Chapter 272 I asked for your dorm number, not your website address.

During the morning roll call, Cai Xiaoqing noticed that two boarding students were absent from class.

She went down from her seat and asked their roommates.

“Where are Yang Qiming and Huang Cailang?”

The roommates looked bewildered, shaking their heads.

“We don’t know.”

Cai Xiaoqing frowned and then asked Lin Dong.

“Do you know where they went?”

Lin Dong shook his head, “I changed dorms earlier. When I came to the classroom, I saw that the people in their dorm hadn’t left yet. They might have overslept.”

Chen Yunyun turned her head and couldn’t help but say,

“I heard someone say that Building 5 seems to have been caught for late departure by the teachers.”

The school is quite strict with boarding students, checking constantly for half of the week, seven days a week. If it’s not checking for late returns or sleeping outdoors, it’s checking for late departures from dorms.

A traditional winter feature, at 6:35 AM.

For both male and female dorms, if you couldn’t get up, they’d block the way, making you line up and register your name and class one by one.

At its worst, if you were caught on the spot, you’d be made to stand there until the morning reading bell rang. If you didn’t go to the teaching building, it was considered truancy; if you went, you’d be caught for being late.

Regarding how to deal with students, the dog leaders always had tricks.

“Even if they were caught, they should have arrived by now.” Cai Xiaoqing glanced at her watch; it had been almost ten minutes since morning reading began.

Hearing this, Yu Zhiyi, who was beside her, couldn’t help but turn and say,

“Maybe… they’re also catching latecomers downstairs, so they went to eat breakfast.”

“Oh, that’s really possible.” Lin Dong couldn’t help but interject, “The school leaders are incredibly cheap; they block one side and catch on the other, getting both ways.”

“The student council is also quite bad; they love to make things difficult for us.” Chen Yunyun couldn’t help but say, “Last winter, a student council member closed the dorm’s iron gate.”

“The dorm auntie had gone out, and the keys were in their hands. They refused to open the door no matter what we said, only opening it when morning reading started.”

“Yes, Yunyun and I were even recorded twice!” Wang Yuhe said indignantly. Her past self was too soft; she should have cursed back then.

Sun Zhicheng stood at his seat, engrossed in morning reading, seemingly focused. In reality, he was listening to their conversation, his heart itching terribly.

He really wanted to join in and speak freely for a few sentences.

But… he couldn’t.

Brother Dong had repeatedly asked him if he was giving up, and he had chosen to confirm. Even if he felt like he had lost something, he still persisted.

He wanted to be reborn, to become stronger.

Lin Dong’s advice to him was not to talk to Chen Yunyun for a week, nor to pay attention to Chen Yunyun. To be completely calm, and he would slowly become stronger.

Sun Zhicheng believed it, but now he realized how difficult it was.

People cannot go against their inner desires, but reason told him not to get close. For Sun Zhicheng, those few minutes felt like years.

But he remembered what Brother Dong said: this matter would only be difficult for the first few days. As long as he got through a week, it would actually be nothing.

The filter would disappear, and his attention would focus on himself.

Cai Xiaoqing left; she wasn’t there to listen to these few people chat.

With two fewer people in class, the student council would soon come to check attendance. Checking attendance didn’t matter so much; she was just worried that something might have happened to Yang Qiming and the other.

Half of the morning self-study period passed, and they still hadn’t arrived.

Cai Xiaoqing felt a bit restless. She thought for a moment and then walked to the podium.

“Quiet down for a moment, I want to ask if anyone knows…”

“I don’t understand, why do you keep saying it’s over, Cailang?” Yang Qiming stood up from the ground, shivering three times in the cold wind.

“Damn, it’s so cold.”

“Didn’t the key just fall downstairs? It’s no big deal.”

Hearing this, Huang Cailang, who was crouching in the corner, clutching his body, looked up.

“Brother Yang, let’s squat together.”

“No need, I’ll scout the situation again.” Yang Qiming sneezed twice, sniffled, and looked at the golden morning light.

“Ah, the sun, it won’t be cold when the sun comes out.”

To this, Huang Cailang hesitated to speak.

Before nine in the morning, the sun had little warmth, especially since the sun wasn’t too strong today. Compared to sunbathing, the likelihood of being frozen to death by the wind was greater.

However, Yang Qiming was an optimistic person; he said,

“Cailang, you don’t have to worry. When the Disciplinary Committee sees we’re not there, they’ll definitely send our roommates to look for us. Then we’ll naturally be saved.”

Hearing him say this, Huang Cailang couldn’t help but gain a bit more confidence.

“Brother, really?”

Yang Qiming laughed heartily, standing in his shorts, giving a thumbs-up against the wind.

“Of course, it’s true.”

Huang Cailang couldn’t hold back and asked,

“Brother, why are you… standing up like that?”

Yang Qiming looked down and was instantly stunned.

“Don’t even mention it, it’s from the cold.”

After speaking, Yang Qiming felt like he had completely lost face. It was supposed to be a cool moment, damn it. Luckily, Cailang was his own brother, so it didn’t matter.

He immediately found a corner to shelter from the wind, continuing to hold his ground about four or five meters away from Huang Cailang.

Suddenly, a rumbling sound rang out.

Yang Qiming looked up, following the sound.

He saw Huang Cailang clutching his stomach, a bitter expression on his face.

“Brother, I’m hungry.”

“Ah, bear with it for a bit, someone will be here soon.” Yang Qiming felt a bit guilty, after all, the key had fallen from his hand, “I’ll treat you to breakfast later.”

Hearing this, Huang Cailang immediately cheered up again.

“Thank you, Brother.”

Another ten minutes passed, and the two, being blown by the cold wind, finally heard voices.

“Where is it?”

“51 something, I forgot the website.” Jiang Nian said.

“Who asked you for a website! Which dorm, 51 something?” Cai Xiaoqing was extremely speechless, urging, “Hurry up, we’ll just take a quick look and leave.”

On the dorm stairs, Cai Xiaoqing quickened her pace.

Looking up, she saw the letters ‘5F’ come into view, and her brows furrowed.

“The dorm old man said there couldn’t be anyone in the dorm. Do you think they might be hiding somewhere eating breakfast?”

Originally, Cai Xiaoqing planned to call someone to check the dorm, but latecomers were still being caught downstairs. It was even difficult to leave the third-year building, so she simply went up herself.

As for Jiang Nian, he was purely there to join the fun.

She didn’t know how he managed to sneak out, sprinting towards the cafeteria. On the way, he was apprehended by Cai Xiaoqing, who happened to be looking for him in the cafeteria.

The ‘Wall-Hopping King’ was caught and could only atone for his crime by performing meritorious service.

“Definitely not there. Haven’t we already checked the cafeteria?” Jiang Nian said leisurely while drinking soy milk, “There’s no one on the road either, so they must be in the dorm.”

“What if they’re not in the dorm?” Cai Xiaoqing asked.

Jiang Nian exclaimed, “Then it’s over.”

Cai Xiaoqing was speechless and took the lead up to the fifth floor.

This was her first time entering a male dorm, and the smell was a bit strange. It wasn’t exactly foul nor fragrant; it was more like a mixture of various odors.

The corridor was dimly lit, bright at both ends and dark in the middle.

A chilly wind blew past, and Cai Xiaoqing couldn’t help but shrink her body. The air was mixed with a smell of rust, and her tongue was already starting to feel sour.

Thump, thump, thump, only the footsteps of the two could be heard in the corridor.

Rooftop.

Huang Cailang and Yang Qiming were both stunned. How did the Disciplinary Committee come personally? They both looked down at the only fabric on their bodies.

The two fell silent. How the hell were they supposed to face people like this?

“Damn it! Brother!” Huang Cailang suddenly shouted, looking at Yang Qiming with a horrified expression, “The Disciplinary Committee and Jiang Nian are here, and they don’t have our dorm key.”

Hearing this, Yang Qiming’s face instantly turned pale.

Damn, he forgot he had lost the key; it had fallen from the rooftop to the back of the dorm building.

At the time, he just wanted to check if the grade-level leaders had surrounded the back of the dorm building. If not, they could escape by going around the first floor.

Who knew a gust of wind would blow, and Yang Qiming, with a shiver, threw the silver backup key he was holding downstairs.

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