The club leaps forward into the 20th century to encounter Xu Zhimo, the dazzling superstar of Chinese modernism. Over eight lessons, they construct the turbulent social climate of the New Culture Movement—an era desperate to abandon classical traditions for everyday spoken language. They dissect the architectural design of the 'Crescent Moon Society', read the breathless aesthetics of 'Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again', and debate his highly scandalous pursuit of romantic individualism. Finally, they confront his sudden, fiery death in a plane crash at age thirty-four, cementing his legacy as the eternal youth of modern Chinese literature.