Chapter 27: Rumors
While Shushan Chain and Longsheng Gift Factory were signing their contracting agreement, Su Can joined the Morning Blossoms Literary Society. Most members of the Morning Flowers Society were students, after all, and this was not a university where they had plenty of time to manage club affairs. Activities were generally scheduled at noon or in the afternoon, with occasional brief meetings between classes.
Su Can soon became familiar with the boys and girls. The literary society had roughly twenty officers and staff members altogether. Once they learned that he was the student who had submitted that piece, their earlier doubts about him vanished, and they welcomed him warmly. Lin Guangdong was delighted that Su Can had joined, but had no idea that Su Can had actually joined the Morning Flowers Society because of him.
Li Qingyang was still a high school student, after all, and lacked much guile. After their complete falling-out and the sharp decline in his standing, he now simply gave a curt snort whenever he met Su Can face-to-face, his displeasure plain on his face.
There was no need to describe how shocked the girls present had been by the enormous contrast in Li Qingyang's behavior that day. They came from various classes-Class One, Class Four, Class Eleven, Class Fourteen, and others. Word of his outburst spread, and his reputation hit rock bottom.
During the literary society's small meetings, some people kept studying this new member, while others made no secret of their admiration. "It was really well written, but I think a few sentences would be better if you changed them like this, and this. Let's discuss it sometime."
"What books do you usually read? Any good recommendations? What's your relationship with Sun Man?" asked Chen Kehong, one of the literary society's two