We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Squeak—squeak!

Summer has quietly arrived. Cicadas chirp noisily outside the window, and sunlight shines through the glass window onto the desks and books, leaving dappled shadows.

"Turn to page eight of the 3D design section. The pronunciation and character recognition questions are free points; you absolutely cannot afford to lose these points on the exam..."

Ring ring—

The bell rang, and Yang Kun slammed his hand on the desk, frowning and shouting angrily:

"Ugh, where did that cicada's chirping come from? It's disturbing my lesson! It's so noisy! Get out of here!"

"When you're calm, nothing's wrong. Everyone else is listening attentively in class, but you're the only one who's irritable. Looks like you're a hidden domestic abuser," Zhao Feng mocked.

"You can't say that. That's just baseless slander. I also have a noble and kind soul."

……

Huang Lingling glanced at them, rolled her eyes, then turned to Li Mubai, holding the 3D design, and asked:

"Li Mubai, are your Chinese grades pretty good? How do you distinguish between the words 'to date' and 'end'?"

Li Mubai glanced at it; the 3D design only provided examples of homophones with different forms, without detailed explanations. He explained:

"Up to a certain point in time, you must add a date after it; until the deadline, you can't directly add a time after it. You can only add a date after it with 'to' or 'at'," Li Mubai explained.

"I see!" Huang Lingling suddenly realized, and quickly picked up her pen to write down the difference in the book.

Li Mubai nodded slightly and glanced around.

Behind them, Zhao Feng and Yang Kun were bragging about their one-versus-nine victory in the King of Glory game over the weekend. In front, Liu Xiaoqing and her deskmate were excitedly chatting about their favorite idols. To their left, across the aisle, someone was sleeping. Only Huang Lingling was studying.

His gaze swept past the students in the middle. On the other side of the classroom, Chen Qiuhe was turning slightly to ask Xie Shu a question, while Deng Yi behind her was also listening attentively.

It's more interesting to sit behind Xie Shu...

When the bell rang at noon, the students in the classroom disappeared in no time, leaving only a few people still packing their schoolbags.

Li Mubai slung his backpack over his shoulder and walked out of the classroom, where Xie Shujing was waiting for him.

"Actually... I can go to the regular meeting by myself," Li Mubai suggested.

"Don't you want us to be together?" Xie Shu asked back.

"No..." Li Mubai explained, "Some meetings are very long, and I'm afraid if I get there late, you'll have to go to the convenience store."

"Have you forgotten I still have this?" Xie Shu took out a small wallet, inside which were rows of red meal tickets.

Li Mubai was stunned for a moment, then realized what was going on. However, he was curious as to why Xie Shu had so many school cafeteria meal tickets.

"These were all left over from before."

Ok……

Today's meeting was relatively short. After lunch, Xie Shu suggested going to the convenience store. For many students, going to the convenience store after lunch is a way to digest their food.

A long queue had already formed at the checkout. Li Mubai didn't really want to buy anything. He followed behind Xie Shu and saw that she had bought two identical packs of QQ candy and two packs of sandwich cookies.

I never expected Xie Shu to eat these kinds of snacks.

The two followed the queue. Li Mubai stood behind Xie Shu, looking at her long, smooth, black hair, which looked like silk in a TV drama. He couldn't help but want to reach out and touch it. He thought it would be okay to just touch it once.

Li Mubai had just raised his hand when he was interrupted by a voice from behind him.

"Xu Yao, these sandwich cookies are delicious! I bought five bags last week and put them in my dorm!"

"Really? I've tried the strawberry and orange flavors, and I still think..." Xu Yao didn't finish her sentence. She looked up and inadvertently saw Li Mubai's back. Her voice gradually softened, and her expression became somewhat unnatural.

"Or what? Why aren't you saying anything?" Lan Shiyu asked, puzzled.

"The orange flavor tastes better." Xu Yao tried to keep her tone natural.

"Unfortunately, it seems the orange flavor is sold out." Lan Shiyu pouted and then turned around.

The two people behind him fell silent. Li Mubai wasn't sure if they had noticed him, but as long as they didn't greet him, he would pretend he hadn't heard them.

"Ten dollars in total," the cashier said listlessly.

Xie Shu paid the money promptly, glanced at the two girls standing behind Li Mubai, looked away, and left the convenience store with Li Mubai.

"A total of twenty-eight."

Lan Shiyu paid the bill and also paid for Xu Yao's bill at the same time.

"It's a pity there are no oranges, only strawberries." She tore open a bag of cookies and handed it to Xu Yao. "It's not bad, here, have some."

"You eat it, I don't want it." Xu Yao shook her head in a low voice.

It's been over a month, and she still hasn't gotten over it. Her plan to save Xie Shu has fallen through. Without saying anything, Lan Shiyu picked up a cookie and popped it into her mouth.

"There are plenty of fish in the sea, let it go, Xu Yao," she advised.

"Yeah, it's nothing." Xu Yao nodded, though it was unclear whether she had taken the words to heart.

She took a strawberry-filled cookie from the bag Lan Shiyu handed her, chewed it, and after a long while thought that orange flavor was still the best...

The midday sun shone directly on the earth, leaving no one able to escape its rays. Girls, afraid of getting sunburned, quickly put up their parasols.

He looked at Xie Shu's exposed arms and wondered if he would get tanned if he was constantly exposed to the sun. It seemed that some people never got tanned no matter how much sun they basked in.

His thoughts were drifting when Xie Shu's clear voice pulled him back to reality.

"Hold the umbrella down for me."

She stood there, gesturing for Li Mubai to take the parasol out from the side of her bag. He reached out, took a small blue parasol in his hand, and then handed it to Xie Shu.

"Help me call it," Xie Shu said softly, holding the snacks she had just bought.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Mubai opened the umbrella.

"Don't you think this is strange?" Xie Shu looked at Li Mubai standing outside the umbrella. "Let's share the umbrella."

He was almost at the dormitory; there shouldn't be any teachers around, right? Li Mubai thought for a moment, then stepped under the umbrella.

The small parasol couldn't completely shield the two of them, so Li Mubai tilted it slightly towards Xie Shu.

Students on the street cast curious glances at them. A boy and a girl sharing an umbrella seemed suspicious, but luckily the dormitory wasn't far from the convenience store.

"These cookies and QQ candies are for you, consider it payment for holding the umbrella for me."

As they were about to part, Xie Shu stopped and took out a bag of cookies and a bag of QQ candy, handing them to Li Mubai.

"No……"

Before Li Mubai could finish his instinctive refusal, Xie Shu stuffed the snacks into his pocket.

"You always subconsciously reject other people's kindness," Xie Shu looked at him quietly, "but I'm not just anyone. See you this afternoon."

After saying that, she turned and walked into the girls' dormitory.

Li Mubai stood there stunned for a few seconds before reacting. He was still savoring Xie Shu's last words when he slowly took out the bag of biscuits from his pocket. They were orange-yellow and orange-flavored.