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[Item: A jade pendant

Maybe it’ll have some effect if I keep it on me. I’ll put it in my pocket.]

In the school infirmary, Ye Shuang looked at the jade pendant in his hand. Naturally, it was the one he had bought with Chen Qin yesterday. It had cost so much that Ye Shuang couldn’t bring himself to throw it away, and it had also taken on a special meaning.

The item itself might not be worth much, but feelings were priceless.

After playing with the pendant for a while, Ye Shuang put it in his pocket.

Before doing so, he even looked at his fingers, wondering whether the jade might stain them. Fortunately, it hadn’t.

There weren’t any students coming in for treatment today. Ye Shuang was so free that he had even started writing his novel in the infirmary.

“Hmm… Am I almost at a thousand chapters?”

Ye Shuang felt that time had passed incredibly quickly. Before he knew it, he had written this much. Originally, he had only planned for the story to run about two million words and a thousand chapters.

“So this is where it ends? Is this the finish line?”

Ye Shuang couldn’t help smiling. A novel ultimately needed an ending, after all. He had thought about the conclusion countless times. At first, he had wanted to leave things open-ended, but after thinking it over, he realized that he himself didn’t particularly like open endings when watching movies.

Since he didn’t like them, there was no need to deliberately leave one for his own novel.

It would be better to give the story a cleaner, more definite conclusion.

After reading through the readers’ comments, Ye Shuang replied to a few of them.

“There are still a little over a hundred chapters left before the end.”

After typing that, Ye Shuang thought about it again. He had promised before that he would write some side stories, so his fingers moved once more.

“There will be standalone installments for them.”

Readers often asked if he had any single-heroine novels featuring a heroine with a personality similar to a certain character.

Since that was the case, Ye Shuang decided to fill that gap. After finishing the main story, he would give every character their own individual chapter.

They wouldn’t be very long—probably about the length of a short story—and their content would be completely independent.

The novel was already approaching its conclusion, so keeping things fresh was still important. Even if readers skipped the main story and went straight to the standalone installments, it wouldn’t affect their understanding at all.

After settling on the content he would post over the next two months, Ye Shuang finished that day’s writing and quietly closed the writing page.

“…”

But now that he thought about the novel ending, Ye Shuang suddenly felt a little lonely.

He knew that his writing wasn’t perfect and that it had plenty of flaws. He had even shamelessly begged his readers for gifts. Still, there was no doubt that he had poured his heart into the novel. It had also recorded some of his thoughts and ideas.

Coming back to himself, Ye Shuang stood up and stretched his stiff bones. After all, he had been sitting for two full hours.

No students had come by during that time, so Ye Shuang remained in the infirmary until school let out in the afternoon.

“Hmm…”

Ye Shuang took out his phone and glanced at it. Bai Yuyou had sent him a message. The gist was that the Light Music Club had recruited a new member.

Ye Shuang wasn’t surprised. In fact, he felt that recruiting just one person was a little too few. However, considering that the Light Music Club did screen its members, he replied with a message congratulating her.

Bai Yuyou responded with a cute smiley face.

“That expression is really cute,” Ye Shuang replied.

Bai Yuyou: Cute? How cute?

The girl then sent several more stickers, all of them especially adorable cartoon characters. After seeing her question, Ye Shuang replied:

Ye Shuang: A sticker that’s as cute as you are.

The other side was silent for several seconds. Just as Ye Shuang was about to put down his phone, Bai Yuyou sent over a selfie.

Bai Yuyou: Photo.jpg

In the photo, Bai Yuyou had taken a selfie while imitating the pose from one of the stickers. Ye Shuang couldn’t help finding it both amusing and exasperating. He wasn’t sure whether she had misunderstood what he meant. Although the girl had matured quite a lot, she still had this adorably absent-minded side to her.

Now that he knew the Light Music Club had a new member, Ye Shuang, as the club’s person in charge, went over to take a look. He didn’t know whether the new member was a boy or a girl. If it was a boy, that would be fine. Since he was the only man in the club, adding another would help balance things out.

As for a girl… the idea of an all-girl band sounded pretty interesting too.

When Ye Shuang arrived at the Light Music Club, he saw Bai Yuyou and the others, along with a relatively unfamiliar face.

“Ah, Big Brother, you’re here.”

“Ye Shuang.”

“Hello!”

Before Ye Shuang could introduce himself, the unfamiliar girl had already begun introducing herself.

“My name is Wei Xi! I’m a fourth-year student!”

“Hello. Fourth year? That means you entered school in the same year as the current freshmen, right?” Ye Shuang asked with a smile.

The girl was tiny and petite, even a little smaller than Taozi. She had short hair and looked like a cute little animal. At first, Ye Shuang had assumed that the new member would be the sort of person who looked like she had been born to play music, but this girl didn’t give off that impression at all.

“My name is Ye Shuang. You can call me Mr. Ye, Ye Shuang, or even Teacher Ye. Since this is a club activity, you can relax a little.”

“Then I’ll call you Teacher Ye! I’ve heard you play the piano. You’re super, super amazing, and it sounds super good!” Wei Xi clearly knew who Ye Shuang was.

“And Rin-senpai’s high notes back then were really, really beautiful!” As she spoke, she began stomping her feet excitedly.

Ye Shuang was a little surprised by what the girl had said. This new member seemed to be a fan of the Light Music Club. Not only that, she appeared to know the club very well.

“Let me ask you this first: Are you very familiar with our Light Music Club?” Ye Shuang asked.

“Yes! Yuyou-senpai sings and plays the guitar beautifully! There’s also Yu-senpai, the bassist; Zhixia-senpai on drums; Rin-senpai, the lead vocalist; and Keke-senpai, the mascot—”

Before she could finish, Tang Keke interrupted her.

“You can leave the last one out! What do you mean, mascot? I’m the Sweeper Monk.”

“Right, the Sweeper Monk!”

After hearing that, Ye Shuang glanced at Tang Keke in confusion. What did this girl have to do with the Sweeper Monk?

Still, when she wore loose clothes, her backpack did give her a bit of the Sweeper Monk’s air—plain-looking and unassuming.

“She’s a little superfan, it seems. That’s a good thing. The club could use some fresh blood.” Thinking this, Ye Shuang couldn’t help smiling. He then looked toward Bai Yuyou.

“See? I told you someone would be moved by your performance onstage.”

A great performance was the best way for a club to attract new members. Ye Shuang had always believed that.