Chapter 595 - 377: The Student Union is Too Dark

They arrived at the University of Posts and Telecommunications. Xue Rui checked the time on his phone and decided to kill some more time with her.

The morning class was Teng Wenbo’s C Programming. Lin Ruoxi had already gotten an exemption, while Xue Rui planned to wait until roll call to show his face.

"Rui, do you want praise or do you want credits?" Lin Ruoxi asked sweetly. On the way here, she’d heard Xue Rui ask for a letter of commendation.

Xue Rui chuckled. "Oh? What if I say I want praise?"

"Then I’ll praise you too. You’re the very, very best..." Lin Ruoxi clung to Xue Rui’s arm, nuzzling against his neck.

"And what if I want credits?" Xue Rui asked.

"Hmm... Let me think."

"Don’t even think about it. You’re not planning on hacking the university’s system, are you?" To keep Lin Ruoxi from going down the wrong path, Xue Rui raised his hand and gently tapped her on the head.

"You could enter a competition, and I could give you a project..." Lin Ruoxi said, raising her small hand.

"Be my hired gun?" Xue Rui cut in.

"Mhm!" Lin Ruoxi nodded emphatically, looking like she was expecting a pat on the back.

"Forget it. Let’s not torment the other college students." Xue Rui couldn’t help but laugh. Besides, even if he claimed he’d won a programming competition, someone would have to actually believe him.

The two of them arrived near the cafeteria and saw many student clubs had set up booths on either side, hanging up posters to recruit new members.

These clubs were open to the entire university, so naturally, they chose the area with the most foot traffic.

There was a whole mess of them—a Calligraphy Club, an Anime Club, and so on. Xue Rui ignored them all, though he did spare a glance at the Dance Club’s booth, curious about the figures of the dancers.

However, reality was a huge disappointment. The person in charge was actually a chubby girl.

"Hi there! Interested in the Dance Club?" The chubby girl walked over, holding a flyer.

Xue Rui was just about to raise his hand to refuse when he realized she wasn’t approaching him at all.

"Oh, thank you," Lin Ruoxi said, politely taking the flyer.

But after just a few steps, Lin Ruoxi crumpled the flyer into a ball and tossed it into a trash can in front of another club’s booth.

Suddenly, Xue Rui felt a prickly stare on his back.

"Hi, would you be interested in the Book Club—"

"Thank you."

And then the Book Club’s flyer landed in the Guitar Club’s trash can.

"If you’re not interested, don’t take them," Xue Rui said with a laugh. ’Is she trying to offend every single club today?’

Lin Ruoxi shook her head and explained, "You taught me this. You said to accept the flyer and then throw it away somewhere else. That way, you help them complete their task."

Lin Ruoxi remembered every word Xue Rui said, and she thought her actions were helping the students.

Xue Rui quickly covered Lin Ruoxi’s mouth. "Keep your voice down! This isn’t the same as out in the real world..."

Out in the real world, the workers handing out flyers would love nothing more than to stuff them in a trash can and go get paid by their boss.

But flyers for school clubs were different. Some of the more obscure clubs had limited funding, and students even printed the flyers with their own money...

Lin Ruoxi’s actions were tantamount to a direct provocation.

"Then... then let’s run," Lin Ruoxi said meekly. She glanced back and, sure enough, quite a few people were staring at her and Xue Rui.

"Run!" Xue Rui grabbed Lin Ruoxi’s hand and they bolted toward the academic building.

Xue Rui didn’t slow down until he saw another cluster of small booths. This was the student council recruitment for their department.

The student council’s recruitment drive had started last month and was now in its final stages. Many people were nearby, filling out forms.

As the class monitor, Xue Rui had occasionally received information from various departments during evening self-study, so he was a familiar face. He figured that with his title as class monitor, it wouldn’t be hard to join the student council.

"Hmm, are they even poorer? They don’t have money for flyers," Lin Ruoxi whispered, afraid of making another mistake.

Xue Rui smiled and explained, "It’s not that they don’t have the money. They just don’t need to..."

Student council recruitment was different from club recruitment. Clubs needed to actively promote themselves with posters and flyers so people would know what they did. But after more than half a month of classes and campus life, most students were already familiar with the student council departments.

Joining the student council not only meant you could get out of the tedious evening self-study sessions, but as part of the student governing body, you even got certain privileges.

"So they don’t hand out flyers..."

Xue Rui paused. A male student was grinning as he offered them two application forms. "Hey guys, we’re from the Athletics Department."

"Not interested," Xue Rui said, waving a hand in refusal.

He had just said they wouldn’t proactively hand out flyers, and now this guy was coming right up to them.

’Isn’t this a slap in the face?’

As for why the guy was targeting them?

Xue Rui knew perfectly well. The guy was after his girlfriend.

"Just think about it! The Athletics Department is in charge of the sports meet..." the male student said, thrusting an application form at Lin Ruoxi.

Xue Rui was speechless. ’If I were as good-looking as Lin Ruoxi,’ he thought, ’I could get into any department I wanted.’

Xue Rui sat resting on the steps of the academic building. He’d had Lin Ruoxi do a lap around the department booths, and she had easily collected application forms from all of them.

Lin Ruoxi handed the application forms to Xue Rui, then took out her phone to look up the functions of each department.

"Which department do you think I should join?" Xue Rui asked with a smile.

"Hmm, you should be the student council president," Lin Ruoxi said without hesitation. In her heart, Xue Rui had to be the best.

"What about you, then?" Xue Rui said with a smile.

"Hmm, I’ll be your personal secretary." The corners of Lin Ruoxi’s eyes curved into crescents.

Xue Rui was very satisfied with this answer. He grinned and said, "Alright, little secretary, come give me a shoulder rub."

Lin Ruoxi heard him and walked behind him, her small hands starting to knead his shoulders.