Chapter 22:
“You really want to go?”
“Yes!”
“Really?”
“Yes!”
“Don’t you want to think about it anymore?”
“I’m done thinking, let’s go!”
In the bright and spacious living room, Lian Xi watched his roommate zip up his suitcase and walk towards the door without any hesitation.
Lian Xi: “Didn’t you just pay three months’s rent?”
Su Jiao: “….”
F*ck,forgot about this one.
Su Jiao coldly snorted: “Besides, I will find Xiao Liu to talk to tomorrow.”
Lian Xi: “….”
Okay then.
Lian Xi personally sent his roommate out the door, watching Su Jiao into the lift without hesitation. Until the lift door gently closed, he helplessly sighed: “This is what kind of quarrel it is? So strange.”
On the other hand, as the lift door closed, the short roommate’s angry and serious expression fell apart. Su Jiao scratched his head, somehow dumbfounded as he looked at the lift’s metal door.
“Fuck? I’m out just like this? No, even Lian Xi did not urge me to stay a little? It’s not good enough to urge only in the mouth, but to take action! Pull me!”
Not yet downstairs, Su Jiao regretted.
Dingdong sounded, the lift door slowly opened.
Outside the door, stood a housewife who just came back from buying groceries. She saw Su Jiao standing in the lift for a long time and did not move, so she asked: “You don’t come out?”
While he was in a daze, he was pushed out by someone. When he reacted, the lift had gone up, he also looked downstairs at the lift door for five minutes.
Su Jiao muttered: “Just, give you another five minutes, go down, urge me to stay.”
Then, five minutes later.
“….”
“Go then go ah!”
“Hmph, I’m going back to school to live in the dormitory!”
Handsome-looking, just a little shorter young man dragging suitcases, imposing strides towards the entrance of the district, the gears of the box hit the cobblestone floor, making a clattering sound.
……
Lian Xi didn’t understand why Su Jiao had to move out.
If it is said that he does not want to live with the ghost officer of Su City, for fear of being killed by the other side, but that was the previous Black Impermanence thing ah!
This Black Impermanence although mysterious, let a person elusive, but so long ago, Lie Chen did not kill Su City other cultivator. Everyone can still coexist peacefully.
So what exactly is Su Jiao so awkward about?
Lian Xi of course do not know what Su Jiao is thinking, just like straight men never understand what is the difference between sweetened red bean paste color and maternal auntie colour, YSL supermodel foundation, how it is suitable for summer use? Not suitable for winter use anymore… that’s not right, wait, foundation and compact powder is not the same thing?
In fact, Su Jiao has been in the dark alone for several days.
Lian Xi has changed, he was not like this before ah!
In the past, they would eat takeout together, and occasionally watch TV together, play games, and have a good time.
In fact, when Su Jiao first moved into the new home, the two had an average relationship and rarely spoke. But after the incident of Xu Lang’s soul leaving the body, Su Jiao felt that the relationship between the two was instantly much closer, and they also talked and laughed.
Harmonious roommates, friendly coexistence.
How wonderful everything was.
Until! Su City’s that black devil officer suddenly appeared, Lian Xi instantly turned into a lapdog ah!
“What’s so good about that black devil officer, staying with him all day? Every day in most part of a night, he goes out to catch ghosts and cast them into the womb, and during the day, he makes up for his sleep, and hide by day and come out at night, then he can’t even see a single person. You haven’t had a proper conversation with me in three days, okay!”
It’s like a schoolboy falling out, we were best friends and then suddenly a third party comes in. All of a sudden, you ignored me and only played with him.
Making Su Jiao so fucking angry.
How he sulk alone? Lian Xi could not even see it, not taking it into his heart, but also, day after day with the black devil officer leave home happily in double row, go out to catch ghosts.
Getting into a taxi, Su Jiao was still depressed, he said to the driver master, “Go to the University of Su City.”
Driver master pressed the fee meter: “Okay!”
Forget it, it just so happens that recently his mentor wants to work on a project. Every day busy as hell, go to live in the graduate dormitory for a period of time is also good, but also can focus on the research project, kill two birds with one stone. He he, let Lian Xi’s lapdog continue to go lick the black ghost messenger, you see if that black ghost messenger can help you to get a good birth in your next life!
***
Su City’s university is the largest local comprehensive university in Su City and is also quite famous in the country.
The postgraduate dormitory building is located in the corner of the school’s north campus, near an artificial lake. The late summer wind gently blew across the reeds on the lake, rippling.
Postgraduate students had an independent canteen and dormitory building area, separate from undergraduate students.
Su Jiao’s research direction was ancient Chinese folk culture, and his college was right next door to the graduate student dormitory building, just a five minute walk away. Before has been living outside, because the graduate student dormitory is for two people (one room), since there has to be a roommate, why not go to live in the murder house, the house is big and cheap, 160 square feet, bedroom door closed as no roommate, can enjoy their own little world.
Now Su Jiao back to live in the dormitory, his roommate is very enthusiastic, even deliberately downstairs to help him carry luggage.
Su Jiao fell a little embarrassed: “Thank you ah, we just met yet you help me carry luggage.”
The dormitory roommate is a big and tall man, wearing a vest (tank top) completely unable to see that he is a scholar studying classical Chinese. He laughed he he and carried Su Jiao’s suitcase, “Nothing. You are teacher Li’s student, right? Before I have always heard of you, your last month’s thesis which my tutor had showed me, he has been praising you, said you are too outstanding.”
Su Jiao listen to his accent: “You are from the north?”
Roommate: “I’m from Shandong.”
Su Jiao: “Hey, this is not coincidental, I am from Qufu!”
Housemate: “Haiya, hometown ah, I’m from Qingdao. Haha, this is fate ah, my name is Xie Ze, you call me Lao Xie. I’m going to help my tutor with an undergraduate class later, so let’s have dinner together tonight? By the way, Mr Li seems to have something for you, he asked an undergraduate to deliver it to you. You wait downstairs later, it should be delivered soon.”
Su Jiao: “Ah, I don’t know ah, what’s the name of the person who delivered it, what does he look like, do you have his contact information?”
Xie Ze: “It’s the class president of the sophomore undergraduate class of the College of Literary, a male, looks like a bamboo pole, you’ll know it when you see it.”
Su Jiao nodded: “Ok, thanks then.”
Putting the suitcase into the dormitory, the roommate went out to class, Su Jiao made up the bed and went downstairs to wait for someone.
“This, can it find the person? It did not even leave contact informations or something….” muttered in a low voice, Su Jiao bored head down to play mobile phone.
Just thinking about it, a gentle and clear laughter sounded from behind: “Is it Senior Brother Su?”
Su Jiao froze and looked back.
In front of the swaying reeds, there stood a girl with a ponytail and a white dress.
This girl had a round face, not really that good looking, but it was quite smooth. Su Jiao, who was especially prone to focusing on other people’s heights due to his own height, subconsciously glanced at it. This girl is at most 155.
All of sudden, there was a sense of intimacy.
Su Jiao: “Yes, my surname is Su, and you are?”
The girl smiled, “How are you senior brother, I’m here to help Mr Li deliver the materials, my name is Sun Yan, I’m in my second year of college.”
Su Jiao: “Huh, didn’t it say it was a boy who came to deliver it?”
“Wang Chao ah, he’s a bit busy, so I came to help.”
“Oh, then thank you, give me the information.”
The girl handed over the information, “Teacher Li keeps mentioning you when he gives us undergraduates lessons, and keeps praising you. Senior brother, we’ve always been curious about you, but you don’t even show up in the school, I heard senior brother Xie say that he’s in the same dormitory as you, but you’ve never lived in a graduate student dormitory.”
Su Jiao took the information, “(held his head high), I just moved back, I plan to live for some period of time.”
“Then senior brother, tonight we are planning to dine together, do you want to come along?”
Su Jiao, for a short moment. could not react “Ah?”
Girl: “There are a lot of graduate students elder brothers and sisters, Xie elder brother also go. Senior Brother, you go too right?! Everyone is particularly interested in knowing what kind of teacher Li’s favourite student, I did not think you look so handsome.”
Su Jiao he he laughed: “Really that handsome?”
The girl laughed.
Su Jiao: “Good, let’s get together tonight.”
“Then senior brother, let’s add a wechat, take a taxi together at night.”
“Oh, Ok.”
Su Jiao hurriedly took out his mobile phone and added the WeChat of his junior sister schoolmate.
Until upstairs back to the dormitory, Su Jiao feel floating, very happy.
He said it before, he indeed looks really handsome ah, from childhood to adulthood, every week can receive love letters. After coming to Su City do not know how, first of all, the real estate agent Xiao Liu, his eyes are not good, actually like the black ghost officers, that type; and then Lian Xi this defection of the revolution’s lapdog, but also for entire day, follow the black ghost officer’s behind and run.
Now, this is indeed the correct script!
At this time, the mobile phone vibrated, Su Jiao opened it.
It was Lian Xi’s WeChat message.
[Lian Xi: When are you coming back ah, I found that you have a few masks left in the bathroom. You forgot to bring it.]
He he!
[Su Jiao: Sent it to you.]
[Lian Xi: ? I don’t wear masks.]
Su Jiao: [Then you can give them to that black ghost officer to use]
Lian Xi’s side was silent for a while, after a few minutes, before replying to the message.
[Lian Xi: Su Jiao, are you prejudiced against Black Impermanence. In fact, he is not bad, is sometimes a bit fidgety,also very cocky, not able to talk to other people normally, but at least he is quite reasonable, and will not be the same as the previoua black Impermanence, killing people for no reason or something.
Su Jiao: “….”
You’re still speaking for him!
Stinky man doesn’t understand anything at all!!!!
“Heh, it’s not like I’m short of one of your friends, I have a lot of friends now.”
Replying perfunctorily to Lian Xi with a cat emoticon meme, Su Jiao continued to pack his bags. Soon, he received a WeChat message from his schoolmates, and his new roommate also sent him a laughing emoji: [Ok. bro, just came for half a day, there are people dedicated to giving you a welcome party? I’ll go back after class and pick you up to go eat together.]
[Su Jiao: Okay.]
As the sun sets, the university campus is filled with youthful atmosphere. There are students who just got off the class and rode their bicycles to the dormitory building; there are also freshmen who have just come to the university and are ignorant and curious about everything.
On the wide playground, basketball players are sweating.
In the canteen, students come in and out.
A girl in a white dress with a small round face walks out of the school kiosk towards the dormitory building. When she passed by the basketball court, she stood for a while and waited until the group of seniors had finished this game, just in time for her to hand over the bag of mineral water she had just bought.
“I just happened to buy some, Senior Liu, Senior Ji, do you guys want some water? And other senior brothers, are you thirsty? Have some water ba!”
The taller boy took the mineral water and laughed, “Yanzi, I heard that you’re going to hold a welcome party for Teacher Li’s graduate students tonight?”
“Yes, Senior Brother Su just moved back to the dormitory and is not familiar with everyone, so I thought I’d have dinner together and get to know everyone.”
“Okay, give me a call when the time comes.”
Sun Yan: “Okay ah. That’s right, is Senior Sister Xiao free, do you want to go together?”
“Her, forget it, she got angry when I returned her message five minutes late at noon today. Don’t shout at her, wait until I coax her tomorrow.”
“Ah, Senior Sister Xiao is not such a petty person ah! Senior Brother, isn’t it your fault?”
“Oh, she’s stingy as hell, last month’s Tanabata (Chinese Valentine’s day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting) gift, she just gave me a scarf that I don’t know where she buy it? Is she sick, sending me a scarf in the middle of summer?”
The boys on the side laughed and giggled, “Is it hand-knitted by someone else?”
Sun Yan was puzzled, “Senior Sister Xiao is so busy every day, is she free to knit scarves? I heard that she is so busy that she can’t even eat.”
“Can she have that kind of heart to knit me a scarf? Forget it.”
Every laughed one after another.
Saying goodbye to senior brothers, the white-skirted girl walked towards the dormitory building.
Arriving at the door of the dormitory building, she took out her student card, intending to swipe it to enter, however, just as she raised her hand, her movement stopped. In the next second, she slowly turned her head and looked at the corner next to the door.
“What’s that? It wasn’t there in the morning. Who put it there?”
Only to see that in that narrow and cramped corner, for some reason, an odd cartoon sculpture was placed.
The half-man-tall cartoon sculpture looked as if it was made of ceramic clay, half old and half new, with splattered paint on it. The exterior was in the shape of a small white dove with two wings curled back. Black eyes, bright red lips, and an uneven, damaged body. It’s kind of out of place with the university campus where people come and go and youthfulness flies, revealing weird aura all over.
However, she don’t know why ….
Sun Yan stopped and stared at it like she was possessed. She just kept looking, kept looking, as if her entire being was sucked into those dark eyes.
After a long time, Sun Yan looked down at the line of words carved on the neck of this little white dove.
One word at a time, she softly read it out.
“Can you tell me… about your dream?”
Author has something to say:
CC: Lord Black Impermanence he’s just a bit offensive, a bit delinquent, and can’t speak the language of this world… but he’s a good guy ah!
Lie Zong : ….