Cloud Girl Chapter Seven

Chen Nanyi is the kind of college student who rarely lives in dormitories but lives in her own home.

Not only because she has a younger sister to take care of, but also because she is an orphan, and since her address is on campus, she can naturally apply to live at home in order to save on dormitory fees.

Although it's good for Chen Nanyi's indifferent personality to not have to interact with people, it also means that no one will remind her of the classroom or any other sudden announcements. She even got her first cell phone yesterday, but she doesn't even know how to type!

That's why he got the class he was in wrong.

Only a portion of the teaching buildings of Lu's Academy's undergraduate division are built on the mountain, standing side by side, while the other teaching buildings, dormitories, and administrative buildings are located at the foot of Tulo Mountain.

The teaching building wasn't clearly designated for any particular department, and Chen Nanyi didn't know how to identify it, so she had no choice but to honestly run down the mountain to check the distribution of the teaching buildings.

As she passed by her own house, Chen Nanyi hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to run home to check if Chen Yijing was safe.

Chen unlocked the door and went straight to the room on the second floor, but he couldn't find Chen Yijing anywhere. It was as if the whole villa was empty!

At first, she was fine and tried to remain calm, but later Chen Nanyi started to panic because she called Chen Yijing's name from upstairs to downstairs, but there was no response.

In the empty house, the sky was still cold and gloomy, and a desolate wind blew through the woods into the kitchen window, making the screen window rustle.

Chen Nanyi couldn't help but shed tears—she was really just pretending to be strong, how could she not feel helpless in the face of such a thing?

Suppressing the urge to rush out the door, and remembering it was locked, Chen Nanyi ran upstairs again, searching the storage room, the wardrobe, and under the bed. Finally, she went downstairs and overheard some unusual activity coming from the guest room on the first floor. There she discovered Chen Yijing hiding under the bed, seemingly asleep.

When Chen Nanyi, her face streaked with tears, lifted the bed curtains, Chen Yijing seemed to find it amusing and smiled foolishly at her…

Upon seeing this scene, Chen Nanyi's anger flared up instantly.

I was about to yell at her, or even hit her, but seeing Chen Yijing's pitiful and clueless appearance, I held back. Hitting her would only make me hate myself more—why bother? She doesn't understand anything.

Chen Nanyi gave a bitter smile and could only hurriedly tidy up Chen Yijing, who was covered in dirt and dust. She was always afraid that one day she would really disappear like this. If that were the case, where could she find her?

Chen Nanyi, who had finally managed to free up some time, checked the time on her watch and had no choice but to rush down the mountain to find her counselor and explain the situation.

Fortunately, there was still quite a while before the end of the fourth period. Chen Nanyi found her counselor and explained everything. The counselor saw that she was covered in sweat, and since she had learned about the situation beforehand, she was very understanding and didn't say anything. She just told her to go to her teacher to explain.

Afraid of disturbing the teacher's class, Chen Nanyi waited outside until the get out of class ended before running into the classroom to inform the teacher. Only then did her chaotic first day of university finally come to an end.

It was only because the teacher knew about her situation that she was able to be a little more lenient with her; otherwise, it would have been difficult to show favoritism to a student like her who was always causing problems.

Fortunately, most courses in the Chinese department consist of one or two long lectures in the morning, with virtually no classes in the afternoon—for a major that requires personal accumulation and reflection, having clear goals and methods is sufficient.

Naturally, this is also why Chen Nanyi chose the Chinese Literature major—only in this way can she stay at home to take care of Chen Yijing to the greatest extent possible—this is the greatest effort she can make for Chen Yijing and her deceased mother.

However, Chen Nanyi couldn't think about those trivial matters for a moment at the moment—because what she urgently needed to solve was this very thing—the female teacher who had actually dragged her into the so-called drama club in broad daylight!

Chen Nanyi was walking alone today, along the tree-lined path of the college, through the playground, intending to return to her house on the mountain.

She deliberately quickened her pace to keep her distance from the crowded students leaving get out of class.

Unexpectedly, this year's club recruitment activities were so competitive that even the teachers personally took part.

"Hey student, why don't you join our drama club?" The female teacher actually walked to the edge of the playground and grabbed him!

"Let me tell you, as long as you put on one play, you'll have all the activity points and volunteer points for the semester. It's that easy!"

For some reason, the beautiful female teacher seemed to see that Chen Nanyi was someone who appeared cold but actually didn't know how to refuse others. She maintained her composure well and didn't disrespect people, but she forcefully stopped Chen Nanyi from introducing the product, making her seem like a criminal boss involved in a pyramid scheme.

"Um... I'm sorry, teacher, I'm not interested, and I have to go now," Chen Nanyi paused for a moment, her expression somewhat blank, before finally managing to utter a sentence.

If the teacher hadn't been so kind, Chen Nanyi might have already stormed off, but now she just wanted to break free.

Seeing Chen Nanyi about to leave, the female teacher immediately grabbed her and asked urgently, "Hey, how about this, classmate, my name is Xu Yingxiang, and I'm a counselor in the School of Life Sciences. Other students can testify to that, so you should believe me now, right? What's your name, classmate?"

Chen Nanyi paused for a moment, puzzled, but still replied, "My name is Chen Nanyi..."

"Oh dear, Nanyi, look, our drama troupe is recruiting new members. We only have one spot left, really the last one, otherwise we would have closed up shop long ago... Look, it's the opening scene with the commander who sacrificed himself," the female teacher pointed to the flyer and showed it to her, "the program our drama club won this year."

"There aren't many lines, and they're not complicated, so there's absolutely no need to worry about acting skills... Besides, you only need to set aside a little time to rehearse, it won't interfere with anything, and you won't have to worry about activity grades or anything like that at the end of the semester, isn't that great?"

The female teacher's face was almost touching Chen Nanyi's as she coaxed him, her full lips opening and closing repeatedly.

Chen Nanyi was somewhat overwhelmed by this "fierce offensive," yet she knew she did need activity points, so she was somewhat hesitant and tempted.

Seeing this, Xu Yingxiang seized the opportunity to say, "Just fill it out, it'll be quick," and pulled Chen Nanyi to fill out the form, then stamped the membership card with her name on it.

Chen Nanyi didn't even have time to look at the people next to her before Xu Yingxiang waved her hand, ordering her students to pack up their stalls, leaving Chen Nanyi alone, bewildered in the wind.

Perhaps it's because Chen Nanyi's inherently gentle nature makes her unsuited to this fast-paced lifestyle?

She always felt like she had unintentionally become a huge sucker, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why.

However, what kind of association is so aggressive in recruiting people to join their group? Although it really does seem to be the last one, if this association is so "popular," then there's no need to keep pestering them to join!

Even after returning home to the kitchen, Chen Nanyi was still completely baffled.

Her hands rested on the table as she looked out the window. The wind howled, and the once vibrant forest began to reveal its foliage, but she felt as if she were still trapped in a stagnant, unchanging state of stagnation...

After pondering for a while without success, he let it go.

Chen Nanyi picked up her schoolbag, took out the fish and vegetables she had just bought at the market, washed them, placed them on the cutting board, twisted her hands, and began to prepare a new dish.

Chen Nanyi only learned two days later that although the drama club only rehearsed one play, that one play was enough to get them invited to perform at almost any major campus celebration, and that didn't even include the usual rehearsal time! No wonder, even with a semester's worth of volunteer and activity points, not many people were willing to come.

Chen Nanyi felt deceived—but it was her own mistake that led to this, and she couldn't shirk responsibility, so she had no choice but to silently bear the consequences.

Chen Nanyi considers herself an extremely pessimistic person. Although she yearns for beautiful things, she is well aware that they are an insurmountable barrier for many people in their entire lives, and all she can do is try her best to endure them.

This is also why, almost every time Chen Nanyi saw Xu Yingxiang later, she wanted to say the words of refusal to withdraw again—a dormant heart was about to burst out, but she still didn't say it.

Thus, at the start of this university of life, Chen Nanyi, as a third-year Chinese literature major, was "educated" with a "valuable lesson" by Xu Yingxiang, the drama club leader who was known for recruiting the fastest in history. She was then recruited into the drama club during the "Battle of a Hundred Clubs" and felt that she could endure it and just made it to the end of the semester. Of course, that's another story.

In fact, after Chen Nanyi declined the drama troupe's registration twice, she realized that her reluctance to participate was too strong. Even so, she still did not think about quitting - otherwise she would have to go elsewhere to earn activity points.

So when the person in charge of the play sent her another text message to ask for rehearsals, Chen Nanyi was lying on her mother's recliner, bathed in the layers of sunlight filtering through the trees. When she received the text message, she realized that this matter was actually more difficult than she had imagined, but she could no longer delay or be perfunctory.

Left with no other choice, Chen Nanyi had to obediently go out to deal with the situation.

When Chen Nanyi arrived at the location the drama club had given her, she found a boy who had been waiting downstairs. The boy came up to greet her after seeing her.

"You must be Chen Nanyi? My name is Guanghao..."

"Advertisement? Oh, hello," Chen Nanyi repeated, feeling that the name seemed a bit strange, but still nodded politely.

The boy paused for a moment, then couldn't help but chuckle, "This is the first time in my life I've known that my name can be pronounced like this..."

Chen Nanyi felt a little embarrassed by his laughter, but simply stepped onto the stairs.

"My name is Guanghao! Guang as in broad, Hao as in bright moon," the boy said as he walked, unable to suppress a laugh. "I'm from Class 1 of the School of Life Sciences. You must have been dragged here by Professor Xu, right? Haha, let me tell you, if it weren't for the rule that our school isn't allowed to do things exclusively, our counselor would have just assigned the spot directly to us without asking anyone else."

"But don't worry, we'll only rehearse three times a week at the beginning. After the freshman ceremony performance, we'll be more familiar with each other and won't need to rehearse so frequently. We can just rehearse daily until the next performance, and then rehearse again. The beginning of the semester is the most challenging part..."

Guanghao talked as he walked, then stopped on the fourth floor and led her straight into the drama club's rehearsal space.

There were about fifteen people in the rehearsal room, just the right number. Since the rehearsal hadn't started yet, it was a noisy mess.

Guanghao led her to the innermost part of the rehearsal room, where various costumes and supplies were displayed.

Most people were sitting on chairs on either side of the middle section of the rehearsal room, while only a few people from the logistics department were present.

A few people were tidying up their things when Guanghao walked over to a tall boy who had his back to them and was talking to someone, and greeted him.

"Our class monitor, the student playing the leader is here. Teacher Xu told you to keep an eye on him," she said, then quickly added in a low voice, "Don't let him get away."

In the past few days, some freshmen who joined the club have quit because they felt that rehearsing plays three times a week was too tiring for someone who had just entered university. In addition, the person in charge, who was a sophomore, also quit because he felt too busy. In the end, this mess fell on the shoulders of Xu Xiaomeng, the "hardworking and conscientious" student representative. He was a little overwhelmed and asked Guanghao for help.

They've already gathered twice, and Xu Xiaomeng, who hasn't even started rehearsals yet, is getting increasingly annoyed by all sorts of miscellaneous things.

Just then, he remembered that the leader who had missed two performances was absent, so he didn't turn around immediately. He just glanced back casually, his solemn face still on his face.

Their eyes met, and to Xu Xiaomeng, it was as if the whole world froze, leaving only the sound of his heartbeat.

Drip, drip, dripping into his ears, making it impossible to hear anything.

It took Xu Xiaomeng a long time to recover, and his first reaction was to lower his eyes and look elsewhere. Then Guang Hao next to him said, "Then I'll leave that person to you..." and went back to his seat in the middle section.

Chen Nanyi also heard those words, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. She withdrew her gaze from looking around and looked up at Xu Xiaomeng standing there.

Xu Xiaomeng (＞д＜), “Can you please stop talking nonsense in such a serious manner? You’ll set a bad example for the children!”

Chen Nanyi ←_←, "Sorry, I don't have any balls, so I didn't pull any."

Xu Xiaomeng (￣ 'i ​​￣;), “Uh…oh…you, is this because I said you have no sense of romance? Hmm, since that's the case, you've never tried it before, so try mine! Just don't be too rough—”

Chen Nanyi, "Are you sure you really want this? If you really want it, then I'll let you experience what the love of a strong wife is like..."

Xu Xiaomeng: "Ah, no! Never mind, I won't argue with you. I have to go out... tsk, oh no, I'm not avoiding you, it's just that those useless underlings are such a hassle. They can't even handle this simple task, so I... um, I have to go."

Those useless underlings said, "Boss, doesn't your conscience hurt when you say that?"