Chapter 1: Mai Ding Is Very Common

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Chapter 1: Mai Ding Is Very Common

Author: Angelina

Translated by: Miah

The movie "Like love" was adapted from this novel.

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Mai Ding is the type of person who will disappear or blend in the crowd. Everyday the same routine repeats. He thought of living the life of a superhero who will save the world, but he can't fly and he didn't have the courage to wear the red briefs on the outside. Imagine living an exciting gunshot and conspiracy life like infernal affairs (A 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller film), but nowadays, it is a crime to bring a gun around. Imagine living a passionate romantic love life like in the film Romance in the rain but it is nearly impossible to find a nice woman like Yi Ping (Lead actress in the film).

So, at the end of the day, Mai Ding is just an ordinary Mai Ding. He has some low self-esteem but he is not sad. Most of the time in his life, Mai Ding is always smiling and happy.

Mai Ding's biggest dream is to be an overnight millionaire, so he always buys lottery.

At this moment, Mai Ding is troubled over how to pack his own bed. After graduating from high school, Mai Ding was having the time of his life at home for 2 whole years till his mother could no longer stand seeing him like this. So she threaten to cut off his allowance to buy lottery ticket in order to force him to go study in a university

University, a place filled with hopes and dreams. Outside it is different groups gathering in one place, but inside it is where guys and girls date and know each other more. This is how Mai Ding views universities to be like, very extreme in nature

Just when Mai Ding was deep in thought, a voice interuppted it by saying, "You also stay in room 502?"

Mai Ding turned around to see this bespectacled dude whose hair is so long that it is nearly covering his eyes and he is carrying loads of luggage while standing opposite him (Mai Ding). That dude opened his mouth saying, "We are roommates from now on, my name is Li Ming."

"Mai Ding." Mai Ding smiled as Li Ming as he instantly concluded about this person: Average looks and a face filled with pimples.

"How old are you, I am 19 already."

"I am 17." Actually, Mai Ding is 20 already but he is very shameless to lie as he is just like a typical woman, very secretive about disclosing his age to people.

"17? So young and you are studying in college already?"

"Haha" Mai Ding's laughter is a little dry.

Based on Mai Ding's observation, his new roommate is a closet geek as he seems to be doing some secretive things on his computer that cannot be known to others. Other than that, he (Li Ming) is rather nice. Hmm what is my university life like? Thinking like that, Mai Ding dozed off as he dreamt that he won the lottery and became an overnight millionaire.

This is a good sign --------

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Mai Ding checked in to school a few days earlier, so he has no lessons for those days. He went to buy the scratch lottery tickets and he was scratching while walking back to the dorm. It was then that when that silver layer is being scratched away that his face turned black as he said, "Fuck man, what the point of hinting to me in my dreams if I didn't win."

As he said, he was using the keys to open his room door and there stood a guy much taller than Mai Ding standing outside the door.

"You are a friend of Li Ming's right, you two were watching those unclean things again right? Not that I want to say you guys but yesterday the noise was so loud that I can't sleep. Why don't you guys go find a girlfriend because it is not a solution to keep that all in. Watching those things may be able to release but using your hand too often is bad for your body my friend." Mai Ding tried to insert the key into the keyhole but it proves to be impossible.

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