Chapter 337: Chapter 337: Changing Roommates

"Mr. Li is a great teacher, and your students are always willing to help. They will surely become pillars of society in the future," Mu Guihong praised.

After meeting with Director Geng of the Medical Department, Mu Guihong received warm gratitude from Director Geng, who personally escorted her out of the school.

"Director Geng, Mr. Li, please don’t mention this to others. Let’s keep a low profile," Mu Guihong said before leaving.

Under Director Geng’s instruction, Li Hongwei started to inquire about who Mu Guihong had spoken to and what she had asked about after entering the school. Shortly, it became clear that she inquired about which class Yi Roujing was in within the Medical Department, and who her counselor was.

"As long as we know, let’s just take care of that student as usual, and act like nothing ever happened," Director Geng said to Li Hongwei after getting the information.

Meanwhile, after leaving the dormitory, Zhang Mengdi went straight out of the Medical Department. There were still two hours before afternoon classes started, so she went to the Chinese Department to find the female student who had openly scolded Yi Roujing during military training, named Zhang Haiyan. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"What are you here for again?" Zhang Haiyan gave Zhang Mengdi a sour look, as the previous incident hadn’t gone well, and she had already been embarrassed by Song Yiluo and Cheng Yijin, so she looked at Zhang Mengdi, who hadn’t been of much help, with impatience.

"I’ve decided to join you, to help you. I’m in the same class as her, which makes it easier to meddle in things," Zhang Mengdi said.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Haiyan gave Zhang Mengdi a closer look and smiled, "That’s great to hear! From now on, if there’s anything, I’ll come to you directly. Here, take this."

Zhang Haiyan took out a one-yuan bill and handed it to Zhang Mengdi, "We’re good comrades in this together, let me treat you to lunch."

Seeing the greed in her eyes, Zhang Mengdi smiled and accepted it, thanking Zhang Haiyan, "Feel free to reach out if you need anything."

Watching Zhang Mengdi walk away, Zhang Haiyan sneered, what a schemer.

The afternoon class was on the basic principles of Marxism. Since it was the first class, it was relatively relaxed, with students and teachers getting to know each other, and then the class began. It wasn’t closely related to their major courses, but it was a mandatory course for all students at the university.

During the class, Yi Roujing and her six friends sat together, while Zhang Mengdi sat alone. It was obvious to anyone that there had been a falling out.

Zhang Mengdi acted swiftly this time. After finding Li Hongwei, she requested a dorm change. Of course, Li Hongwei didn’t agree and instead consulted Yu Cuiyu.

"Mr. Li, we respect Zhang Mengdi’s decision."

"What are you saying, I was set up by you..." Zhang Mengdi sneered but didn’t finish, leaving room for a lot of speculation.

"Mr. Li, I don’t get along with Yi Roujing. If we live together, there will be conflicts. We should change dorms before anything happens," Zhang Mengdi suggested.

"Yi Roujing?" Li Hongwei was extremely surprised, then gave Zhang Mengdi a different look, "If that’s the case, then let’s have Zhang Mengdi change dorms. I’ll discuss it with the other class advisors and we’ll switch dorms today."

Yu Cuiyu and Zhang Mengdi were both taken aback by this.

Zhang Mengdi clenched her fist; she underestimated the fact that Yi Roujing’s husband was a teacher at Jing University. How could the counselor take her side? They would definitely support Yi Roujing. However, deciding without verifying was something she noted.

Yu Cuiyu also thought it might be because of Xu Ancheng that Li Hongwei agreed so quickly. Yet, she was more delighted. Finally, she could get rid of this person, as living with someone like that didn’t make for restful sleep.

The one swapping dorms with Zhang Mengdi was a girl from the Pharmaceutical Chemistry program in the Medical Department. The girls in her class were fewer, just one other girl in fact. She was originally sharing a dorm with students from other classes, so changing dorms didn’t matter much.

"Hello, everyone. I’m Rong Junxi, eighteen years old, from Lishi, Yun Province. Please take care of me in the future." The girl who came had chubby cheeks, big bright eyes, and dimples when she smiled, and Yu Cuiyu and the others gave her a warm welcome.

"This is a flower cake from my hometown that my mom made by hand. Please try it." Rong Junxi distributed a flower cake to each person. Everyone accepted it with smiles, and then Yu Cuiyu and the others shared some snacks they had previously stored, knowing that exchanging things was a way to maintain lasting joy.

Yi Roujing only learned from Ren Xuejuan and others during class the next day that they had a new roommate in the dorm last night.

Today, Yi Roujing brought a net bag with several packages wrapped in oil paper inside. After the morning class, she took it to the dorm and gave each of the seven dormmates an oil-paper package.

"It’s homemade, try a taste," Yi Roujing said with a smile. "The new clothes I brought yesterday, Baozi put them on immediately and loved them. We already planned to wear them for photos this weekend, and I’ll bring pictures to show you then."

"Can’t you give us a copy?" Le Xinxin asked with eager eyes.

"What’s a grown girl like you want a picture of a little child for?" Yi Roujing laughed. "But if you really want one, I’ll give you a copy, it’s just printing an extra one."

"Great, then we can display it in the dorm for everyone to see," Wang Ruohua chimed in immediately. "Isn’t our dorm leader also bringing photos of her daughter? Let’s find a space to put them up."

Unexpectedly touched by Wang Ruohua’s suggestion, Yu Cuiyu’s eyes reddened, "Leaving for university, the one thing I miss most is my Xiaocao. It wasn’t easy when I was pregnant, and there was an accident, she was born prematurely at seven months."

"Back then, I had little milk, and she grew up on rice water and gruel. She’s seven now, but looks about five compared to others," Yu Cuiyu’s voice choked a bit.

"But now, things are better. I got into university, and I did well, so the county, the commune, and the brigade all gave some rewards. Now I have a monthly allowance, and life at home has improved a lot."

"It’s also great to have met such like-minded people. Let’s continue progressing together," Yu Cuiyu said, receiving enthusiastic responses from everyone.

Gong Jue’e wanted to change the topic to shift Yu Cuiyu’s attention, but froze when she opened the oil-paper package, finding a hefty piece of cured meat, weighing around two pounds. "Wow, so it was meat! I knew I kept smelling a faint aroma of meat during class."

Each person got two pounds of meat, totaling fourteen pounds. Who had that many meat coupons?

"Roujing, you’re too generous," Ren Xuejuan felt a bit embarrassed.

"Hey, it’s not from me," Yi Roujing waved her hand repeatedly, "It was Baozi’s idea, saying she wanted to send the aunties some meat. My family dotes on her, so they took out all the cured meat from the New Year funds. Don’t worry, we still have plenty at home; we made a lot this year."

"Besides, I had some of your local specialties, so why shouldn’t you try some of mine?"