reignition

Seeing Jiang Mian's cluelessness and blank expression, Zhan Meng became even more worried.

He raised his hand and touched Jiang Mian's forehead. "Such a good girl, how did she become so stupid..."

His voice was full of emotion.

Jiang Mian couldn't help but laugh, and she realized who Zhan Meng was referring to as 'them'.

She was her and Zhan Meng's roommate.

The dormitories at Luocheng Normal University are six-person rooms, except for Jiang Mian and Zhan Meng.

There are four other roommates.

The old dormitory buildings at Los Angeles Normal University are in poor condition; they're practically like refugee camps.

Not only was there no upper or lower bed and desk, but even the bunk beds were not very stable.

The walls are peeling and there are yellow and black mold spots at the corners and baseboards.

The washroom was an even more horrible sight, dark and damp, with the tiles on the washbasin broken and some exposing the cement underneath.

Of the three taps, only two are working.

There's no showerhead at all, just a bare water pipe, and forget about hot water.

Even the toilet flushing system... doesn't have a flush button; you have to connect it to a bucket or basin to flush.

Hell mode is nothing special.

Logically, several girls in such a harsh environment should help and support each other.

It shouldn't escalate to the point where Jiang Mian is isolated by the others.

But the problem is that the original owner's emotional intelligence was really not good.

Because of his upbringing and family environment, the original owner had always been a rather introverted person.

I originally wanted to get along well with my roommates and hoped that I wouldn't be too introverted and make people feel awkward.

That's why I thought I'd talk to them more, but little did I know that I'd offended them right at the start of the semester.

It all started with that hellish dormitory.

Zhong Yeyun is a local from Los Angeles. Her family has some money, and she has never suffered like this before. She is full of complaints.

It felt like I was about to die any second from now.

The other girls chimed in.

Jiang Mian noticed that they were all in low spirits and realized she couldn't add fuel to the fire.

He said, "Don't be too down, everyone. I don't think it's that bad. It's about the same as my house. It's still habitable. You'll get used to it."

He offended Zhong Yeyun with just one sentence.

Zhong Yeyun was furious at the time, and upon hearing this, she exploded.

"Do you think you can get used to what others can?! Stop talking nonsense! Do you think everyone's home is like yours, a refugee camp?"

Jiang Mian didn't even know what she had done to offend her.

However, given the original owner's personality, when faced with such a conflict, all she would do is remain silent.

But often, silence only emboldens people to escalate their actions.

There are four bunk beds in the dormitory. One of them has screws that are not very tight and is making a loud creaking noise.

But since there are only six people living in the dormitory, it's not a big problem to leave that empty bed for luggage.

But Zhong Yeyun insisted that Jiang Mian sleep on the creaking bed, while the other, quieter bed was used to store luggage.

Then, if Jiang Mian made even the slightest noise when getting in and out of bed, she would immediately be targeted and verbally abused by Zhong Yeyun.

Moreover, Jiang Mian was also responsible for all the chores in the dormitory. She had been doing these tasks since she was a child.

I didn't feel anything at first, but since I was just trying to help, I was being targeted. How could I not feel upset at all?

However, the original owner grew up in that kind of family environment, and the things he was best at from childhood to adulthood were swallowing his anger and keeping the peace.

The other roommates in the dormitory didn't want to provoke someone as unruly as Zhong Yeyun.

So no one spoke up for Jiang Mian.

The only person who helped Jiang Mian was Zhan Meng, who had been delayed in moving in for a few days due to illness.

As soon as Zhan Meng entered, she quickly sensed that something was wrong.

She's not the type to tolerate evil forces.

Zhong Yeyun had no objections to Zhan Meng. At the time, he was even prepared to move the luggage off the nice bed so that Zhan Meng could stay there.

But Zhan Meng declined, saying it wasn't necessary.

Then I shared a bunk bed with Jiang Mian.

Later, I even started to feel unsafe because the bed made a lot of noise.

So Zhan Meng stopped going to the upper bunk and squeezed into Jiang Mian's lower bunk every day.

I initially thought it was just another person coming to target me.

But unexpectedly, during a dormitory check, the teacher saw the two of them huddled together on the lower bunk and asked why.

Zhan Meng jumped up and complained.

As Zhan Meng vigorously shook the creaking bunk bed, she tearfully voiced her accusations.

It's not that we don't want to live here! We're too scared! We have a bully in our dorm! He'd rather use the good beds for his luggage than let us live here!

They even made us clean the toilets! Jiang Mian has to clean the toilets every day! The bully practically made Jiang Mian live in the toilet!

Jiang Mian's family wasn't well-off, but she got into university through her own hard work. What? Is the only reward for getting into university to clean toilets?

Zhan Meng's actions at that time completely stunned everyone, including Jiang Mian.

Zhong Yeyun never dreamed that Zhan Meng, who always had a smiling face, was actually... such a cunning and ruthless wolf in sheep's clothing!

For a moment, they even forgot to refute it!

It was Zhou Si, another girl in the dormitory, who came to the rescue, saying that it was just a minor conflict and not that serious.

Zhou Si is the typical class leader type, always trying to minimize problems and avoid them altogether, afraid of affecting himself.

The teacher probably originally hoped to minimize the problem and was just about to offer some advice to calm things down.

To everyone's surprise, Zhan Meng simply pressed a button on her phone, and a recording started playing.

In the recording, Zhong Yeyun's voice was extremely sharp, and her words were extremely contemptuous and disdainful.

The teacher was also helpless, not to mention that Zhan Meng had said quietly, "This is not an audio recording, it's a video recording. Just blur it out and post it online for netizens to judge."

As a result, Zhong Yeyun received a warning.

Jiang Mian gained a friend.

But from then on, Zhong Yeyun harbored a grudge against the two of them.

Moreover, due to the shortage of dormitory rooms, I have not been able to change dorm rooms.

The six of them lived under one roof, their faces showing disharmony but their hearts filled with it.

Jiang Mian didn't care. She was in the shadow of Jiang Da... no, Jiang Da's shadow could be considered a black hole.

She managed to survive, so these girls are really nothing special.

And Zhan Meng, who has only been here for a short time, has already shown such cunning.

Even if other girls dislike her, they wouldn't dare to mess with her.

Life went on uncomfortably, but we managed to get through it without too much trouble.

Zhan Meng is about to go out to teach in a rural area, and her biggest worry is Jiang Mian. She can't put her mind at ease no matter what.

Jiang Mian didn't want her to worry too much, so she simply told her about her family situation.

She told Zhan Meng, "Xiao Meng, I was able to persevere in that kind of environment, so Zhong Yeyun and the others are really nothing."

"So don't worry about me. If you have a dream, go after it. I'm fine."