Hu Jingxin enthusiastically explained it to Chang Yue.
"That's so exciting!" Chang Yue commented.
Ren Zhiyi tugged at Jiang Xiaoli's clothes, "Xiaoli, we haven't had a meal together as a dorm yet, why don't you invite your boyfriend to come along?"
Hu Jingxin and Chang Yue both looked at her instantly.
Jiang Xiaoli thought for a moment, "Let's skip the dorm dinner. I'll ask him, and I'll treat you guys to dinner sometime in the next couple of days when we're both free, okay?"
Chang Yue nodded repeatedly, "Sure, sure. I might not be able to eat if I invite those two, but we can split the bill."
Jiang Xiaoli waved her hand, "It's nothing, it's nothing. I'm a real tycoon, I'm rich!"
"Hahahaha." Her extravagant demeanor made the three of them burst into laughter.
After they finished eating, they went downstairs to the dormitory. Jiang Xiaoli told them to go upstairs first, and she took out her IC card to call home from the phone booth.
Li Guizhi answered quickly, "Is it Xiao Li?"
"Hehe, you know how well we mother and daughter are in sync. I just finished lunch and I'm downstairs in the dormitory now," Jiang Xiaoli said with a smile.
Li Guizhi asked with concern, "How are you feeling staying in the dormitory?"
She glanced in the direction of the dormitory building and replied, "Overall, it's not bad, but I already talked to my counselor this morning about going home to live. I'll go back and write an application, and I'll just wait for it to be approved."
"Alright, alright," Li Guizhi said, satisfied. "So, are you going home tomorrow or the day after?"
"I'll go home after the opening ceremony tomorrow," she replied.
“Okay, the day after tomorrow, Saturday, is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I’m currently researching how to make mooncakes, so you can have some ready-made ones when you come back.”
Ah... Mom's mooncakes, she's already feeling an urge to go home, what should she do...?
Oh well, I'll just have to bear with it.
She called Zong Jiayu again, "Comrade Zong, my roommates want to meet you."
Zong Jia chuckled lightly, "Looks like I can still be taken out in public?"
Jiang Xiaoli smiled and said, "It's alright. When are you free? I'm planning to treat them to a meal."
"I'll always be available for your business," Zong Jiayu replied.
She touched her nose. Why is this person always causing trouble these days?
She thought for a moment, "How about tomorrow? After the opening ceremony, is that okay?"
Zong Jiayu agreed, "Okay, I'll reserve a spot and pick you up tomorrow at noon."
Jiang Xiaoli quickly added, "We can meet at the school gate."
When she got back to the dorm, Sun Weiwei and Jinzhi weren't there. She confirmed that none of the three of them had plans for tomorrow. "Then I'll treat you to lunch tomorrow, and my boyfriend will come along."
Ren Zhiyi's eyes lit up, "Xiao Li, you're so fast!"
Chang Yue nodded excitedly, "Okay, okay, you three wait for me tomorrow at noon!"
After chatting for a while, the group went to bed for a nap.
When Jiang Xiaoli woke up, she felt as if she had been immersed in water, and her forehead was covered in sweat.
She sat up and saw that the ceiling fan in the dormitory had been turned off. She got out of bed and was about to turn the fan on when Hu Jingxin, who was on the lower bunk, grabbed her.
"What's wrong?"
Hu Jingxin got up and pulled her outside the dormitory. "You were sleeping so soundly. Didn't you hear Chang Yue and Sun Weiwei arguing just now?"
Jiang Xiaoli was dumbfounded. She shook her head. "I didn't hear anything. What were you arguing about?"
Hu Jingxin sighed, "Sun Weiwei was very unhappy when she came in and saw that we had the fan on. She probably thought everyone was fast asleep, so she complained to Jinzhi that we shouldn't have turned on the fan, that it was a waste of electricity."
Upon hearing this, Chang Yue stood up and said she didn't need to pay the electricity bill, but she should leave when the fan was on. The two started arguing quickly, and Sun Weiwei's sarcastic remarks angered Chang Yue, causing her to leave.
Jiang Xiaoli asked in confusion, "Isn't she hot?"
Hu Jingxin shrugged. "Sun Weiwei said that even when it's hottest in the summer, they don't turn on the fan. They just use a hand fan. She also said that we're being too delicate by using a fan..."
Jiang Xiaoli was speechless. What kind of people were these?
She sighed. "Do you know where Chang Yue went?"
Hu Jingxin replied, "I followed her out when she ran out. She's downstairs in her fellow villager's dormitory now."
She nodded. "Okay, as long as she's alright, this problem is easy to solve."
The two returned to the dormitory, where everyone else had gotten up, but the dormitory was quiet and no one spoke.
Jiang Xiaoli patted Hu Jingxin's hand, "Xinxin, go and call Chang Yue back."
Chang Yue returned to the dormitory, glanced at Sun Weiwei, and sat down on the stool without saying a word. "Xiao Li, did you call me back for something?"
Jiang Xiaoli looked around the dormitory and said, "Everyone's awake, let's chat."
Chang Yue pursed her lips, "I have nothing to talk about with certain people."
She patted Chang Yue's hand and smiled, "It's okay, we can solve problems as they arise."
Seeing how close the two of them were, Sun Weiwei spoke up directly, "You two are asleep and the fan is still on. It's a waste of electricity. The electricity bill for the dormitory is paid by everyone. You're just wasting my money!"
Although Jinzhi didn't say anything, she silently sat on Sun Weiwei's bed to show her stance.
Seeing the tense atmosphere in the dormitory, Ren Zhiyi got out of bed and said with a smile, "It's still a bit hot these days, but we won't need to turn on the fan when it gets colder. It'll only be a short time and we won't use much electricity."
Sun Weiwei argued forcefully, "It doesn't take much, so it's still used, isn't it?"
Ren Zhiyi was speechless after being rebuked by her.
Jiang Xiaoli chuckled, "Let me confirm, Sun Weiwei. You just feel that the increased electricity consumption from the fan has raised your living costs. If you didn't have to pay for it, you wouldn't have any objections, right?"
Sun Weiwei paused for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, I can't possibly spend more money just because you guys are enjoying yourselves!"
Jiang Xiaoli snapped her fingers. "That makes things easier."
She then asked Jinzhi, "Do you share the same thoughts as Sun Weiwei?"
Jinzhi was also very sensitive to the heat, but she could see that the other four people in the dormitory were chatting and laughing together, while she could only huddle together with Sun Weiwei for warmth.
So she nodded, "Yes, that's right."
Sun Weiwei disliked Jiang Xiaoli to begin with, "Just say whatever good ideas you have. What's the point of gathering everyone together to say so much?"
She simply couldn't believe they actually kicked her out of the dorm when the fan was on!
Jiang Xiaoli chuckled, "To solve a problem, you have to figure it out first!"
She walked over to the fan switch and looked at the text on it.
"The rated power of the fan in our dormitory is 70 watts, which is 0.07 kWh per hour. We should record the time when we turn on the fan and keep track of the electricity consumption every day. The four of us will pay for this electricity, and you two don't need to pay. Is that okay?"
Sun Weiwei's face lit up with joy upon hearing this, and she was about to agree.
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