Bai Ningning's mouth slightly opened, unable to close for a long time.
What, what, what?
My object of gratitude, it's gone?
"Why did they merge... and why is it the lowest proportion?"
After all, it was still the anime club; it was one thing to be outdone by the gaming and music clubs, but why was it overshadowed by the video production and dance clubs?
She had heard of these two clubs before; the video production club was a formal term, but in reality, it was just a club formed by a few UP owners.
As for the dance club, it was even more so, also just a few UP owners, and they were from the dance sector.
"The merger happened because some clubs were too small, like the UP club and the dance club," Qin Xin flipped through the school's forum, "and the anime club is worse; there are quite a few people, but they have never done anything."
Having many people means needing a large activity room and venue, as well as some other things, so the anime club was naturally in an awkward position for consuming resources without doing anything.
Bai Ningning bit her straw, wanting to say something but hesitating.
"Even though it's gone, senior can still join this merged club," Lan Lan said to ease the situation, "the ACG club sounds pretty good."
"Yeah," Bai Ningning sighed, "it's all good."
Seeing that the senior's mood was off, the juniors didn't disturb her. After finishing their milk tea, they parted ways at the store entrance.
"Senior Bai, remember to take us shopping at the mall tomorrow."
"Goodbye, senior."
"See you tomorrow, senior~"
Qin Xin walked with her for a while before waving goodbye: "Ningning senior, see you tomorrow."
"Mm, bye."
As the senior walked further away, Qin Xin stood in place, watching her graceful figure for a long time.
The slightly sad look in Ningning senior's eyes while drinking tea quietly imprinted in her heart.
Ningning senior, do you also have a story hidden in your heart?
"Qin Xin, are you here? Come on, the cafeteria is open," her roommate came over, "let's go eat."
"By the way, Qin Xin," another roommate said, "did you know? You're ranked among the top few in the new school flower rankings this semester."
Qin Xin's expression changed, and she quickened her pace: "Don't say that, let's go."
"Hey, don't you want to take a look? I'll find it for you..."
"Don't, I don't want to see, hurry up!"
She heard that her sister's company had recently secured another project, a big achievement.
Just imagine, after some time when friends and family gather, at the banquet, her sisters will raise their glasses, congratulating President Qin for leading the group to prosperity, enjoying the good life.
Then turning around to see her, they would also raise their glasses, congratulating Miss Qin for ranking high in the school flower selection at Xicheng University.
Qin Xin's walking posture wobbled slightly, almost losing her balance.
PTSD flared up.
......
When Bai Ningning got home, Qin Yue had not yet finished work. She rushed into the bedroom and took out her notebook.
There was no other way; she didn't have a computer herself and didn't know the passwords for other computers at Qin Yue's home, so she could only use this one.
She changed into loose pajamas and short sleep shorts.
Lying on the bed, I placed a pillow under the white ball and began to think seriously.
"Calm down, the good news is that my old account wasn't linked to an ID card and used an old security question, so it's easy to recover."
I opened QQ, entered the familiar account and password, entered the unusual login environment, and then went to the security center for security verification.
[Question 1: What is your pet's name?]
Shiina Mashiro.
[Question 2: What is your homeroom teacher's name?]
Teacher Sha.
[Question 3: What is your mother's name?]
Koko Luo.
With a cold expression, Bai Ningning typed out three names from the anime world and let out a sigh of relief.
It worked.
Logging into her own QQ account, Bai Ningning wanted to find that club group, but discovered that several pinned groups had been constantly mentioning her.
Curiously, she clicked to take a look—
[Sunshine Love]: @xxx, safe travels, may there be no small trucks in heaven.
[Heartbeat Out of Rhythm]: @xxx, the past is gone, may the next life be smooth.
[I Will Always Like Kasumigaoka Shiya]: @xxx, no offense intended, safe travels.
[I Want to Be Miss Jiaran's Dog]: @xxx, rip (#praying hands)
Bai Ningning silently clicked "mute group messages."
After searching for a while, she finally found the "Xicheng University Anime Club" group among the list of condolences for herself.
Although there were 99+ messages, the last message was from many days ago.
Bai Ningning curiously opened it to take a look.
[**]: It has come to this, no need to be sad, fortunately, there is always a way out.
[*****]: Yeah, yeah, anyway, it's already like this, being sentimental doesn't help.
[*]: No more talking about that, let's chat about something happy.
[&...*]: I'll post some lewd pictures to liven up the atmosphere.
(Image)(Image)(Image)(Image)(Image)
[This QQ group has been banned]
Oh, it's banned, no wonder she couldn't find it after searching for so long.
With a heavy heart, Bai Ningning found the QQ number of the former club president.
[xxx]: President, are you there?
After about ten minutes, she received a reply.
[President]: I'm here, what's up, little x?
Thankfully, it seems the former president has been busy with work these past few years and hasn't been keeping up with the school groups, unaware that she has passed away.
[xxx]: It's nothing, just that, our club has been merged.
[President]: Oh, that? I've heard people mention it.
[President]: There's nothing we can do, our way of doing things doesn't work anymore, it's normal to be eliminated.
[xxx]: Doesn't work?
[President]: Yeah, the public opinion environment among young people is different now.
Back then, they would timidly say they were into anime and liked watching cartoons.
"Oh, so you're one of those otaku,"
"Hahaha, do you really still watch cartoons?"
"You like Japanese animation? Naruto, Sword Art Online? I like those too,"
"Do you ever fantasize about the girls in the anime…? Eww~."
Now, they are full of pride, declaring that they are otaku, so what? Wearing T-shirts of their waifu, holding KFC Genshin buckets, going wherever they want, being arrogant as can be.
Otaku? I'm enjoying delicious food in another world!
[President]: We don't need our original kind of club anymore; the world is full of anime, and we don't need a quiet little circle as a safe haven.
[President]: The new era has no ship for us to board (#laughing and crying) (#laughing and crying)
No… we don't need it anymore.
Bai Ningning closed QQ, hugging her white ball… oh no, wrong, she was hugging a pillow and shedding tears.
Wuwuwu.
Qin Yue had just finished a celebration meeting for the company project team and returned to her bedroom, only to see Bai Ningning dressed lightly, hugging her notebook with tear-streaked cheeks. She was shocked.
"What's wrong, did you get scammed in an online romance?"
No way, you tricked me so badly, and there are people with even higher levels than you?
"No," Bai Ningning lifted her small face, her eyes red, "it's just a little heartache."