As soon as I entered the dormitory, I saw Yan Lin sitting on a chair, bawling her eyes out. She was holding a tissue in her hand, wiping her tears while sending me messages scolding me for being heartless and choosing a lover over my friends.
Li Xue stood helplessly beside her, constantly pulling out tissues for her.
What on earth had happened? Was it really that serious? Why was she crying so bitterly?
When Yan Lin saw me, she threw the tissue in her hand at me and shouted, "You finally deign to come back! I called you so many times, but you didn't even bother to answer me. Waaaaaa..."
I tossed my keys onto the desk and said apologetically, "I really had some urgent matters today. It wasn't convenient for me to answer the phone. That's why I rushed over here as soon as I saw your message."
I pulled a chair and sat down beside her. Patting her on the back, I asked, "What's wrong? Oh, look at our Sister Lin crying. People who don't know might really think you're Lin Daiyu."
Seeing that I was still teasing her, Yan Lin pushed me and said, "Have you no conscience at all? I'm in such a state, and you're still making fun of me."
I clasped my hands together and apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry. Can't I admit my mistake? Poor thing, what's wrong? You didn't call me here just to watch you cry, did you?"
Seeing me like this, she cried even louder, and it was hard for her to speak in complete sentences.
"It's all because of that 'Nun Exterminator'... Uh... She wants to call our parents. I'm so mad... Hic..."
It was that counselor again. After what happened today, I thought she would be more restrained. She shouldn't call parents so casually, unless the matter was extremely serious.
"When did this happen? Why does she want to call your parents?"
Yan Lin pulled out another tissue, blew her nose, and continued, "The classroom surveillance camera caught me on video yesterday... Waaaaaa..."
I was really getting impatient with her.
"Can you just get to the point?"
Even Li Xue beside us was getting impatient. She directly spoke on Yan Lin's behalf.
"Yesterday in Classroom 405, the surveillance camera caught her kissing Glasses Brother on video. Now the counselor wants to call her parents. I just don't understand. We're already in college. It's not even illegal to get married. What's wrong with kissing when you're in a relationship?"
Classroom 405 was the very classroom where I stayed with Gu Yuan yesterday! So the girl the counselor was talking about today wasn't me, but Yan Lin! Oh my god.
The surveillance camera must have captured more than just a kiss. Since I was there at the time, although the lights were off, I could still imagine what the scene was like.
She sobbed and didn't tell the whole truth, probably because Li Xue was there.
"Li Xue, I've ordered three cups of milk tea in the cafeteria. Can you help me pick them up?"
I deliberately wanted to get Li Xue out of the way. She had a carefree personality and wouldn't care about such things. She took the keys and went downstairs.
"Yan Lin, tell me the truth. Did the camera capture you two... you know?"
Yan Lin immediately understood what I meant and continued, "If only it were that simple."
"Then what on earth happened? Are you really trying to drive me crazy?"
Seeing me stamping my feet in impatience, Yan Lin grabbed my hand and made me sit down. Then she told me the whole story.
Yesterday, she and Glasses Brother were really getting intimate in the classroom. Just as they were getting into the mood, for some unknown reason, she suddenly found herself in the next-door girls' dormitory, half-naked.
Thankfully, the girls in the dormitory were sound asleep. Otherwise, she would have been so embarrassed. She quickly picked up her clothes and fled the dormitory in a hurry.
When she went out to the cafeteria for lunch today, she ran into the girls from the next-door dormitory. When they passed by each other, they laughed out loud. It was obvious that they were mocking her.
Yan Lin thought they must have seen her embarrassing state at that time. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had such expressions.
Then, she received a call from the counselor today, saying that she had seen the video of Yan Lin in Classroom 405 and asked Yan Lin to go and see her some other day for a good talk.
She knew the counselor too well. This was a precursor to telling her parents.
She rambled on and on, and all the follow-up scenarios were just her wild imaginations.
"How long have you been together?" I needed to help her analyze how to deal with the counselor.
Yan Lin didn't say a word. She just held up three fingers.
"Three months? You're really good at keeping secrets. You even kept it from me." I shook my head helplessly.
"No, it's three days." Yan Lin said shyly in a low voice.
"Three days?" I exclaimed in surprise.
Yan Lin quickly covered my mouth and told me to keep my voice down.
"What? Isn't this normal?"
"You're really brave. You've only been dating for three days, and you dared to... in the classroom..." I couldn't bring myself to finish the sentence.
"I didn't mean to. It was Glasses Brother who took the initiative. What's wrong with that? You're no different. You got... with Gu Yuan before you even met him properly, right?"
She was still being stubborn. I gritted my teeth and retorted, "How can that be the same? I'm married. What about you? Is he really going to take responsibility for you?"
She was rendered speechless by my retort and could only change the subject. "Lan Lan, what should I do? I'm so ashamed to face anyone."
Since the thing had already happened, we just had to solve it. I patted her on the shoulder and tried to comfort her. "Don't worry. I'll go with you to see the counselor tomorrow. I guarantee I'll help you handle her."
"She's so stubborn."
"This time, it'll work. Go and wash up and go to bed."
I got up and was about to go and wash up when Yan Lin grabbed me back.
"But what about the girls in the next-door dormitory?" Yan Lin was still a little worried.
"I said you're being silly, and you didn't believe me. If a naked guy came into the girls' dormitory and did something bad, who in the dormitory would just sit there quietly and watch you two..."
Before I could finish my sentence, Yan Lin's face turned bright red. She covered my mouth again and refused to let me continue.
"It's not what you think. I was the only one in the girls' dormitory at that time. I don't know where Glasses Brother went. So I think it's really strange. That classroom must be haunted."
It wasn't haunted at all. It was all Gu Yuan's doing. He didn't succeed himself and even broke up this couple. But I couldn't say it directly. If Yan Lin found out, she would devour me alive.
"It'll be even easier if it was just you. You can invite the girls in the next-door dormitory out for a meal tomorrow and try to find out some information. Maybe you're just overthinking it."
After my persuasion, Yan Lin also thought that she had really overthought it. Finally, a smile appeared on her face. She hugged me and tickled me.
"You just wanted me to treat you to a meal. You didn't need to find such an excuse."
"Ah... Can't you afford it?"
"Of course I can. I'll definitely stuff you full."
I chatted with Yan Lin for a while longer. I was really exhausted. Before the lights in the dormitory were turned off, I went to bed.
Lying in bed, I forced myself to sleep, but the more I tried, the more tired I felt. I just couldn't fall asleep. I took out my phone and checked the time. It was already twelve o'clock. Gu Yuan had promised to come. Why wasn't he here yet? Could something have happened to him?
Just as I was lost in wild thoughts, the dormitory door "clicked" and opened.
I turned my head towards the door. Sure enough, through the corridor light outside the door, I saw the figure of a tall man walking in slowly.
A little joy welled up in my heart. I thought it must be Gu Yuan.
I had even shaped my lips to call out Gu Yuan's name when suddenly a cold hand reached out from behind and covered my mouth.