Chapter Sixteen: The Earth is Very Dangerous

  When Zheng Wei returned to the dormitory, she was frozen stiff. Ruan Ruan and Zhu Xiao Bei had already prepared hot water for her, and as soon as they saw her, they pushed her into the shower room. It wasn't until her skin touched the warm water that she felt like she had come back to life.

  The next day, Ruan Ruan caught a cold, and Zhu Xiao Bei, who was normally very healthy, complained of a headache. Zheng Wei thought she would also fall seriously ill, after all, she was the one who had suffered greatly physically and mentally. She didn't think it was right if she didn't spend a few days in bed.

  However, it turned out that she was really a cockroach that couldn't be killed. The next morning, she woke up feeling refreshed and energetic, with no problems at all. She felt a deep sense of sadness and loss for her own resilience.

  In such a complex mood, the final exam passed like flowing water, and the last course "Applied Mechanics" ended. The holiday is about to arrive. According to the tradition of the College of Architecture, on the eve of each academic year's end, there will be a small party in the college, with each class performing one or two programs, aiming to let everyone relax and have fun. Zheng Wei's class performed a male solo cross-talk, and a "female voice group singing", all the few girls in the class sang together, singing "Riding on the Wings of Song", surprisingly winning thunderous applause.

  After the program of this class ended, everyone returned to their seats. Zheng Wei and Ruan Ruan sat back beside Xiao Bei and He Luyao - they two came specially to support their dormitory mates.

  "Ah, Zheng Wei, you sing pretty well." Zhu Xiao Bei saw that she had been acting strange for the past few days, so he decided to say something nice.

  Zheng Wei didn't buy it either, waving his hand, "No technical content." His expression was still dull. Xiao Bei and Ruan Ruan exchanged a glance, it seemed they had agreed to say that Hui Jian would cut off the karma, but in their hearts, they didn't feel good about it.

  Nobody said anything anymore, listlessly watching the next program. Since summer vacation officially starts tomorrow, some classmates have already gone home ahead of time, and the auditorium is not full. The last program of the evening party was a dance by Chen Xiao's class. As soon as the host finished speaking, Zhu Xiaobei's eyes lit up, "It's their turn, let's see if that guy shows up or not."

  "It's boring." Zheng Wei said disinterestedly. In the end, when the show started, she couldn't help but take a glance or two, and even with heavy makeup, she knew at a glance that he wasn't there. Thinking about it, someone as proud and concerned with appearances as him wouldn't possibly be in such a flashy entertainment program.

  "The girl in the middle is dancing the best, her waist is really flexible." Xiaobei commented while watching.

  "You said that seems to be Zeng Yu, right?" Ruan Ruan said.

  Xiao Bei took a glance at Zheng Wei and immediately changed the subject, "I was wondering who was so good at twisting, it turned out to be her, just like performing a ribbon dance."

  Zheng Wei let out a snort of laughter, "Alright, alright, Xiao Bei, stop pretending. Others are much better at dancing than you." To be honest, she also thought that Zeng Yu danced well. Zeng Yu was good-looking, studied well, and had a generous personality. His father was the vice dean of their college, and on top of that, he danced so well. Such a girl would fall deeply in love with him, but he didn't even bat an eyelid, showing that he really was a heartless person. No wonder Yu Mian's little dragon had fallen flat on its face.

  Just then, the last dance finally came to an end. The party had a competitive nature, and during the judges' scoring, the female host, whose face was as white as Sadako's, walked out and smiled at the audience, saying, "Now, the judges are conducting a tense score count, before the competition results come out, is there any student who wants to perform a program on stage?" Her words were obviously rhetorical, because she expected that no one from the strict and reserved Architecture Engineering College would dare to volunteer. So she paused for only a second before continuing, "If not, we have invited our former deputy dean to sing a song called 'Spring in the North'." As soon as her voice fell, the prelude of "Spring in the North" had already sounded, and the elegant deputy dean stood at the edge of the stage with a microphone, smiling.

  Everything was perfect, the host was about to smile and leave the stage, when suddenly a voice came from below, "Wait! I want to perform!"

  The host's smile froze there, and before he could react, the volunteer had already stood up, surprisingly a round-faced pretty girl.

  "Sister, don't speak so quickly, I raised my hand and you didn't even see it?" Zheng Wei said as she walked towards the stage, Ruan Ruan desperately pulled her back, softly coaxing, "Don't be impulsive, if we want to sing, let's go sing at the KTV near the school entrance!"

  "No." Zheng Wei easily shook off Ruan Ruan and ran swiftly to the stage, "Wasn't it asked who wanted to perform a program? I want to sing a song."

  Zhu Xiaobei covered her face with one hand, "Oh no, don't say I know her!"

  Ruan Ruan saw Vice President Zeng smiling on one side, and with good manners, he automatically retreated. "The Spring of the North" also came to an abrupt end. Indeed, she was a seasoned hostess, after a brief moment of surprise, her expression returned to normal, and she smiled at Zheng Wei, saying, "What a brave little girl, may I ask what song you'd like to sing?"

  Zheng Wei thought for a moment, "I want to sing 'The First Experience of Love'!"

  Ruan Ruan also burst out laughing in the audience. She said to Xiao Bei, who looked like he was at his wit's end, "Let her have some fun, she's been cooped up for days."

  The host and sound engineer conferred for a moment, then regretfully told Zheng Wei, "I'm so sorry, we don't have the accompaniment track for this song in our music library."

  Zheng furrowed her brow, "There isn't even this song? Then let me see what else there is."

  She walked to the sound engineer herself, took a look at the list of songs that had been flipped through, and indeed did not see "The First Experience of Love". She pointed to "The Price of Love" with some disappointment, saying, "Then this one will do. Since it's already here, I can sing this one too."

  The host could only nod to the sound engineer, and soon a soothing prelude filled the entire auditorium. Zheng Wei's voice was not bad, crisp and clear, but also pleasant to listen to. However, it was indeed a ridiculous scene that a Barbie-like girl with her eyes closed on stage sang a slightly melancholic "The Price of Love". The judges and school leaders in attendance were laughing and whispering to each other, discussing who this interesting girl was.

  Ruan Ruan was the first to applaud from under the stage. Since she couldn't stop her, she might as well cheer for her. Zhu Xiaobei and He Luyan also responded enthusiastically.

  "Do you still remember the dreams of your youth?"

  Like a flower that never withers

  Accompany me through wind and rain

  "Watching the world is impermanent, watching the vicissitudes of life."

  ……

  Chen Xiao Zheng sat in the back row, Zeng Yu said she hoped he would come to see her dance, anyway there was nothing else to do, so he came with his classmates. As soon as Zheng Wei went on stage, there were a small number of people around him cheering, many people in the College of Architecture knew about Zheng Wei's pursuit of him. He didn't make a sound, propping up his chin and watching Zheng Wei on stage who was intoxicated by her own singing, this was the first time he saw her after she threw down a sentence and ran away from the dormitory that day, he thought to himself, what kind of person is she, how many more shocking things would she do.

  His silence seemed to embolden the familiar classmates around him, and they began to chant in unison towards the stage, "Zheng Wei - Chen Xiao Zheng, Zheng Wei - Chen Xiao Zheng..."

  Her eyes drifted over unintentionally, it was quite dark downstairs, he wasn't sure if she had seen him, but still instinctively shifted his gaze away.

  "A Zheng, go up and represent us!" A classmate pushed his shoulder, he shook off the hand on his shoulder, got up by himself and walked out of the auditorium.

  "Come on, come on, people have to learn to grow up by themselves,"

  Come on, come on, life is inevitably going through hardships and struggles.

  Also heartbroken and tearful, also disheartened and shattered.

  This is the price of love...

  Chen Xiao Jing who had just walked out of the auditorium suddenly took a deep breath in the quieted air. Her voice was actually quite pleasant to listen to, but... what a pity.

  The next morning, most of the people in the dormitory had left, leaving only Zheng Wei, Ruan Ruan and He Luyao. He Luyao was not in a hurry to return home since her family lived in the suburbs, while Zheng Wei and Ruan Ruan were taking the same train, which didn't depart until after 7 pm. After finishing packing her own luggage, Ruan Ruan helped Zheng Wei pack hers, but Zheng Wei had nothing to do and couldn't even lend a hand. The computers in their dormitory had all been packed away, so she went to Xu Kaiyang's dormitory to use his computer to surf the internet and play games.

  The boys' dormitory was even more chaotic when they collectively retreated, Kaiyang is a local, and everything is still there intact. When he saw Zheng Wei came, he sat next to her excitedly and watched her play games.

  Xu Kaiyang and his dormitory were on the same floor as Old Zhang. When Zheng Wei arrived, she was still hesitant, wondering if she would run into that annoying guy. But after thinking about it, he should have already gone home by now. Kaiyang's computer was placed on the desk closest to the door in the dormitory. She played games while keeping an eye on the people coming and going in the corridor, but didn't see him. She didn't know if she felt disappointed or relieved.

  While playing, a roommate walked into the Kaixiang dormitory, greeted Zheng Wei, and inserted a disc into the DVD player next to the TV. As soon as Zheng Wei saw the disc wrapped in black tape, she knew it wasn't anything good. Kaixiang spoke up before her, "Hey, with girls around, don't play those messy things."

  His roommate took a look at Zheng Wei, seemingly also feeling that it wasn't right, and with a resigned sigh, he returned the DVD and said, "Girls are just trouble."

  Zheng Wei immediately refused, "What are you talking about? I've seen everything, do I need to be surprised by something new? You take care of your own business, nothing to do with me!"

  "Isn't this bad?" Kaiyang said hesitantly.

  "It's alright, we're buddies, people with a pure heart see everything as clean and white." Zheng patted his shoulder with a hearty smile.

  The movie wasn't great, just a third-rate Korean erotic film that repeated the same old plot over and over. Zheng Wei would occasionally sneak a peek, but didn't find it particularly captivating. It was her first time watching this kind of slightly racy movie in a boys' dorm, so she felt a thrill of novelty. Plus, with Xiao Kaiyang's face growing redder by the minute beside her, she found it strangely entertaining.

  Today, the boys' dormitory was also particularly busy, with footsteps echoing in the corridor. Zheng Wei suddenly heard a voice from afar that seemed to be saying, "A Zheng, I thought you had just left and came back at the right time, I didn't bring my key."

  Zheng Wei's ears perked up instantly, and she immediately pretended to focus on playing the game while discussing with Kai Yang. Her eyes, however, sneaked a glance in the direction of the door without anyone noticing. Not long after the sound came, she saw Chen Xiao walking towards his own dormitory from the staircase, passing by Kai Yang's dormitory without even looking inside.

  "Oh no, died again." Zheng Wei shifted her mouse slightly with some annoyance, "Not playing anymore."

  She didn't know how her mood had suddenly fallen to the bottom, she had clearly told herself that she would never care about that bad egg again, but when she saw him, the little deer in her heart was jumping so fast. However, it's normal that he doesn't notice her, he doesn't even know she's there, if he did, it would be strange if he didn't make a big detour, Zheng Wei thought with some malice, humph, even if he doesn't like her, being disliked and feared is also good, at least she has some effect on him, best of all, she appears in his nightmares every day.

  She turned off the game and didn't know what to do for a while. At this time, her omnipotent gaze saw Chen Xiao Zheng again carrying a basin of his clothes towards the public washing area at the end of the corridor.

  He was indeed cleaner than the others, and it was said that he was the only one in the boys' dormitory who washed his clothes every day. It seemed that this was not an exaggeration. Kai Yang also noticed her emotional changes, he looked at her without saying a word.

  Zheng Wei found it boring, but didn't know why, and wasn't in a hurry to leave immediately, so he stared blankly at the TV, his mind had long flown to a distant place.

  In less than five minutes, she found Chen Xiao Zheng walking back from the public bathroom with his hands dripping wet, and a moment later, he was carrying a bag of laundry, passing by Kai Yang's dormitory again.

  Zheng Wei's internal alarm sounded loudly, according to her famous Little Flying Dragon Law, if a bad egg passes by the same place more than four times within ten minutes, it is highly likely that there is a plot. She decided to calm down and observe quietly.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, not long after, he lowered his head and walked by again, rolling up his sleeves. Zheng Wei muttered to herself in her heart, "1, 2, 3...10..." By the time she counted to sixteen, he had already taken an empty bowl and passed by the door again. Although he still didn't look at her sideways and seemed to have a legitimate reason each time, all of this couldn't escape her sharp eyes. She could almost be certain that there was definitely something wrong with him!

  When facing the enemy, all the top masters are "let the enemy change and I remain unmoved". She insisted on being patient, wanting to see what kind of tricks the enemy was up to. Anyway, no matter what he wanted to do, she wouldn't be afraid of him!

  When he passed by for the seventh time, Zheng Wei decisively crossed her arms in front of her chest and stared straight at the door. If he looked inside, she would ask him what he wanted to do. This time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, stopped at the door, and said stiffly, "Zheng Wei, come out."

  Zheng Wei was annoyed, thinking to herself, "Who are you, daring to order me around? What right do you have?" She sat where she was, provocatively raising her chin at him, "Why should I go out? You, if you've got the guts, come in!"

  She didn't expect Chen Xiao Zheng to furrow his brow, and actually walk in, picking her up like a rag. Zheng Wei's eyes widened, stuttering as she spoke, "Y-you... what do you want to do?"

  Kaiyang hastily covered her with one hand and said to Chen Xiao Zheng, "What do you want to do?"

  "Mind your own business, it has nothing to do with you."

  Kai Yang was stunned for a moment, and Zheng Wei was half-pushed and half-dragged out by Chen Xiao Zheng. He roughly pulled her to the dead end of the corridor on the other side, only then did he let go of her. Zheng Wei, still frightened, smoothed out her slightly wrinkled clothes, with both hands clasped tightly over her chest, "What are you doing, do you want to rob me of my money or my body?"

  He clearly didn't find it funny at all, looking her up and down with a mixture of confusion and disgust, "Are you really a girl?"

  This was a huge insult to Zheng Wei, she put her hands down, puffed out her chest and raised her head, "Who did you say wasn't a girl?"

  "I've never seen a girl watching that kind of movie in a boys' dormitory, don't you have any brains?" he said disdainfully.

  It turned out that Zheng Wei had vented her anger and stubbornly resisted, saying "What's it to you? I'll do whatever I want."

  "He was clearly annoyed too, 'You can do such embarrassing things if you want to, but don't always tell others that... what I, I'm all ashamed for you.'"

  Zheng Wei's face turned red with anger, "I... what did I do to you? Didn't I tell you already, I'm not playing with you anymore! Even if in the past I cared about you, now I don't care about you at all, get lost!"

  Chen Xiao was furious and said, "I knew it, you're the kind of person who gets enthusiastic for three minutes and then gives up, so you'll never accomplish anything."

  "How can I succeed when you're like a rock in the toilet, how can I succeed? Cut it out!" Zheng Wei patted the nonexistent dust off his clothes and turned to leave.

  "I warn you not to watch that kind of stuff again." He felt a little uneasy as soon as he said it, what right did he have to warn her?

  As expected, she turned around and looked at him, taking half a day to awkwardly squeeze out a sentence, "Mind your own business!"

  She looked at him with a red face, unsure if it was embarrassment or anger, and still managed to slyly probe with a sentence, "Want to control me? Unless you're that someone of mine!"

  She said this with the intention of teasing him, but unexpectedly Chen Xiao Zheng didn't respond after hearing her words, and instead lowered his head as if deep in thought.

  Won't it be, could it really be that sincerity can move heaven and earth? Did the heavens also feel her sincere heart? She took advantage of his obvious internal conflict to walk up to him, waving her hand in front of his eyes, "Chen Xiao Zheng, may I ask if you are Chen Xiao Zheng?"

  He slapped her hand away with one palm, "Don't bother."

  She straightened her back and took advantage of the situation to say, "Don't say I didn't give you a chance. I'll give you ten seconds. If you don't deny it, that means you agree to follow me! 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10, time's up!"

  He reminded her, "Your rhythm of reporting numbers is off!"

  "We humans are like this, don't you understand? The Earth is very dangerous, hurry back to your Mars!"

  He finally couldn't help but burst out laughing, "You get back to Mars."