Chapter 70: Entering the Dormitory

Another half hour passed before the doors to the operating room finally swung open. A pale Lin Xin was wheeled out. The first thing he asked Cheng Shiyin was, "Why are you here?"

However, his head was turned to the other side. He didn't dare look her in the eye.

The conversation had to happen quickly before the anesthesia wore off completely. Lin Xin was terrified that if he wasn't careful, he would need another injection and have to go back into the operating room for re-stitching. But Cheng Shiyin, who had been sitting by his bedside, remained silent.

Lin Xin's head was turned away, so he couldn't see that her body was vibrating with a slight tremor that was almost invisible to the naked eye. She was covering her mouth with both hands to stop the laughter that wanted to burst out.

'God, please forgive my heartlessness!'

The more pitiful Lin Xin had looked in the photos she received, the more joy she felt now. Even though Lin Xin had indeed undergone surgery and was clearly in physical discomfort, with a pale face and sweat on his brow, she felt no pity at all the moment she remembered this was a circumcision. Just holding back her laughter required all of her strength.

Cheng Shiyin never would have guessed that dating could be such a joyful and surprise-filled event. Initially, she thought she had found a girlfriend, only for her to suddenly transform into a boyfriend with a massive presence. Now, she was even experiencing such a wonderful time with him. 'Wonderful time' indeed. Lin Xin truly was a hardcore source of entertainment.

After a long while, Cheng Shiyin managed to maintain a straight face. She gave a highly summarized explanation, saying to Lin Xin, "I heard you had surgery, so I came to see you because I was worried."

Lin Xin let out an "Mhm" and didn't want to speak anymore. Many details were clearly omitted from her sentence, but he didn't want to ask. The anesthesia had worn off, and he could only focus all his strength on fighting the pain. After a long while, he squeezed a sentence through his teeth. "I'll find you when I'm better."

This was the first time he had ever issued an order for her to leave. His tone wasn't well-controlled. Although it wasn't malicious, it didn't sound very pleasant either.

However, this would quickly become the last time Lin Xin ever told her to leave. After all, the price he paid was enough to remember for a century.

Cheng Shiyin understood his meaning and said, "Okay."

But her body purposefully leaned forward. She reached out and twisted Lin Xin's head toward her, forcing him to face her. In a half-provocative, half-joking manner, she left a parting kiss on his lips.

Lin Xin felt that familiar softness. "Moved" to tears, he dragged his crippled body and refused to be outdone, giving his little demon a long, lingering kiss that made it look like he was handling it with ease.

But the moment Cheng Shiyin left, he pressed the emergency button by his bed like a madman, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Doctor! Doctor! I popped my stitches again!"

Hearing that word "again," even the doctor who rushed over couldn't help but sigh. "Sigh, young people these days."

Consequently, for the entire month of the holiday, Lin Xin was stuck firmly in a hospital bed. Only after confirming a thousand times that his condition was fine did he finally dare to walk out of the hospital.

When he emerged, Lin Xin's refined face was covered in lines of determination. Heavy shadows like those from Fist of the North Star seemed to cover his entire body. He was now a complete man. After such intense tempering, Lin Xin felt that nothing in this world could make him take a single step back.

Standing in the cold wind, Lin Xin didn't even flinch when a plastic bag flew into his face. He pulled out his phone and decisively dialed Cheng Shiyin's number. In a deep, resonant voice, he said flirtatiously, "Honey, let's meet today."

...

At Qian University, the door to Room 404 in Unit 3 of the male dormitory suddenly swung open. A faint fragrance wafted from the inside out. Passers-by couldn't help but take a few deep breaths to neutralize the smell of stinky socks they had picked up from their own rooms. Even the boys who knew nothing about perfume were all too familiar with this scent.

Everyone shouted in unison, "OH! SIX GOD!"

Even though they were speaking English, they sounded exactly like a dubbed foreign film.

Peering into the room, one would find it completely empty.

On a sunny Sunday morning, not a single person in Room 404 was lying in bed sleeping late. Even the quilts were folded into "tofu blocks" that looked fresher than the ones they had folded during military training. Strangely, there had been no notice of a dormitory competition lately, and they weren't preparing for an inspection.

Zhang Shan, Li Wenbai, and Tan Ge.

To maintain the perfect shape of those tofu blocks, the three of them had not used their blankets for three whole nights. Yet, each one of them was energetic and high-spirited, comparable to athletes winning glory for their country. They put on handsome suits and combed their hair like adults, standing early at the apartment entrance to welcome the princess of their hearts. They had even laid out a half-meter-long red carpet on the floor, making the ceremony feel very official.

However, even at noon, the princess who was supposed to appear had not shown up. This was because Lin Xin was currently on a date and eating outside the school with Cheng Shiyin. How could he have known that three little pitiful souls he had never met were waiting for him at the male dormitory?

It wasn't until three in the afternoon that Lin Xin, with the help of his "whole dormitory," moved his bedding and luggage onto a luggage cart. Although the "whole dormitory's" role was just to cheer him on from the sidelines. Cheng Shiyin truly was a great girlfriend, proactively offering to help Lin Xin with his "heavy items," which turned out to be his phone. It truly lightened his burden significantly.

Lin Xin pulled the cart while Cheng Shiyin walked beside him with a smile. From a distance, it looked more like Lin Xin was helping Cheng Shiyin move into her dorm.

Sure enough, as soon as the three young men from Room 404 saw Cheng Shiyin enter their line of sight, and then saw the luggage cart beside her, they rushed over. They said to Cheng Shiyin, "You're looking for Unit 3 of the male dorm, right?"

"Yes," Cheng Shiyin replied, looking at the three beaming faces before her.

Hearing her reply, the eyes of the three lit up with gold light. It was unclear if it was from excitement or hunger. They felt that all the mockery they had endured lately was worth it. See? It really was a little princess. If this was Lin Xin, they wouldn't mind "turning" for her on the spot.

Only Zhang Shan caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye of the "family member" unloading goods from the cart. His brow furrowed suddenly. He felt like this person looked a bit familiar. But before he could ask about Lin Xin's identity, he saw all the items on the cart being looted by his other two roommates, who then sprinted toward Room 404.

Their new roommate "Lin Xin" refused the invitation to go upstairs together. She stood at the bottom of the building, waving goodbye as she left. If they had looked more closely, they would have noticed she was waving to that "family member," not to them.

"Alright, it's all made up." Li Wenbai finished making the bed for Lin Xin and was about to turn around to receive praise. However, he discovered that aside from his familiar old roommates, there was only a man he had never seen before in the room. Standing over 1.8 meters tall with solid biceps and latissimus dorsi muscles, he looked even stronger than himself.

Then that person opened his mouth. A deep, masculine voice like a devil's whisper entered his ears. "Thanks."

Tan Ge, who was about to introduce the roommates to "Lin Xin," heard this and immediately hugged Li Wenbai. The two burst into tears together. The late-arriving Zhang Shan looked at the pink walls of his dormitory and let out a deep sigh. He felt as if he had suddenly grown up and finally understood the cruelty of this world.

Lin Xin didn't understand why they were crying, but he didn't care. He collapsed onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep. The sound of his snoring combined with the crying in the room to perform an interesting symphony.

Later that day, people from other dorms came over to ask Zhang Shan, "Did that Lin Xin arrive? Does he look like a girl, or like those pictures online?"

Zhang Shan didn't answer directly. He only mechanically repeated two lines from a poem. "The male rabbit's feet hop fast, the female rabbit's eyes are blurred. When two rabbits run side by side, how can you tell which is male or female?"

(I say, that female rabbit must have a high level of near-sightedness to not be able to tell them apart, right?)