Everyone can see there is something wrong. Actually, when on the phone, Li Baoer is aware that her classmate is impatient with her. Anyway, she just wants to have several days of accommodation. She will move out once she finds a job. So, she doesn’t care too much.

They stop outside the house. Xia Ning thinks for a while and says, “Colonel Dai, Lin, you don’t need to come in. Please stay here and wait for us.”

Dai Zhongheng nods, “OK.”

Dai Zhongheng goes back to the car with Lin Kai.

Li Baoer looks at Dai Zhongheng’s back. She looks sad.

Xia Ning sees all of Li Baoer’s moves. She pats her and says, “Baoer, do you have a crush on Colonel Dai?”

Not expecting that Xia Ning will ask frankly, Li Baoer widens her eyes, “I, I…don’t!” She turns and knocks at the door, “Hello? Anybody in? I am Li Baoer. Is Xiaofang at home?”

They knock at the door for quite a while and at last a lazy response is heard, “Coming…who is that, in such an early morning.”

Li Baoer looks at the watch, it is past eleven. Is it still too early?

“Xiaofang, it is me, Li Baoer. Please open the door.”

The door is opened and a thin woman walks out. She looks sleepy with messy hairs. She glances at Xia Ning and Li Baoer and yawns, “You are here. Didn’t you say it is only you? Now, why do you two come?”

“She is my friend. She takes me here. She will not stay.” Li Baoer explains.

“Come in.” Xiaofang goes back to the house and throws herself to the sofa to continue the sleep.

Li Baoer and Xia Ning glance at each other. Xia Ning helps Li Baoer to move the luggage inside the house.

The house is in a mess. Rubbish of used and half eaten stuff is not cleaned up and gives out bad smells. Xia Ning and Li Baoer frown.

“Do you live alone?” Li Baoer asks.

“With someone else.” Xiaofang responds lazily, “Hey, someone comes. Don’t sleep. Come down to help me clean up the things.”

After another while, someone upstairs is heard. The door is opened and a man walks out. He is so thin that as if a gust of wind will blow him away. He is putting on his clothes, which are too dirty to tell if they are ever washed.”

“Coming.” The man responds impatiently and walks downstairs. When he sees Xia Ning and Li Baoer, he widens his eyes.

“Fang, are they your friends?” The man goes downstairs quickly and pushes Xiaofang, who is lying on the sofa like a dead dog.

“Hum.” Xiaofang points to Li Baoer, “This is Li Baoer. I don’t know the other.”

“That is my friend Xia Ning.” Li Baoer continues, “I will stay here to bother you for several days.”

“OK. OK.” The thin man sits down. He looks at Li Baoer from head to toe rudely and smiles, “Does Miss Li have a boyfriend? Are you here alone?”

The looking is disgusting. Li Baoer smiles reluctantly, “No. I don’t have a boyfriend. I just arrive in C city and will stay here for several days.”

“It is OK. No matter how many days, it is OK.” Saying this, the thin man glances at Li Baoer’s luggage, “Is this your luggage?”

Li Baoer nods.

The thin man gives Xiaofang a push, “Hey, which room does Miss Li live in?”

Xiaofang rubs her eyes, “She lives in your previous room.”

Hearing this, Li Baoer and Xia Ning widen their eyes. To live in a man’s room?!

“Xiaofang, how many bedrooms do you have?” Li Baoer asks.

“Two. One is mine. The other one is his. You can live in his.” Saying this, Xiaofang points to upstairs.

Xia Ning’s face darkens, “Xiaofang, is it possible to change a room? After all, your boyfriend lived there before…”

“Is she or you to stay? What nonsenses! Live or not. It is up to you. Let me tell you. The houses in C city are expensive. It is good to have a place to stay.” Not waiting for Xia Ning to finish, the sleepy Xiaofang suddenly gets furious, “If you don’t like it, you go to rent one yourself. Why do you come here?”

“Cheng Xiaofang. It is enough!” Seeing Xiaofang scolds Xia Ning, Li Baoer is enraged, “You can scold me, but you cannot yell at my friend.”

“Why? I do.” Cheng Xiaofang suddenly stands up and widens her eyes. It makes her thin face horrible, “You have got the gut. Why do you come here? Li Baoer, weren’t you arrogant when at school? How dare you come to beg me? I am nice enough to offer you a place to sleep.”

“You!” Li Baoer’s eyes are widened. She and Xiaofang were classmates in primary school. When they were young, some quarrels were unavoidable. She doesn’t expect that Xiaofang remembers that for so long a time, “That is the old history. Why do you dig it up to say? You are mean!”

“Xiaofang!” Aware that it goes wrong, the thin man persuades, “Will you not argue about that. It is just a change of bedroom. You may come to mine.”

“She wants my room. No way.” Xiaofang crosses her hand and lifts her head, “Do you have your requirements when asking for a favor? I was thinking about how great Li Baoer would be. Well, look at her! Hum.”

“What are you saying?” Xia Ning stands up, “Mind your words.”

“Where do you come from? You come to my house and give me instructions! Get out of here.”

“We will go out, but not get out!” Xia Ning takes Li Baoer’s hand, “Let’s go. You don’t live here.”

Li Baoer is shocked. She curls her lips and shakes her head, “It is OK. Xia Ning. We find the place and I can make it do…”

“Well, must you?” Seeing Li Baoer’s moves, the thin man’s eyes flash. He says to Cheng Xiaofang, “You still keep the memory of hundreds of years ago. You are really mean?”

“Am I mean? You bastard is generous!”

The thin man wants to make a peace, but unexpectedly, Cheng Xiaofang is enraged more badly.

“You.” Feeling that his dignity as a man is hurt, the thin man turns his hand and gives Cheng Xiaofang a slap!

The sound of slapping is clear. Cheng Xiaofang is hit and stunned.

“Huang Guoliang, how dare you beat me? How dare you beat me because of the bitch Li Baoer?! Go to hell.” Cheng Xiaofang cries and grabs the electric torch on the table and hits the man with it.

Cheng Xiaofang and Huang Guoliang fight. It is totally in a mess.

Xia Ning and Li Baoer at once try to stop them. Li Baoer is going to pull them apart. But Cheng Xiaofang gives her a push. She trembles and is pushed several steps backward and falls…

…

Well? It is strange. It doesn’t hurt.

Li Baoer opens her eyes and sees what happens. She is surprised.