On Monday afternoon after lunch, Shen Hanyue and Feng Qingyi were walking back to their dorms when they saw various clubs recruiting new members.
"Qingyi, didn't you say before that you wanted me to accompany you to check out the Martial Arts Club? It seems to be over there, let's take a look."
Feng Qingyi looked at the Martial Arts Club, which seemed out of place among the surrounding clubs, and felt somewhat pensive.
No wonder she hadn't known before that the school even had a Martial Arts Club.
Other clubs had recruitment banners, signs, and promotional posters galore.
The Martial Arts Club just had a table, a bench, and even the three words "Martial Arts Club" were printed out and pasted on the table.
Compared to the colorful signs of the other clubs, this one was all too easy to overlook.
Shen Hanyue: "Qingyi, I feel like this club seems a bit too shabby, shall we look for another one?"
"Shen Hanyue, are you going to join our Martial Arts Club?" asked the club president.
"Luo Qingyu, it's you!" Shen Hanyue stopped, they were high school classmates.
Luo Qingyu sat on the bench, holding a pen, "Are you going to join the Martial Arts Club?"
"When did you join the Martial Arts Club? I didn't know about that," asked Shen Hanyue.
Luo Qingyu: "I heard that the school had this club, and I thought it sounded pretty cool, so I joined it. Little did I expect that this club is just sounding cool on the surface."
"Three months after I joined, the former president withdrew from the club and entrusted it to me. Now there are only about a dozen members left."
"Our club doesn't really have any special activities. If you want to join, you just need to fill out a form."
Feng Qingyi and Shen Hanyue looked at each other, this seemed quite unreliable.
Shen Hanyue asked, "So what do you say your club usually does?"
"We have only one event per year, which is the inter-school competition in late November. Otherwise, you can train if you want, and there's a dedicated martial arts instructor."
"But if you don't want to train and just want to make up the numbers, that's fine too, just put your name on the list."
Luo Qingyu was only responding to the call to recruit new members, but he didn't really intend to recruit many.
After all, Jing University always ranked at the bottom in the annual inter-school martial arts competition, and he didn't expect to make a comeback from the bottom.
Shen Hanyue looked at Feng Qingyi, "Qingyi, what do you think?"
"Then let's sign up. I've learned a bit before, and it'll be good exercise too." Everything was for earning credits.
Shen Hanyue thought for a moment, "Then sign me up too, I'll join you and just go with the flow since I've never practiced before."
Luo Qingyu: "If you've decided, just write down your student ID, department, class, and contact information here."
"Please take care of us in the future!"
After filling in their respective information, the two left hand in hand.
Feng Qingyi checked the time, it was still quite early.
"Yueyue, I need to go to the Dance Club, do you want to come with me?"
"I don't have anything else going on today, so I'll come with you!" said Shen Hanyue. "But what are you going for?"
"To withdraw from the club, and also to talk to them," Feng Qingyi said.
Shen Hanyue: "Is it because of the guqin performance incident before?"
Feng Qingyi nodded, "Yes, today is Monday, the president Nan Wei and Leng Ruihuan should both be there."
When Shen Hanyue and Feng Qingyi arrived at the Dance Club, Nan Wei and Leng Ruihuan were chatting happily together.
The moment they saw Feng Qingyi, the smiles on their faces froze.
Leng Ruihuan walked over to Feng Qingyi, "Qingyi, why did you come today? I remember you haven't been to the club for a long time."
Feng Qingyi didn't want to beat around the bush, "You should know very well why I'm here."
Nan Wei stepped forward, "If it's because of that incident before, it's over now."
"They even gave you a great opportunity to stand out. Your photos and videos are all over the school forum, shouldn't you be happy?"
Feng Qingyi: "What do I have to be happy about? Sister Nan, I don't think I've offended you, so why are you targeting me like this?"
"Don't tell me it was Leng Ruihuan who registered me, the program list was submitted by you, she couldn't have registered me without your permission."
"Today, let's clear this up. If you're not satisfied with me about something, just say it directly, no need to beat around the bush."
Nan Wei only felt that Feng Qingyi was being too aggressive. Previously, she had appeared meek and docile, and Nan Wei thought she could be easily bullied, but it turned out she had misjudged her.
"Feng Qingyi, you're overthinking things. I didn't target you. I've explained it to you that day already. We were very busy with rehearsals for a while and didn't notify you in time, but you should be able to understand."
Feng Qingyi looked around at the club members watching, she didn't intend to force Nan Wei to admit anything.
But today, she had made things very clear, and those watching now knew about this incident. As for what they thought about it, Nan Wei had no control over that.
"I can't understand, and I'm not as forgiving as you might think. If you don't want to admit it, that's fine. I just wanted to let you know that from today onwards, I'm officially withdrawing from the Dance Club."
"Thank you for taking care of me during this period of time. Goodbye!"
After saying that, Feng Qingyi pulled Shen Hanyue away in a nonchalant manner.
Shen Hanyue: "Qingyi, I find that you seem to have changed. I always thought you were very laid-back before, but I didn't expect you to have such a domineering side too."
Feng Qingyi: "Actually, I haven't changed. I just didn't want to make a fuss over these things before, thinking it was a waste of time. But this time, they went too far, and I didn't want to wrong myself."
After resolving the Dance Club issue, Feng Qingyi and Shen Hanyue returned to their dorm.
Opening her phone, Feng Qingyi saw a message from Qin Yuchuan.
[Yuchuan: Have you eaten?]
[Qingyi: Yes, I just withdrew from the club.]
[Yuchuan: You weren't bullied, were you?]
[Qingyi: Of course not, I'm very capable, no one can bully me.]
[Qingyi: Although I couldn't do anything to the president, the other club members now know about this incident too.]
[Yuchuan: Good that you weren't wronged.]
[Yuchuan: Your way of handling it was great, planting seeds of doubt in people's minds.]
[Qingyi: Actually, I didn't think that much about it.]
[Qingyi: College is actually a rather innocent place. When entering society in the future, I might encounter all kinds of people, so I'm just getting a head start in adapting to that.]
[Qingyi: When I come across such situations again in the future, I'll have experience dealing with them.]
[Yuchuan: Mmm.]
If he could, he really wanted to protect her under his wings, shielding her from the malice of this world.
But he knew that she had her own thoughts and aspirations, and he couldn't restrain her.
