We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"Hurry up! Let's grab the special noodles on the second floor!"

As Li Mubai walked down the road after PE class, he was greeted by urging voices all around him.

Physical education teachers often gather students a few minutes earlier than the normal dismissal time, which is a small perk of having a PE class.

When Li Mubai arrived on the second floor, a long queue had already formed. He stood silently at the back, glancing ahead, hoping that by the time it was his turn, they would have already bought everything.

"What do you want?" The cafeteria auntie was always in a hurry and never polite.

"A bowl of beef noodles."

"The beef is gone."

……

"I'd like a bowl of vegetarian noodles, with a braised egg."

She deftly picked up a bowl of noodles, added seasonings and broth, and then placed it on the windowsill.

beep!

Li Mubai swiped his card, took the food, and found a seat to sit down.

A figure sat down in the empty seat behind Li Mubai.

"Is this what your school has to offer?"

"Yes, this is delicious even without chili, but it's a pity we came too late and there's no beef left."

"I don't eat beef."

Lan Shiyu? Xu Yao? Should we change seats? Never mind, let's just finish eating and leave quickly.

It seemed they hadn't noticed him, and Li Mubai didn't seem to have any intention of turning around to greet them.

"How is it?" Xu Yao asked, seeing that she had taken a bite.

"It's alright, but it's a pity there's no herbal tea," Lan Shiyu said with regret.

"Shiyu, are you from Lingnan?" Xu Yao asked curiously.

"Sort of. I've been studying there since kindergarten, with my grandparents, but my dad's family lives in Pingyang."

Xu Yao understood: Lan Shiyu's mother was from Lingnan, and her father was from Pingyang.

"Then why did you decide to transfer to Pingyang? I feel that the education here is not as good as in Lingnan."

"The education there is good, but it's also very rigorous. Can you imagine having to get up at 6:20 in the morning, wash up, and prepare for a morning run? Compared to that, Pingyang No. 6 Middle School is simply paradise."

"That's really impressive." Xu Yao didn't know what to say, so she could only sigh. "But I've heard other classmates say that our school used to be like this too, until a student was under so much pressure that someone died, and that's when things started to calm down."

"Then I guess I made the right choice coming here." Lan Shiyu was already in the middle to upper class at her high school in Lingnan, where the competition was even fiercer. Coming here, she suddenly became an upper class, which was also Lan's consideration.

She casually observed the cafeteria environment, then turned her head and feigned surprise, saying:

"Oh, what a coincidence, Li Mubai, you're eating here too?"

Xu Yao shrank back and lowered her head, pretending to be an ostrich eating.

"That's quite a coincidence," Li Mubai replied.

"I just saw a poster for a debate competition on the cafeteria bulletin board. What's this?" Lan Shiyu asked, feigning ignorance.

"It's an activity of the debate club."

"Oh~" She looked enlightened. "This reminds me of when I was in Lingnan. I used to participate in debate competitions often, and I even won the Best Debater Award once."

"You're really amazing."

"Now that things have come to this point, aren't you going to invite her to join their debate team?" Lan Shiyu continued:

"Unfortunately, when I got to the new school, I didn't have the opportunity to demonstrate my debating skills."

"It's okay. I'll be a senior in high school soon. Studying hard is the most important thing," Li Mubai replied.

"..."

"Li Mubai, actually Shiyu wants to join your debate team. I wonder if there's still a chance?" Xu Yao, who is always straightforward, couldn't stand this roundabout way anymore, so she turned her head and asked directly.

"Oh dear, Xiao Yao, don't make things difficult for Li Mubai. The debate team requires teamwork, so it's naturally best to team up with people you know." Lan Shiyu used a retreat as a tactic to advance, then changed the subject, "However, I'm a very enthusiastic person, so I'm sure even strangers will become old friends in a day or two."

"There's even a red-cop/white-cop drama?" Li Mubai wondered. "But where did they find out they were forming a debate team? Could it be that Yang Kun leaked the information? Yang Kun seems to know Xu Yao."

"I'll have to ask the rest of the debate team," he replied.

The last person was really hard to find. He even asked Zhang Chun, but her answer was the same as everyone else's. As for the other girls, he wasn't very familiar with them.

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news," Lan Shiyu said happily.

Li Mubai looked at Xu Yao beside him, who awkwardly forced a smile.

After he left, Xu Yao suddenly whispered to Lan Shiyu:

"Shiyu, do you think I can join the debate team too?"

"That probably won't work. The debate team only needs four people, and Li Mubai and his group already have three."

"Oh, okay." Xu Yao was a little disappointed.

"But you can come and watch us train."

"good!"

Seeing Xu Yao become happy again, Lan Shiyu thought to herself that she had used her friend-controlling technique well. This was called giving a stick and then a sweet date, making Xu Yao's mood fluctuate like a roller coaster.

Of course, I would like to reiterate that my sexual orientation is normal.

Upon arriving at the club activity room, after finishing his dictation, Li Mubai looked at Xie Shu, who was grading his work, and asked:

"Class monitor, are girls from other classes allowed to join our debate team?"

"girl?"

"Yes, it's that girl from Monday noon."

"Okay." Xie Shu stopped writing and handed the dictation book back to him. "Are there any problems with the English grammar?"

"have."

Li Mubai took out his notebook, which had become a daily routine. After dictation, he would explain English grammar and math. Xie Shu had also said that once he had learned enough grammar, he would teach him how to write essays.

This made Li Mubai feel even more embarrassed. He wasn't the kind of person who would accept kindness from others for no reason, so sometimes after meals he would go to the convenience store to buy some snacks for Xie Shu. But compared to her tutoring, his return didn't seem to be of much value.

If he knew Xie Shu's birthday... what kind of birthday gift should he prepare? This would be a rather tricky problem for him.

Back in the classroom, Li Mubai saw Chen Qiuhe on her desk, practicing the vocabulary list she had copied that day. He explained to her how to use it.

The chair in front of him was empty. Xie Shu had returned a few minutes earlier than him, but it seemed that he had gone out with Deng Yi again.

Chen Qiuhe stopped writing, glanced at the vocabulary list she had memorized, and then turned to look at Li Mubai:

"You're back! Quickly, help me with my dictation."

"No, you have to take a dictation test tomorrow, which follows the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve," Li Mubai tried to correct her.

"Laws are static, but people are dynamic. We must give full play to our initiative, understand the laws, and apply them."

"..." As expected of a liberal arts student, even his speech is full of dialectics.

"Hurry up and give me a dictation; I need to hear forty words."

"Why are you carrying so much?" Li Mubai asked, puzzled.

"Because I need to quickly go through this word."

"Alright then." It seems he needs to learn from Chen Qiuhe and increase his vocabulary from twenty to thirty words so he won't be stuck at the end of the semester to finish the dictation test.

"The first one, exchange, exchange," Li Mubai said, taking the vocabulary list and beginning to read.

"Wait, I haven't taken out my dictation notebook yet!"