Huayu: I really am a genuine top star.

Chapter 86 This excuse... is so lame!

Back in the dormitory, Jingyang was the only one there.

"Particle, shall we head to the public bathhouse?" Jingyang suggested. "I'm covered in sweat, I can't sleep without washing up."

Shen Li also felt that she was about to go bad, and nodded in agreement.

So the two of them grabbed their toiletries and shuffled towards the public bathroom in their slippers.

The public bathrooms at the Beijing Film Academy were large public bathhouses divided into small cubicles, but the door curtains were just a thin layer of plastic sheeting, so when the steam rose, the curtains were very thin and the curtains were very thin.

At this hour, the bathroom wasn't crowded; the sound of running water was mixed with humming and casual conversation.

Shen Li found a small cubicle in a corner and turned on the tap.

Hot water poured over his head, washing away his fatigue, making him groan with pleasure. He was comfortably rubbing his hair with his eyes closed when he suddenly heard a suppressed, tearful female voice coming from next door:

"Waaah... What do I do... I'm stuck, I'm really stuck..."

Shen Li paused. That voice... why does it sound so familiar? And this is the men's bathroom! The one next door should be the men's bathroom, right? He pricked up his ears.

"Don't rush, don't pull too hard... the more you pull, the tighter it gets..." another female voice said in a low voice, filled with anxiety.

Shen Li: "???"

Two female voices? In the bathroom next to the men's bathroom? And they said something about being stuck? Isn't this plot a bit off?

He turned the tap down and held his breath to listen carefully.

"Waaah... It's all this lousy zipper's fault... The quality is so bad... What am I going to do now? I can't get out, and it's so embarrassing to call for help..." The first female voice was crying, and it was indeed the voice of a young girl.

"How about... I try to open it for you from the outside? Don't move..." the second female voice said.

Then came a rustling sound of fabric rubbing together and a slight scraping sound of metal, as if someone was trying to pry something open.

Countless possibilities flashed through Shen Li's mind in an instant: Had she gone into the wrong bathroom? That was unlikely, given how big the sign was at the bathroom entrance.

A prank? Who's so bored? Or... some kind of unspeakable, peculiar fetish?

He was torn between two conflicting thoughts: should he simply ignore what he was seeing and do nothing, quietly finish washing up, and quickly slip away? Or should he, out of friendship (and damn curiosity), ask if he needed help (and then likely be seen as a pervert)...

Just then, a clear tearing sound of fabric came from next door, accompanied by a short gasp!

"Oh no! It's cracked! It's gotten even bigger!" The first female voice was almost crying.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't control my strength... What... what should I do?" The second female voice panicked as well.

Shen Li could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb. This sounded like a real problem, and a rather embarrassing one at that.

He cleared his throat, trying to make his voice sound calm and harmless, and asked through the plastic curtain:

"Um...hey, classmate next door? Do you need any help? I'm a guy, so it might be inconvenient for me, but...should I go and call the building manager or a female classmate?"

The room next door fell into complete silence.

Several seconds passed before the first female voice rang out, thick with nasal tone and filled with shame and indignation: "No...no need! Don't come any closer! And don't call anyone!"

The second female voice hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes! Classmate, please don't come over! And please don't call anyone! We...we can handle it ourselves!" Her voice was full of panic.

Shen Li touched her nose. Well, she was being treated like a monster.

He wisely kept quiet, quickened his rinsing, and thought he should leave this troublesome place as soon as possible.

Just as Shen Li turned off the tap and was about to dry herself off, she heard a quiet, hurried conversation coming from next door:

"This won't work, we can't get out like this... If we move around... we'll be exposed..."

"What should we do? We can't just hide here forever, can we? The lights are going out soon..."

"Why don't we... ask him? Judging from what he said just now, he didn't seem like a bad person?"

"Are you crazy! That's a man!"

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

Shen Li was completely bewildered. What on earth was going on?!

He wiped himself a few times haphazardly, put on his clothes, and was about to slip away silently when it seemed the neighbors had reached a consensus.

The first female voice, filled with a tragic resolve as if facing certain death, rang out again, much softer than before and trembling: "Um... the classmate next door... are you... are you still there?"

Shen Li paused, then forced a smile and said, "Yes."

There was a few more seconds of silence on the other end, as if they were having a fierce internal struggle.

Finally, the voice rang out again, barely audible, and tinged with a sob: "Excuse me... could you... could you please... go to our dorm... and get us two pieces of clothing? It's in room 307 of building 5 in the girls' dormitory... our... our clothes... have encountered a bit of an accident..."

Shen Li: "!!!"

Going to the girls' dormitory to get clothes? Or for two girls trapped in the men's bathroom (?)? Isn't this plot development a bit too surreal? Shen Li felt like her CPU was about to burn out.

"You...you mustn't misunderstand! We're not perverts!" the second female voice hurriedly added, her voice trembling with tears.

"We really went into the wrong bathroom! When we came in... it was dark, and we didn't see the sign. By the time we realized it, we were already... we had already taken off our clothes and were about to shower. But my friend's swimsuit zipper got stuck, and when I was helping her, I accidentally broke the strap... Now... now we can't show our faces to anyone..."

Chapter 21 The Cure for All Affectation!

Swimsuit? Zipper stuck? Strap broken? Or is it in the men's bathroom?

Shen Li felt her imagination was a bit lacking. But judging from their voices—anxious, ashamed, and helpless—it didn't sound like they were acting.

He sighed. He had to help, whether he wanted to or not.

We can't really leave two girls trapped in the men's bathroom forever, can we?

Tomorrow's headline at the Beijing Film Academy will probably be "Mysterious female voice spotted in men's bathroom: is it moral decay or human depravity?"

"Alright," Shen Li said helplessly, "Girls' dormitory building 5, room 307, right? What clothes do I need? And how do I get in? Will the dorm supervisor let me in?"

"The clothes are on my bed, a blue sports jacket and black sports pants, and... the underwear is in the closet, the closet with the Pikachu sticker on it... the key... the key is in my pocket, and the pants are... on the stool next door..."

The first female voice grew softer and softer until it was almost inaudible.

Shen Li's face almost turned green. What on earth was this?! She needed to get her underwear? She even knew about closet stickers? This was way too much information!

"Classmate...please...we really have no other choice..." the second female voice pleaded, her voice trembling with tears.

"Tell the dorm supervisor... say we're on the school swimming team, and the showers were broken after practice, so we borrowed the men's shower to rinse off, but our clothes got stolen... The supervisor knows us, so she should... should be more lenient..."

That excuse... is so lame!

Shen Li sighed, rubbing her forehead. But it seemed there was no other way now.

"Alright, I'll give it a try." Shen Li resigned herself to her fate. "You guys... just wait here, don't move or make a sound. I'll be back as soon as possible."