"Hmm." Despite Liu Xiaohong's enthusiasm, Wu Shishi simply nodded indifferently, then turned around and closed her suitcase, preparing to go to the teacher's office later to call home and ask her father to send someone to carry it home.
Wu Shishi's indifference did not dampen Liu Xiaohong's enthusiasm. Liu Xiaohong placed her things next to Wu Shishi and then went over to help Wu Shishi tidy up.
Wu Shishi frowned and looked at Liu Xiaohong with a puzzled expression.
Liu Xiaohong smiled. "You don't seem to know how to tidy up very well, let me help you!"
Xia Lan, Sudan, and Zhao Pandi exchanged glances.
"You're happy now, aren't you? With Liu Xiaohong helping you, you probably won't need us anymore."
Wu Shishi felt a pang of sadness. She glanced at Liu Xiaohong, who was helping her pack. She should have been happy and proud that someone was helping her pack.
But after seeing Xia Lan and the others turn away and ignore her, Wu Shishi suddenly felt that Liu Xiaohong was an eyesore.
"No need, I don't need to pack. I'm taking all of this home!"
Wu Shishi told Liu Xiaohong to pack her own things.
"I'll just leave my things there; someone will come and pick them up in a bit."
Upon hearing Wu Shishi's words and seeing the nice clothes in her suitcase, Liu Xiaohong smiled once again.
"Wu Shishi, your clothes are so beautiful! I've never seen such nice clothes before. They must be very expensive!"
Wu Shishi paused after Liu Xiaohong finished speaking.
"Not expensive."
It's certainly not expensive for her.
But for Liu Xiaohong, this dress cost her a month's living expenses.
Wu Shishi glanced at Xia Lan and Su Dan, feeling that Liu Xiaohong had come at the wrong time. She had been getting along quite well with them just now, but as soon as Liu Xiaohong arrived, they ignored her again.
He turned and walked out sullenly, saying to Xia Lan and the other two.
"I'm going to call my dad."
"Oh," Zhao Pandi responded. Xia Lan and Su Dan glanced at Wu Shishi and waved.
Although she didn't say anything, Wu Shishi saw their response and couldn't help but smile as she walked out of the dormitory.
I went to the teacher's office to ask to make a phone call. As soon as the call was connected, a serious voice came from the other end.
"I am Wu Jianmin."
"Dad," Wu Shishi said to her father in a coquettish tone.
"What's wrong? Did someone at school upset you? Do you want to go home?" Hearing his daughter's voice, Wu Jianmin thought that on her first day of university, she was going to complain to him.
Hearing her father's deep voice, Wu Shishi remembered what Zhang Qiu had said and gave a soft hum.
"I said I can, so I can. Dad, don't look down on me," Wu Shishi said angrily.
"Okay, then why did you call me at this hour? What's up?"
Wu Jianmin knows his daughter too well. He spoiled her since she was a child, buying her whatever she wanted. As a result, she is inevitably a bit willful and can't stand being wronged.
"Hmph, you brought too many clothes. Have Uncle Wang come and help me take them home."
Wu Shishi said proudly, but Wu Jianmin was stunned when he heard his daughter's words.
She insisted on bringing those clothes herself, no matter how much he and her mother talked to her about how the school's wardrobe couldn't hold them all.
They've only just arrived at school and they're already willing to send their clothes home?
Is this still his stubborn and unyielding daughter?
“The lockers at school are too small; they can’t hold all these clothes.” Xia Lan’s words made Wu Jianmin a little suspicious.
"Has someone been bullying you?" Wu Jianmin asked worriedly. Could it be that someone really was bullying his daughter?
"Dad, I'm telling you, they've gone too far..."
Upon hearing her father's interest, Wu Shishi immediately told him what had just happened: Xia Lan and the others had bullied her, and Teacher Zhang hadn't helped her...
"They've gone too far! How can they be so arrogant!" Wu Jianmin said, echoing his daughter's accusations.
He was actually quite interested in Xia Lan and Sudan. How could his stubborn and rebellious daughter be so obedient and even pack her own clothes?
He and his wife had tried to persuade her for over a decade without success, but Xia Lan managed to get their daughter to listen so obediently in just a short while.
And the daughter, who should have been very angry, didn't seem really angry; on the contrary, she seemed a little happy.
"Should Dad talk to your teacher and ask her to give them a good talking-to?" Wu Jianmin said deliberately.
Hearing that Xia Lan and the others were going to be disciplined by the teacher, Wu Shishi would have agreed immediately in the past, but now she hesitated.
"...Forget it, it's not important. Besides, they helped me pack my things. I'm magnanimous, I forgive them!"
Wu Shishi clutched the phone cord, afraid that her father would insist on making the decision for her.
Hearing that Wu Shishi had actually backed down and didn't want him to 'teach' Xia Lan and the others a lesson, Wu Jianmin's curiosity about Xia Lan really got the better of him.
"Alright, then tell me what's wrong, and Dad will take care of it for you." Wu Jianmin didn't press the matter further and let it go, going along with Wu Shishi's words.
Wu Shishi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled sweetly at Wu Jianmin.
"Dad, I'm sure I'll make friends at school!"
"Really? Then I'd love to see you bring your friends home this Saturday."
Wu Jianmin smiled, but his words implied that he didn't quite believe Wu Shishi could make friends.
“…Dad, isn’t this too fast…” Wu Shishi’s smile froze.
She hasn't become friends with them yet!
"I believe you can do it. Control your temper and don't be petty," Wu Jianmin advised.
Wu Jianmin's secretary knocked on the door with a stack of documents, and Wu Jianmin gestured for him to come in.
"Okay, Dad has to work now, bye."
Wu Shishi hung up the phone and returned to her dormitory, where she saw Sudan holding something and sharing it with Xia Lan and Zhao Pandi.
The room smelled slightly fermented and sour, like something had gone bad.
Wu Shishi smelled the sweet and sour aroma and hesitated about how to join them...
"Comrade Wu Shishi, you're back." Liu Xiaohong finished packing her things, washed her face, and saw Wu Shishi frowning as soon as she opened the door.
"What's that awful smell? Sudan, what did you bring that's gone bad...?"
Liu Xiaohong spoke directly to Sudan, pinching her nose as if the smell was extremely unpleasant.
Xia Lan and Zhao Pandi, who were eating milk curds, were stunned for a moment, and the smile on Sudan's face vanished instantly.
Xia Lan's face darkened as she spoke to Liu Xiaohong.
"This is a specialty from Dandan's hometown, called milk curds. It's not something spoiled; it's just fermented milk."
Xia Lan explained.
"This is our dorm room, and the smell is so strong. Just because you like it doesn't mean we do. You should respect our..."
Just as Liu Xiaohong was about to pull Wu Shishi along, Wu Shishi's eyes lit up. Thanks to Liu Xiaohong, she had found an opportunity to join them.
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