Except for Li Manli, everyone in dormitory 501 was present at the first dinner party. The ones who didn't say much from beginning to end were Li Yun and Xu Zhaodi, one from Shandong Province and the other from Sichuan Province. Like Xia Lin, they had dark red skin and were not very tall. They all came from rural areas. In the past, being three generations of poor farmers was the most glorious thing, but with the reform and opening up, some people became rich first, and everyone gradually came to their senses. Although they didn't say it out loud, everyone had their own concerns in their hearts. For example, they didn't want to attend this dinner party. The reason was that they just wanted to save money. But they had the same idea as Xia Lin, so they didn't refuse.
During dinner, Yuan Zhen and Ma Yan were the most active. Perhaps because they both wanted to be dormitory leaders, there was a hint of competition in their conversation, but on the surface, they were calm. They somehow ended up talking about Li Manli, saying that Li Manli's school life was like moving house, with so many boxes. It took a whole team of people to deliver her, and even the nanny made her bed. They also said that Li Manli's skin was so white, she must have washed her face with milk. They also said that Li Manli was very arrogant and ignored them. Xia Lin and the others were envious of this, but Ma Yan was a little disdainful. She said that her parents were also cadres, so she didn't have those habits.
Hearing that her parents were both cadres, everyone inevitably complimented her. Yuan Zhen had lost all desire to compete with her for the position of dormitory leader and stopped competing with her in conversation, letting Ma Yan take the spotlight. Her parents were ordinary workers, and although she felt she had some ability, with Ma Yan and Li Manli as the two troublemakers, she would definitely find it difficult to fulfill her duties. She decided to just give up and feel more at ease.
As she ran out of ideas, she noticed that Zhu Xingtong hadn't spoken. She immediately asked about Zhu Xingtong. When she heard that her parents were also workers, she immediately felt that the two of them had become much closer. After dinner, everyone else went home, and she took Zhu Xingtong to the side door.
Halfway through the walk, Zhu Xingtong suddenly heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw a tall boy staring at him excitedly.
"Who are you?" Zhu Xingtong felt that the other person looked very familiar, but after thinking for a long time he couldn't remember who it was.
Liang Youqing reminded her, "Dung basket."
Yuan Zhen nudged Zhu Xingtong and asked, "Do you know him?"
Zhu Xingtong nodded, then called out to Liang Youqing, "Liang Youqing?"
"It's me. I didn't expect to see you here. I'm very happy." Liang Youqing's eyes curved like crescent moons.
At this moment, a boy holding a basketball suddenly ran over, hugged Liang Youqing and said, "No, am I seeing correctly? Daliang, are you smiling?"
Liang Youqing immediately returned to his usual dazed look, "No."
"You have." The boy said and then looked at Zhu Xingtong, "Hello, I'm Ren Xiang, a good brother from Daliang. Who are you?"
"Hello, my name is Zhu Xingtong. Liang Youqing and I used to live in the same village." Zhu Xingtong replied with a smile.
"Then you two are childhood sweethearts. No wonder Daliang laughed." Ren Xiang said exaggeratedly. After that, he looked at Yuan Zhen again, "Who is this?"
Zhu Xingtong: "She is my roommate Yuan Zhen."
"Hello, hello. Where are you going? Have you eaten yet? If not, let Daliang treat you." Ren Xiang patted Liang Youqing on the shoulder.
"We just finished eating and were about to go shopping." Yuan Zhen replied.
Liang Youqing rushed ahead of Ren Xiang and said, "I'm studying international politics. What about you?"
"Mechanical engineering," Zhu Xingtong replied. She planned to study mechanical engineering as an undergraduate and aircraft propulsion engineering as a graduate student, aiming to build rockets and perhaps even her own mecha. Indeed, her ultimate goal was to reach space. Even if she could never return to the interstellar age, she still yearned for the starry sky.
"Okay, go ahead and do your work. If you need any help, come to me." Liang Youqing nodded. He then took Ren Xiang away. This guy was a big mouth. If they stayed any longer, who knew what he would think.
Sure enough, after walking a few steps, he heard Ren Xiang say, "No wonder you're so rude to those girls in the department. It turns out you have someone in your heart. Look at the way you smiled just now, it was so charming."
Liang Youqing: "...Don't talk nonsense when you get back."
Ren Xiang: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. I'm very tight-lipped!"
Liang Youqing: “…”
Yuan Zhen also asked Zhu Xingtong curiously, "Your childhood sweetheart is so handsome. No, why did he call him a dung basket?"
"He used to pick up cow dung," Zhu Xingtong explained.
"You don't look like it, and you don't look like you're from the countryside." Yuan Zhen said with a smile.
Zhu Xingtong didn't want to say much, so he just smiled and said nothing.
Yuan Zhen added, "His friend seems pretty good too. If you go looking for him later, remember to bring me along."
Zhu Xingtong looked at her in surprise. In this day and age, everyone was very reserved. It was rare to find someone as straightforward as Yuan Zhen. She didn't think it was a big deal, so she nodded.
After buying some daily necessities, the two returned to the dormitory. Before entering, Zhu Xingtong heard a familiar voice. It was Liu Zhichan.
"Why are you here?" Liu Zhichan shouted immediately when he saw Zhu Xingtong coming in.
"I should be the one asking you this." Zhu Xingtong said as he walked into the dormitory.
"If I had known you were in this dormitory, I would never have moved here no matter what." Liu Zhichan said angrily.
"Where is Zhaodi?" Yuan Zhen asked Wang Tian.
"I switched dorms with classmate Liu. Classmate Liu and Xia Lin are cousins, and they said they wanted to live together, so they switched." After saying that, she leaned close to Yuan Zhen's ear and whispered, "Zhao Di thought it was too much trouble at first, but then she agreed after I gave her 10 yuan."
Yuan Zhen nodded, somewhat glad that she had given up the role of dorm leader. None of them were easy to mess with, so it would be less of a worry for her if she didn't become one.
Liu Zhichan was so angry that she deliberately picked up and put things down again, making a lot of noise. Li Manli woke up. She just pulled the curtain aside and stuck her head out and said, "You're so noisy. Can't you be more gentle? You finally made it to college, and you don't have this little bit of manners."
"So what if I make some noise? It's only six o'clock and you don't allow anyone to keep quiet. You're even more arrogant than me. If you're afraid of noise, don't live in the dormitory!" Liu Zhichan said as he placed the jar in his hand heavily on the table.
"You...have no manners." Li Manli slammed the curtain and said.
"Who are you calling uncultured?" Liu Zhichan stood up angrily. Xia Lin tried to pull her, but she was thrown out.
"Okay, stop talking. It's fate that we're assigned to the same dormitory. Please be considerate of each other and talk things out nicely if you have anything to say." Ma Yan stepped forward and said.
"You are a good person. Why didn't you say anything when she threw things?" Li Manli said and lay back on the bed.
When Liu Zhichan saw this, she felt that Ma Yan was helping her, so she immediately grabbed a big white rabbit from the table and put it on her bed. "Thank you, don't pay attention to her. She thinks she is a lady and we are all maids. She is spoiled."
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