"W-what's wrong?"
In an instant, Xiang Shan broke out in a cold sweat.
I felt incredibly guilty.
"It's okay, I'm hungry. What should we eat? You're the host, so I'll do whatever you say."
Seeing that her roommate didn't suspect anything, Xiang Shan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
I just saw what my classmate said in the group chat, and when I looked up, I met my roommate's gaze. It was really creepy.
"Something's not right, Xiang Shan. Are you hiding something from us?"
Xiang Shan really couldn't manage his facial expressions. His roommate, who hadn't suspected anything at first, started to have doubts after seeing his guilty and stuttering appearance.
"Why are you doing this behind our backs?"
Her roommates' gazes toward Xiang Shan had begun to turn hostile.
"Charge! This kid must have done something behind our backs."
"Yes, starting just now, I don't know what message I saw on my phone, but I've become really lost and disoriented."
Seeing that she was about to be exposed, Xiang Shan was so scared that she grabbed her phone and tried to run away.
However, how could he possibly defeat three people by himself?
One roommate went to block the door, another roommate chased after him and pinned him down, and a third roommate tried to snatch his phone.
"No, no, no, I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"
Seeing that things were about to fall apart, Xiang Shan compromised directly.
There is a difference between proactively confessing and being passively discovered.
"Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely!"
Xiang Shan was cornered by her three roommates, and it seemed there was no way to escape.
We can only face reality.
“I probably know where Mr. Lin is setting up his stall this week.”
As soon as Xiang Shan uttered these words, he immediately covered his ears as if he had foreseen the future.
Sure enough, my three roommates screamed right next to my ears.
The screams were accompanied by "Holy crap!" and I almost lost my hearing.
"Where? Where is it in Harbin? Shall we go there now?"
"Wow, Xiang Shan, you actually guessed it right."
"This trip was worth it. As long as we can eat Mr. Lin's cooking, the hardships along the way are nothing."
The three of them talked excitedly for a long time, but when they saw that Xiang Shan didn't react and didn't seem happy at all.
I sensed something was off.
"Why the long face? Aren't you happy to know where Boss Lin's stall is?"
Xiang Shan gave a wry smile.
If he were still in school, he would definitely be happy. He might have already finished his braised pork knuckle rice just like his classmates.
But he's in Harbin now!
"Boss Lin sells braised pork trotters rice at a stall in the alley opposite the school."
As soon as Xiang Shan finished speaking, the entire room fell into a deathly silence.
Roommate: "Huh? What did you say? I don't quite understand?"
"What do you mean 'Boss Lin is setting up a stall at the school gate this week'? Which school? Harbin University?"
"Say it again, where is Boss Lin?"
Since she had already said it all and Xiang Shan had given up, she simply sent a message to everyone in the class and showed it to them.
The next second, one of the roommates finished reading the message history and started laughing.
"Hahaha, Mr. Lin actually set up a stall near our school."
Xiang Shan looked at her roommate, who was laughing maniacally, and shrank back in fear.
Will my roommate be driven crazy?
"This is hilarious! Is this even possible?"
While laughing, my roommate suddenly felt dizzy and collapsed onto the bed, motionless.
Xiang Shan was startled and rushed over to see what was wrong.
"What's wrong? Don't scare me!"
Upon getting closer, Xiang Shan immediately noticed that her roommate's eyes were closed, and a single tear from the corner of her eye slowly slid into her hair.
She actually cried?
Xiang Shan was so frightened that she dared not speak.
If his roommates got angry and beat him up, he probably wouldn't feel so guilty.
I'm so angry I could cry just looking at it.
That's real panic.
"No, we can go back to school. Boss Lin is still setting up his stall for four days this week. It's hard to come to Harbin, but it'll be easy to go back. We'll leave first thing tomorrow morning!"
"I'll cover the expenses, okay? I'll check the plane tickets right now, guys, don't rush me!"
"A man doesn't easily shed tears, unless he's truly heartbroken!"
Besides the roommate who was so angry that she cried, the other roommate also seemed a bit off, and even started to act pretentious.
Seeing this makes Xiang Shan truly panic.
Only one roommate remained.
Xiang Shan looked over expectantly and saw the other person sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze, not responding no matter how she called.
"True heartbreak isn't about making a scene, but about a moment of silence."
“Xiangshan, I think your name shouldn’t be Xiangshan, it should be Xiangbei.”
Towards Goodness: ...
The next morning, the four of them from the dormitory returned to the same place they had come from.
Xiang Shan's family lives in Harbin, and all their luggage has been sent back home.
The explanation for going home was simple: I'm going to visit my roommates in their city.
Then the group returned to school.
At this time, the news that Boss Lin was setting up a stall in Dongyong was only spreading among a small group of people.
Everyone was afraid that if too many people found out, there wouldn't be enough pork trotter rice to go around.
So they all kept the secret without prior agreement.
After Xiang Shan and the others returned to school, the first thing they did after putting their luggage in the dormitory was to go to Chu Kuang's dormitory to find him.
As soon as the door opened, a room full of people was revealed.
It contains not only classmates.
There are also Xie Hong and others who had already gone home but then returned to school.
Even Chu Kuang's roommate came back.
Some people live far away and can't get back in a day.
But they are on their way back.
It was a message from Boss Lin that prompted a group of students who had already gone home to embark on their journey back to school.
"Hey, you guys are all back!"
"It seems we thought the same thing; the first thing we did upon returning was to come to Chu Kuang's place."
It was Chu Kuang who first discovered Boss Lin's information and even shared it in the class group.
"Let's set off soon. Let's get there early. Yesterday, Mr. Lin set up his stall at around 5 a.m., and he should be doing the same today."
"Moreover, many passersby saw Mr. Lin yesterday and sent messages and called their friends and family, so we are very competitive."
"We college students have plenty of free time, especially during winter break. We can chat anywhere. Let's get in line now!"
Those who missed out on pork trotter rice yesterday are now starving.
Thinking back to when I went home for holidays, my parents would give me money to fly, but they would always try to save the money for train or high-speed rail instead.
But just to eat Boss Lin's braised pork trotters rice, people were willing to pay out of their own pockets to fly back.
Moreover, Dong Yong City doesn't have an airport, so you have to fly to a neighboring big city, transfer to the high-speed rail to Dong Yong, and then take a taxi back to school.
The cost of this round trip is not low.
When people are busy, their wallets are busy too.
Just for this bowl of braised pork trotters rice.
If they can't get this, they'll probably cry their eyes out.
So before four o'clock, these people started walking one by one into the alley opposite the school.
Since Mr. Lin didn't set up his stall, they found it too cold outside and went to sit in a coffee shop in the alley.
The coffee shop was packed today, compared to just a few scattered customers yesterday.
There were people sitting at each table.
Needless to say, they were all waiting for Boss Lin to set up his stall.
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