We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Li Mubai wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Xie Shu was a little cold towards him, as if he was thinking about something.

Ring ring—

Bang!

Wang Rui, who was closest to the back door of the classroom, heard the bell, quickly got up, slung his backpack over his shoulder, opened the door, and rushed out of the classroom.

"Haha, Li Mubai, you're acting like an old man." Chen Qiuhe laughed and then left with Liu Ting and the others.

Li Mubai was still packing his things leisurely. Anyway, there was a regular meeting today, Monday, so he wasn't in a hurry.

He slung his backpack over his shoulder. There were one or two other classmates slowly packing their things. Looking at the front row, Xie Shu was holding a pen, preparing to put it in his pencil case. Apart from his fingers gently rubbing the pen, his whole body remained motionless.

"Squad leader, let's go, it's time for the routine meeting," Li Mubai reminded him.

"—Okay." Xie Shu finally got moving again and slowly started tidying up his stationery.

Seeing this, Li Mubai stopped standing there in the classroom and came out of the back door. He glanced around and saw Lan Shiyu standing at the front door, looking around from time to time. Then he noticed Li Mubai coming out.

"You're taking so long, aren't you worried about not having enough to eat?" Lan Shiyu asked as she walked up.

"Uh—I have to go to a routine meeting."

"A routine meeting?" Lan Shiyu asked, puzzled.

"Every Monday, the class monitors of each class have to attend a regular meeting," Li Mubai replied.

Lan Shiyu remembered that the girl who seemed to be Li Mubai's crush yesterday had called him "Vice Class Monitor," but that didn't stop her from complaining:

"Anyone who didn't know better would think he's some high-ranking official, holding a regular meeting." She paused, then said, "Alright, I'll go eat by myself then. I was just saying I'd wait for you to take me to see which food stall is the best."

"Li Mubai, let's go."

Ok?

Before Lan Shiyu had left, a clear voice came from behind. She turned her head and was startled to see Xie Shu walking out of the back door of the classroom with his schoolbag on his back. He glanced at Lan Shiyu and then looked at Li Mubai and said.

"Oh, okay." Li Mubai said goodbye to Lan Shiyu again, and then left with Xie Shu.

Watching Li Mubai and Xie Shu walk further and further away, Lan Shiyu seemed lost in thought.

Although she has little interest in boys, her sexual orientation is normal.

However, as someone who appreciates good looks, making friends with someone who is as beautiful as a school beauty should be a happy thing.

Besides, as a boy, would Li Mubai not like this kind of thing? Aunt Yang probably asked her to observe whether Li Mubai showed any signs of early romance, so she could take this opportunity to get to know this girl, hehehe!

……

Xie Shu remained silent, her eyes lowered as she focused on walking.

Should I explain who that girl was? This thought popped into Li Mubai's mind.

"Squad leader," he called out.

"Hmm?" Xie Shu looked up at him in confusion.

"Uh—" He choked on his words for a long time, but couldn't get them out. He wondered what he was doing? Was he proactively revealing his interpersonal relationships? Wasn't that just admitting he didn't want Xie Shu to overthink things, and thus proving himself...?

He doesn't yet have the courage or confidence to openly express his liking.

"Was that classmate your friend?" Xie Shu thought of Deng Yi's "childhood sweetheart" incident from yesterday, but she didn't ask.

"Not really. I didn't know her before. It was her parents who knew my parents. Over the weekend..." With Xie Shu as the starting point, Li Mubai naturally began to explain Lan Shiyu's background.

"Hmm." Xie Shu nodded gently. She didn't care about the matter, but she sensed that Li Mubai wanted to say something.

Just like Lan Shiyu's disdain, there really isn't anything particularly noteworthy to focus on during a typical Monday meeting, so it really takes up the time that the class monitors spend eating.

But the senior students don't attend this regular meeting at all; they're all busy studying.

After the meeting ended, on his way to the cafeteria, Li Mubai saw Wang Rui rushing back to the meeting room where he and Xie Shu had just left, carrying a lunchbox. What was going on?

Wang Rui seemed to notice Li Mubai and Xie Shu as well, then turned his head away and quickly disappeared as if he didn't know them.

Could it be that Wang Rui was delivering food to his girlfriend? Is his girlfriend the class monitor?

Li Mubai glanced at Xie Shu beside him. She seemed to have something on her mind, her eyes were always lowered, and she remained silent.

From the end of the meeting until after dinner, Li Mubai would sometimes rack his brains to come up with a topic or two, and she would just hum softly and then return to calm.

Just as he was about to ask Xie Shu if something had happened, the latter spoke up:

"We've passed the boys' dorm, are you going to the girls' dorm with us?"

Li Mubai looked up and realized that he had unknowingly walked past the boys' dormitory and was now on the path to the girls' dormitory. He was surrounded by girls. He scratched his head awkwardly and said:

"Uh—class monitor, I'm going back to the dorm now."

"Okay, see you this afternoon." Xie Shu chuckled lightly, and she didn't leave until she saw Li Mubai's figure gradually enter the boys' dormitory building.

Before Li Mubai could even push open the dormitory door, Yang Kun's voice came from inside:

"Guess how many places I'll improve this time, guys?"

"You're not making any progress, just don't regress," Zhao Feng said.

"You can't say that, what if?"

"Don't make me laugh at the three-school joint exam."

Li Mubai pushed open the door and went inside. Wang Rui's seat was still empty; it seemed he hadn't returned yet.

"Hey, how many places are you planning to improve this time?" Yang Kun asked with a smile.

"Let's wait for the results to come out; maybe I've regressed." Although Li Mubai felt good about himself, if he said he had improved but it turned out he had regressed, wouldn't that be a slap in his own face?

After saying that, Li Mubai quickly washed up and then lay down on the bed to continue reading "The Little Prince".

Before the results were announced, Li Mubai was in a state of anxiety, like opening an unfamiliar door, never knowing what was inside until it was opened.

Moreover, he had a bet with Xie Shu, which increased his anxiety.

If he wins, what request should he make? No, he hasn't even imagined making a request to Xie Shu, nor does he know what to make.

If Xie Shu wins, what demands will she make?

With this question in mind, Li Mubai gradually drifted off to his afternoon nap...

"Mu Bai, Li Mu Bai, Xie Shu, the debate club has an event!" Chen Qiuhe said excitedly as soon as she returned to the classroom in the afternoon.

"Huh? I didn't see it?" Li Mubai asked in confusion.

"Are you stupid? The posters for the debate club's activities are posted on the bulletin board at the entrance of the cafeteria."

That's not surprising; everyone's in a rush to eat, who would want to linger at the cafeteria entrance?

Seeing that Li Mubai didn't react much, Chen Qiuhe continued:

"Li Mubai, Xie Shu, let's go together!"

"I'm not going."

Li Mubai refused without even thinking; who would waste study time to participate in an activity?

Moreover, the activities of the debate club should be debate competitions; debate competitions require a lot of talking, a lot of organized talking, which is a daunting challenge for him, who often stammers and can't get the words out.

"A debate?" Xie Shu asked.

"Yes, Xie Shu, are you going to participate?"

"A debate should have four people, right?" Xie Shu glanced at Li Mubai sitting in the back row.

"Why are you all looking at me? I'm not going," Li Mubai said, lowering his head and pretending to study.

"Li Mubai, are you coming?" Xie Shu asked directly.

"Uh—I'm not very good at talking."

"It's alright, you can practice slowly," Xie Shu said.

"Yes, practice slowly," Chen Qiuhe agreed.

"Uh—I don't speak logically, and I'm afraid I won't be able to refute the other party."

"The first speaker should have prepared a speech in advance; they just need to read it and state their argument," Xie Shu continued.

"Yes, yes, just read the script," Chen Qiuhe said.

……

"Hmm—a debate should require four people, right? We only have three, so we might not be able to get enough."

Li Mubai made a final attempt, hoping that Deng Yi wouldn't waste her study time attending a meaningless activity.

"Deng Yi should be attending, so with the three of us, that'll make four."

"Yes, yes, I'll go ask Deng Yi," Chen Qiuhe said.

"Then why don't you ask?"

Li Mubai prayed that Deng Yi would pay more attention to her studies and not spend too much time on trivial matters.