It was certainly satisfying to act on impulse for a moment.

But as Qi Xiuyi watched the servants pack his suitcases and load several of his favorite outfits into the trunk of the car, he couldn’t help but doubt the correctness of his choice.

…God knows.

Before Qi Wendong came home, his view on living in a university dorm was simply “a choice only made by people who can’t afford to buy a house near the school.”

Why on earth were he and Qi Wendong, with nothing better to do, going to sleep in a standard-issue room with other people?!

Qi Xiuyi couldn’t figure it out. He just felt that his brain must have short-circuited when he accepted Qi Wendong’s challenge just now!

The two soon got into the car, sitting together in the back seat.

Qi Xiuyi still hadn’t figured this problem out. From the moment he got into the car, he maintained a very serious posture of deep thought, his head bowed.

Qi Wendong also seemed to be in a daze, looking out the car window at the passing scenery, not taking the initiative to speak.

The atmosphere fell into a silence.

It wasn’t until the vehicle entered B University that Qi Xiuyi’s expression became visibly tense.

He suddenly called out to Qi Wendong, saying very seriously, “Hey, Qi Wendong. You haven’t heard how terrifying university dorms are, have you?”

Qi Wendong came back to his senses with a puzzled look. “Terrifying?”

Qi Xiuyi clenched his fists and said to him in a low voice, “I heard from my friends before that university dorm rooms are very small, each room isn’t even a hundred square meters!”

The butler in the front passenger seat suddenly choked on his own saliva and covered his mouth, coughing muffledly.

Qi Xiuyi stared intently at Qi Wendong and continued, “And, not to mention a living room, each person’s room might not even have a bathroom!”

The driver hesitated, glancing at the rearview mirror, his lips opening and closing, debating for a long time whether he should speak up at this moment.

Qi Xiuyi: “The soundproofing in the dorms is also bad. I heard from a friend once that he tried to sleep in the dorm for one night and was woken up by his classmates three times in the middle of the night…”

Qi Xiuyi: “You can’t even bring a maid into the dorm, and you can’t even wash your clothes!”

Qi Xiuyi: “The beds in the dorms are also very small. I heard that for those tall people, the beds can’t even fit them!!”

The more Qi Xiuyi spoke, the more desperate he became. “So why on earth are we going to stay at the school dorm? That kind of place where only poor people stay…”

“I say, Qi Wendong, you haven’t been tricked by someone, have you? Did someone tell you that dorm life is very interesting?!”

Qi Wendong: “…”

The eavesdropping AC9999: “…”

Qi Wendong turned his head and asked sincerely, “Qi Xiuyi, in your past twenty years of life, has your range of activities been limited to the Qi family residence?”

Qi Xiuyi was slightly annoyed. “How is that possible? I’ve been to many places. Europe, America, Asia, Australia… I’ve been to all of them! I just haven’t been to Africa, that place is too backward… What, what’s with that look?”

Qi Wendong looked at him gently. This overly unfamiliar gaze gave Qi Xiuyi a layer of goosebumps.

Qi Wendong: “I suddenly thought of something interesting.”

Qi Xiuyi: “…What? Qi Wendong, act normal.”

Qi Wendong smiled. “How about we add another bet! Let’s see who can last longer in the dorm. The loser has to call the other ‘ge’ in the future, whether in public or in private. How about it?”

Qi Xiuyi’s eye twitched. “Wait, didn’t you understand what I meant just now?? Why are we going to such a terrifying place to suffer!”

Qi Wendong raised an eyebrow, leaned close to Qi Xiuyi’s ear, and said with a half-smile, “So, are you adding the bet or not? If it’s really as terrifying as you say… don’t you want to hear me call you ‘Xiuyi-ge’ every day?”

Qi Xiuyi squeezed his eyes shut and took a deep breath.

It’s a trap. Don’t agree.

It’s a trap. Don’t agree.

It’s a trap. Xiuyi-ge. Don’t agree.

Xiuyi-ge… damn it, Qi Wendong is calling him ‘ge’… damn it!

Qi Xiuyi’s eyes snapped open!

Qi Xiuyi: “I didn’t hear clearly just now. Say it again?”

Qi Wendong mocked, “Can’t even find a good excuse. What, you want the prize but don’t have the guts to compete with me?”

Qi Xiuyi laughed in anger. Ever since he met Qi Wendong, his anger limit had been pushed higher and higher by him every day.

Qi Xiuyi slammed his fist hard on the back of the seat and declared fiercely, “A competition it is! I don’t believe that a delicate guy like you can last longer than me!”

Qi Wendong just smiled without saying a word.

The car quickly drove into B University.

After completing the procedures, they entered the dormitory area. The butler had intended to go up with the driver, one following each young master to help them tidy up their dorms.

Who would have thought that Qi Wendong would wave his hand, push his two suitcases himself, and say, “No need to follow me. Go help him. Don’t let him get into a fight with his roommate on the first day.”

Qi Xiuyi glared. “Who are you looking down on, Qi Wendong!”

He rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the trunk, immediately planning to follow Qi Wendong’s example and carry his suitcases up to tidy up himself.

When the butler recalled his explosive remarks in the car, his head throbbed with a headache. How could he dare to let him face the “terrifying challenge” of the dorm alone?

He hurriedly stepped forward, and after much persuasion, finally convinced the young master to let him go up with him.

Lin Chen had spent seven years on a university campus in his previous life. He was familiar with the process of moving in, and the whole thing went smoothly and painlessly.

The undergraduate students at B University all lived in standard four-person rooms, with a bed on top and a desk below, two sets facing each other.

After nodding a greeting to his roommates, Lin Chen first put down his suitcase, walked to the dorm window, and looked down.

Downstairs, the butler and the driver were struggling to “unload” from the car. They still hadn’t brought Qi Xiuyi into the dormitory building after a long time.

The system mumbled in a low voice, “Host, can Qi Xiuyi really adapt to living in a dorm? Why do I feel like with his remarks, he’s going to be secretly assassinated by his roommates sooner or later.”

A faint smile played on Lin Chen’s lips. He said, “You’re right.”

“After all, what lies ahead for him… is hell.”

“Heh.”

The host’s wicked and cold chuckle sent a chill through the entire system.

Lin Chen looked down at the anxious young master below the dorm and chuckled softly. “His distance from the earth is still too far.”

“Born in the clouds, raised in the clouds. Not wanting to get close to the earth is not exactly a ‘mistake’.”

“But, he can choose not to get close, but he cannot be blind to it, not understand it, or even have never seen it.”

The system listened in a daze. “Wow, Host, our core mission is just not to lose our jobs, but you’re so responsible for Qi Xiuyi!”

Lin Chen said with a smile, “This is my first order in this plane.”

“It must be executed perfectly, grandly, so that future clients can’t find a single fault with me.”

“One’s worth is built by oneself. Are you already satisfied with these thirty million, AC9999?”

The system was fired up and answered loudly, “Not satisfied! No retirement! I still want to earn!”

Lin Chen was very satisfied with the system’s spirit.

Lin Chen: “That’s the spirit. Keep it up, keep striving, and create more glory!”

…

A sense of unease began to spread throughout Qi Xiuyi’s body from the moment he stepped into the dormitory building.

Weren’t there a few too many people in this dormitory building!

When he stayed at hotels while traveling, he had never seen so many guests in the hotel corridors!

The dormitory building didn’t even look that big. So many people squeezed into such a small building, this, this?!

Qi Xiuyi tried his best to keep his voice steady, his hand trembling as he gripped the butler’s arm.

Qi Xiuyi: “Are you sure we’re not in the wrong place? This is where I’m going to live in the future?”

The butler steeled himself and answered in a low voice, “Young Master, this is a university dormitory. Have you never been inside to see one with any of your friends before?”

Qi Xiuyi’s face was wooden. “Friends? Which of my friends would live in a place like this…”

The butler thought to himself that it was true. There were actually quite a few wealthy children who could get along with ordinary students and were willing to live in the dorms. But it was obvious that his young master’s circle of friends had its own strict screening mechanism.

For a moment, his heart began to pound.

He thought of what Young Master Wendong had said, “Don’t let Xiuyi get into a fight with his classmates on the first day.” Originally, he thought it might have been an exaggeration, but now that he saw this…

The butler began to regret not bringing the bodyguards over.

How could Qi Xiuyi know what the butler was thinking at this moment?

He finally arrived at the door of dorm room 101, which had his room number on it. He mustered up his courage and opened the door—

The moment the door opened.

His anxious heart finally died.

Qi Xiuyi stared in shock and bewilderment at the layout inside the dorm room.

How could this dorm room… how could it not even be as big as the bathroom at home!

In such a small space, how could they possibly cram in two! sets! of beds and desks?!

And no one had ever told him that he, he, he would have to live in the same room with another stranger?!

Just this much space? For two people?? He…

Could he even take a step in this room?!

Inside the dorm room, a boy sitting at his desk reading heard the noise, looked up, and greeted him warmly and friendly, “Hello, you must be…”

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the student outside the dorm room, the expression on his face collapsing at the speed of an avalanche!

Without even a word in response, he turned his head and ran outside.

The butler hurriedly shouted, “Young… Xiuyi! Where are you going!”

He quickly put the large and small bags down in the dorm and said quickly to the student inside, “Sorry, classmate, please help me watch these. I’m going to chase after him!” After that, he disappeared in a flash.

The student in the special two-person room 101 watched this scene, wanting to say something but holding back.

After a long moment, he took his crutches from the side of the desk, propped himself up, and with difficulty, limped to the dorm entrance, dragging the luggage that was blocking the door into the room.

He finally understood why, before adding someone to his dorm room, the counselor had come to ask for his opinion first, and had specially informed him that the other party’s family was willing to pay his dorm fees for this semester, and would also give him an additional one thousand yuan a month as a cohabitation subsidy.

…

Lin Chen finished tidying up his bed and began to put the rest of his luggage into his desk and wardrobe.

Suddenly, there was a noisy commotion outside the door.

Then, two sets of rapid footsteps ran up the stairs from downstairs, the sound so loud that the entire floor could hear it clearly.

In addition, there was a familiar, on-the-verge-of-breakdown young man’s voice: “…I don’t believe it! Qi Wendong’s dorm must be better than mine…”

Bang!

The door to Lin Chen’s dorm was burst open.

The three roommates in the dorm were all startled and looked towards the door in unison.

“What the f*ck! Who…”

The voices both inside and outside the dorm were cut off at the same time.

At the dorm entrance, Qi Xiuyi stood there呆呆地, staring blankly at the situation inside the dorm, the on-the-verge-of-breakdown expression completely frozen on his face.

Until a calm voice broke the silence: “Better than yours in what way?”

Qi Xiuyi’s neck turned stiffly, one inch at a time.

Qi Wendong poked his head out from behind a tall wardrobe. The sleeves of both his hands were rolled up to his elbows, his fluffy curly hair was tied in a small ponytail at the back of his head, and a layer of fine sweat covered his forehead.

Qi Xiuyi: “…”

Qi Xiuyi’s face was tense. It wasn’t until the butler ran up behind him, out of breath, and pressed on his shoulder, calling him in a low voice with a bitter smile, his tone full of persuasion to go back, that he said stiffly, “Qi Wendong, come out for a second!”

Qi Wendong said “Oh,” casually grabbed a nearby towel to wipe his sweat and his hands.

Then he turned to the three roommates who had been startled by the “bang” and smiled warmly and obediently, “This is my younger brother. Sorry for scaring everyone. I’ll treat everyone to a meal at noon later to apologize. Is everyone free?”

The air in the dorm room finally became lively again.

Those who declined, declined. Those who teased, teased. The newly moved-in roommate was very amiable. Seeing this, he directly set a time and place, leaving them no more room to refuse, and then went out with his “younger brother.”

After closing the dorm door, Qi Wendong’s gentle expression immediately disappeared.

He glanced at Qi Xiuyi and said, “Speak.”

Qi Xiuyi: “…”

Qi Xiuyi was slightly annoyed. “Qi Wendong! What’s with the change in your expression? Why were you so gentle when talking to them, but so… so… perfunctory with me!”

Qi Wendong: “?”

Qi Wendong showed a gentle smile, his gaze as soft as water. “Do you want me to talk to you with this attitude?”

Qi Xiuyi immediately got a case of goosebumps and took half a step back. “Forget it, you… you should just act normal.”

Qi Wendong let out a cold laugh. “What is it? Speak.”

He looked Qi Xiuyi up and down. Before he could answer, a mocking look appeared in his eyes. “Oh! You’re not planning to surrender right at the start, are you?”

Qi Xiuyi’s face was tense, and he didn’t say anything for a moment.

Half a minute ago, he had indeed rushed up to the fifth floor with that thought in mind.

Good heavens, who could live in a dorm environment like that!

He couldn’t, and Qi Wendong was even more unlikely to!! If Qi Wendong could tolerate the dorm environment, then it must be because Qi Wendong’s dorm conditions were a hundred times better than his!

However.

What he hadn’t expected was…

Good heavens, in Qi Wendong’s dorm room, there were actually four people living there!!

Their beds and desks weren’t even separate like in his dorm. Instead, it was a loft bed with a desk and wardrobe underneath, a completely practical design focused on efficient use of space!

In such “crowded” conditions, the walkable space in Qi Wendong’s dorm was as narrow as a single-plank bridge. It was completely… completely… completely not a place a person could live in!!

Qi Xiuyi’s mind went blank.

He observed Qi Wendong’s expression in a daze and confusion, but he couldn’t find any trace of collapse or despair on Qi Wendong’s face.

…Why?

Qi Xiuyi asked with incomprehension, “Qi Wendong, can you… can you tolerate such a dorm environment?”

Qi Wendong looked at him and smiled. For once, he didn’t use his infuriating, mocking tone, but instead asked back very calmly, “Why not?”

“Because, because…”

Qi Xiuyi opened his mouth but couldn’t answer for a long time.

Because the conditions were too harsh? Qi Wendong’s dorm conditions were even worse than his!

Because the drop from home was too great? Qi Wendong’s drop was even greater than his!

He really wanted to tell Qi Wendong that this was a meaningless comparison where neither of them would benefit, so they might as well just cancel it.

However, at this moment, when his gaze fell into Qi Wendong’s indifferent and calm eyes, Qi Xiuyi couldn’t say a word.

He didn’t know how much time had passed in silence.

Finally, Qi Xiuyi lowered his head, tightly clutching the hem of his clothes, and opened his mouth in a low voice.

“…I can definitely last longer than you.”

Qi Wendong didn’t hear clearly and asked, “What?”

Qi Xiuyi suddenly looked up, glared at him fiercely, and said through gritted teeth, “I said, I will make you call me ‘ge’, Qi Wendong!”

After speaking, Qi Xiuyi tossed his head, not giving Qi Wendong any chance to reply, and ran down the stairs like the wind, just as he had come.

The butler: “…”

Qi Wendong: “…”

The butler hesitated. “Young Master Wendong, then I…”

Qi Wendong: “Go on. And while you’re at it, see how he gets along with his roommate. Don’t let him bully them.”

The butler sighed heavily. “Yes, Young Master Wendong.”