【7.】

  I don't know if it's because of that birthday party, but Zhou Ruixue loves to come find me to play. When there's no one in the dormitory, she'll bring a lot of food and run to my dormitory. When there are people in the dormitory, I'll send her away early. If there's no one, I'm happy for her to come chat with me and relieve boredom. Coming and going like this, it seems like we're very close.

  That day she had just arrived, Gao Yuanyuan came back, Zhou Ruixue knew what I was thinking, and she herself packed up. Looking at her pitiful appearance, it was exactly like the oppressed daughter-in-law on TV, and I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

  She looked at me: "Sister, what are you laughing at?"

  I suppressed a smile: "No... nothing. You come find me with Shen Dang later, today I'll let Jiang Ma cook something delicious for you."

  "Really?" She suddenly became excited and started dancing with joy, looking just like a little kid.

  "Really! I've always told you that Jiang Ma's craftsmanship is good, this time let you experience it for yourself. So you won't drool all day."

  She heard this and stuck out her tongue with a smile, then hastily packed up her things: "Then I'll be off for now, sis! See you tonight!"

  Gao Yuanyuan came back from washing up and saw that there was only me in the house. She exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, where's Tong Yangniang?"

  I couldn't help but laugh and cry: "What concubine, that's our junior sister, okay?!"

  Gao Yuanyuan snorted: "Forget it, just look at her, she's always like that, clearly trying to wear you down with a war of attrition. One day, you'll be defeated by this little girl."

  I was just about to speak when the dormitory door was pushed open, and it turned out that Wang Si Xiao had returned. She still had an experiment today, and coming back so early really made people feel strange.

  "Hey, why are you back so early? Didn't you say there were still experiments to be done?"

  Wang Si Xiao looked like she was in a lot of discomfort, waving her hand: "My throat is inflamed, it's so uncomfortable, I took leave to come back from the experiment."

  I found her some medicine and got her a little water: "Take some medicine first, if it doesn't work tonight we'll go get an injection."

  Wang Si Xiao was probably feeling terrible too, took the food and went to sleep immediately after eating. Gao Yuan Yuan finished her busy work and came over to persuade me again.

  "Look at that little girl, she's got more schemes than you. She looked me up and down, pouting her mouth and said "Besides, you're not as good as her in anything. I won't even mention looks, even if you are pretty, you can't compare to that young and beautiful girl. Let's talk about your personality. As long as you're being obedient, everything is fine, but the moment you go against them, you'll be able to turn the world upside down with someone! Men say they like feisty women, but in reality, they're all just pretending. How many of them don't want a romantic night?"

  I couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Hey hey! Educated people can be like this, can you please not speak in poetry and idioms?"

  "What's wrong?"

  I shook my hand vigorously: "No, no, this is too inconsistent with your usual image. I feel that you are particularly funny when you say idioms and poetry!"

  Gao Yuanyuan glared at me: "A rotten wood cannot be carved! Hmph!"

  This poem makes me want to laugh even more, I'd fall over on the table if I didn't stop.

  Because Wang Si Xiao was sick, I thought about staying in the dormitory for a while longer. If we really had to go to the hospital for an injection, it would be better if there were two of us to take care of each other.

  At a little after six o'clock, Wang Si Xiao woke up. I took one look at her complexion and hastily pulled out the thermometer: "Come on, let's see if you have a fever."

  She clutched her thermometer, her drowsy eyes barely opening: "I'm definitely running a fever, my head hurts."

  "It's okay, I'll take a look later, if you really have a fever, I'll take Yuyuan with me to get an injection."

  "Did I just hear Yuan Yuan say an idiom?" Wang Si Xiao rubbed her forehead "Am I dreaming?"

  I couldn't help it and burst out laughing again, with Gao Yuanyuan looking very displeased: "You're really something, so many things!"

  "Hey, you're speaking idioms now?" Wang Si Xiao pulled her, not letting go "I'm already sick like this, can't you stop playing tricks on me a bit?"

  Gao Yuanyuan angrily shouted: "Get up and go see a doctor!"

  I took over her thermometer: "Wow... it's over 38 degrees!"

  "Hurry up and get vaccinated."

  Wang Si Xiao was sick and had no energy, so I and Gao Yuanyuan were busy with this one person for a long time before we finally left the dormitory door.

  The hospital is not too far away, and there are not too many people. The doctor examined Wang Si Xiao's illness, asked a few more questions, and finally confirmed whether he had any history of drug allergies. Wang Si Xiao looked like an eggplant that had been frostbitten. At this time, sitting in front of the doctor asking one question and answering one question, it was just like being a primary school student.

  "Hey." Gao Yuanyuan pushed me "Look at her! Does she still have any of the usual graduate student demeanor?"

  "You don't even sound like a female graduate student when you speak idioms."

  "Hey, I'm telling you, it's not over yet, is it?"

  When Wang Si Xiao finished getting the injection, I originally wanted to take a look at the time. But when I looked for my phone, I realized that it was probably left in the dormitory and not brought here. Looking at Wang Si Xiao's appearance again, I estimated that after finishing the injection, she would be better, but since her illness is so severe, I didn't dare to leave either. So I ended up sitting there with Gao Yuanyuan chatting nonsense.

  Wang Si Xiao finished the infusion for reducing fever and inflammation, a total of two bottles. When we returned to the dormitory, it was almost 10 o'clock. I saw several missed calls from Shen Dang on my phone, as well as several from Zhou Rui Xue. When I called back, these two people coincidentally turned off their phones at the same time.

  Gao Yuanyuan looked at me: "Not leaving?"

  I flung my phone onto the desk: "Not going anywhere, it's too late. I'll just stay in the dorm."

  "That's perfect, I want to go wash up and give you some space."

  "Can you remember that you're a female graduate student?"

  Gao Yuanyuan smiled and stuck out her tongue, taking it lightly.

  Liu Jing seems to have gone home, and there are only three of us left in the dormitory. Wang Si Xiao came back and went to sleep. I tidied up with Gao Yuanyuan, and we turned off the lights after 10 o'clock.

  The next morning, I got up and felt like there was something in my heart. I picked up the phone to call Shen Dang, but he was still out of power. I got dressed, washed my face and went back.

  Jiang's mother seemed to have not expected me to come back so early and was stunned for a moment when she opened the door.

  "Is Shendong at home?"

  "She hesitated and seemed to have something difficult to say."

  "What's wrong?"

  As soon as the words fell, I saw Zhou Ruixue walking out of the kitchen, wearing...my pajamas.