We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"Do we have a dictation test today?"

Xie Shu learned the method of sending messages via notebooks from Chen Qiuhe at some point, and would also send messages to him via notebooks when he encountered topics that were inconvenient to discuss openly.

"No, I didn't memorize it yesterday."

"I did the math. This vocabulary list has 3100 words in total. If you memorize 20 words a day, it will take you 155 days to memorize it all, which is about 5 months."

When was it calculated? Xie Shu only got his hands on the form last Thursday during a break from dictation, right? It's been in his possession ever since.

"Yes." Not knowing what to reply, Li Mubai wrote it down and returned the notebook to Xie Shu.

"From the start of the school year on February 12th to the summer vacation in mid-July, it's about five months. If you also subtract Friday and Saturday from each week, then you need to add 44 days to 155 days, which is 198 days. So you will need to spend six and a half months."

What does it mean? Li Mubai was puzzled.

"Yes," he continued writing.

"So you won't be able to finish this task during this holiday, and you might have to take extra classes during the summer vacation. I suggest you also memorize it on Fridays and Saturdays, as this will be very helpful in improving your English grades."

After going around in circles, it turns out I was trying to persuade him to memorize it on Friday and Saturday as well.

I can't imagine that if Xie Shu were to take charge of the household in the future, he would be so meticulous in his calculations.

Li Mubai thought for a while and finally replied:

"Okay, then I'll memorize it on Friday and Saturday too, but I'll just listen to the dictation before evening self-study on Sunday when I go back to school?"

"Same as Friday night."

……

"The learning pattern of the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve," Xie Shu said, turning his head directly.

……

"Okay." Li Mubai nodded.

"What? Ace? Ultraman Ace actually discovered the learning pattern?" Chen Qiuhe said.

"Yes, he discovered that the super beasts have no sense of pain, so they must be physically cut," Li Mubai replied.

Shang Yang had nothing to say.

Wow, I didn't expect Chen Qiuhe to know about Shang Yang, she can even make such a joke.

"Did you see that in a history book?" Li Mubai asked.

"No, I saw it on my phone."

During evening self-study, Li Mubai was called to Wu Changguo's office before he had even finished watching the news broadcast. Xie Shu was also there with him.

"Xie Shu, Li Mubai, there will be a parent-teacher meeting next Friday at 4 pm. During your morning exercise break, go to the school's printing room to get our class's nameplate and place it on each student's desk before the meeting."

Uh—where's the printing room? This is a blind spot in Li Mubai's knowledge of school geography.

Seeing that Xie Shu didn't ask, Li Mubai simply didn't ask the question either.

"Squad leader, do you know where the printing room is?" Li Mubai asked directly as he left the office.

"I know, it's in the administration building."

That's good.

However, the printing room is in the administration building. No wonder he didn't know it. Students rarely go to that building; it's a place where "everyone is a teacher, and there are hardly any students around."

Ring ring.

Evening self-study ends at 10:30.

The dim streetlights illuminated the path back to the dormitory. Deng Yi looked at Xie Shu beside her and said:

"Shubao, did you successfully enroll in the calligraphy-based course?"

Deng Yi continued speaking to himself:

"I almost missed out. When I went in, the calligraphy class was already full, so I kept refreshing and refreshing. Suddenly, there was one less spot available, and I managed to snag it! Haha, Shubao, do you think it might be someone who chose the wrong class and didn't want to cancel it?"

……

"I chose the traditional Chinese painting class," Xie Shu said softly.

Deng Yi was clearly taken aback for a moment, then realized what was happening:

"Huh? What should I do then? Can I cancel and choose a different traditional Chinese painting?"

It's probably not possible.

"Xie Shu, did you also miss out on a class because it was full?"

"Yes."

"Waaaaah, I'm so teary-eyed. It looks like we'll be in a long-distance relationship again, Shu Bao."

Deng Yi wiped away non-existent tears, then said:

"Wait, what did Li Mubai choose? I saw him come to try out the calligraphy class last time, did he manage to snag it?"

He missed out.

"Then what did he choose? Was it also a traditional Chinese painting?" Deng Yi pressed.

"Yes." Xie Shu nodded honestly.

"Oh no! The sky has fallen! Why didn't anyone tell me? Can I switch places with Li Mubai?"

"No, the course selection system is closed."

A bitter evening breeze blew by, and a girl was silently grieving in the darkness.

Last semester, there were three physical education classes a week, but this semester there are only two physical education classes a week, one on Monday and one on Friday.

Monday's PE class happened to be the first period in the afternoon...

Beep—!

The whistle blew, and two classes, Class 3 and Class 10, immediately gathered on the playground.

Jiao Yong had recruited boys from Class 10 to form a basketball team for the sports meet last semester, so as soon as they finished warming up, they headed to the basketball court.

February wasn't very cold, so Li Mubai decided to go to the rooftop to take a look.

After confirming that no one was paying attention to him, he walked to the teaching building and quietly went upstairs.

"Hiss~"

The sound came from the rooftop. Two boys from Class 10 were smoking there. They were clearly taken aback when they saw Li Mubai coming upstairs.

Seeing this, Li Mubai quickly turned around and went downstairs.

Looks like we can't just go to the rooftop for PE class anymore...

"Teacher Lu."

As Li Mubai went downstairs, he ran into Lu Zhong, the director of the Ideological and Political Education Department, who was going upstairs. Lu Zhong was a teacher of similar age and demeanor to Zhong Jianjun, the director of the Academic Affairs Department.

"Hmm." Lu Zhong nodded, his nose twitched, then he walked past him and went straight upstairs.

Are we going to the rooftop? Oh well, good luck to me.

He went downstairs, returned to the playground, found a seat, took out his vocabulary list, and began memorizing.

"Li Mubai, don't sit down like an old man. Physical education class is for working up a sweat," Chen Qiuhe said, appearing out of nowhere and criticizing him.

"I'm memorizing vocabulary."

"Stop memorizing, come play pool with me!"

"I won't fight."

Chen Qiuhe doesn't know how to play, so he has no time to bully weaker opponents; he needs to hurry up and memorize vocabulary.

"Xie Shu is here too," Chen Qiuhe said, changing the subject.

"Do you know how to fight?" Li Mubai asked.

"No, we don't need you to teach us that."

"OK."

It's not because Xie Shu is there, but because Li Mubai is going to teach some billiards techniques, right?

The gymnasium is not far from the playground; it's less than two minutes to the pool table.

Not only Xie Shu was present, but Deng Yi was also there…

"Haha, I've found you a billiards expert."

Li Mubai looked away embarrassedly. Chen Qiuhe was exaggerating. He only knew a little bit about fighting.

"Qiuhe said you know how to play table tennis, so she asked you to teach her," Xie Shu explained.

So you're really here to teach?

"It's nothing, I just happen to have nothing to do anyway," Li Mubai waved his hand and said.

Chen Qiuhe gave him a disdainful look; just now, he had said he was going to memorize vocabulary words.

"Okay, let's do it one by one then," Xie Shu said to Chen Qiuhe and Deng Yi, then picked up a piece to play with.

Li Mubai naturally had no objection and nodded in agreement.

He picked up another racket and walked to the other side.

Xie Shu served like Chen Qiuhe, and the table tennis ball bounced slowly over. Li Mubai gently caught it and slowly hit it back, but Xie Shu missed.

I really don't know how at all...

"Class monitor, let's practice serving slowly first," Li Mubai said.

"it is good."

Xie Shu continued to serve, and Li Mubai played even slower. Fortunately, Xie Shu was able to return the serve, although he managed to hit it off the table, it was still an improvement.

Li Mubai tossed the ball to Xie Shu, signaling him to continue serving. He just needed to feed the ball; table tennis is all about feel, and developing that feel is the most important thing.

……

"When will it be our turn?"

Deng Yi crossed her arms and glanced at her watch. Nearly twenty minutes had passed since Li Mubai arrived to play billiards with Xie Shu.

"It should be soon."

……

Ring ring.

get out of class is over.