Five babies in one pregnancy, I became a top performer in a military hospital.

This is the basement on the first basement level, which has been converted into dormitories.

The moment you walk in, you're greeted by a damp, musty smell.

In the dim light, the members of the performing arts troupe looked at each other; to an outsider, it would seem as if they had been abducted.

Just then, a comrade came out with a washbasin. They came over and quickly ran over.

"Comrade Xu Jingyi, Comrade Lu Yao, you've finally arrived!"

When Xu Jingyi saw that it was Xu Dandan from the performing arts troupe, she quickly waved to her.

"Comrade Xu Dandan, long time no see! How are you all doing here?"

Xu Dandan put down the washbasin and saw Yu Meijuan standing next to her. She smiled awkwardly.

"That's great. Where are you staying?"

Xu Jingyi: "Sister Yu just brought us here; we didn't even know!"

Yu Meijuan: "You'll all stay here too. The women will stay at the very back, there's one room left, enough for five people. The men will stay near the door, but there are only two spots left."

There's one more person.

Lu Yao looked inside; the area was dark and unlit.

It looks a little scary.

She hadn't expected the drama troupe's accommodations to be so poor, but conditions were tough in those days, and since she was already there, she was willing to live with the other comrades.

"What if we're still one short?" Zhou Yang asked.

Yu Meijuan: "Comrade Zhou Yang, please go upstairs. There's a separate room upstairs. Wan Qing, you know the way, so please take Comrade Zhou Yang there first!"

Upstairs, a separate room?

The members of the cultural troupe assumed it was a specially arranged temporary residence and didn't pay much attention to it.

Yu Wanqing approached Zhou Yang: "Zhou Yang, I'll take you upstairs!"

Zhou Yang glanced at the others and said, "Then I'll go take a look first."

Xu Jingyi: "Go ahead, Zhou Yang, make arrangements for us to have dinner together tonight."

Zhou Yang: "Okay!"

Yu Wanqing came over to help Zhou Yang with his luggage, but Zhou Yang took it first.

"No need, I can do it myself!"

Yu Wanqing was just leading the way; he didn't want to have too much contact with her.

Yu Wanqing didn't pay any attention; Zhou Yang's room was right across from her dormitory.

The two went upstairs, and Yu Meijuan looked at the others: "I'll show you around the rooms, and you can figure out the rest yourselves."

Xu Jingyi: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Sister Yu!"

Yu Meijuan told the male comrades to go to their rooms first, and then led the female comrades to the end of the corridor.

Bai Lulu went with them.

Suddenly, a drop of water landed on Lu Yao's forehead, startling her into a scream.

"Huh? What is that?"

Yu Meijuan: "It looks like it's going to rain these next couple of days, probably because of the high humidity!"

Lu Yao: "The comrades in the drama troupe have it pretty tough!"

In her previous life, Lu Yao knew some people in the entertainment industry and had lived in a basement before she became famous.

It must be tough for the comrades in this drama troupe to live in such conditions.

Yu Meijuan didn't speak, but it was the end.

On the right was a yellow wooden door. Yu Meijuan took out her key and opened the door.

A musty smell wafted over, causing everyone to frown.

She turned on the light; it was a very large room.

There was a large communal sleeping area, which was made up of seven or eight single beds pushed together.

There was only a bare bed, three tables, and a shelf.

And then nothing happened.

There were some tattered old paintings hanging on the wall, and a window at the top, with a faint light that was almost invisible.

There were also traces of mold on the wall.

Xu Jingyi: "These conditions are indeed tough!"

Yu Meijuan: "Thank you for your hard work, but you'll only be staying for less than a month. Okay, I'll get back to work now, you can start unpacking."

After Yu Meijuan finished speaking, she left the basement and went upstairs.

Lu Yao: What if I don't want to stay?

Xu Jingyi: "Although the conditions were a bit tough, it was very good that the drama troupe provided accommodation. Teacher Yu's stage play is a great opportunity for us."

Other comrades echoed his sentiments.

Bai Lulu hesitated, unsure of where to begin.

Just then, a commotion came from outside the door.

"Why can't I go up? Our underground toilet is clogged, let me up!"

"The people upstairs are from our drama troupe. What if you come up here and make a mess of our apartment?"

"You've gone too far! I'm going to tell Teacher Yu!"

"Sure, do you still want this role? Our drama troupe has plenty of people who can play it!"

……

Xu Jingyi and Lu Yao exchanged a glance after hearing this.

Everyone quickly came out.

I saw two women burning food on the stairs.

Seeing the woman below clutching her stomach, Xu Jingyi rushed over: "Zhao Xiaotang, are you alright?"

Zhao Xiaotang got her period today, and her stomach is hurting terribly.

"Captain Xu, you've arrived."

Xu Jingyi: "What happened?"

Zhao Xiaotang: "The toilet downstairs is clogged. I wanted to go up to use the toilet, but the people from the drama troupe wouldn't let me."

Lu Yao: "Get out of the way!"

The man pretended not to hear.

Lu Yao pushed her away and pulled Zhao Xiaotang upstairs.

The woman didn't expect Lu Yao to be so forceful. She pointed at her and started cursing, "You can't go up there. This is where our drama troupe members live. You stop right there!"

However, Xu Jingyi stepped forward and stopped her.

Lu Yao then took Zhao Xiaotang upstairs.

They quickly found the restroom, and Zhao Xiaotang hurried there.

Lu Yao didn't go in, but instead looked around the entire floor.

The first floor was very clean, and the rooms near the entrances all seemed to be single rooms.

"Yu Wanqing, get out of here!"

"Zhou Yang, we've been classmates for so long, don't you know what I'm thinking?"

"I told you, I have a girlfriend."

"So what? Aren't I much better than your girlfriend? Wouldn't it be better if you stayed with me and we stayed in the drama club together?"

Zhou Yang came out; he felt he couldn't be in the same room with a woman.

But as soon as he came out, he saw Lu Yao standing not far away.

Lu Yao came over: "What's wrong, Comrade Zhou Yang?"

At this moment, Yu Wanqing also came out.

"What are you doing upstairs? This isn't a place for you!"

Lu Yao frowned: "I accompanied the comrades from the art troupe upstairs to use the restroom. What, your drama troupe won't even let people use the restroom?"

Yu Wanqing: "Don't you have any downstairs?"

Lu Yao: "The area downstairs is blocked!"

Just then, Xu Jingyi and the woman blocking the stairs started arguing.

"Why are you stopping us? We're just going to the restroom. What, are you drama troupe people so superior?"

"You're not welcome in our drama troupe. Get off here right now!"

Xu Jingyi: "Pah! I want to see what's different upstairs!"

Xu Jingyi glanced upstairs and saw that it was indeed much cleaner than downstairs.

Lu Yao and Xu Jingyi waved: "Comrade Xu, what's wrong?"

Xu Jingyi led her group to Lu Yao.

"Comrade Lu Yao, the drama troupe is discriminating against us. Comrade Bai just told me that our troupe members are downstairs, while they are all upstairs, as are the comrades who came earlier."

Others echoed his sentiments.

Is the area below even habitable?

"Why can't we live upstairs?"

"What's going on with all this chores? When I came over, I saw several empty rooms."

……

Zhou Yang looked around his room: "Aren't you guys staying in the same kind of room as me?"

Lu Yao went to Zhou Yang's room and looked inside. It looked very clean and bright, completely different from the basement.

She glared angrily at Yu Wanqing: "Did you do this on purpose?"