45: Chapter 45 Roommate_1 45: Chapter 45 Roommate_1 Gu En’s temper immediately subsided.
She glanced at Lin Deng, and said, “You really know how to stir things up.”
With that, Gu En reached out to move the things on the bed, but she didn’t handle the belongings of the person who had taken her desired lower bunk with any courtesy or kindness and moved it to the upper bunk.
Instead, she tossed the neatly folded quilt, which looked almost like a block of tofu, directly onto the floor.
Watching Gu En prepare to throw the pillow too, He Zhilan could no longer bear it.
She entered the room, swallowing her anger, and said, “These are my things.”
Upon hearing her voice, Lin Deng and Gu En turned to face He Zhilan who was walking in.
Recognising He Zhilan, Lin Deng quickly snatched the belongings out of Gu En’s hands, and put the quilt from the floor back onto He Zhilan’s bed.
“Lin Deng, what do you think you’re doing?” said Gu En, displeased.
Lin Deng gave Gu En a meaningful look and replied, “Don’t you remember?
She was standing next to your brother and talking to him earlier.
She might know your brother.
If your brother were to find out that I had encouraged you to behave this way at school, he would kill me!”
As a student at a military school, Lin Deng knew the man who was talking to Lan Li earlier was also a soldier.
He wasn’t afraid of soldiers but Lan Li, who could easily give him a physical beating.
“It was your idea, and now you’re the one stopping me!
Then you better make a lower bunk appear for me!” Angered, Gu En aimed a kick at Lin Deng, who, knowing her temper, managed to dodge swiftly.
“We should consider the person involved, right?” What Lin Deng meant was, had it not been for someone linked to Lan Li, he would definitely have helped Gu En bully her roommate.
To him, this was a minor issue.
But then, a minor issue involving Lan Li became an untouchable matter!
Seeing that He Zhilan was silently continuing to arrange her belongings, her face giving no clue as to whether she was angry or pleased, Lin Deng noticed her outfit.
Compared to the other two roommates, He Zhilan’s newly-purchased dress from the mall was many notches above, which led Lin Deng to falsely presume that she wasn’t some poor bumpkin from the countryside who would be short of money.
While Lin Deng believed so, he still wanted to give it a shot with He Zhilan.
His tone, however, was much friendlier, as he attempted to bribe her, “Classmate, could you possibly let my sister have this bed?
In return, I could offer some compensation.
I know you’re not short of money, but… it’s the thought that counts~”
He Zhilan neatly folded her quilt again, following the creases left behind, just like how He Teng had folded it.
Only then, she turned around to look at the person speaking.
Earlier, when she saw the girl named Gu En toss her quilt on the floor, she felt burning anger inside.
But after calming down, her anger was suppressed bit by bit – she didn’t want to feud with Gu En.
“You don’t have to pay,” He Zhilan looked at Gu En, “Even though I am short of money, I wouldn’t stoop so low as to take this kind of money.
Since you know him, you can have the bed, I can sleep in the upper bunk.”
After saying this, He Zhilan moved all her belongings to the upper bunk under the astonished gazes of Lin Deng and Gu En, leaving the lower bunk for Gu En.
This way, she became the upper bunk roommate of Gu En.
Lin Deng hadn’t expected that this “acquaintance” would easily give up her bed.
Afraid that she might change her mind, he swiftly moved Gu En’s things onto the bed the moment it was free.
Seeing that there was no reaction from anyone, Lin Deng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Indeed, it’s easier to get agreement from someone you know!