ushernet Chapter 171 Jiamin
Chapter 171 Jiamin
Chapter 171 Jiamin
Qiu Huoming went around to the back of the building. There were several open windows on the second floor. There happened to be a tree next to it, with its branches circling around, and it was particularly close to one of the windows.
Qiu Huoming looked around. At this time in the morning, most of the students were in class. This place was at the upper reaches of the Hundred-Step Stairs, and there was not a single person nearby.
There were probably vocal lessons in this building, which was quite strange since this was an engineering school after all. It could also be an activity of the music club, which made Qiu Huoming even more curious.
To climb or not to climb? Qiu Huoming looked up at the big tree whose leaves rustled in the wind.
The sound of the piano came through the window more clearly.
He took off his sandals and climbed up barefoot. His purpose was not to go into the room. He still understood the principle of "no trespassing".
He just wanted to stand on the tree and see who was playing the violin.
The third branch was exactly level with the window. He sat on it and looked inside.
The light inside was much darker than outside. There was a corridor behind the window. The light and shadow were mottled, and there was no human figure. Qiu Huoming smiled at himself, thinking that he was really crazy today. He was such an adult, but he did such a thing.
He was climbing onto a tree branch and was about to slide down when he heard footsteps in the corridor and the piano music stopped instantly.
A middle-aged woman's voice sounded, "Jia Min, this piano really suits you. You're just a young girl, so don't be so sad all the time. It's not a big deal. Your aunt is here to help you with everything."
"I understand. I won't play the violin anymore. I'll continue to help you organize the files..."
Qiu Huoming, who was swinging down while holding onto a branch, was startled when he heard the words. The familiarity of the voice made him suddenly realize something. His feet suddenly slipped and he was suspended in the air. He tried hard not to make a sound. He looked down and it seemed... a little high...
The noise in the corridor continued...
"You should also make more friends of the same age. You always hang out with people like us who are half dead. You are so young, but you act like an old man..." You can hear her care for Jiamin.
"Aunt, do you dislike me?"
"Alright, alright, I won't say any more. Who would be willing to despise you..."
The middle-aged woman said she would stop talking, but then she turned around and started to complain again.
"I asked you to go to school as a day student and live with your aunt, but you refused and insisted on living on campus. You also didn't let me visit you. You are such a stubborn kid! You've suffered the consequences!"
"Our dormitory is quite new and has a balcony..." Jiamin continued, and suddenly her tone paused.
"That tree..."
The middle-aged woman looked out of the corridor and saw a young man hanging on a tree branch not far away in the sunlight. He held a branch with both hands flat, his feet hanging in the air, and happened to meet her eyes...
Qiu Huoming forced a smile, "Actually, I'm exercising..."
"Puchi" Jiamin stood beside her aunt and laughed happily.
"Hey, can you get down? Do you need help?" She recognized him as the boy who held an umbrella for her last time.
Qiu Huoming showed a nonchalant expression, "No, no, I'm as light as a swallow..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the branch made a "crackling" sound and broke into two pieces with a "crack". Qiu Huoming was caught off guard and was thrown upside down by the incomprehensible force of gravity.
For the first time, his fair face turned red.
"Well...people make mistakes, horses stumble..." Qiu Huoming forced himself to explain, got up, and reached out to pick up the shoe not far away.
"Okay, morning exercise is over..." He waved his hand and walked away barefoot.
Jiamin looked at his quickly receding back. There were two clear stains on his snow-white sweatpants, which looked like Monkey King's red butt as he ran. She couldn't help but hold her stomach and laughed.
The aunt beside him was also very happy, "Young people of this age are very naughty. This boy is quite good-looking, but his brain is not very good..."
"That's right, that's right..." Jiamin held her stomach and laughed for a long time before squeezing out a few words. Her gloomy mood today had dissipated unconsciously.
The figure running looked familiar...
She suddenly remembered that she had met the classmate with the separated sole and upper of his shoes when she was jogging a few days ago. The silhouettes of the two people overlapped quickly in front of her eyes. That meant that the question he asked under his umbrella that day, "Have I seen you somewhere?" was not a flirtation, but a real thing...
This person, on the contrary... She pursed her lips and followed her aunt inside. How could this person be so unlucky?
Qiu Huoming felt a slight pain in the soles of his feet, but luckily he had thick skin and strong flesh. Seeing the man running away, he quickly squatted on the ground and put on his sandals.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead, then looked at his palms. It was over. All of a sudden, the mud on his hands was smeared on his forehead...
At that moment, he no longer had the mood to hang out, so he secretly returned to the dormitory and rushed into the bathroom with a basin and towel.
When he came back from washing up, he found the door was wide open. Two young men were standing inside, packing their luggage and chatting with each other in "vernacular".
Qiu Huoming hung up the clothes and walked in with a tap tap. "Are you new here?"
The two men immediately turned around and looked over. One of the fairer boys called out, "Senior, we are freshmen."
He spoke broken Mandarin and didn't sound like a native of Guangzhou.
"I'm a freshman too. Have you just arrived?" Qiu Huoming asked as he looked at their dusty appearance.
"Well, it turns out that you are also a freshman. My name is Wen Yuanyi, and his name is Yang Shijun..." Wen Yuanyi introduced.
He looked to be only 15 or 6 years old, with a baby face and skin much more tender than Yang Shijun's.
Yang Shijun, who was standing aside and looked a little dull, looked to be about 25 or 6 years old, with rough skin and a sturdy build, looking a bit like a farmer's son.
"My name is Qiu Huoming, nice to meet you." Qiu Huoming returned to his desk and chair and put his things down first.
"Brother Huo Ming, can I choose any bed here?" Wen Yuanyi asked, looking a bit familiar.
"First come, first served, whoever chooses it gets it."
"Thank you, Brother Huo Ming. Then I'll choose this one..." He quickly walked to the bed at the door and chose the upper bunk.
Yang Shijun was probably somewhat familiar with him, so he simply chose his lower bunk without saying a word.
A dormitory is fully occupied with 6 people. It seems that he will not be able to enjoy his alone time in the future. Qiu Huoming put on his blue sportswear. He had to accompany his senior to play basketball in the afternoon. He sat down to dry his feet, then put on his socks and sneakers.
Yang Shijun was sorting his package and suddenly asked, "Student Qiu, are your shoes very expensive?"
Qiu Huoming shook his head. "It's not expensive. It's probably too big, so I gave it a special price."
"It's really beautiful." He smiled innocently and looked away.
Qiu Huoming walked to the door and opened the closet. "These are for clothes and sundries. And there are tables. Choose one each."
Wen Yuanyi climbed down from the upper bunk after putting the bedding in place and said in surprise, "University is really good. Everything is provided."
He took a rag and wiped the closet inside and out. "Brother Yang and I are both from Hainan. How about you, Brother Huoming?" he asked politely.
"Wucheng County is very far from here..."
"We are also far away and have to cross the sea." Wen Yuanyi searched his mind for information about Wucheng County, but found that he had no impression of it. He thought that it was probably in a very remote place.
Hainan was still under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou at that time, so many students from Hainan chose to go to Guangzhou to study at university.
Today is the 3rd, and there are a lot of new students reporting to school. Qiu Huoming saw several groups of new people passing by downstairs from the window.
Qiu Huoming is not helping in the Academic Affairs Office, so the task of being in charge of the East District today is given to Chang Simei.
From a distance, I saw him riding a tricycle, with two little girls sitting behind him, and half of the tricycle was filled with luggage. Chang Simei was sweating from riding, and her whole face was smiling so hard that her teeth were showing...
Qiu Huoming stuck his head out and called out to him, "Fourth sister!"
Seeing that Chang Simei's face turned green after hearing this, he finally pulled his head back...
"Brother Huo Ming, which department are you from?" Wen Yuanyi asked.
"Radio, what about you guys?"
"Us too!" Wen Yuanyi shouted happily.
Qiu Huoming smiled. The school's dormitory arrangement usually allows students from the same department to live together. Unless the dormitory is tight, they will live together. "Xiao Wen, are you 17 years old?" Qiu Huoming asked.
"No, I'm just a little over 15 years old..." Wen Yuanyi replied.
"I'm 24 years old." Perhaps seeing Qiu Huoming's good attitude, Yang Shijun on the side also became more active. He interrupted and asked, "Student Qiu, you are not that old, right?"
"I'm 18 now." Qiu Huoming touched the light stubble on his chin. After he turned 17, the smooth-looking boy disappeared.
Yang Shijun said honestly: "It seems that I am the oldest in the dormitory..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a thin, handsome boy poked his head in the door and asked, "Excuse me, is this room 202?"
"Yes, you are a freshman?" Wen Yuanyi turned his head and greeted with a smile.
The boy finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked in dragging two large packages.
"My name is Chen Xi, I'm 18 years old, a freshman, and a high school student..."
Wen Yuanyi spoke quickly and immediately reported the information of everyone else present.
Chen Xi was very quick and efficient. After coming in, he directly chose the bed in the middle, picked up a rag and started cleaning.
Thermos bottles were distributed according to the number of guests staying in the hotel, and soon they were brought up by the dormitory manager Chen.
"I heard that your dormitory will only accommodate four students this year." Dormitory Manager Chen said to Qiu Huoming after putting down the water bottle.
"That's great. I can put things on my upper bunk." Qiu Huoming smiled and sent him to the door.
"You can also put your things here. It's empty anyway." Qiu Huoming walked back and added to everyone. Chen Xi also echoed, "Yes, yes, yes, you can put your things on my upper bunk, too."
It was almost noon, "Do we want to go eat?" Qiu Huoming asked after looking around.
"Go." Chen Xi was the first to put down his work. "Wait a minute, I'll go wash my hands."
Chen Xi was very good at organizing things. In a short while, the bed was made, the mosquito net was hung neatly, and the package on the ground was shrunk by half.
"I'm going too." Wen Yuanyi shouted, then rummaged through his bag, took out two enamel bowls, picked up the lunch bag issued by the school, and was ready to set off at any time.
"I'm not going. I brought some steamed buns with me." Yang Shijun said while sitting on the edge of the bed.
"No way! It's been so many days. How can we still eat steamed buns?" Wen Yuanyi asked in surprise.
"It's edible and not bad." Yang Shijun replied.
"Brother Shijun, didn't you just give out meal tickets? It's best not to eat this steamed bun. It will cause stomach upset and is very troublesome..." Wen Yuanyi advised.
"No, you guys go." Yang Shijun probably really couldn't bear to part with his steamed buns.
Qiu Huoming looked at him and thought that poverty was the norm these days, so he probably wanted to save money.
"Okay then..." Wen Yuanyi stopped trying to persuade him.
Chen Xi just came back after washing his hands. He took out a lunch box and a lunch bag from the package on the ground and said, "Let's go. I'm starving..."
Qiu Huoming was carrying a lunch bag and walking in front with a familiar look on his face.
Chen Xi is one month older than Qiu Huoming, and they are of similar age, so he quickly became familiar with him. Wen Yuanyi is the youngest and has a lively personality, so everyone takes good care of him.
When I entered the cafeteria, the morning class had just ended and the cafeteria was crowded and bustling.
"There are so many people!" Wen Yuanyi looked around and quickly followed Qiu Huoming.
The dishes on the blackboard were all written there. Qiu Huoming pointed at the menus and said, "Just line up as you see fit..."
"I'll eat whatever you eat." Seeing the noise around him, Chen Xi gave up thinking.
"I'll follow you too." Wen Yuanyi echoed.
"Okay, let's go eat some black bean sauce spareribs..." Qiu Huoming walked straight to the middle of the line.
It seems that my roommates are easy to lead, Qiu Huoming thought as he waited in line.
It’s good that there are no troublemakers, otherwise it would be too terrible to have to live together for four years.
After getting their food, they found an empty seat in a corner. As soon as they sat down, they heard two boys at the table next to them exclaiming. One of them said in surprise, "Wow, why are there so many pretty girls in this freshman class!"
Qiu Huoming looked up and saw a group of female students walking in from outside the cafeteria.
Xiao Wen came over and asked, "Brothers, how do you know they are freshmen?"
"You are a freshman too, right? If you were not a freshman, you wouldn't ask such childish questions!" The boy had a look of seeing through her.
The person next to him interrupted and said, "You will understand in half a year..."
Xiao Wen pulled back and muttered, "Why are you so mysterious?"
Chen Xi ignored what was happening outside the window and focused on eating. He took a mouthful of rice and ate a piece of pork ribs. "This is tasty."
Qiu Huoming looked around, but didn't see the female student named "Jia Min" among these girls.
When I returned to the dormitory after dinner, I found that Yang Shijun had already prepared hot water for several people.
"Hey, I'll give you the water ticket, thank you." Qiu Huoming quickly handed him the water ticket.
Yang Shijun took the ticket and said, "You're welcome. I just used all my strength and beat him up."
There was a broken enamel bowl and a teacup on his table, but the steamed bun was nowhere to be seen, probably because he had finished eating.
The other two also quickly handed him the water ticket.
At this moment, someone was calling Qiu Huoming's name from under the window. Qiu Huoming looked over from the window and saw Chang Simei riding a tricycle parked under his window. "Help, we need help..."
"Hey, here I come."
There are plenty of people who can provide pick-up and drop-off services, but not many of them can ride bikes. In addition, the older students have to go to class, so there is a shortage of people at the moment.
As soon as he got downstairs, Chang Simei grabbed his neck, and a smell of sweat hit Qiu Huoming's nose, "Don't call me Simei from now on, call me Sige!"
"Okay, okay, I'll call you Fourth Brother! Let go, you've been marinated to perfection!"
Chang Simei let go of her hand, "What do you know? This is called manliness!" He pushed the tricycle to Qiu Huoming's side, "Here, I give this tricycle to you. I'm going to eat. I'm starving..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly turned around and jogged towards the cafeteria.
Qiu Huoming looked at the tricycle in front of him and felt as if... he had been cheated.
Have a nice weekend~~~