Guo Guo felt like he had a very long dream.
She could no longer remember the content of the dream, but she was scared out of her wits when she woke up in a cold sweat.
"It's okay. I often have nightmares too. I even dreamed that I was murdered in the dormitory and turned into a ghost."
Xiao Jiang, the classmate on Guo Guo's upper bunk, comforted her and handed her a box of potato chips: "I hid these secretly. Do you want some?"
Their school was a very strict, fake university called Red Heart College. While the school wasn't particularly impressive, the dormitory management was very strict, with weekly cleanings and hygiene inspections, and no snacks allowed. Whenever they needed snacks, they had to sneak them into their backpacks.
"Hey, did you know? Someone discovered a few days ago that there's a men's dorm across the hallway from ours! Our dorm building is actually co-ed!"
Regarding this news, most people in the dormitory did not react with excitement or curiosity, but rather: The school only has one dormitory building and it's a mixed dormitory. Are they that poor?
Forget it, they wouldn’t be surprised no matter how poor the school is. Anyway, the students have already lost hope here and just want to graduate quickly.
Guo Guo refused the snacks, got up in a daze, ate, and went to class... It was not until she returned to the dormitory at night that she remembered something was wrong.
"Don't we have a 9th floor dormitory? Why is it sealed?"
When Xiao Jiang mentioned this, envy immediately appeared on his face. "The 9th floor was lucky. They were recognized as having excellent performance and graduated early. That's why it has been sealed. Oh, I want to graduate too!"
For some reason, Guo Guo was not so enthusiastic about graduation. She always felt like she had something to do. She was worried every day, but she could never remember what to do.
However, during her school years, she also met many interesting classmates and roommates. For example, Xiao Jiang, who loves sports and street fitness, Xiao Huang, who has a bad temper, a strong sense of justice, and a bit of a stutter, Zhao, a long-haired girl who loves hair care, and Xiao Li, who loves collecting Hanfu, Lolita, and other clothing...
Although the accommodation was crowded and simple, most of the roommates were easy to get along with and everyone was very nice to Guo Guo. However, Guo Guo was never very happy and always felt that something was missing.
Sometimes she dreamed, vaguely imagining she lived in a four-person dorm with three roommates, each with their own distinct personality. Every morning, she'd wake up to the sight of the school's most famous beauty reciting English verses to encourage her to study. Her most secretive roommate would occasionally have dark circles under her eyes, but she'd never reveal the reason. When she got frustrated because she couldn't find something, her third roommate would miraculously dig up something to help her out, then push up her black-framed glasses to hold back her tears of joy.
When Guo Guo woke up again, he saw the cold, monotonous wooden bed. Little Jiang poked his head out from the upper bunk. "Why were you crying just now?"
Guo Guo wiped his eyes and asked, "Is there any student named Tang in our dormitory building?"
She ultimately failed to find the dormitory roster because the boys' dormitory at the back of the corridor had started a disturbance. They had clashed with the student union, which usually bullied the locals, and because they didn't have enough people to suppress the situation, they secretly opened a small window in the corridor to ask the girls for help.
Guo Guo: "...Wait, how did you manage to open the window in the corridor?"
Her question was not answered. When she came back from get out of class, she found that her female roommates had returned from the expedition in a rage. They said that they had beaten the student union to a pulp and wanted to disband and reorganize it.
She thought this was a good idea: "You won't see the school administration every day anyway, so you can just tear down the student union and run it yourself."
"Forget it." After the expedition, Xiao Jiang looked like he had no worldly desires. "I just want to graduate. When will it be my turn to have that sweet graduation?"
She added, "Hey, I see you don't have any desires. Is there anything you want? A handsome guy? Cosmetics? Snacks?"
Guo Guo thought for a long time: "...Do you have spicy chicken feet with yogurt?"
"Just ignore me."
…
The days passed by so quickly like flowing water that Guo Guo could hardly feel the passage of time.
Apart from occasionally seeing a grumpy old man at the corner of the corridor, muttering to himself while repairing something, it seemed that nothing in life could surprise her anymore.
Until one day, Guo Guo returned to the dormitory as usual, but saw that her classmates had already packed their luggage and were standing beside their beds, looking at her with smiles.
"What are you going to do?" Guo Guo had a vague premonition in his heart.
Jiang opened his arms and happily announced, "We're graduating!"
"Really? That's great." Guo Guo was also very happy. She didn't want to stay here any longer. She was about to get her luggage, but she saw that other girls had already taken out her schoolbag and started putting things into it one by one.
"Although we didn't get to be classmates properly, thank you for coming and accompanying us."
Xiao Zhao, who usually speaks softly, mustered up the courage to take out a purse and said, "I made this myself. You may find it useful in the future."
"We?" Before Guo Guo could react, he saw the second item being put into the bag, and then the third, and the fourth.
"These are your favorite potato chips. I can't bear to eat them!"
Jiang stuffed the last item in, zipped the bag up tightly, and pushed it towards her: "Okay. This is a gift from the senior who has graduated!"
Guo Guo took the schoolbag and realized something: "You guys graduated, but I didn't?"
"Silly boy, of course you didn't. Your graduation isn't here."
When Guo Guo raised her head, her "roommates" had already walked to the door and were waving at her vigorously.
Perhaps it was because the friends who had been together for a long time suddenly had to separate, or perhaps it was because he was the only one left, Guo Guo felt a pang of soreness and confusion in the corners of his eyes.
"Of course, we have one last gift."
Student Jiang suddenly stopped and his expression changed from relaxed to serious.
"You can accept this gift or not. We respect your opinion."
"This gift is..." The girl stretched out her hand: "Leave with us."
Guo Guo repeated: "Leave with you?"
"Yes." Jiang bared his white teeth. "If you want, from now on you will be one of the graduates, and you can be freed from this path in advance, and never have to endure the endless danger and pain again. We can do this, but there is only this one chance."
"If you want to continue, then there is no doubt that the road ahead will be difficult. But if you succeed, there will be a bright ending and a bright future - at least much brighter than ours."
"So, what's your choice?"
Guo Guo felt that she didn't seem to understand what the other person was saying, but there seemed to be another voice in her mind telling her that she understood.
She followed the voice's answer and shook her head: "Thank you, but I still want to go on my own path."
At least she had companions waiting for her, and all the dangers and obstacles were shared with her.
"Okay! Then I wish you smooth sailing. Goodbye! See you again if we're lucky!"
The girls waved vigorously and gradually disappeared out the door.
Guo Guo couldn't help but follow them out, but the corridor was empty, and all the dormitories were gone. But in the silent air, it felt as if someone was calling her name.
"Guo Guo! Guo Guo——"
She followed the sound to the first floor and saw two familiar figures at the door of the dormitory building.
Zheng Wanqing and Zhang You were standing at the door with their arms folded, waiting for her with smiles on their faces: "You're finally out. Let's go back to Room 606."
Guo Guo was not fully awake yet. Although he could not call out the name, he subconsciously smiled with relief.
1, 2, 3, ah, indeed these three are the ones in her memory... Wait?
Guo Guo opened his eyes wide and counted again: "1, 2, 3, how can there be 3 people?"
Memory broke free from its cage in a huge shock, blurting out: "Where is Jue Shen?"
Zheng Wanqing and Zhang You exchanged a glance. "Xin Jue has some things to deal with, so she should be in the men's dormitory right now. I guess she won't be out until later. But it doesn't matter. In a dungeon like this, which has already been cleared, there shouldn't be any more unexpected problems."
As soon as the words fell, the door of the dormitory building began to close slowly and automatically.
Three people: "..."
Men's dormitory, 8th floor.
Tang Xinjue pushed open the last door.
She was right, the other person was indeed here.
Sitting on the chair in the middle of the dormitory, Shi An slowly raised his head and straightened his back, revealing his hands crossed on his thighs, with sticky blood slowly flowing down.
At his feet, the "ghosts" of the men's dormitory died in various ways with their eyes open.
Graduation day here has become a funeral day.
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