The next day, as they prepared for class, Qiu Xi glanced at the schedule. "We only have two classes this morning, both with Teacher Yan. Let's find him after class together."
"Sure."
"No problem."
The roommates all agreed.
The two morning classes passed in a blink.
"Teacher Yan!" As soon as class ended, Qiu Xi tidied up and followed the teacher with her roommates.
"Qiu Xi, come, come. I was just about to look for you." Teacher Yan's face lit up when he saw the person he was looking for.
"Teacher, I came to talk to you about the speech contest. A few classmates also want to go, so we came to ask you together." Qiu Xi stated her purpose.
"Of course, I'll teach anyone who wants to learn." This wasn't a big issue anymore. As long as the students truly wanted to participate, he wouldn't overthink it.
"Okay, thank you, Teacher!"
"Let's go, come to the office and we'll talk."
"Okay." With that, they followed him.
As soon as they entered, the teacher gestured for them to sit. "Sit down."
The teacher turned and sat at his workstation. "You've probably seen it, but I'll tell you again. The competition has a professional group and a non-professional group. We are naturally in the professional group, which is unquestionable."
"Then this competition is divided into preliminary rounds, semi-finals, and finals. The preliminary rounds are the university-level competitions, the semi-finals are equivalent to provincial competitions, and the finals are for the top three from each region's provincial competitions."
"Also, to prevent too many participants, before going to the university competition, each school will have its own elimination round to control the number of participants from the school."
"Is that so!" Qiu Xi hadn't expected an internal school preliminary round before.
"Teacher, when is our internal school preliminary round?" Liang Yunfei, who was sitting nearby, asked.
"Once you submit your registration information, the department will arrange it. It will be soon, as the preliminary rounds are at the end of October."
"That is indeed a bit rushed."
"Yes, I was looking for you today to give you some materials." As he spoke, he took out a stack of materials from his drawer.
Then, looking at Qiu Xi, he chuckled, "Take this back to read, and you can discuss it with your classmates. I have high hopes for you."
Qiu Xi took the items and expressed her gratitude. "Okay, thank you, Teacher."
"Alright, you can go back now."
"Okay, goodbye, Teacher."
"Goodbye, Teacher."
The group left the office.
"I didn't expect there to be an internal school preliminary round," Shen Yan sighed slightly.
Song Daiyao also sighed, "Yes, it seems difficult even to make it to the preliminary rounds now."
"Let's do our best!" Qiu Xi had no other choice but to face it head-on.
Apart from this, she was someone with system tasks, and she couldn't give up.
Liang Yunfei agreed, "Mm, let's go for it!"
As they walked, Qiu Xi was still thinking about how to plan when she heard Song Daiyao discussing the school's club recruitment.
Her tone was full of anticipation, "This week is the school's club recruitment day. Are you guys going?"
"I want to check out the Music Association," Shen Yan was the first to voice her interest.
Qiu Xi was not surprised, as she had heard Shen Yan sing during military training, and she sang beautifully.
However, Shen Yan had been pulled along by Song Daiyao then. Now, Qiu Xi wondered what kind of collision would happen between such a quiet girl who loved reading and music. Qiu Xi was a little curious.
Qiu Xi was not the only one with this thought. Song Daiyao immediately responded, "Yan Yan, really?"
"Mm-hmm."
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"I'm so excited!"
"What about Little Fei Fei?" Qiu Xi glanced at Liang Yunfei, who was following behind.
The latter replied somewhat casually, "Me? I'll just check out the Dance Association."
"That's good too." All of them found Liang Yunfei's idea to be quite reasonable.
"What about you, Little Xi?" Song Daiyao looked at Qiu Xi.
"Me? I don't really want to join anything." This was truly Qiu Xi's inner thought. She had many things to do, and joining a club might leave her with less time.
She thought it was better to focus on her own endeavors.
"I think it's fine if Little Xi doesn't join. She's so capable; she can earn credits and learn a lot without these," this was Shen Yan's genuine admiration.
"That's true." After thinking about her acquaintance with Qiu Xi, Song Daiyao also expressed her agreement.
"What about you, Daiyao?"
"Me? I want to try out for the student council." She said it casually, but only she knew the pressure she felt.
Qiu Xi didn't think too much about it, just offered her support. "Great, that's courageous. I'll definitely come to cheer you on then."
"Yes, we'll all go cheer you on together!" Shen Yan pulled Liang Yunfei along to encourage Song Daiyao.
"Hahaha~ Okay."
The four of them chatted and laughed along the campus path, their future looking bright and promising.