Dartboard

Bai Yuyou had already finished the final version of the promotional poster. Compared to the cute, playful art style of the first draft, this one looked far more realistic and dazzling, and it was printed with photos of the Light Music Club's past performances with all the original members.

On top of the posters for the bulletin board, the girl also printed out extra flyers to hand out, hoping to recruit new members.

Tang Keke had stepped away to run an errand at that moment, so Bai Yuyou headed to the cafeteria alone with the stack of posters. The cafeteria was packed with people, and Bai Yuyou's arrival immediately drew a flood of stares.

Holding the posters, Bai Yuyou started her promotion work. She held out her hand with a blank expression, her eyes scanning the students passing by.

"Uh... hey."

"Light Music Club," Bai Yuyou said. "Want to join?"

"I-I'm already in a club, sorry," the student she stopped assumed Bai Yuyou needed something from her, and quickly waved her hands to decline.

Bai Yuyou nodded faintly when she heard that, then pulled her hand back.

She stopped several more people after that. Some stammered and couldn't get a full sentence out, too flustered by how pretty Bai Yuyou was, and some weren't even freshmen. Bai Yuyou had hoped she could hand out all the flyers before Keke came back, but it was clear the results were far from ideal.

"Would you like to join the Light Music Club?" Bai Yuyou was in the middle of stopping another group when the boy at the front spoke up hesitantly. "Bai... Yuyou?"

Bai Yuyou looked up slightly at the voice, her gaze landing on the boy in front of her.

He looked vaguely familiar, but she couldn't place him. It took her a long moment to finally react. "Luo Che?"

"Whoa, Che, you actually know Goddess Bai Yuyou?" A boy beside him looked utterly shocked.

"Uh... we were classmates in high school," Luo Che said with a complicated expression, not saying anything more. Seeing Bai Yuyou handing out flyers, he reached out a hand. "Let me help you?"

"No need," Bai Yuyou shook her head. "I can manage on my own."

Luo Che rubbed his palms together, unsure of what he was feeling. Should he regret it? He had been so close, almost able to step into her world. Now this stunning girl shone so bright she felt almost out of his reach.

It had only been two or three years, and Yinshan Academy had a huge student body. Only a few dozen people knew what Bai Yuyou was like back then, no one would ever connect the current campus belle Bai Yuyou with that ugly girl from before.

"Sorry," Luo Che said, before walking off with his group of friends.

Bai Yuyou didn't pay much mind to his receding back.

"Che, you really know Goddess Bai Yuyou? If you were high school classmates, don't you have her contact info?" As soon as they walked far enough from Bai Yuyou, the boys around Luo Che were buzzing with excitement.

"Uh... I never added her."

"No way, three whole years of high school and no phone number? You must have had her in the class group chat, right?"

"Also, did Goddess Bai have any photos from high school? Was she super cute back then? I'd love to see them."

Luo Che was getting annoyed listening to them. The feeling was exactly like when Bitcoin was right in front of him, and he just watched its price skyrocket out of his reach.

"No. We... we live in two completely different worlds now."

Back then, he and that ugly girl were two worlds apart.

Now, he and Bai Yuyou were still two worlds apart.

That was all there was to it.

...

"Yu You, I'm back!" Tang Keke returned soon, and grinned when she saw most of the posters in Bai Yuyou's hands were gone. "Looks like this is working out great."

"Mm," Bai Yuyou was talking with Tang Keke when a voice came from beside them. "Hello—"

The two girls turned around and saw a petite little girl with short jet-black hair, a chubby round face, and big, bright sparkling eyes, looking incredibly cute.

"It really is Upperclasswoman Bai Yuyou?" The girl looked so excited she started stamping her feet on the spot.

"It's me," Bai Yuyou nodded.

"Are you two recruiting new members for the club? The Light Music Club?" The girl took a step closer with every sentence, her eyes practically glowing.

"Wait, hold on, you're too close!" Tang Keke hurried to step between them, noticing the girl was nearly about to throw herself into Bai Yuyou's arms. She looked at the girl and asked, "You want to join our club?"

"Yes! I really want to!" The girl steadied herself after being gently nudged back by her big backpack. "My name is Wei Xi. Upperclasswoman Bai Yuyou, I'm your biggest fan, I love you so much!"

Tang Keke shook her head when she saw this was another underclasswoman who was here purely for Bai Yuyou, and said in a tone like she'd seen it all before, "Sorry, you've been rejected by our club."

"W-why? Is the club already full?" Wei Xi's eyes went wide.

"No, our Light Music Club only takes people who are genuinely interested in music. People who are only here for Yu You don't qualify," Tang Keke said.

Keke's got this, she thought proudly. I'm the best at protecting Yu You.

"I am interested in music!" Wei Xi patted her chest firmly. "I got super interested in the Light Music Club because I saw Upperclasswoman Bai Yuyou's performance!"

Hmm, Tang Keke thought for a second. That actually makes sense. If she got hooked by Yu You's performance, that's exactly the kind of top-tier talent the Light Music Club should attract, right?

Tang Keke pointed at herself. "Then tell me, what instrument do I play?"

Wei Xi stared at Tang Keke for a moment, thinking hard. "Ah! You're the dart board target!"

Tang Keke: ......

A bad memory came flooding back, and she clutched her chest. "I'll give you one more chance to rephrase that."

"Uh," Wei Xi said. "I remember you're the atmosphere person standing off to the side, who doesn't actually know how to play any instruments, right?"

Tang Keke was a little stunned that she'd been called out so accurately, but she was never one to admit it. She lifted her chin haughtily. "Kid, have you ever heard of the Sweeping Monk?"

"The Sweeping Monk?"

"Yeah, the one who looks totally ordinary and unassuming, but is secretly the most powerful person around," Tang Keke said.

And what's this "atmosphere person" and "dart board" stuff?

You clearly have no clue what you're talking about, right?

"The most powerful... but you were just posing with that automatic guitar..." Wei Xi trailed off, then her eyes lit up. "Wait, that's what it was? That's so cool?!"

"You actually believe that?" Tang Keke was caught off guard.

"Huh?"

"N-nothing. Great, I can tell you've got real potential. From today on, you're our Light Music Club's very first founding grand disciple," Tang Keke said, then turned to look at Bai Yuyou.

Bai Yuyou didn't have any objections at all.