Chapter 1 If every encounter is a kind of fate, then, Lin Muran, we are doomed to fail! 02
"Xiao baby, you must have met a liar!"
After swiping the card, Xiao Baobei returned to the dormitory heartbroken and told Shen Xingru the whole story. Shen Xingru gave her this answer in a firm tone.
Shen Xingru - Xiao Baobao's best friend. She has a good figure and good looks. She was Xiao Baobao's junior high school and high school classmate. Fate also allowed them to enter the same university and choose the same major. The two were also lucky to be assigned to the same class and live in the same dormitory. There is a saying that 500 glances in the previous life can exchange for an encounter in this life. If so, in the previous life of Xiao Baobao and Shen Xingru, they must have kept looking back for each other to the point of twisting their necks.
After listening to Shen Xingru's words, Xiao Baobei felt like a ball that had been deflated, and his whole body was wilted.
"If he wasn't a liar, how could he have the nerve to trick you into going to such an expensive western restaurant, eat so much, and even let you pay the bill? How good can a person who has been heartbroken have an appetite? Also, a person who has been heartbroken should drink alcohol, why did he drink soup? Baby, I'm telling you, that boy is definitely a liar!"
"Not necessarily. I think he's quite sad..."
"Come on! With your terrible emotional intelligence, if someone has a droopy mouth, you will think that they must be unhappy."
"But he looked quite lonely! He wanted to cry but couldn't, and he even smiled bitterly."
Shen Xingru raised a smile, and then asked Xiao Baobei: "Tell me, what is the name of that smile I just had?"
"Smile!"
"Wrong! I was sneering."
"Well……"
"Don't be sad, just think of it as a lesson learned! Don't be so sad, come with me to the playground to see if there are any clubs you can join!" After saying that, Shen Xingru pulled Xiao Baobei out of the dormitory.
On the crowded playground, all the big and small clubs in the school were in their own small area, hanging banners and posting advertisements.
Xiao Baobei followed Shen Xingru to visit a total of five clubs. Next to the dazzling Shen Xingru, she seemed to have turned on stealth mode.
This is already the sixth club...
"Student, this is the brochure of our club. Our club won the third place in the national street dance competition last year! You are very welcome to join our club."
When the president of this so-called dance club once again ignored Xiao Baobei, Shen Xingru glanced at Xiao Baobei beside her, took Xiao Baobei's arm and said, "Then may I ask what are the requirements of your club?"
The president obviously didn't notice that Xiao Baobei was much shorter than Shen Xingru, and continued to smile flatteringly and said, "No requirements, no requirements at all, everyone is welcome."
After saying that, the president took out a registration form from behind and shook it gently.
Seeing this, Xiao Baobei reached out and took the registration form. After visiting so many clubs, this is the only one that has no requirements!
"Huh?" The president looked down at Xiao Baobei who was looking at the registration form excitedly, revealed a disdainful smile, and pulled the registration form out of Xiao Baobei's hand with one hand.
Seeing the registration form he had obtained being snatched away again, Xiao Baobei was so angry that his face turned red and he stomped his feet heavily to express his anger.
"I said there are no requirements, but this does not mean that we will recruit elementary school students under 160cm!" The president glanced at Xiao Baobei, and the smile on the corner of his mouth made Xiao Baobei want to punch him.
Although Xiao Baobei is very short, she can't be an elementary school student, right?
"Do you know that what you said not only offended me, but also the tens of millions of young people under 160cm tall across the country!" Xiao Baobei didn't dare to punch the other person, but she was not afraid to fight back verbally and engage in a verbal battle with this arrogant president.
"Yes, don't look at my baby's short stature, she knows a lot! There is nothing in the sky or on the earth that she doesn't know." Shen Xingru on the side also started to join in.
When the president heard Shen Xingru call Xiao Baobei "Baby", an ambiguous look appeared on his face again: "Baby? Humph, do you know everything?"
"I'm sure you know more than I do." Xiao Baobei replied unhappily.
You have to know that Xiao Baobei's college entrance examination score passed the admission line of Tsinghua University. If it weren't for her sweetheart, she would not have lowered herself to come to this famous liberal arts university to study business administration, which she was not interested in at all.
"Then tell me, how far is the earth from the sun? And what is the average speed of a rocket?"
The president thought that these questions were enough to make things difficult for Xiao Baobei, so he stood there, looking at Xiao Baobei provocatively, waiting to see Xiao Baobei make a fool of himself.
"The sun is located at a focus, so this distance varies. Its maximum value is 152.1 million kilometers; the minimum value is 147.1 million kilometers; the average value is 149.6 million kilometers. The maximum speed of a single-stage rocket is 4.5 kilometers per second, and the speed of a multi-stage rocket can reach the first cosmic speed of 7.9 kilometers per second. Do you have any other questions?"
By the time Xiao Baobei read out this series of answers fluently, the president's mouth had become an O shape, round enough to fit an egg.
"Is this all right now?" Baby Xiao took the registration form with a victorious smile.
Although she disdained to join this dance club, at least she completed the task of joining !
"Wait a minute!" When Xiao Baobei took the registration form and wanted to fill in his name, the registration form was snatched away again. The president still had a look of contempt on his face, "I didn't say you can sign up!"
"But I just answered your question!"
"Yes, she just answered your question!"
When Xiao Baobei and Shen Xingru were trying their best to fight for it, the president made a gesture to silence them: "You answered my question, but the distance between the earth and the sun and the speed of the rocket have nothing to do with dancing. I'll tell you the truth, our club only accepts girls who are pretty or have long arms and legs. Excuse me, classmate, which one do you think you have? Anyway, I think you have nothing."
After the president finished speaking, Xiao Baobei, who was standing there, was already irritated. If she had strong little arms, she would have punched him. If she had long legs, she would have stepped on him.
But, she didn't occupy it...
"Baby, let's go!" Just when the little devil in Xiao Baobei's heart was tearing the annoying president into pieces, Shen Xingru pulled her away from this place of trouble.
"Baby, don't pay attention to him. Actually, there's nothing good about having long arms and legs. For example, although I'm taller and prettier, I also have my own troubles..."
While Shen Xingru was talking endlessly to comfort Xiao Baobei, Xiao Baobei's eyes were all on the figure who looked like Li Yange not far away.
Li Yange - Xiao Baobao's boyfriend who she had been dating online for three years. They only met once during the summer vacation of her second year in high school. He claimed to be a talented writer, and his favorite thing to do was to recite poems with Xiao Baobao, who had a weak foundation in literature, to show off his talent. Because of his weak foundation in literature, Xiao Baobao plunged into Li Yange's empty promises.
"Baby, are you listening to me?" After talking for a while without receiving any response, Shen Xingru bumped Xiao Baobei's arm.
Baby Xiao touched the arm that was hurt by Shen Xingru and gave her a resentful look. Then she found that the figure had disappeared!
"Ah! Li Yange!" Baby Xiao stomped his feet in annoyance.
"Li Yange? Where is he? Didn't he disappear for a few months?" As Xiao Baobei shouted, Shen Xingru stretched her head and looked around.
"He didn't disappear, he just didn't bother me so that I could review better and take the exam better!" Xiao Baobei's taboo is that she won't tolerate anyone saying anything bad about Li Yange. You know, in her heart, Li Yange is the most handsome, talented, and perfect boyfriend in the world.
"Okay, okay, okay, whatever Li Yange does is right! He is the super invincible little sun in your heart, Xiao baby, okay?"
"Hmph, I'll go find him myself!" Baby Xiao didn't want to explain anything anymore and walked forward angrily.
But how easy is it to find Li Yange in this school with thousands of people?
Baby Xiao walked around the entire school but didn't see Li Yange again. She looked at the dazzling sunlight and felt as if the familiar figure just now might have been just an illusion.
"Let's go and have dinner. We have very important things to do later! If wants to see you, he will come to you himself. You will stay in this university for four years. Are you afraid that you won't meet him in four years?" Shen Xingru, who had been following Xiao Baobei, persuaded breathlessly.
"That's right! I believe he will come to me on his own initiative." Xiao Baobei looked at the empty court, not sure whether he was talking to himself or to Shen Xingru beside him.
Shen Xingru took Xiao Baobei to a fast food restaurant near the school for dinner. While eating, Li Yange's figure was all in Xiao Baobei's mind.
Before the college entrance examination, Li Yange told Xiao Baobei that he would disappear for a while in order not to interfere with her studies. But unexpectedly, after the college entrance examination and the summer vacation, Li Yange did not show up. When Xiao Baobei called his phone, it was no longer in service, and his QQ was always invisible. Even his favorite blog, Daba, was last updated a month before the college entrance examination.
In order to find him, Xiao Baobei came to the College of Arts where he was, thinking that they would meet in the same school, but after two days of school, she hadn't seen Li Yange. What frustrated Xiao Baobei the most was that she didn't even know which class Li Yange was in, and she didn't even know how to ask.
"Hey, you said I talked so much with Li Yange, how come I forgot to ask him which class he is from? How about I ask each class one by one!"
"Come on, honey, don't be so embarrassed when you come to school? You're asking questions from class to class. Aren't you afraid that others will say you're a crazy junior high school girl? Be more reserved!"
"Oh, this doesn't work, and that doesn't work. How can I find him? It's so annoying!" Baby Xiao scratched his hair in annoyance.
"Okay, stop bothering me! Come on, follow me to the literature club recruitment. I've been waiting for two days before they start recruiting new members!" After saying that, Shen Xingru paid the bill and pulled Xiao Baobei out.
"What literature club? I'm already annoyed enough coming to this liberal arts-focused university! What's so good about joining a literature club?" When Xiao Baobei was pulled to the door by Shen Xingru, he grabbed the door tightly as soon as he heard the word "literature club" and refused to take another step.
"I went to the recruitment because of Lin Muran!"
"Who is Lin Muran?"
"You don't even know who Lin Muran is?"
"I don't know. Is he important?"
When Xiao Baobei asked in a particularly nonchalant manner whether Lin Muren was important or not, Shen Xingru gave up pulling her and walked up to her and began to introduce Lin Muren with shining eyes.
"Lin Muren is the most talented person in the Faculty of Arts. He is handsome, talented, and has a great personality. I heard that anyone who comes into contact with him will fall in love with him!"
It was the first time that Xiao Baobei saw Shen Xingru praising a boy like that, and he was quite surprised.
"You don't like that Lin Muran, do you?"
"It's not liking, it's admiration! Let's go, today's new recruit is the president's assistant! When I heard that I could be Lin Muren's assistant and get along with him every day, my blood boiled. Also, didn't you say that Li Yange is very talented? Maybe he is also a member of the literature club!" As soon as Shen Xingru finished speaking, Xiao Baobei rushed out with extremely cheerful steps.
Although Xiao Baobei didn't understand why a mere literary club president would need to recruit an assistant, she was motivated by the thought that she might meet Li Yange.
But as soon as she arrived at the recruitment hall, she was stunned. There was no Li Yange here, only girls were present.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Baobei wanted to back out, but unfortunately, Shen Xingru disappeared after dragging Xiao Baobei to the literature club recruitment site.
So no matter what, she still had to wait for Shen Xingru to show up before going back to the dormitory together.
Since he was bored anyway, Xiao Baobei sat on a chair in the corner, swinging his legs, looking at the crowded scene in front of him and fell into deep thought.
As expected, it is a university famous for its liberal arts. It is mostly filled with girls, and they are all girls who love literature...
If it weren't for their love of literature, Xiao Baobei really couldn't imagine why they would rush to join this literary club at such a desperate pace.
"Baby, I'm ready. Let's wait for the interview!" Shen Xingru's beautiful face squeezed into Xiao Baobei's sight which was occupied by the dark crowd , and said excitedly.
Xiao Baobei looked at the crowded team, then at the panting Shen Xingru, and asked in confusion: "What kind of Qigong did you use to shake everyone else away so that you could sign up so quickly?"
"How can I know any Qigong? I just got in through the back door!" At this point, Shen Xingru showed a proud smile, "The first wave of recruitment for the literature club was to recruit officers, and only boys were recruited at that time, so I let Chen Xing join. It just so happened that he was in charge of distributing and collecting application forms today, so I got it first!"
"Poor Chen Xing." Looking at Shen Xingru's smug look, Xiao Baobei muttered to himself.
Chen Xing——Shen Xingru's super follower, who followed her from high school to college. Everyone with eyes, even Xiao Baobei, whose emotional quotient was in the double digits, knew that Chen Xing liked Shen Xingru. But for some reason, Shen Xingru always pretended to know nothing.
Maybe she really doesn't know...
Thinking of this, Xiao Baobei began to worry about other people's low emotional intelligence. (Author: Please, there is no one in this world with a lower emotional intelligence than you, okay?)
"Hey, honey, do you think this is an exciting scene? You never thought that so many people would covet an assistant position, did you?"
"They probably all love literature very much..."
"Bullshit! These girls are just like me, they are here for Lin Muran!"
"No way, does an assistant position pay?"
"No……"
After Shen Xingru finished answering, Xiao Baobei couldn't help but look at her with a "are you a fool?" look.
Want to do business, but have no money, isn't this the most unprofitable business in history? Are these girls crazy?
Her baby Xiao is not such a fool, she doesn't want to sign up!
Just thinking of this, Xiao Baobei couldn't help but applaud his own intelligence.
"Oh, I signed you up too!" Looking at Xiao Baobei who was secretly happy without knowing why, Shen Xingru looked at the crowded crowd in front and said thoughtfully.
"What?" Baby Xiao was just applauding his own cleverness, but he didn't expect that a second later, there would be a big reversal .
"I've signed you up! Didn't I just tell you that we're waiting for the interview?" Shen Xingru glanced at Xiao Baobei.
Baby Xiao adjusted her memory to one minute ago. At that time, she was staring at the crowd in a daze, and then Shen Xingru appeared.
She said, "Baby, I've got it done, let's just wait for the interview!"
Yes, she was talking about us...
Thinking of this, Xiao Baobei felt a little dejected.
"Baby, if we both sign up, our chances of success will be greater! You're so good at math, you wouldn't be unable to understand such a simple truth, right?"
"I don't understand? What I don't understand is that this kind of loss-making business has so many people treating it as a hot commodity and scrambling for it." Xiao Baobei said unhappily.
"Okay, just consider it as a favor to me...Register today, interview tomorrow, we'll just sit for a while and then go back!"
Looking at Shen Xingru's pleading look, Xiao Baobei sighed in his heart.
Forget it. Shen Xingru has signed up anyway. With her around, what will Xiao Baobei have to do with her...
If all else fails, there are still thousands of girls out there who are willing to risk everything for that assistant position...
Thinking of this, Xiao Baobei suddenly felt enlightened.
"Hello, hello. Lin Muran! Lin Muran!" Just as Xiao Baobei figured it out, Shen Xingru grabbed her arm and shook it. When Xiao Baobei was dizzy and seeing stars, she saw a familiar figure appear at the door.
That figure...
It's that liar!
Lin Mumu!
"That...that Lin Muran, is he the man wearing a white shirt and dark blue jeans?" Looking at that figure and thinking about his own 500 yuan, Xiao Baobei felt a pang of pain in his heart again.
"Yes! Yes! Isn't he handsome?" There was a light in Shen Xingru's eyes that Xiao Baobei could never understand.
Is this guy considered handsome?
Is there something wrong with her vision? (Author: Xiao Baobei, are you sure it’s not your vision that’s the problem?)
"How can he be handsome? He is that Lin Mumu! The Lin Mumu who was heartbroken and cheated me of my money!" Xiao Baobei said as he tried to squeeze through the crowd to ask for an explanation from the liar.
“Sit down!” Shen Xingru pulled Xiao Baobei, who was rushing around but repeatedly hitting a wall, to her side. “How could Lin Muren be a liar? Even if he is a liar, he would never be heartbroken! Who is he! He is Lin Muren! Girls who like him can line up from the school gate to the train station. How could such a handsome guy be heartbroken!”
Xiao Baobei looked at Shen Xingru, who was firm in her eyes and confident in her words, and then recalled Shen Xingru who had sworn before that she must have met a liar.
this……
How come after Lin Mumu became Lin Muran, the treatment she received was completely different?
"Let's go. There are so many girls today. Even if I squeeze to the front, he won't notice me. Let's go back to the dormitory first!" After saying that, Shen Xingru pulled Xiao Baobei out of the crowded scene.
Xiao Baobei was pulled by Shen Xingru. She looked at Shen Xingru beside her, and then at the recruitment hall that was slowly retreating. She felt a little confused...
Is this boy who looks exactly like Lin Mumu actually Lin Mumu? Or is it that her memory is confused and she remembered it wrong?
Never mind, let’s find out during the interview tomorrow!
The next day after class, Shen Xingru dragged Xiao Baobei to the recruitment hall where they had been yesterday.
The interview of the literature club is in full swing. Groups of ten are brought to a small classroom to be interviewed by the president Lin Muran and the vice president Xichuan.
No matter how the external environment changed, no matter which girl was being interviewed, Xiao Baobei's eyes never left Lin Muran.
"Next, Xiao baby."
Xiao Baobei heard her name and a burst of laughter. The people who laughed included all the girls present and the vice president Xichuan. Only Lin Muran looked calm.
He naturally calmed down. When he saw Xiao Baobei's name on the registration form yesterday, he had already used up all his excitement...
"Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Baobei." Xiao Baobei stood up and introduced himself seriously.
"Um, ahem, classmate Xiao baby." The first person to ask the question was Xichuan, who had blond hair and looked like a mixed-race child.
"What's your favorite book?"
"Books? My favorite books are A Brief History of Time and The Universe in a Nutshell."
Xiao Baobei's answer caused an uproar at the scene.
Do the girls in this liberal arts college not read Hawking's books? Xiao Baobei was a little confused.
"I didn't expect you to look stupid, but the books you like to read are so profound!" Such a mean and vicious remark did not come from Xichuan, but from Lin Muran who was standing next to him.
Baby Xiao was so angry about this that her teeth were itching, but she couldn't get angry because she was a girl with a broad mind.
"Then please tell me, what do you think are the qualifications required to be the assistant to the president of the literature club?" Lin Muren looked at Xiao Baobei, whose face was red with anger, and a sense of secret joy that he had never felt before slipped through his heart.
That secret joy was even greater than when he won first place in some literary competition...
The reason why he was so happy was probably because he always won the first place easily...
"An assistant... isn't it just doing odd jobs? Simply put, it means being able to do the work and endure hardships!" After hearing Lin Muran's question, Xiao Baobei blurted out the answer.
"Well, not bad! I didn't expect you to be so aware." After hearing Xiao Baobei's answer, Lin Muren was not surprised like the others, but was unusually calm, as if he had known that Xiao Baobei would come up with such an answer.
"We have asked all our questions . Do you have any questions for us?" Xichuan, who was standing by, recovered from his shock and asked Xiao Baobei.
"Yes, I have a question for the president." Baby Xiao looked at Lin Muran.
"Hmm? What's the problem?"
“Excuse me, are the shrimps in the shrimp and cheese risotto very tender?”
When everyone didn't understand why Xiao Baobei asked this strange question, Lin Muren answered without thinking: "Yeah, very tender and fragrant!"
After hearing Lin Muren's answer, Xiao Baobei immediately turned around and shouted to Shen Xingru who was waiting on the side: "Xingru, I tell you, he is Lin Mumu! Lin Muren is Lin Mumu! He is the lovelorn liar! What he ordered that day was shrimp and cheese baked rice! 150 yuan a bowl of shrimp and cheese baked rice!"
Hearing Xiao Baobei's excited and uncontrollable shouting, Shen Xingru, who was standing by, immediately dragged Xiao Baobei to the corner of the classroom at lightning speed and explained repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my friend misunderstood."
Xichuan looked at Xiao Baobei's unwilling figure and Lin Muran who was laughing beside him, and his mind was in a mess.
"Do you know this strange girl?" Xichuan asked Lin Muran curiously.
"Well, she's cute, right? She's a very interesting girl, right?"
Cute? Very interesting? Seeing that Lin Muran, who was always so cocky, actually used these two words to describe a girl, Xichuan was a little surprised.
You have to know that in Lin Muran's mind, the definition of a girl is: noisy and troublesome . He has never said that any girl is cute...
The interview finally ended, and everyone was looking forward to Lin Muran announcing the results.
Of course, everyone here does not include Xiao Baobei who is still furious.
If Shen Xingru hadn't pulled her into a corner and told her not to make any sound, she would have definitely gone to find Lin Muren to have a good argument with him.
Looking at the situation today, there should be countless girls who want to treat him to a meal. Why does he want to blackmail me when I have no money and no looks?
In this world, apart from things that can be explained by science, there are . For example, 15 minutes later, Lin Muran came to announce the results.
As a result, Xiao Baobei successfully got the position of assistant because she could endure hardships, work hard, and also liked to read A Brief History of Time.
After hearing the result of the recruitment, Xiao Baobei originally wanted to refuse, but seeing the angry eyes of the crowd, she could only accept it helplessly.
"Congratulations, classmate Xiao Baobei! The key to our literature club's small classroom is now in your hands."
When Lin Muran put the key in Xiao Baobei's hand, Xiao Baobei had a feeling that the hero would never come back.
"Excuse me, as the assistant to the president of the literature club, do you have the authority to manage the club's finances?" Xiao Baobei took the key and leaned close to Lin Muran's ear and asked.
"Of course." Lin Muren raised a wicked smile when he heard this question.
After hearing Lin Muran's answer, Xiao Baobei felt that her mood was not so bad. During her days as an assistant, she would definitely try her best to get back the more than 500 yuan she had wasted!
Lin Muren, who was standing aside, looked at Xiao Baobei laughing secretly, and felt even more happy. Didn't he know what Xiao Baobei was thinking? It was just that the fees of the literature club were not so easy to embezzle.
Now that fate has brought them together again, he will definitely seize this opportunity and have a good time with this strange girl.
Lin Muren instantly had such a feeling, that is——
With my baby Xiao, life is so wonderful!