Chapter 60

In the afternoon, when collecting the temperature charts, Shan Rao stayed in room 405 for a few minutes again, this time bringing a can of cola for Bian Xuedao.

In the evening, Shan Rao asked Bian Xuedao over the phone about some things from his high school days. As the conversation progressed, she asked the crucial question: who was the flight attendant who had come to the school? This made Bian Xuedao break out in a sweat.

On the 6th day of isolation, Shan Rao brought Bian Xuedao a can of luncheon meat and a bottle of Sprite.

Bian Xuedao, as usual, told a joke:

A farmer was forced by his wife to attend the funeral of his neighbor's third wife.

He said, "I don't want to go."

His wife asked, "Why?"

"Too many funerals, it's embarrassing. Unless we can return the favor in the same way."

In the evening, the campus was filled with the sounds of music, singing, and cheers.

Over the phone, Shan Rao told Bian Xuedao that this was the evening party she had been preparing for.

The two stood at their respective dorm windows, listening to the music and imagining the distant noise and excitement. Although they were on the phone, their hearts felt closer.

The music didn't end until around 9 PM. Shan Rao wanted Bian Xuedao to sing a song over the phone, but Bian Xuedao said he would sing one for her after they were out.

On the 7th day of isolation, the resourceful Shan Rao even brought Bian Xuedao a dish of mushrooms stir-fried with meat.

Bian Xuedao knew that Shan Rao hadn't eaten yet, as she had to deliver meals to the isolation building before returning to her dorm. He insisted that she eat some of his lunch first, saying that he was confined to the building and didn't need much food, so he wasn't very hungry.

While Shan Rao was eating, Bian Xuedao told her today's joke:

A couple had lived harmoniously for decades, and their happy marriage was often talked about. A local journalist went to interview them to find out the secret of their happy marriage.

The husband explained to the journalist: It all started with our honeymoon.

We went to the Grand Canyon for our honeymoon, and we were supposed to ride donkeys to the bottom of the canyon. However, after a short while, my wife's donkey fell.

My wife calmly said, "First time."

After we started again, the donkey fell again, and my wife calmly said, "Second time."

Before we had walked half a mile, the donkey fell again, and this time my wife pulled out her revolver and shot the donkey.

I couldn't agree with her actions, so I started arguing with her. At that moment, my new wife calmly said, "First time..."

Shan Rao tried hard to hold back her laughter but couldn't help it and burst out laughing.

After laughing, Shan Rao put down her chopsticks, "I can't eat anymore, I can't eat. You tell such a funny story while I'm eating."

Shan Rao looked at Bian Xuedao and asked, "What was the name of the canyon where the couple went for their honeymoon, and where is it?"

Bian Xuedao said, "I don't know, but there's a gun involved, so it's probably an American couple, and the canyon is in America."

Shan Rao said, "You find out and tell me."

Bian Xuedao asked, "Do you want to go?"

Shan Rao said, "I want to go during my honeymoon, to get some good luck."

Suddenly, the sound of an iron bed hitting the wall came from the next room. Bian Xuedao knew that the daily routine had started.

At first, Shan Rao didn't understand what the sound was, but when the girl's moans came, her face turned red. She quickly let go of her arm around Bian Xuedao and said, "I have to go."

In such an environment, Bian Xuedao didn't know what to say, so he saw her to the door.

In the evening, Shan Rao didn't call but sent a text message.

"Who is in the room next to you?"

"A couple of fourth-year students who just returned from an internship in the south."

"How do you know?"

"He told me by knocking on the wall on my first day."

"Are they isolated in the same dorm room?"

"The girl is in the room next to the boy, but she often visits."

"Do you often hear them?"

"Every day."

"Are you sad?"

"Why should I be sad?"

"Shouldn't you be sad?"

"No, it's fine. Otherwise, it would be boring."

"You are so perverted!"

"I am sad, I am sad. I have been affected by a strange aphrodisiac, I hope the lady can save me."

"Going to sleep, good night."

"..."

After a while, Shan Rao sent another text message, "Can you swim?"

"Yes."

"Really or not?"

"Really, I swim very well."

"When the school is no longer in lockdown, I'll teach you to swim."

"Okay, lady."

"Feeling sleepy, going to sleep."

"... Again."

Bian Xuedao called room 909 and chatted with everyone for a while.

Lying in bed, the old man Bian Xuedao was kept awake by Shan Rao's teasing. He began to look forward to the days passing quickly so that the school lockdown could be lifted and he could teach Shan Rao to swim.

Shan Rao's arrival completely changed the monotony of Bian Xuedao's isolation.

At noon, Shan Rao spent more and more time in room 405, and one day she even fell asleep on Bian Xuedao's bed.

Looking at Shan Rao sleeping on his bed, Bian Xuedao knew that a woman would only sleep so soundly if she felt safe in the environment and with the person. He also knew that in the empty 3rd building, Shan Rao must not have been sleeping well at night.

Shan Rao told Bian Xuedao that the first batch of isolated students had already moved out of the isolation building, but with the approaching thesis defense, more and more fourth-year students were returning to school and being caught, so the isolation building was now more than half full.

On the 12th day of isolation, Shan Rao brought bad news.

Three consecutive days of temperature monitoring showed that a fourth-year student who had returned from Tianjin had a persistently high temperature. If the student's temperature continued to rise the next day, the school hospital and provincial hospital would intervene.

That night, Bian Xuedao thought of many ways and tried to persuade Shan Rao over the phone to apply to the school for a replacement.

Shan Rao said, "In the current situation, no one will come, even if we say it, it's in vain. We might as well grit our teeth and persevere."

Bian Xuedao said, "In three more days, my isolation will be over, but what about you? The school lockdown won't be lifted in May, at the earliest in early June."

Shan Rao said, "I will take care of myself. In my youth, I want to go crazy for a boy I like and leave a memory that belongs only to the two of us. I am very satisfied."

On the 13th day of isolation, the first "Dongsen Cup" football tournament at Dongsen University began.

Fourteen colleges each sent a team, plus a graduate team and an international student team, making a total of 16 teams.

The sports department originally wanted to form a separate team, but was jointly boycotted by other departments, so the few football talents in the sports department became the super foreign players that each college fought for.

The "Dongsen Cup" tournament format mimicked the World Cup, with 16 teams drawn into 4 groups, each group playing 6 round-robin matches, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the next round. Since there were half as many teams as in the World Cup, the advancing teams went straight to the quarter-finals.

To make the energetic students, who had no outlet for their energy, take the tournament seriously, the school even offered prize money of 5000, 3000, and 2000 for the top three places. The inter-college basketball tournament, which had been ongoing for half the schedule, was immediately overshadowed.

Actually, it wasn't that the school valued football more than basketball, but the school leaders subjectively felt that football involved more participants, a larger playing field, and could accommodate more spectators, unlike outdoor basketball games where even with three layers of spectators, not many people could stand.

In the minds of the school leaders, the best thing was to attract more students' attention.

The principal even said that he would definitely attend the semi-finals and finals.

The sports ministers of each college became busy.

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