After Guo Mingming was discharged from the hospital, she requested to swap beds with me.
"Shasha, I'm not feeling well, and the doctor advised me not to sleep on the upper bunk. Can we switch?"
I shook my head. "Sorry, I often get up at night, and I have a lot of student council duties. I'm busy and afraid it will disturb your rest."
Tears welled up in Guo Mingming's eyes. "Shasha, I'm only staying for a while. Once I recover, I'll move back. Is that okay?"
She looked at me with pleading eyes, seeming quite aggrieved.
"That's not possible either. I'm used to my current position and don't want to change."
Guo Mingming's two followers, Gao Xiaojie and Zhang Xiaochi, immediately chimed in.
"Wang Shasha, what's wrong with helping Mingming as her roommate?" Gao Xiaojie said, unable to watch any longer. "She's not well right now; are you really going to just stand by and watch her suffer?"
"Exactly! Wang Shasha, you're being too cold-hearted!" Zhang Xiaochi echoed. "It's just a bed swap; it's not like you can't do it."
I laughed.
Cold-hearted?
If I don't switch, I'm cold-hearted?
Zhang Xiaochi was on the lower bunk like me, so I stared at her. "If you want to empathize with her, then you switch!"
Zhang Xiaochi was taken aback; she clearly didn't expect me to say that. She was momentarily speechless.
I continued to question her, "What's wrong? You don't want to?"
"Shasha, I know I might have hurt you before, but you can't target me like this," Guo Mingming said with a pitiful expression. "Forget it; I won't make it hard for you. I'll endure it and not put you in a difficult position."
Guo Mingming's words were filled with extreme grievance, as if I had bullied her.
Seeing her act so pitifully reminded me of the days when she had set me up in my past life. Back then, she wore the same innocent look that made my heart soften.
But I never expected that she was a venomous snake lurking beside me all along, waiting for an opportunity to strike and kill me when I wasn't paying attention.
Thinking of this made my heart harden again.
No, I won't soften my heart anymore!
Taking a deep breath, I slowly said, "Since you're not feeling well, then don't sleep on the upper bunk. I'll give you the lower bunk."
Guo Mingming was taken aback. "If you give me the lower bunk, where will you sleep?"
"I'll move out."
My casual response immediately flustered Guo Mingming.
Clearly, if I moved out, who would easily take the blame for her in the future?
She grabbed my hand anxiously and said, "Shasha, why are you suddenly thinking about moving out?"
I looked at her in confusion. "Can't I move out?"
"You... you’re about to graduate, living alone outside isn’t safe."
I smiled. "What’s unsafe about it? There are many apartments near the school; I believe I can find a suitable place."
As I said this, I began to tidy up my bed, preparing to move out.
Seeing that I was serious, Guo Mingming hurriedly stepped forward to stop me. "Shasha, don’t be impulsive. There are many scammers outside who specifically target students like you."
"Yeah, Shasha, what if something happens to you? What will we do?" Zhang Xiaochi also advised me.
"If you're all so worried about me, then I might as well stay in this bunk," I pretended to seriously consider.
As soon as I said this, my roommates fell silent.
A roommate from the next dormitory came in to grab something and saw us in a tense standoff. Curiously, she asked, "What’s going on with you guys?"
"Guo Mingming insists on switching bunks with me, but I refuse. She says I'm cold-blooded. When I say I'll move out, she won’t let me and insists it's dangerous outside," I said helplessly, shrugging my shoulders. "So there's nothing I can do."
"Is Guo Mingming being too dramatic? Why does she insist on switching bunks?"
"Exactly! Besides, Wang Shasha is still a student council member; she’s busy every day and has to consider her too. Isn’t that too much?"
Guo Mingming was criticized harshly, her face turning pale and flushed alternately.
She started to defend herself: "I... I didn’t mean it that way; I..."
But she was incoherent and couldn’t argue against the others.
I didn’t want to waste more time talking with her and simply opened the wardrobe to pack my things.
The moment I opened the wardrobe, I saw the same items—lubricants, a small umbrella, adult toys, and other items.
I was taken aback for a moment. After all, I had been on guard; when did they put these in? These are all Guo Mingming's belongings.
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