Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 165: All Carrots and Cabbages
"Everyone line up in an orderly manner and gather at the square in front of the complex building."

After Guo Qingqing finished shouting, she looked at Xue Rui in the corner of the classroom and said, "You lead the team."

"Me?" Xue Rui murmured as he stood up. Only then did he remember that he also had the title of sports committee member.

Looking at the countdown to the college entrance examination on the right side of the blackboard, Xue Rui naturally knew what activities were going on today, the Hundred-Day Oath-Taking Rally.

The time on the blackboard was like a countdown. Every time I looked up and down, it was one day less. The students' moods changed with the numbers, and the countdown was about to enter the double digits...

The schedule of senior year is tight and there are few holidays, so students don’t have much energy to take care of themselves. Many boys have wooden faces and a thick layer of black fuzz on their mouths, which is because their beards haven’t grown hard yet. Their hair is also messy, which is caused by scratching their hair when they can’t solve a problem...

Even some girls tied their hair up, making their heads greasy and looking sloppy.

Xue Rui waved his hand, signaling everyone to line up and follow.

Lin Ruoxi also returned to the classroom at this time. Today, Lin Ruoxi deliberately wore a clean school uniform and stood quietly next to Xue Rui.

“I don’t know where this ritual came from.” Xue Rui shook his head. He was disgusted by this kind of formalism.

In fact, students who should work hard will already work hard, and those who don’t work hard have already left the classroom. For people like Yibing, it’s just a matter of listening to them in one ear and out the other.

He thought about it, maybe it would be of some use to students like Qiu Mengze? But it wouldn't be very useful, it would just be a temporary boost for a few days, and when the countdown reached 97 days, the energy would be gone...

Lin Ruoxi looked down at her phone and said to Xue Rui, "It seems to be derived from the oath-taking ceremony held by ancient armies before going to war, to boost morale."

Xue Rui laughed. He didn't expect that this girl would actually check. Now that he knew the answer, Xue Rui was even more speechless.

The quota ratio of a province is fixed. What morale boost is this? It is nothing more than an endless internal competition. Maybe it is to raise the average score of the school?
Xue Rui was too lazy to think too much, he smiled and asked: "Then what are you doing here? You are already a complete player."

"Director Wang asked me to give a speech." Lin Ruoxi said.

"You're asked to give a speech?"

Xue Rui had a strange look on his face, and Lin Ruoxi's voice was soft and weak. How could he mobilize the students' emotions?
But Xue Rui thought about it again. Lin Ruoxi had such a good image, and she had basically been selected as the provincial science champion. Director Wang probably wanted Lin Ruoxi to leave enough activity photos at school so that the school could brag about them in the future...

"I'm... nervous." Lin Ruoxi swallowed. She always kept her head down when she went on the podium, but this time she was allowed to speak.

Xue Rui felt that Director Wang was really something. He only considered the photos and didn't think about what would happen if Lin Ruoxi failed to entertain him.
"Everyone is wearing school uniforms, so just pretend that the people under the stage are all the radishes and cabbages you planted in the fields." Xue Rui gave Lin Ruoxi a suggestion.

"They're all cabbages and radishes?" Lin Ruoxi was stunned.

"Yes, you imagine them to be radishes and cabbages. I think you have a very rich imagination." Xue Rui smiled. Autistic children like Lin Ruoxi often have a rich inner world. For example, Lin Ruoxi draws all kinds of ugly little animals in her textbooks.

Anyway, it has come to this point, and Xue Rui can only come up with this crappy idea.

"Yes." Lin Ruoxi nodded heavily.

She never doubted Xue Rui's words.

……

In front of the comprehensive building, students lined up neatly facing the flag. Lin Ruoxi saw Director Wang waving at him and walked towards the podium.

Xue Rui glanced sideways and saw Hong Zihan standing on his left.

This really surprised Xue Rui. Normally, the school would arrange students to give speeches based on their test scores. Lin Ruoxi definitely couldn't do it alone. She was the school's mascot, and she needed another person to carry the banner.

Hong Zihan ranked second in the grade in the last exam, and he is also a male student. With one male and one female student, they are perfect for the school.

But Hong Zihan was actually standing in the audience?

"Why didn't the school call you up?" Xue Rui asked curiously.

Hong Zihan replied in a hoarse voice: "My throat...can't...speak."

It was a short sentence, with several words in the middle being "muted". Xue Rui looked at Hong Zihan's lip shape and completed the sentence in his mind.

Hong Zihan meant that his voice was hoarse and he couldn't speak today.

Xue Rui was amused by this weirdo, he spoke in a half-dead voice, he had never seen anyone with such a hoarse voice.

However, out of the corner of his eye he saw Gu Muxue standing on the podium wearing a red flower, and the smile on his face began to fade.

If Hong Zihan doesn't go, then isn't it Gu Muxue's turn?

Xue Rui was afraid that the two of them would walk together, so why did this kid have a sore throat today?

"What's wrong with you? Why do you get sick today?" Xue Rui asked in a low voice.

Hong Zihan chuckled: "I did it on purpose."

Xue Rui: “…”

Hong Zihan’s goal is not to be second in the grade, nor to be first in the grade, but to be closer to Gu Muxue.

Now the names are close, but he has surpassed Gu Muxue, and he also cannot accept this result.

How could he steal Gu Muxue's glory? So he howled in the school at night for a long time until his voice became hoarse...

As a result, there were few extroverted students among the top students, so Director Wang had only Gu Muxue as his choice.

As the red flag rose, the students' eyes also looked up. Then came the opening speech of the school leaders.

"There are still one hundred days until the college entrance examination..."

On the podium, Gu Muxue smiled at Xue Rui and secretly stuck out her tongue.

As for Lin Ruoxi, she stared at him blatantly without disguising her gaze.

There was a distance of two people between Lin Ruoxi and Gu Muxue. No matter which one he looked at, it would attract the attention of the other. He turned his head away and pretended to talk to Qiu Mengze.

As a result, he found that the boy's eyes were staring in the direction of the liberal arts class.

The four of them looked at their own...

"Now it's the student representative's turn to give a speech..."

Hearing this, Xue Rui immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally reached this process.

Everyone's eyes turned towards the podium, for a simple reason: these two people were the two most handsome in the school, and today they were giving a speech side by side.

Gu Muxue stood on the podium with ease, looking straight ahead. She had experienced this kind of occasion too many times and did not feel anything special facing everyone's gaze.

When Lin Ruoxi met everyone's gaze, she was so nervous that she felt tinnitus and dizziness, and she subconsciously lowered her head.

She usually attracts a lot of attention, but most of the time it's just in groups of two or three. She just pretends not to see it. And when those boys really make eye contact with her, they will turn their heads away and will not stare at her impolitely.

But today was different. The students had a legitimate reason to look at her. Too many eyes were focused on her face. No matter which direction she looked, she would meet other people's eyes.

"What's wrong with you? It's our turn to give a speech." Gu Muxue noticed that Lin Ruoxi was acting strangely, and she reminded her in a low voice.

Gu Muxue put her ear close to him, and heard Lin Ruoxi muttering, "Carrots and cabbages..."

“???” Gu Muxue patted Lin Ruoxi’s back gently.

Lin Ruoxi raised her head and looked in the direction of Xue Rui...

Xue Rui nodded at Lin Ruoxi and encouraged her with his eyes.

Lin Ruoxi's eyes flickered, and it seemed as if Xue Rui was the only one left in the whole world. The classmates around her in school uniforms seemed to be just like radishes and cabbages.

"It really works." Lin Ruoxi said to herself happily.

"Lin Ruoxi, read the script." Director Wang shouted softly from the audience.

"Oh……"

Lin Ruoxi opened the speech that her teacher had just given her.

Gu Muxue also opened the clipboard and found that the first page was missing.

Lin Ruoxi has already wasted dozens of seconds on the stage. If she makes another mistake, it will really be...

Lin Ruoxi didn't dare to speak first. She was waiting for Gu Muxue to speak first, and then she would follow suit and read.

Gu Muxue lowered her head and whispered to the teacher to give her another copy of the speech.

If she was giving a speech alone, this wouldn't be a big deal, she wouldn't need a script and could just improvise.

But today was a two-person speech, and the introverted Lin Ruoxi couldn't keep up with her pace. And the fault was hers, because she didn't keep it well, and it was probably thrown in a corner of the audience...

"No more." Teacher Guo thought to himself that he had only printed two copies, and it would be too late to go back now.
Lin Ruoxi waited blankly for a while, but Gu Muxue didn't speak. She glanced sideways and found that there was only the second page of the manuscript in Gu Muxue's hand.

She walked to Gu Muxue and read the lines on the paper at a very fast speed.

Gu Muxue was stunned by Lin Ruoxi's behavior. She just got the manuscript and wanted to memorize it on the spot?
However, looking at Lin Ruoxi's nonchalant look, she was a little unsure...

"Dear teachers and classmates, I am Gu Muxue from Class 1, Senior 3. I am honored to represent..."

After Gu Muxue finished speaking, Lin Ruoxi took a deep breath and said, "My name is Lin Ruoxi."

Gu Muxue thought to herself that he really hadn’t remembered it. She sighed and prepared to raise her voice a little to attract the students’ attention.

However, Lin Ruoxi continued to read: "On the 100th day of the college entrance examination, we..."

Lin Ruoxi went over the entire text in her mind and found that there was no way to delete the rest, so she could only continue to memorize it.

Gu Muxue was surprised. She was sure that Lin Ruoxi had never opened the book before going on stage. How could Lin Ruoxi actually remember it in just a few seconds?
But she was only surprised for a moment, and her expression returned to normal.

Giving a speech is a technical job that requires a high sense of language from the speaker. Some sentences will be subconsciously raised in tone, shouted out with ups and downs, to mobilize the emotions of the crowd.

As for Lin Ruoxi, she was just like a primary school student reciting a text, although she recited it word for word, it was too bland...

At the end, when it came time to lead all the students in giving a speech, Lin Ruoxi couldn't even utter a word.

"Ten years of study, a hundred days of hard training..."

Gu Muxue's sonorous and confident voice echoed in the loudspeaker, completely drowning out Lin Ruoxi's voice.

(End of this chapter)