Upon hearing this, Su Yanfei’s expression froze slightly.
From what she remembered, Senior Sister Su had once told her that Jiang Jun wasn’t particularly fond of musical instruments or things of that nature.
His own older sister ran a piano store, yet he rarely visited—he was far more interested in eating, drinking, and having fun.
Su Yanfei looked like she wanted to say something but held back. However, seeing that Jiang Jun had already charged into the crowd, she simply crossed her arms in front of her chest, stood under the pavilion, and watched him with keen interest.
Just as Jiang Jun stepped into the crowd, a round of applause broke out around him as a fellow student came up to perform. He was a freshman in the same year as Jiang Jun.
Unfortunately, this student’s performance was a guitar fingerstyle rendition of a children’s song—and only half of it at that.
The rhythm sounded like… Two Tigers?
Soon enough, that student walked off the stage.
With a confident expression, Jiang Jun stepped forward and smiled at Sergei. “Senior Sergei, hello. I’d like to sign up for the guitar club, and I’ll be participating in this event too.”
“Alright then, junior. First, introduce yourself, and then tell us what you’ll be performing,” Sergei said, handing Jiang Jun an acoustic guitar with a nod and a smile.
After taking the guitar, Jiang Jun glanced around at the crowd watching him and said with a light chuckle.
“Hello everyone, my name is Jiang Jun, from the Computer Science Department, freshman year. What I’m about to perform is a guitar accompaniment with vocals…”
Jiang Jun deliberately paused, his gaze casually drifting toward Su Yanfei’s direction—and by coincidence, their eyes met.
However, it was precisely this subtle exchange that Sergei happened to catch.
Sergei’s mind immediately began to race with thoughts.
Did I see that right? When Senior Sister Su locked eyes with this freshman just now, did her gaze seem a little evasive?
Also, just a moment ago, this junior had walked over from Senior Sister Su’s direction.
Wait—”Jiang Jun” sounds a bit familiar!
Hiss, could he be the one people were posting about on the campus forum…
In reality, only two or three seconds had passed. Just as Sergei was deep in his internal monologue, Jiang Jun spoke again.
“A song, ‘Girl,’ for everyone.”
With that, Jiang Jun sat down on a tall stool.
He held the guitar with a standard posture, first pressing the strings to test the tuning. After confirming the guitar was in tune, he began strumming the strings with practiced skill.
After briefly steeping himself in the mood, he slowly opened his mouth to the microphone in front of the stool.
“How many times have I dreamed of you, girl”
“Dreamed of your beautiful smiling face”
“Reading your letters, singing your songs”
“…”
“Girl, girl, I really miss you”
“My heart, it’s shattered for you”
“…”
As Jiang Jun sang, images flashed through his mind—those memories of youthful days flooding back. Combined with his magnetic voice and exquisite guitar playing, it drew a wave of enthusiastic cheers from the crowd.
“This freshman is so handsome, and he sings so well!”
“Yeah, and he’s got that cool, roguish charm. Not only can he sing, but he’s also this good-looking.”
“It looks like that brown wooden guitar is definitely his. But I can’t help feeling like this kid is here to fish-bomb the place!”
As many female students gasped in admiration, they cast adoring glances at Jiang Jun. Quite a few even pulled out their phones to take photos and record videos of his performance.
On campus, a guy with talent really earns major points.
One song, “Girl,” captured the hearts of countless young women and won him a legion of fans.
Back when school first started, Jiang Jun had only been attending for a few days. His flashy lifestyle had all been off-campus—frequenting high-end venues and living it up—so many people at school didn’t actually know who he was yet.
But now?
It was safe to say Jiang Jun had already secured priority mating rights.
When the performance ended, Jiang Jun was enveloped in a round of thunderous applause. From Sergei’s hands, he took the guitar as he had hoped.
Standing under the pavilion, Su Yanfei watched the scene unfold, a faint, barely noticeable smile crossing her face.
This junior is pretty interesting.
If she hadn’t smiled, it would’ve been fine. But she did.
The sharp-eyed Sergei caught it again, and his entire demeanor stiffened at the sight.
Huh?
The iceberg campus beauty just smiled?
And she was smiling at that freshman, no less. At this rate… that post someone put up on the campus forum might actually be true!
But just then—
From within the crowd at the recruitment event, someone suddenly exclaimed.
“Hey, isn’t that Senior Sister Su Yanfei?”
The moment those words were spoken, everyone present turned their heads and looked in one direction.
“It really is Senior Sister Su.”
“I knew it—how could Senior Sister Su not show up at today’s guitar club recruitment event?”
As the excited chatter grew louder, Su Yanfei slowly walked from the pavilion into the crowd, with people parting ways to make room for her.
When Sergei saw Su Yanfei arrive, his eyes darted around, and a scheme immediately formed in his mind. He then approached with a warm smile and spoke in a respectful tone, “Senior Sister Su, you’ve come a bit late, unfortunately.”
“Just now, this junior here performed a rendition of ‘The Girl’ that was truly impressive—his guitar playing and singing skills are top-notch.”
You really know how to set things up.
Before Su Yanfei could respond to his words, Jiang Jun, who was nearby, saw her arrive and quickly made his way over to her side. He strummed the new guitar he had just acquired and said with a smile.
“Senior Sister, the guitar’s here. If you didn’t catch ‘The Girl’ clearly earlier, that’s a real shame.”
“But if you’d still like to hear it, I wouldn’t mind performing another piece—it’s the perfect chance to test out this new guitar I just got.”
Jiang Jun sat back down on the tall stool, strumming the strings with a confident smile, and asked Su Yanfei with a grin, “What song would you like to hear, Senior Sister? Or perhaps…”
A mischievous smile suddenly appeared on his face as he said, “How about I provide the guitar accompaniment and you sing a song?”
Upon hearing this, Sergei’s expression froze instantly.
This kid’s got some nerve—he’s really trying to climb the ladder, isn’t he?
“This freshman’s pretty bold, daring to talk to Senior Sister Su, the campus belle of HKU, like that and even asking her to sing on the spot? Isn’t he getting ahead of himself!”
“Exactly, he’s just setting himself up for rejection. Let’s see how awkwardly he recovers from this.”
“Tsk, as a guy, I thought he was pretty cool just now, but since he’s daring to make a move on Senior Sister Su, I can only hope he makes a fool of himself.”
The surrounding students all buzzed with murmurs, wearing expressions of amusement as they watched Jiang Jun.
Everyone was waiting for Su Yanfei’s response.
She looked at Jiang Jun with a calm expression, walked over to another tall stool beside him, and sat down. She nodded and said flatly.
“Alright.”
“But I can see you’re quite good at singing. Give me the guitar—I can accompany you.”
Everyone: ?!
Huh?
?!?!
The scene before them left everyone present dumbfounded.
“What?”
“Senior Sister Su not only agreed but also offered to accompany this guy!”
“Ahhh, what incredible luck he has!”
Hearing this, Jiang Jun blinked at her, his expression momentarily stunned, then tentatively asked in a low voice.
“Senior Sister, you… you know how to play the guitar too?”
With so many people talking around him, he hadn’t fully caught what everyone was saying.
So even now, Jiang Jun had no idea that Su Yanfei was the previous president of the guitar club, and that the guitar was one she had left behind.
Despite coming from the computer science department like Jiang Jun, her accomplishments in music and the arts were far from insignificant. It was precisely for this reason that she had become the acting manager of Yale Music Store.
But all of this was completely unknown to Jiang Jun.
Su Yanfei glanced at him.
Her look seemed to say “just you wait”—it was still uncertain who would be showing off their skills to whom.
“You’ll find out in a moment.”
Then, Su Yanfei took the familiar brown guitar from Jiang Jun’s hands.