The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 54 Let's have barbecue together
Ding Ning returned to his seat, only to be greeted by another bear hug from Liu Qiang.

"Great job, Lao Ding, this time it's a sure thing. Remember to treat us to a meal after the class meeting!"

Please! You absolutely must!
But I just won't invite you!

Ding Ning silently endured the pungent stench of sweat emanating from Liu Qiang, thinking to himself.

I thought I could just bear it and it would pass, but who would have thought that as soon as I sat down, Liu Qiang leaned in again.

"Old Ding, from now on, I'll be counting on you to look after me in the class committee. Remember to get my scholarship and student loan sorted out for me!"

Ding Ning suddenly felt like swearing.

He was elected as the sports committee member, but judging from Liu Qiang's tone, it sounded as if he had been elected as the class monitor.

"Also, remember to tell Cheng Feng later that my family is having financial difficulties, so I won't pay the 100 yuan class fee. He's not rich, so just have him pay it for me."

This time, Ding Ning really did stay in Bengbu.

"I won't say that. You should go and say it to them yourself."

Do you think Cheng Feng is your father? Why should he spoil you like this?
Liu Qiang stuck to him like glue: "Old Ding, don't be angry, I was just kidding. I've spent all my money on DNF (Dungeon Fighter Online). Can you lend me a hundred?"

Ding Ning frowned and snorted coldly, "You lend me money, and then you spend it on games?"

Do I look that much like a sucker?
"Is it alright if I pay the class fees?"

"Then we'll wait until we get the notice to collect the class fees."

Ding Ning retorted with one sentence, and then ignored Liu Qiang.

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The class meeting ended half an hour later.

Shi Xiaomeng asked the elected class officers to stay behind for another short meeting.

Besides Guan Wen, Xie Meilan, and Ding Ning, who were already considered a shoo-in for the class's votes, the class representative position was won by a bespectacled boy named Shen Lei.

The organization committee member and the publicity committee member were both girls; one was named Gao Yan, and the other was Zhang Weiwei.

Everyone had gotten to know each other during the class meeting, so Shi Xiaomeng didn't waste any more words and got straight to the point.

"I kept everyone here to find out which dormitories the ten class committee members live in, and then distribute the students in the class to the class committee members as evenly as possible, based on their dormitories, to form a grid-like management system. In the future, if any students in the class encounter any problems or situations, the relevant class committee members will be the first persons in charge."

This trick was taught to Shi Xiaomeng by Yang Muye; using it for student work is just a small test.

The class's Youth League Secretary, Guan Wen, was the first to express his approval, but also raised a question: "It seems that there are more boys than girls in our class."

"But there are only four girls in our class committee. You girls should discuss which dormitories you will be responsible for, and try to work by dormitory so that everyone can carry out their work more easily."

Shi Xiaomeng further explained.

Guan Wen nodded and began to discuss it with the other three girls.

Shi Xiaomeng's gaze then fell on Shen Lei and Ding Ning.

“There are 23 boys in our class. Excluding the six of us, there are 17 left. You two will each be responsible for your respective dorms. Mu Ye and Feng Zi have a lot of personal things to do, so Wu Di and I will help share the dorms they are responsible for. Is that okay?”

Ding Ning took the initiative to speak up, saying that there were only two people in their dormitory besides him, and he could help share some of the burden.

Shi Xiaomeng laughed and said, "There are only three dorm rooms left for the boys. I'll be in charge of two dorm rooms, and Wu Di will be in charge of one. It won't be much of a problem."

Yang Muye chimed in, "Crazy and I are just slacking off. Ding Ning and Shen Lei, you two are helping us by taking care of your respective dorms. I'll treat everyone to a late-night snack tonight."

Cheng Feng, annoyed that his lines had been stolen, said, "Mu Ye, I clearly lost the bet just now. Didn't we agree that I would pay for everything from now on?"

"Yes, it's my treat, you pay the bill, is there a problem?"

"Depend on!"

Cheng Feng raised his middle finger.

Wu Di put his arm around Cheng Feng's shoulder and comforted him, "It's good enough that you're paying. If it weren't for Mu Ye's treat, do you think the four beauties in our class would really be willing to go out for a late-night snack with us?" Cheng Feng was easygoing, "Okay, Mu Ye has the face, I have the money, and the beauties are willing to do us the honor, so let's go."

After discussing it, the group decided to go out for barbecue.

Just as Shi Xiaomeng arrived at the foot of the teaching building, his phone suddenly rang.

The phone was bought for Shi Xiaomeng with money borrowed by Yang Muyi. It wasn't expensive, just a Nokia that cost a little over a thousand yuan. Its main selling points were its sturdiness, durability, and good signal. It was definitely good enough to crack walnuts.

The call was from Gu Jia. She had just received the list of class committee members from Shi Xiaomeng via text message and wanted to ask about it.

Just as Shi Xiaomeng finished talking about the class meeting, Cheng Feng snatched his phone away.

"Senior Gu, are you still with your boyfriend?"

"Is something wrong?"

"Our ten class committee members are planning to go out for barbecue together. If you're free, Senior Gu, why don't you invite your boyfriend to come and join us?"

"Hmm—I'll ask him what he said first."

"Come on, I've already texted Xia Qing from the Tourism Management class. She's the class monitor and my high school classmate. I'll ask her to invite the other class committee members out too, so it'll be more fun with more people."

"Okay, tell me your address, and we'll come over in a bit."

As soon as he hung up the phone, Wu Di asked Cheng Feng:

"Xia Qing was elected class monitor?"

"What's so strange about that? She was our class monitor in high school. Yang Zixi, on the other hand, didn't get elected. She lost to Xia Qing in the competition for class monitor."

Feeling a little embarrassed that his thoughts had been exposed, Wu Di quickly changed the subject:

"What about the rest?"

"Xu Hongdou is the study committee member, Chen Nanxing is the life committee member like me, and Zhu Suosuo was also elected as the publicity committee member."

Cheng Feng was proudly showing off the information he had heard from Xia Qing when Guan Wen suddenly blurted out:
"No way, you know all four beauties from the business school?"

His expression was a mix of curiosity and gossip.

Seeing this, Cheng Feng became even more smug: "Not only do we know each other, we even had dinner together last night."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Wu Di began to undermine him: "We only know those three in dormitory 302, okay? The only one who knows Zhu Suosuo is Mu Ye; the two of them eat together in the morning and at noon."

"Wow, you acted so quickly?" Guan Wen exclaimed in surprise, covering his mouth.

It's unclear whether they're referring to Yang Muye or Zhu Suosuo.

Cheng Feng sighed and lamented, "Who says it isn't true? You can meet beautiful women just by running, why don't I have such luck?"

Guan Wen winked playfully: "Got it, I'll go for a run tomorrow morning too!"

Not only did she run it herself, she also planned to take Xie Meilan with her.

Upon hearing this, Ding Ning's eyes lit up immediately.

Wu Di joked, "Now I finally understand why there are so many people at our school's sports field every morning."

At this moment, Shi Xiaomeng suddenly spoke:
"Ding Ning, Xu Yao, the one who was called away by Senior Gu and her boyfriend, is your roommate, right? What's going on with him?"

Ding Ning shrugged.

He sent Xu Yao a text message earlier, but the other party hasn't replied yet.

"I'll ask when I get back to my dorm. It shouldn't be anything serious."

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Muyi received a text message from Gu Jia on his phone.

Did you post the online article exposing Xu Yao's information?

(End of this chapter)