Chapter 400: They Bullied You Again

The security guards watched the three of them run past; had they not recognized Duan Ruirui and Ji Kunlan, they would have gone up to stop them.

They heard them say as they ran: "Security brother, sorry, the dorm is about to close, we're going in first."

The three had been running to make it into the dorm building right on the dot, which even startled the dorm manager who had come out to lock the door: "You two, couldn't you have been a few minutes earlier?"

Seeing the three of them leaning against the wall, panting heavily, she couldn't help but laugh: "It's good to be young; if it were my old arms and legs, I'd probably be locked outside."

Having said that, she laughed and returned to the dorm manager's office.

Liu Chuxue was fine, but the other two took quite a while to catch their breath. Duan Ruirui patted her chest: "Oh my god, that was close; I almost ended up stranded in the office."

Liu Chuxue wasn't clear on what had happened, but she understood the meaning from the words themselves.

Then she heard Ji Kunlan say: "Last year, a colleague from the logistics department came back too late, couldn't get in, and had to spend the night in the office."

The three went upstairs, but Duan Ruirui didn't return to her own dorm; instead, she followed them into the room first.

Seeing the watermelon soaking in the basin, she asked: "Who bought this?"

Ji Kunlan pointed at Liu Chuxue, who was changing her shoes.

Liu Chuxue, one hand holding the wall, said while changing her shoes: "I went out after work and happened to see someone selling one, so I bought it. Do you want to eat it now, or wait until noon tomorrow?"

Duan Ruirui looked extremely excited: "Sis, you're so great. I've been arguing on principle all afternoon, didn't even have time to take a sip of water, and then ran all this way; I'm really about to die of thirst."

Liu Chuxue smiled and said: "Then let's open it now; I'm a bit thirsty too."

But just as she finished speaking, she realized she didn't have a knife.

After thinking for a moment, she took the melon out of the basin, shook off the water, scratched a line on it with her fingernail, then slapped it down with her palm: "No knife, but I have this spoon; I'll scoop the flesh into the lunch boxes to eat. That way it's easier to eat."

Ji Kunlan had two lunch boxes, so Duan Ruirui didn't need to make another trip.

The three first shared half a watermelon, and Duan Ruirui devoured it in a frenzy.

Liu Chuxue had only eaten a third, and Ji Kunlan had only eaten half, when Duan Ruirui had already finished the whole thing.

Well, they had originally planned to save that half for noon tomorrow, but seeing her like that, it was clear she hadn't had her fill.

Thinking that such hot weather meant it wouldn't keep, she lifted her chin to signal: "Go ahead and continue."

Perhaps she had really been wronged at home today; she was turning her appetite into strength, venting her grievances.

The result was that the other half of the watermelon also went into Duan Ruirui's stomach, and she kept burping.

Seeing her like this, Ji Kunlan asked: "Did you not have dinner?"

Duan Ruirui got up, washed her hands in the basin, picked up the thermos to pour some water, washed everyone's lunch boxes clean, and then plopped down onto Ji Kunlan's bed: "Right now, I'm very glad I still have a job and can support myself."

Hearing this, both of them immediately frowned.

Ji Kunlan asked first: "They bullied you again?"

This even included her two older brothers.

Duan Ruirui sighed with a deep breath: "I truly didn't expect that my eldest and second brothers, who have doted on me since childhood, would really disregard my wishes and try to make me compromise.

Not only do the two branches of their families want me to get married, they also want me to give up my job. Isn't that ridiculous? But at the last moment, my father, who has never made a decision in his life, couldn't stand it anymore, scolded my eldest and second brothers thoroughly, and that settled it.

Can you imagine how I felt at that moment?"