Everything I bought on online shopping platforms was genuine.

Chapter 1234 The Neighboring Art Academy

In room 205 of the male dormitory at Jiangning University of Science and Technology, Lin Mo and Director Wang suddenly stood up, their pupils contracting, their mouths slightly open, their faces filled with disbelief.

Chuanmei looked at Lao Zhao with a pained expression and a heavy tone, while Lao Zhao himself was much calmer than the three of them, as if they weren't talking about him. He just clenched his fists slightly, but then immediately relaxed them.

For a moment, the entire dormitory was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; the noise outside vanished instantly.

They didn't actually disappear; rather, the news was so unbelievable that they no longer had the energy to pay attention to what was happening outside.

After nearly a minute of silence, seeing the seemingly honest look in Chuanmei's eyes, Lin Mo finally spoke, "Chuanzi, where did you get the information?"

“Yes, yes, Chuanzi, this…” Director Wang, who was not good with words, stammered from the side.

This situation definitely wasn't something Lao Zhao told him, since neither he nor Director Wang received any information. It must have been Chuanmei who discovered it herself.

Upon hearing this, Chuanmei took a deep breath: "Last night, our class had a gathering. After the gathering, you all went outside, but I went to the restroom."

When I came out, I saw my sister-in-law's three roommates. They said they received the news last July. The class group and the counselor also posted about it. Her family had even taken away her belongings from the dormitory long ago.

Moreover, the defense time next door wasn't last month at all, but the same time as our school. Old Zhao is lying to us.

When I heard the news last night, I wanted to talk to you guys about it, but you were so drunk, I...

Later, I went back to the dormitory by myself, but I stood downstairs for an hour and didn't dare to go upstairs. I thought this matter should be resolved by our dormitory together. Okay, I admit, my mind was very confused last night, and even if I came up, I wouldn't know how to talk to Lao Zhao.

I was going to say something when I saw you come to the dorm today, but when I saw you brought your partner along, and considering we have to take graduation photos later, I thought I'd wait a bit, so you two wouldn't have to put on a long face while taking those photos.

"Now it's all good, the graduation photos are done, everything's fine. If we didn't say anything, that bastard Zhao would have left. Come on, everyone, tell me what to do!"

Chuanmei explained it very clearly: last night she ran into Lao Zhao's girlfriend's roommate at the restaurant. You see, almost all the dorms went out for dinner yesterday, and it just so happened that the rest of Lao Zhao's girlfriend's dorm were at the same restaurant as them.

The reason why Chuanmei called her "sister-in-law" was because during their freshman year, only Lao Zhao in the entire dormitory had a girlfriend. The three of them, who were single, didn't want to ask Lao Zhao's girlfriend to introduce them to girlfriends. So, since they needed something from him, they naturally called her "sister-in-law."

Moreover, their dormitory had eaten together with Lao Zhao's girlfriend's dormitory more than once.

Although the three of them were pretty clueless and didn't spark any romance with the other three in the dorm, they had at least eaten together a few times and knew each other, they just hadn't exchanged contact information.

As the year passed, it was understandable that the three girls didn't recognize Lin Mo, but the Sichuan girl was quite famous in several nearby universities.

Especially since the Sichuan girl attended the party last night disguised as Li Shiya, the three girls naturally recognized her. After a few casual words, it became clear that Lao Zhao's affair couldn't be kept secret any longer!

When the three girls saw the shocked expression on Chuanmei's face, they were all stunned. They didn't expect that even after a year, the other dormitory still didn't know about this.

"Old Zhao, what's wrong with Sister Ying?" Lin Mo turned to Old Zhao and asked.

Old Zhao's girlfriend, also known as the sister-in-law by the Sichuan girl, is Xu Ying, a girl who looks like a well-behaved girl but is actually a genuine Northeastern girl.

She is gentle and dignified when she doesn't speak, but the contrast is striking when she does. She is a very outgoing girl with a bold and uninhibited personality. She readily agrees when people call her "sister-in-law".

Back in freshman year, I even patted my chest and promised to introduce each of the three of them to a girlfriend, but later I gave up because I saw that the three of them were really hopeless.

Despite this, whenever her girlfriends say they want to be in a relationship, the three of them are always the first people she thinks of.

It could be said that before the start of their senior year last year, the girl who was closest to Lin Mo and his friends was actually Lao Zhao's girlfriend.

Hearing this, Old Zhao lowered his head, clasped his hands, and remained silent for a long time before sighing and saying, "It's all in the past now."

"I'm asking you what exactly happened, tell me!" Lin Mo raised his voice and said.

Seeing this, Chuanmei reached out and pulled him, and Lin Mo shut his mouth. Yes, what was he yelling about? If we're talking about who's suffering the most, Lao Zhao is definitely the one who's suffering the most.

Seeing that Old Zhao was in such a state, he definitely didn't want to talk anymore. So Lin Mo changed the subject and took a deep breath, saying, "What do you plan to do next? Don't tell me you still want to go back to work. I don't believe you still have the mind to go back to work."

"I haven't thought it through yet. I'll just take it one step at a time. Right now, I just want to find a place to stay. Maybe one day I'll come to my senses. After all, life goes on, doesn't it?" Old Zhao said with a wry smile.

Hearing this, Lin Mo nodded: "Okay, it's just about finding a place to stay. We don't lack anything here, except for plenty of space!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward, snatched Lao Zhao's phone from his pocket, and tossed it to Chuanmei, saying, "Refund Lao Zhao's ticket. Just stay here. If you want to stay in the dormitory, stay in the dormitory. If you want to stay in the community, come and live with us."

If you want to stay put, that's fine. My sister and I can easily support you. If you don't want to stay put, go to the studio and find something to do.

"When you really figure things out, you can do whatever you want!" Just kidding. In Old Zhao's current state, how could they dare to let him go? They're all afraid that he might have a moment of despair and die in some corner.

Seeing Old Zhao's appearance, Liu Ruyan said he looked empty and like a walking corpse, while Miss Yuan said his Dao heart was broken and he had lost all his martial arts skills. They all thought that Old Zhao had some kind of health problem.

I even imagined a scenario where he had cancer and was dying, but I never expected it to turn out like this.

No wonder she lost so much weight. After a major blow, a person will definitely change drastically. Even if the body looks fine, it has already been hollowed out.

Old Zhao is like this now. He used to be all muscle, but now he's almost skin and bones. You can imagine how much his physical condition has deteriorated.

"No, I don't need it."

Old Zhao reached for the phone, but Lin Mo shoved his hand away and spat, "Useless my ass! Even if you leave now, where can you go? Back to your hometown?"

Find a secluded spot to continue being emo? Continue to ruin yourself? Look at the state you've become!

"Next Monday, no, tomorrow. Tomorrow you and I will go see my teacher. My teacher is a famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor in Jiangning. You need to get some treatment."

In his current state, Lao Zhao is definitely not capable of working. If a person doesn't work, they can only frantically exhaust themselves when faced with this kind of situation.

Rather than letting him go back and continue like this, it's better for him to stay here. At least there are more people, and with just a few of them gathered together, they can talk about abstract things and outrageous things. Even if they can't change the facts, at least they can distract Lao Zhao.

As for asking for specific details, that takes time. We can't force Old Zhao to talk about it. He'll naturally open up when he figures it out himself.

If he just speaks up, things will take a turn for the better.

“That’s right, Lao Zhao, you should stay here for now. Lao Mo’s teacher is really amazing. I could only afford two-yuan cigarettes back then, but now I can almost afford Huazi!” Director Wang advised from the side.

After cancelling Lao Zhao's tickets, Chuanmei tossed the phone back to Lao Zhao and said, "Alright, stop listening to his bragging. Lao Zhao, just tell me if you want to go see your sister-in-law's dorm."

I talked to my sister-in-law's roommates yesterday and they'll stay a few days longer. There are still some of her things in the dorm. When her family came to pack up, they only took the most obvious items because no one was in the dorm; the rest, the uncertain ones, were left behind!

Upon hearing this, a ripple appeared in Old Zhao's originally calm gaze.

Seeing this, Lin Mo gave the Sichuan girl a thumbs up: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go! After today, it won't be easy for us guys to enter the girls' dormitory. Hurry up!"

After saying that, he and Director Wang helped Old Zhao up, and the four of them hurriedly went downstairs.

That's true. Except for the first day of freshman year and times like today when students leave school, girls' dormitories are almost forbidden to boys. Men are never allowed to go up there.

But it's possible these two days, because the girls need help with their luggage, especially since they have a lot of luggage and it's really difficult to get everyone to help.

Not to mention the girls, even the boys' dormitories had parents coming over to help them carry their things.

The four of them jogged along, and this time, Old Zhao didn't need the two of them to support him; he started running on his own.

He knew the road leading to the neighboring art academy much better than Lin Mo and the other two, and the three of them quickly ran into the academy.

There are still classes taking graduation photos here, and students in graduation gowns can be seen taking photos everywhere on campus.

When he came back this time, Lao Zhao had been very restrained and hadn't gone this way, only staying in the vicinity. But when he heard that Xu Ying's dormitory still had some things left behind, he couldn't hold back any longer.

Old Zhao was panting heavily as he ran all the way, but his eyes were unusually bright.

He knew this road like the back of his hand. Along the way, Old Zhao acted as if he had never done an internship or graduated, as if it were just an ordinary noon in college, and he was running over to have lunch with his girlfriend.

The four of them turned left and right around the school. There were many people taking graduation photos around them, but no one paid attention to them. Everyone was busy with their own things.

When Lao Zhao arrived at the girls' dormitory, he found three familiar figures standing at the entrance – Xu Ying's three roommates.

In an instant, Old Zhao stopped not far away, and hesitated to go forward for a long time.

(End of this chapter)