Chapter 18: The Vicious Fake Young Master of a Wealthy Family · 18

The male dormitories at S University occupied a stretch of area in the northern part of the campus, very close to the school’s North Gate.

From the outside, the dormitory buildings looked similar to an ordinary residential complex, five stories tall, with no elevators installed.

Su Wenyu, with his backpack on, tugged at the hem of Zhou Xu’s clothes, excitedly standing on his tiptoes to peer into the dormitory’s main entrance.

“Stand still. Don’t fidget.”

The road surface near the dormitory entrance had a slight slope. Seeing that the suitcases had a tendency to slide downward, Zhou Xu reached out and grabbed the two nearest ones. At the same time, he quietly told Su Wenyu, who was tugging at his hem, to settle down.

A perfectly good shirt was being stretched into an oversized shape by Su Wenyu’s pulling.

But Su Wenyu, standing right in front of the dormitory building, seeing up close the kind of dorm he’d only ever seen on TV before, found it hard to contain his inner excitement.

Pulling at the hem of Zhou Xu’s clothes, his little mouth chattered non-stop, envisioning the wonderful life of living in the dorms ahead.

When Zhou Xu heard Su Wenyu say he wanted to go to the communal bathhouse together to shower, Zhou Xu’s eyelid twitched uncontrollably. He interrupted his fantasies: “S University dorms have individual showers.”

So, drop that thought about going to the communal bathhouse with me to shower.

Even if Zhou Xu were to stink to death, he would never shower in the same bathhouse as Su Wenyu!

Su Wenyu looked slightly disappointed upon hearing this: “There’s no bathhouse?”

There probably was, but Zhou Xu answered that there wasn’t, directly cutting off his desire for the bathhouse at its root.

Su Wenyu could only temporarily cross the item “going to the bathhouse with classmates” off the dormitory life plan he’d envisioned.

The dormitory check-in process wasn’t very difficult. Su Wenyu didn’t even need to go through the procedures himself; the assistant Su Duanhong sent over handled all the paperwork. They only needed to register with the dormitory matron before they could move in.

Because beds in the undergraduate male dorms were relatively tight, the dorm buildings for second and third-year students only had a few rooms with a single empty bed.

If it were just Zhou Xu wanting to live on campus, stuffing him into any dorm with a vacancy would be fine. But because Su Wenyu insisted on being in the same dorm as Zhou Xu, the school had to arrange them in the freshmen area.

The freshmen wouldn’t officially report to school for another week, so there was great flexibility with dorm room arrangements. Since the Su family had funded a library and a lab, the relevant university personnel considerately placed them in a dorm on the third floor, on the east side.

There, they wouldn’t have to worry about too many mosquitoes on the first floor, or about noisy students passing by the staircase. The daytime lighting was also exceptionally good.

Zhou Xu, however, was unaware of all these arrangements. When he completed the check-in procedures, he only provided his ID card and the campus IC card that had been mailed to him some time ago.

So when the assistant finished the paperwork, Zhou Xu took his IC card from Su Wenyu’s hand and stepped into a dormitory so quiet his footsteps echoed, he realized something was off.

While registering his check-in information with the dormitory matron, Zhou Xu casually asked why no one else seemed to be in the dormitory.

It was at that moment that Zhou Xu learned from the matron that this building belonged to the freshmen dorms.

And the freshmen wouldn’t report for another week.

Almost instantly, the urge to turn around and leave surged within Zhou Xu.

Reporting in a week? Didn’t that mean that for this entire week, only he and Su Wenyu would be in the dorm?!

Zhou Xu suddenly felt that the off-campus apartment wasn’t so unbearable after all.

Sometimes, people are like that. Only when they have a comparison do they realize how good the option they initially rejected was.

But seeing Su Wenyu with his backpack on, excitedly wandering around the dormitory lobby, touching this and that, Zhou Xu swallowed the words that had risen to his lips about wanting to move to the apartment.

He was the one who said he wanted to live in the dorms. Backing out now would just be too pathetic.

Most importantly, why should he move off-campus just to avoid Su Wenyu?

Thinking about it carefully, with Su Wenyu’s thin arms and legs, even if he suddenly got the urge to force himself on Zhou Xu in the middle of the night, he’d have to consider whether his small frame could withstand Zhou Xu’s fists.

Living in the same room, he just had to be careful not to let his guard down and be taken advantage of.

Then, at worst, he’d just avoid going shirtless in the dorm from now on. If he needed to change clothes, he’d do it in the bathroom, just maintaining some distance from him.

As long as he could endure until the freshmen arrived, given Su Wenyu’s pampered upbringing, he surely wouldn’t be able to tolerate dorm life and would demand to move out soon enough.

Thinking this, Zhou Xu felt that the coming week wasn’t so unbearable after all. After Su Wenyu also finished registering with the matron, Zhou Xu led the accompanying butler and helpers who were carrying the luggage upstairs.

Zhou Xu originally thought that after arriving at school, he could just buy whatever he needed from the campus supermarket on the spot.

After all, his current bank card balance had who-knows-how-many more zeros compared to before. Even if he wasn’t used to being a rich second-generation, he could still spend money.

But when the accompanying butler and assistant unloaded two brand-new sets of bedding, sheets, and various toiletries from the pickup truck, Zhou Xu realized his concerns were unnecessary.

Shi Pei had already considered everything they could think of—or hadn’t thought of.

After finding the dormitory room marked with the number 10303, Zhou Xu took out his IC card and tapped it on the door lock. With a beep, it was just like checking into a hotel. The door unlocked, and pressing down on the handle opened it.

Su Wenyu, watching from the side, was so surprised his mouth fell open.

“Dorm room doors open like this? You don’t need a key?” Su Wenyu was incredibly curious.

Just as Zhou Xu had the door halfway open, Su Wenyu grabbed his hand and closed the door again.

Zhou Xu: “…”

He retracted his hand as if shocked by electricity, frowning as he looked at him. “What are you doing now?”

Then he heard a beep. Su Wenyu, holding the IC card hanging from his neck, bent over and swiped it against the lock, opening the door once more.

“So that’s how it works,” Su Wenyu felt enlightened.

Zhou Xu’s fist clenched at his side, muscles tensing again and again. He didn’t understand what kind of stupidity Su Wenyu was faking.

Had he never stayed in a hotel before? Had he never used a room card to open a door?

Here he was, right in front of him, acting like some naive and innocent little flower.

Zhou Xu felt his aversion to stupidity about to flare up. Grumpily, he pushed the dormitory door open to let the butler and assistant carrying the luggage inside.

The undergraduate dorms at S University were all uniform four-person rooms: a bed on top with a desk below, one wardrobe per person, and an internal bathroom inside. The bathroom space wasn’t too large, but it had a sink, shower, and everything, even a wet-dry separation. The area under the showerhead was partitioned by a glass door, creating a shower stall.

Before summer break, S University’s dorms hadn’t looked like this. It was only because the Su family, wanting to speed up the process of transferring Zhou Xu’s academic registration, had donated not only a library and a lab but also funded a renovation of all the dormitories. Even the beds and desks were newly furnished.

In reality, Su Duanhong and Shi Pei hadn’t imagined that a choice they made casually would conveniently benefit their two sons moving in.

Su Wenyu thoroughly explored the dormitory inside and out, even going out onto the balcony to take a look. Finally, he looked joyfully at Zhou Xu and said, “This environment isn’t as bad as you made it out to be.”

Zhou Xu was speechless, forced to only hope that when the new roommates arrived in a week, they would let Su Wenyu experience the true reality of dorm life.

After the butler and assistant had moved all the luggage in, they held the bedding and asked: “Which bed would the young masters like to sleep in?”

Zhou Xu, upon hearing the term “Young Master,” felt goosebumps erupt all over his body. Rubbing his arms, he didn’t bother correcting their habitual form of address. Patting the bed next to him, he said, “I’ll take the one near the balcony.”

Su Wenyu’s gaze swept across the three remaining beds. After assessing them, he pointed to the one adjacent to Zhou Xu’s and said, “I’ll stay next to my Bro.”

Zhou Xu: “…”

Su Wenyu insisted on sleeping in the bed next to his. Zhou Xu had no choice but to let the butler spread and lay the bedding on the two beds.

It was just that when no one seemed to be paying attention to them, Zhou Xu lowered his voice and warned Su Wenyu, “Behave yourself tonight.”

Su Wenyu didn’t understand what he meant: “I don’t snore.”

Like a chicken talking to a duck. Completely missing the point.

Zhou Xu gave up trying to communicate with Su Wenyu, who was constantly playing dumb. He wanted to see just how long Su Wenyu could keep up the act.

After the butler finished making their beds, Zhou Xu stopped him from reaching for his suitcase to organize his wardrobe: “I’ll do the rest myself.”

Zhou Xu hadn’t yet developed the habit of letting others serve him. Watching them bustle about while he stood below with nothing to do only made him feel utterly out of place.

Hearing this, the butler put down his luggage and turned towards Su Wenyu’s belongings.

Su Wenyu, copying Zhou Xu, also blocked the butler’s hand: “It’s okay, I’ll do the rest myself too.”

The butler looked at him with slight surprise and asked, “Are you sure you don’t need my help?”

Su Wenyu felt he was being underestimated. Tidying up was something he could do. Nodding repeatedly, he pushed the butler towards the door: “I can handle it myself. Thank you for your hard work today. You can head back now.”

The butler’s expression clearly showed he didn’t quite believe him, but Su Wenyu insisted on tidying up himself. The butler had no choice but to lead the other helpers out the door.

“So, we’ll leave the rest for you to handle then? We’ll be heading back now?” the butler asked, testing the waters again.

Su Wenyu nodded repeatedly: “Don’t worry, I’ve got this.”

The butler was not at ease.

But there was no helping it. Su Wenyu wasn’t letting them help. The staff could only take their leave first.

In the end, only Su Duanhong’s assistant remained outside the dorm room door. He nodded towards Zhou Xu and said, “There are still a few more procedures that require your attention. Shall I take you there now?”

Zhou Xu didn’t want to trouble the assistant by making him wait, so he put down the luggage he was handling, nodded, and said, “Alright.”

Before leaving, Zhou Xu also warned Su Wenyu not to touch his things. Then, looking back every few steps, he went downstairs with the assistant.

Today, Zhou Xu was the only new student enrolling, so the procedures didn’t take very long. Riding in the car back and forth, aside from the travel time, the actual process only took about ten minutes.

Zhou Xu thought, in the mere half hour he was gone, Su Wenyu alone in the dorm probably couldn’t cause too much chaos.

But all these pleasant fantasies shattered the instant Zhou Xu stood at the dormitory door and saw the absolute wreckage on the floor and Su Wenyu diligently making the luggage messier and messier as he “organized.”

Zhou Xu had misjudged.

Compared to the two new roommates who hadn’t yet arrived, it turned out Su Wenyu was the ‘bizarre’ roommate who would make anyone’s blood pressure spike!!

Before the new roommates even moved in, Zhou Xu felt as if he’d already gotten a preview of the miserable life ahead, living with Su Wenyu for the next week.