He took out his key to unlock the door, only to find in the other bedroom, a Russian lad was sitting there with the door open, typing away briskly on a keyboard.
On the screen of an old-fashioned bubble monitor, rows of code were rolling down like a waterfall.
Obviously, this guy was also a computer expert, perhaps a student from the Computer Science Department.
Completely engrossed in his coding task, the sound of Wang Ye's opening door didn't even startle him.
Wang Ye peered in and greeted, "Hi! Hello."
The lad jolted, seemingly surprised by Wang Ye. He turned his head around and asked, "You... hello, how did you get in?"
Wang Ye laughed and shook the key in his hand, then pointed to the adjacent room, "I'm your roommate, just moved in today. By the way, my name is Mikhail."