105.The New Love Is Me!
“Excuse me, Senior, I understand what you mean, but I’ve already decided to join a club, so I really can’t accept your kind invitation. I apologize…”
“Why?! Your voice is so beautiful when you sing! Joining our singing club would give you a huge stage!”
Ah… so they’re talking about clubs?
Xiaonuo was so popular that even a senior would personally invite her to join a club. It seemed she had really become much more outgoing since starting high school, hadn’t she?
However, about the club…
Ruo Xiaoxi secretly hid herself behind a tree, eavesdropping on their conversation.
“Because I’ve already promised to join…” Lan Yinuo politely refused.
“Won’t you reconsider? Which club are you joining? I’ll go talk to them. Our club really needs a talented singer like you. We could even nominate you to participate in the school’s evening gala.”
Facing the pleading senior, Lan Yinuo was in a difficult position.
She had been discovered by some seniors when she sang during a military training break. They said there was a first-year junior with a clear, beautiful singing voice, and this Senior Gu Ruyue from the singing club had come to find her.
After asking Lan Yinuo to sing a short a cappella piece, she quickly asked if she had received any training before.
Lan Yinuo shook her head, saying she just sang casually when she was bored, and had no vocal teacher. This made Gu Ruyue look as if she had found a treasure.
She hasn’t received any vocal or musical training, yet her pitch is so accurate?
“You might have perfect pitch! Your voice is even clearer and more pleasant than a canary’s!”
—She was praised by the senior with such words.
But facing Gu Ruyue’s invitation, she simply couldn’t accept. The reason had already been given…
“Senior… I’m sorry!” Lan Yinuo said apologetically, her hands clasped in front of her, bowing ninety degrees to the senior, then turned and ran off.
“Hey! Don’t run! Reconsider, Yinuo!” The senior called out behind her.
Lan Yinuo had barely run a few steps when she turned around and saw Ruo Xiaoxi, who had appeared behind her without her noticing. Her expression clearly froze for a moment, then she quickly adjusted her expression, showing a gentle smile.
Her steps became lighter, and she skipped over to Ruo Xiaoxi, gently patting her shoulder.
“Xiaoxi! I found you! When did you get behind me? I didn’t even notice.”
“Ah, me?” Ruo Xiaoxi realized Lan Yinuo was already in front of her.
“Yes, I didn’t see you at all.”
“I just arrived too. Um, Xiaonuo…” Ruo Xiaoxi seemed troubled. She lightly tugged at the hem of her skirt and said softly, “Why don’t you just join the singing club?”
“Huh? Why… so you heard everything.”
“Yes, I also think Xiaonuo’s singing voice is very beautiful. I felt that way when you sang to me during our calls, so…”
“No, didn’t I already promise to join your club? I can’t go back on my word.”
“But… but the senior said so much, and she thinks you have great singing talent that can be developed…” Ruo Xiaoxi took Xiaonuo’s hand. She also hoped Xiaonuo could showcase her singing talent in front of everyone.
Didn’t the senior say there was a chance for her to participate in the school’s evening gala? Then she could see Xiaonuo standing on stage, singing for the whole school.
Ruo Xiaoxi would definitely bring a stool and stand closest to the stage, waving her glow sticks frantically, then tell unfamiliar classmates that was her good friend, Lan Yinuo.
This way, Xiaonuo’s social circle might even become larger than hers, and her social anxiety would definitely be overcome.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!” Ruo Xiaoxi shook Xiaonuo’s arm.
“Ahaha… it’s not as exaggerated as Xiaoxi says. I just sang a song for the senior, and she thought it was good, so she wanted me to join her club. That’s all, right?”
“I think it’s more than that. She looked so happy when she saw you, and she repeatedly asked you to join.”
Ruo Xiaoxi didn’t understand music. At most, she could only give a subjective opinion of whether it sounded good or not. She didn’t know how well Xiaonuo sang, but since the singing club senior said so, it must be very good.
Xiaonuo awkwardly scratched her cheek with her finger. “But whether or not to join a club is my decision, right?”
“Even if the senior wants me to go, if I can’t or don’t want to, then forcing it is useless. Liking it yourself is the most important thing, right? Xiaoxi, you told me that before.”
“But…”
“Alright, alright, no more ‘buts’.” Lan Yinuo held up two fingers, lightly pressing them together, and placed them on Ruo Xiaoxi’s pink lips, signaling her to stop talking.
But she hasn’t even established her club yet… Ruo Xiaoxi swallowed her tears.
Why are you running around with someone who might not even have a club? Actually, I just thought Xiaonuo was very shy and worried she wouldn’t have a club, so I said I’d play with her. But now you’ve already…
“What’s wrong? Do I look like the kind of girl who forgets old friends when she makes new ones? Unlike someone.”
“Gulp!” Ruo Xiaoxi, drinking water, suddenly choked. She whispered faintly, “Actually, if we go by chronological order, Xiaonuo is the new love…”
“Is that so!?” Lan Yinuo was startled. The new love is me!
Then… then I’ll make an exception and forgive Xiaoxi!
Hmm, suddenly I feel like, well, girls who prefer new things are also cute! Yes!
However, Lan Yinuo then looked down and saw the two bottles of mineral water in Ruo Xiaoxi’s hand, and her eyes immediately sharpened. “Then the other bottle of mineral water in your hand is…?”
“Ah, this one.” Ruo Xiaoxi picked up the unopened bottle of mineral water in her left hand.
There was no need for words. Lan Yinuo already knew.
Senior Xia was the student council president, capable of helping. Today was also the club recruitment event. Ruo Xiaoxi must have been following the senior around, looking for ideas for her club.
So, Ruo Xiaoxi had bought the mineral water for Xia Zhibai.
And in this situation where both knew the truth and couldn’t simply joke their way out, what to do next was a crucial point.
Ruo Xiaoxi’s expression was solemn. She looked at the water she had already drunk, then at the unopened bottle. This was originally for Senior Xia, but…
Finally, she extended the unopened bottle to Lan Yinuo. “Here, new love.”
“Hmph, that’s more like it~”
Lan Yinuo’s expression immediately turned from gloomy to bright. She took the mineral water, completely satisfied.
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