Stepping out of the taxi, Jun Weichen felt an arm snake out to hook her elbow. A smiling face with chubby cheeks pressed against her shoulder, tickling her chin with her fluffy hair.
"Sis Chen, it's been too long!" Si Tian exclaimed, tugging her along the road to the University's gates, "Why do you always forget about your dear old friend for men!"
"Who forgot about you for men?" Jun Weichen snorted, "It's only because that stupid man was so afraid I would go out and find a boyfriend that I was stuck in his house for so long and couldn't meet with anyone after I got back!"
Si Tian giggled as she squeezed Jum Weichen's arm tighter. Her elder classmate was always trampling on the hearts of men, even back in medical school. Even now, brown as a nut with tan from her deployment and walking with a limp on a slim brown cane, Jun Weichen had heaven-shaking looks and a slim figure that made men want to quit their jobs and divorce their wives to behold. It was a shame that she had single-mindedly focused on cultivating her surgical talent and rising in the male dominated field of trauma surgery that she never gave the poor, love-struck guys that trailed after her a second look and had thus remained a stubbornly single heartbreaker with a long string of 1 day exes in her wake.
Walking arm-in-arm though the cherry-blossom trees that lined the University entrance, Jun Weichen's mind turned towards what Si Tian had said over the phone before she had called the taxi.
"Si Tian, who is this person you mentioned over the phone?" she inquired
"It's such a coincidence!" Si Tian gushed, her eyes filling with excitement, "You're not the only one who complained to me about finding somewhere to live today! Just this morning someone in the anatomy lab was moaning about how hard it was to find somewhere comfortable and affordable to live!"
"Anatomy lab?" Jun Weichen tilted her head towards Si Tian, "Are they one of your medical students?" Si Tian had graduated from the same medical school as Jun Weichen in America and had returned home to Beijing to become a Professor of Medicine.
Si Tian's face filled with an odd expression "I wouldn't say she's a medical student per se. She's interested in a whole bunch of different scientific fields. I've seen her bouncing from chemistry lab to the anatomy lab to the engineering department. I daresay she has more knowledge than your average professor here!"
"Well, she sounds fascinating!" Jun Weichen' eyes sparkled, "I would love to have a roommate to have interesting discussions with."
Si Tian stopped in her tracks right before the Medical School building and stared at Jun Weichen very seriously. "Sis Chen, you do not know her yet, but many people find her very strange. You may not find her very easy to live with."
"Why?" Jun Weichen paused at her friend's oddly serious tone, "Is she really so crazy and strange? As long as she pays rent on time, I don't mind much!"
"No! She is not so crazy, in fact she is brilliant, but..." Si Tian trailed off again oddly
"Is she too quiet then?" Jun Weichen became very curious, "Wouldn't that make her quite a good roomate?"
"No....she is very talkative if the subject interests her..." Si Tian hesitated a moment longer before turning to continue into the building, "Nevermind! You will know when you meet her if you two will be compatible roommates, so don't blame me if it turns out you two wont get along!"
Jun Weichen followed her friend, full of curiosity and questions. How strange could this person be? She knew that her friend would not have suggested this mysterious person for a roommate unless she was a good person. Did this person have any odd habits? Too many boyfriends? Odd hours?
Rounding the hallway into the anatomy division, Jun Weichen and Si Tian entered the double doors to the anatomy lab. The thick smell of formaldehyde assaulted her senses and her eyes watered as she stepped into the laboratory.
"Wow, it's been years since I've been in anatomy lab!" Jun Weichen murmured to Si Tian, her nose wrinkling, "They've really modernized the place, but the smell never changes."
As Si Tian turned a bit to respond jokingly, a figure shifted in the back of the room, drawing both of their attention.
The slim figure was dressed in plain blue scrubs and rummaged around the back corner of the lab, surrounded by corpses. Long unbound hair hung messily over an open body bag. The figure seemed every inch like a normal medical student studying anatomy, except the scrub pants had been rolled up to the knees to reveal long legs wearing bright red stilettos, 10 cm high, dug deep into the chest of a corpse. The figure suddenly raised one arm high to reveal another stiletto, before slamming the thin heel of the shoe loudly into the chest of a corpse on the table.
Si Tian awkwardly glanced at the shocked Jun Weichen by her side and softly cleared her throat. The figure in the back of the room, hand still on the shoe, now embedded in the corpse, turned to face the stunned pair. Long black hair rustled and parted to reveal cold, clear eyes, darting so quickly over the room that the pupils look like they were vibrating. A delicate, articulate voice echoed across the room, seemingly plunging the already cold lab into sub-zero temperatures.
"Come in quickly Miss Si, I have the most excellent discovery"