August 31st, outside the gate of Qi City No.1 High School, was bustling with students arriving to enroll and their parents seeing them off.
Standing not far outside the gate, Bai Xue’s eyes twinkled with excitement!
"Wow! This is First High School! It’s so much bigger than Siying School! And so much prettier! All buildings too! We won’t have to use firewood for stoves anymore, right?!"
As an experienced student of Qi City No.1 High School, Zhen Yan took the initiative to answer her question.
"Of course not! Every classroom here has heaters. They start heating just after the National Day!"
"Let’s go! It’s better to complete the procedures early and move on to the dormitory arrangements!" Mr. Han, having heard about the registration process from Zhen Yan, urged them forward with the thought that earlier arrangements could secure better dormitories.
"Okay!" Zhen Yu eagerly stepped forward, heading towards the security office.
As Old Wang looked up with Zhen Yu’s call, he laughed upon seeing her! He jokingly asked: "Yo! Not here to find your brother this time, huh! Did you actually get into First High School?!"
Zhen Yu nodded, "Yes! Please look after me!"
"Of course! Hurry in and complete your procedures!"
Zhen Yan and Old Wang were quite familiar, but only now did he speak up: "Then, Grandpa Wang, we’ll head in first!"
"Go ahead! It’s going to get crowded soon!"
Although there were three families, the enrollment process was the same for all! Thus, it was only at the doorway of the male and female dormitory buildings that the Han family father and son separated from each other.
Zhen Yu naturally knew that the dormitories had been assigned early by the school! There was no specificity that allowed people who arrived together to be housed in the same room. Thus, she felt indifferent about not being assigned to the same dormitory as Bai Xue since they both lived in the same building!
On the other hand, Bai Xue expressed deep regret over this.
Compared to the seniors in Zhen Yan’s batch, Zhen Yu’s batch was fortunate!
Since the senior high school students who graduated in July were housed on the first and second floors, the new students got their rooms on these floors following their arrival.
Bai Xue was assigned to room 105 on the left side of the first floor. After Mrs. Bai picked up the items distributed by the school, she promptly dragged her daughter with the luggage rushing into the room—to grab a better bunk.
Zhen Yu was right behind Mrs. Bai getting her items.
She was assigned to room 208 and took this rare opportunity to let Zhen Yan openly carry her luggage following her to the second floor. Along the way, almost every dorm room door was open, with occupants busily making beds, folding quilts, and organizing cabinets.
Upon entering room 208 first, Zhen Yu quickly scanned the whole room!
Three of the beds were already covered with luggage, all next to the windows!
The only spot left by the window was a bottom bunk!
Actually, Zhen Yu was not satisfied because she had a lot of privacy concerns.
However, if she had to choose between an upper bunk near the door and a lower bunk by the window, Zhen Yu still preferred the lower bunk by the window!
So, she decisively walked over, directly instructing her brother to put the luggage on the bunk.
"Someone has claimed this lower bunk!" A voice suddenly came from above, making Zhen Yan, who was bending down to place the luggage, freeze for a moment. His hands, unsure whether to put down or hold the luggage, were left hovering above the bed.
"Bang!" Zhen Yu slapped her hand down hard, directly smashing the luggage onto the bunk! Then she called out to Zhen Yan, "You sit down first!"
Zhen Yan immediately obediently sat down next to the luggage!
Only then did Zhen Yu raise her head to look at the upper bunk where a girl with shoulder-length hair was sitting.
Zhen Yu took two steps back to minimize the angle of view between herself and the other person. Then, amid the other girl’s haughty gaze, she started, "Do you want to switch bunks with me? If so, I agree."
"Who wants to sleep on the lower bunk?!" The girl scorned first, then commanded arrogantly, "I’m talking about it’s already taken! My friend and I have agreed to share the bunk beds!"
While the girl was speaking, Zhen Yu keenly noticed that the woman organizing clothes by the door gave her a stealthy glance!
Could she be a relative of the shoulder-length hair girl, thus particularly concerned about this matter?
Or is she another upper bunk girl’s relative by the window, just here to watch the drama?
Whoever she was, Zhen Yu didn’t care.
As Zhen Yu always lived by the creed: I won’t offend unless I’m offended! Since she was being blatantly provoked, she naturally wouldn’t hold back!
Zhen Yu retorted almost immediately: "What’s that got to do with me!"
The girl got annoyed upon hearing this!
"I had already picked this bed, didn’t you see? Are you crazy!? I’ve told you there’s already someone on the lower bunk! Why are you still sticking around?!"
The girl’s last remark was downright ugly! Zhen Yu’s face immediately darkened!
But she still tried to reason with the girl. "You pick yours! I pick mine! First come, first served! Understand?"
"I just don’t want to share bunks with you!!"
Seeing her unreasonable agitation, it was clear she knew that saving a bed for someone else was not justifiable! But she still wanted to throw her weight around in her ’nest’!
Knowing what kind of person she was dealing with, Zhen Yu refused to waste more words.
"Brother! Make the bed!"
Seeing Zhen Yu proceeding to take the upper bunk without another word, the girl became so angry that her words were hardly coherent! "It was clearly me who came first! Don’t be shameless! Move it,"
Furious, Zhen Yan suddenly punched the upper bunk’s bed board, startling the girl with shoulder-length hair into a loud scream!
"Shut your mouth!" Zhen Yan stood up and glared at the upper bunk girl! "I see you are being truly shameless! Coming alone and wanting two beds?! Who do you think you are! Just try that nonsense one more time!"
As Zhen Yan roared, the screams of the girl with shoulder-length hair abruptly stopped! Then, her gaze involuntarily turned towards the middle-aged woman by the cupboard!
True to her expectation, the woman immediately turned and charged towards Zhen Yan! "Hey! What are you saying, young man?! Who are you calling ’old man’? Bullying a young girl, what skill is that..."
As she spoke, the woman tried to grab Zhen Yan!
Zhen Yu knew very well! A guy confronting this kind of middle-aged auntie would definitely be at a disadvantage!
So, she immediately stepped up!
"Move aside!" The auntie wasn’t foolish either! If she got into a fight with the younger girl, others might say she was bullying! So, she just scolded Zhen Yu and tried to get past her to continue attacking Zhen Yan!
Zhen Yu wasn’t in the mood to play the game of eagle catching chicks! She used a counter-grappling move and swiftly made the woman kneel on one knee to the ground!