"—Late again."
After running closer, the first person he met was Ah Wei. He held two skewers of sausages in his hands.
"Ah, you clearly said you wouldn't eat first within ten minutes! Liar!" Zhang Mumu stretched out his hand angrily, "Give it to me!"
Her request was not met, so she rushed to grab the food herself. Ah Wei raised the skewers in his hand high and let Zhang Mumu jump up and down next to him.
"I thought you weren't coming." He greeted Zhou Yu calmly, "Is the matter finished?"
Zhou Yu didn't know what he was referring to, so in order to avoid arousing suspicion, he could only nodded lightly in response.
The other party obviously didn't care. After polite greetings, he turned around and walked towards the forest. Zhang Mumu also followed him closely without admitting defeat, constantly jumping and grabbing his opponent's arms, hoping for an opportunity to seize the sausage.
Zhou Yu walked up slowly. The willow forest is very sparse, with a continuous grassland to the north and a river bank more than ten meters to the south. Because the winter cold has not dissipated, the scenery looks a bit bleak, and there are not many people traveling.
He didn't expect that the subway line would extend to such a remote place, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. But after looking around for a while, he discovered that there were also villa-style residential areas on the other side of the river, probably resorts or high-end communities.
During the observation, he had followed the two people in front of him to the pavilion in the forest. Four people were sitting in the pavilion, and a small self-service barbecue grill was placed on the grass outside the pavilion.
The three men and one woman in the pavilion seemed to know Zhou Yu, and they were not surprised when they saw her. They just greeted her generously or reservedly.
Zhou Yu had no impression of these four people at all. He could only deal with it with a general nod.
Just as he was thinking about how to find out the names of these people, Zhang Mumu had already ran into the pavilion.
"Sister Su Su! Ah Wei is grabbing my food! Beat him quickly!"
The person she was speaking to was apparently the only woman in the gazebo. Unlike Zhang Mumu, she wears a casual windbreaker, her curly hair is tied up, her face is simple and capable, and her style is quite professional.
After hearing Zhang Mumu's complaint, she put down her phone and looked at Ah Wei with her eyes. She obviously had a special status among this group of people, and Zhang Mumu quickly got what he wanted.
"Chen Wei, don't bully the mascot."
After saying this, she lowered her head and looked at her phone again. Zhang Mumu didn't even protest at being called a "mascot" and happily sat next to her and ate the crispy grilled sausage.
Zhou Yu didn't want to comment on this.
He had known Zhang Mumu for some time, and felt that if he was surprised now, he would look very ignorant.
Chen Wei, who had a sausage taken away from him, was not upset. After finishing the food in his hand, he called a big boy in the pavilion for help. The two got busy in front of the barbecue grill.
"Can you bake?" When Zhou Yu came closer, he asked casually.
Zhou Yu shook his head. He didn't think Zhou Yu would like this kind of activity, and naturally he wouldn't have the corresponding experience.
"Haha, I think so. You seem like the type who doesn't like to communicate with others."
"No, classmate Zhou and I communicate a lot!" Zhang Mumu came over to interrupt after finishing his food.
"The little dwarf is just talking about it. Talking to you is talking to a pet."
Zhang Mumu puffed up his face angrily again. This time she strategically gave up attacking the high ground and instead stomped on Chen Wei's feet. Probably also feeling that such a trampling attack was a bit painful, Chen Wei used his left hand to push her head away: "If you want to eat, don't hit the cook."
"I'm going to fight!" Zhang Mumu tried hard to pry his hand away, and said with teeth and claws, "I'm going to eat too!"
Unfortunately, her declaration of dominance was not respected by the cook. After being driven away by Chen Wei, she did not continue to pester, and turned to look at Zhou Yu.
"Student Zhou, do you want to eat? You looked so hard when you came here! There are snacks in the pavilion."
Zhou Yu still shook his head. After seeing the scene between Zhang Mumu and Chen Wei just now, he already felt that he and Zhang Mumu did have a good relationship. Seeing that no one in the pavilion was paying attention, he suggested to Zhang Mumu: "Classmate Zhang, I want to go for a walk by the river."
Because the raw beef skewers had just been put on the grill, Zhang Mumu raised his hands without hesitation: "I'll go too!"
"You two remember to come back within ten minutes, otherwise you won't have anything to eat."
Zhang Mumu nodded seriously, and even took out his phone to check the time, and then trotted to Zhou Yu's side. The two walked out of the willow forest and walked west along the gentle river bank.
The river in the suburbs is very clear, with a few green pods floating on the surface, rippling gently with the waves. Seeing such a scene, Zhou Yu felt a slight sour feeling lingering in his chest.
He felt like he was here for something important, but when he thought about it carefully, he had no clue.
"Classmate Zhou?" Zhang Mumu looked sideways at him.
"...It's okay. I think I've walked like this before."
"With me? Never before. Zhou Zhou doesn't like walking outside."
Zhou Yu smiled and said, "It's probably not with you, but with..."
He was speechless for a moment.
Zhou Yu's interpersonal circle is very narrow, and he usually only wakes up at midnight, so there should be no acquaintances other than Zhang Mumu.
"It's a friend from high school." He continued the topic without any surprise, "I sometimes go for a walk like this after school."
Zhang Mumu was not suspicious at all and began to ask his friend's name enthusiastically. Because he was already familiar with her personality, Zhou Yu brushed it off with a few words, and instead asked her about the identities of the people in the pavilion.
"Huh? Everyone is a member of the Kaidan Club."
Zhou Yu thought for a moment. Speaking of clubs, he seemed to have some vague impression of the word "Keitan". That happened in December last year, and when he looked at his phone just now, the date displayed was February 6th, which meant that the entire New Year had passed.
"...Did you post a new recruitment message in the cafeteria?"
"Yes! The ghost above was painted by me myself!"
...To be honest, Zhou Yu was not surprised at all. The only thing he couldn't figure out was why several people except Zhang Mumu joined this kind of society.
"Ah, Lu Bin wants to chase someone. Xing Wenlong and Xing Shaohu are new students who were deceived. Sister Su Su is the founder of the club. There were originally two members who graduated last year."
Ten minutes later, Chen Wei, who heard his question, responded like this.
"...What about you?" Zhou Yu asked after taking the skewers.
"I'm getting extra points for social practice. Now I'm a senior. If I don't get enough points, I won't be able to graduate."
"No internship during the holidays?"
"Haha, oops... I did have an internship, but I didn't expect that my employer wouldn't be able to issue a certificate for me. There's nothing I can do."
Zhou Yu looked at each other speechlessly. Migenzhu University does not have high requirements for social practice, and even some part-time jobs in restaurants will admit it. I don’t know where the other party is interning, so he can’t even get the simplest certificate.
Regarding this, Chen Weihun said nonchalantly: "It's a private unit, more like an office."
"You're not working for a private detective who catches cheaters, are you?"
"That's not true. I can't do such a complicated job. Compared to this, why did you come in?"
After hearing his words, Zhou Yu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Chen Wei looked at him curiously.
"What are you surprised about? In the whole club, you are the only one who joined the club as a senior, right? I heard Zhang Mumu said that your internship is full, and I can't figure out the reason why you came to this club. Frankly speaking, if it weren't for Sister Su Su I was the vice-president of the student union before I went to graduate school, so I would never be able to apply for a club with a name like this... Could it be that you were really tricked into joining by Zhang Mumu, right?"
At this point, Chen Wei suddenly smiled meaningfully.
"It's too late for you to regret it now. There will be club activities the day after tomorrow, and that dwarf will never let you run away."
"……social activity?"
"Haha, this is just a bit more serious. In fact, it's just watching horror movies, telling ghost stories, and playing a few so-called psychic games. Although in the end I thought it was silly to do this, but it's fun to do it once in a while."
He placed the new raw meat skewers on the iron plate and brushed them with oil sauce nonchalantly. The bright red meat sizzles on the charcoal fire.
"Didn't I say before that there is a place near your home that is suitable for this event? That room is very suitable for the 'Four Corners Game'."
