Chapter Fifty-two: Wisdom Breaks into the Women's Dormitory

  I really wanted to hold him tightly in my arms the moment Qin Ke Yi was about to leave, maybe all the contradictions would disappear in an instant. But under the influence of men's foolish self-esteem, I ended up watching Qin Ke Yi run downstairs with my eyes wide open, and for the first time in my life, I faced the crisis of losing Qin Ke Yi... Under the intertwining of various contradictory emotions such as loss, anger, and helplessness, I sat on the sofa until dawn, staring at the TV playing the erectile dysfunction medication lecture advertisement repeatedly.

  This morning, while brushing my teeth, I received a call from Wang Ling, asking if yesterday's events had caused me any trouble. In response to her question, I could only helplessly say that everything was fine. After exchanging some irrelevant and insipid words, she told me that she would be leaving for Dalian the day after tomorrow and that she had already handed over our system samples to the person who would be taking over her responsibilities. So, I hastily searched my brain for a few farewell phrases with a tinge of sadness and abruptly hung up the phone. We didn't mention what happened last night at all, and I didn't want to know what drove Wang Ling to such frantic behavior either...

  After washing up, thinking of Qin Ke Yi and the slap she gave him yesterday, he lost interest in going to class, continued sitting on the sofa in a daze, don't know how long had passed, finally couldn't resist the incoming sleepiness, fell asleep on the sofa...

  My melancholy mood made it impossible for me to fall asleep soundly, and after dozing off on the sofa for a few hours, I reluctantly got up, turned on the TV, but still stared blankly at the ceiling. Several times, I picked up the phone, but every time I found Qin Keyi's number, my finger would freeze on the dial button without the courage to press it... Finally, a sudden and urgent doorbell broke through my intense mental struggle. In the short distance from the sofa to the door, I prayed countless times that Qin Keyi was standing outside, but the scene after opening the door made me experience the helplessness of "things going against one's wishes" once again.

  "How did you get here?" I said dejectedly to Zhang Wei.

  "I'll come and collect your things!" After hearing Zhang Wei's words, I didn't show much surprise, this was within my expectations. I calmly accepted Qin Kaiyi's decision and sat back down on the sofa with a sense of loss.

  "What's going on between you and Ke Yi?" Zhang Wei didn't rush to pack up her things, but instead sat down beside me.

  "Nothing! Can I help you?" Zhang Yi said with a helpless smile.

  "There's nothing she can't just move out! Yesterday was still in a good mood, secretly pulling me to run back ahead of time, how did it change when I called her today!"

  "Did you and she sneak back yesterday?"

  "Yes! She was also restless when she was with us, holding her phone every day waiting for your call. Even when we went out to play, she would walk and send text messages at the same time. In the end, we simply let her pretend to be ill and ask for a leave, and then ran back with me."

  "Where is she now?"

  "Must be you guys had a fight! Otherwise she wouldn't have run back to the dorm!" Zhang Wei said with certainty.

  "A fight? Ha... she didn't even give me a chance to have one." I said with a bitter smile to Zhang Wei.

  "What's all this nonsense! Have you called her?"

  "Zhang Wei? Do you still have the student union work certificate?" I had been thinking about how to salvage the crisis between Qin Ke Yi and me, but seeing Zhang Wei's appearance seemed to give me inspiration, so I regained my usual fighting spirit and suddenly asked him.

  "What's going on?" Zhang Wei was caught off guard by my sudden question.

  "I heard you got along well with the dorm mother before?"

  "Whatever... What are you trying to do anyway?" Zhang Wei was completely confused by me.

  "That's easy! Later you take me to your dormitory to find Ke Yi!"

  "What?! You want to rush into the girls' dorm! Are you crazy?! Our school isn't a medical university, where boys and girls can enter each other's dorms freely!" Zhang Wei said in surprise.

  "'Man thinks, God laughs.' Forcing one's way won't do! So one must use their brain! I often teach you to make good use of your brains to deal with all sorts of complicated situations, how come you just can't listen to my teachings?!!"

  "What kind of nonsense are you up to again?!"

  "It just so happens that this is the season when cockroaches are rampant in the dorms, let's pretend to be from the student union's dormitory affairs department and tell the dorm mother that we've come to inspect the cockroach situation in every room of your dorm building!"

  "This... is okay?! I feel like it sounds so mysterious!" Zhang Wei said suspiciously to me.

  "We can't bear to part with our children, but we can't put a wolf in sheep's clothing! If we're afraid of shedding blood and making sacrifices, how can we achieve the victory of the revolution?! I'm counting on you for my and Kei's future!" I said pitifully.

  "Th...alright." Zhang Wei's somewhat unenthusiastic response came, and we hastily made our way to the No. 1 dormitory building where Zhang Wei lived.

  "Wait! Let's reconsider this... it's a bit dangerous, isn't it?" Just as I and Zhang Wei were about to enter the dormitory door, Zhang Wei suddenly pulled me back.

  "Hey! This is the girls' dorm, not the Red Mansion! You can go in without any problem, as for me, you don't need to worry about it! Just follow my lead!" I confidently said to Zhang Wei, and then stepped heavily into the dormitory door with a heroic air of "a brave warrior never returns".

  The auntie in the dormitory building, due to her professional habits, immediately pulled down her old face after seeing me walk in, as if all male creatures that walked into this building at this time were cow ghosts and snake gods, making me worry that if she struggled for many years on this revolutionary post, whether it would affect her marriage harmony with her husband in their later years.

  "Auntie! Hello! We are from the Student Union's Dormitory Affairs Department. The school has assigned us to investigate the cockroach situation in this dormitory building." After I finished speaking, I flashed my student union work permit with my photo and name on it in front of her, holding it at a distance that was just out of focus for her aging eyes.

  "Auntie! It's me! Do you still recognize me?" Zhang Wei was quick-witted and greeted the old lady, diverting her attention.

  "Oh! It's you! Didn't you move out?"

  "I came with him today for inspection!"

  "How long do you need to check!?" Upon hearing the aunt's words, it seemed as if the light of success was just in front of them.

  "This is hard to say! It will take about an hour or so! Also, we need Auntie's cooperation!" I said this solely to dispel her last concern.

  "What's going on?" The aunt asked strangely.

  "Yes! I hope you can start from the sixth floor and inform each dormitory on each floor, otherwise I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble!"

  "Oh dear! Now it's really not convenient! You see, I'm all alone here and can't leave anyone behind!" The aunt deliberately made excuses, seeing her stout figure, I knew she must have lacked exercise usually, so the request I made earlier was simply an impossible task for her, and her answer was exactly what I had hoped for in my heart.

  "Alright then! Looks like we'll have to spend a bit more time! Auntie, see you later!" I said as Zhang Wei and I turned around and went upstairs, leaving the aunt behind who didn't forget to remind us, "Try to hurry up!"

  Qin Keyi's dormitory was on the second floor. Under Zhang Wei's leadership, I walked towards Qin Keyi's dormitory with ease, amidst the surprised and admiring glances of many girls wearing revealing outfits. Thinking about how Old Two and his friends usually hid in their dormitory, using extremely powerful binoculars to tirelessly explore the mysterious area that captivated their hearts, it was now easily breached by me, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment. Therefore, I thought it necessary to carefully observe for a while, so as to have the opportunity to create something like "A Tour of the Girls' Dormitory" travel notes to satisfy Old Two's spiritual needs.

  "Ah, that's the one!" Zhang Wei's words interrupted my observation, and I hastily walked over to knock on the door. Perhaps due to the sweltering weather or perhaps because Qin Ke Yi's dorm was having an underwear show, a girl wearing only her undergarments opened the door for me. When she saw a tall male standing in front of her, her expression quickly changed to one of extreme surprise, and she stood there frozen, unsure of what to do. In those few seconds, I took the opportunity to take a close look at her not-so-slender figure and also observed the situation inside the room. Just as I swallowed my saliva - which in her eyes appeared to be drool - she hastily closed the door...