We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

After posting it on the confession wall, it didn't seem to cause much of a stir. People who saw it discussed it with those around them, and then it seemed to be over.

News from school is always like this: something spreads quickly, but it also disappears just as fast.

"We finished explaining quadratic inequalities and simple inequalities in this evening study session. Tomorrow we will learn about sufficient and necessary conditions. You can do your homework in the next evening study session."

The bell rang, signaling the end of the first evening self-study session on Wednesday. Li Mubai was holding a pen, reviewing the math problems he had just learned in the first semester of the fifth grade math textbook.

"Huang Lingling, come and teach me quickly!" Yang Kun shouted.

"Quadratic inequalities and simple inequalities are so simple that I have to teach you? You might as well go back to school and repeat a year." Huang Lingling rolled her eyes.

"Oh, so this is very simple."

Huang Lingling glanced at Li Mubai, who was diligently doing practice problems beside her, then turned to Yang Kun and said:

"Can't you learn from Li Mu Bai? He's the first one here every morning, and after class he buries himself in studying. We're both boys, how come there's such a big difference!"

Li Mubai looked up, never expecting that one day he could become someone else's child, but these words came from his classmate.

"How can you say that?" Yang Kun retorted confidently. "I don't have the strengths that Li Mubai has, but Li Mubai might not have the weaknesses that I have!"

"Speechless." Huang Lingling was too lazy to argue with him, turned around, took out her homework, and simply ignored him.

Yang Kun laughed smugly, as if he had won a battle, with a smug look on his face.

Li Mubai and Zhao Feng in the back row exchanged a glance and shook their heads helplessly.

"Li Mubai, someone is looking for you," the person sitting at the door suddenly called out.

The classroom was quiet for a second, then everyone quickly went about their own business.

Could it be some high school senior girl who wants to take a photo with him...? But he doesn't know any high school seniors.

He stood up and met someone's gaze. Xie Shu slowly lowered his head again and continued writing the five-three questions.

Li Mubai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lan Shiyu outside the classroom.

"What do you want from me?" he asked.

"If Xie Shu finds out I came to see you like this, he won't come looking for me, will he?" Lan Shiyu deliberately dragged out her words, her tone slightly teasing.

"Where did this green tea come from?" Li Mubai asked bluntly.

"I am not green tea, I am Lingnan herbal tea."

"Hurry up and tell me, what's the matter?" Li Mubai urged.

"Isn't today May 31st? Next week is the college entrance exam, and they said they're going to shout slogans for the senior high school students."

"Doesn't the school forbid shouting from the building?" Li Mubai frowned, somewhat puzzled.

"It wasn't organized by the school; it was something we students did on our own initiative," Lan Shiyu explained. "I volunteered to come and inform your class. You're the class monitor now, right? Remember to take your classmates to the senior high school building next evening self-study session."

Without official school endorsement, this is really difficult. Today, the person supervising their class's evening self-study session was none other than their math teacher, Mr. Chen.

"When are we going?" he asked.

"You can gather downstairs in the senior high school building as soon as the next evening self-study session begins."

"Alright, I understand." Li Mubai then looked at Lan Shiyu, "I didn't expect you to integrate into No. 6 Middle School so quickly."

"The main thing is that I can skip one evening study session." Lan Shiyu playfully stuck out her tongue. "I'm going back now, goodbye!"

Her figure disappeared into the classroom of Class Two. Li Mubai hesitated for a moment, but still decided to convey the message. He walked to the podium and coughed twice.

"Everyone, listen to what I have to say first." He raised his voice, and the classroom gradually quieted down. "Later, we'll be calling out from downstairs in the senior high school building before evening self-study. Anyone who wants to go can go, and those who don't want to go can study quietly in the classroom."

"Class monitor, will Teacher Chen let us through?" a girl asked in a low voice, her tone full of doubt.

"Hmm—I'll talk to the teacher about it later. If it's not allowed, then there's nothing I can do."

"Go Lao Bai! For our shouting!" Yang Kun said excitedly.

"Wouldn't it be more appropriate to let Xie Shu go..." someone suggested quietly, but the words were quickly drowned out by the surrounding noise.

The bell rang, and the noise inside the classroom gradually subsided. Faintly, the sounds of students laughing and joking as they walked out of the classroom could be heard from outside.

Mr. Chen walked in wearing a gray tight-fitting short-sleeved shirt. He was muscular, and one of his arms was even as thick as two of a girl's arms. If he weren't wearing frameless glasses, people's first impression of him would be that of a physical education teacher.

"Take out your homework and study on your own." Teacher Chen said in a flat tone, his face expressionless. He picked up an empty chair and sat down on the podium.

"Keep it up," Yang Kun said in a low voice.

Will we win...?

Li Mubai took a sip of water to calm himself down. Under the watchful eyes of the entire class, he slowly stood up and walked step by step toward the podium.

"Teacher," he called out as he walked to the podium.

Teacher Chen didn't even look up, continuing to grade homework without saying a word, as if she hadn't heard him.

After a few seconds of silence, Li Mubai continued:

"Teacher, the students organized a shouting activity during evening self-study. Can our class participate?"

Teacher Chen stopped writing with his red pen, looked up, and his sharp gaze behind his glasses fell on Li Mubai:

"Organized by the school? Why didn't I receive any notification?"

"It wasn't organized by the school; it was organized by the students themselves," Li Mubai explained nervously.

"Have you finished your homework today? All you want to do is go out and play!"

Unsurprisingly, Teacher Chen glanced at the restless crowd and immediately issued a reprimand. The students below the stage instantly lowered their heads and dared not speak again.

Li Mubai stood awkwardly by the podium, unsure whether he should walk down.

"Li Mubai, what are you standing there for? Go organize the troops!"

He was a little unsure and asked, "Is the teacher allowing our class to participate?"

Teacher Chen glanced at him and then said, "Those who want to go can go, and those who don't want to go can study in the classroom."

"Okay! Thank you, Teacher Chen!" Yang Kun was the first to stand up excitedly and walk towards the door without waiting.

Ms. Chen looked up at the few students who remained in the class, took out her phone and wrote down their names. She would draw out the math homework tomorrow, and those who hadn't drawn it would be checked carefully...

More than thirty people headed towards the senior high school building, and the noise of voices could already be faintly heard.

Li Mubai didn't really want to go, especially since Yang Chao's incident had just happened a few days ago. The thought that the other party might be standing above him made him feel uneasy.

But he's the class monitor, so he needs to set an example. Besides, he was the one who announced the news, so if the school punishes them, he'll also bear some responsibility...

Li Mubai found Xie Shu in the crowd; she had followed him there.

"Didn't Chen Qiuhe come?" He walked up to her, looked around, and didn't see Chen Qiuhe.

"No, Qiuhe said she wants to study."

They really work hard.

As they walked down from the second-year high school building to the third-year high school building, long red banners were particularly eye-catching.

"How many times in life can one truly fight? Don't wait until your hair turns white before you've even had a chance to fight."

"Why should a young man fear the long years, for glory still awaits him there."

"Burning the midnight oil, we hone our skills through countless trials; daring to be pioneers, we devise brilliant strategies in the examination hall."

……

There were quite a few people standing upstairs, and even more downstairs; Li Mubai estimated that all the first and second year high school students were there.

I don't know which class started singing the classic song "The Days on Beijing East Road" first, but the other classes followed suit.

In the beginning, we were all children.

In the very end, I longed to become an angel.

The songs of folk songs contain the shadow of fairy tales.

Where should the child's child fly to?

Some people took out their phones, some picked up table lamps, and others turned on their flashlights, each waving their own light.

Li Mubai stood in the crowd, not singing along, but quietly watching everything before him.

Suddenly, a cold hand gently grasped his hand. He subconsciously turned his head and met Xie Shu's gaze.

Xie Shu didn't sing either; she just looked at him quietly and leaned slightly closer.

"Li Mubai, let's go to Peking University together."

Peking University... Wu Changguo also urged him to try his best to get into Tsinghua or Peking University. He agreed on a whim, but after calming down, he couldn't help but think that getting into Tsinghua or Peking University was not something that could be achieved through hard work alone; it also required a certain amount of talent, and he didn't know if he had it.

"Li Mubai, let's go to Peking University together." Xie Shu's voice gradually grew louder.

Setting aside all distractions, he still had a year left. He gripped Xie Shu's hand tightly, his gaze resolute.

"We'll go together! I'll try my best to keep up with you! Xie Shu, I'll always be with you!"

Best wishes to all the graduating high school seniors for the college entrance exam! May your future be bright!