Chapter 8: A Chance Encounter with Yang Guo Brings a Lifetime of Regret

  402 sparked a "new" way of watching movies, which originated from Zheng Wei's unintentional encounter with Old Zhang mysteriously holding a newspaper-wrapped package and walking down the street with flying colors. Curious Zheng Wei stopped him, "Old Zhang, what's that good stuff?"

  Old Zhang narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Cleverness is indeed a good thing."

  "Let me see, let me see." Zheng Wei couldn't bear others hiding good things from her.

  Old Zhang, who was usually generous, this time covered it up and said, "Oh dear, little girl can't see."

  He didn't say anything at first, but now that he's said it, she can't help but look, "What is there for you to see that I can't? Is it a pornographic disc?"

  Lao Zhang couldn't snatch it from her, and she suspiciously opened the newspaper. "I said you weren't mistaken, indeed clever."

  "Wow, 'Jade Pussy', is this the legendary 'Jade Pussy'? And there's so many... Old Zhang, you're really perverted!" Zheng Wei said as he opened the DVD in his hand and looked at Old Zhang with a "can't believe it" expression.

  "Auntie, don't be so loud, are you afraid others won't know? I told you not to look, but you're so curious. Come on, return it to me, don't dirty yourself with it."

  "Hey, hey," Zheng dodged Old Zhang's grasping hand, "aren't you afraid of getting a nosebleed from reading so much intense stuff at once? These socialist poisonous weeds are all confiscated." After finishing speaking, he nimbly sidestepped Old Zhang and took off running. Old Zhang stomped his foot on the spot, "Hey, don't go... return them to me after you're done!"

  Zheng Wei returned to the dormitory and the first thing she did was to lock the door from the inside, then looked at Li Wei Juan's bed, and beckoned to Xiao Bei and the others: "Come quickly, come quickly, there's something good."

  Xiao Bei leaned in close when she quickly put one of the DVDs into the player, "While Li Wei Juan is not around, hurry up and come see, I seized this spoils of war from Old Zhang."

  After a simple plot, the film directly cuts to the topic, all 18 or 19-year-old girls, no matter how tough they are, have never seen these before. Several people were stunned and blushed with excitement. "Awesome, really awesome!" Xiaobei exclaimed while staring at it. He Luyan covered her burning face with her hand but couldn't help sneaking a peek through her fingers. Even Ruan Ruan moved a small stool over to sit down.

  Zheng Wei still spoke the most, "Oh my, this is really disgusting......tsk tsk......how can this angle be possible? It obviously doesn't conform to human engineering principles......" She said as she twisted her own body to demonstrate, then continued shaking her head, "Impossible, impossible!"

  "Shut up and don't mess around." Xiao Bei pushed her away. "You can't possibly represent others, it's impossible."

  Zheng Wei pulled her back, "I don't believe it, let's simulate it with just the two of us."

  Xiao Bei snorted, "You're really despicable."

  "Come on, Bei Bei... or else we two will try... Green Bud..."

  Several people were in an uproar, when suddenly they heard a knock at the door. Everyone was startled, Zheng Wei quickly turned off the sound and minimized the screen. Zhu Xiaobei pretended to be calm and went to open the door, seeing a bewildered Zhuo Mei, he finally let out a sigh of relief, "You almost scared me to death."

  "What's going on with the door closed in broad daylight?" Zhuo Mei walked in, bewildered, and was startled by the urgent panting sounds coming from the speakers. "What act are you guys performing?"

  Zheng Wei enthusiastically greeted the new companion, "Zhuo Mei, come over and receive some popular science education."

  Zhuo Mei generously contributed her own snacks, and several people ate while watching. For a time, the sound of cracking melon seeds, exclamations, discussions, and the moaning sounds from the computer rose and fell in succession, becoming one of the classic programs of 402. Later, when Old Zhang had some "good material", he also knew to actively offer it to Zheng Wei. Li Wei Juan never participated in their frenzied movie-watching activities, only occasionally saying a sentence: "A group of hoodlums!"

  As they watched more and more, the similar plots and dull piston movements gradually lost everyone's interest. Only Zheng Wei and Xiao Bei were still enthusiastic, and their appreciation of this type of "art" had risen from beginner to a new height. They also recognized several famous male and female actors. Without good looks and extraordinary skills, they wouldn't even enter her eyes. Old Zhang, who was responsible for providing the video source, also sighed that it wasn't easy to satisfy their increasingly picky tastes.

  At that time, Zheng Wei began to intensively study Japanese. Her "Japanese Language Handbook" could be seen everywhere, on her bed and in her bag. She even made a small note with dense Japanese AV dialogue, including pronunciation and translation. She showed it to Ruan Ruan like a treasure, who said, "If you studied English with this spirit, I'm sure you would have passed the professional level 8 exam."

  "Kimochi, Chinese meaning: died of pleasure, generally translated as 'Kemochi', correct pronunciation is 'Ke Mo Qi Yi'. Mottomotto, Chinese meaning: again and again, with great effort, correct pronunciation is 'Mao Tuo Mao Tuo!'... No wonder my grandma said that in the forest of Linzi, there are all kinds of birds. Zheng Wei, have I ever told you before that I admire you? In this world, there are many people who are serious and many who are despicable, but it's hard to find someone who is both serious and despicable at the same time. Such a rare person, apart from you, I haven't seen another one!"

  Zheng Wei burst out laughing three times with his hands on his hips.

  When there's nothing to watch, she would also randomly flip through Ruan Ruan's works, but wasn't very interested. One day, while lying in bed reading Ruan Ruan's "Lin Yanni Wenji", she accidentally flipped to an article titled "One glance at Yang Guo and a lifetime of regret". I've read Jin Yong's "The Return of the Condor Hero" before, but I don't think Yang Guo is that charming.

  "Then who do you think is more charming in his writing?" asked Ruan Ruan, who was doing her homework on the desk below.

  "You go first." Zheng asked with a sly smile.

  "I think I like Guo Jing, he's honest and loyal, a model husband, and has never had any ill intentions towards Huang Rong. A woman should marry someone like him."

  "I love Murong Fu, haha, using his own way against him, so cool!"

  Ruan Ruan disagreed, "A child like you encountering a man like Murong Fu would only be devoured completely, not even leaving bones behind. It's better to be with Yang Guo, although he is disabled, at least he is devoted to Little Dragon Maiden."

  "But I like Guo Xiang, she's so lovely, yet so miserable. She spent her whole life pining for someone she couldn't have and ended up becoming a nun. Cheng Ying, Lu Wushuang, and Gong Sunlu also fell victim to that scoundrel Yang Guo!"

  "Lin Yanni's sentence 'One glance at Yang Guo, a lifetime of regret' is indeed quite incisive. Probably many girls will encounter an unattainable 'Yang Guo' in their lives."

  Zheng Wei said, "I don't believe I won't get what I want." After saying this sentence, she thought of Lin Jing and couldn't help but feel a little downcast. However, she quickly regained her composure and said, "I will definitely find someone more worthy of my love than Lin Jing."

  It wasn't long after the start of the new semester that Valentine's Day arrived, a holiday that was especially important to college students who loved romance. As soon as dinner was over, Zheng Wei noticed that many of her senior sisters in the same dormitory building were already dressed up and ready to go out. He Lü Yu had been mysteriously absent since the afternoon classes ended. The most eye-catching person in the entire dormitory building that day was Ruan Ruan. Her boyfriend, who was thousands of miles away, had ordered 99 roses for her from a local flower shop over the phone. In the impoverished student era, such a large bouquet of roses was incredibly extravagant. Ruan Ruan quietly signed for the flowers in front of everyone's envious eyes. She didn't say anything, but Zheng Wei could see happiness in her eyes, as if all the hardships of being apart from her loved one had been compensated at that moment. Even Zheng Wei, who had always claimed that roses were tacky, couldn't help but feel a pang of envy when she saw the gorgeous roses in the corner of the dormitory room. Women are truly simple creatures, only needing a bouquet of roses to make their hearts bloom with flowers. Zheng Wei thought to herself, when would she be able to receive such a bouquet of roses from someone she had a crush on? Even just one rose would do.

  Actually, there were many boys who wanted to send her roses that day. After 6:30, several phone calls came in, tentatively asking if she would like to go out together, including Xu Kaiyang. Zheng Wei uniformly rejected them all. After 8 o'clock at night, people started to get bored. Roommates went on dates, those who were going home left, and one was nowhere to be found. Ruan Ruan was chatting with her boyfriend on QQ, being affectionate, leaving only her and Zhu Xiaobei staring at each other. Zheng Wei began to feel indignant, why did the world have to have such an inhumane holiday as Valentine's Day?

  The phone rang, and she and Zhu Xiaobei rushed to answer it. In the end, Zhu Xiaobei won by a narrow margin and triumphantly picked up the receiver, but his face fell as he said, "Zheng Wei, you're wanted."

  Zheng Wei answered the phone like a victorious general, and it turned out to be Old Zhang, saying that he had new "good stuff" there, asking her to go to their dormitory to pick it up.

  Zheng Wei was feeling idle and anxious, thinking that he might as well take a look at something to pass the time. He changed his shoes and hastily went downstairs. The air in the lobby seemed to be filled with a sweet and greasy smell. Several enthusiastic young men were still standing guard, some holding flowers, others hugging plush toys, and one even had a string of pink heart-shaped balloons in his hand, looking quite comical. When Zheng Wei walked past him, he deliberately stopped to take a look.

  Old Zhang's dormitory is not far from Zheng Wei and the others, and Zheng Wei is not here for the first time. She ran up familiarly. G University has a strange school rule that strictly prohibits boys from entering girls' dormitories, but before 11:30 pm when the door closes, girls can visit boys' dormitories. Although many boys have expressed their protests against this unequal agreement, the system is still to be followed.

  The boys' dormitory tonight is much quieter, and those who stay behind are probably all lonely. When Zheng Wei arrived, there was only Old Zhang playing games in the dormitory. Seeing her, his first sentence was: "Such a good day, don't you go out to play?"

  Zheng Wei curled her lip, "I don't like that set, what's so good about foreigners' festivals?"

  "Wei Gongzi just couldn't find you earlier and was very disappointed."

  "Cut the crap, hand it over, and this girl will leave immediately."

  "Wait a minute, I borrowed it from the neighboring dormitory just now. Let me get it back for you." Old Zhang asked her to sit and wait for a moment, and he walked out of the dormitory himself.

  Zheng Wei was not someone who could sit still, her eyes darting around the room as she took in every detail. It was said that her bed was the messiest in the entire dormitory, but they had never seen a boy's living quarters before - this was what you'd call a doghouse. Stinky socks were everywhere, and don't even get started on the dirty clothes. Old Zhang's dorm room was like a giant garbage dump, with only one bed standing out as particularly clean and tidy, with very few things on it. On the desk in front of that bed was an architectural model, which caught Zheng Wei's interest, so she walked over to take a closer look. The model, which seemed to be a mixed-use residential building, was already half-finished, with all the different components cut out and just waiting to be assembled - except for one small part that hadn't been glued on yet. She tried moving it around with her hand, and discovered that the decorative top of the roof could actually be taken off. Suddenly finding this fun, she picked it up and put it back down again, continuing to look for other loose parts when suddenly someone behind her shouted in a stern voice: "What are you doing?!"

  Zheng Wei was so focused on playing that the loud scolding voice was too close to her, and she couldn't help but jump in fright. Her hand shook, and she quickly turned around, colliding with the model on the table in her panic. The rectangular model teetered on the brink of falling to the ground. Zheng Wei also realized at that moment that she had caused trouble, let out a startled cry, and the person behind her pushed her aside with great force before rushing forward to rescue the model just as it was about to hit the floor.

  Zheng Wei was caught off guard and encountered such a strong push, causing her to fall to the ground uncontrollably. Her butt hit the ground first, leaving her dazed and seeing stars. At this moment, what was even stronger than the pain was the feeling of utter disbelief - extreme incredulity that someone would actually throw away the renowned Jade-Faced Little Flying Dragon statue like trash just for a broken model.

  She sat on the ground for a few seconds, making sure that the other person had no intention of helping her up, and then quickly jumped up herself. Her movements were so agile that they could be described as a perfect demonstration of "rabbit kicking style". She didn't have time to rub her sore buttocks, which felt like they had turned into four pieces. Her first reaction was to stretch out a trembling index finger, pointing directly at the perpetrator's nose, like a small burning dragon: "You - dare - push - me?!"

  The bridge of the perpetrator's nose was obviously higher than her horizon, he not only didn't show any fear or guilt under the little dragon's rage, but instead coldly retorted: "If it weren't for the fact that you're a girl, I wouldn't just push you."

  At this moment, Xiaofeiyu's trembling wasn't just her fingers, her whole body was shaking with rage. Even her usual proud machine gun-like cursing was thrown to the back of her mind. She only had one burning thought: who was this damned guy who didn't care about his own life?

  "You've got guts! Leave your name behind!" Unfortunately, she was right on the money. Not only did he have guts, but he also had plenty of them. "Alright, listen up, my name is Chen Xiaozheng."