Looking around the entire Dorm Seven now, the older students were all prepared. Tang San, with Yu Xiaogang's help, also had his bedding issue resolved.
Xiao Wu looked at her own empty bed plank with frown, how was she supposed to sleep tonight?
However, when the little rabbit's gaze swept over to Shane's bed and saw it was also bare, her heart instantly found some solace.
"Shane, you don't have bedding either. What are you planning to do tonight?"
Xiao Wu, figuring they were fellow sufferers in the same boat, approached the big scoundrel.
Just as Shane was about to speak, another roommate ran over, eagerly offering his services!
"Brother Chen, if you don't mind, how about you use my quilt?"
Xiao Wu tilted her head and glanced over. They were all work-study students, after all. Although the bedding was relatively clean, it was inevitably a bit old and worn.
"It's okay, don't worry about me. You guys just take care of yourselves."
Shane smiled and politely declined the roommate's kind offer, then looked at Xiao Wu, "Who told you I don't have bedding?"
Right in front of Xiao Wu, Shane once again transformed into the big bad wolf, equipping his mecha!
How could a high-tech mecha designed and built by an Intelligent Chip have only so few functions?
With a snap of his fingers!
A set of clean bedding gradually materialized from data!
Xiao Wu stared, completely dumbfounded, as Shane summoned bedding out of thin air!
"Sorry, Classmate Xiao Wu, now it seems you're the only one without bedding~"
Shane retracted his mecha, holding the bedding and chuckling.
"You! You!"
Xiao Wu stomped her foot in anger, her still-developing little chest heaving.
She turned her head away indignantly, scanned the room, and found that only Shane's and Tang San's bedding looked decent.
As for going out to buy some? The little rabbit didn't have that kind of money…
Tang San had originally thought that if Shane didn't have bedding, he would offer his own.
Now that Brother Shane had some, other people's problems were none of his concern.
What about Xiao Wu? Sorry, don't know her!
The little runt had no intention of helping the little rabbit, and similarly, Xiao Wu had no intention of asking him for help.
That guy was average-looking, had an average build, and average strength!
Such a person wasn't worthy of sharing the same quilt as Sister Xiao Wu!
"Shane~ Can I discuss something with you, pretty please?"
Xiao Wu's voice was especially gentle this time, her little hands nervously twisting the corner of her clothes, looking extremely shy.
"Hey, why have you suddenly started talking with such an affectedly cute, whiny lilt?"
Shane turned around, looking at the little loli's coy posture and struggling to hold back a laugh.
"What 'affectedly cute'? I'm an adorable little white rabbit!"
"Alright, alright, so what does the little white rabbit want to discuss with the big bad wolf?"
Shane looked at the little loli's delicate face and smiled faintly.
"Um, I see your bedding is quite large. It should be enough for two people."
"So, if we push our beds together, then we'll both have something to use, right?"
Xiao Wu blushed, blinking her large, watery eyes, actually trying to act cute towards Shane!
"That's right! How are you so smart, Xiao Wu?"
"But of course! I am Sister Xiao Wu, after all!"
Playing along with each other, just as the little rabbit thought the problem was solved and all was well, Shane suddenly blurted out, "But why should I agree to that?"
"Haven't you heard? Propriety dictates that men and women should maintain their distance. If we sleep together, think of the bad impression it would create, wouldn't it?"
Shane shook his head, the very light of righteousness seeming to shine upon him!
When Xiao Wu heard this, her plan fell through, and she immediately became anxious!
"Aiya, what's so bad about it!"
"I don't even care, so what are you afraid of? Are you worried I'm going to force myself on you or something?"
Listen to that! Are those words a six-year-old loli should be saying?
The true nature of the 100,000-year-old hooligan rabbit was completely exposed!
The other students, upon witnessing this, all had incredibly colorful expressions – some envious, some just enjoying the drama, but everyone tacitly refrained from interrupting or meddling.
"How about this: it's not impossible for me to let you sleep with me, but you have to agree to one condition!"
Shane put on a troubled expression, finally saying with feigned reluctance.
"What is it?"
"Very simple. Later, you have to help me with a little experiment."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu, afraid Shane would go back on his word, immediately agreed, "Okay, it's a deal!"
The little white rabbit had taken the bait. Shane was thoroughly satisfied and immediately called everyone over to help move the beds.
The little runt Tang San took the lead in exerting effort, contributing greatly to Shane and Xiao Wu's future "love nest"!
Xiao Wu wasn't idle either, taking the bedding and starting to make the bed.
"Shane, I didn't expect you to have such a girly heart. Your bedding is even pink."
"And your quilt smells so good, like a milky fragrance!"
Xiao Wu unfolded the quilt, first teasing him, then unconsciously sniffing it, her face full of pleasant surprise.
"This was specially prepared by my Auntie Liu, of course it's good."
Mentioning the origin of the bedding, Shane couldn't help but smile.
He still remembered the night before he left. After drinking Liu Ruyan's milk for the last time, Shane had become incredibly sleepy and somehow ended up sleeping in Auntie Liu's embrace for the night.
When he woke up early in the morning, Liu Ruyan heard Shane say he needed to hurry back and pack his luggage, so she immediately gave him her own freshly changed, personal bedding.
That's why Shane's bedding was pink and had a faint milky scent, just like Auntie Liu's embrace.
Soon, the bed was made. Although the bedding didn't completely cover both beds, it covered at least eighty percent, more than enough for two people to sleep.
Xiao Wu was delighted looking at her new nest, but then suddenly remembered something and placed her own bundle at the junction of the two beds.
"Shane, from now on, this is the boundary! If you dare to cross it, don't blame me for not being polite!"
What "propriety between sexes"? Xiao Wu didn't believe Shane's nonsense for a second.
During their spar just now, he had clearly smacked her butt so many times and even tickled her little feet!
Shane shrugged at this, saying indifferently, "A boundary line is good. Then I won't have to worry about you, you hooligan rabbit, launching a sneak attack on me in the middle of the night."
"You're talking nonsense! I would never!"
Noticing the strange looks from the others, Xiao Wu's pretty face flushed red, and she hurriedly defended herself.
Their "flirtatious bickering" hadn't even really begun when Wang Sheng jumped in to smooth things over.
"Brother Chen, Sister Xiao Wu, it's dinner time now. How about we go eat first?"
It was indeed getting late, and everyone was a bit hungry.
The moment Xiao Wu heard about eating, she immediately perked up and said excitedly, "Eating? What good stuff is there?"
The students of Dorm Seven looked at each other and said with wry smiles, "What good food can we work-study students afford? We just grab some cheap meals at the canteen; it's enough to get by."
"You guys go ahead. I'm not hungry yet."
Tang San gave an awkward smile at this point and declined the invitation.
It couldn't be helped; the little runt's family was already dirt poor, and any remaining money had been taken by his father, Tang Hao, to buy alcohol…
The others could roughly guess his situation from his heavily patched clothes, so they didn't insist.
Thus, Shane and Xiao Wu followed the main group towards the canteen, leaving Tang San to guard the dorm alone.
However, under a tree in the distance, unnoticed by anyone, a figure was watching them!
Beneath a black cloak was a slovenly yet familiar face, his sturdy body clad in dirty, coarse sackcloth clothes.
This person was none other than the little runt's father, Tang Hao, who had followed them all the way here!