Chapter 8: Low-key Again

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  Just as Fangzi River was making a vow to protect his elementary school sister, Mo QiQi also made a silent vow in her heart. She must stay in this school for four years, since she had come, she would not be expelled or transferred out of shame. No matter what means, she would finish CMFU, that's the goal.

  The two of them continued walking silently on the shaded avenue, Mo Qi felt a bit awkward, but as long as she lowered her head and pretended to be innocent, it was fine, low-key, the more low-key the better.

  "Hehe, you must be wondering why CMFU Academy is so easy to get into, right?" Fang Zichuan cleared his throat, and his tone turned slightly serious. It was unavoidable; every new student who came to CMFU Academy had to be taught by the senior students, who would suppress their arrogance.

  It's known that in literature, there is no first or second place, and in martial arts, there is no distinction between the strong and the weak. In modern society, sports competitions are like ancient martial arts competitions, where everyone refuses to admit they are inferior to others. Especially for new students entering CMFU, if they weren't top-notch in their original circle, how could they have been specially recruited? But being top-notch outside doesn't mean you're a top student at CMFU; those arrogant young masters and misses need to be taught a lesson by the older generation as soon as they step onto campus.

  Mo Qi's heart skipped a beat as she hastily nodded her head, her lips pursed in a silent "yes". She was already guilty at heart, and the words made her even more nervous, her expression becoming even more endearing. Heaven knows how fearless Mo Qi used to be, or else she wouldn't have sailed into the open sea alone at midnight. Now, being forced to keep quiet and pretend to be a good girl was simply killing her.

  Fang Zikuan's heart immediately softened, and the serious expression he had put on also relaxed. Alas, this elementary school girl looks so well-behaved, definitely different from those students in the past! Fang Zikuan scratched his head in embarrassment, if it wasn't for receiving a call saying there was a new student coming to visit, he wouldn't have been assigned to pick up the new student, it just happened that he was at school today.

  "Cough, actually CMFU school is very easy to get into..." Fang Zichuan continued to scratch his head, saying self-contradictorily under Mo QiQi's timid gaze.

  Haha, this senior seems to be quite interesting. Mo QiQi secretly smiled in her heart and looked at him with a puzzled expression, waiting for his explanation.

  Fang Zikuan hadn't felt so flustered in front of a girl for a long time. Since entering university, all the girls he had come into contact with were outgoing and bold, even those who were introverted and melancholic by nature kept their distance from him. But Mo QiQi was different, she gave off an impression that seemed like the kind of gentle and refined girl from before, sweet and lovely, making Fang Zikuan feel at a loss for how to behave in front of her. Because he had once thought that this type of girl should have already become extinct in modern society.

  "Hey, actually, if you know someone, just say the word and it's fine." Fang Zichuan chuckled, "This is a matter of interpersonal relationships! If you miss the exam due to special circumstances, having someone introduce you can work. As for academic scores, there are also standards for college entrance exams, but I heard your score was much higher than that." In fact, people who meet the conditions for introduction can be counted on one hand in the entire school. Moreover, as far as he knew, those few people were all top-notch athletes in the sports world. So, Mo Qiqi's abilities could be imagined. After speaking, Fang Zichuan couldn't help but take a few more glances at Mo Qiqi. From her physique, she indeed had good conditions, it was just unknown what swimming stroke she specialized in.

  Mo Qi's pale face revealed a shy smile, Fang Zikuan gazed at her intently, the summer heat in his heart seemed to dissipate with Mo Qi's smile.

  Mo Qi listened to Fang Zikuan's words, but felt that the CMFU Academy's admission of new students was a bit too hasty. However, although she felt suspicious, she couldn't find anyone to ask.

  But what exactly did she get assigned to the swimming department for? Mo QiQi's face turned dark, and her fake smile almost failed, so she quickly hooked up the corners of her lips again.

  "What if, uh, I mean what if the special talent doesn't meet the standard?" Moki was actually worried about this point. If she was accidentally discovered to be a mix-in, would she not be expelled?

  Fang Zikuan didn't expect this little sister to be so quiet, and then suddenly ask such a question. He rubbed his temples again, thinking for a moment before saying: "I heard that if a student has an accident or gets sick, and they're good at art, they can transfer to the Art Academy. If not, the school will arrange for them to attend another university. They're all very good universities. And because CMFU has a good reputation, the people who graduated from here are doing quite well." Fang Zikuan finished speaking in one breath, and felt Mo Qiqi's face relax with a sigh of relief beside him. He couldn't help but think that this little sister was really humble! As far as he knew, Mo Qiqi's swimming talent was extremely high, or else she wouldn't have been exceptionally recommended to enter the school.

  His inner evaluation of Mo Qi Qi increased a lot, and Fang Zi Chuan became even more enthusiastic in his introduction: "The campus of CMFU is circular in shape, with a five-pointed star shape in the middle. It's divided into Xiangxiangwen Institute and Ti Institute. The Ti Institute is further divided into five colleges according to the Five Elements, which are Metal, Earth, Fire, Water, and Wood, in clockwise order. In the center are the Art Building, Comprehensive Building, Library, and Office Building of Xiangxiangwen Institute. Each college has its own teaching building, dormitory building, sports venue, and cafeteria. Of course, students can also cook for themselves in their dorms, but very few people do that."

  "What's Wu Xing?" Moki didn't know much about CMFU before, and her main gossip energy was all focused on Yan Xiang. "So are we in the Water Academy or not?"

  Fangzi River chuckled and said, "Yes, it's the Water Academy, but we usually call it the Ripple Academy." As they spoke, the two of them had already walked along the not-too-long-not-too-short tree-lined path. Mo Qiqi saw that in front of her was a circular road, and what caught her attention most was a five-story teaching building in the middle, shaped like a cylinder with a surface made entirely of dark blue glass walls. When the sunlight at noon shone on it, it dazzled people's eyes to the point where they couldn't open them.

  "Ah, this is the Art Building, those weird people from Shangxiang Academy are active in this area. It's best not to bother them if you have nothing to do, they all have strange tempers." Fang Zichuan casually reminded him and walked along the circular road on the left with his hands in his pockets.

  Mo Qi followed, thinking that it was indeed true that literary and martial arts were incompatible. In ancient times, scholars and warriors looked down on each other, and she didn't expect it to be the same in modern times. It wasn't her fault that she only knew how to read books before, and there weren't any classmates around her who were particularly good at martial arts, most people just treated them as extracurricular activities.

  "Uh, wasn't there supposed to be a library here? How am I supposed to borrow books?" Mo QiQi turned her head and looked around for a few moments, discovering that after walking a few steps, several buildings with different shapes and majestic momentum appeared in the central area, reminding her of what Fang ZiChuan had introduced earlier, she couldn't help but ask. As it was her spiritual food, she naturally cared about it very much.

  "Borrow a book?" Fang Zikuan also followed her line of sight, his face still looking very embarrassed. Why did this little sister always give him difficult questions? These people were lucky if they could finish their teacher's cultural homework and pass the final exam without failing, and if it weren't for CMFU Academy's regulations requiring comprehensive development, they probably wouldn't even touch books.

  "Cough, the people from the library and the institute of literature rarely go there either, I guess..." Fang Zichuan continued to scratch his head, his hair having suffered unprecedented damage today. He still remembered to add a "I guess" at the end, because he had never been there before, so it was only a guess.

  Jiang Zikuan really didn't know, and Mo QiQi didn't make things difficult for him. She smiled sweetly at him and said: "Senior, then let's not talk about Shangxiang Academy anymore. Tell me what is Wuxing College? What sports do they have?"

  Fang Zikuan's blood was boiling after being called "senior" by Mo QiQi, and he immediately explained without hesitation: "The five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are just abbreviations. In fact, each college has its own name, which is Cang Feng College, Qing Mu College, Liu Bo College, Lie Yan College, and Ding Chen College. Hehe, I guess you can probably guess which ones they are?" The two walked along the ring-shaped road, and there was still no one on the road. The academy during summer vacation was indeed quiet.

  Mokie nodded, although she had only heard the name, but roughly guessed which words, "They are all very beautiful names!"

  Fang Zikuan almost burst out laughing, "Very handsome?" No mistake, on the surface it's a very good-looking name, but in reality each college in the Physical Education Institute is sworn enemies with each other, and privately they all have nicknames for the other colleges. It's just that he didn't want to explain this to such an innocent little schoolgirl, she would naturally hear about it after staying there for a while.

  Mo Qi looked to the left of the ring road and saw that behind the forest there were various large and small venues and buildings. She pointed curiously and asked, "What college is this?"

  "This is Qingmu Academy, and the major sports inside include tennis, baseball, badminton, table tennis, field hockey... Ah, right, I recently heard that someone applied for a billiards department, not sure if it was approved or not." Fang Zichuan thought back carefully. He was really looking forward to the billiards department being approved, so he would have another place to relax in the future!

  Mo Qi was also stunned, and unexpectedly, there is a table tennis department. Although table tennis is the trend of sports nowadays, she didn't expect that CMFU Academy would follow the times so closely. On the spot, she wanted to ask if there was a chess department, because chess is also a sport, especially since she seemed to have heard that mahjong is also considered a sport, and it's even a national treasure!

  But it was just a thought, she didn't plan on saying it out loud, low-key, even lower-key, continuing to be low-key.

  "Aoki Academy is all about small ball sports! So, where are the three major ball sports of soccer, basketball and volleyball?" Moki thought that there was a lot to talk about here, it seems that life in the future will be very interesting.

  "The three big shots at Lieyan Academy, the Five Elements belong to fire, they always call themselves the Blazing Firebirds, but in fact, it's just a firebird that can't fly!" Fang Zichuan became more and more ungentlemanly as he spoke, and his usual words of provocation came out naturally.

  Mo Qi thought that the competition between colleges was indeed fierce, and this sports college must have had exchanges such as comparisons during peacetime. She raised her head and saw that Fang Zichuan was sweating a bit from the sun, so she quickly took out the tissue paper she was carrying with her, pulled out one sheet and handed it to him. Although they were all walking under the shade of trees, the July sun was really scorching hot, the campus was very large, the road was long, Mo Qi didn't feel stuffy at all, but Fang Zichuan's T-shirt on his back was a bit damp with sweat.

  Fang Zichuan took the tissue and wiped the sweat from his temples, glancing at Mo QiQi's face as he lowered his head. He found that her complexion was clear and refreshing, without a single bead of sweat. Fang Zichuan couldn't help but feel curious - every summer when he saw girls, their makeup would sometimes be smudged by sweat. Of course, this didn't include the girls from his own department, those beautiful swimmers with top-notch waterproof makeup that wouldn't be affected by a little sweat.

  Is Mo Qi's makeup even more powerful? Can it also prevent sweating? Fang Zichuan couldn't help but stare at Mo Qi's face, looking carefully. No way, he thought, I want to get the first-hand information out and curry favor with the queen of the department.

  However, he looked left and right, but couldn't see any signs of makeup on Mo QiQi.

  Looking at Fang Zikuan's increasingly surprised expression, Mo QiQi easily thought of what he was astonished about, and smiled lightly: "I'm not the type to sweat easily." Actually, her original body was very prone to sweating, she was afraid of water and easy to sweat, and every summer was unusually difficult. However, after that accidental drowning and learning how to swim, she never sweated again.

  "It's really great." Fang Zikuan sincerely praised. Not easy to sweat, this physique is simple, but it's very enjoyable! Envyingly looking at Mo QiQi's icy cool feeling, he couldn't help but think that she must be very harmonious with water, no wonder she has a natural talent for swimming.

  "Rippling Academy probably only has sports like swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, and water polo?" She counted on her fingers, thinking back to the book she had hastily flipped through before coming. It seemed that last-minute cramming still had some use after all. However, at first, she was only concerned about Yan Xiang's Ding Chen Academy, and didn't really understand much about the others.

  "That's not all!" Fang Zikuan said with a smile, his words full of pride. "Liu Bo College is the most beautiful college in CMFU, not only because of its tropical style, but also because it has the only fine sandy beach on the island. And our dormitory building faces this beach! It's really beautiful!"

  "Beach?" Mo Qi couldn't help but think of the beach where she had almost drowned, and sighed at the unpleasant memory. "So does that mean there are still water activities?"

  Fangzi River nodded and smiled: "Not only that, but Flowing Wave Academy also has an indoor ice rink that is frozen all year round. Figure skating and speed skating are also here."

  It's really powerful! Mo Qi couldn't help but feel stunned, with a sunny beach and an indoor ice rink, the CMFU campus is indeed too well-equipped. Although she was a land duck, she had always been enthusiastic about sports other than water, which made her even more curious about the remaining two colleges.

  At this time, two people finally walked past the street opposite the ring road. Fang Zikuan waved his hand and greeted them. The other party also waved their hands, and they passed each other by.

  Mo QiQi saw people other than Fang ZiChuan for the first time in school, and unknowingly took a few more glances. At the same time, she couldn't help but think to herself that those who majored in sports really had good physiques. Just walking down the road with a carefree attitude made them seem completely different. Moreover, she also noticed that the color of their sportswear seemed to be different from Fang ZiChuan's, but the style was the same.

  "Those two are from the tennis club of Aoki Academy. There aren't many people who stay on campus, but during summer break, they usually like to gather and hang out around our Ryūhō Academy."

  "Is our school cool?" Mo QiQi smiled lightly, "With an indoor ice rink, how can it not be cool." She had always been fascinated by the indoor ice rink and would definitely take the opportunity to experience it. Such luxurious facilities, she used to hesitate to spend money to play once in the past.

  Fangzi River smiled and shook his head: "You're wrong about that, indoor ice rinks are actually the least crowded."

  "What? How is that possible?" Mo QiQi's big eyes blinked a few times, she didn't believe it at all.

  "It's so cold there, who would deliberately wear woolen clothes to go ice-skating? And even if sitting on the sidelines is cool, who wants to just sit around? Everyone prefers to soak in the water and have fun." Fang Zichuan secretly smiled, thinking that this elementary school girl was indeed naive. If she went once, she would definitely come out screaming. "Those figure skating people are all cold-blooded animals, they're really not easy to get along with."

  Moki blinked, somewhat puzzled. Following the principle of asking questions when in doubt, she turned around to look at those two tennis club students who had already walked far away and asked curiously: "Then why did they go back now? The lunch break has long passed too." It's probably around 1 pm now, shouldn't it be the hottest time as Fang Zichuan said, when one should be soaking in water?

  "Cough, there's only one indoor swimming pool." Fang Zichuan coughed lightly, slightly expressing his dissatisfaction. "Of course, the girls will use it first. There are several outdoor pools outside, but the sun is too strong in the afternoon, they should be going back to take a nap, training in the afternoon, and coming here to enjoy the beach in the evening."

  Mo QiQi couldn't help but smile all over her face, she didn't expect that girls had such great power here.

  Fangzi River looked at Mo Qi's expression, and his worries added another layer. If such a lovely little sister was taken away by the perverts from other departments, it would be bad enough, but what if she was corrupted by the queen bees of their own department?

  As they spoke, the two of them had already walked to the fork in the road. Fang Zichuan turned left and walked onto a long corridor covered with evergreen vines. The sunlight filtered through the leaves and shone down, forming elliptical shadows on the ground paved with beautiful green bricks.

  Mo Qi's ears picked up the sound of water flowing and slapping, as she walked through the corridor lined with evergreen wisteria. Suddenly, Mo Qi felt a bright light in front of her eyes, and her whole body stiffened involuntarily.

  As far as the eye can see, it's all water.

  Oh my god, she's fainted...

  Mo Qi closed her eyes and overcame her increasing fear of water after nearly drowning recently.

  "Look, the one on the left with the net is for water polo. The long standard pool in the middle is ours for swimming. Oh, just ignore those men waving at you, pretend you didn't see them. The two on the right are for synchronized swimming and three-meter springboard diving, but nobody uses them, we usually train indoors." Fang Zichuan and Mo Qiqi stood side by side at the entrance of the corridor, enthusiastically introducing their facilities to the younger sister, without noticing Mo Qiqi's unusual expression at all.

  "Is that the indoor swimming pool?" Mo QiQi adjusted her mood and asked, pointing to the shell-shaped sports hall not far away. Next to it was a slightly shorter one which should be the legendary indoor ice rink that made her drool.

  As expected, Fang Zikuan guessed correctly. He took her to Liubo Academy, introducing her to the three-story teaching building behind them where they usually studied cultural courses. Further back was the dormitory area and cafeteria, and finally, a very charming beach.

  Mo Qi followed him through the teaching area, came to the dormitory area, and found that the conditions here were really good beyond words. The dormitory area not only had two rows of four-story dormitories, but also a row of small villas by the sea, which she had been looking forward to seeing.

  How corrupt! Truly corrupt! Mo QiQi knew that Yan Xiang lived here, but seeing it with her own eyes still made her feel like there was no sense of reality. Is this really still a school? Or is it definitely not some kind of resort villa somewhere?

  Fangzi River saw Moqi's face filled with unhidden surprise, thinking that this elementary school sister really didn't know any basic knowledge about CMFU Academy before coming. "The row of dormitories on the left is for girls, and the row on the right is for boys. As for the six villas by the sea, they are the most beautiful scenery and the best conditions in the whole school. It's a place where the top person from each of the six colleges lives."

  "Six?" Mo Qi asked dazedly.

  "Isn't there still the Shangxiangwen Institute!" Fang Zichuan saw that Mo Qiqi didn't even put the Shangxiangwen Institute in her eyes, and was very satisfied. He patted his elementary school sister's shoulder with a big palm, encouraging her to "work hard! Strive to live in this seaside villa for a semester in the future, this is the highest honor within our university!"

  Mo QiQi smiled reluctantly. She only hoped to stay here safely and stably for four years, without such high ambitions...