We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"Little Deng, what's your decision?" Chen Qiuhe asked.

"Huh?" Deng Yi scratched his head.

"A debate!"

"No, Li Mubai is really going to participate in the debate?" Deng Yi still didn't believe it. She was waiting for Li Mubai to say he wasn't going, so the team wouldn't be formed...

"Yes, Li Mubai said he wanted to challenge himself, so he made up his mind to participate," Chen Qiuhe said confidently.

"Hmm—I'll think about it some more." This was a huge challenge for Deng Yi, as she had never participated in a debate competition and rarely engaged in heated discussions with others.

"It's alright, Deng Yi. If it's really too much to bear, then forget it," Xie Shu said.

"Then I won't participate?" Deng Yi asked tentatively, unsure whether Xie Shu was being sarcastic or sincere.

"Mm." Xie Shu nodded gently.

Seeing this, Deng Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Participating in debate competitions and such was like a tonic!

"Should we still participate in the debate?" Chen Qiuhe asked Xie Shu.

"If we can form a team, we'll participate; if we can't, we won't participate." Xie Shu didn't seem to care much about this debate competition.

"Then I'll ask the other students in the class."

This is a crucial juncture, and Chen Qiuhe cannot let it be swept under the rug. Of course, that's her opinion, but others might not care.

A debate? Li Mubai? Team formation? Can't form a team?

The faint words reached Lan Shiyu's ears as she controlled her pace behind. She rested one hand on her elbow and the other on her chin, her eyes slightly lowered in thought.

"What kind of crazy idea are you thinking of?" Xu Yao asked curiously from the side.

"What kind of crazy idea is that?" Lan Shiyu retorted.

"I don't understand, what does it mean?" Xu Yao said blankly.

Lan Shiyu coughed a few times to calm herself down and said:

"It's nothing, it's just that what's this debate competition all about?"

"She really is a lesbian, isn't she? She's been following people around and eavesdropping on their conversations," Xu Yao thought to herself.

"A debate competition, I think it was an event organized by the debate club," Xu Yao recalled.

"Are teams limited to classes?" Lan Shiyu asked.

"I don't know, it should be unlimited." Xu Yao paused for a moment and said, "If it's a recent campus event, you can check the bulletin board at the entrance of the cafeteria; there might be event posters there."

"Okay, let's go to the cafeteria for a late-night snack."

Xu Yao thought to herself, "I didn't expect Lan Shiyu to be so efficient." "What a pity..."

"Our school no longer offers late-night snacks. We used to, but I don't know why it's been shut down again."

Xu Yao remembers that during her first semester of high school, she could still have a late-night snack at the cafeteria, but by the second semester, the cafeteria had stopped serving late-night snacks.

"Then let's go to the convenience store, it's my treat," Lan Shiyu said with a smile.

"Go ahead then, but I can do it myself." After thinking for a moment, Xu Yao nodded in agreement, as she also had some questions to ask the other person.

"It's alright, it's on me."

They went to the convenience store. Xu Yao bought some snacks, while Lan Shiyu bought a lot of snacks. When it came time to pay, Xu Yao wanted to pay herself, but Lan Shiyu insisted on paying for her.

"Thank you," Xu Yao said.

"Don't mention it," Lan Shiyu said with a smile.

"Why did you buy so much?" Xu Yao asked curiously, seeing her carrying a large bag full of things.

"For my other roommates."

As for how to quickly integrate into a group, share your snacks. After all, you'll be staying at this school for another year and a half, and Lan Shiyu naturally doesn't want to have a strained relationship with her classmates, which would affect her mood.

"You're a really nice person," Xu Yao said.

Lan Shiyu chuckled.

If you are not gay...

"By the way, Lan Shiyu."

"Just call me Shiyu," Lan Shiyu said, waving her hand.

"Okay, Shiyu, you just mentioned that your parents know Li Mubai's parents. Are you childhood sweethearts?"

"No, I just said I've only met him once."

Okay, Xu Yao didn't notice that detail just now.

"Xu Yao, something seems off about you," Lan Shiyu teased.

"Is there?"

"Then why are you so interested in Li Mubai?" Lan Shiyu asked, noticing Xu Yao's awkward and unnatural demeanor when facing Li Mubai.

"I'm just curious; I'm a rather gossipy person," she said with a dry laugh, not wanting to make a fool of herself with her ill-fated relationship.

Lan Shiyu didn't press further, and instead gave a couple of ambiguous laughs.

"Lao Bai, come join the debate! There are three of us: me, Zhao Feng, and Jiao Yong. We're just missing you."

Li Mubai pushed open the door and walked into the dormitory. Yang Kun immediately spoke to him.

"Are you also going to participate in the debate competition?" Li Mubai asked.

"What's that called?" Zhao Feng quickly noticed the details.

"Oh, Chen Qiuhe is also participating in the debate competition, and she invited me too." Li Mubai paused, "So, I probably won't be able to join your team."

Although it's still unknown whether Chen Qiuhe's debate team can be formed, and she doesn't seem to want to participate in the debate competition, Li Mubai can't just break his promise halfway through.

"Hey, Lao Bai, who's on your debate team?" Jiao Yong asked.

"Me, Chen Qiuhe, the class monitor, and... Deng Yi, I guess."

"Haha, Lao Bai, once our team is formed, I'll see you fall from your horse," Yang Kun laughed.

"Stop dreaming. People who are good at Chinese composition usually have good logical organization skills as well," Zhao Feng said dismissively.

"I don't think so. Please remember, I only lost in terms of grades, but that doesn't mean I'm bad at everything!"

I really don't know where Yang Kun's confidence comes from. Li Mubai went to wash up by himself.

Let's talk about the debate competition after the teams are successfully formed.

Every day it's this competition or that competition. Why are there so many events in life? Can't we just study and live a peaceful life? Li Mubai thought to himself.

He prefers a mundane, uneventful life to a life full of thrills and excitement.

He went to bed, picked up the book beside his pillow, turned to page forty-nine, and glanced at the left page of the book. There was an illustration in the book: a blond child in a green shirt and yellow scarf was preparing to cover a bright red rose with a pure white glass dome to keep her warm.

What is "love"? Li Mubai picked up this question again to think about it.

Did the Little Prince love roses? He probably did. He would worry about her safety and would search everywhere for a screen because she was afraid of drafts.

The Little Prince loves the rose, so he is willing to do so much for her. However, he doubts her love for him because of her arrogance, and he feels pain because of this, which leads him to leave her.

Li Mubai gradually found his answer, and his gaze moved from page 48 to the next page.

"In Chapter Nine, it is likely that the Little Prince left his home with the help of a migration of wild birds..."

Li Mubai suddenly realized that the Little Prince's homeland was neither a thriving kingdom nor an ancient dynasty with a long history.

The Little Prince's home is just a small asteroid; he is the only inhabitant of that planet, his lonely star.

Until the rose seed accidentally fell and took root on that lonely star, until they quarreled and the little prince decided to leave his home and his comfort zone.

The Little Prince wasn't a prince of any kingdom; he was just a lonely and sorrowful child who could watch the sunset forty-three times in a single day, Li Mu Bai thought.