We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Li Mubai couldn't remember how he got to the cafeteria, nor what he ate for lunch; he was in a daze.

"Damn, guys, someone's trying to get Xie Shu on the confession wall again."

"What do you mean? What kind of strength do you have to come and bail someone out?"

"I just met a girl in the cafeteria and I'm really smitten. I'm asking my friends and classmates to give me her contact information."

"He's a young man in ancient style, it's so funny it's making me cringe."

Yang Kun and Zhao Feng were in their dormitory in Qiqihar.

Li Mubai pushed open the dormitory door, interrupting their conversation.

"Lao Bai, why are you so late?"

"There's a lot of stuff, it took a while to pack it all up," Li Mubai said, composed himself and speaking naturally.

"You and Prison King returned around the same time, and Prison King seems to have had all his energy drained," Yang Kun chuckled.

"Don't talk nonsense, Chicken Bro, this is love," Wang Rui retorted.

In just one night, the boy's feelings had already reached the point where they could be called nicknames.

"I'm so angry and cold! Who on earth changed the character '坤' to 'chicken'?!"

Li Mubai washed his face, the cold water splashing on it. He got into bed and took out the collection of essays from the previous night.

"We should be electing class officers during the afternoon class meeting. Any of you guys interested? Let's support each other and cast our votes."

Zhao Feng is interested in becoming a class committee member and hopes that the boys at the afternoon class meeting will vote for him.

"Don't be ridiculous. There are only six boys in our class. We're not even enough to fill a girl's teeth."

"So what? We boys have to stand up! I'm going to run for class monitor and bring honor to us boys. Lao Wang, Yong Ge, what do you guys think?"

"I have no idea. I just want to be an ordinary citizen," Wang Rui shook his head and refused.

"What about Yong-ge? I feel you'd be suitable to be the sports committee member." Zhao Feng turned his gaze to Jiao Yong.

"Sure, I was the sports committee member when I was in my first year of high school."

"I want to be the class monitor," Feng Wanli suddenly interjected, putting down his vocabulary book.

"Sure, sure, we guys are full of talented people. What about your answers? Have you thought about taking on any?"

"I'm the same as Wang Rui."

"All right."

"Huh? Why didn't you ask me?" Yang Kun asked, puzzled.

"You little rascal, you might as well become my lackey and serve me like a servant."

"No, I don't want to be your dog. I'm already a nimble dog in the mountains, and a dog won't recognize two masters."

...This is incredible, kids.

Li Mubai put on his headphones, played some instrumental music, and began reading.

Pingyang No. 6 Middle School has an official rule against bringing cell phones, but students still bring them in private and hide them in their dormitories.

Li Mubai had no interest in being a class committee member. He was used to being alone and wasn't very good at communicating with others. Being a class committee member should involve interacting with classmates, right? He was not the type of person who would do that.

After lunch break, it's time for class again.

It was summer, and the afternoon air was stifling, making it the most unbearable class.

Li Mubai felt his eyelids were heavy and his mind was a bit scattered. He only slept for ten minutes at noon before hurriedly getting up.

"You don't seem to be in good spirits. Did you not sleep well during your lunch break?" Chen Qiuhe asked, tilting her head to look at him.

"I'm fine," he replied, forcing himself to stay awake.

"Don't force yourself, ta-da! This is the time to have an ice-cold Coke to perk you up." Chen Qiuhe took out an ice-cold Pepsi from her desk and handed it to Li Mubai.

"Thank you, but..."

Before Li Mubai could finish speaking, Chen Qiuhe interrupted him: "Don't refuse! This is also to thank you for lending me your meal card this morning."

He hesitated for a few seconds before finally accepting her offer: "Okay, thank you."

Li Mubai is generally unwilling to accept kindness from others without expecting anything in return; accepting kindness requires reciprocity. However, he lent his meal card to Chen Qiuhe this morning, so it can be considered acceptable now.

"Don't mention it. We're deskmates. I'll need your help with Chinese and stuff in the future." Chen Qiuhe patted his shoulder.

Li Mubai was a little uncomfortable with her enthusiasm, and he nodded slightly.

He opened the cola, tilted his head back, and took a sip. The icy liquid slid into his mouth, then down his esophagus to his stomach, stimulating his drowsy nerves.

Actually, he doesn't like drinks that are too sweet...

"Chinese is actually not that difficult. Some questions have answer templates and formulas, but for other questions, you need to read more articles and memorize them."

"Really? Then my Chinese is saved!"

After thinking for a moment, Li Mubai said, "I'll teach you during evening self-study."

"Okay, okay! Thank you, deskmate."

The iced cola that Chen Qiuhe gave him made Li Mubai feel a little better.

However, he still only half-understood the English lessons. His English foundation wasn't very good. He played around in English class in elementary school, and when he tried to study hard in junior high, he found that he couldn't learn it.

During English class, Li Mubai glanced at Chen Qiuhe and noticed that she was also a little sleepy. He gently poked Chen Qiuhe with his pen, and Chen Qiuhe immediately woke up and tried to listen to the lecture, but after a few minutes she started to feel sleepy again and nodded frequently.

This child is beyond saving...

The ringing of the bell startled Chen Qiuhe awake.

Before the last class meeting, the students at the two tables in front of Li Mubai went out for some fresh air and could see Xie Shu directly.

A girl walked over and said something to Xie Shu, and then she left the classroom.

Did someone ask a classmate to call Xie Shu out? Did someone confess their feelings to her? Or did they send her a gift?

This kind of thing often happened in the first year of high school. At that time, there were monkeys screeching all over the classroom. Li Mubai didn't go out to see what was happening; he just sat in the classroom in a daze.

"Are you looking at our school beauty?" Chen Qiuhe suddenly asked.

"I'm looking at the writing on the blackboard. Also, our school beauty is Xu Sheng." He thought of a popular meme that could also attract Chen Qiuhe's attention.

"Which girl is Xu Sheng? I've never heard of her at school."

"Xu Sheng is the iron bulwark of Jiangdong."

A few minutes later, Xie Shu returned from the front door of the classroom, but instead of sitting back down, she walked towards Li Mubai.

Li Mubai subconsciously sat up straight, but then he thought that would be too obvious, and besides, the other party was definitely not there to see him, so he pretended to relax and turned his attention to the textbook on the table.

"Li Mubai, Teacher Wu is looking for you."

A clear voice suddenly rang out, startling Li Mubai. He looked up and met her calm gaze.

"……OK."

He slowly stood up and walked towards Teacher Wu's office, but Xie Shu followed. The two walked side by side on the road, which made Li Mubai feel a little uncomfortable, as if everyone around them was watching them.

The atmosphere was a bit dull. Should he say something to liven things up?

But Li Mubai couldn't think of a topic to talk about. After arriving at the office, Xie Shu gently knocked on the door.

"Please come in," a strong voice called out.

Wu Changguo is their class's homeroom teacher and politics teacher. He is probably close to forty years old. It is worth mentioning that Wu Changguo is also their politics teacher in the first year of high school.

"Teacher Wu," Li Mubai said respectfully as he walked to his desk.

"Hmm—" Wu Changguo looked him over, "Do you want to be the vice class monitor?"

What? The vice class monitor? Did I hear that right?

"Teacher, can I be the vice class monitor?"

"right."

Wu Changguo glanced at Xie Shu: "I was thinking that having one female class monitor and one male class monitor would make it easier to manage the class. Xie Shu happens to be the class monitor, and she recommended you to be the vice class monitor. I'm fairly familiar with the two of you."

What?! Xie Shu recommended me for this position?

Li Mubai's mind went blank for a moment, and he subconsciously refused: "Um—Teacher, I don't think I'm very capable of doing this. I have no experience as a class committee member."

"Whoever has experience from the start, it's a good opportunity for you to hone your skills, and the class monitor doesn't have that much to do." Wu Changguo smiled.

Li Mubai secretly glanced at Xie Shu beside him. Her gaze was fixed on the window, and he wondered what she was thinking. Was she really going to become the vice class monitor?

"You just need to take care of the boys; Xie Shu will handle the girls." Wu Changguo paused for a moment, "If you don't want to, then forget it."

Now that things have come to this point, it seems like it wouldn't be right to refuse.

"Okay, teacher, I will be responsible and do my best to fulfill my duties as a class committee member."

"Alright, you two just need to do your job as class monitors. The focus should still be on your studies. Don't get your priorities mixed up and neglect the important things." Wu Changguo nodded, looking at the two of them with a scrutinizing gaze.

……

Li Mubai and Xie Shu left the office. Li Mubai was still a little dazed. He had become the vice class monitor? For someone who hadn't been a class committee member for a long time, this was a bit of a shock to his comfort zone.

He looked at Xie Shu standing side by side with him, his heart filled with uncontrollable doubts, and finally couldn't help but ask:

"Um... class... class monitor, just now, Teacher Wu said you recommended me?"