0p0 Chapter 193 A Distressed Man
Chapter 193 A Distressed Man
When they arrived at Chen Feng's dormitory, the three girls pushed the door open and saw that it was bustling with activity inside.
Four boys gathered together to play poker, their faces covered with notes, and the game was fierce.
Wan Juan saw that Xie Hong, Bao Jianguo, and two others were from the next dorm. She couldn't help but roll her eyes, wondering how these boys could be so childish.
When the four boys saw them come in, they were stunned for a moment, then quickly started to tear the paper off their faces. Some of the paper had been stuck for a long time, and when they tore it off, they grimaced in pain, which was a bit funny.
Wan Juan said angrily, "We're both men, can't you be more mature? Is playing cards just for you in college? We're all roommates, why can't you learn from Chen Feng?"
Xie Hong was surprised when he heard this and asked, "What happened to Lao Qi? What did he do?"
Wan Juan sighed and said, "Forget it, forget it. I can't explain it to you clearly. Where's Chen Feng?"
Xie Hong pointed inside, "Oh, he's not here now. Are you here to look for him? Juan, you're here to look for him too, not me?"
Wan Juan said bluntly: "We're not looking for you. The three of us are here to see Chen Feng and treat him to a meal!"
The four boys in the dormitory gasped when they heard this.
Ma Guoliang from the next dormitory joked, "Three heroes fighting Lu Bu, Chen Feng is awesome!"
As soon as these words came out, the three girls' eyebrows immediately turned upside down and they shouted in unison: "Ma Guoliang, what did you say? Do you want to die?"
Ma Guoliang saw that the situation was not right, so he quickly shrank his neck and said, "Brother, I'll retreat first."
After saying that, he slipped away with another boy in the same dormitory.
Only Xie Hong and Bao Jianguo were left in the room.
Xie Hong asked curiously, "Why did you invite Lao Qi to dinner?"
Wan Juan explained, "Because he helped us. The three of us were selected by the school paging station, and it was Chen Feng who put the word out for us. Of course, we had to treat him to a meal to express our gratitude."
Upon hearing this, Xie Hong exclaimed in surprise, "Is Lao Qi so awesome? If I had known earlier, I would have asked him to put a hand in for me. He only made 20 yuan in 6 hours! Wow, that's what my dad makes in half a month!"
Wan Juan glanced at Xie Hong with annoyance and said, "The school paging station only wants girls. Why are you, a grown man, joining in the fun? Are you planning to castrate yourself?"
Zhao Li couldn't wait any longer. She asked anxiously, "Hey, do you know where Chen Feng went?"
Xie Hong and Bao Jianguo looked at each other and shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know.
At this moment, the dormitory door was suddenly pushed open and Yu Sanhua walked in from outside.
When he saw three girls standing in the dormitory, he was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Oh, what a coincidence, three men and three women. I'll treat you tonight. How about we go to Prince Street for dinner together?"
Hu Min didn't want to talk to him about this. She asked anxiously, "Sanhua, have you seen Chen Feng?"
Yu Sanhua slapped his head and said with sudden realization, "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. Just now, in the phone booth at the school gate, I saw someone who looked exactly like Lao Qi, but I didn't dare to recognize him at first!"
"What's wrong?" Hu Min asked.
"Because that image is so different from Lao Qi's usual self!" Yu Sanhua said vividly, "But you know what, that guy is quite stylish. He has an unshaven beard and wears fashionable clothes, though they're wrinkled. His trouser legs are rolled up. He's standing there leaning against a phone booth, eating instant noodles."
"He has an indescribable aura that has attracted many girls to gather around and watch him. Some people say that he has been staying in the phone booth for three days and might be a wandering prostitute."
Before anyone else could react, Xie Hong exclaimed, "No way! Old Seven is still waiting in the phone booth? It's been three days!"
His shout shocked everyone else, and they all asked what was going on.
Xie Hong then told Lao Qi about what he saw three days ago in a phone booth waiting for a pager, and said that he was also eating instant noodles there at the time.
If Yu Sanhua hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten about it. Who could have imagined that someone would wait in a phone booth for three days to be paged?
When the girls heard this, they immediately became anxious and said, "He must have encountered something, right? We have to go check it out!"
After saying that, they hurried out the door, and Xie Hong and several other boys quickly followed.
They hurried to the telephone booth at the school gate and saw Chen Feng squatting outside the phone booth.
He was not eating instant noodles at this time, but holding a bottle of mineral water, taking a sip occasionally, his eyes revealing an indescribable persistence and vicissitudes.
Chen Feng's image, just as described by Yu Sanhua, is heartbreaking.
His beard had grown wildly for several days, looking messy and rough, but there was a deep melancholy in his eyes.
He was still wearing the same clothes he had worn when he went to the capital—a shirt and casual trousers bought in England, but they were now wrinkled beyond recognition, with dirt and dust on the corners of his clothes.
However, it was this seemingly down-and-out image, coupled with his melancholy eyes and beard, that made many girls passing by take a few more glances at him.
Hu Min, Zhao Li and Wan Juan, the three girls, felt distressed when they saw Chen Feng's appearance.
"Chen Feng, what happened to him?" they asked in unison.
Xie Hong, Bao Jianguo, and Yu Sanhua also quickly surrounded him, "Seventh Brother, what are you talking about?"
Chen Feng raised his head and forced a smile, "It's okay, it's okay. I'm just waiting for a pager. I'll leave when I get one."
Xie Hong was anxious. "Brother, can I call you brother? I saw you waiting here for a pager three days ago. Are you planning to keep waiting?"
Chen Feng sighed, "Not really, but this pager is really important to me, I have to wait. Can you guys please stop surrounding me? I'm very clear-headed and know what I'm doing."
As he spoke, he looked at Bao Jianguo and said, "By the way, Xiao Bao, please bring me some food from the school cafeteria tonight. I'm really tired of instant noodles."
Bao Jianguo nodded quickly, "Okay, no problem!"
Xie Hong kicked Bao Jianguo on the butt and said angrily, "No problem, bullshit! We can't let Lao Qi wait like this any longer. Don't you feel that Lao Qi's mental state is not right?"
Yu Sanhua also frowned. "That's not quite right, but he has his own ideas and a stubborn temper. We can't persuade him at all."
Xie Hong was so anxious that his teeth were bared. "What should we do then?"
Yu Sanhua nodded towards the three girls and said, "Let them persuade him. Maybe he will listen to them a little."