We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"What does it mean? It means I'm going to see the teacher. If it weren't for the vice class monitor being asked, I wouldn't want to go."

"Really? Then I'll go." Yang Kun said eagerly.

...Brother, you'll get an elbow strike if you talk like that. Li Mubai doesn't want to go, but he doesn't want other guys to go either. This might sound a bit petty, but that's just how he feels.

"Alright, you're the vice class monitor, so you represent us." Zhao Feng intervened in time, otherwise Li Mubai really wouldn't know how to answer.

"Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?!" Yang Kun shouted, then added, "But honestly, don't you really have any plans for Saturday?"

"No, I don't have any plans. After visiting the teacher and expressing my concern to my classmates, I'll go home."

"Okay, I might be a little suspicious of others, after all, it's Xie Shu! My friend request still hasn't been accepted. But honestly, you already have Chen Qiuhe."

If not, where did Chen Qiuhe come from?

"No, where did you hear this rumor from?" Li Mubai was on the verge of tears.

"As for the girls, they were saying this morning that Chen Qiuhe was wearing your coat."

Sure enough, whatever you do in the classroom is easily noticed by other students.

"No, Chen Qiuhe wore her short-sleeved shirt inside out this morning and needed to borrow my jacket to cover it up."

"Really? You're saying Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people?"

"Really, I'm not kidding."

"Okay, I'll believe you for now."

"If you know any girls, please help clarify this, as it's damaging to both parties' reputations."

It seems I really need to keep my distance from Chen Qiuhe from now on.

After washing up, Li Mubai lay down on the bed, opened his QQ app, hesitated for a moment but still didn't add Xie Shu on QQ. After all, it was Tuesday, and he didn't want to leave a bad impression on Xie Shu about bringing his phone without permission.

"Buzz!"

Yan Shu: "[jpg.] Is this correct?"

A screenshot showing the tonal patterns of an ancient Chinese poem.

Li Bubai: "That's right, we've also found the entering tone characters."

Yan Shu posted a happy pink rabbit emoji, which confirms that Yan Shu is "dressed as a boy" online. Is it possible that a boy would actually use cute emojis?

Yan Shu: "If I want to write poetry, where should I begin?"

Li Bubai: "Let's write a seven-character quatrain first, since it's easier to master."

Yan Shu: "Okay."

After asking a few more questions, Yan Shu said he was going to rest.

Li Mubai didn't really care whether Yan Shu was male or female, as long as he wasn't opened in his box.

On Wednesday, Li Mubai and Xie Shu returned to the classroom after checking the hygiene. He hadn't figured out how to keep his distance from Chen Qiuhe yet. After all, this matter was actually quite complicated to handle. He needed to make sure that the other person didn't realize that he was deliberately distancing himself, but rather that the relationship was gradually fading away.

It's actually quite simple: he just needs to avoid doing what caused the misunderstanding among his classmates.

When there are many girls, they love to gossip.

After lunch, Li Mubai went to the convenience store, bought a drink, and returned to his dormitory. Life was so mundane that he could only add a little sweetness to his life.

"Hey Lao Bai, look! You've been posted online!"

What?! What did I do wrong? I just drank a beverage.

Li Mubai took Yang Kun's phone and saw that it was a confession wall, and it was brand new.

"I just saw this handsome guy at the convenience store, but I'm a bit socially awkward and timid. Does anyone know him or have his contact information? Please help me."

There was also a picture attached. Li Mubai clicked on it and saw that it was a side view of him at the convenience store. It was rather blurry, suggesting that the person who took the picture was probably nervous.

There were indeed responses in the comments section.

"Haha, picture 1 is our deputy class monitor. I'll give you his contact information if you add me for 50."

When Li Mubai saw that it was sent by Yang Kun, and that someone was asking him to send 50 yuan, he thought, "Everyone basically uses cash, how can I send you money?"

He handed the phone back to Yang Kun and said, "Give me half of the money."

"I was just joking, how could I possibly actually take money from someone else?"

Li Mubai quickly washed up and prepared to go to sleep. He was just joking; he still didn't want his contact information to be revealed, as refusing people was quite a troublesome thing.

In the afternoon, there was a club class. Actually, there were no club classes this week because the first-year high school students still need to have interviews. When I arrived at the activity room, there were already quite a few new students there.

"Xie Shu." A female voice came from the crowd and greeted Xie Shu. Li Mubai thought that he and Xie Shu were the only ones interviewing today. It seems that there are other people. That's good.

The person who greeted them was Han Xiaowei, a rather active member of the club. She came up to Xie Shu, curiously looking at Li Mubai, and seemed quite surprised.

Li Mubai was practically invisible in the club, never speaking up, only chiming in when everyone else agreed.

"Xiaowei, let's begin," Xie Shu said softly.

"Okay!"

The table in the activity room was just right for the interview; the three of them sat on one side, and the interviewee sat opposite them.

Xie Shu sat in the middle, and Li Mubai sat to her left. Han Xiaowei asked the first-year students to wait outside, and proceeded one by one.

Li Mubai was a little nervous, unsure of what the interview entailed. He decided to observe Xie Shu and the others' responses and then try to imitate them.

"One question for each of you," Xie Shu said, turning his head to Li Mubai.

"OK."

The first person to enter was a female student who handed Xie Shu an application form.

"Hello, seniors, my name is Zhou Ruo, from Class 5 of Grade 11..."

Li Mubai sensed that Zhou Ruo's call to him was somewhat unnatural. Upon closer inspection, he realized that she was one of the two junior girls who had asked for his contact information during the club's recruitment drive.

Zhou Ruo gave a brief self-introduction.

"What kind of literature do you prefer?" Xie Shu asked.

"novel."

"So what novels have you read?" Han Xiaowei then asked.

"White Deer Plain, Rickshaw Boy, To Live..."

Wow, there are quite a lot, and they're not exactly online novels, Li Mubai thought to himself.

Xie Shu turned his head, indicating that it was Li Mubai's turn to ask a question.

Li Mubai thought for a moment, then asked, "Why do you want to join our club?"

I feel like I asked a silly question; I guess I need to refine it further.

Zhou Ruo didn't answer immediately. Instead, she glanced at Li Mubai, then turned her head away and said, "Because I want to learn novel writing and exchange ideas with people who love literature."

Xie Shu ticked a box on her application form to indicate her agreement to join the company. Zhou Ruo said thank you and then left so it was the next person's turn.

Actually, the interview was mainly to screen out those who were just going through the motions. The literary society emphasized elitism, and although Li Mubai didn't see where the "elites" were, the members at least had a certain creative ability.

I conducted over twenty interviews, but some of the applicants who received application forms did not show up.

"Xie Shu, this is the last one," Han Xiaowei said.

A boy walked in through the door, glanced at Xie Shu and Li Mubai, and then quickly looked away.

Isn't this the guy who came to challenge us? We'd better give him a good hard time. Li Mubai started thinking about what questions he could ask to stump him.

"Hello seniors, my name is Tian Yulin, from Class 1 of Grade 1..."

Li Mubai realized that Tian Yulin had come for Xie Shu. When Xie Shu asked questions, his eyes darted around and he dared not look directly at him. However, he was also somewhat knowledgeable, so he had to increase the difficulty of the questions.

After Han Xiaowei finished asking her questions, when it was Li Mubai's turn, he coughed lightly.

"Tian Yulin? I saw on your application form that you are good at composing classical Chinese poetry. Have you read Wang Li's 'The Study of Chinese Poetic Prosody'? Or any other books in the same field?"

"……without."

Zero points, you're out!

Li Mubai half-jokingly thought to himself that the decision wasn't in his hands, so after asking his question, he looked at Xie Shu, who thought for a few seconds and finally ticked the box on the application form...