We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

After finishing his English exam on Friday afternoon, Li Mubai didn't rush to leave. Instead, he looked at Xie Shu, who nodded to him, indicating that he should wait a bit.

Li Mubai slowly began to pack up his stationery.

"Shu Bao, aren't you leaving?" Deng Yi asked, looking at Xie Shu who was sitting motionless in the chair.

"Okay, you go first."

Deng Yi looked at Li Mubai again, and seeing that the latter was packing up his stationery, he said goodbye to Xie Shu and turned to leave.

After everyone had left, Li Mubai waited at the entrance of the examination hall with his schoolbag on his back.

"Class monitor."

"Let's go back to the dorm first," Xie Shu said.

In early March, last Friday was sunny, but today Pingyang City is still feeling the chill of winter, with the sky overcast.

The students on the road were few and far between; many of them were in a hurry to leave school and go home as soon as they finished their exams.

Li Mubai saw a tall girl dragging a suitcase appear in the distance—it was Xu Yao.

The other person also saw him and Xie Shu, immediately turned their head away as if they hadn't seen them, and quickened their pace toward the back gate of the school.

It seems that Li Mubai's cold approach was effective. After two weeks, Xu Yao no longer sent him messages every day like she did at the beginning.

"Was that the girl who brought you Want Want milk last Wednesday?" Xie Shu asked, pointing to Xu Yao's departing figure.

"Yes."

For some unknown reason, Xie Shu suddenly chuckled softly, the meaning of which was unclear.

As they reached the dormitory building, Xie Shu began to speak:

"Go back and pack your luggage first, then wait for me here."

"OK."

Going upstairs and pushing open the dormitory door, the room was quiet; Yang Kun and his classmates had left in a hurry after finishing their exams.

"Li Mubai? Why didn't you go back?"

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Wang Rui's voice startled Li Mubai. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw Wang Rui leaning against the headboard reading a book.

"I got back a bit late, getting ready to pack up and go home." Li Mubai paused, then asked, "What about you? Why didn't you go home either?"

"Oh, I've applied for a weekend stay." He put down his book, reached under the covers, took out his phone, held it with both hands, and tapped the screen as if he were chatting with someone.

???

"Wasn't your phone confiscated?" Li Mubai asked, puzzled.

"Because I was staying overnight, Wu Changguo allowed me to bring it back on the weekend," Wang Rui explained.

"All right."

Li Mubai didn't ask him why he was staying overnight; he just packed his own luggage.

"I'm leaving now," Li Mubai said.

"Hmm." Wang Rui didn't even look up, still typing.

Upon arriving at the agreed-upon location, Xie Shu was still not there. Li Mubai took out his phone to check the time: 5:26. He put down his bag and waited.

After waiting another ten minutes, the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class for the senior students. Fortunately, only a few senior students were going back to their dormitories; most of them went to the cafeteria for lunch.

Xie Shu appeared at the entrance of the girls' dormitory.

She changed out of her school uniform and put on a blue and white striped sweater. Her pants were no longer black school pants, but pure white trousers. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that she was wearing a white polo shirt underneath. Her hair, which had been tied up, was now down, with a beige hair clip tucked into it.

No wonder she made him wait; she was changing clothes. But wouldn't Xie Shu get dirty catching the cat in this outfit? Li Mubai thought to himself.

"Class monitor."

"Yeah, I'll use it to carry the cat later." Xie Shu dragged a small suitcase, with a space capsule on his back, and turned to show it to him.

"Okay." Xie Shu had said before that she would bring a cat carrier, so Li Mubai didn't prepare one.

Hopefully, the orange cat will obediently "lay down its neck" at the old spot.

In fact, once stray cats are fed a lot, they will reappear in a certain location. So this week, after Li Mubai finished his dictation every day, he and Xie Shu would go to feed them once.

Upon arrival, the orange tangerine was indeed still waiting to be fed in the same old spot.

Li Mubai took out a cat treat, but didn't tear it open. The cat immediately came over.

Xie Shu lowered the space capsule and opened it. Li Mubai picked up Da Ju and put him inside. Xie Shu immediately zipped it up, completing the action in one smooth motion.

"Meow~" the orange cat meowed uneasily.

"Alright, let's go get your shot," Xie Shu said, patting the transparent plastic of the space capsule.

The big orange barked a few more times before gradually quieting down.

Can cats understand human speech? It's probably very difficult, but people still talk to cats often, which is really just a form of psychological comfort.

Li Mubai sometimes does this too, but only when no one is around. He feels that if he talks to the cat in front of others, he might easily be mistaken for a fool.

Xie Shu carried the space capsule on his back and said to Li Mubai:

"Let's go."

He nodded.

Xie Shu had already planned to go to a pet hospital in the neighboring university town, get the rabies vaccine, and then take the dog back to school. He didn't know how long this trip would take, but fortunately, Li Mubai used the excuse of needing tutoring to tell his family, thus fooling his parents.

Upon reaching the back gate of the school, Xie Shu suddenly stopped, turned to Li Mubai, and said:

"Let's leave our luggage in the security room for now, and come back to pick it up when we get back."

"Okay." He also felt that carrying luggage was inconvenient.

Xie Shu knocked on the window of the security room at the back door. The old man who was scrolling on his phone inside looked up. Wasn't this the old man who played pool with Li Mubai? Why did he switch careers to become a school security guard?

"Hello, uncle, may we leave our luggage in the security room for a while?" Xie Shu asked.

The old man glanced at Xie Shu, then at Li Mubai behind him, and asked:

"Hey, you young man playing pool, why haven't you left yet?"

Xie Shu turned and looked at Li Mubai with a puzzled expression. Li Mubai smiled awkwardly and replied:

"I have some things to do at school, so I'll be going back later."

The old man glanced at Xie Shu, then at Li Mubai, and said:

"Alright, you can leave your luggage here for now."

"Thank you, Uncle," Xie Shu said, and Li Mubai also expressed his gratitude.

She placed her suitcase in a corner of the security room and went outside. Li Mubai also placed his handbag next to the suitcase.

"Young man, be careful," the old man said with a smile.

Uh… what should I be careful about? Is there anything I need to be careful about? Li Mubai was completely confused, but he was quickly “invited” out of the security room by the old man, who wanted to continue scrolling through Douyin.

"Do you know him?" Xie Shu asked as they walked down the street.

"Yeah, we met when we were playing pool."

Come to think of it, I've only played pool with the old man once, and that was last semester. I didn't expect him to have such a good memory.

"It's good that you were here this time, otherwise he might not have agreed," Xie Shu said with a smile.

It's not that bad. It's just leaving some luggage in the security room. It's not an unreasonable request. Most security guards would agree. Li Mubai has done it before.

"Class monitor, are we taking the bus?" Li Mubai asked instead of continuing the conversation.

"It must take a long time to wait for the bus."

"Hmm, then... a taxi?"

Li Mubai remembered that Chen Qiuhe had said she would pay for the taxi fare, but he and Xie Shu couldn't really ask Chen Qiuhe for money; taking a taxi would indeed be faster.

"Can you ride a bicycle?" Xie Shu suddenly asked.

"Yes." He had learned to ride a bicycle before, and had even ridden one without brakes.

"Then you can give me a ride; it'll be more convenient that way."

What?