy it and decided to wait until later.

It was almost 11 o'clock, and they still hadn't returned.

Shen Xuewei rushed downstairs and leaned against the dormitory supervisor's window, chatting with her about everyday things.

"Auntie, who is this sweater being knitted for?"

“Weiwei is here. Who else could it be for? Didn’t I tell you last time that my daughter was pregnant? Well, the baby has already been born, so I knitted this for my grandson.”

"Wow, you look so young, and you already have a grandson? Congratulations! This sweater is beautifully knitted; it'll be perfect for wearing when it gets cold in a few months."

"That's right. A sweater you knit yourself is completely different from one you buy outside..."

The dormitory supervisor was knitting a sweater and talking happily to Shen Xuewei.

The key to the dormitory door was lying to the side; I had originally planned to put down the sweater I was holding and go lock the door.

While being talked to by Shen Xuewei, he forgot about the time and kept chatting with her.

About ten minutes after 11 p.m., Shen Xuewei caught a glimpse of the three dormitory members returning out of the corner of her eye and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Once the three of them entered the dormitory building, she stopped talking to the dormitory supervisor.

The dormitory supervisor noticed the three people who had just returned, glanced at the time, put down what she was holding, picked up her keys, and came out.

"Oh dear, I was so engrossed in talking to you that I almost forgot about the important matter."

"Excuse me, Auntie, I won't bother you any longer. I'll come and chat with you again when I have time next time."

As Shen Xuewei spoke, she followed the three of them upstairs.

All three reeked of alcohol, with Huang Xin completely drunk, her weight resting on Lu Jiayi and Su Shu.

After returning to the dormitory, he helped Huang Xin sit in his chair.

Lu Jiayi and Su Shu, relieved of their burdens, were panting heavily, their shoulders and arms hanging limply.

Su Shu complained, "Huang Xin has been in college for so long, but she still hasn't lost weight. She's still so heavy."

Lu Jiayi spoke up for Huang Xin, "It's alright, she's not heavy."

Su Shu rolled her eyes at her. "If she's not heavy, why did you put her on the bed?"

Lu Jiayi looked up at the bed above, then fell silent.

Not to mention her, none of the other girls in the dorm could get Huang Xin upstairs, so they had to make do with Huang Xin in the dorm hallway for the night.

After going to a bar with Su Shu, Huang Xin and Su Shu's relationship completely improved.

Friday has arrived, and the weekend is just around the corner. Shen Xuewei had just returned to Italy last weekend, and this weekend she was thinking of not going back, but spending the weekend having fun with her friends in Shanghai.

However, an unexpected phone call made her drop everything, ask her counselor for leave, and immediately board a plane back to Italy.