Chapter 378: – Zhu Dong
After saying goodbye to Chen Hao, Lin Jin headed straight to Zhu Dong’s current dormitory, room 436.
Although this dormitory room was also home to her classmates, for various reasons, Lin Jin didn't have a good relationship with the classmates there. While they had never had any conflicts, they almost never spoke to each other. The four people in this dorm basically had no interactions with the other boys in the class and were mostly focused on chasing girls…
Well, if she remembered correctly, everyone in this dorm except for Zhu Dong had a girlfriend.
It was her first time coming here so Lin Jin felt a bit nervous. She lightly knocked on the door twice, then opened it and peeked inside.
Probably because they often brought their girlfriends back, this dormitory room was cleaner and tidier than other boys' dorms. After opening the door, she immediately saw three people sitting in front of their computers, but the fourth person was nowhere to be seen.
“Lin Jin?” The classmate sitting near the door turned his head and looked at her strangely, asking somewhat coldly, “What’s up?”
Even Lin Jin was a pretty girl now, but in the eyes of some classmates, despite her beauty, the fact that she dressed as a girl every day to class meant she was a motherf*cking crossdressing pervert inside. For instance, the classmate currently speaking before her.
“I’m looking for Zhu Dong.”
Lin Jin had already spotted Zhu Dong, but he was wearing headphones and crazily going at it on his computer, occasionally even cursing a bit. He was clearly very invested in what he was doing and unable to extricate himself.
“Zhu Dong! Zhu Dong!” The guy turned around and shouted to Zhu Dong, “That crossdresser from our class is here to see you!”
After shouting a few times, Zhu Dong finally snapped out of it and took off his headphones. He saw Lin Jin standing at the door and was stunned for a moment, clearly not understanding why Lin Jin was looking for him.
He scratched his messy hair, glanced at the game still in progress and hesitated for a moment. He then quickly typed a message to his teammates before getting up and walking out of the dormitory.
“What’s the matter?” Zhu Dong’s expression was a bit cold. Although his relationship with Lin Jin had slightly improved compared to before, at least it was no longer as confrontational as before, he still didn’t know how he should treat Lin Jin.
“Um, I heard you’re good at photography” Lin Jin was also a little embarrassed. Even though their relationship had improved a little, it was still hard for her to ask for Zhu Dong’s help. She awkwardly took a couple of steps back and leaned against the railing in the corridor, frowning as she continued, “I’m planning to record some videos to upload online, so I need a cameraman.”
“You mean you want me to do it?” Zhu Dong scratched his head and asked, “How did you know I could do photography?”
“The president of the Disciplinary Committee told me that the stuff you shoot for the PR Department were pretty good.” Lin Jin felt she should praise Zhu Dong to the heavens to boost his ego so the chances of him joining would be higher. So she continued, “He said you’re the best photographer in the entire PR Department and that they always come to you for anything that needs a cameraman.”
“Really?” Zhu Dong looked puzzled. He didn’t even know who the president of the Disciplinary Committee was, yet here he was being praised out of nowhere.
“What do you plan to film?” He walked over to Lin Jin. After a few words, he felt the awkward atmosphere between them eased a lot so he started to relax, even showing a bit of a smile on his face. “I need to see if it’s something I can do. I only know how to take photos.”
“You can learn if you don’t know how!”
“That’s too troublesome.”
Zhu Dong shrugged: “Learning how to film isn’t like playing games, it’s not that interesting. If it wasn’t for my family running a photo studio, I wouldn't have bothered learning it at all.”“I just plan to record some dance videos, with two cameras, one in front and one circling around. Um…” Lin Jin said. She actually didn’t know much about filming. After hesitating for a while, she helplessly added “How about you guys decide how to film it. I only know how to dance.”
Zhu Dong was quite surprised to learn that Lin Jin could actually dance. But seeing her tall, slender figure and elegant demeanor, she did seem a bit like those girls who had been dancing for years.
“How about this, let me know when you’re going to shoot and I’ll try to come if I can" A warm smile appeared on Zhu Dong’s face as he extended his hand to her. “Let’s just pretend the stuff in the past never happened, okay? After all, it’s been so long, and we’re all classmates who will be together for the next two three years.”
Huh?
Lin Jin blankly looked down at Zhu Dong’s hang for a moment, then reached out to shake it.
Before, wasn’t this Zhu Dong guy some punk with zero emotional intelligence?
Why was it that now, although he still looked a bit rebellious, his hairstyle and hair color were all back to normal. Also, how did he change so quickly in such a short time?
“Did you experience some trauma?” Lin Jin withdrew her hand and curiously looked at him with her eyes wide open. “Did your parents get divorced? Or did you break up with your ex girlfriend?”
“Do you have to curse me like that?” Zhu Dong’s mouth twitched.
Lin Jin tilted her head, looking at Zhu Dong with a cute, innocent expression, and smiled: “I just think you’ve changed a lot. I’m wondering if you got possessed.”
“People will always grow up" Zhu Dong took out his phone and asked Lin Jin. “So? Give me your phone number? Call me when you need me. I have my own camera.”
“Sure.”
A cameraman who brings their own camera was just too awesome! No need to buy anything herself!
Even though it was normal for a photographer to have his own equipment, Lin Jin was still really excited.
She saved a bunch of money and got her first cameraman. Now, she just needed Teacher Lin’s side to finish the choreography. Then she could start preparing for the video!
As for the photographer from Chen Hao’s dorm, it would be great if he could be won over too. But it didn’t matter if he couldn’t. Anyways, Lin Jin figured one cameraman should be enough.
Lin Jin couldn’t stop smiling and the corners of her mouth kept curling up into a goofy looking grin. Even though she tried to look more serious, she just couldn’t suppress her happiness.
Finally! After bustling around for so long, things were finally coming together!
“Why are you smiling so happily?” Zhu Dong tilted his head, looking at the smile on Lin Jin’s face. The more he looked, the more he thought Lin Jin looked like an idiot. But a cute idiot. “Silly retard.”
“Can you speak properly? This is being happy, okay?” As soon as she was criticized, Lin Jin’s smile quickly faded, replaced by a Xia Tian like iceberg look. She softly huffed, “I’ll probably need you to shoot on Friday or Saturday. Don’t tell me you’re going on a date or something then.”
“Don’t worry, I do things reliably.”
Reliable, my ass. If you were reliable, we wouldn’t have argued so much back then, alright?
Lin Jin rolled her eyes and waved her hand: “Then I’m going back to practice now. You go play your game.”
“Bye.”