The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 52 The Lively Dormitory 205 (Part 1)

Gu Jia and Xu Huanshan arrived in the corridor outside the classroom.

"What happened?"

"You know that campus beauty voting app on the school's intranet, right? It was developed by this guy in your class named Xu Yao. Someone dug up his information on Mop, and his school, class, and even dormitory were all exposed."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jia's first thought was of Yang Muye.

"Is someone stirring up trouble online?"

"Does this even need to be sensationalized? Campus beauty pageants are already quite controversial. Using this to gain traffic should have been considered the potential backlash. Now trouble is just piling up on us."

Xu Huanshan told Gu Jia that the four most beautiful girls in his business school class were going to file a complaint with the school.

"You didn't stop me?" Gu Jia asked, somewhat displeased.

Xu Huanshan and she were both student counselors. The matter could have been resolved by the two of them, but they insisted on taking it to the college.

If things escalate, not only will Xu Yao face harsher punishment, but even the college teachers will question Gu Jia and Xu Huanshan's abilities as student counselors.

Xu Huanshan felt wronged: "How could I stop those four girls in my class, let alone girls from other colleges or even other schools? This matter is not as simple as you think. I have already called and told Teacher Li about the situation. He is reporting to Secretary Ji and asked me to come and find Xu Yao first, and bring him to the college to explain the situation."

Gu Jia made a quick decision: "I'll go too."

Xu Huanshan glanced in the direction of the classroom door: "Your class meeting is over?"

"We are electing class officers. The class monitor has already been chosen, and I asked him to preside over the election for me."

After Gu Jia finished speaking, she walked into the classroom.

The whispers in the classroom stopped abruptly.

Gu Jia knew what everyone was talking about, but she didn't intend to explain.

"Xu Yao!"

Xu Yao suddenly looked up.

Gu Jia's gaze followed him and landed on him: "Come out with me for a moment, there's something I need to talk to you about."

Xu Yao stood up with a blank expression.

Gu Jia continued, "Shi Xiaomeng, you currently have the most votes for class monitor, so you will continue to preside over the class committee election. Remember to send me a copy of the class committee list after the class meeting."

After Gu Jia and Xu Yao left, the classroom immediately became lively.

People whispered among themselves, some inquiring about the relationship between Gu Jia and Xu Huanshan, while others wondered why Xu Yao had been suddenly called away.

Ding Ning was the most frustrated of them all.

I wanted to team up with Xu Yao for the election, but Xu Yao was called away, and it seems unlikely that he will come back before the end of the class meeting.

Why are you so unlucky?

At that moment, someone in the back seat poked Ding Ning's back with their finger.

"Old Ding, what happened to Xu Yao? Why was he suddenly called away?" The one who spoke was Liu Qiang, who was from the same dormitory. He was tall and strong, and his temper was too straightforward. To put it bluntly, he spoke without thinking and acted without any sense of boundaries.

Just like when he poked Ding Ning's back with his finger, he didn't know to hold back and poked Ding Ning so hard it hurt.

"How would I know?" Ding Ning replied, frowning.

Ding Ning is from Heilongjiang Province, and both he and Liu Qiang are from the north, but the two never really got along in the dormitory.

There are many reasons.

On her first day of work, Ding Ning and Liu Qiang developed a grudge over a bed dispute.

Ding Ning arrived at the dormitory first. When she went out to buy bedding, she deliberately left a magazine on the upper bunk to reserve the space.

When I returned with the bedding, I saw a burly guy in a basketball jersey, the number print on the back of which had all worn off, leaving only a glue mark, already making the bed.

This person was Liu Qiang. Ding Ning initially reminded Liu Qiang tactfully that her magazine was still on the bed.

Liu Qiang lifted the mattress, returned the magazine to Ding Ning, and told him he was welcome, completely unaware that Ding Ning was reminding him that the bed had already been taken.

Seeing the pile of luggage Liu Qiang had placed by the bed—a snakeskin bag and a large cotton quilt tied with rope—Ding Ning guessed that Liu Qiang was most likely from the countryside and that his family wasn't well-off. She thought to herself, "Forget it, I won't argue with Liu Qiang."

At this time, only bed number 1, which shared a staircase with Liu Qiang, was still empty in the dormitory.

The telephone line, light switch, and door lock are all here, which is fine.

The worst part was that every time Ding Ning got out of bed, the smell of Liu Qiang's feet could make her faint.

Ding Ning told Liu Qiang several times to use soap when washing his feet, but Liu Qiang stubbornly refused to admit that it was athlete's foot, insisting that it was just the smell of sweat and that it would disappear after rinsing with water.

Now Ding Ning has to hold her breath when getting in and out of bed.

In addition, Liu Qiang neither washes nor puts away his sneakers and smelly socks; he just throws them on the side of the bed after taking them off.

After using the toilet, if there's a strong odor or it wasn't rinsed properly, people don't know to rinse again.

What's most annoying is that Liu Qiang doesn't have a computer, yet he shamelessly tries to use Ding Ning's without even saying hello. He just sits down and starts playing by himself.

Ding Ning set a password, and then shamelessly asked him for it.

Ding Ning bought the desktop computer so that there would be no shortage of electricity and internet in the dormitory, making it convenient to play World of Warcraft.

As a result, it became convenient for Liu Qiang.

Ding Ning has made up her mind: she will sell her desktop computer next week and buy a laptop instead.

Surely Liu Qiang can't just break into his cabinet then, can he?
These are all minor matters. The biggest conflict between Ding Ning and Liu Qiang is still because of Xu Yao.

Dorm 205 only had three freshmen from the School of Industrial Management, plus a third-year senior from the School of Property Management who rented a place off-campus and rarely came back to live there.

Xu Yao is capable and handsome, and both Ding Ning and Liu Qiang want to be his friend.

As a result, Xu Yao only played with Ding Ning, and was merely polite to Liu Qiang in words, just going through the motions.

Liu Qiang didn't look for the reasons within himself; he just thought that Ding Ning was relying on his family's good conditions to win over Xu Yao and isolate him.

When Ding Ning wasn't in the dorm, Liu Qiang complained to Xu Yao more than once that Ding Ning had too much of a sense of superiority. He said, "So what if your family has some money? What's so great about that?"

He spoke ill of Ding Ning, but that didn't stop him from playing games on Ding Ning's computer.

Today, when we were having our class meeting, Ding Ning and Xu Yao both planned to arrive early. Liu Qiang, however, was hogging Ding Ning's computer and playing games to keep up with the pace, so he let the other two come first.

After Liu Qiang arrived, he complained that the two of them hadn't saved him a seat.

Actually, Ding Ning and Xu Yao deliberately didn't reserve seats because they didn't want to sit with Liu Qiang.

As a result, Xu Yaogang was called away, and Liu Qiang immediately moved up to sit right next to Ding Ning.

"What are you doing?" Ding Ning clenched his fist and covered his mouth, actually to block his nose.

Liu Qiang doesn't shower after playing ball; his sweat smells too strong.

"I need to discuss something with you."

"What's the matter?"

“I just heard you and Xu Yao talking about forming a team to run for class committee. Xu Yao has been called away now. Didn’t you want to be the organization committee member? We can team up. You can run for organization committee member, and I can run for sports committee member.”

Ding Ning was speechless.

With your attitude of looking down on girls and avoiding them, you actually want to be a class committee member?

"No, I've already made a deal with Xu Yao. Even if he doesn't choose me, I won't go back on my word. You can choose the organization committee member if you want, but I'll choose the sports committee member."

(End of this chapter)