We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"dad."

Despite the signs, Li Mubai still went to the back gate of the school to pick up his father.

Mr. Li nodded without saying anything.

The school's retractable gate slowly opened, and a car drove in, immediately sparking discussion among those around.

"Whose car is this? Why is it driving straight into the school?"

"Is it the teacher's?"

"Are teachers all that rich? They can just buy a two-million-dollar BMW M8 like that?"

Li Mubai glanced at it and felt it looked somewhat familiar…

"Li Mubai, where is your classroom?" Li's father asked, interrupting his thoughts.

"There."

A table and chairs were placed at the classroom door, where Xie Shu was sitting and guiding students and parents to sign in.

"Uncle Li, please sign your name here."

Xie Shu pointed to the blank space after Li Mubai's name on the sign-in sheet, then looked up at Li Mubai and said:

"By the way, Li Mubai, Teacher Wu was looking for you earlier."

"Oh well."

Li Mubai pointed to his seat in the classroom to his father, who had already signed in:

"Dad, come sit in my seat, it's in the first row, there are nameplates on the table."

"OK."

Wu Changguo was probably still in his office at this moment. Li Mubai turned to leave, and Xie Shu's voice came again:

"Parent, please sign in here."

……

"Li Mubai, where did you go just now?" Wu Changguo asked, staring intently at the computer screen as he entered the office.

"Going to pick up their parents."

"Okay, but you'll stay in the classroom afterwards and don't wander around."

"Okay, teacher."

"Go and distribute these two sets of documents, one for each table." Wu Changguo took two stacks of documents out of the drawer and handed them to him.

"OK."

After leaving the office, he glanced at the documents in his arms—a report card for the first semester of Class 3, along with the joint exam rankings; and a record of each student's total score for every exam since the subject division.

Are there really teachers who are this hardworking and dedicated?

He took the opportunity to glance at his own ranking, which had improved from 18th to 14th in the class, a small improvement, I suppose.

Chen Qiuhe's progress was obvious, improving from 40th to 25th place. Could it be that she awakened the strongest academic system, which allows her to increase her score simply by being friends with academic geniuses?

Back in the classroom, many parents were already seated, but the two seats in front of Mr. Li's father were still empty.

Li Mubai quickly finished distributing the materials and stood at the back of the classroom. This used to be Yang Kun's spot, and today he would experience it for himself.

"Sit here," Chen Qiuhe's voice came, lacking its usual cheerfulness.

Li Mubai looked up and saw a middle-aged man in his fifties standing next to Chen Qiuhe. He was dressed neatly, but the stubble on his face made him look listless.

Looking at her hair, it was combed neatly, but it couldn't hide the graying temples.

The other person sat down, and Li Mubai withdrew his curious gaze.

The last person to arrive late was Xie Shu's parent—a woman with a smile, but not directed at anyone.

"Cough cough."

Wu Changguo coughed twice and walked into the classroom, with Xie Shu following behind, taking pictures with his phone, which was probably Wu Changguo's phone.

"Dear parents, please put your phones on silent before the meeting."

Wu Changguo paused, waiting for the audience to gradually quiet down before continuing:

"Welcome to the parent-teacher meeting for Class 3, Grade 11. I am your homeroom teacher, Wu Changguo. My phone number is..."

Wu Changguo began to introduce himself, while Li Mubai stood listlessly at the back of the classroom. He watched Xie Shu take photos from different angles, and then he also came to the back of the classroom and stood there. Xie Shu glanced at him as well.

"I'm sure everyone has seen their child's grades. Since the subject division, some children have improved, some have remained stagnant, and some have even fallen out of the top 42..."

"They just play on their phones," a parent interjected.

"Parents, please be quiet for a moment. We will discuss the cell phone issue separately later."

Wu Changguo then mentioned several points before finally addressing the potential problems students might have.

"Mobile phones are explicitly not allowed in school, and parents need to strictly require their children to bring them. If it is for easy communication, you can buy your child a basic mobile phone or a smartwatch."

"Secondly, there's early romantic relationships. Teachers can supervise them at school, but parents should also pay attention to these situations at home and in places where they can't be seen by the school."

……

The parent-teacher meeting is over. Fortunately, the materials can be taken away by the parents, so Li Mubai doesn't have to collect them again.

"Xie Shu, let's go." Xie Shu's mother called out.

Xie Shu glanced at Li Mubai, then left.

"Dad, I need to go back to my dorm to pack my things," Li Mubai said to his father.

"Is there a lot of stuff?"

"not much."

"Okay, I'll go back to the car and wait for you."

When Li Mubai returned to his dormitory, he found several boys there, except for Yang Kun. He quietly packed his luggage.

"Brothers, this has shocked me for a year!" Yang Kun hurriedly pushed the door open and came in.

"What's wrong, Chicken Bro?" Zhao Feng asked.

"A luxury car worth two million yuan has mysteriously appeared at school. Can you guess whose it is?"

"Mine," Zhao Feng replied.

"You're bragging. You'll never own one in your entire life. It belongs to Xie Shu! I saw her and her mother get into the car and leave."

"Holy crap, that's awesome?" Jiao Yong exclaimed in shock.

"At school, you can call me Sister Shu, the class monitor. But what should you call me after we leave this school?"

"President."

……

"Li Mubai, are you leaving?" Yang Kun said as he saw Li Mubai sling his backpack over his shoulder and prepare to leave.

"right."

Goodbye then, goodbye.

"Okay—goodbye."

It's just the weekend, and we're going back to school on Sunday. I don't know why we have to make it sound so formal.

After leaving the dormitory, Li Mubai decided to go to the convenience store to buy a bottle of water for his father, hoping to impress him or risk having his phone confiscated.

The road to the convenience store was quite deserted. The first and third-year high school students hadn't finished their classes yet, while the second-year students were busy going home.

Go straight to the end of the road, then turn the corner to reach the convenience store.

"What's it to you!"

Li Mubai's steps suddenly stopped; it was Chen Qiuhe's voice.

"How is this none of my business?! I'm your father!"

"Ha, so you know he's my dad? Did you ever pay a single penny for my tuition or living expenses when I was in school?"

...Having seemingly overheard Chen Qiuhe's family affairs, Li Mubai hesitated whether to turn around and leave, but Chen's father continued to roar:

"What's the use of a girl reading so many books? In the end, she still has to get married. Look at your mother, she read so many books, she's become an idiot!"

"I will not get married! You are not qualified to talk about my mother!" Chen Qiuhe retorted stubbornly.

The two were still arguing, and Li Mubai was torn between turning away or going up to help persuade them.

Suddenly, a girl's laughter came from not far away: "Haha, Huang Lingling, your dad is quite tolerant of you."

Li Mubai turned around and saw some girls from Class 3 heading towards the convenience store. If they saw this scene…

He casually pretended to have just walked over and called out:

"Chen Qiuhe, what a coincidence."

Chen Qiuhe turned around and saw that it was Li Mubai. Her smile was somewhat unnatural.

"What a coincidence, Li Mubai, you're at the convenience store too?"

Her face was flushed from the excitement, and her eyes were slightly red, but she didn't shed a single tear.

"Is this your father?" Li Mubai asked, looking at the middle-aged man.

"...Yes." Chen Qiuhe seemed to sigh.

"Hello, Uncle Chen."

"Hmm, hello." Mr. Chen seemed to restrain himself a lot in front of outsiders, reverting to his dejected and silent state.

Hmm—what's next?

Li Mubai braced himself, pretending to be an outgoing, cheerful, and talkative person, and said with a smile:

"Uncle, let me tell you, Chen Qiuhe is very hardworking in her studies. Aren't I the vice class monitor? Teacher Wu often tells me that Chen Qiuhe is the student who has made the fastest and most obvious progress in Class 3."

"Hmm." Mr. Chen nodded slightly, seemingly uninterested in the topic.

"Li Mubai, we're in a hurry to get home, we have to go now." Chen Qiuhe said a little embarrassedly and left.

Seeing this, Chen's father said goodbye to Li Mubai and followed him.

call--

Li Mubai breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension from before vanished instantly.

"Vice class monitor." A classmate greeted him, and he waved in response.

……

"Why did it take so long?" Mr. Li asked as they got into the car.

"I bought you a bottle of water, Dad." He handed over a bottle of jasmine tea.

"I don't drink beverages."

"I bought this for you because you've never tried it before," Li Mubai said.

"Alright."

Mr. Li took the bottle, unscrewed the cap, and took a sip.