Chapter Sixteen: Life Became Calm and Peaceful from Then On

  Qin Keyi was busy in the room next door, while I was watching TV in the living room. Although I was a bit angry that Qin Keyi had moved in without my consent, deep down inside, I still felt waves of excitement and joy, and my mind began to imagine our future "cohabitation" life together, which was similar to the plot of a popular online novel "The Days of Cohabiting with an Air Stewardess". I never thought that such an absurd story would happen in my life, but the female protagonist Ruan Jing was picked up by the male protagonist, while Qin Keyi had entered my life after an accidental encounter and then actively broke into my life.

  "Thank you, I'll treat you to dinner another day." Qin Ke and the two boys walked out of the room, it seemed that they had lost their usefulness now.

  "It's nothing, this little thing doesn't count. Today we'll treat you instead, just in time to celebrate your move." one of the boys said excitedly.

  "Kang Jian, are you going?" Qin Ke suddenly asked me this question, leaving me a bit at a loss, but from the resentful eyes of those two silly kids, I could tell that I was not welcome, besides, I didn't like eating with strangers.

  "Never mind, your celebration has nothing to do with me anyway. Besides, it's good news for you but might be bad news for me." I said calmly, pretending to be angry.

  "Oh, I'll deal with it later, I still need to tidy up that thing and there are many other things that need to be put away." Qin Ke glared at me fiercely after hearing my words, then turned to those two boys and said. Upon hearing this sentence, the two unfortunate guys' gazes towards me became even more furious.

  "Is there anything else you'd like to take away? We can help you with it."

  "It's alright, you've all been troubled for a whole morning already. If there's anything else, Kang Jian will help me with it."

  "Oh, sorry, I have class soon, let's bother them again." After saying that, I walked straight out of the room, ignoring Qin Ke and those two unlucky guys' reactions.

  On the way from home to school, my mind was always occupied by Qin Ke Yi's three words. I even regretted my attitude towards her earlier, fearing that my arrogant appearance would cause her disgust and make her decide to move away.

  I suddenly realized that it's no longer a question of whether I have feelings for Qin Ke Yi or not, but how to control these feelings so they don't continue to develop. At this moment, Tong Chen still occupies the main position in my heart, and I'm still waiting for her to come back and give me a reasonable explanation. In fact, no matter what kind of explanation it is, as long as she can come back, I will unhesitatingly continue our relationship with her...

  Afternoon is a macroeconomics class, which is the most important course for us to care about national affairs. Unfortunately, this class is scheduled on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, coinciding with the publication days of "Global Times", "University Weekly" and "Sports Weekly". As a result, before each class, several boys would carry thick newspapers into the classroom, sitting in the last few rows, and then a group of boys would gather around, like refugees receiving relief supplies, to distribute the newspapers.

  It's not that we have any opinions about this course, but after two years of observation, we've discovered a pattern in the way all the teachers in our department teach. Every time they lecture, it's just reading from the textbook, and when exams are approaching, they'll highlight some key points for everyone. Some doctoral or master's students with higher academic credentials will turn the textbook content into slides and project them onto the screen through multimedia equipment in the classroom to show off their uniqueness. Those who are slightly more advanced will add a peony flower or Hello Kitty to each page of the slide.

  This makes us feel that listening to classes is a waste of time and boring, so we all choose to enrich our knowledge as much as possible in the limited class hours. Boys will choose to read or look at newspapers in class, while most girls are studying English tirelessly. In my eyes, many girls have been learning English for three years, studying in class, studying after class, studying in the classroom, studying in the library, and even running with vocabulary in the morning, which makes me very puzzled. If you have such a strong interest in English, why didn't you choose to major in English in the first place?

  Due to the fleeting image of Qin Ke Yi in my mind, I didn't even finish reading a newspaper for two classes. Old Two was very interested in the page of newspaper in my hand because he found that while I was reading it, I would occasionally smile foolishly, so he thought the content must be very exciting and couldn't wait for me to finish reading it. But when class ended, he discovered that the newspaper I had read only had a large section of advertisements for tonics and a report boasting about how a high school achieved an admission rate of over 90%, and his expression was extremely disappointed.

  "What are you laughing at in class? Don't tell me you're interested in those virility ads?"

  "Did I laugh? I didn't think so?"

  "Ah......, I heard that our library's fifth floor has a new psychological clinic, it's free. Are you interested in giving it a try?" Old Two is clearly worried about my current mental state.

  Lao Er and I chatted for a while in the classroom before walking back to our dorm together. To be honest, as soon as I think about the beautiful girl at home, my heart feels an inexplicable urge to rush back home immediately. However, at the same time, I'm also afraid of going home and facing Qin Ke Yi. With these conflicting emotions, Lao Er and I entered the dorm, and San Bao Zi was still alone in the room, lying on his bed looking at his phone.

  "Oh! How can you bear to come back?"

  "Come back regularly to know about our dormitory work. Although I have left you, fighting in other revolutionary positions, my heart is always with you."

  "Get out of here, are you addicted to gambling again? What bad luck, the whole school is having a power outage today!" San Baozi said with schadenfreude.

  "Power outage? What's going on? I didn't know."

  "Haven't you seen the notice on the bulletin board of Building 5, floor 1? Due to line maintenance, there will be a power outage in this area starting from 5 o'clock today. Your home is not exempt either."

  "Really!? How long is it going to stop for?"

  "I don't know, but based on last year's experience, it might not come tonight?"

  I don't know why, but when I heard the news, the first thought that flashed through my mind was whether Qin Ke Yi would be scared to be alone at home. A book once said that even the strongest woman will hope for someone to accompany her when facing darkness alone. I don't know if Qin Ke Yi is strong or how strong she is, although she usually appears to be an ice beauty, but through these few encounters, I can feel that she also has a gentle and delicate side.

  Then after impulse conquered reason, I quickly ran home...