August 31, 2001, 4 PM.
"Knock, knock, knock..." The door to the staff office was knocked upon, and a professionally dressed woman opened the door. She appeared to be in her early thirties, neatly dressed, with a badge pinned to her shirt pocket. Seeing Feng Xue in a school uniform, holding a large suitcase, her furrowed brow slightly relaxed, yet she still asked,
"You are..."
"Hello, teacher! I am this year's new transfer student, and these are my boarding documents." Feng Xue, dressed in a school uniform and having adjusted her face to appear seventeen, stood outside the door and politely said.
The middle-aged woman sized up Feng Xue and took the documents from his hand. After a quick glance, she said,
"I'm not a teacher; I'm just the dorm manager. Follow me. Since there aren't many first-year boarders this year, there are still beds available..."
As the dorm manager was speaking, Feng Xue suddenly grasped her hands and shook them vigorously, saying,
