The crying of the baby could be clearly heard, penetrating through to the nearby dorms around 206.
When it's your own child crying, it only tugs at your heart, but when someone else's child cries the whole night through... it's truly exasperating.
Someone had already brought this issue to the attention of the dorm supervisor and the teachers, and they found it troublesome too.
Because of the unique situation of the Class of '77 students, having children or being pregnant was not uncommon. Last semester, other students also brought their children to school, and the teachers mostly turned a blind eye, not expelling them.
But 206 had sparked public outrage.
This matter couldn't be left unaddressed.
By noon, a professor from the Economics Department had come to dorm 206.
She arrived just as the baby, tired from crying, was asleep.
The professor glanced at the child and said to the eldest girl, "Mu Pan, could you step outside with me for a moment?"
