Chapter 26: The Daily Life of a Stupid Roommate

It was already quite late, and outside the window, it was pitch black.

Ning Qing came out to brush her teeth.

Zhang Suannai was still sitting on the small stool by the doorway, having found a bag of melon seeds from somewhere; she used a delivery box as a trash can, cracking seeds while staring at the stairwell.

After finishing brushing her teeth, Ning Qing glanced at her, returned to her room, and dialed a video call to Xiaoxiao.

It took a long time for Xiaoxiao to answer.

Both of their images appeared on each other's screens simultaneously; the sisters looked at each other, neither speaking for a moment.

In the end, the elder sister spoke first: "Have you done your homework?"

"Done."

"Have you eaten dinner?"

"Eaten."

"Are Mom and Dad back?"

"No."

"Are you scared being alone?"

"Not scared."

"What did you have for dinner?"

"Roasted potato."

"Didn't I tell you that you aren't allowed to eat potatoes every day?"

"I told my brother-in-law I ate steamed buns."

"……"

"……"

Both sisters were expressionless; after the previous round of questions and answers, they now stared at each other in silence.

After a few seconds, Ning Qing asked again: "How is Taozi?"

"It is very well."

"When does your school start?"

"Tuesday."

The young girl glanced at her sister: "Are you trying to ask me to help you ship your little motorcycle over? You can just say it; I'm busy."

Just as she said this, a cat's meow came from the computer.

A long-haired white cat jumped up beside the young girl, opening its round eyes and looking around as if searching for something. The young girl tried to hold it down, but failed; the white cat soon spotted Ning Qing on the mobile phone screen and immediately leaned in very close.

Ning Qing's entire window was filled with its cat face.

"Woo-wah~"

"Woof~"

"An~~"

There wasn't a single normal cat meow.

Ning Qing stared at the cat: "Besides shipping the motorcycle, help me ship Taozi over as well. Use Aichong Aviation; I will come to pick it up. I also need to ship a few pots of flowers. I'll send you the names and photos of the flowers later; don't get them wrong."

"……" Xiaoxiao felt it was such a hassle; she remained silent for a few seconds before confirming with her sister, "The little motorcycle and a few pots of flowers."

"And Taozi. Taozi must use Aichong Aviation."

"……"

"?"

"Didn't hear you."

"?"

"Taozi doesn't want to take a plane; it wants to be with me."

"?"

"I'm going to sleep."

"……"

Ning Qing watched the screen go black; the distance of over four thousand kilometers between Bai City and Yujing left her helpless.

But she still sent a message to Xiaoxiao—

Ning Qing: Morning and Dusk, Queen, Daisy

Ning Qing: 【Image】【Image】【Image】

Ning Ji: Got it

Shutting down the computer, Ning Qing went out again. Seeing Zhang Suannai still sitting by the doorway—only now she had swapped the melon seeds for pistachios—she remained expressionless and made no gesture, silently walking into the bathroom to start washing up, preparing to cultivate and sleep.

The emergency light at the doorway glowed with a ghostly green light. From time to time, someone would come up the stairs, startling the sound-activated light, and the doorway would be illuminated.

Zhang Suannai's eyes were sparkling.

……

July 19th, still registration day.

Zhang Suannai ran over to tell Ning Qing: "You win. You can keep a cat in the dormitory, and I will try my best not to annoy you. Hmm, what kind of cat do you want to keep?"

"None of your business."

"I'll introduce a seller to you!"

"Don't bother me."

"This, this, this……"

Zhang Suannai was so anxious she scratched her neck.

It was just too uncomfortable.

With nowhere to vent, she had no choice but to shift her attention to her new roommate, muttering under her breath, her gaze turning firm: "I really want to see when you'll finally arrive..."

So she picked up her little stool again, opened the door, sat at the entrance, and began to wait.

While waiting, she fantasized about what she would say when the new roommate arrived, how she would introduce her roommate Ning Qing—who had such a cold personality—to the new roommate, and how she would tell her about the bet she had made with Ning Qing yesterday, which she had lost because the new roommate only arrived the next day.

Not only did she have to tell it, but she had to make it interesting.

Then, as the senior student, it was only natural for her to take them out to tour the campus and take them out for a meal together.

Thinking of the interesting parts, she even laughed to herself.

Ning Qing came out to get a glass of water, saw her appearance, still showed no reaction, returned to the room, sat down at the desk, and opened the book "Plane Theory" by the old gentleman Ouyuan Gong.

The old gentleman Ouyuan Gong was a senior professor at Ling'an Academy; at over three hundred years old, even the principal would likely have to respectfully call him an old senior upon seeing him. Hailing from the Spirit Sect, the old gentleman Ouyuan Gong was currently the world's most authoritative person regarding research into this universe, and it was for him that Ning Qing had applied to Ling'an Academy.

The universe was vast and profound, unknown and mysterious, and held a tremendous attraction for her, much like a black hole.

This book was the same.

Soon she was completely immersed in it.

Once she started reading, she read until noon.

Ning Qing had set an alarm.

Chen Shu said: You must eat lunch on time.

Opening the door and walking out, Zhang Suannai stood with her arms crossed, leaning against the doorframe like a door god.

Ning Qing wanted to pass her to walk outside, but when she got close, she hesitated, then stopped her steps: "Are you going out to eat?"

"I'm waiting for the new roommate."

"Wait until the afternoon."

"That's true, even if it's a new student coming to report, they would go eat at noon, right?"

Zhang Suannai quickly convinced herself, stood up nimbly, followed Ning Qing out, and asked: "Tell me, when do you think this new roommate will come?"

"I don't know."

"I must wait for her!"

"..."

Ning Qing didn't say anything more.

She felt that it would probably be tonight, or tomorrow, or even a few days later, before Zhang Suannai realized that no one else was coming to this dormitory.

The seventh month is like fire.

On the twentieth day of the seventh month, following a night of heavy rain, the weather finally began to turn cool.

As of yesterday, registration had officially ended.

Yesterday, Meng Chunqiu took Chen Shu and Jiang Lai on a big tour of the school, finding the Sports Field, the Martial Cultivation Hall, and the Body Cultivation Hall. He also took Chen Shu to find the Ancient Cultivation Building, which was the building where the Traditional Cultivation Academy usually held classes; sometimes they went to other places, and sometimes other academies came to take classes there too.

Chen Shu joined a class group.

The Spell Principles course had a quota of 40 students, but looking at the class group, there seemed to be fifty or sixty people.

Since this morning, the class group had been chattering incessantly.

So noisy.

Chen Shu read through their messages one by one; during this time, the class assistant also posted an announcement.

The announcement said that official classes would only start tomorrow, and this afternoon from 14:00 to 15:00, their academy would hold a unified entrance test. However, there was no need to gather and go together; individuals just needed to take their campus card or ID to Martial Cultivation Hall No. 2, enter the door, and line up on the left side to take it, as long as they went within that time.

At the same time, they were to have a class meeting at 105 Ancient Cultivation Building in the evening to distribute textbooks and discuss some matters, and they also needed to elect a class monitor for everyone's convenience, but there was no such thing as a class committee.

It was much more relaxed than university management in his previous life.

"Troublesome."

Chen Shu still felt it was troublesome.

The most troublesome part was the entrance test.

This thing was mentally exhausting; he couldn't avoid it, and since he was such a genius, what if he caused a sensation?

"Ah..."

Better to keep a relaxed mindset.

Chen Shu stretched out a long yawn.

He went to the living room to sit for a while, only to see Meng Chunqiu wearing traditional clothing, holding a folding fan, and pacing in the living room, his mouth opening and closing from time to time, but no sound coming out. He looked exactly like someone who wanted to recite poetry but couldn't.

Forget it, forget it...

Chen Shu returned to his room.

But not long after he sat down in his room, he heard a knock-knock sound from the balcony door. Through the frosted glass on the upper half of the doorframe, he could see a figure in ancient clothing.

"Is Brother Chen there?"

"What's wrong?"

"I see that autumn has arrived today; it is truly cool. Why don't you and I go out, take autumn as our theme, and recite a poem? Wouldn't that be beautiful?"

"I was already asleep."

"What a pity."

The figure waving the fan on the frosted glass departed.

Chen Shu scratched his head and began to wonder if he shouldn't have chosen this room—it was connected to Meng Chunqiu's room's balcony.

This thought was quickly dismissed by him.

Because he heard Meng Chunqiu lightly tapping on Jiang Lai's balcony door, making a knock-knock sound, and asking softly:

"Is Brother Jiang there?"

"Brother Meng, I am a crude person..."

"Sigh..."

Meng Chunqiu sighed and walked back to the living room.

That was right; although Jiang Lai's balcony was not connected to Meng Chunqiu's balcony, it was connected to the living room's balcony.

Chen Shu decided that he would go and harass him later as well.