My One And Only Love/ Exclusive Memory (Somewhere Only We Know) — 独家记忆 Chapter 1 Part 6

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    Thank you for staying with me on another chapter! y(^ｰ^)y  

    Back to Xue Tong and dorm-mates daily in-dorm routines.. except something is putting everyone on fire~ Giving you some heads up, no Mr. Mu today. But he will be there on the next update!☺️

Chapter 1 Part 6: Mr. Beaver VS Miss Astro Boy 
Translated by Fei斐 & Proofread by Fanie

    "Bang--" The second person who broke in was Zhao Xiaotang. She put down her things and said, "Quickly, quickly, the student union is here for illegal electrical appliances inspection." Song Qiqi, who was originally sitting on the desk wearing headphones to review listening, stood up '噌'^[1], hastily unplugged the rice cooker on the balcony and poured the water into the sink.

    "Put it in the toilet, put it in the toilet." I called.

    "No! Last time, they even opened the toilet for inspection." Zhao Xiaotang said.

    Bai Lin, who was listening to the enemy outside, ran back and said, "They're coming up, I heard the keys ringing. Hurry up!" 

    "Then, I will go in together." After saying that, Song Qiqi hid in the toilet holding the rice cooker.

    At school, it was not allowed to use any high-power electrical appliances such as water boiler and such. From time to time, students from the Student Union would make surprise attacks. Once seized, not only it would be confiscated, but it would also be reported at the department's bulletin board. When the time came, multiple offenders would be punished, and the whole dormitory would not be able to eat. However, as the weather turned colder, the people in the entire dormitory didn't want to go to the boiling water room to fetch water. First, because we were too lazy, and second, because there was insufficient water supply for all of us. In addition, we are all mixed together with the junior years, and we became the highest grade in the West District of University A. Alas, the daughter-in-law became a wife and an old fried dough stick. Unlike the sophomore sophomore and sophomore, we completely regarded the school rules as a puff of wind passing the ear.

    The disciplinary inspection team wore a red armband. They pushed the door into the room with a bunch of keys, and said coldly, "We will check for illegal electrical appliances." Several people looked around, but they didn't find any signs. Another girl went to the balcony and pushed the toilet door.

    "There's someone!" Song Qiqi shouted inside.

    They sent the disciplinary inspection team outside and saw them go upstairs. We were relieved and finally escaped.

    "Be careful next time." Song Qiqi came out of the toilet.

    "Is there any method," Bai Lin stuck her tongue out, "as long as they get the key from the housekeeper, the door can't be locked from inside."

    I fixedly stared at the door of the dorm.

    "Why are you stupefied?" Song Qiqi stabbed me.

    "If only we ordered a door bolt." I said.

    "Yeah." Song Qiqi replied.

    "Then, Who (where) can we order from??" Bai Lin asked.

    I took a bite of the apple while looking at Bai Lin who was asking the question instead. Zhao Xiaotang and Song Qiqi also looked at her together.

    "Why are you all looking at me?" Bai Lin clamped a lock of hair from her forehead behind her ears.

    "What do you think?" Song Qiqi laughed.

    "When your senior comes to visit you this weekend, ask him to bring some nails and door bolt." I said.

    None of the four people in the dorm fell in love. It was not like everyone were asking for high requirements, but there were not many that we could find at the foreign language department, while the boys from other departments were too intangible. Only Bai Lin had a good senior brother. In fact, it was better to say that her 'good' senior brother was interested in her rather than being good. The brother's surname was Li. Bai Lin used to join the guitar club and was studying physics. Now that Senior Brother Li was in his senior year, he returned to the headquarters (main university) of University A. However, he was still chasing after Bai Lin, carrying fruits and reporting at the gate of the Girls' dormitory compound every weekend. As a result, this task was handed over to Bai Lin.

    On the phone, Senior Brother Li asked, "What do you order this door bolt for?"

    "You want to control me." Bai Lin was angry.

    Zhao Xiaotang, who was eavesdropping next to her, coughed, "Xiao Bai, pay attention to your attitude."

    Bai Lin silently went down and said in a coquettish tone into the microphone, "We always feel that the lock is not tight, it is not safe to sleep at night. It is scary. It is better to order a door bolt." I gave Bai Lin a thumbs up. This chick has a bright future.

    "Okay, no problem. Leave it to me." Senior Brother Li agreed without saying a word.

    On Saturday morning, Brother Li stood by the gate of the girls' dormitory compound on time, but the aunt who guarded the door still kept him from going in. To express my opinion on it: even if a fly wanted to fly into the girls’ dormitory compound, then it must be a female.

    Bai Lin pulled Senior Brother Li and walked before the aunt. She said politely, "Auntie, ah[2]. This is my brother, who went in to help me move my things before."

    "The one who helped you with your luggage last time was your brother, this time it's your brother again." Auntie still remembered what had happened so many years ago.

    I rushed and said, "It was her cousin last time, this time it's her dear brother, her real brother."

    The housekeeper (the aunt) glanced at Bai Lin suspiciously, and then at Senior Brother Li, who was as thin as a bamboo pole, "The body shape is almost the same, but the face is different."

    Bai Lin stood on tiptoes and tried to put her and Senior Brother Li's faces side by side, "How can it be different. You see, they are really similar."

    I nodded in agreement, "Yes, auntie, they look so much alike. Both brother and sister have one nose and two eyes."

    Bai Lin, "..."

    In the end, Senior Brother Li didn't get in and returned without success.

    The girls' dorm compound was different from the new students’ dorm compound on the other side of the small river. The electricity lines had not been renovated and no electricity meters had been installed in every dormitory. Thus every eleven o'clock in the evening, all of the six dormitories's electricity at the girls' dorm compound were cut off and the lights were turned off on time. However, when it came to weekends, half past ten meant that nightlife had just begun. Zhao Xiaotang was washing her clothes at the balcony with the lamp in the dark, Bai Lin and I were listening to the radio, and Song Qiqi used the emergency light to write a diary. The girl in the opposite building seemed to be playing mah-jong.

    Suddenly a light shone from outside. A male student downstairs shouted, "Classmates, turn off the lights, we are going to deduct points." These student union members wearing armbands patrolling at night were probably the only male 'animals' that could enter the girls' dorm compound. Thinking of Brother Li, who was blocked outside today, the four of us couldn't help but got angry at the same time.

    "I really want to pour a scoop of water down." I said.

    "And it's also the water from washing our feet." Bai Lin added.

    "The second room on the fourth floor, hurry up and put out the candle, or you will be notified tomorrow." The flashlight of the disciplinary inspection team illuminated again towards the opposite building, to the girls' room, who were playing mah-jong. Unexpectedly, not only the other party didn't turn off the lights, they instead poked their heads out and shouted fiercely, "In the middle of the night, what photos did you flashlight take."

    "I'm telling you to turn off the lights!" said the boy.

    "If I don't turn off the lights, is it your business? This is obviously a girls' dorm compound, you boys really have the nerve to walk in."

    Many of the girls in the dormitory heard the movement and poked their heads out to watch the excitement like us.

    "We are here for the disciplinary inspection." The boy began to be less arrogant.

    "Inspect the 'P'! You guys take a flashlight and flash the girls' windows in the middle of the night, what are you checking. If you yell again, we will not be polite!"

    Suddenly, everyone bursted into laughter and let out a nasty breath.

    I wiped my tears and said a concluding remark seriously, "Sure enough, there is no toughest in the world, only tougher."

    Bai Lin clutched his stomach and said with laughter, "Right, right, right."

    Song Qiqi asked, "Which department is the opposite dorm from?"

    "Chinese department."

    "The girls in the Chinese department are really extraordinary."

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[1] 噌 Cēng一 is an onomatopoeia, sound of a flying bird, passing car, or generally a fast moving object. This expression is similar to 'Whoosh!' in English.

[2] Chinese people (like Singaporean and Malayan) usually like to put 阿(a/ah) at the end of their sentence when they want to have that more of an affectionate connotation to their sentence/word. Ugh, I'm so bad at explaining things.. If you're still confused, it's OK. It doesn't mean anything anyway.

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