Going back to 18, demanding 30,000 yuan in compensation from the school beauty.

At 9 o'clock sharp, counselor Zhu Mingna rushed in.

Without much small talk, the first thing they did was announce the election for class monitor, and invite interested students to come up on stage.

As soon as he finished speaking, half of the class looked at Lin Zhao.

Lin Zhao noticed the gazes coming from all directions and knew that he had the upper hand.

Xu Ting's decisiveness after fainting during military training, her humorous and witty demeanor in daily interactions, and her perfect persona of outwardly taking care of her classmates while secretly treating them to meals at last night's gathering were enough to win the hearts of these young men and women.

Although Zhou Rui took action earlier and made more thorough preparations in order to win the position of class monitor, he even gained the support of the counselor.

It can be said to be watertight.

But he forgot one thing: these classmates were basically pampered by their parents and teachers, and they were all very arrogant.

Their youthful spirit, coupled with the aloofness forged by their academic achievements, makes them naturally dislike those worldly, smooth, and seemingly mature "adults," and instead prefer those who are genuine, loyal, and considerate of others' feelings.

From another perspective, this kind of troublemaker is like a campus version of a domineering CEO!

—I don't care what you think, I care what I think!

The students don't need you to listen to their opinions, nor do they care about small favors. What they need is for you to do things that benefit the group directly, so that everyone doesn't have to bear the burden of personal favors alone.

This is actually the underlying logic of the domineering CEO persona.

It's not about being rich or being domineering.

Instead, they are capable of solving your problems and don't care about your paltry reward!

Lin Zhao has a firm grasp on this kind of character!

There's a reason why the domineering CEO archetype has remained popular in the film and television market, no matter how trends change!

at the moment.

Zhou Rui knew that his chances of winning were slim, but he was unwilling to admit defeat.

So after being urged by his counselor for the third time, he finally got up and went on stage to deliver his campaign manifesto.

The speech was very smooth. She talked about her experience as a class monitor in high school, then listed the contributions she had made to the class since the beginning of the semester, and finally expressed her determination to serve the class well.

Overall, the content was flawless.

But perhaps because he knew a dark horse was emerging, his tone lacked momentum, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of his message.

Counselor Zhu Mingna was not entirely satisfied with what she heard, and her eyebrows were slightly raised.

After Zhou Rui went down, Zhang Fei also went on stage.

Compared to Zhou Rui, Zhang Fei's speaking skills were quite average, and he even stuttered several times.

But her strength lies in her high spirits; even though she's tongue-tied, it only makes people feel her enthusiasm and sincerity.

So when the speech ended, it was met with applause from the whole class.

Are there any other students who want to run for office?

Zhu Mingna did not participate in the military training and knew very little about the class, so she subconsciously assumed that the class monitor would definitely be chosen from the two people she had appointed.

This final question is merely a symbolic formality.

However, before she could announce the start of the voting process, a tall figure suddenly stood up in the center of the classroom and walked onto the podium with a confident smile.

Zhu Mingna was taken aback.

Applause suddenly erupted in the classroom, accompanied by a few inappropriate whistles.

Zhu Mingna was taken aback again, and then she looked at the seemingly unruly boy.

On the podium, Lin Zhao waved her hand, and the applause and whistles stopped.

"I won't make any more boastful claims!"

Lin Zhao spoke casually, without Zhou Rui's seriousness or Zhang Fei's nervousness, sounding as relaxed as if she were strolling through a vegetable market.

"Just one sentence—if I become class monitor, I will absolutely not allow any student in the class to suffer in any way! I mean what I say!"

After saying that, he gave a wicked smile to the audience, then turned around, nodded to the counselor, and left the stage.

The whole class erupted in enthusiastic applause once again. Not only did the boys in 316 and 314 shout "Brother Lin is awesome!", but even Gao Bo and Yang Haoyu from Zhou Rui's stronghold, 341, joined in the cheering.

Upon hearing this commotion, Zhu Mingna immediately realized that today's election was quite different from what she had expected.

It didn't matter to her who became the class monitor in the end.

But as a counselor, she suddenly became very curious about what had happened during the two weeks of military training that would cause the person she had "predetermined" to be pushed off the platform.

The election is over, voting has begun.

The voting was anonymous, and the votes were counted on the spot.

Lin Zhao remained calm and composed throughout, showing no concern whatsoever about losing.

After the votes were counted, he got 19 out of 35 votes in the class. Zhang Fei was popular among the girls and got 11 votes, while Zhou Rui only got a mere 5 votes.

When Zhu Mingna announced the final results, the students remained calm.

Because Lin Zhao's votes were consistently far ahead during the vote count, the outcome was already a foregone conclusion.

"In addition to the class monitor, university class officers are also appointed as the branch secretary of the Communist Youth League and the academic representative. Other positions are decided by the three class committee members if needed."

Zhu Mingna, with a decisive air, hurriedly said, "For ease of communication, the class monitor and the Youth League secretary are usually one boy and one girl. Since Lin Zhao is the class monitor now, Zhang Fei will be the Youth League secretary, and Zhou Rui, with his steady personality, will be responsible for supervising the class's studies as the academic representative. Does anyone have any objections?"

Since the counselor called out names directly, no one had any objections.

After all, the result was almost perfect—the class monitor was the most popular, the Youth League secretary was from the girls' camp, and as for the academic representative, it was the least noticeable position in university, so it didn't matter who took it.

Everyone was happy with the result, except for Zhou Rui, who was unhappy and his face was full of resentment at having his base stolen.

The class meeting has ended.

Zhu Mingna asked Lin Zhao and Zhang Fei to come to her office.

The two followed behind.

Zhang Fei was in a good mood and suddenly said in a voice that the counselor couldn't hear, "If I lose to Zhou Rui, I'll be very unwilling, but I can accept losing to you!"

Lin Zhao raised an eyebrow: "Hmm, I can accept winning against you!"

Zhang Fei's eyes widened, and she immediately glared at him fiercely: "What do you mean by that? Do you think beating me is easy, and there's no challenge at all?"

Lin Zhao grinned, thinking that this little mushroom-headed guy was quite competitive.

"We're going to be partners from now on, and the important thing is to manage this class together. Are you a primary school student? Why do you have to compete to see who wins?" Lin Zhao said with a look of disdain.

Zhang Fei was suddenly scolded and was furious, but he couldn't even utter a word in rebuttal.

All I could do was stomp my feet, splashing water everywhere.

Arrive at the School of Humanities, in Zhu Mingna's office.

Zhu Mingna asked the two to sit down and gave each of them a bottle of mineral water.

Zhang Fei hesitated to accept it, but seeing Lin Zhao accept it and sit down, she finally took it as well.

"Thank you, teacher."

"Don't be so polite. You're my students and class committee members. I'll have to rely on you two a lot for class matters in the future!" Zhu Mingna said in a very authoritative and polite way.

Although Zhang Fei is very outgoing in front of her classmates, she is completely helpless against this kind of imposing middle-aged woman; it's purely a matter of physical tension.

Lin Zhao remained relaxed, smiling calmly: "We will definitely do our best to serve the class, satisfy the students, and put Teacher Zhu at ease."

In short, he was clearly very weak, and his voice was light and airy.

But for some reason, Zhu Mingna's subconscious reaction after hearing this was to believe that he could do it, which was really strange.

Recalling the tone of the young man's words just now, there was a strange sense of a big shot saying, "I'll take care of this, I'll protect this person."

"No wonder this kid is so popular in class. No wonder even someone as mature as Zhou Rui has been reduced to a background figure by him..."

Zhu Mingna was in a daze before she finally realized what was going on.