sbdcsierra Chapter 1002: Internal Adjustments
Chapter 1002: Internal Adjustments
In the afternoon, Tang Ruixuan continued to pack her things in the dormitory. There was no way around it; her mother, Zeng Hong, had prepared just too much stuff for her. If it weren't for the fact that university dormitories are not very big, her mother would have moved her entire house to her dormitory.
Then the last girl in the dormitory arrived. Goodness, this was quite a sight!
Just like Chen Mingyu said at lunch, all of the girl's extended family members came. Luckily, the dormitory rules don't allow male parents to enter the girls' dormitory, otherwise the dormitory wouldn't be able to accommodate so many people.
Chen Yue and Zhou Xiaoyu were also squeezed onto their respective beds to make room for their families. Tang Ruixuan sat cross-legged on her own bed, tidying up her things while making eye contact with Chen Yue and Zhou Xiaoyu.
The three girls realized that ever since the family brought the female classmate in, they had been busy looking around or discussing the dormitory, and had no intention of greeting the three girls already in the dormitory.
After a while, the family gathered together and chattered in their local dialect, discussing something. Once they had finished their discussion, the extended family members began to scrutinize the three girls who were already in the dormitory.
Tang Ruixuan was the first to be eliminated, for a simple reason: her bed was also near the dormitory entrance, so there was no need to switch with her.
However, Tang Ruixuan's outstanding appearance still made the family take a few more glances at her.
They had their eyes on Chen Yue and Zhou Xiaoyu's beds, but Chen Yue didn't seem so easy to get along with, while Zhou Xiaoyu seemed timid.
So they set their sights on Zhou Xiaoyu.
One of the women, who looked to be in her forties, spoke to Zhou Xiaoyu in a very condescending manner, saying in heavily accented Mandarin, "Young lady, could you switch beds with Jiajia? Jiajia doesn't like being near the door."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoyu nodded in agreement without hesitation, but Chen Yue stopped her.
Chen Yue, who had been watching from the sidelines for a long time, was furious. She had never seen such a family before. They were going too far. This was a school, not their home. How could they come to the school and act so arrogantly? They had no manners. Chen Yue thought to herself.
"Xiaoyu, you can't change them. These beds are all arranged by the student affairs office. You can only change them if someone from the student affairs office notifies you."
Tang Ruixuan was also very angry. She got off her bed, parted the parents standing in front of her, walked to Zhou Xiaoyu's bed, and faced the parents. Her meaning was very clear: she also disagreed.
"Okay, it's the student affairs office, right? I'll call them now." This family seems to have some connections and knows people at the school.
The call was made in front of the three girls, and its purpose was self-evident.
"Dean Chu, it's me, xxx!"
"I have a small favor to ask you. My niece's bed assignment this time wasn't ideal, and I'd like to ask you to talk to the student affairs office and help us make an internal adjustment."
"We don't ask for much, we just want a bed closer to the balcony."
"We're currently in room 301 of dormitory building number 9 in Meiyuan. Yes, I'll wait for your message. Thank you, Dean Chu."
Chu Renquan, who received the call, is the vice dean of the School of History at Jinan University. The person who called him was a relative of a high-ranking official from his hometown, so he was obliged to help. The person had always taken good care of his parents, siblings, and relatives back home. That's how a society based on personal connections works!
He immediately picked up the phone on the table, but after thinking about it, he put it down and went directly to the student affairs office in the school's administration building.
"Hey, Dean Chu, what brings you here? Your college has been quite busy lately, hasn't it?" Upon seeing Chu Renquan, Fu Ming, the director of the Student Affairs Office, stood up to greet him warmly.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chu Renquan explained his purpose: "Director Fu, there's something I'd like to ask you for a favor."
"Big or small favor? Small favors are fine, but I might not be able to help with big ones!" Fu Ming was shrewd; he drew a line from the start and was prepared to refuse at any time.
"It's a small matter, just a student changing beds. It's that child I mentioned to you before, the child of a leader from my hometown. She wants to change to a bed near the balcony."
Fu Ming's pupils contracted, and he confirmed with Chu Renquan again: "Meiyuan Dormitory 9, Room 301, right?"
Chu Renquan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it's 301."
Fu Ming looked at Chu Renquan with a half-smile and asked again, "Are you sure you want to change?"
Chu Renquan hadn't yet grasped the meaning behind Fu Ming's words, and replied confidently, "Change!"
Seeing that Chu Renquan still insisted on changing, Fu Ming said to him, "Then I'll make arrangements, but it doesn't have to be in the same dormitory. If we're going to change, it can only be to another dormitory."
Chu Renquan didn't seem to care: "As long as it's near the balcony, it's fine."
Fu Ming kept shaking his head inwardly. This Chu Renquan!
If the principal hadn't repeatedly instructed him not to reveal that student's background, he might have told Chu Renquan, "Why would I change him? Only an idiot would!"
Because Chu Renquan and I usually have a good relationship and he has helped me a lot, otherwise I wouldn't have arranged for the child he asked to go to 301 Hospital. It seems that I still can't handle such a huge fortune, so there's nothing I can do.
He certainly wouldn't allow the adjustment to happen within 301. If things weren't handled well and the principal found out, he'd be in deep trouble. He's not stupid.
The matter of changing dormitories and beds was directly ordered by Fu Ming, the director of the student affairs office, and it was quickly implemented.
He glanced at the form and readjusted Chu Renquan's contact information to 302, swapping him with a student in 302.
That family came in a big entourage, and then moved to apartment 302 across the street in a similarly grand manner. Life might not be so easy for the people in 302 from now on.
The replacement turned out to be Lin Weiwei, which suited everyone's wishes.
To thank Chen Yue and Tang Ruixuan for their righteous actions, Zhou Xiaoyu took out three food storage containers and handed them to her three roommates. The containers contained delicate osmanthus cake and mung bean cake.
She said shyly, "These are some snacks my mom made, please try them!"
Chen Yue didn't stand on ceremony with her and took all three boxes from Zhou Xiaoyu's hands, then casually distributed them to Tang Ruixuan and Lin Weiwei.
"Xuanxuan, these are yours, Weiwei, these are yours!"
"Thank you!" Tang Ruixuan politely expressed her gratitude.
"Thank you!" Lin Weiwei happily accepted the food container. She had heard about what had just happened, which was why she was able to move to 301.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiaoyu's face immediately turned bright red, and she waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, no, I should be thanking you two."
Chen Yue said casually, "These are all minor matters. Besides, we're all in the same dorm, and it's fate that we can get together. It's only right that we help each other out."
Zhou Xiaoyu was deeply moved. At that moment, she wanted to take her relationship with her two roommates a step further, so she said, "By the way, when I was queuing for water, I heard some people chatting and they mentioned Xuanxuan's name."
Tang Ruixuan raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"
Curious, Chen Yue popped osmanthus cake into her mouth while asking, "What else?"
Lin Weiwei blinked her eyes and pricked up her ears; girls are naturally fond of gossip.
"I heard from them that it's been spread around the welcome point that a particularly beautiful girl came to the School of Intelligence this year, raising the overall beauty standard for female students in the School of Intelligence."
Chen Yue forced down the osmanthus cake in her mouth: "Being pretty is a good thing, but it also easily attracts trouble. Xuanxuan, you need to be careful in the future. You know, some boys are like that, right?"
Tang Ruixuan smiled and nodded: "I know."