The Folksong major dorms were on the other side of the school. The three girls chatted as they walked, and they soon reached the dorms. Wen Fangfei felt like she would miss Liu Man and Li Xiaoru before they separated; she wished she would’ve met them earlier.

Her guts told her Liu Man seemed to have a music foundation for folk song instruments.

She had this feeling when they rehearsed tonight. She randomly used academic vocabulary that only Guzhen players would comprehend, and Liu Man immediately understood. However, Li Xiaoru was very confused. When they chatted, she purposely led the conversation onto Guzheng topics and mentioned the fingering and playing methods. Li Xiaoru had no response and did not understand at all, but Liu Man was able to answer and discuss the topic with Wen Fangfei.

Wasn’t she a pianist?

Why was she so familiar with Guzheng music theories?

Wen Fangfei returned to her dorm with a hint of doubt.

The school treated folksong instrument players and western instrument players differently. Guzheng majors had to live with three other people in a dorm, and piano majors only had to live with two other people. Shen Mozhen, who had an entire dorm to herself, was an exception. Only she and Tang Tu had this privilege in the school.

Wen Fangfei’s roommates asked her, “Where did you go tonight? You’re back so late.”

“I was practicing Guzheng.”

“With those two girls from the piano major? That Hanfu Goddess?”

The roommates originally admired Hanfu Goddess a lot, just like Wen Fangfei did. But, right now, there was a hint of disgust on their face.

“There are lots of news we’ve heard about Hanfu Goddess from the piano major these days, and we want to tell you that Senior Tang Tu…”

“You don’t have to say it; I know it all,” Wen Fangfei interrupted.

The roommate was surprised, “You know it all, and you are still willing to cooperate with them? Aren’t you afraid Senior Mozhen would have opinions against that?”

Wen Fangfei calmly said, “I confirmed with her. She said it was all rumors.”

All three of her roommates were stunned.

At the same time, Wen Fangfei felt something was wrong. She realized everyone around her was badmouthing Liu Man except for Shen Mozhen. Why were there more and more rumors coming to the Guzheng major ever since she decided to cooperate with Liu Man?

At the same time, Liu Man and Li Xiaoru returned to the dorms. On their way back, she called Zhang Pei, saying she was staying at school tonight.

Ever since the end of last semester, Liu Man had never stayed at her dorm anymore.

Li Xiaoru and her managed to squeeze in the dormitory seconds before closing.

At this time, Wang Nina was on her chair, applying a facemask. Her bed was right beside the door, and she knew it was Li Xiaoru coming back as she heard the door open. However, she did not move at all and showed no means of helping Li Xiaoru.

Li Xiaoru opened the door.

Wang Nina glanced at the doorway. When she saw Liu Man, she was shocked.

“What is she doing here?” Wang Nina asked Li Xiaoru.

Li Xiaoru was so angry, she laughed, “This is also her dorm, so why can’t she be here?”

“Didn’t she stop living at school since last semester? I thought she didn’t like to live in such poor conditions,” Wang Nina was using her weird tone again.

Because Liu Man had become a day student, Wang Nina had piled her clothes, shoes, and things she bought from Taobao all on Liu Man’s desk.

Liu Man loved to be clean. Last semester, she especially organized her part of the dorm. But the former clean desk was now more like a garbage dump.

Liu Man, who was always tolerant and patient, suddenly felt angry. She directly asked Wang Nina,

“What exactly do you have against me?”

Liu Man was unfriended and blocked by Wang Nina out of the blue, and she thought she did nothing wrong to Wang Nina.

This question was the breaking straw for Wang Nina’s anger, and she immediately fired at Liu man,

“Both Li Xiaoru and I are your friends, but you always favor her, and you never say something you tell her to me. Last semester, I asked what Professor Qiu asked you to do, you never told me; in winter break, I asked what you were doing in ShangHai, you never told me; you met a boy outside of school with Li Xiaoru, but you never bothered to mention it to me. Do you see me as a friend?”

Wang Nina was an art student, and even if she was extremely angry, she did not start cursing at Liu Man like a barbarian. She was still using logic, and her tone was still calm if her voice wasn’t shaking. She was really angry, but she also thought she was mistreated.

Liu Man started to question herself: Was this her fault? Did she abandon Wang Nina first?

Li Xiaoru argued, “If Man Man told those things to you, you’d be even angrier and jealous. You were always too competitive, and if our grades even surpassed you a bit, you’d be mad. You always hope we’d be suppressed by you.”

“Don’t change the topic and just tell me. Tell me, what did Professor Qiu ask Liu Man to do? Tell me, why did Liu Man go to Shanghai?” Wang Nina laughed coldly, “Heh, see, you’re still unwilling to tell me.”

Li Xiaoru fell into Wang Nina’s trap and blurted out, “As if I’m scared of telling you. I’ll tell you right now! Professor Qiu was at our examinations as a special guest because she was looking for an actress to act in her movie. She chose Man Man, and Man Man went to Shanghai because of that movie. That boy from Capital University was just a netizen, and there’s nothing special about him. You’re overthinking it all.”

Act in a movie…

There are so many people in the piano major. Why was Liu Man chosen specifically!

What was good about Liu Man, excluding her appearance?

I am much better than her in all aspects.

Wang Nina could not get any angrier. She could only see darkness in front of her, and her ears were ringing. She felt as if there was a fire burning her heart.

As expected, Li Xiaoru knew Wang Nina well. She hated Liu Man even more after she learned the truth.

Liu Man could not see any hint of friendliness in Wang Nina’s eyes; they were only full of indifference and jealousy.

Forget it. There was no way for her to stay at this dorm anymore.

Liu Man told Li Xiaoru, “I think it’s better if I go home.”

She then opened her dorm closet and stuffed her clothing and belongings into her backpack. She was already determined. As long as Wang Nina was still living here, she would never take another step back inside this dorm.

“It’s already at eleven o’clock. How are you going to get back?” Although Li Xiaoru agreed it was unfitting for Liu Man to stay here, she didn’t want Liu Man to go back home at midnight without anyone accompanying her.

“I’ll ride a licensed taxi back.”

“No, even riding licensed taxis can be risky.”

Li Xiaoru stopped Liu Man, refusing to let her go.

At this time, Liu Man’s phone reminded her that there was a notification from WeChat with a ring.

She took out her phone and realized Yu Zhan sent her three messages. He asked her:

“Why didn’t you come to the storage room today?”

“Are you not coming home?”

“Are you going to stay at school tonight?”

Liu Man quickly replied: “No, I’m coming back right now.”

Yu Zhan replied within two seconds, “Where are you right now? I’ll pick you up.”

Translated by: Sydney & Puppxteer/Yutong

Proofread by: DoraiO