“I don’t mean anything. I just feel that Qiao Nan is a nice person and I want to know her better. As her senior, I should let her know everything about Peking University so that she will be able to plan ahead for her four years in college.”
Now that the two seniors had met, although one looked like a provoked tigress while the other looked like a leopard who had had her fill and could not be bothered, Qiao Nan was keen to catch on to the odd atmosphere between them.
It turned out that it was due to Vice President Xu that Senior Zou asked her to join the club that she was in.
Xu Shengnan always wanted to compete with Zou Wenxuan and surpass her.
Although Zou Wenxuan could not be bothered to compete with Xu Shengnan, she found Xu Shengnan an eyesore.
Xu Shengnan regarded Qiao Nan as her last trump card. Zou Wenxuan did not believe that Qiao Nan had the capabilities. However, she wanted to crush all hopes and dreams that Xu Shengnan had.
Knowing that Xu Shengnan had put all the stakes on Qiao Nan, she could not help but join in the fun and poach Qiao Nan so that Xu Shengnan would lose all hope of competing with her.
Qiao Nan had just entered college. She had done nothing, yet she was embroiled in the fight between her seniors.
“Dream on!” Zou Wenxuan smiled nonchalantly. She behaved as if Xu Shengnan was kicking up a fuss and she could not be bothered to reason with her. However, this made Xu Shengnan want to bash her even more.
The school stated clearly that students could not fight in school.
Otherwise, given Zou Wenxuan’s personality, Xu Shengnan would have given her many rounds of bashing. “Qiao Nan is the secretary of our club. Don’t even think of poaching her!”
Xu Shengnan pulled Qiao Nan by the shoulder toward her. She wanted Zou Wenxuan to know that Qiao Nan belonged to her club.
Zou Wenxuan smiled and turned to Qiao Nan. “Is Qiao Nan really the secretary of your club? It’s such a coincidence. I also think that Qiao Nan is very capable. It happens that our club has a vacancy for a secretary right now due to the event. Qiao Nan, are you interested?”
“!” Xu Shengnan widened her eyes in anger. “You are pitting yourself against me!”
They had a vacancy for a secretary?
It was a pack of lies!
Qiao Nan wiped the beads of perspiration on her forehead. Senior Zou was bent on getting her to join them.
Now that Qiao Nan was being highly valued by two seniors, she was the least bit happy. In fact, she was at a loss. She had done nothing, yet she garnered the attention of two of her seniors. One insisted that she looked for sponsors, while the other wanted her to join the club and be a secretary.
Whatever happened at Ping Cheng, so be it. But right now, how could she be highly sought after at Peking University?
Qiao Nan wanted to ask the seniors whether they had got the right person. Perhaps they were looking for another person.
“Classmate Xu, you are too agitated. I am not going against you. Qiao Nan, I hope that you can consider what I said just now and let me know your answer.” Zou Wenxuan knew that Xu Shengnan had a bad temper and she had no wish to quarrel with her in public, lest it affect her reputation. Zou Wenxuan stood up and turned to leave.
Xu Shengnan gritted her teeth and focused all her attention on Qiao Nan. She took a deep breath. “Junior Qiao, my attitude was not good back at the club. This has all to do with me and nothing to do with you. I must apologize to you. The English club that Zou Wenxuan is in has a longer history in Peking University and is more famous than our club. However, we cannot look at the surface of things. The promise that Zou Wenxuan made may not be realized. Even if you are really the secretary, you may not be in the position for long.”
Qiao Nan might take the position today, but she might be removed from the position the next day. What was the point?
“This may sound unpleasant but I still have to say it. I am not on good terms with Zou Wenxuan. I am not being narcissistic. The reason why Zou Wenxuan came looking for you at this time could be due to…”
“Do you mean that she knew that I have to raise funds for our club’s events?” Qiao Nan pointed to herself.
“Yes.” Xu Shengnan breathed a sigh of relief. Since Qiao Nan was able to continue her sentence, it meant that she was not angered by her words. “We all know that if we want to do a good job organizing an event, not only must we have good activities, but we must have funds as well.” Sometimes, the availability of funds was more important than the event itself.
One was not afraid of competition. One was only afraid of not being as good as the competitors.
The competitor had the funds and the props while they were in a miserable state.
Given this situation, their club could not be compared to the established club.
If they did not have any interesting events, the school would not pay attention to them. Come next year, they would not be able to recruit new members. They would not be able to have enough members or interesting events, and they could not match up to the established club as well.
Furthermore, the school might send them a notice to disband the club.
“Oh,” Qiao Nan replied. But she was interested to know. Since funding was very important in organizing a club’s event, why were the seniors so certain that she would be able to secure a large amount of funds for the English club?
Her family was not in charge of the banks and she needed money desperately. How could it be possible that she could ask for money on behalf of the club?
Qiao Nan was not the only person who thought so. People around Zou Wenxuan also had the same doubts. “Senior Zou, aren’t you being too anxious? We are an established club. We have always been doing better than the other English club. For us, getting sponsorship is an easy task. Qiao Nan is not capable of that.” Lü Yan was like Zou Wenxuan’s lackey. She stood behind her, pouring tea for her.
“Nothing is absolute.” Zou Wenxuan drank the tea. She looked glum despite Lü Yan fawning over her. “Tang Jiayun, Yu Xiaoxiao, weren’t you in the same dormitory as Qiao Nan? Are you certain about her family’s situation?”
Yu Xiaoxiao pursed her lips. She had no wish to make any comments.
Tang Jiayun smiled. “Senior Zou, I have told you long ago that Qiao Nan is very quiet and she seldom mixes with us. She is very reserved. Despite staying in the same dormitory for such a long time, Qiao Nan never mentioned about her family’s situation. When we kept probing, she said that her family’s situation is very common like the rest of us.”
“That’s right. Senior Zou, you can rest assured. Qiao Nan is not capable of getting any sponsors. We shall watch as she works her guts out to raise funds.” Lü Yan nodded. She must not let Qiao Nan join their club now.
