We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Li Mubai did not respond to Xie Shu's almost joking question, because they had already arrived at the dormitory.

"Squad leader, I'm going back."

"Okay, goodbye."

"goodbye."

Walking down the dormitory stairwell, Li Mubai was about to climb to the fifth floor. Recalling what Xie Shu had just said, he felt it was a bit out of character and didn't seem like her at all.

Was he possessed, or reborn? Such an absurd thought popped into his mind.

Li Mubai smiled and inwardly advised himself to read less of those Tomato novels.

Back in his dorm room, he quickly washed up and then lay on his bed to read.

……

Monday is for raising the flag and announcing the class hygiene scores. The second-year class got first place, after all, girls pay more attention to hygiene than boys.

Xie Shu went up on the stage to receive the rotating red flag. The first-year student was a boy and the third-year student was a girl. They took a simple photo with the dean of students and then went off the stage.

There was a regular meeting on Monday too. After class at noon, he didn't rush to leave. Instead, he waited until everyone had left before walking out of the classroom, where Xie Shu was waiting for him.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting," Li Mubai said apologetically.

"It's alright, let's go." Xie Shu didn't seem to care.

Still in the meeting room, still lost in thought.

After Xiao Qingqing arrived, everyone else had also arrived.

Li Mubai looked around and saw that Xing Yi didn't seem to be there, and there were some unfamiliar faces.

After saying a few meaningless words, Xiao Qingqing got to the point: "The student council will be organizing club recruitment this Wednesday afternoon after class. If the weather is good, it will be on the playground; if the weather is bad, it will be in the gymnasium. Class monitors or vice monitors of each class, please remember to promote this when you get back."

Li Mubai glanced at Xie Shu subconsciously. He and Xie Shu had both joined the literary society. He remembered that the president of the literary society in the first year of high school was a boy who had pursued Xie Shu. After that, he disappeared when they entered the senior year of high school. Occasionally, he would pop up in the literary society group to complain about the miserable life of the senior year. The new president of the literary society after the change of leadership was Xie Shu.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, this meeting is over. Students from Grade 11 and Grade 11 (2) classes, come here to pick up your weekly check-up forms."

After Xiao Qingqing finished speaking, many students immediately got up and left. This meeting had relatively little content, and they could still get a meal at the cafeteria.

Li Mubai was about to leave when he saw a boy running over. It was the boy who led the first-year students to receive the rotating red flag this morning. However, he wasn't there for Li Mubai, but for Xie Shu who was beside him.

"Hello senior, I am Jiang Hao from Class 1 of Grade 11. May I ask if I can add your contact information?" Jiang Hao showed a rather sunny smile.

Li Mubai left from the side.

"No, I won't add it." Xie Shu left with those words.

Li Mubai felt a sense of déjà vu: the same weather, the same routine meeting, the same boys trying to chat up Xie Shu, the same Xie Shu…

He wasn't foolish enough to ask her why she rejected Jiang Hao, nor did he ask why she followed him. He felt fine with it as it was.

However, this time Xie Shu did not lead him to the third floor, but instead had him eat a simple meal on the first floor.

Li Mubai didn't want to sit at the same table as Xie Shu, since it would be easy for them to be mistaken for a romantic relationship. But Xie Shu didn't seem to care and sat directly opposite Li Mubai.

Since they left for the meeting after class, the two haven't exchanged a single word. Li Mubai felt this was strange, like two familiar strangers. He decided to find a topic to break the slightly oppressive atmosphere.

"Um, what are your thoughts on the club recruitment on Wednesday?"

"No, do you have any thoughts?"

Li Mubai thought about it and realized that he didn't really have any novel ideas. The literary club's recruitment was simply to put the members' works on the table for the first-year high school students to appreciate, and those who were interested could join. However, he felt that with Xie Shu's good looks, as long as he sat in the recruitment area, many junior students would definitely want to join.

"I remember you're also a member of the literary society. Remember to come and help out then," Xie Shu suddenly said.

Li Mubai was taken aback for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Okay."

Xie Shu ate relatively little and finished quickly, but she didn't leave. Li Mubai then sped up his eating and finished in no time.

Xie Shu handed over a piece of paper.

"Thank you, class monitor. I have some paper."

……

"Lao Bai, where did you go? Why are you back so late at noon?" Yang Kun asked Li Mu Bai as soon as he returned to his dormitory.

"The squad leader's regular meeting is on."

"What? Didn't you already go last week?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Li Mubai asked, puzzled.

"Ask Zhao Feng, he was the class monitor in his first year of high school and he went there once every other week."

"That's right. Usually, only one class leader or deputy class leader needs to be present at the regular meetings, so they take turns attending," Zhao Feng said.

"Oh, I see."

"Is Xie Shu exploiting you, making you go in her place every week?" Yang Kun asked.

"No, Xie Shu was with me too."

"That's strange. Could it be..." Yang Kun looked thoughtful.

He didn't finish his sentence, but Li Mubai knew what he wanted to say, but was it possible?

"That's reasonable. Some responsible class monitors and vice-monitors will go," Zhao Feng explained.

Is that right?

Li Mubai quickly washed up and lay down on the bed to prepare for his afternoon nap. Although Zhao Feng had given an explanation, a question still arose in his mind: since the start of the semester, Xie Shu seemed to be intentionally getting closer to him. He wondered if this was just his imagination.

It would be great if someone could help analyze this; after all, those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things more clearly.

The person who can help me analyze things is, first of all, a guy; saying that would be tantamount to self-destruction.

Chen Qiuhe couldn't really say that either. If she said she had a friend, wouldn't that be the same as him? And it would also be easy to connect him to Xie Shu.

After much thought, Li Mubai felt that it was most appropriate to tell Yan Shu. They had communicated before, and most importantly, the two did not know each other offline. Yan Shu might know Xie Shu. Most of the boys at Pingyang No. 6 Middle School knew about Xie Shu, but as long as he didn't give any specific information, Yan Shu probably wouldn't be able to contact her.

After thinking for a moment, Li Mubai turned on his phone and sent a message to Yan Shu.

Li Bubai: "Are you there? I have a friend who's the vice class monitor. She didn't want to be a class committee member, but a male class monitor recommended her. When she went back, that boy told her to keep going. On Monday... she came to ask me if that boy has feelings for her. I personally have no dating experience, so I wanted to see what you think?"

Li Mubai briefly recounted several events that had occurred since the start of the semester, reversing the genders to praise his own cleverness.

After waiting a few minutes without receiving a reply from Yan Shu, I figured she was probably taking a lunch break. Oh well, I'll rest too.