On the first day of school, the school beauty in black stockings took me to a hotel.

Liu Yu smiled, gave her a like, then exited Moments and opened private chat.

[If you can't beat them, run! We have to do this. I'll accompany you on your morning runs from now on, let's see who dares to take photos secretly then.]

The message was sent, and after a while, there was no reply.

"I must be listening to the lecture," Liu Yu thought, putting down his phone and forcing himself to listen for a while.

"Pointer variables store addresses... an address is a memory location number... you need to understand this concept..."

I can't understand it, I can't understand it at all.

My mind is filled with the photo Su Wanqing posted this morning.

White shirt, black bandaged stockings, alluring eyes...

"Snapped!"

Liu Yu raised his hand and slapped himself. It wasn't hard, but it was enough to wake him up.

Du Peng, who was standing nearby, was startled: "Boss, are you alright?!"

"It's okay, there are just mosquitoes."

"There are mosquitoes in the classroom!"

"Yeah, it was huge, I killed it."

Liu Yu picked up his phone again: [If you can't beat them, run! I have a question for you.]

[You're running in the wrong direction, you idiot: Say it!]

[Run if you can't beat them: Have you joined any gangs?]

[You're running in the wrong direction, you idiot: No, this princess has no interest in those clubs~]

[If you can't beat them, run! What about me? Should I join a club?]

[You're running in the wrong direction, you idiot: See for yourself, add it if you want~]

[If you can't beat them, run! Du Ningxuan and Tang Muchen both approached me before, asking me to join the arts department and the guitar club.]

[You ran the wrong way, you idiot: Oh! Then go ahead, what a great opportunity, to do arts and culture activities with a pretty senior! [eating melon emoji]]

Liu Yu could smell a strong scent of jealousy between the lines of text.

[If you can't beat them, run! I'm not going. They all have designs on me! They're trying to take advantage of me!]

He laughed first after sending the message.

The way you say that makes it sound like you're some kind of hot commodity.

[You idiot who ran in the wrong direction: What a jerk! You! And you even took over her body! What does that senior girl want from you?! She wants your straight man persona! She wants your shouting "Run away if you can't beat me!" during games!]

[If you can't beat them, run! What's wrong with me?! I'm still the most handsome guy at Tsinghua and Peking Universities...]

[You ran the wrong way, you idiot: Comrade Liu Yu, your skin has gotten thicker and thicker!]

[If you can't beat them, run away: I learned that from you.]

[You ran the wrong way, you idiot: Okay, okay. Seriously though, you really want to join a club!]

[If you can't beat them, run! It's university life, you have to experience it all. But I don't want anyone who's too troublesome; preferably someone who plays games.]

[You're running in the wrong direction, you idiot: Then join the esports club!]

Liu Yu's eyes lit up.

Yeah! The esports club!

How could he not have thought of that!

[If you can't beat them, run! Esports club! Our school has an esports club!]

[The idiot who ran in the wrong direction: Yes, but it seems to be quite unpopular, not many people play it.]

[If you can't beat them, run! It's great that it's an off-meta game! Less drama! Plus, we can team up and play Peacekeeper Elite!]

The more Liu Yu thought about it, the more brilliant the idea seemed.

It satisfies the university experience, allows me to play games with Su Wanqing, and eliminates the need to deal with complicated social interactions—perfect!

[If you can't beat them, run! Then join us!]

[You ran the wrong way, you idiot: Whatever! If you want to join, I'll go with you. I don't have much to do anyway, playing games is nice.]

[Run if you can't beat them: [lewd emoji]]

[You ran the wrong way, you idiot! What's with that expression?!]

[If you can't beat them, run! This means... hehehe.]

[You ran the wrong way, you idiot: ...Liu Yu, you've gone astray.]

[If you can't beat them, run away: I learned that from you.]

At 3 p.m., as soon as the bell rang, Liu Yu and his friends rushed out of the classroom.

I jogged all the way to the playground and saw the street dance club's booth in the distance.

The street dance club's booth was decorated in a very trendy way, with a black backdrop, neon lights, and hip-hop music playing from the speakers.

Several senior students were performing street dance, and their moves were incredibly cool, attracting a large crowd to gather around.

Du Peng's eyes widened in disbelief: "Holy crap... this popping... this locking... it's so cool! I want to join the street dance club! I absolutely have to join the street dance club!"

Li Ning: "Your motives for joining are impure."

"What do you mean by impure motives! I genuinely love street dance! I've watched 'Step Up' since I was a kid, and my dream is to become the King of Dance!"

Liu Yu walked over and patted Du Peng on the shoulder: "Then why don't you sign up!"

Du Peng's expression instantly fell.

"I...I was vetoed by Wang Qian."

"What!"

"Last night I told Wang Qian I wanted to join the street dance club, and she immediately sent me three cleaver emojis."

Wang Qian said, "I know exactly what you're thinking! There are so many pretty upperclassmen in the street dance club, are you just there for the street dance part?!"

"Then how will you reply!" Liu Yu asked, suppressing a laugh.

"Of course I said I genuinely love street dance! But Wang Qian said, 'Okay, then dance a routine for me now, and if you dance well, I'll let you add more.'"

"Then what!"

"Then... I did a set of radio calisthenics."

"Hahahahahahaha!!!!" Liu Yu and the other two burst out laughing.

Du Peng, enraged, retorted, "What's so funny?! What's wrong with calisthenics?! Calisthenics is dance! It's a form of physical art!"

"Yes, yes, art, art, so what did Wang Qian say in the end!"

He asked me to join the basketball club.

"Basketball club! You can play basketball!"

"His nickname is... Tessai Sakuragi Hanamichi!"

Liu Yu extended his hand: "Hello, let's get acquainted. I'm Mitsui Hisashi from No. 1 Middle School!"

Li Ning: "I also joined the basketball club."

Zhang Chunli: "If that's how you two put it, then I am Shonan Miyagi Ryota."

The group chatted and joked as they strolled around.

"Boss, what about you! What are you adding?"

"I want to join the esports club."

"Esports club! The one where we play games! That's awesome! Count me in!"

"Didn't you want to join the basketball club?"

"I can join two! There's no rule saying I can only join one club. Playing sports during the day and gaming at night, perfect!"

Li Ning shook his head: "The basketball club's training time is all in the evening, which will cause conflicts."

"Well... I'll focus on the basketball club, and only occasionally play in the e-sports club."

"Whatever, but I need to check out the esports club first."

"Let's go! Let's go now!"

The four of them started strolling around the playground.

The Hundred Regiments Offensive lived up to its name; the entire playground was packed with all sorts of people, a veritable who's who.

The photography club set up all sorts of cameras and also posted outstanding works from previous issues.

The senior members of the martial arts club are performing nunchaku with great skill and speed, drawing cheers from the crowd.

Du Peng provided commentary throughout his journey.

"This guitar club is great... Hey, that senior student plays really well..."

"Debate club! Forget it, I'm bad with words, going there would just be suicide..."

"Drama club! That sounds good! Maybe I can act as a couple with a pretty senior... Oh my!"

Liu Yu patted him on the back of the head: "Wake up, you have a girlfriend."

"Can't I even think about it?!" Du Peng said, feeling wronged.

The four stopped in front of a particularly bustling stall.