Chapter 99: Wei Ming who became a female dormitory manager (Alliance leader added 33)

Zhu Lin watched Wei Ming leave, with a cassette in her hand, and was also taken away ten yuan by him.

If her partner knew that she had spent 15 yuan for a few foreign song cassettes, he would probably be anxious again.

However, she also inquired that those Hong Kong and Taiwan song recording cassettes basically cost seven or eight yuan, and if they were English songs, they would probably be more expensive. Ma Xiaowei might even have to pay for it.

Oh, must treat him to a meal next time. 【99-5

Wei Ming didn't pay any money, but he did manage to get connected with Melinda because of this, which could be considered a stroke of fate.

Upon returning to the Peking University dormitory, he saw A-Long sitting at the desk waiting for him.

"You finally made it back; if you hadn't returned, I would have left."

He took out the illustrations he had drawn.

"These are all the remaining illustrations."

"Wow, you finished them all!" Wei Ming was surprised; in fact, he only needed about ten to get through the December issue.

Liu Rulong: "I have a lot of motivation for drawing right now. Do you have any other work here? If not, I'll go ask around at other publications."

To him, Wei Ming was the highest priority.

Wei Ming laughed: "My martial arts novel is almost finished; you can help me draw a few illustrations for that too. You don't need many, five or six will do."

After all, "Story Monthly" wasn't a magazine for children, so it didn't need too many illustrations to assist with reading.

"Sure, oh," A-Long remembered something else and pulled a box out of his bag, "This is the snuff bottle you asked my grandfather to paint for you earlier."

The vessel wasn't large, but the smaller the object, the more it could showcase the skill of the brushwork.

If he hadn't guessed wrong, what the old man had painted was: "Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the fragrant grass reaches the sky. The evening breeze brushes the willows, the flute sound fades, the setting sun beyond the mountains..."

Li Shutong's "Farewell."

He had only mentioned he wanted to give it to a foreign friend who was about to return home, and the old man had improvised; the sentiment was a perfect fit.

"Good, truly good!"

He let A-Long stay there to read the novel: "I'm going to deliver this to someone first."

Because he couldn't take the manuscript with him, A-Long usually copied down segments suitable for illustration and then worked on them himself after returning.

Wei Ming entered the Spoon Garden with the snuff bottle, never expecting that he wouldn't see the dormitory manager today, and he got in with ease.

At this time of day, most of the Peking University students living there were at the cafeteria, so all he saw were foreign girls.

"Hi, Sophie."

"Monica, nice new hairstyle."

"Kii Nagasawa, are you researching some new cuisine again? Sashimi? No thanks, I already ate before coming, thanks."

Because he came to the girls' dormitory so often, and because he was handsome, witty, and humorous—completely different from the shy students who didn't dare look them in the eye—Wei Ming had easily become familiar with these foreign girls.

When he went upstairs, Wei Ming saw a strange face, and the other person was clearly stunned to see a man.

At first, Wei Ming didn't pay much attention, but when he reached Melinda's dormitory, he found the door open, but no one was inside, and the room was a bit messy.

A thought immediately popped into Wei Ming's head: A thief!

And the prime suspect was the strange girl from just a moment ago; he hurried back, but the other person had already gone downstairs.

"Old Qin, stop her!" Wei Ming shouted to the Spoon Garden guard.

But Old Qin was getting on in years, and his movements were slow, so the woman slipped past him.

He even asked: "What's wrong, what's wrong?"

Wei Ming: "Catch the thief!"

The woman ran quite fast, but Wei Ming ran faster; just as she approached the west side gate, Wei Ming grabbed her by the hair and pinned her to the ground.

Then he saw a watch, earrings, and other valuables fall from her, along with a copy of "Playboy" magazine.

Wei Ming quickly picked them up and tucked them into his jacket.

At his call, the security guard at the west side gate immediately ran over.

"What's wrong, Brother Ming?" It happened to be the colleague who had swapped shifts with him that day. "This woman ran into the girls' dormitory at Spoon Garden to steal things, and I caught her. Let's go, send her to the security office."

"Hey, she's got some nerve, daring to steal from international students."

Wei Ming: "Ordinary students don't have much worth stealing anyway."

"That seems to be the logic."

So the two of them escorted the woman to the security office, first finding a female staff member to come over and search her to see what else she had stolen besides the watch and ring.

Wei Ming was actually a bit soft-hearted; that watch was a foreign brand and not cheap, and since it involved foreign affairs, it might affect Peking University's reputation. The girl probably wouldn't get a light sentence and might spend quite a few years in prison.

However, seeing the vicious expression on her face when she looked at him, Wei Ming thought to himself, you might as well get a few more years, and you should be glad that this way you can avoid 1983; who knows, it might even save your life.

But even if someone like this gets out in the future, if she isn't educated properly, she'll just be the kind of old lady who falls down and tries to extort people.

The security director had gone to a meeting, but because it involved international students, he was forced to be called out to explain the situation.

When he returned to the meeting, the old man sitting in the center remembered he was in charge of security, so he asked: "Did something happen?"

"Report to President Wang, it's Spoon Garden, oh, the international student dormitory was robbed, and a large amount of valuables were stolen." The old man first asked: "Was the person caught?"

"Caught, and currently under interrogation."

"Is it someone from inside the school or outside?"

"Someone from outside."

The newly appointed Executive Vice Secretary and Vice President Wang Lubin breathed a sigh of relief. He said: "That's good, let's end today's meeting here, I'll go over with you to see the situation."

He had just been transferred from Qufu Normal University; although he went from being the top leader to the third-in-command, the gap between the two schools was enormous.

And because President Zhou was a scholar, busy with academic matters all day and frequently traveling abroad for visits and inspections, he was the one responsible for the concrete work at the school.

Before President Wang and the others arrived, Melinda, who had finished her shower and returned, already knew what had happened.

She checked her precious paintings first thing; thank heavens, although the other person had opened them, she hadn't taken them.

Then she and several other girls came to the security office and saw Wei Ming.

!

"Leonardo, was it you who caught the thief?" Melinda said excitedly.

Wei Ming smiled slightly: "Yes." Yes, I just have this unlucky constitution that makes me prone to running into trouble.

But he didn't say much; after all, it wasn't good to appear too close to Melinda in front of so many colleagues, and he couldn't return that copy of "Playboy" in his jacket right now either.

His colleagues thought: Pretending, what are you pretending for? Who doesn't know about the two of you?

After a while, a female staff member brought the stolen goods up and asked Melinda to identify them.

Melinda indicated that they were all her things, then said angrily: "I'm the poorest one in the building, and she actually stole from me, she really has no taste!"

She certainly couldn't be considered the poorest; there were many girls in the dormitory from Third World countries who, even if they were doing well in their own countries, were still much worse off than her, a poor Brit.

But the most valuable thing Melinda had there was that watch; the other jewelry was just street-stall stuff and not worth much.

Of course, what she considered not worth much might be an astronomical figure to that female burglar.

Just as Wei Ming was preparing to leave, President Wang and the security director arrived.

Wei Ming was stunned; the old man from that day was the new Vice President?!

President Wang still remembered Wei Ming, nodded at him, then asked about the specific situation, and subsequently expressed his apologies to Melinda, conveying his intention to make a big issue small and a small issue disappear.

If her paintings had been destroyed, Melinda would have felt this couldn't just end, but since nothing was lost or damaged, she didn't care.

She also said: "I hope the school can reward the staff member who caught the bad guy."

President Wang asked: "Is the comrade who caught the thief here?"

Then everyone pointed at Wei Ming.

Wei Ming pulled the guy from the guard post over.

"We caught her together."

The guy was deeply moved, his eyes almost turning red; in fact, Wei Ming had already caught the person by then, and he had just helped bring her in.

President Wang nodded, shook hands with Wei Ming, praised him a few times, and asked: "You're so young, have you become a permanent staff member yet?"

The security director immediately said: "Ma Xiaowei became a permanent staff member a month after coming to Peking University. President Wang, you should have heard of the Peking University writer Wei Ming."

"Ah, is that you? I've long admired your name!" President Wang gripped Wei Ming's hand even tighter; this person hadn't been in the literary scene long but was already a famous writer, and even if he didn't follow the literary scene, he had heard of him.

Wei Ming smiled: "Then if there's nothing else here, I'll head back first; I have work to do tonight."

As soon as Wei Ming left, the dormitory manager for the girls' dorm arrived late.

Seeing her, Melinda suddenly proposed: "We strongly suggest changing the dormitory manager!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Not only did she have this thought, but the other girls also seconded it; this dormitory manager was too meddlesome and loved to control everything.

President Wang indicated that the school would seriously consider it; after all, such a work error had just occurred, and changing her position was reasonable.

"Mr. President, can we nominate our own candidate?" Melinda said again.

"Oh? Do you have a staff member you are familiar with?"

Melinda smiled: "That security guard gentleman from just now was very serious and responsible, I think he would be very suitable."

The female students cheered and responded one after another; Melinda, you really are a little genius. If Wei Ming became the dormitory manager, they would be willing to wear bikinis every day!

President Wang was amused; this was a bit absurd, right? Letting a young, strong man be the dormitory manager for a group of young girls?

The dormitory manager wouldn't have it either; this position was so easy, and sometimes she could even find treasures while rummaging through the trash; she really couldn't bear to let it go.

So she immediately reported: "President, you can't listen to her, this foreign woman has an affair with that Wei Ming, you must investigate it strictly!"

"Comrade, watch your language. Do you have basic respect for our international students!"

President Wang lectured: "Also, what do you mean by 'having an affair'? Are they married to someone else? If not, what does it matter if they are dating? What era do you think this is, to be 'strictly investigating'!"

Then he indicated to Melinda that he would seriously consider her proposal.

Although letting a wolf guard a flock of sheep had risks, if honor was used as a constraint, a wolf should be more intimidating than a lead sheep when it did its job...

(End of chapter)