A girl from the next room saw Gu Mang leaving the room earlier. After staring in the direction where Gu Mang had left in for a good while, she walked over to Room 409 and knocked on its door.
“Come in,” She heard someone say. She pushed the door open, only to see three people staring back at her in bafflement.
“…You are?”
“Hi, I’m Xu Wan and I stay right next door in Room 408.”
Seeing that the girl was also a freshman, Tang Xiaoxiao invited her in and got a chair for her to sit.
“Thank you.” Xu Wan sat down, her eyes straying to the bed near the window. “So, Gu Mang’s your roommate.”
Zhengmiao asked, “You know her?”
She responded with a laugh, “Almost half the school’s population knows her.” The other half has yet to hear the rumors, but it won’t be long before everyone knows.
While playing a game, Tang Xiaoxiao chimed in, “It’s natural that many people would want to find out about her since she’s so pretty.”
“I guess that’s one of the reasons,” replied their neighbor thoughtfully. “But she’s really impressive. She became one of the university’s most influential figures as soon as she arrived.”
“Pardon?” She looked up in confusion, as did Zheng Miao and Su Jiaying. One of the university’s most influential figures?
Xu Wan was floored by their ignorance, never expecting them to know zilch about their roommate. “Don’t tell me you guys don’t know anything about her.”
The trio exchanged puzzled looks and shook their heads in response. Tang Xiaoxiao then said, “Her name seems to ring a bell, but I just can’t remember where I heard it before.”
Xu Wan’s eyes bulged wide in disbelief. “Of course you’ve heard it before. Her name came up several times on search engines when the exams’ results came out.”
“But she told us that she didn’t take the college exams,” said Su Jiaying. Since she didn’t take the exams, why did her name top the search listings?
“That’s because she doesn’t even need to take them.” Wearing a frown on her face, Xu Wan reminded them, “Did you guys forget who topped this year’s national joint exams and the national college entrance exams when she was seven?”
It took the trio a second to process this question before they finally realized who the scholar was. Their jaws dropped at the realization that it was their roommate.
“Not only that,” Xu Wan added, “she’s also Sheng Ting’s choreographer and the well-known Bai Ye herself.”
An inexplicable silence descended upon the room for a good while before Tang Xiaoxiao finally found her voice. “D*mn! I’ve got a cool roommate!”
Su Jiaying, however, pursed her lips as she looked down, deep in thought. Gu Mang is the top scholar? Full marks?
“Really cool indeed.” Xu Wan smiled pointedly at them. “You can’t find her past info online now, but there is evidence of her deliberately scoring straight zeroes on her tests and exams and engaging in fights. She has quite the history.”
She then took out her phone and searched the name ‘Gu Mang’ on Weibo. The top result was a link to a video of Gu Mang throwing the water bottle at the law student’s face. She showed it to them. “Earlier this afternoon, she beat up a law student. You girls share a room with her, so you better be careful.”
Tang Xiaoxiao thought about her impression of Gu Mang. “I don’t think she’s that sort of person.”
Zheng Miao nodded in agreement. “My sixth sense is telling me the same. Besides, there are times when we really want to slap someone annoying but couldn’t because we didn’t have the guts to do so. Apart from the parties involved, no one knows what that law student did to her.”
Tang Xiaoxiao gave Zheng Miao a thumbs up. “You spoke my mind.”
Su Jiaying looked up. “Xiaoxiao, Miaomiao, go take a look at what’s on Weibo.”
…
The land Capital University was built on was expansive. Gu Mang walked for nearly half an hour before she could see the medical school. Right in front of the building was a majestic stone stele with the words ‘Medical School, Capital University’ inscribed in red. There was also an oath, in cursive form, beneath it: We’ll use what we learned to do everything we can and pass the knowledge on to the next generation.
