She became a heartthrob among internet celebrities.

During the first semester of freshman year, there were a constant stream of campus activities, and in the second semester, various competitions sprang up like mushrooms after rain.

Every day, various documents are uploaded to the class group chat. When you open them, they are all detailed information about various competitions, which is a bit overwhelming.

"So? Anyone want to join?" Li Xiangyue asked her roommates.

Tang Li: "Help! I don't think I'm capable, I don't have the brains."

"And it's so troublesome!" Zhao Ying said, flipping through various documents. "Some of the procedures are too complicated."

Li Xiangyue: "Actually, I still recommend participating. You can treat it as a way to build your confidence and improve your abilities. Some of these competitions are quite prestigious."

Jiang Lai agreed, "Moreover, most of the competition venues are actually located in various universities in the capital, which are not far away and not very troublesome."

"The highest competition I can participate in is 'Most Beautiful Dormitory,' don't bother me with any other competitions," Tang Li said, indicating she had no interest.

“Okay.” Li Xiangyue didn’t insist and turned to discuss it with Jiang Lai. She was a true academic star and the kind of person who would get excited when she saw a competition. Jiang Lai was also slightly interested.

“I think I’m capable of participating in the National College Students’ Language and Writing Proficiency Competition. What do you think?” Li Xiangyue dragged her chair next to Jiang Lai and handed her her phone.

“I think it’s a good idea. You’re from the school newspaper, so language and writing shouldn’t be a problem for you, right?” Jiang Lai looked at the competition. It was organized by the National Association of Chinese Language and Literature Newspapers, a proper national competition, and the judges were all experts.

"Then I'll sign up!" Li Xiangyue made the decision immediately. "What about you? Do you want to participate in anything?"

Jiang Lai wanted to test her ability to develop her buffs, so she leaned towards memory-based competitions. "The National College Students' English Vocabulary Ability Challenge? That doesn't sound too difficult, and our school is a competition venue, so it's very convenient to participate."

“That’s true.” Li Xiangyue offered her opinion, “And I have to admit your memory is amazing. It would be a piece of cake for you to participate. Besides, the question type is simple, just multiple choice. It would be good to give it a try.”

Jiang Lai was still hesitant, "But the other matches seem pretty good too, I'll take another look."

"If you're interested, just give it a try! Winning is a win, and losing isn't shameful." Li Xiangyue was very open-minded. "Anyone want to team up? Invite me in!"

"OK!" Jiang Lai continued flipping through the document, "National College Youth Internet Talent Skills Competition..."

"That sounds amazing! Preliminary and final rounds, with the final round being a practical competition. The final round will have practical themes based on the types of jobs in the internet industry, such as Internet + entrepreneurship... Isn't that perfect for Shenyi? Oh right, Shenyi!"

Jiang Lai exited the document and then opened WeChat again.

Jiang Lai: Senior! Are you free? I'd like to treat you to a meal!

The response from Shenyi was very quick.

Shenyi: Yes.

Jiang Lai: Then see you at Zhiweige later, senior! I'll treat you to dinner!

Shenyi: Okay.

Jiang Lai stood up, checked her appearance, and after confirming that everything was in order, grabbed her phone and prepared to leave. "I'm going to Zhiweige to treat someone to dinner. Do you need me to bring anyone along?"

"Three-cup chicken, wolf-tooth potatoes, bok choy, and white rice!"

"Chicken leg rice!!" "I want noodles with minced meat sauce!"

"No problem." Jiang Lai noted down what her roommates wanted to eat, then went out.

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Jiang Lai: Senior, I'm waiting for you by the window on the second floor!

Shen Yi: Yes, I'll be there soon.

Jiang Lai continued reading the document that the class monitor had posted in the group.

"Business English Competition, Mandarin Proficiency Competition, Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Works Competition, there are quite a few, some rather unusual..."

"Junior sister." Shen Yi's voice suddenly rang out from behind her.

Jiang Lai was startled and dropped her phone on the table.

"Senior?? You're so scary!" Why does she always get frightened by people?!

Shen Yi was quite at a loss, standing there not knowing what to do. "I'm sorry!"

"It's nothing, it's nothing!" Jiang Lai recovered and waved her hand. "It's not a big problem, senior, please sit down! What would you like to eat?"

Shen Yi: "I'm fine with anything, junior, just order whatever you want to eat!"

Jiang Lai looked around. "Isn't my senior's roommate here?"

Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, then said, "He has something to do."

Jiang Lai didn't mind and casually said, "Then the two of us will eat! If you don't want to order, I'll just order what I like."

"Ah."

Jiang Lai ordered the food, and then the two of them waited for it to be served, looking at each other awkwardly.

"I was just looking at the competition information. Have you participated before, senior?" Jiang Lai casually started a conversation.

"Yes, but not in the memory category, more in the technology category." Shen Yi had just seen the message she was looking at and offered a suggestion: "Memory competitions are not as prestigious as technology innovation competitions. If you want to participate, you can consider technology-related ones."

"I might not be good at science and technology, and besides, I just want to see how far my memory can go—"

"Master!!!" A figure lunged at Shen Yi, grabbing his clothes. "Old Chen and I were working our butts off in the classroom, and what were you doing?! You were on a date with a girl here?! You—"

He turned around and saw Jiang Lai, his expression changing drastically: "Goddess!"

Jiang Lai: "?"

Shen Yi pulled his hand away and said to Jiang Lai, "This is my roommate."

My roommate sat down next to Shen Yi. "Hey, come sit inside, junior! We met a while ago, do you remember us? It was at the lakeside pavilion! You were wearing a plaid skirt that morning!"

Jiang Lai vaguely remembered it. "It's you! Hello, senior!"

"Hey junior, I didn't expect you to remember me! My name is Sun Zhengyang! Can I add you on WeChat? Don't worry, I just want to have a friend on your WeChat, but you weren't too keen on it before, right? Now that we know each other, can you add me? Don't worry, I'm definitely not a bad guy, the expert can vouch for that!"

I can tell, you're just a chatterbox at best.

Jiang Lai smiled at him and said, "Sure!" Then she opened her WeChat friend code.

"Nice!" Sun Zhengyang quickly added him as a friend and asked, "Are you guys eating? Can I join you?"

Shen Yi's expression was somewhat displeased. "Have you completed your mission?"

“We still have to eat, even if we don’t finish!” Sun Zhengyang said righteously.

"Sure, let's eat together!" Jiang Lai thought this person was quite interesting, and eating together wasn't a big deal.

"Hehehe, junior, you're so generous! I'll shamelessly mooch a meal off you then!" Sun Zhengyang was very familiar with her. "What were you guys talking about just now?"

"Senior Shen gave me some advice on competitions."

"Oh! Right, it's competition season again, isn't it? Old Shen and I are too, we're planning to participate in a game development competition soon."

"Tell me more about it?" Jiang Lai asked, quite interested.

"This competition is jointly organized by two giants in the domestic game industry. It is open to college students across the country, with mentors and prize money, and outstanding works can receive investment," Sun Zhengyang said. "If the experts want to participate, I'll join them."

"Does Senior Shen want to work in the gaming industry in the future?" Jiang Lai asked Shen Yi.

“Yes, I’m interested,” Shen Yi replied.

"But our team still only has four people right now, just my roommates," Sun Zhengyang continued. "Four of us are programmers, and we have to outsource the graphic design..."

Jiang Lai casually said, "If you have any problems with drawing, you can come to me."

"Really?" Sun Zhengyang exclaimed in surprise, "Junior, are you sure? This competition is quite troublesome!"

Jiang Lai: "I'm not on your team, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem, right? You'll definitely need to find someone for the art team, but I can offer some suggestions."

"No, no, no! Of course, it would be best if we could get it for free, but college students don't have the money to outsource!" Sun Zhengyang stroked his chin. "Maybe it really works? Junior, are you interested in joining us?"

Jiang Lai leaned back: "I'm not a computer science major." So, senior, wake up!

"No, no, no, the only restrictions for this competition are that it requires college students and a team of no more than five people. There are no other requirements," Sun Zhengyang said excitedly. "We have four programmers, and we're just missing one artist."

"Then the senior should go to the art school to look for him—"

“Sun Zhengyang, you talk too much. Don’t push him,” Shen Yi said.

Sun Zhengyang turned to Shen Yi and whispered, "Do you know who I'm doing this for?! Officially, our team is short of an art director. Personally, your eyes have been glued to the junior girl the whole time!!"

Shen Yi awkwardly replied, "No, don't talk nonsense."

"Okay, I was just talking nonsense. I just wanted to see my goddess and spend more time with her, okay?" Sun Zhengyang continued, "Don't worry, I definitely won't interfere with our competition."

Jiang Lai only saw Sun Zhengyang and Shen Yi whispering to each other when the dishes were served, but she couldn't hear what they were saying. However, she didn't pay any attention to it.

"How long have you been learning to draw, junior? Can I take a look?" Sun Zhengyang asked.

Jiang Lai's eyes widened. "Senior, are you serious?"

"More real than real gold." Sun Zhengyang nudged Shen Yi with his elbow. "Right? Master?"

Shen Yi did not answer.

Jiang Lai pulled out her phone's photo album, which contained some of her usual sketches and watercolors, as well as some she had drawn on her tablet.

"Junior, your style is quite versatile—the portraits are quite beautiful. Which celebrity is this again?" Sun Zhengyang spotted the painting that belonged to Lin Yinchuan at a glance.

“Yes, celebrities.” Jiang Lai urged them to eat. “Let’s eat first, it won’t taste good if it gets cold.”

While eating, Sun Zhengyang tried to persuade Jiang Lai, "Junior, this competition is really interesting! You'll get to play games made by other teams, it'll be a lot of fun! Although it's a game development competition, it won't be very large in scale; the main work will still be done by us programmers..."

Jiang Lai ate her food with a smile.

001 suddenly spoke up, saying, "I think you should consider what he said."

"What? Join their team to do art?"

"Ah."

"You won't do anything without a reason, so this is going to be very profitable, huh? Well, that makes sense, considering it's Shenyi's team after all."

When Jiang Lai finished her meal, Sun Zhengyang was still trying to persuade her, "Junior! You really should consider it!"

Jiang Lai: "Okay, I'll join, is that alright?"

"Really?!" Sun Zhengyang had already given up, but he didn't expect things to take such a turn for the better.

"That's great! Junior, I'll add you to our team's dorm group—oh no, let's create another group for the competition." Sun Zhengyang waved his arms excitedly.

Jiang Lai watched with amusement as he pulled her into the group chat.

Shen Yi calmly asked, "Are you going back to your dorm?"

"More or less!" Jiang Lai checked the time. "I still need to bring food for my roommate."

Shen Yi nodded. "I'll go with you."

"Isn't Senior Shen going back with Senior Sun?"

Shen Yi looked at Sun Zhengyang, "Do you need me to go back with you?"

"No, no, no, I still have to go to the classroom. It's perfect that the expert is accompanying the junior back!" Sun Zhengyang was very perceptive and said, "I need to go to the classroom and tell the other two team members that our team has an art director!"

Jiang Lai: "There's absolutely no need for that."

Sun Zhengyang: "Yes, yes."

Shen Yi: "Let's go buy food for your roommate."

"alright."

After buying food, Jiang Lai and Shen Yi walked back to their dormitory.

"You don't need to take what Sun Zhengyang said too seriously. If you're not interested, you can refuse. We can find someone else to do the art for our team."

"It's okay, it's fine to have some fun. Anyway, I don't have much to do these days. Besides, didn't you say that science and technology competitions are highly prestigious? I just hope you don't mind me riding on your team's coattails."

"I don't mind."

When they arrived at the dormitory building, Jiang Lai reached out her hand to Shen Yi, "Senior, please give me the food."

Shen Yi: "Take it."

"Thank you, senior. Goodbye!"

"goodbye!"

Jiang Lai took her food upstairs, and her roommates cheered and came up to collect their own food.

"Thank you, A-Jiang!"

Jiang Lai chuckled and said, "You're welcome." Then she went to wash up.

"Class monitor, I'm signing up for this English vocabulary competition." Jiang Lai sent a message to her class monitor after washing up.

Class monitor: OK!