I rode a Kawasaki H2 to school, only to find out the school beauty was my ex-girlfriend.

Lin Yun returned to school.

It's already 6 PM.

I was hoping to have a great gaming session with my roommates.

Let them see just how awesome their boss's gaming skills are these days!

But just as he logged in, Wu Tao's phone suddenly rang.

"Wu Lao Er, could you please turn on do-not-disturb mode when playing games?!"

The fourth brother, Li Yan, had already prepared to press the start button.

Then the second brother suddenly did this, and I immediately felt like kicking him.

Wu Tao gave a sullen smile.

I saw that the incoming call was from an unknown number.

After thinking about it, I decided to answer the call.

soon……

Wu Tao put down his phone after finishing the call.

He looked at Lin Yun helplessly.

"Boss, we can't play the game anymore. Didn't you just become the head of that Business Cooperation Department? And the members of that department put on a welcome ceremony for you. Since they couldn't get through to you on the phone, they called me and are now inviting us over!"

Welcome ceremony?

Li Yan's head was spinning.

This was the first time he had ever heard of a welcoming ceremony for joining a club.

Could this be the preferential treatment of becoming a minister directly?

Wu Lao Er looked somewhat worried.

"Boss, could it be because you were promoted to minister directly?!"

"So the person who was supposed to be promoted felt that you stole their position and orchestrated this trap?"

These words were spoken.

Li Yan suddenly realized what was happening and slapped his thigh.

"Damn, no wonder I'd never heard of this welcoming ceremony before. It's definitely just like what Wu Lao Er said—a trap! Boss, maybe we should just refuse to go!"

"fine!"

Lin Yun didn't care about this.

Put down your phone and put on a mask.

"Let's go, who cares if this is a trap or not, we can use this opportunity to settle that little competition's sponsorship issue!"

He led the three of them to the e-sports club's activity room number four.

There were more than ten senior students in the classroom.

I saw the four of them.

They all walked over excitedly.

"Which of you is Lin Yun, our new department head?"

"I!"

Lin Yun stepped out.

Then, less than two seconds later, a senior student enthusiastically pulled me to the desk.

Then, out of nowhere, they pulled out a small cake that was only about seven or eight inches in size.

"Ta-da!"

"Minister, this is money we pooled together to buy for you!"

"A warm welcome to you as the Minister of Business Cooperation!"

"Uh... haha~"

Lin Yun forced a smile.

Seeing how enthusiastic these dozen or so senior students were.

I had some doubts about whether Shui Lingling had actually recognized me.

But that's probably unlikely...

After all, there are so many people in the school, and the number of people named Lin Yun is more than five.

When wearing a mask, unless you know someone very well, it's impossible for them to recognize you!

"Welcome, welcome!"

"A warm welcome!!"

Led by a senior student, more than ten other students also started raising their hands and shouting.

Lin Yunqian responded with a smile, watching the group shout enthusiastically.

Some people doubt whether it was a trap, as Wu Lao Er said.

After all, these people's enthusiasm didn't seem like an act at all!

Li Yan walked over with a chuckle.

Having already decided this was a trap, he wanted to expose the dark side hidden beneath these people's smiles.

Staring curiously at the senior student leading the group, she asked, "Senior, is this welcome ceremony something everyone who joins a club goes through?"

The senior student tilted her head.

He looked at the junior student with suspicion.

How did someone with that level of intelligence get into this university?

With such a large number of members in the club, how could a welcoming ceremony be held for every new member?

However, he didn't mind the junior's clumsiness and explained with a smile.

"No, actually, to be more precise, this should be a promotion banquet, but considering that Junior Brother Lin Yun went straight to the position of minister, it was changed to a welcome ceremony!"

"what?"

Li Yan was stunned.

Based on this explanation, could it be that they've misunderstood, and this isn't a trap?

After all, he seemed to have seen this promotion banquet on the school forum before.

It's exactly as this senior student said.

The senior student had no idea what the junior student was thinking.

He simply picked up a knife and cut the cake himself.

"Come, Minister, taste the sincerity of us veteran members!"

"Okay, thank you!"

Lin Yun took the biggest piece but didn't eat it.

Instead, I looked at the senior student's seal engraving of the vice minister's nameplate.

She couldn't help but ask, "Senior, if I hadn't come, you would have been the one promoted to department head, right?"

"Yes, junior, so my gratitude towards you is as boundless as the starry sky!"

The deputy minister clutched his chest.

His face was filled with boundless gratitude.

Lin Yun: "..."

what's going on?

Is this genuine gratitude or just feigned gratitude?

If it's fake, then this senior could easily win an Best Actress award!

Wu Tao and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

Logically, shouldn't the deputy minister, because the minister's position was taken away, lead the old members to ostracize the newly arrived minister? What's with this grateful look on his face?

I could really feel the question marks on the heads of the four of them.

The deputy minister just smiled.

"Aren't you all curious why I'm so happy that my position as minister was taken away when I was only one step away from it?"

"Mmm-hmm!"

Apart from Lin Yun.

Wu Tao and the other two nodded very quickly.

The deputy minister began to explain.

"You're all freshmen, so it's normal that you don't know."

"In any slightly larger organization, the most difficult department is the business department!"

"Because there are very few companies willing to cooperate with university clubs now, funding is very tight, and many times the clubs' work cannot be carried out. As a result, many people will point the finger at our business department."

"Actually, we have had many ministers in the Ministry of Commerce, but each one was forced to leave after only one or two months in office. I was just promoted to vice minister last month. My biggest worry is that the minister will leave and I will be forced to take the position."

"Sure enough, it wasn't long before she couldn't stand the fact that many people were secretly criticizing our leader, so she quit the club and left. If it weren't for you, I might have been the next one to leave the club."

The vice minister clasped his hands together in prayer.

He looked at Lin Yun with sincere eyes.

"So... junior, I hope you can stay in this position until the senior graduates!"

Lin Yun: "..."

He nodded in agreement.

"No problem. By the way, senior, could you please show me the proposals for the club's upcoming events and competitions?"

"Okay, Minister, you eat first. I'll go get the proposal for you right away!"

The vice minister walked briskly.

They quickly ran to another classroom.

They brought over a project proposal that wasn't fully completed yet.

"OK, thank you!"

Lin Yun waited for a long time.

He quickly took the proposal and started reading it.

"Five thousand for the champion, three thousand for the runner-up, one thousand for the third place..."

"I remember our esports club president said the third place prize was 2000, right?"

Seeing that the third-place finisher's reward column only showed one thousand, he immediately asked a question in confusion.