On Sunday night, Fu Shitian had a routine work-study job in the library. At 9:30 p.m., the library closed. Fu Shitian and the students on duty put the tables, chairs, books, and bookshelves on the floor they were responsible for in order and returned to the dormitory before 10 a.m.
Everyone was in the dormitory. Zhang Lulu, Song Chuyuan, and Zhou Na were playing with their phones on the bed, while Cheng Jialuo and Luo Xi were using their computers at the desk. Fu Shitian asked if anyone was waiting in line to take a shower, and then she went into the bathroom with a basin and clothes. Twenty minutes later, she came out wiping her wet hair and found that Luo Xi and Cheng Jialuo were both in bed, and the light bulb in the dormitory near Cheng Jialuo's bed was off.
There was no light coming through the curtains of Cheng Jialuo's bed, as if she was asleep.
Fu Shitian moved gently, put the clothes he had taken off on the balcony, returned to the desk, and hesitated while holding the hair dryer.
It's better not to disturb her. Fu Shitian put down the hair dryer, climbed onto the bed and unplugged the power strip on the bed, went to the bathroom closest to the corridor to plug it in, then took the power strip, pulled the cord, opened the dormitory door and walked towards the stairwell diagonally opposite.
She had just placed the power strip on the floor of the stairwell and was about to go back to the dormitory to get a hair dryer. As she stood up, Shi Yi happened to be walking down the stairs from the 14th floor holding a few forms.
She was wearing a loose smoky gray sweater, a black long skirt, and her black hair was flowing down. She looked cool and clean, with no trace of the friendly and disheveled look in the photo taken on Friday.
When they saw each other, they were both stunned.
"You're back." Fu Shitian said subconsciously. She realized something was wrong after she said it, but it was too late to regret.
Sure enough, Shi Yi asked: "Are you looking for me?"
Fu Shitian quickly made amends and said, "No, I... I just heard from my roommates that you guys all went out to play on the weekend."
"Yeah." Shi Yi did not deny it. She focused her attention on the power strip on the ground that Fu Shitian had just put down. She asked curiously, "What are you doing?"
Fu Shitian unconsciously grasped the end of her hair. Just as she was about to answer, she felt the wetness in her hands and suddenly realized how messy her hair looked. Her face suddenly became hot and she said awkwardly, "I want to blow dry my hair, but my roommate is asleep in the dormitory. I'm afraid of disturbing her, so I want to connect the power cord and blow dry my hair in the stairwell."
Shi Yi raised his hand and glanced at his watch, frowning.
Fu Shitian said anxiously, "Is it weird? Blowing here."
Shi Yi looked at her red ears and sighed vaguely, "It's very strange."
Fu Shitian's eyelashes drooped. Before she could say anything, Shi Yi gathered her skirt, squatted down, picked up the power strip on the ground, handed it to her and said, "Go to my dormitory and blow it."
Fu Shitian was slightly startled, biting her lower lip to suppress her surprise. She took the power strip and asked sensibly, "Will it disturb your roommate?"
Shi Yi denied: "No, they all go to bed late."
The November night was already a bit chilly, and Fu Shitian was standing by the window vent in only a thin nightgown. Shi Yi opened the door to the stairwell and led Fu Shitian to follow him into the corridor.
"Put on some clothes before coming over." Shi Yi said lightly when passing by the door of 1317.
Fu Shitian could no longer hide the dimples on her cheeks. She pressed her hand gently on her heart, telling herself to be more still as her heart began to flutter again.
She went into the dormitory, put down the power strip, combed her hair, put on a coat obediently, and went to dormitory 1315 with a hair dryer.
The door of 1315 was ajar. Fu Shitian knocked on the door and pushed it open after hearing Shi Yi say "come in".
The lights in the room were bright, and the first thing that caught my eye was Yin Fanlu doing crunches in the middle aisle. Seeing Fu Shitian coming in, Yin Fanlu continued to move, but still did not forget to greet her: "Yo... Tiantian... Good evening... Good..." As if she was about to die, she collapsed on the yoga mat and did not move.
Fu Shitian was amazed and stared blankly for two seconds before replying: "Good evening."
The curtain of the lower bunk bed was not drawn yet. Lei Yilin was applying a facial mask. When she heard Yin Fanlu's voice and saw Fu Shitian's expression, she was tickled. She pressed the muscles on her cheeks with both hands and said with difficulty: "I'm going to die. Don't make me laugh. I can't laugh now." As soon as she finished speaking, her facial mask was crooked with laughter.
"Ah, you guys are such bad guys! Make me laugh and keep me company on my face."
Fu Shitian didn't want to laugh, but when she saw her mask was crooked, she couldn't help but smile. But Lei Yilin said she couldn't laugh, so she tried hard to hold it back.
Shi Yi was sitting at the desk sorting out materials. She glanced at Fu Shitian and said, "Don't worry about Yilin. She just has a low sense of humor." She pulled the chair at the table next to her halfway towards Fu Shitian, motioning Fu Shitian to come over and sit down.
"Shi Yi, have you forgotten your old love and found a new one?" Lei Yilin complained.
Shi Yi was indifferent, "The mask is about to dry." She said to the air: "Zhu Mo, can I borrow your seat and socket for a while?"
A nonchalant voice came from the upper bunk: "You can use it."
Fu Shitian walked carefully around Yin Fanlu's yoga mat. Yin Fanlu calmed down and became her gentle older sister again: "It's okay, just step on it. I'll wipe it off later."
Fu Shitian was too embarrassed to do that, so he tiptoed around to sit next to Shi Yi.
Shi Yi raised his chin towards the socket on the table and said, "Go ahead and blow it."
Fu Shitian said "hmm", connected the socket, sat down stiffly and started to blow-dry his hair.
The hair dryer made a rumbling sound, which was very abrupt in the quiet room. Fu Shitian turned it off in a second and embarrassedly confirmed with Yin Fanlu and Lei Yilin again: "Will it disturb you?"
Lei Yilin got out of bed and threw away the mask, saying with a smile: "It's no big deal, why are you so polite?"
Yin Fanlu started to exercise again, and once again spoke in her dying voice: "Yeah... just blow-drying... my hair... It's not... going clubbing, and, now is the time... still..."
He couldn't lift his upper body no matter how hard he tried, and couldn't catch his breath. Yin Fanlu's voice gradually became distorted.
Shi Yi couldn't listen any longer, "Just do your exercise and stop talking."
Yin Fanlu was determined to hold on, making a sound as if fate was strangling her throat, a hundred times louder than a hair dryer. Fu Shitian turned on the hair dryer again, and finally laughed without hiding anything.
Soft and lovable.
Shi Yi paused as he sorted the documents, then started moving again, securing the documents with a paper clip. "Si Tian."
Fu Shitian stopped touching his hair and subconsciously turned off the hair dryer.
As far as she could remember, this was the first time Shi Yi called her by her name. It was soft and clear like a spring. The fantasy came true, and Fu Shitian realized that her name could really be called in such a heart-warming way.
Shi Yi said: "Si Tian, sometimes you don't have to be too accommodating to others within a reasonable range."
The voice was not very loud, and no emotion could be heard, but every word fell heavily on Fu Shitian's heart. She looked at Shi Yi, and felt that the cold face in front of her was vaguely similar to the childish face of Shi Yi when he was a child.
After Shi Yi finished speaking, he put the information into a folder as if nothing had happened and went to the balcony to wash his hands.
Fu Shitian turned on the hair dryer again, his mood rising and falling in the rumbling sound.
Five minutes later, Fu Shitian's hair was half dry. Seeing that it was getting late, she tactfully turned off the hair dryer, stood up and said goodbye, "I'm done, I'm going back, thank you."
Shi Yi was using the computer and nodded slightly. Yin Fanlu was collecting yoga mats and invited warmly: "You are welcome to visit us often when you have time."
Fu Shitian took one last sneak glance at Shi Yi and agreed with a smile.
When she returned to the dormitory, the power was still on and the light was still on. Usually, Fu Shitian would ask "Shall I turn off the light?" before the power went out, and after getting a positive answer, she would turn off the light and climb into bed. But today, when she was about to ask after brushing her teeth, the words Yi had just said came to her mind.
Don't be too accommodating to others.
After two seconds of hesitation, I decided to forget it. It was just a piece of cake. If I didn't turn off the light, it would automatically go out when the power went out. When the power came back at six o'clock tomorrow morning, the light would automatically turn on, and everyone would be uncomfortable with the brightness.
Fu Shitian still walked a few more steps, turned off the light, and went to bed in the dark.
Before going to bed, she habitually checked her mobile phone messages and alarm clock, and suddenly found that the organization committee member Yin Fanlu posted the arrangements for the class outing mentioned in the last class meeting in the class committee group.
She said that the chartered car had been arranged by the League Secretary Shi Yi, who introduced it to her by her friend. It was a professional passenger transport, half-price friendly service, and the location and time were also flexible. The tasks to be assigned now were as follows:
1. As for the food for the trip, the classmates voted for barbecue, so several class committee members will be needed to purchase the ingredients in advance.
2. There are two locations that everyone is concerned about, one is on the mountain and the other is on the beach. Two people are needed to check the location to determine whether it is suitable and safe.
3. After the location is confirmed, two class committee members need to work with the people who scouted the location to plan the entire trip process and precautions.
4. One student is required to be responsible for taking photos during the trip and recording after the trip...
Yin Fanlu arranged everything one by one in an orderly manner.
All tasks are up to you to choose.
Obviously, scouting locations is a hard job. Not only are the two locations far from the school, it is troublesome to go back and forth, but also planning is required after scouting, and it takes both effort and brainpower. As the secretary of the Youth League, Shi Yi cooperated well with Yin Fanlu's work, was the first to respond to Yin Fanlu, and took the initiative to take on the job of scouting locations.
As soon as Shi Yi finished replying, class monitor Gao Yipei immediately followed up with a reply, "Then Shi Yi and I will go check out the place together?"
Fu Shitian felt depressed for a moment.
Later, other class committee members followed suit and everyone consciously chose other projects.
Shi Yi did not speak again after Gao Yipei's reply.
Fu Shitian couldn't convince herself not to care about this matter. She thought of Shi Yi's attitude when she and Zhang Lulu talked about the scandal between Gao Yipei and her, and she said to Shi Yi: "Shi Yi, let's go check it out together."
Then she sent another message: "Ah, I didn't see the record above. The squad leader has already made his choice." But she did not indicate that she would choose any new tasks.
After sending the message, Fu Shitian put the phone on the quilt. He wanted to see if Shi Yi responded but didn't dare to. His cheeks were burning.
The phone vibrated.
Fu Shitian's heart trembled along with the phone. She quickly flipped the phone over, the screen was still on, and it stayed on the group chat interface. In the chat history, the latest one was sent by Shi Yi: "Okay, then Shitian and I will go to check out the location together."
Fu Shitian was overjoyed and exited the window to check the shocking message.
Shi Yi privately chatted with her: "Is this Saturday okay?"
"Okay." Fu Shitian replied quickly.
Shi Yi said: "Okay, let's discuss the details within the week."
"Okay." Fu Shitian was still excited after sending the message. She bit her lip and said with all her strength, "Then go to bed early after you finish your work. Good night."
Shi Yi replied to her: "Well, good night."
Fu Shitian stared at the "Good Night" over and over again, added it to his collection, turned around, hugged the rabbit, rubbed it with his head, and was extremely happy.