Being Friendly and I Believe It

In the meantime, Yan Xiao, with only a towel wrapped around his upper body, walked out of the bathroom. His well-defined muscles were still dripping with water. He pushed his damp black hair back, revealing a smooth forehead, and casually wiped his hair with another towel. He thought the person who had tried to enter their dormitory had already left.

However, upon stepping out, he saw Xu Huanwen standing at the doorway, wearing a playful smile, seemingly amused by something.

Meanwhile, the odd little boy who appeared like a robot had a red face as someone touched his face.

What was going on?

Normally, strangers who entered their dormitory would be bitten by the pet that the lunatic kept. However, this new person didn't seem to have been bitten.

Yan Xiao pondered for a moment but wasn't very interested. He sat down on a chair and continued to dry his hair.

Xu Huanwen, on the other hand, noticed Yan Xiao and glanced at him. "Have you greeted this new roommate yet?"

Yan Xiao continued to towel dry his hair without looking up and replied nonchalantly, "No."

Xu Huanwen shook his head. "You're so indifferent. How can you welcome a new roommate like this? Tsk, Gu Lan, in fact, we welcome you here."

"We haven't had a new roommate in this dormitory for a long time. It's been two years since the last one cried and ran away," Xu Huanwen said with a nostalgic expression.

"It has been exactly 536 days," Yun Zhe interjected, his small face red like a peach. He seemed quite embarrassed but didn't know how to express it properly.

"You remembered correctly," Xu Huanwen nodded.

Squinting his naturally narrow eyes, Xu Huanwen looked at Gu Lan, who was enjoying tormenting the cute little boy. "Do you want to know how the last roommate escaped?"

Without lifting her head, Gu Lan continued to play with the little boy. "Well, the last one was bitten by a snake. The one before that was kicked out by Jing Yunkui, who has a cleanliness obsession, because he wasn't clean enough."

"The one before that was beaten almost to death by Yan Xiao for talking too much."

"The one before that claimed to have seen a ghost, had a mental breakdown, and ran away in the middle of the night."

"The one before that..."

There were only five of them in total, and all of them had escaped in madness.

Strictly speaking, Gu Lan was the last member of the 444 dormitory before her graduation. She desperately tried to escape but was sent back and endured hellish torment by the male protagonist. However, now that she had crossed over, she was here to rewrite the future. If the male and female leads dared to throw tantrums in front of her, she would show them who's boss.

On the other side, Xu Huanwen carefully observed Gu Lan's facial expression as she listed the terrifying past of their dormitory. He wanted to see if he could discern anything from her face. He knew that Gu Lan was not someone who had been sent here against her will; she had come here willingly.

Why?

Unfortunately, all he saw on Gu Lan's face was her infatuation with Yun Zhe's cute face and her enjoyment of pinching his cheeks. He couldn't read anything else from her expression.

He raised his lips and spoke politely to Gu Lan, "You seem to care a lot about our dormitory."

Gu Lan replied with a standard, courteous, and somewhat business-like tone, "Not really. It's just that you all have unique personalities, which left a deep impression on me."

In reality, all of this was already written in the novel.

Xu Huanwen fell silent. He checked his phone and saw that the other two guys were about to return.

He didn't mind having more interesting people around to watch the commotion. After all, facing a dormitory full of weirdos all day long could get irritating.

But every time, his wishes were thwarted.

Xu Huanwen smiled, revealing a somewhat mischievous expression, "I've got my eye on you. Keep up the good work. I'll be waiting for you to become my roommate."

Hearing this, Gu Lan was taken aback, "Do you have some sort of assessment system here? Do I have to meet certain requirements to become your roommate?"

Yun Zhe, whose face had been pinched red by Gu Lan, finally spoke. His voice was still as flat as an AI, but there was a hint of shyness due to being pinched for so long, "Yes... you need Jing Yunkui and Hua Yin's approval."

"Jing Yunkui..." Yun Zhe paused for a moment, as if he wanted to say something but held back.

Gu Lan didn't pay much attention because she already knew Jing Yunkui's secret. He had a split personality - one gentle and the other extremely pathological. However, the novel didn't provide further details about his condition.

Yun Zhe felt relieved as Gu Lan finally released her hold on his face.

This person... isn't afraid of him?

He was quite peculiar, and on top of that, he also knew...

Those who knew about his condition, besides his roommates, would keep their distance from him.

Gu Lan estimated the probability of her knowing his secret to be around 0.7%, not exactly zero.

Yun Zhe continued, "Jing Yunkui hates dirty things, so I suggest you tidy up the bedding in the dormitory."

"As for Hua Yin..." Yun Zhe paused again.

Xu Huanwen chimed in, "That guy is too twisted. Just stay away from him, little one. Don't touch his experimental specimens; he usually won't care about anything else."

In the original book, there was little description of Hua Yin, except that he was incredibly handsome but had a peculiar personality that kept people away.

Gu Lan grew more curious, and like an eager baby, she turned her gaze towards Xu Huanwen, "Experimental specimens? What kind of things are those?"

Xu Huanwen was about to explain, but Yan Xiao, who had been drying his hair, spoke up. His deep voice was quite distinctive, "Why did you come to our dormitory?"

Gu Lan blinked her eyes, seriously pondered the question, and then replied earnestly, "I think I might be the same kind of person as you all."

This answer caught the three of them off guard, but after a moment, the normally quiet Yan Xiao burst into laughter. He put down the towel he was using to dry his hair, narrowed his eyes, and gazed at Gu Lan with a dangerous look. It was as if he was trying to see through her outer appearance and into her soul, or perhaps intimidating her to leave.

"The same kind of person?" he questioned.

"Do you know what kind of people we are?" Yun Zhe spoke in his usual AI-like manner.

"We're all weirdos," he said matter-of-factly.

Yan Xiao:...

Xu Huanwen:...

Gu Lan couldn't help herself and pinched Yun Zhe's soft cheeks again, "Hahaha, you are so cute."

Amongst a group of strange men, this innocent and harmless little cutie looked even more adorable.

Yun Zhe, who didn't quite understand, tilted his head, and with his earphones on, he seemed like a well-behaved child.

"We really are weirdos. Xu Huanwen often calls us that," Yun Zhe replied honestly.

Xu Huanwen shook his head, leaning against the edge of the single bed in the dormitory, crossing his long legs, "We call ourselves weirdos as a joke. But saying it in front of others... well..."

Gu Lan continued, "Let's save that for when we're around other people."

She raised her lips, and her smile carried a mischievous and wicked charm. When this androgynous, beautiful boy smiled, it felt like he was radiating light.

She continued, "Now, we are about to become dormmates. Whether we're weirdos or not, I don't care. I just know that we don't quite fit into this strange world."

The main theme of this novel is a brainless romantic love story set in a world that's on the brink of collapse. Only this group of people who refuse to conform can give Gu Lan a sense of camaraderie.

However, despite her ramblings, it seemed like the others believed her.

Since they arrived at the prestigious school, they had been regarded as peculiar individuals due to their different experiences and equally problematic personalities. Not many people spoke like this anymore.

Xu Huanwen couldn't help but lift the corners of his lips. Wild beasts didn't need others to understand them, nor did they need to find like-minded individuals. However, occasionally, there might be a little lamb who wanted to sneak into the wolf's den, and that was fine too.

Xu Huanwen changed his mind and spoke up, "I think with you around, it will definitely be interesting. Yun Zhe, Yan Xiao, what do you think? With three votes in favor, let's keep him."

Xu Huanwen rarely showed interest, and after speaking, he looked at Gu Lan. He saw that Gu Lan, who seemed quite interested, was playfully pinching Yun Zhe's cheeks, teasing him like a child.

"What month were you born in? I feel like you are younger than me, so you should call me big brother," Gu Lan said.

"Do you want me to stay? If you want me to stay, I'll find a way to make it happen," she added.

Xu Huanwen:...

He remained silent for a moment, then once again demonstrated his nature as a man with changeable decisions.

"I vote against it," he said.