The last roommate, Wei Jingting, was a very tall girl. While all the girls in the dormitory had long hair, she had cut her hair short, reaching her ears.
She's over 1.7 meters tall by now. At 15, she's already that tall. It's no surprise she's the tallest girl in the class.
She simply brought in a backpack, a quilt, and a suitcase; she hadn't bought any other daily necessities yet.
"Hey~ We're finally here! Happy New Year, sisters~~" Wei Jingting threw her luggage onto her bed as soon as she came in, and then cheerfully greeted the others.
As soon as Su Yue saw her, she waved to her and said, "Come and eat! My grandma makes it, it's delicious."
Wei Jingting leaned closer curiously: "What is it?"
"Peanut cakes, very crispy and fragrant, delicious," Su Yue said.
Cao Dan asked her, "Have you eaten? Let's go have dinner together in a bit. You haven't bought anything yet, have you?"
Wei Jingting nodded: "Okay, I'll go buy it later. I'm exhausted from the car ride, and I get carsick... I feel awful..."
"Did you bring a cup? I've boiled some water. Pour some hot water and drink it first, it'll be fine in a bit," Zhou Xueqing said to her.
"I brought it... Let me find it..." Wei Jingting rummaged through her backpack and found a thermos.
Then he walked to the space between the two beds on Zhou Xueqing's side, picked up a kettle against the wall, and poured a cup of water into his own cup.
Everyone in the dormitory brought a large portable water bottle to hold hot water for showering or drinking.
Go to the cafeteria to get hot water; it's free. You can get as much as you want, as long as it's not one person getting ten or eight pots at a time.
However, it is only available until 9 o'clock, and will stop being supplied after 9 o'clock.
So a kettle is also useful; if you don't have a kettle, you should take a shower during this time.
The boys on the first floor often just take a bucket to fetch hot water and bring it back.
The four of them huddled together to eat. Wei Jingting suddenly gestured to Yuan Mengge with her eyes, then leaned close to Cao Dan's ear and whispered, "Why is she so quiet today? Is she still reading? Why is someone who doesn't care about grades reading?"
Cao Dan replied softly, "I don't know. She's been very quiet all day. I haven't heard her say a word since we saw her go back to the dorm."
Su Yue suddenly beckoned to the three of them with a subtle expression. The group huddled together and she whispered, "I ran into her on the stairs when I came up. She said she wanted to help me with something..."
These words immediately elicited an incredulous expression from the other person: "What?"
"Shh!" Huang Yue was afraid they were being too loud, so she quickly told them to lower their voices.
Zhou Xueqing's eyes widened, and she asked in a surprised whisper, "Really?"
Su Yue nodded: "Mm!"
The three of them glanced at Yuan Mengge with strange looks and whispered, "When did someone who usually only scolds others for getting in the way start helping others? Are they trying to play you?"
Su Yue nodded in agreement: "That's what I thought too, so I didn't ask her for help."
"She hasn't said a word today, which is so strange. She'd usually be nitpicking and complaining! She hasn't said a word while we're eating here... She used to always talk, right?" Cao Dan said with a look of annoyance.
Su Yue nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, and we can criticize what we eat, but she won't allow anyone to criticize her when she eats! She's like a lunatic~"
The other three nodded in agreement upon hearing her words, and all showed expressions of disgust.
In their minds, Yuan Pingping was someone who found fault with everything others did, yet wouldn't allow anyone to say anything about her.
He often argued with his roommates in the dormitory, offending all seven of them, yet he still thought he was right and that everyone else was wrong.
Yuan Mengge knew Yuan Pingping's character, so she wasn't surprised to see her being ostracized by her roommates.
Although the group spoke in hushed tones, Yuan Mengge had keen ears and could vaguely hear their conversation.
I also learned about my roommates' evaluations and opinions of Yuan Pingping.
If she hadn't already known what kind of person Yuan Pingping was, she would have thought that these people were ganging up on her.
The group munched on snacks nearby, chattered a bit about Yuan Pingping, and then prepared to go out to buy things and have dinner.
After they all left, Yuan Mengge wrote a note and stuck it on the door, telling them that she had the dormitory key and that they could come to the playground to get it if they wanted to open the door.
They had all gone out, and the dormitory was empty, so Yuan Mengge naturally had to lock the door.
She had originally planned to go for a run outside the school, but now she was worried that they wouldn't be able to find their keys when they came back, so she decided to run on the playground instead.
She changed into clothes that were easy to run in, tied her hair into a high ponytail, and went to the playground to do some stretching.
Several boys were playing basketball under the basketball hoop on the playground, and students walked by from time to time.
After stretching, Yuan Mengge started jogging slowly around the edge of the playground.
In the middle of the playground, near the teaching building, is the flagpole. On either side of the flagpole are a basketball court and a badminton court. Near the school gate, there are four ping-pong tables.
Yuan Mengge ran a lap around the area, which was about 300 meters long.
There were quite a few people playing and watching basketball on the playground, but the sudden appearance of someone running seemed a bit out of place.
However, everyone only glanced at it twice and didn't take it seriously.
Yuan Mengge had only run for a few minutes when she saw her three other roommates returning from outside the school gate.
After the three entered the school, they suddenly spotted Yuan Mengge running.
"Huh? Isn't that Yuan Pingping running? I must be seeing things! She's actually running!" Liu Xiaoqing suddenly looked in Yuan Mengge's direction and said to the other two people beside her.
Upon hearing what she said, Guo Ju and Chen Xiaofeng both stopped and turned to look at her.
Yuan Pingping, who usually just wants to find a place to sit during PE class, is now running.
That's really strange!
This was a very new experience for my roommates.
"I'd like to see how long she can run!" Chen Xiaofeng suddenly said disdainfully.
Just as they were watching, they suddenly noticed Yuan Mengge running towards them.
Yuan Mengge took out the key and said to them, "Dormitory key, here you go."
After saying that, he gently tossed the key to Guo Ju, who was relatively close by.
Guo Ju instinctively caught it and saw that it was indeed the dormitory key.
They only have two keys, one in the dormitory and one with the teacher. They usually keep the key in the dormitory by hanging it on the door, and whoever leaves last locks the door.
Because nobody wants to spend money to make a duplicate key.
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