We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"You say you love very rationally and with restraint, but I say you love so cowardly..."

The video, which was about an hour long, was sped up by Xie Shu, so it ended before 2 a.m.

"If we hadn't had this debate, would you be on the affirmative or the negative side?" she asked.

Throughout the entire process, Li Mubai kept his brows furrowed, because he was thinking. Subjectively, he was on the opposing side, but what if the person he loved didn't love him back?

He glanced at Xie Shu beside him. What if she didn't love him? What if it was just unrequited love? Would he then choose to use this ability?

Unrequited love is a chronic illness that often accompanies unrequited love, causing bitterness and pain in the heart.

Everyone has a different understanding of love, but deep down we always want to selfishly possess all of one person's love.

But if the other party is Xie Shu...

"I still stand on the opposite side, class monitor. I believe that what makes us human is our right to make our own choices."

Whether love is determined by free will or is a product of the decline of free will, it contains the word "freedom".

More realistically, there are no superpowers or systems in real life.

Xie Shu chuckled softly, took out her small cushion, and whispered:

"Ten more minutes, let's take a break first."

Class monitor... what do you think?

"it is good."

The bell rang, and the noisy students returned to the teaching building. After only a few days of sunshine, the weather in Pingyang City gradually turned gloomy again.

"Qiuhe, someone is looking for you," Zhang Chun called out.

"oh."

Liu Xiaoqing glanced at it, then looked away and continued chatting with her classmates about celebrity gossip.

Chen Qiuhe returned in a huff less than a minute after she left.

"What's wrong? What's going on?" Li Mubai asked, still working on his first speech with a pen in his hand.

"Stop writing. The debate club just said that the school changed the topic for the final round, and the time for the final round has also been changed to 6 pm on Sunday, supposedly to avoid interfering with study time."

No wonder they were so angry. They were all preparing for the finals, but then the decision was changed overnight.

The president of the debate club should take half the blame; who told him to come up with this debate topic on a whim? Now he's really being punished by the school.

"What's the new topic?" Xie Shu asked.

"Do contemporary youth need more patriotism or a global perspective?"

Okay, this is very school-like.

Xie Shu nodded without saying anything.

"Then I'll go and talk to Lan Shiyu about it."

"You go and tell them?" Chen Qiuhe looked at Li Mubai.

"Hmm." He's probably the one who's most familiar with Lan Shiyu.

Chen Qiuhe glanced at her deskmate Xie Shu, and seeing that she didn't seem to be acting strangely, she nodded.

"Alright, go early and come back early."

...Why would he need to go back early? He still has to go back to class.

He arrived at Class Two, just as a boy was coming out of the classroom door. Li Mubai stopped him:

"Hello, could you please call Lan Shiyu for me?"

"Oh." The other person gave Li Mubai a deep look before returning to the classroom.

Lan Shiyu came out, but she was followed by two boys. They stood not far away pretending to play around, and one of them was secretly observing her.

"What?" Lan Shiyu asked.

"There's no final tonight; the debate competition has changed its time and topic."

"What?! I wanted to show the whole school my eloquence in debating with everyone, how come it's suddenly changed?"

"Because the school felt that the topic was not suitable, they changed it. They probably thought that if the topic was changed at the last minute, we wouldn't have time to prepare, so they also adjusted the time."

"Fine, I told you this topic wouldn't work. What's the new topic?" Lan Shiyu said helplessly, shrugging her shoulders.

"Do contemporary youth need more patriotism or a global perspective? The final will be held at 6 p.m. on Sunday."

"Yes, that's very positive," Lan Shiyu joked.

"I'm going back to class." After saying that, Li Mubai prepared to leave.

As class time approached, many students returned to their classrooms. One student from Class 1 had just finished using the restroom and happened to witness this scene. He sneered and then walked into the classroom.

"Hey, wait a minute." Lan Shiyu suddenly called out to him, "Which course are you taking in your school-based curriculum?"

"You can still choose school-based courses?"

"I can still take the supplementary exam. Last week, I went to listen to her 'Fun Math' class with Xu Yao. It was a bit boring. It was just a math class under the guise of a school-based course."

"Traditional Chinese painting class." Class was about to start. Li Mubai even saw a teacher walking towards the classroom with the textbook. He left a message and quickly returned to the classroom.

A traditional Chinese painting class... that sounds pretty boring. Why not offer an e-sports class instead?

When Lan Shiyu mentioned the school-based course, Li Mubai thought she was going to attend the traditional Chinese painting class today, but he didn't see anyone who looked like Lan Shiyu until the class started.

"Your ink is too thick; you can use a lighter touch," Xie Shu corrected.

"it is good."

Without competitions, training, or dictation, Li Mubai felt somewhat aimless after lunch.

He looked up and saw that the two people in front of him were gone; they seemed to have gone back to their dorms. He glanced to the side and guessed that Wang Rui had returned very late.

Okay, everyone's busy, it's good to be busy.

"Li Mubai, there's a boy looking for you at the door," Huang Lingling said, leaning closer to him.

A boy? He doesn't seem to know any other boys. Could it be Zhang Wen?

……

"What's the matter?" After recognizing the person who had come to him, Li Mubai's tone turned cold, but out of politeness, he still asked.

"It's nothing, I just think there might be a misunderstanding between us, so I wanted to talk to you in person." Xing Yi said with a fake smile.

"What do you want to say?" Li Mubai didn't care whether he could reconcile with this idiot, so he urged him.

"It's a bit crowded here, let's go upstairs to the reading corner to talk."

Xing Yi is a bit impatient, which is normal; few students can control their thoughts.

"What shameful things do you need to discuss elsewhere?"

Li Mubai immediately became vigilant. According to the novel, the other party might have planted people in an ambush. Although such a thing was almost impossible in a key provincial high school, it was still better to be cautious.

"It's related to Xie Shu."

……

"Let's go then." Although they didn't know what Xing Yi was up to, what would others think if they overheard them talking about Xie Shu? Would they think he liked her? Or was it just a crush?

Xing Yi did not arrange any "assassins"; the reading corner upstairs only had a few tables and chairs.

"Speak," Li Mubai urged.

"Li Mubai, I'm only giving you advice from the perspective of our former classmates." Xing Yi let out a breath, slightly nervous. "Do you think you and Xie Shu have a future together?"

Do you think Xie Shu's parents will approve of you two being together?

"I'm a science student, so I have a strong sense of rational thinking. That's why I see things very clearly. Even if you and Xie Shu get together, you'll eventually break up due to various pressures."

"Li Mubai, I think we should be more realistic. Even if you two get together, do you think you can make Xie Shu's life good?"

Seeing Xing Yi becoming increasingly agitated, Li Mubai remained completely unmoved:

"Are you done talking?"

"What? You don't agree?"

"What's it to you?"

"What?"

"What I say about Xie Shu and me is none of your business. If that's all you have to say, then I'm leaving."

The same verbal attacks could no longer harm Li Mubai.

"Li Mubai, don't think I don't know you're two-timing!" Xing Yi said angrily.

"Heh, here's a piece of advice for you, you idiot: Your body and name will perish, but the rivers will flow on forever." He lifted his leg to leave.

"Fuck your mother!"

Xing Yi's eyes were bloodshot, and he trembled with anger upon hearing the word "idiot."

He could no longer contain his anger. Memories of being humiliated and having his work deleted last semester flooded back, and he picked up the chair next to him and smashed it.