"Hey, Meng Ying."

"Siyan? You haven't called me in ages."

"He's back."

"Hmm? Hmm."

"You know? Have you seen him already?"

"Yeah, today at lunchtime in the cafeteria. Was just about to call you after dinner. Then, did he come to find you?"

"No idea. You go eat. I'm driving back now."

"Hey, Siyan, wait. Actually, Xiaofan might have had his reasons back then."

"That's his business, nothing to do with me."

'Beep beep beep.'

After hanging up the phone, Liu Siyan suddenly accelerated the car to seventy kilometers per hour, her brows deeply furrowed, and only after a moment did the speed slowly decrease.

"Ye Xiaofan, what did you come out for? Why did you have to run out again?"

Looking at the phone that had already been hung up, Chen Mengying sighed helplessly.

She already understood the truth from Li Kuo. Seeing Siyan still misunderstanding Xiaofan like that made her more anxious than anyone.

But Li Kuo explicitly said that there were indeed other women around Xiaofan, and even without that misunderstanding, Xiaofan still owed Siyan. So Li Kuo repeatedly warned that they shouldn't tell Liu Siyan the truth yet, and that it should be handled by Xiaofan himself.

Yes, let him handle it, believing he won't let Siyan be hurt again. Believe in him, just like before, Ye Xiaofan has never changed.

At Capital University, aside from Li Kuo and Chen Mengying, almost no one recognized Xiaofan.

After all, the big competition had taken place quite a while ago, and since then, Xiaofan hadn't appeared in the media again, being gradually forgotten was normal.

A transfer student, except when appearing next to Platinum Youth Li Kuo, wouldn't attract much attention where Ye Xiaofan was concerned at other times.

So, when Xiaofan joined the literary society, he insisted on dragging Li Kuo along. In his words, more people meant more courage.

The girl who greeted Xiaofan only gave him a disinterested glance, tossed him a form, and told him to fill it out. Whereas on Li Kuo's side, she poured tea, offered guidance on how to fill it out, asking for phone, QQ, WeChat—all had to be filled out clearly.

Due to Xiaofan's presence, Li Kuo had no choice but to nervously finish filling out the form.

"Alright."

"Hmm, bring over your student card and register your number. Joining fee is 180 yuan, plus 80 yuan membership fee every week. Regular club activities are on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoon. Special circumstances will be notified separately. You can choose not to attend, but must provide a reason. Not participating for over two weeks or failing to pay the membership fee will result in expulsion from the club."

"Understood."

"Xiaofan? Li Kuo? You guys..."

Just as Xiaofan and Li Kuo finished paying and got their club badges, a familiar voice came over.

"Old class monitor? Why are you here again?"

"What are you guys doing here?" Chen Mengying asked first.

"Joining the club, why?" Xiaofan gestured with the badge in his hand.

"Uh, joining a club? You guys? Oh, I see." Chen Mengying realized belatedly.

Xiaofan showing up here must be because of Liu Siyan. Seems it's time for him to do something.

"What about you?"

"Me? I was already a member of this club. Didn't I tell you guys yesterday? Li, they're friends with the vice president. I'll handle things here."

"Okay, thanks, senior." The girl named Li stood up and left after hearing what Chen Mengying said.

Today is Thursday, so there are no club activities. The reason Chen Mengying was here was because of her job.

Yes, job. After coming to Capital University, Chen Mengying didn't have much money. Although Ouyang Xiong gave her enough to cover tuition, her mother's health required careful rest and couldn't work anymore, leading to no income. Therefore, while studying, Chen Mengying often went out to find part-time jobs.

Liu Siyan and Chen Mengying were good friends, understanding each other well. In life, Liu Siyan naturally tried to help Chen Mengying as much as possible, but Chen Mengying's personality wasn't one to easily accept others' favors. Even knowing it's for her own good, she still had a bit of pride despite poverty. As long as she had hands and feet, she wouldn't starve.

Under such circumstances, Liu Siyan let Chen Mengying handle the club's logistics work. Besides the monthly expenses for club activities, members who worked hard, like Chen Mengying, would receive some money.

Although a thousand or so yuan a month wasn't much, it was a tremendous help for Chen Mengying.

The literary society's activities naturally revolved around literature, with members including self-declared poets, keen writers, and life-novel authors.

Some would publish their writings online for serialization. Others sent them to magazines, earning decent manuscript fees if accepted. The university's press also occasionally invited submissions, selecting essays about university life.

Besides regular activities, club members often self-organized off-club events. Singing and outings were quite common.

From Chen Mengying, Xiaofan understood the significance of the club's existence. In summary, it was a group of young people doing what they loved, which was great.

"There are plenty of clubs in university, but since last year, the literary society suddenly grew from eight people to over thirty. Do you know why?"

"Why? Lots of girls?" Xiaofan subconsciously answered upon hearing the question.

"Half right."

Indeed, it's normal for girls to lean towards humanities, so most in the literary society are female, but such a quick growth wasn't solely due to that.

"And the other half?"

"Because of Siyan, of course. Hearing she's in the literary society, those guys scrambled to join. At its peak, there were over fifty members, but some lacked real talent, and were eventually weeded out."

"Cough cough, am I at risk too then?" Xiaofan laughed self-deprecatingly.

In terms of learning, he might be alright, but when it comes to crafting eloquent verses, captivating phrases, and beautiful romantic words, it's not really his forte.

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