My Classmate is 200 Million Years Old

future.
Just the thought of that made her glum.

“Since you’re reading up on the language C, why don’t you join computing club then.” Yi Hai Lan pointed at the club at the bottom of the list, “but I heard that club’s kinda wilting, after all, the school didn’t allow students to bring their computer; electronic devices are also forbidden.
Seems like the bunch of them can’t do much other than heading over to the school computer room every week, not particularly interesting.”

Not particularly interesting didn’t mean nothing… Xuan Mo didn’t know where this chain of logic popped up in her head.
She recalled the task at hand that required her attention— figuring out how the Blue Planet internet worked.
In that case, why not join this club.
Having figured that out, she nodded her head, “where is the recruitment booth?”

“Ah, you’ve decided? It’s in the hall.” Yi Hai Lan walked towards the hall as he spoke.
He seemed to have decided as well.
He followed Xuan Mo, “you’re really choosing to join the computing club?”

“Enh.”

“Don’t join that, join the same club as me, at least we can look after each other if we’re in the same club.”

“No.” Who in the world knew which lame club he’d join.

“I’m joining the Basketball club, my cousin’s* the president.
It won’t matter if you join them for activities, just come and check it out.”

*  表哥 = older male cousin (“cousin”)

Xuan Mo turned without hesitation, “lead the way.”

“What?” 

“Basketball club.”

“Hah?” Yi Hai Lan was dumbstruck, “don’t you think you’re changing your mind a little too quickly.”

“Tell the president I don’t have time to attend the activities.”

“…alright alright alright.” Yi Hai Lan led the way, defeated.

Xuan Mo’s interview had been only a mandatory procedure since Yi Hai Lan’s cousin was here.
What was strange was the fact that this guy called Shi Tan seemed to know Xuan Mo too.
However, Xuan Mo was unable to find any data on him from her memory garage, so things became awkward, and that guy ended up peeking in her direction while he rubbed his nose.

After the interview, the affair regarding the club was settled.
Xuan Mo started thinking about the computing class Ah Gui had arranged for her.
That night, Ah Gui called: “I’m picking you up tomorrow.
Go to your school entrance after your lessons end.”

“What about Brother Sen?” Though she knew Ah Hui was already her point of contact, Xuan Mo was still cautious about directly contacting someone so high up in the management chain.
She’d rather be casted aside than to become a person they regard as a killing machine.

“Hehe, Ah Sen’s not exactly high up, so he’s got quite some things on his hands.
I on the other hand am more free.”

Xuan Mo was speechless.

With respect to Xuan Mo’s familiarity with the art of Blue Planet people’s speech, a lot of the things people say can be extremely deceivingly persuasive to her.

Another day passed without happening.
At night, Xuan Mo was greeted with her first lesson in computing.

Ah Gui drove a very mundane to send her to the base of their government organization.
He brought he straight into the computer room.
They went from a room with sparse computers and a few spiritless employees, to a vast space packed to the brim with hundreds of computers and hundreds of technicians after pulling apart the cupboard and pushing aside the wall.
The majority of them probably didn’t know why Ah Gui brought a little girl over.
The fact that they greeted him when they saw him once again proved that his status was pretty high.

Xuan Mo was not interested in finding out who Ah Gui was.
She wasn’t interested about things she would be able to find out easily.
Ah Gui on the other hand believed that he was still able to maintain his mysteriousness.
His smile he was faking was still calm.
He brought Xuan Mo to the innermost computer.
There were a few people with messy hair and dishevelled clothes sitting among the cup noodle remnants.