We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

On Monday, thanks to his habit of waking up early to catch the first bus in junior high school, Li Mubai got up at 6:30.

After quietly washing up and getting ready, before seven o'clock, Li Mubai bought an egg and some porridge at the cafeteria for breakfast and headed to the classroom. This was his ordinary daily routine.

At this time, most students are probably still asleep or washing up, and he might be the first person to arrive at the classroom.

Pingyang No. 6 Middle School is too lax. He heard that some schools require students to be in the classroom before 6:30 to start morning reading. He was glad that he came to the right school.

When Li Mubai entered Class 3 of Grade 11 through the back door, he could vaguely see that his deskmate's seat, which had been empty, was now occupied by a figure.

Whose subordinate is this? He arrived even earlier than him.

Hearing a sound from behind, the other person turned around and then gave a bright smile: "Hello! New student."

"Hello there."

Seeing that she was speaking unclearly, and that she might be eating something, he greeted her politely before returning to his seat.

"Wow! Not only a new classmate, but also a new deskmate! My name is Chen Qiuhe, what's yours?"

"Li Mubai," he asked after a moment's thought, "you're the classmate who couldn't come yesterday because of something?"

"You guessed right! I happen to have one more piece of candy, here you go." Chen Qiuhe took a glass candy out of her pocket and handed it to Li Mubai.

"Thank you, but no need." He politely declined.

"You can take one to quickly replenish your energy and be full of energy for class in the morning."

Hmm... the other party might be a little too enthusiastic, making Li Mubai feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Thank you, but I've already had breakfast."

"Breakfast? I haven't had it yet. I only had time to move books this morning."

As Chen Qiuhe spoke, she unwrapped the candy she had given to Li Mubai and popped it into her own mouth.

"Moving books is exhausting, I can only eat a piece of candy to replenish my lost energy." Chen Qiuhe slumped on the table.

"Would you like to go get some breakfast first?" Li Mubai asked tentatively.

Chen Qiuhe scratched her cheek, feeling a little embarrassed:

"The main problem is that I didn't top up my meal card, and the place to top up meal cards probably wasn't open this morning, right?"

The cafeteria at Pingyang No. 6 Middle School only accepts meal cards for payment, and students usually top up their meal cards for the week when they return to school on Sundays.

The place to top up meal cards is only open at noon and in the afternoon. Chen Qiuhe didn't come yesterday, and today, Monday, she came too early.

Li Mubai thought for a while and finally decided to take out his meal card:

"Use mine first."

"Really?! Thank you so much! Actually, I'm a little hungry. I'll treat you to a meal after I top up my meal card!"

"fine."

After sending Chen Qiuhe away, Li Mubai took out his Chinese textbook and began to preview today's lesson.

A ray of sunlight shone into the classroom, and the chalk words "New semester, new life" on the blackboard had been wiped clean. Students arrived at the classroom one after another.

"Shubao~ It feels like summer vacation went by so fast! I closed my eyes and opened them again and school started! My biological clock hasn't adjusted yet!"

Li Mubai glanced at her subconsciously and saw Xie Shu and her deskmate Deng Yi, but then looked away and continued reading his book.

Chen Qiuhe returned, and after handing the meal card back to Li Mubai, she greeted and introduced herself to the students around her.

The first class in the morning is Chinese. The teacher is a middle-aged woman surnamed Yang. She arrived at the classroom a minute before morning reading and asked the students to open their books and read today's text aloud.

Teacher Yang walked around among the students and soon came to Li Mubai's side. Chen Qiuhe immediately sat up straight and her voice became much clearer.

"You must be Li Mubai. Teacher Zhou told me about you. Your Chinese grades are good. Keep it up," Teacher Yang praised.

"Okay, thank you, teacher."

Teacher Zhou was Li Mubai's Chinese teacher in his first year of high school, and he treated him quite well.

Li Mubai also often overstepped his bounds and helped Teacher Zhou carry the textbooks for class, acting as the class representative for Chinese.

His arm was suddenly gently poked. Chen Qiuhe held up her Chinese textbook to cover her head and asked in a low voice:

"Hey, are your Chinese grades really good?"

"fine."

"What score did you get on the placement test?" Chen Qiuhe asked curiously.

One hundred and thirty-four.

"That's pretty impressive! The reading comprehension section made my eyes blurry, but I still couldn't figure it out."

"I'm only a little good at Chinese, and the questions are a bit easier, so quite a few people get high scores there. But I'm really bad at math and English."

"That's still better than me. I barely made it into the honors class this time."

"Are you bad at Chinese?" Li Mubai asked.

"I only scored 104, which is nothing compared to you, the Chinese language genius. But if I ever encounter a Chinese question I don't know how to answer, can I ask you?"

"……Can."

"You seem aloof. You speak very briefly and in a very mechanical way."

Is that so? Maybe he just doesn't talk much when he's with people he doesn't know well.

"But it's okay, I'm here!"

Li Mubai didn't quite hear what Chen Qiuhe said. After all, it was still morning reading time, and Chen Qiuhe was deliberately lowering her voice. Oh well, let's start class first.

The morning classes ended quickly. Except for math, which made him drowsy, he found the other classes quite interesting.

Chen Qiuhe's new deskmate collapsed onto her desk after finishing her morning classes.

As soon as the alarm rings to signal the end of get out of class, students who have already packed their books rush out of the classroom. In high school, it has become the norm to fight for food, otherwise, one has to wait in a long line.

However, Li Mubai usually wouldn't do that. Firstly, he would feel it was undignified to sprint 100 meters, and secondly, he only needed to arrive a few minutes late, and there weren't many people queuing at the cafeteria window.

"I can't take it anymore, all I want to do now is lie in bed and sleep soundly."

Chen Qiuhe's tone was dejected, and she looked like a withered sunflower.

"Qiuhe, let's go eat!"

A girl stood at the door of the classroom of Class 3, Grade 11 and shouted. It seemed to be Chen Qiuhe's former classmate.

"Coming!" Chen Qiuhe immediately jumped up. "Li Mubai, I'm going to eat first!"

Li Mubai, who was slowly packing up his books, nodded. Actually, Zhao Feng and the others had asked him to rush to the cafeteria with them during the break, but Li Mubai said that he was slower at packing up his books and let them go first.

Looking around the classroom, all the students had left, leaving only him and... Xie Shu.

Li Mubai's seat was in the middle by the window, a position that was neither in the front nor the back row, so it wouldn't attract too much attention.

Xie Shu's seat was three tables in front of him, so he could see her slender back. She had her hair tied in a middle ponytail, which was unusual for girls at school.

Has she not left yet? Is something wrong? Li Mubai didn't think Xie Shu would be waiting for him.

Just as Li Mubai was about to get up and leave, he saw that Xie Shu was also about to get up, so he immediately sat down again.

She turned her head, and Li Mubai happened to be looking at her too. They made eye contact, and his heart skipped a beat. He immediately lowered his head and pretended to pack his things.

After hearing the other person leave, he looked up. After estimating that Xie Shu should be far away, Li Mubai got up and left the classroom.

The teaching building was still some distance from the cafeteria, so Li Mubai quickened his pace. Although he was used to arriving at the cafeteria at a leisurely pace, the cafeteria would still close eventually, with lunchtime usually from 12:10 to 1:00.

Moreover, after 12:30, there's basically nothing left to eat in the cafeteria. After that time, you can only go to the convenience store to buy fast food or bread for lunch.

A gentle breeze rose at the end of August, carrying a faint scent of green citrus, both tart and sweet. Xie Shu walked at a leisurely pace, like a deer strolling through the woods.

Li Mubai slowed his pace. He didn't want to overtake the person in front of him, because that would put him in a dilemma: should he greet Xie Shu?

This was his classmate in the first year of high school, his current class monitor, and the person he had a crush on...