She became a heartthrob among internet celebrities.

This Sunday is the school's club recruitment day, which is much more interesting and easier than departmental recruitment.

Jiang Lai had no intention of joining any clubs, but her roommates still dragged her out of the dorm.

"It's such a waste to spend all this time in the dorm!" Zhao Ying said emphatically.

"Exactly!" The other two agreed.

"Okay!" Jiang Lai picked up her phone, intending to shoot some videos and edit them into a vlog.

The recruitment site for student clubs at Imperial Capital University was set up on the main sports field. When Jiang Lai and her friends arrived, there were already tents set up everywhere on the track, banners were hung all over the place, and signs were all sorts of things.

Teito University has always encouraged students to develop more hobbies in their spare time, never restricting club activities, and even encouraging students to create clubs and engage in more extracurricular activities.

Therefore, at Imperial University, if you want to start a club, as long as your club activities do not violate laws and regulations or endanger your own or others' lives and property, you can basically pass the review.

This has led to the existence of a large number of clubs and societies on the playground.

Street dance clubs, skateboarding clubs, literature clubs, and anime clubs are the most common. A bit more unusual are the Singles Association and its sister association, the Matchmaking Association, which frequently hold joint events. There are also some rather peculiar ones such as: a Club for Lover of Dry Jokes, a Hide-and-Seek Club, and a Club for Disastrous Cooking, etc.

As Jiang Lai walked along, she received many flyers, all kinds of colorful ones, from various clubs that were trying to recruit new members.

A large crowd had gathered in front of the street dance club. Their recruitment tactic was always to have a bunch of handsome men and beautiful women dancing there, which everyone found very entertaining.

"Where to?" Tang Li felt a bit like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, finding everything new and exciting.

"Esports club!!!" Zhao Ying exclaimed excitedly, "Can you help me find out where the esports club is?"

"Okay!" The four of them split up and went to find the e-sports club.

As Jiang Lai walked and took pictures, she figured the theme for this episode could be "The Weird Clubs in School".

Actually, the e-sports club is quite easy to find. It's definitely one of the most popular clubs besides the street dance club, and it's always surrounded by boys and girls.

Upon seeing the e-sports club sign, Jiang Lai immediately sent a message in the group chat, asking the others to come over.

Jiang Lai stood outside the e-sports club's booth without going up to ask anything, acting like a gatekeeper.

A boy came out and asked, "Junior, would you be interested in checking out the esports club?"

Jiang Lai waved his hand: "No need, no need! I'm waiting for my roommate, she's interested."

"You should check it out! Our esports club has lots of activities! Besides playing together online, we can also play offline! We can even organize friendly matches with students from other schools..."

Jiang Lai listened with a smile as the senior in front of her finished his introduction, and then said, "But I'm not good at games."

"What games do you play, junior? We can find someone to carry you! How about King of Glory? How about Dynasty Warriors? How about Snake? Or maybe Candy Crush?"

Honor of Kings is a MOBA, The Great Era is an MMORPG, but are Snake and Candy Crush also considered esports?

Jiang Lai couldn't help but blurt out that remark, but to her surprise, the senior opposite her looked at her seriously and said, "Of course! Junior, why are you discriminating against games? Even if you play dress-up games, we have people in our club who can guide you! Do you know what kind of outfits can get you a high score? Our club has guides!"

Jiang Lai was convinced and wanted to argue a bit more when her roommates arrived.

Jiang Lai quickly pulled Zhao Ying over, "Senior, this is my roommate. She really wants to join the e-sports club. You should talk to her!"

The senior student handed Zhao Ying a form, saying, "Junior, you want to join our e-sports club? Fill out this form first!"

Zhao Ying took the form and went to the side, with Jiang Lai and the others following behind her to watch her fill it out.

Do you belong to any clubs or organizations?

Tang Li nodded: "Anime Club!"

Li Xiangyue shook her head: "I won't add it, I'm not very interested."

Jiang Lai agreed: "If you don't want to add it, then don't add it."

I originally thought joining the esports club was just a matter of filling out a form, but I didn't expect them to be so strict about who gets in.

Zhao Ying wrote on the form that her favorite game was Honor of Kings. A senior from the e-sports club challenged her to a solo match and affirmed her skill level before letting her pass.

Jiang Lai watched them play games and was reminded of her own clumsy attempts at playing Zhang Fei. Unable to contain her curiosity, she asked, "Senior, if I want to join the e-sports club, but I'm bad at games and don't play anything else, what should I do?"

The senior student hesitated for a moment: "We need cheerleaders for our offline entertainment competition, are you interested?"

Jiang Lai asked in confusion, "Why would an esports club need a cheerleading squad?"

"Break the curse of the esports scene having no handsome men and beautiful women!"

"?"

"You're quite good-looking, so I'll let you go and shake the enemy's morale." This senior seemed to be the head of the e-sports club and knew quite a lot. "Does the junior know that our school is organizing an offline e-sports competition? It's about selecting people from within the campus and then having them compete against other universities."

Jiang Lai shook her head: "I haven't paid attention to it."

"Then you can check this out, junior! Also, I'm serious about cheerleading!" The senior handed over a flyer and gave me a wink.

It's been confirmed; the esports club is full of fun-loving people.

Zhao Ying was pulled into the club's QQ group, paid a five-yuan membership fee, and received a cute e-sports club badge before the matter was considered closed.

After saying goodbye to the noisy playground, the four of them went straight to the cafeteria.

-

After finishing her meal and returning to her dorm, Jiang Lai started by editing the video. When she was almost done, she finally got tired and decided to take a break.

"Ah Jiang! Want to play games?" Zhao Ying called out to Jiang Lai as she sat in a chair watching Douyin.

"Are you coming, King of Glory?" "Just you and me?" "And the seniors from the e-sports club too."

Jiang Lai hesitated for a moment, "I'm really bad at this..."

"It's okay! We'll take you!"

"Okay, I'll give it a try." Jiang Lai opened the game and was immediately invited to team up with Zhao Ying.

This game was, without a doubt, a completely unenjoyable gaming experience.

Jiang Laisheng said dejectedly, "I'll never play this game again in my life. I give up."

Zhao Ying was indeed shocked by her skills. She seemed to want to say something to comfort her, but didn't know what to say. "At least you were cute when you cried for help when you were being hit?"

"?"

Jiang Lai left the team, saying, "I'm not playing anymore. Nothing in this world is difficult if you're willing to give up."

"Alright then." Seeing that Jiang Lai really didn't want to play, Zhao Ying didn't force her.

Just as Jiang Lai was about to log off, Lu Jin suddenly sent her a game invitation.

Jiang Lai paused as she was about to log out, hesitated for a moment, but still chose to refuse. She then quickly logged out of the game and went to WeChat.

The last time the two of them chatted was on the first day of school.

I was just about to send a message to Lu Jin when he sent one first.

Lu Jin: Why did you suddenly log off from the game?

Jiang Lai: I don't want to play anymore, lol

Lu Jin: What's wrong?

Jiang Lai: I was beaten very badly (tears)

Lu Jin: Hahahahahahahaha

Jiang Lai: ? ?

Lu Jin: Still want to play? I'll show you how.

Jiang Lai: I'm not playing anymore. I was just teaming up with my roommate, but I'm logging off now.

-

Lu Jin sat in his dorm room, holding his phone, unsure how to reply.

"What's wrong, third brother?" They were in the dorm and addressed each other by age.

"It's nothing," Lu Jin replied.

"Something's not right. Something's wrong with you. Did something happen that made you sad? Tell me and make me happy."

Lu Jin reached out and hooked his arm around the person opposite him's neck, pressing him down forcefully. "You little brat, are you looking for a beating??"

"Fourth brother is fourth brother, what's the point of adding 'little' to his name?!"

The fourth brother pulled his hand away from Lu Jin's and asked again, "What's wrong? I'm genuinely asking you! Is there anything I can help you with?"

Lu Jin hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you know how to pursue a girl?"

"Chasing after a girl??" The fourth brother pulled up a chair and sat down next to Lu Jin. "Who? Is it that pretty girl who saw us brothers shirtless when we registered for school?"

Lu Jin looked speechless: "What kind of description is that?"

"Just tell me, isn't that right!"

"Yes." Indeed, there's nothing to hide.

"Ah! I still remember that fleeting glimpse, buddy. She was gorgeous, wasn't she? Turns out she wasn't your girlfriend!!!"

"So that's why you haven't called your girlfriend once in over a month since school started. Turns out you're single too!"

"Third and fourth brothers, your food is ready!" The eldest and second eldest brothers walked in, each carrying a takeout order. "What are you talking about? I think I heard a single dog?"

The fourth brother jumped up, "Thank you, my dear brother! I'm starving!"

"It's past two o'clock and you're only having lunch now, how can you not be hungry?" the second brother said casually. "You still haven't answered what the eldest brother and you two were talking about?"

The fourth brother buried himself in his work and ate with gusto. "Lu Jin asked me how to woo a girl, the one who saw our bodies when school started!"

"That's not your girlfriend!" the eldest brother chimed in, "So she came with your parents to accompany you to register for school???"

Second brother: "A single 6."

Lu Jin said helplessly, "That's because her situation is special, that's why we reported together. She's from Imperial University."

"Wow, she's a top student too." The leader gave a thumbs up. "And then?"

"And then? And then that's it?" The fourth brother looked up and said, "He probably hasn't contacted anyone for over a month."

"Seriously? Are you sure you can handle this? That girl is really pretty! How can you resist contacting her?!" the second brother complained.

Lu Jin said, feeling wronged, "But she didn't contact me either..."

"Seriously? If that's what you think, then you deserve to have lost contact with that girl. You said yourself that she's from Imperial University, so it's normal for her to be busy." The eldest brother said seriously, "If the mountain won't come to me, I'll go to the mountain. Does pursuing a girl really have to be about who comes first? A man pursuing a girl isn't about being reserved!"

"The eldest is right." The fourth brother was eating noodles.

"Did you express your feelings to that girl? Did she explicitly reject you?" the second brother asked.

"No, none."

"Then why are you being so sentimental?" the second brother asked, puzzled. "Why don't you just go after her? Even though you're not in the same school, you're both in this university town. We're only two or three stops away from Imperial University!"

"Imperial University doesn't allow outsiders to enter; even their food delivery services use VPNs," Lao Si added.

"That's not the point, eat your noodles," the second brother said. "If you can't get in, just ask her out! We can get into our school! And our school has so many activities! Just find some excuse to ask her out, right?"

“The second brother is right,” the fourth brother added.

"Fuck you, who are you calling 'Second Brother'? Call me Second Brother." The Second Brother kicked the Fourth Brother.

"And then?" Lu Jin asked.

"What else do you need to do? Just ask her out more often, treat her well, and express your feelings. Why are you asking this? Or should I go after her?"

Lu Jin said sincerely, "She is usually very busy, and we can't always meet up."

"Then you should chat with her! Play games with her more often or something."

"She's not good at games."

"Then why don't you take her and conquer all the land?"

"She doesn't really like games like Honor of Kings or PUBG."

"Don't like it? That's a bit of a problem. This kind of game is best played with a girl."

There was a moment of silence in the dormitory.

The eldest brother said, "Then why don't you take her to play other types of games? The key is to stay in touch with people so they don't forget you. That's how you win a girl's favor!"

"The eldest is right!" The fourth brother continued eating his noodles.

Lu Jin seemed to be thinking for a moment, then said, "I'll give it a try!"

"Good luck! When you have a girlfriend, can you ask her to introduce her roommate to me?" the fourth brother asked cheekily.

Lu Jin: "I'll punch you!"

-

After Jiang Lai sent the message, Lu Jin stopped replying, but she didn't care and continued working on her video.

As the sun set, Jiang Lai finally finished editing the video. She posted it on Douyin (TikTok), then stood up, did some stretching, and asked, "I'm hungry, wanna go eat?"

Zhao Ying had been playing games all afternoon and was really into it, her fingers flying across the screen. "A pork tenderloin bibimbap, thank you, A Jiang, mwah!"

"Okay, what about the others? Are they bringing their own food or coming with me?"

Tang Li was watching a show when she casually said, "Then I'll have a bowl of noodles!"

"Okay. Xiangyue, what about you?"

Li Xiangyue: "Let's go to the cafeteria together! It'll be good to get some exercise, we've been sitting all day."

"Okay, let's go!"

The two ate in the cafeteria and then brought food back to the dormitory for the other two.

Jiang Lai had nothing to do today, so she decided to go wash up first.

When she came out of the bathroom, she found that Lu Jin had sent her another new message. When she opened it, it was another invitation to play games.

Lu Jin: Want to play games? Want to play a two-player puzzle game together?

Jiang Lai glanced at the time. Since she had nothing else to do, she replied, "Okay!"

Lu Jin: I play it on my computer. I'll share the game link with you; you can download it.

Jiang Lai: okk

Jiang Lai looked at the game Lu Jin had shared; it was a two-player co-op 3D horror puzzle game for PC.

The name itself is quite interesting; it's called "Terror Cruise." The story revolves around two players who win a free seven-day cruise in a lottery. They arrive on a luxurious cruise ship, and their task is to explore the entire ship, avoid various dangers, and successfully survive for seven days.

Each deck of the cruise ship has a different game, and players need to cooperate to complete the challenges.

After downloading the game, Jiang Lai registered and logged in, and added Lu Jin as a friend.

The two started playing games together.