In the summer of 2015 in Beijing, the air was thick with stifling heat. A boy walked back toward the dormitory building from outside, wearing a pair of red slippers and a white bath towel slung over his shoulders, his upper body bare. His hair was still dripping wet, as if he had just finished washing up in the public bathhouse.
Several boys rushed out of the dorm building, nearly colliding with him. "Hey, Brother Qi, where are you off to?"
"The women's team has got a new recruit, Datou. Come on, let's go take a look," the older boy said with a laugh, reaching out to tug at the younger boy's bath towel and pull him along.
Chapter 21