We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Caught red-handed, Li Mubai instinctively tried to loosen his grip, but the moment his fingertips moved, Xie Shu gently tightened his hold.

Shen Nianning stood aside, watching this scene with shock in her eyes. But after a few seconds of stunned silence, she suddenly felt that all of this seemed to have been foreshadowed.

Last week at the bookstore, she saw Li Mubai and Xie Shu come together, and she suspected that the two were together, but she didn't know that it was Xie Shu.

And then there was the time at No. 1 Middle School… Thinking of this, Shen Nianning suddenly looked towards the No. 1 Middle School team.

Among the crowd, Mei Yulu stood quietly in place, her gaze fixed on him, motionless. If it weren't for the people around her still walking and talking, Shen Nianning would almost think that time had been paused.

"Rain and dew, rain and dew?"

"Hmm..." Mei Yulu came back to her senses in a daze.

"You're not really sick with a cold, are you? You looked unwell this afternoon, and now you've been spacing out. I called you several times before you responded."

"No... I'm fine."

I'm not sick, but it feels worse than if I were.

She silently withdrew her gaze.

Perhaps she had foreseen this, as clues could be seen from Xie Shu and Li Mubai's various intimate actions.

Perhaps she should have realized sooner that a broken mirror can never be mended, and even if it is repaired, it will still leave traces, and no one will wait for her forever.

However, she was not physically ill, but she seemed to be mentally ill. She only felt regret, so she desperately wanted to salvage everything.

I have no physical ailments, but my heart feels heavy and suffocated, as if something is blocking it. A great bitterness surges up from the bottom of my heart.

Mei Yulu gently supported Yuan Na's shoulder, feeling weak all over and dizzy, unable to even stand steadily.

"Yulu, are you really alright?" Yuan Na panicked.

"It's nothing... I really didn't..."

Before she could finish speaking, everything went black, and she instantly lost all strength, falling straight down. Fortunately, she was relatively light, and Yuan Na gritted her teeth and held on, preventing herself from being pulled to the ground with her.

"Help! Someone has fainted!" The sudden shout interrupted the homeroom teachers who were still talking. They quickly pushed through the crowd and went to Mei Yulu.

"What happened?"

"I don't know, teacher. Mei Yulu suddenly fainted!"

"Teacher Wu, where is your school clinic? Let's take the person to the school doctor for a check-up first, and if the problem is serious, then we can send them to the hospital."

"Xie Shu, Li Mubai, you two hurry up and help get him to the school clinic!" Wu Changguo shouted.

Yuan Na and another girl from No. 1 Middle School, Long Shasha, supported Mei Yulu on either side, walking unsteadily and with great difficulty.

Xie Shu and Li Mubai led the way. Seeing that the two of them could barely drag the people, Xie Shu suddenly stopped and turned around, saying:

"This is inconvenient, how about we carry it on our backs?"

Yuan Na looked at Mei Yulu, who had slumped over, and nodded with difficulty.

"I'll do it," Xie Shu offered.

"Are you... okay?" Li Mubai asked, somewhat worried.

Objectively speaking, it is more appropriate for a boy to carry it, but subjectively speaking, men and women should not be too close to each other.

"Yes, it's okay. I exercise regularly." Xie Shu's tone was calm, which reassured him.

She bent down slightly, and Yuan Na and Long Shasha quickly and carefully helped Mei Yulu onto her back.

Li Mubai was on tenterhooks the whole way, worried that Xie Shu wouldn't be able to handle it, but to his surprise, even while carrying someone, she walked steadily and didn't seem to be struggling much.

"Let's go."

The small campus has its advantages; we arrived at the school clinic in less than ten minutes.

"What's wrong?" the school doctor asked immediately.

"Teacher, for some reason, she suddenly fainted."

"She suddenly fainted? Put her on her side on the bed while I get a blood glucose meter to check her blood sugar."

The school doctor took out a lancet and gently pricked Mei Yulu's fingertip, dripping blood onto the test strip.

Yuan Na stared nervously at the changes on the test strip. Li Mubai glanced at Xie Shu, who showed no sign of leaving, so he quietly stayed and waited.

"Her blood sugar is below 3.9, which means she has hypoglycemia. If she is still unconscious, she needs to be taken to the hospital for intravenous glucose."

As the school doctor spoke, he picked up the phone to dial 120.

"Wait, teacher! Mei Yulu is awake!"

The school doctor put down his phone and looked at the hospital bed. Mei Yulu had slowly turned from lying on her side to lying flat on her back. Her eyes slowly opened, her chest rose and fell gently, and she was still breathing slightly.

"Where...where am I?" she asked weakly and groggily.

"This is the school clinic at No. 6 Middle School. Yulu, you just fainted!"

Before Yuan Na could finish speaking, the school doctor gestured for her to speak more quietly.

"School clinic..." Mei Yulu struggled to sit up, but the school doctor reached out and pressed her down.

"Lie down and don't move. I'll get you a glucose oral solution to replenish your sugar."

"it is good."

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the two people still standing in the school clinic, and a bitter feeling welled up inside her.

"Drink this first. Have you been eating very little lately?"

"No, eat normally."

"Then carry some candy with you with you these days. If you feel dizzy or weak, eat some. Also, be careful not to have any major emotional fluctuations."

These words were like a reminder, and Mei Yulu immediately suppressed the bitterness surging in her heart.

"You all stay here and watch over her, let her lie on the bed, I'll go get the blood pressure monitor."

After the school doctor finished speaking, he left on his own.

Mei Yulu slightly raised her head; Xie Shu and Li Mubai were still there.

"Yuan Na, Long Shasha, and... Xie Shu, could you please step outside for a moment? I'd like to speak with him for a few minutes."

Yuan Na and Long Shasha exchanged a glance, their eyes shifting strangely between Mei Yulu and Li Mubai. After a moment's hesitation, they tiptoed out of the school clinic, closing the door behind them.

Xie Shu stood still, quietly watching Mei Yulu.

"I'll just say a few words, and I won't bother you again, okay?" she pleaded.

Xie Shu remained silent for a few seconds, nodded slightly, turned around and walked out of the school clinic, gently closing the door behind him.

"Li Mubai," Mei Yulu called out softly.

Li Mubai stepped forward, stood by the bed, and quietly looked down at her.

Mei Yulu struggled to sit up, leaning her back against the headboard, her face still pale.

In the huge room, only the two of them remained, but when the moment actually arrived, she didn't know what to say.

"If you have something to say, just say it," Li Mubai said first, his tone flat and emotionless.

"When did you and her get together?"

Li Mubai did not answer; he didn't know how to define this time.

Mei Yulu thought Li Mubai was unwilling to answer, and she gave a bitter smile that looked worse than crying.

"Li Mubai, if I hadn't done that in my third year of junior high, would I be the one standing next to you now?"

"People shouldn't romanticize the paths they haven't taken. There will always be various troubles, and there will always be various reasons for you to leave me."

"You might be right." She stared blankly out the window of the school clinic. The sunlight was bright, but she didn't dare to look at Li Mubai.

"Besides, I'm not that great. You're quite excellent, so you don't need to keep holding me back."

Mei Yulu lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, and remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, she spoke softly, as if talking to herself, or perhaps sighing:

"You're actually great... From not liking to study before, to getting into the provincial key high school, and now you're in the honors class, you're not bad at all."

Silence fell in the room once again.

Then let's say goodbye one last time.

Mei Yulu took a deep breath, her voice as soft as a feather:

"Li Mubai...can you hug me one last time?"

"No way." Li Mubai refused without even thinking.

"Why... is this the last time? Just this once..."

"Not even this last time." Li Mubai insisted on his principles, showing zero tolerance for intimate behavior with other girls.

"What are you all standing outside for?" a hoarse voice came from the doorway.