Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again-Chapter 174 - 87: Literature Club Freshman Gathering and a Cross-Era Promise with Nanaz!

A new week arrives.

At the Finance Institute campus, in a certain public classroom, the literature club's first meeting for newcomers takes place.

Su Zelin sits inside the classroom, holding a copy of "Sprout" and pretending to read it.

This original literary magazine, founded in the 1950s, is considered a heavyweight publication for youth today. In '99, it even collaborated with 13 famous universities to host the New Concept Composition Competition, discovering post-'80s youth idols like Han Han, Guo Xiaosi, and Zhang Yueran, further boosting "Sprout's" fame as the "Cradle of Post-'80s Idols."

Its influence on domestic youth is profound, and calling it a must-have for a literary poseur wouldn't be an exaggeration.

If you're going to pretend in the literature club, how can you go without "Sprout"?

A poser always comes well-prepared. In addition to two copies of "Sprout," there are also a few copies of "Reader," "October," "Harvest," and "Woodpecker" on the table—all great props for a contemporary literary showoff.

Sure enough, as soon as Su Zelin arrives in the classroom, he catches the attention of several girls in the literature club.

The poser is handsome with a good demeanor. Although he looks a bit rogue, many renowned literary youth have a slight rogue edge. For instance, Han Han looks not so serious and, indeed, isn't.

Plus, for literary girls, the latest issues in Su Zelin's hand are quite attractive.

The poser doesn't even need to make the first move; a few girls have already come to the front and started chatting with him. It's actually quite simple to win over these literary girls. Just flaunt a bit of your literary skills, act profound, throw out some famous quotes that aren't so common but are deeply meaningful, and then drown them in a few bowls of soul-nourishing chicken soup. This tactic never fails with this group of girls.

Soon, several girls are so enthralled by Su Zelin that they lose track of everything.

"Wow, are you a freshman too? You're so talented!"

Their eyes sparkle with admiration, looking at him like they're seeing a superstar.

"Oh, not really. Actually, my high school essays weren't always award-winning or read out loud as a model by the Chinese teacher,"

Su Zelin replies humbly and calmly.

Yes, not always. Not once could also mean not always.

Sure enough, the literary girls are tricked.

Not always means it happened many times, right? It sounds quite impressive.

"Oh, you're too modest! My high school essays were never picked as a model by the Chinese teacher, let alone winning any competitions!"

"Right, I only ever wrote an essay once that was extraordinary enough to be a model!"

"If it weren't for the Finance Institute not having a literature department, I'd assume you're a literature student!"

"..."

The literary girls lavish compliments, all thinking this slightly rogue-looking boy must have a high literary quality and must be a person of great depth.

At this moment, a voice full of surprise and joy comes from behind: "Class monitor?"

Su Zelin turns around to see Ding Linna.

"Hey, Nanaz, what a coincidence! You also joined the literature club?"

The poser feigns surprise: "Gosh, it seems like fate! We have such a connection!"

In fact, he's not surprised at all because, in his past life, Ding Linna chose the literature club during the freshman interest club's winter recruitment and then met a literary boy who swindled money.

"Indeed it is!"

Ding Linna is also very pleased.

She especially loves reading romance novels and is a romantic literary girl, so she chose the literature club among many others.

However, as far as Nanaz knows, she is the only girl in the club.

Originally, she thought she would be bored without any friends, but now that she's met Su Zelin in the literature club, she definitely won't be bored with his glib tongue.

"Oh, excuse me, you're also the class monitor?"

The literary girls are even more impressed, as being a class monitor in college usually means you're very capable and well-liked.

"Hehe, it's nothing worth mentioning. Thanks to my classmates' trust, I'm just a little civil servant doing whatever I can to contribute to the class, shining a bit of light."

The poser puts on an air of noble integrity, making Ding Linna internally roll her eyes.

The first class meeting when she met this guy, she was also fooled into thinking he was an honest person.

Glancing at the magazines on the table, she thinks to herself that he's at it again, trying to deceive a few naive girls.

"Haha, class monitor, it seems you really like carrying a few magazines with you wherever you go!"

Ding Linna teased with intentional double meanings, yet without fully exposing him.

Su Zelin's face remains unchanged: "Yes, as they say, 'Water nourishes people, books cultivate the mind.' Books are the ladder of human progress; within books are knowledge, wisdom, thought, and sentiment."

"Being good at drawing nourishment and energy from books is the ladder and shortcut to realizing ideals, progressing, and achieving success!"

"A person with a good volume of books will naturally glow. As a great person once said, only when people read more books will our national spirit become rich and deep!"

"Reading is also a form of life's pleasure. Shakespeare has a famous quote—'Without books, life would be like no sunshine!'

"Ye Shengtao also said: 'The highest spiritual chain is literature, which unites numerous weak hearts into one great heart and is uniquely powerful. Literature can uncover darkness, welcome light, lead people to abandon meanness and superficiality, and move towards nobility and depth!'"

"I strongly agree with these famous quotes!"

As soon as Su Zelin finishes speaking, the literary girls enthusiastically applaud. Although they've known the poser for less than ten minutes, they are now as thrilled as if they've met a celebrity.