He looked here and there with regret. Soon, he reached the school before an hour had gone by.
“Uncle Wang. Uncle Wang…”
He decided to go through the gate instead of climbing over the wall. It was easy to get mistaken by the security at this time of the day and get beat up.
“Stop yelling. I have been waiting for an hour. Heard you went to work in the big city during summer?” A skinny old man with glasses came out from the guard’s room.
“Hehe. Hi, uncle Wang! Yes… I was late a few days to get my pay. How’s your summer break?”
Zhang smiled trying to please this old man. He wasn’t one that liked to talk but he couldn’t not show respect to this old man who guarded the gate. They had to get his permission when they wanted head out to the net cafes.
“What is there to be happy or not as a single person…”
The old man sighed and opened the gate. The sound of friction was gnawing his heart. He never understood why the old man never get it fixed. It was as simple as a few drops of oil.
“Hehe. You should find an old mate.” Zhang walked in with his head low and replied. The old man’s mate died early. He was lonely so he liked to grabbed the students for talks, sometimes late into the nights. Zhang was a frequent victim. Worst of all, he had to listen to the old man’s history with smiles.
“Hehe. I found my target…” The old man’s expression suddenly brightened.
“Oh. You do?” Zhang had no choice but to stop. If he left when the old man was in the mood to talk, the old man would probably hold a grudge for his whole life.
“Yes. Yes. Professor Li who taught Chinese died.” The old man said happily.
“Professor Li died?” Zhang knew about professor Li but he didn’t know what that had to do with the old man finding a mate.
“Hehe. His wife is around the same age as me…” The old man said shyly.
“Ahem…” Zhang was speechless.
“Hehe.” The old man felt a little embarrassed and laughed. “Sleep early. You should be tired from sitting on the train for so long. Oh, why are you so late? There was a girl on the same train as you and she came back way earlier.”
“Oh… I walked here since there wasn’t much to do.”
He ran as if he was pardoned. He guessed that girl had come back or that old man wouldn’t have said he was waiting for so long. The girl probably told the old man about him.
“Ah.. uncle Wang?” The old man’s arm blocked him.
“That girl is pretty good. Why aren’t you going after her?” He asked.
“Ahem… I don’t even know her…” Zhang cursed this stupid old man.
“Don’t know her. Then why did she ask me to tell you she’s looking for you?” The old man stared at Zhang.
“Oh… I left my mone… thing at her.” He faked a slap at his head and said.
“Is that so. Then go sleep. Remember don’t do those things again. It’s embarrassing. You should just get a regular girlfriend. I understand. Men at your age have needs.”
“Right. Right. Thanks for your consideration. Good night. Uncle Wang. I am going to sleep.” He ran off as soon as the old man’s hand moved.
“Sigh. Such a good kid. Walked an hour to save a little taxi money. Too bad he lacks a little courage. The girl obviously likes you, yet you are too scared to advance. Even if you do those things, you shouldn’t upload it to the internet. See, things gone out of hands now… Hehe. But the kid is smart. Knows how to peep at the girls’ dorm with a digital camera. Why didn’t I think of this when I was young?”
The old man talked to himself as he looked at Zhang’s back. In the end, he sighed and walked back to the guard’s room. He began contemplating how to date professor Li’s wife.
Zhang spent another round of talking getting through the dorm’s door. This old man wasn’t as nice as uncle Wang.
The men’s dorm felt heavy in this night. The lights in the hall were dim. Zhang climbed to the fifth floor lightly. It was the last floor. He spent a few happy years here.
It was also in this fifth floor that he secretly photographed thousands of photos. The targets were in the girl’s dorm on the other building.
Zhang was lucky that room 512’s door was open because of the heat. In fact, most rooms opened their doors throughout the night when the days got hot.
He climbed into his bed lightly. It was still the same as when he left. He touched the mattress. A lot of dust but he still lied on it. If he woke up his roommates while cleaning, he might get beaten into the last eunuch of China.
Zhang was getting drowsy. He thought of that knife dripping with blood, that smooth and white skin, the beautiful face, and that softness… The events that happened in the train replayed in his head like a movie. In the end, uncle Wang’s face filled his head. It grew larger and larger and larger…
Finally, Zhang fell asleep dripping in saliva. He was too tired.
It was almost like an instant or just a little while. The alarm woke Zhang up. He opened his eyes to see his roommates brushing their teeth and making the bed.
“What are you doing?” Zhang sat up and asked, still slightly dizzy.
“Oh… our prince is back…” A guy came out with the toothbrush in his mouth.
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