Part 2
By the end, thinking about how he couldn’t keep up no matter how hard he tried, he became more wronged the more he spoke, his tone carrying a sob.
Zhang Chuan was stunned into silence by his words for a long time.
Because he was stunned for too long and looked very sad, Luo Shizhen, who was initially aggrieved and angry, hesitated, wondering if his words had been too harsh.
But, how can I get into college like this!
Luo Shizhen won. Students naturally had to prioritize studies, so the teacher didn’t blame him for fighting.
Zhang Chuan, who affected his studies, was criticized and forbidden from entering the boarding dorms again.
Later, Luo Shizhen remembered this lesson and always avoided Zhang Chuan. Zhang Chuan sought him out many times, but he dodged with agile footwork.
Although it was tragic that even without Zhang Chuan’s influence, he still didn’t get into college.
It wasn’t until they repeated the year together in the same class, and Zhang Chuan apologized sincerely and shared tutoring questions from his private tutor, that Luo Shizhen gradually stopped avoiding him so much.
Most importantly, Zhang Chuan stopped bothering him exclusively. He called friends and summoned companions in class, looking very majestic.
Luo Shizhen actually envied him then, because he also wanted to call friends and summon companions. He gradually accepted that Zhang Chuan might genuinely have been unintentional back then.
Zhang Chuan didn’t hold a grudge over Luo Shizhen reporting him to the teacher either. He was quite affectionate towards him, not only avoiding delaying his review but also sharing various tutoring materials and occasionally bringing him food from outside.
Although Luo Shizhen still harbored caution and didn’t dare treat Zhang Chuan as a friend for fear of a relapse, he treated him as half a friend.
Later, during his first repeat year, he actually had a good relationship with a male classmate. They maintained a friendship for several months.
As a result, that male classmate suddenly said one day he was going abroad and hoped Luo Shizhen would go with him, offering to cover all tuition and living expenses.
Luo Shizhen refused with a blank face. The male classmate was unhappy and got angry.
He had to coax the male classmate for several days. Grandma was still alive then; how could he leave her to go abroad? Besides, going abroad was just going abroad; it wasn’t like they’d lose contact. Why did they have to go together?
And he couldn’t spend someone else’s money. Expenses abroad were expensive; he couldn’t pay it back.
Luo Shizhen felt his study state was very good recently, and he had high hopes of getting into college.
But the male classmate got angrier and angrier. Later, coinciding with an exam, Luo Shizhen’s rank slipped, so he ignored explaining to the male classmate and entered hard-study mode.
But the male classmate acted as if possessed by Zhang Chuan, starting to delay his studies in various ways, calling his phone, and finding him in the dorm.
During class, he suddenly wrote a note asking, “Can you really accept me going abroad?”
Luo Shizhen was confused. Why wouldn’t he accept it? It wasn’t his business.
He replied exactly that. The male classmate got angry again.
Luo Shizhen had a massive headache. His grades slipped two more places.
He was already last place; there was no room to slip further!
Luo Shizhen had never felt such urgency. He had to move into the math teacher’s house to escape the male classmate’s various study-interrupting behaviors.
The night before the male classmate went abroad, he called Luo Shizhen many times. But the phone had been handed over to the math teacher, so he missed the calls. When he got the phone back during the break and messaged the classmate on QQ to apologize, it showed he had been blocked.
He was messaging me this morning, but blocked me in the afternoon?
Luo Shizhen was a bit sad, but his grades really needed rescuing.
Zhang Chuan said blocking meant the two had broken off relations. He could only sadly delete the classmate’s QQ number and bury his head in his studies.
Chu Xiao said, better to change phone numbers and QQ numbers for unimpeded deep study.
Luo Shizhen thought that made sense, so he obediently changed them. After studying seriously, there were indeed results—he successfully went from dead last to second to last.
Regarding the male classmate’s departure, both Zhang Chuan and Chu Xiao expressed it was pretty good. The classmate had a bad temper and affected Luo Shizhen’s studies; good riddance.
But although the two agreed on this matter, their relationship remained bad.
Chu Xiao didn’t like Zhang Chuan. From the first day Chu Xiao came to No. 3 High School, he clearly expressed his dislike for Zhang Chuan.
Zhang Chuan didn’t like Chu Xiao either. When they met, they were always cold to each other.
Luo Shizhen, stuck in the middle—one a childhood friend, the other Zhang Chuan whom he saw every day in class—naturally felt uncomfortable.
He didn’t understand why everyone couldn’t be friends harmoniously and insisted on creating superfluous issues to affect his studies.
Female classmates weren’t like this. Their relationships were quite good. Talking to anyone wouldn’t affect the group’s friendship. Moreover, they were all friendly; even if they weren’t close to Luo Shizhen, they spoke with a smile when meeting.
Every time he changed the water for girls who were on cleaning duty but feeling unwell or helped clean up, they would thank him warmly, praise his kindness, and say he was strong.
Praised, Luo Shizhen became even happier, happily fetching hot water for them. Not only did he receive more praise, but he even received some small snacks as thanks.
Conversely, the feelings male classmates gave Luo Shizhen weren’t great. They always got angry inexplicably.
Truly strange. Were males genetically prone to anger?
Even Chu Xiao, who grew up with him, sometimes said very strange things.
But he was a boy too, and he rarely got angry, being happy every day.
And now, Awakener School. No female classmates.
All males.
Luo Shizhen continued to wilt.
Thinking of the twenty thousand monthly salary, his mood calmed slightly.
He whispered, asking for Chu Xiao’s opinion:
“Chu Xiao, can we live together?”
He knew Chu Xiao had very clean living habits and slept peacefully, never insisting on squeezing into the same blanket while sleeping.
Before Chu Xiao could react, Chen He’an answered first with a smile: “No, you can’t.”
“The essence of the Awakener School is to train Awakeners to accept communal life. Through contact with different Awakeners, students can gradually adapt to accepting other people’s Qi.”
“Therefore, the school implements four-person dorms, arranged randomly and dispersed, changing once a month.”
Luo Shizhen took a moment to react before realizing what this rule meant.
Every month, he would have three new roommates.
Luo Shizhen: “…”
He silently chanted “Twenty thousand monthly salary, twenty thousand monthly salary, twenty thousand monthly salary” a few times in his heart, gritted his teeth, and nodded with a pained expression.
“Okay Teacher, I will get along well with my roommates.”
Luo Shizhen even gave an example: “I can wash their clothes!”
Hearing this, Chu Xiao frowned, pursed his lips tightly, and grabbed Luo Shizhen’s wrist backhand.
“Wash what clothes? It’s not like there are no washing machines. You are here to attend school, not to be a handyman.”
Luo Shizhen was pulled suddenly, but wasn’t angry at Chu Xiao’s forceful tone. Instead, he said with considerable surprise:
“Really?! There are washing machines?!”
“Are they free to use? How many are there?”
Chu Xiao: “…”
Chen He’an answered this question with a smile. “They are free. The school provides a washing machine for every student, as well as a dryer. Various daily necessities are also fully provided.”
Luo Shizhen became even more pleasantly surprised, completely forgetting his previous despair. He instantly lit up.
“Our school is so rich!”
Chu Xiao watched helplessly as Luo Shizhen’s slight reliance on him from moments ago was swiftly snatched away by the washing machine and dryer.
He: “…”
Luo Shizhen had never used a dryer before!
No. 3 High School actually wasn’t short of money, as seen from the scholarship amounts for top students.
But No. 3 High School still didn’t buy washing machines for boarders, claiming it cultivated students’ hands-on ability.
However, most boarders chose to save their clothes for a week and take them home to wash. Only someone like Luo Shizhen, who didn’t have a washing machine at home either, would hand-wash every time.
Although he felt he washed clothes skillfully and cleanly, having a washing machine to use was naturally better than hand-scrubbing. It could save some time for more studying.
Luo Shizhen instantly didn’t feel bad anymore. Although it was an all-boys school, although he had to change roommates three times a month, there were washing machines and dryers!
Change then! It didn’t matter.
Thinking on the bright side, changing roommates once a month meant that even if he didn’t get along with them, after at most a month, wouldn’t they be swapped out!
Luo Shizhen had “Washing Machine” written in his left eye and “Dryer” in his right. His walk became much lighter.
So happy! Looking forward to it!
T/n: I planned to upload more chapters as I usually do with new releases. But I’m not in a good mood, someone upset me.
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