On August 10th, Yiyi received a call from Zhou Mo, "The admission notice has arrived, Computer Departnt, congratulations!"
His voice was light and calm, yet she distinctly heard a hint of excitent and sentint. Thinking about it, from the age of six to eighteen, what else had they been piecing together? Was it not for this very admission notice?
A few days earlier, Lin Mu had already received his admission notice to the Beijing Film Academy, to his dream departnt of acting. His dream had co true.
More than once, Lin Mu had called to complain about Zhou Mo, "I think he’s gone crazy, actually applying to the Physics Departnt. Sigh, are we really going to discuss life with an old academic in the future?"
Yiyi, however, understood it quite well, "Perhaps he really likes it. You’re the sa, aren’t you? Even though you had the chance to choose the science and engineering field, you still went down the flowery path of the acting departnt. When you beco successful and famous, don’t forget about us old classmates!"
"Go away, girl, am I that sort of person? You just wait for in Beijing, and when we three et up, we’ll have a few good days of fun. But I reckon the good tis for you two will only last for the remaining half a month. I’ve heard that Tsinghua really values sports, and every student must learn to swim from enrollnt to graduation, or they won’t be allowed to graduate. Of course, you two will be fine with that, but Tsinghua’s military training is famously strict. Why else do you think it’s nicknad the ’Wudaokou n’s Sports School’?"
Upon hearing this, Yiyi’s mouth twitched, "Brother Lin, I feel like you’ve chosen the wrong profession. With your level of gossiping, you should have beco a paparazzo!"
"That’s for sure. You two are at Tsinghua; how could I not know more to hang out with you in the future?"
"Go on, who knows who will be hanging out with whom in the future!"
After bantering and hanging up the long-distance call with Lin Mu, Yiyi took the ti to buy a Beijing phone card, then inford Zhou Mo and Lin Mu of her number. Her phone only supported single card standby, so to avoid missing any calls, she spent more than 200 yuan on the cheapest Nokia as a backup phone, which she kept in her space and usually used the Beijing card.
On August 10th, her studies with Professor Guan ca to an end, as the school was about to start enrollnt and classes. Their military training would begin on August 15th and last for four weeks, a whole month, sothing she learned from Professor Guan.
When she found out about this, she felt as though she was surrounded by darkness and imdiately went to the counter to buy two bottles of sunscreen to prepare.
The evening of August 10th, Zhou Mo arrived in Beijing before Lin Mu, taking a train for more than thirty hours. Yiyi went to the train station to et him; then, they took the Tsinghua campus bus together. The day they were to report was August 12th. Yiyi’s luggage was already on the bus, so when they disembarked, they carried large and small bags to register, looking like total country bumpkins.
Upon arrival at school, there were naturally senior students to receive them and help them with various procedures. It wasn’t until the procedures began that Yiyi shockingly discovered Zhou Mo, that clever devil, was also in the Computer Departnt. She was so shocked that she covered her mouth on the spot, her face a picture of confusion.
"What? Seems like you’re not too welcoming?"
Yiyi shrieked, "Ah! Zhou Mo, you’ve gone too far, hiding such a big thing from ? I’m not welcoming? Which eye of yours saw that I’m not welcoming? I’m happy, happy, you hear?"
Her enthusiastic hug appeared to bring joy to soone, as the corner of their lips curled up slightly, "Co on, accompany to the n’s dorm first to put down my things, then I’ll take you to the girls’ dorm." Most people had their parents with them, but the two of them were alone, which inevitably made them seem a little lonely.
"This junior, leave it to us. We’ll take his luggage over. For the young lady, you don’t need to worry; I’ll take care of it."
The senior from the Computer Departnt approached warmly, offering to help with the luggage. Seeing the situation, Zhou Mo actually tossed his own luggage aside.
"Alright then, I’ll trouble you, senior. There’s no need to worry about hers; I can handle it myself."
So, Zhou Mo carried her luggage towards the Computer Departnt’s girls’ dorm, while the three seniors watched the brother’s luggage still sitting there, grinding their teeth in annoyance.
"It’s rare enough to get a pretty female underclassman, what’s with this junior? Is he guarding her too closely?"
"Yiyi, Zhou Mo, could these two be siblings?"
Thinking they might be siblings, the senior’s eyes lit up, "Right, he’s the brother, of course, he’d be worried about his sister. Who told you guys to look so blatant? Be a bit more subtle, don’t scare off the underclasswon. Our Computer Departnt is already like a monk’s temple; is it easy for a girl to co? Really..."
Yiyi’s dorm was on the third floor, not too high. It was a four-person room, with a bed for each person: the top bunk for sleeping and the lower part for a desk and wardrobe. The dormitory had a private bathroom and balcony, and was very clean. When Yiyi arrived, there was already one girl with her parents making the bed, so she chose the first spot near the balcony on the left, following her usual dormitory living habit.
Yiyi politely greeted the others, then said to Zhou Mo, "You should hurry back and tidy up too, then get in touch by phone."
Arriving early to get a good spot was Yiyi’s unspoken ssage; Zhou Mo did not wish to linger in the girls’ dormitory, so he nodded and left without saying anything.
Yiyi bought a bed curtain; the bedding was also made by herself from cotton and bedsheets she had bought. She didn’t bring too much luggage, only the openly needed items. As for the small items, they were all in her space, ant to be taken out slowly.
First, she cleaned the bed railing with a cloth, then laid out her bedding. After getting the bed cover on, the upper bunk was organized. Next, she arranged the lower desk with frequently used study materials. The computer and the like were locked in the cabinet. Without a computer in the Computer Departnt would be a joke, but she suspected she would have to replace her computer in the future, as it was just an ordinary one for now. Once she learned more and the specialty required a higher configuration, she’d know better and it wouldn’t be too late to buy a new one.
After tidying up her two suitcases, the other two roommates also arrived. But Yiyi didn’t have the ti to chat with them much and went downstairs.
They hadn’t gotten the water kettle, basin, and such small items yet. She had them in her space but didn’t take them out, thinking that Zhou Mo didn’t realize she had them, and he had already called her earlier to go out and buy those things together. Zhou Mo had only brought his most recently worn clothes and bedding, not bringing anything else. He would buy on an as-needed basis because what was used in high school may not be appreciated in university; they both seed to agree on this point.
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