Chi Yue’s face was marked with sarcasm as she said, "Oh, no, that’s not right. There are no golden phoenixes in a backwater village, only sparrows."
"And a sparrow is a sparrow, even if it flies out of the village, it’s still a sparrow."
"Don’t delude yourself into thinking that you can suddenly transform from a sparrow into a phoenix."
Chi Yue paused deliberately before continuing, each word enunciated clearly, "Xia Chuyi, one must recognize the times!"
"Ou Cong is not someone you can aspire to be with!" Her eyes were filled with a stern warning.
Xia Chuyi said, "...Chi, like I’ve said before, if you’re sick, get treated."
"Look, before, your sickness was just at the skin level—just an allergy."
"Now, it’s penetrated deep into your marrow; you’re practically brain-damaged."
Chi Yue hadn’t expected her to speak like that and said angrily, "What did you say?"
"Student Chi Yue, although I don’t need to explain myself, I really don’t want to be constantly hounded, so let me clarify this for you right now."
"My relationship with Ou Cong is not what you think." Xia Chuyi said very calmly.
Having said her piece, she walked straight towards her dorm.
"Xia Chuyi!" Chi Yue shouted angrily from behind.
Xia Chuyi couldn’t be bothered with her.
Xia Chuyi was about to enter when she opened the door, but Chi Yue took a step forward in an attempt to stop her, only to be seen by Jiang Shuqin from inside.
"Chi Yue, what are you trying to do?" Jiang Shuqin came forward directly, standing between them, and demanded angrily.
Chi Yue glared at Jiang Shuqin and retorted, "It’s none of your business!"
Jiang Shuqin raised an eyebrow and said, "You’re causing a commotion at the door of my dorm and you say it’s none of my business?"
"You!" Chi Yue was left speechless.
Then, Jiang Shuqin, with her arms crossed, said to Chi Yue, "Look, I’m advising you, don’t spend your days dreaming. Really."
"Who do you think is as blind as you, to fancy someone like Ou Cong?"
Jiang Shuqin’s words were quite impolite.
After speaking, she pulled Xia Chuyi into the dormitory and slammed the door shut in front of Chi Yue.
After the door closed, Jiang Shuqin told her, "Chi Yue is just messed up in the head, don’t bother with her."
Xia Chuyi smiled and said, "I wasn’t planning on bothering with her, I just said what needed to be said. Whether she believes it or not, that’s her problem."
"Whether I explain or not, that’s my business."
The other roommates like Zheng Yan were somewhat confused about what had happened.
"Is that Chi Yue ... overstepping her bounds?" Zheng Yan asked incredulously, "All this over a bunk bed?"
Jiang Shuqin and Xia Chuyi exchanged a look but didn’t mention anything about Ou Cong.
It was just a misunderstanding, and talking too much about it would only make it seem more significant.
"Hey, Chi Yue is just used to acting like a princess. She goes mad over the slightest inconvenience," Jiang Shuqin said dismissively, spreading her hands.
Xia Chuyi added, "Alright, let’s stop talking about her."
"Classes officially start tomorrow. Everyone should get ready."
Soon, the talk in the dorm shifted from Chi Yue to discussions about the following day.
The next day, since everyone had different majors, they didn’t all have class in the same classroom.
Li Shufen and Chen Qiujie were majoring in German, while Chen Tian and Jiang Shuqin were majoring in English. Only Xia Chuyi was majoring in French by herself.
She had startled them when she said she was majoring in French.
Because education in China back then was such that before university, everyone was only exposed to English and German.
Majoring in French meant starting from scratch.
However, Xia Chuyi’s ultimate goal was to use Kyoto University as a platform to systematically learn several languages, which is why she specifically chose one with no prior foundation.