For the next two days, Bai Yurou basically continued living the same shut-in life as at home, staying in the dorm every day.
The difference was that this time Ning Mu was accompanying her in being a shut-in.
Under Bai Yurou’s recommendations the two of them played a few games together and caught up on a few more series.
Meals were basically all handled by takeout.
As for Ye Hui, Bai Yurou rarely saw her these past few days.
She mostly locked herself in her room.
Occasionally they would eat lunch together, but after finishing the meal she would go out.
By the time she returned, she had often already eaten dinner.
Bai Yurou also didn’t know what she was busy with all day.
In the blink of an eye it was the last day of registration. The first class meeting would be held in the evening.
This morning, Bai Yurou was curled up on the sofa watching anime with Ning Mu when she suddenly heard the sound of the door lock turning.
“Xiao Tong?”
Bai Yurou looked at the appearance of the little loli in front of her and was a little surprised.
“Mm, what’s wrong?”
Cai Xiaotong dug out a pair of unopened disposable slippers from the shoe cabinet, opened them, and put them on.
“Did you dye your hair and put on colored contacts to come to school?”
Bai Yurou was a little puzzled. Cai Xiaotong’s current appearance was almost no different from when she had cosplayed Noah at the cosplay event last time.
She almost looked like a young girl who had walked out of the 2D world.
“No, I was born like this.” Cai Xiaotong explained with a straight face.
“Anyway the doctor said it’s some kind of condition, but it doesn’t affect the body. The eyes are also natural. They’re cute, right?”
“Very cute.” Ning Mu on the other side also couldn’t help praising.
Cai Xiaotong carefully looked around the living room and couldn’t help admiring, “Is the dorm environment at Moon Uni this good? It’s so much better than my high school. It’s practically like renting a place outside.”
Although she had seen photos of the dorm on the official website before, seeing it with her own eyes was still a bit shocking.
“By the way, where’s my room?”
Bai Yurou pointed toward the corridor.
“Over there. The one with the key still hanging on the door is yours. The other roommate lives next door to you.”
Cai Xiaotong responded and dragged her suitcase into the room.
Before long she had finished tidying up. She walked to the door next door, raised her hand to knock, and said in a tone carrying a bit of energy, “Hello, I’m your new roommate Cai Xiaotong. I wanted to get to know you!”
Ye Hui opened the door quickly this time.
Ye Hui opened the door. Her gaze swept levelly across, yet she didn’t see anyone.
She froze slightly, lowered her head, and only then saw a white-haired, red-eyed little loli looking up at her.
When Cai Xiaotong saw Ye Hui’s face, she also froze for a moment.
Her voice became intermittent. “You… hello. I’m Cai Xiaotong.”
“Mm. I’m Ye Hui.” Ye Hui remained calm as always.
“I hope we can get along well for the next four years.” Ye Hui added another sentence.
Only then did Cai Xiaotong come back to her senses.
Her tone returned to its usual energy. “Mm, please take care of me!”
The two of them had already added each other as friends before.
After exchanging a few polite words, Ye Hui returned to her own room.
Cai Xiaotong returned to the living room. At a glance she caught sight of the two leaning against each other on the sofa and looked thoughtful.
She deliberately chose a seat a bit farther away and sat down.
“Xiao Tong, did you take a liking to Ye Hui?”
Bai Yurou deliberately lowered her volume and asked Cai Xiaotong.
This wasn’t a wild guess. She remembered what Cai Xiaotong’s QQ name was.
What Cai Xiaotong’s preferences were—Ye Hui perfectly matched them: the cold-faced onee-san type.
Moreover just now Cai Xiaotong had been staring at Ye Hui’s face in a daze.
Cai Xiaotong’s face instantly turned red.
“No… not at all. Yu Rou, don’t you know that 2D preferences and 3D preferences don’t interoperate? Just because I like 2D onee-sans doesn’t mean I’ll like the 3D ones.”
Bai Yurou didn’t quite believe it, but looking at her completely red face, she also stopped teasing this little loli.
“What are we eating for lunch today? Let’s go out to eat. We’ve been ordering takeout for several days already, right?” After a while, Ning Mu threw out a topic.
Their dorm was finally complete. Shouldn’t they go out for a meal?
After all, these past two days the only time they had gone out to eat was when they met Ye Hui. Everything else had been takeout.
“Doesn’t matter. Actually there’s no need to specially go out just for me. However you ate before, continuing to order takeout is fine too.” Cai Xiaotong said easily.
She herself was also on the shut-in side. This time she had even brought several buckets of instant noodles.
Bai Yurou said, “Let’s ask Ye Hui first.” After all, there were four people. They had to respect everyone’s opinion.
She sent Ye Hui a WeChat message and before long received a reply.
Ye Hui: Anything is fine.
Ning Mu leaned toward going out to eat. Cai Xiaotong said ordering takeout was also fine.
Ye Hui was neutral. The decision fell on Bai Yurou.
“This… then…” Bai Yurou was a little troubled. Deep in her heart she actually wanted to order takeout, but for some reason she wanted to side with Ning Mu.
“Actually going out to eat is fine too. I just happen to want to familiarize myself with the campus while we’re at it.”
Before Bai Yurou could say the final decision, Cai Xiaotong took the lead in changing her words.
***
The dorm door was suddenly knocked on. A female voice came from outside.
“Is anyone there, classmates? I’m your counselor.”
Cai Xiaotong, who was closest to the door, froze for a moment, jumped off the sofa, and went to open the door.
Standing outside the door was a woman who looked to be in her early thirties, with a gentle appearance and an intellectual temperament.
She was wearing a light-colored shirt and holding a folder in her hand, smiling as she looked at Cai Xiaotong.
“Classmate, your hair and eyes…”
“Teacher, these are both natural. I have proof. They’re not dyed.” Cai Xiaotong explained ahead of time.
Throughout her three years of high school she had been reminded by various teachers many times because of her hair and eyes.
“Mm, I know. I have everyone’s materials.” The counselor smiled.
“I just wanted to praise them. Your hair and eyes are really pretty.”
As she spoke she walked to the dorm entrance and stopped by the doorframe. Because she was still wearing her own shoes, she didn’t walk inside.
“Is everyone in your dorm here? Can you call the fourth classmate out as well? I have a few words I want to say to everyone together.”
Ning Mu responded, turned, and walked to Ye Hui’s door. She raised her hand to knock and called her out.
When the counselor saw the four of them gathered, she smiled and began, “My name is Su Luoyao. I’m your counselor for the four years of university. If there’s anything at school you can come find me, including requesting leave. If you encounter important difficulties, don’t keep them to yourself. Tell me. Taking two days of leave for you isn’t a problem. In short, don’t bottle it up without saying a word.”
“I’ve already sent WeChat friend requests. You can just accept them later.”
“As for the dorm, you need to return before ten o’clock every night. There’s a check-in system at the entrance of our dorm lobby—it’s direct facial recognition.”
Su Luoyao smiled slightly.
“That’s all the reminders for now. If there’s anything else that needs to be said later, I’ll message you directly.”
“By the way, your dorm needs to choose a dorm leader. Who wants to do it? It’s mainly responsible for taking attendance usually, as well as going to collect some dorm tools and supplies and such.”
Although the school had a facial recognition system, this position was more symbolic, but someone still had to take it.
The four of them looked at each other.
“Teacher, I’ll do it.” Ning Mu actively raised her hand.
“Alright. Then the dorm leader of 401 is Classmate Ning Mu.”
As Su Luoyao spoke, she took out her phone and noted it down in her memo.