Chapter 4: Love Rival? The Dark Gold Mask That Must Never Be Revealed 1
Ever since I learned from Qian Yuefang the reasons why the members of the West Pastry Club joined the club that day, I spent half of my spare time in the Xinggong Library.
In the Xinggong Library, there is an area dedicated to storing school history archives, and I have been looking for information related to the Earl's Rose Pastry Society there.
However, I definitely didn’t dig into someone’s family history out of curiosity. I, Lin Weiya, just wanted to learn as much as possible about the Earl’s Rose Pastry Club and find ways to help my partners.
Especially Jing Fengyin!
After knowing Jing Fengyin's reason for joining the club, I thought about helping him find a way to cure his sister at the Earl Rose Pastry Club.
I found the first issue of Xinggong Academy's school newspaper from a pile of yellowed old newspapers.
After registering with the reading room manager, I carefully sat down with the documents wrapped in transparent plastic paper.
The first issue of the school newspaper published a black and white photo of the first principal.
A scholar with short hair, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, wearing round black-framed glasses and very gentlemanly manner.
"Is this the first-generation principal Xing Yueming? Xing Yeliu's family has really good genes, even the ancestor is a handsome guy! Hey, who's next to him?"
I noticed the silhouette of a woman behind the principal.
The woman was dressed in a very retro style, wearing a white modified dress and a British-style mesh hat on her head. The white mesh hung down, covering the upper half of the woman's face.
Could this be the Countess of Rose?
I carefully read the tiny print next to the photo:
"Returned scholar Xing Yueming married a foreign lady and established the first comprehensive private college in the country..."
It is indeed the Countess!
I read the newspaper excitedly, and then I looked through the archived materials of the first principal's tenure, but I found that there was very little information about the principal's wife. Occasionally, when I attended with the principal, there was only an introduction to the events, and there was nothing else about the lady except her exotic origins.
"This is the school history museum of our Xinggong Academy. It stores all the records of Xinggong since its founding..."
Just as I was concentrating on thinking, a voice rang out in the quiet reading room.
I looked up and saw a group of people in formal attire walking in, and a few staff members holding cameras and video cameras to film and interview people with microphones. The one walking in front was a middle-aged man who looked very impressive, with a big belly, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and obvious forehead wrinkles. He was introducing something to the group of people behind him, and there seemed to be foreigners, chattering, and I couldn't hear clearly because I was too far away.
I was still in a daze, but I noticed that when the pedestrians saw me, they whispered to each other for a while, and then walked towards me together.
I was stunned, turned around and looked behind me, and found that I was the only one in the reading room.
When the pedestrian came to me, I quickly put down the newspaper, stood up, and looked dazed.
You can tell at a glance that these people are not students. Are they VIPs coming here to visit?
I was thinking about this. The slightly plump middle-aged man leading the group looked at the newspaper on my desk with an admiring look and said, "Student, what grade are you in? Why did you come here to look up school history materials?"
A photographer immediately found an angle to take pictures.
"I'm Lin Weiya from the first grade..."
I checked the school history data to find out the secret past of the Earl Rose Pastry Club... I can't say that! Then I can only -
"I am very interested in the glorious history , so I urge myself to learn more. Today I am proud of Xinggong, and I hope that tomorrow Xinggong will be proud of me."
I gave a high-sounding reason as if I were reciting a slogan.
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then showed a very pleased and appreciative expression: "Student Lin, your idea is good, keep working hard in the future!"
After saying that, he raised his hand and took the guests to visit other places.
"Who is that person?"
"That's our principal, Mr. Hoshinarimori!"
At this time, the reading room manager came over after hearing the noise and answered my question.
Xing Chengshou?
Isn’t that Xing Yeliu’s uncle?
His temperament is completely different from that of Xing Yeliu and the first-generation principal Mr. Xing Yueming!
I imagined Xing Yeliu's face with a big belly, and immediately got goose bumps all over my body.
"Student, you are so lucky! Our principal is very busy. Since he took over the position of principal of Xinggong Academy, the sponsorship received by Xinggong Academy has increased exponentially..."
"But Xinggong is a school for teaching and educating people, not a consortium." I couldn't help but mutter. While the management teacher was stunned, I took my bag and waved at him, "I have finished reading the information, thank you teacher!"
After saying that, I quickly left the reading room.
I glanced at my watch and saw that I still had half an hour until my required class.
I took brisk steps, taking two steps at a time and moving up the stairs. When I was about to leave the library hall, I unexpectedly met an acquaintance - Xia Lei.
She tied her hair into a pigtail today with a star-shaped hairpin at the end of her hair, and she was surrounded by several girls who were also wearing star-shaped ornaments.
When she saw me, her expression changed immediately.
"Hi! What a coincidence. Goodbye."
I smiled awkwardly and wanted to leave immediately after saying hello, but she stopped me unexpectedly.
"Stop--" Xia Lei shouted.
I stopped and turned my head.
This is the library lobby, and Xia Lei doesn't dare to do anything excessive, so I'm not nervous at all.
"Xia Lei, is she Lin Weiya?"
"I don't know what tricks she used to join the special management office where Senior Xingye Liu is..."
"Tsk tsk, she doesn't look that good! Her clothes are also very rustic..."
Before Xia Lei could say anything, her followers started chattering as if I was not there.
"Is there anything I can help you with? I have to go to class soon!" I asked with a smile.
"You can join our Night Star Fan Club, and I will give you the rights of an elite member." Xia Lei said to me seriously with a straight face, but there was no warmth in her eyes as she looked at me.
"Elite member? Xia Lei, isn't it too cheap for her?"
"That's right! Xia Lei, how can she be qualified to join our fan club..."
"Shut up! Are you the president or am I the president?" Xia Lei glared at me, and the people on both sides dared not speak. She frowned and looked at me coldly, "Do you want to join? In our fan club, you will no longer be excluded and targeted. Of course, you have to abide by our rules..."
After hearing this, I understood.
She wanted me to join the fan club just to keep me under her watch and make me abide by their strange rules.
"No thanks! I like to be a free person, sorry!"
I waved my hand, smiled and left.
"Don't regret it! Lin Weiya, I'm giving you a chance..." Xia Lei shouted angrily.
"Of course I won't regret it. Xia Lei, I also want to tell you..." I turned around and smiled widely, "Youth is short, why not do something more meaningful!"
I ignored the angry looks from the people behind me and left in style.
I, Lin Weiya, want to eat a lot of delicious food, make friends with good people, and help the gentle senior save his sister. I am very busy and really don’t have time to fight with boring people.
