"Why are you back so late again? You must have gone to study. You are such an ambitious kid. Go back and take a shower and have some rest."

The dormitory manager was sitting at the door holding the lock. When she saw Shen Zhizhu coming back, she immediately stood up and prepared to lock the door.

"You are always the last one to come home in the whole building. I don't dare to lock the door before I see you come back, lest I fall asleep and be woken up by you."

The dormitory manager kept complaining, but Shen Zhizhu could feel the care in her words.

"Thank you for waiting for me, Auntie. Something happened in the library today, so I came back a little late. Thank you for waiting for me, Auntie."

The dormitory manager was only in her fifties, at the age when she loved to listen to gossip. She immediately became interested and locked the door neatly.

"Tell Auntie what happened."

Shen Zhizhu thought about it and thought that if his design draft was really used by others in a few days or at some other time, it would be good for a few people to know about it in advance.

What's more, for people of aunts' age, if they have nothing to do in their daily lives, they can get together and chat, which will be convenient for the future.

Thinking of this, she took out her design notebook from her backpack. When taking it out, she deliberately folded a corner so that her aunt couldn't see.

"I could have come back earlier today, but I went to the bathroom and when I came back I found a dark figure standing in front of my desk. I was so scared. I'm still terrified when I think about it now."

The aunt also felt goosebumps all over her body when she heard this. She looked around and felt a cold wind blowing from somewhere, so she stood slightly closer to Shen Zhizhu.

"Could it be... that dirty thing? Recently, I've heard from students who have passed by that they saw a dark shadow in school. It was scary."

Shen Zhizhu didn't want to blame the incident on ghosts.

"It wasn't a ghost, it was a person. When she saw me coming back, she ran away. But I was also very scared at that time, and my legs were so weak that I couldn't walk. I don't know who that person was, but I guess she was also scared by me. After all, there was a sudden power outage in the library at that time. But she was too timid. At least she had a mining lamp in her hand, but I had nothing."

After hearing that it wasn't a ghost, the dormitory manager breathed a sigh of relief, but she still pulled her collar with some fear.

"I was so scared. I hope it's a human being. I thought it was that person's ghost coming back."

"That person's ghost? So did a student really die in the school? That must have been a long time ago, how come the rumor of a ghost suddenly came out?"

"Which school hasn't had a few people die? But the one who died was a girl. It was said that her family forced her to do so. She jumped off the building because she had no other options. She happened to fall right in front of us. I heard the noise and went to see. I was almost scared to death. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so scared when I heard a ghost."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. It's too scary at night. I won't be able to sleep soon."

The dormitory manager glanced outside, through the iron fence, across time, and recalled what had happened there.

"That's right. I don't know what that classmate meant by that. He stood in front of my desk and crumpled up my design paper when he left. Luckily it wasn't damaged."

Shen Zhizhu looked at the crumpled drawing in his hand with a sense of grievance, making the whole drawing look like a scrap.

The dormitory manager took it and examined it carefully under the light with squinted eyes.

"My dear, the clothes in the picture are really beautiful. If I were a dozen years younger, I would definitely wait for you to buy them. I don't know which wicked person would not only let you look at them, but also make them look like this for you. You have no manners."

"Go back and get some books to press it and see if it works. Can you see who it is? If you can, come and tell me and I'll tell you about him."

Shen Zhizhu smiled. Sometimes even strangers are friendlier than family members.

"Got it, thank you Auntie, I'll go upstairs first, and you should go to bed early tonight."

After Shen Zhizhu said goodbye to the dormitory manager, she went back to the dormitory. As expected, everyone was still awake, waiting for her to come back.

As soon as she opened the door, she heard the dormitory door opposite open and Wu Ping'er was half leaning against the door frame.

"I'm back. It's so late. Go wash up and go to bed. You have early classes tomorrow. Bye."

Wu Ping'er opened the door quickly, greeted Shen Zhizhu and said all the words in one breath, then closed the door without even giving him a chance to respond.

"She has this kind of personality. Sometimes she's very enthusiastic, and sometimes she's a little nervous. When she was here before, she kept asking you why you hadn't come back so late, and whether you were planning to sleep in the library."

Chen Yurou sat on a stool, watching the scene with amusement, and considerately explained Wu Ping'er's behavior.

If someone who is not familiar with her saw what Wu Ping'er did just now, they would probably think that she was crazy.

Shen Zhizhu looked at the closed door and felt a warm feeling in her heart. She carefully closed the door of her dormitory, returned to her seat, put her things away, and went to get her toiletries.

"You've been waiting for me till now? Go get some rest. You have to get up early tomorrow."

Chen Yurou really wanted to wait for Shen Zhizhu to come back before resting, for she was afraid that he would come back too late and the dormitory manager would lock the door. She could also help call for help or something so that Shen Zhizhu would not be left alone outside.

"Okay, I'll go to bed now. Liang Fei has been waiting for a long time. When she heard the noise downstairs, she knew you were back, so she went back to bed. As for Yu Yan'er, it seems like she hasn't been back for two days. I asked Teacher Wu, and she said she lives nearby and has gone back to live. I wonder if her father will help find a mature designer to draw the manuscript for the competition."

"If she really found someone, then it will be very difficult for you to win the competition."

Liang Fei stood up from the bed, drew aside the curtain and joined the conversation.

"Although I don't understand your designs, I think she should be able to tell the difference between her own drawings and those by mature designers, like your teacher Zhou. Many habits are difficult to change. Although their family is not a large clothing factory, the clothes sold there can be seen to be made by the same person, so there is no need to worry."

"Yes, I thought of this when I proposed the competition. As long as she dares to hand it over to the designer they work with, she will definitely lose the competition. I think, even if she doesn't know this, her father knows it. At most, he will ask someone to assist and guide her. If that's the case, I won't worry too much."