We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Chapter 307 The Cold Autumn

Chinese 127, Math 139, English 142, Humanities 275, ranked third in the joint ranking.

Li Mubai stared at the rankings on the screen, momentarily stunned.

Xie Shu actually dropped to third place? The first place is a student from Tsinghua High School, and the second place is Chen Yutong from No. 1 High School.

He continued scrolling down, his eyes aching from looking at the dense data, and it took him a while to find his own name.

Chinese 130, Math 120, English 124, Humanities 268, ranked 44th in the joint ranking.

His Chinese score actually reached 130! But Tsinghua High School is too amazing; the combined ranking pushed him down more than ten places.

He immediately exited the form and opened Doubao.

"Doubao, with a total score of 642 in the liberal arts exam, I ranked 44th among four schools (Pingyang No. 6 Middle School, No. 1 Middle School, No. 3 Middle School, and Tsinghua University High School). How far am I from getting into Peking University?"

"Let me tell you in the most straightforward and direct way that your ranking is around 166th to 177th in the province. The lowest ranking for admission to Peking University's regular undergraduate program is 26th, so you are about 150 places short."

One hundred and fifty places, that's a huge gap...

He sighed inwardly and was about to put down his phone when it suddenly vibrated.

Yan Shu: "I saw your score. You got 130 in Chinese. That's amazing. I didn't even get that score."

Yan Shu: "However, you can still improve your math and English scores, especially English. Keep up the good work!"

Xie Shu then sent a cheering emoji.

Li Mubai smiled at this. At least he had a "cheat code" that would stay with him until the exam.

"The midterm exam class rankings are out. I've posted them on the bulletin board. Anyone who wants to see them can come and check them out."

Lin Xinle walked in with a class ranking chart before Monday's class meeting. She took a thumbtack and pinned the ranking chart to the bulletin board.

Li Mubai quickly stood up and went to the bulletin board. The next second, his classmates crowded around him.

The ranking list only included people from his class, so he easily found his name second in his class and fifth in the school ranking.

He finally made it into the top five! He squeezed through the crowd, glanced at the classroom door, and suddenly wanted to run downstairs to share his joy with Xie Shu.

Before he could even take a step, the light at the door dimmed for a moment, and Zhong Jianjun walked in with his hands behind his back.

"Everyone, go back to your seats and get ready for class!"

Never mind, let's talk about it later...

"Have you all seen your grades?"

The students below the podium remained silent. It had become a rule for them not to speak rashly before they knew what Old Man Zhong's attitude was.

"Look at your exam results! Only four students from our class are in the top ten in the school, we can't even beat Class Three." Zhong Jianjun's voice turned somber.

The students all lowered their heads.

"Fortunately, I did quite well on the Chinese exam this time." His tone softened a bit. "Especially in the high-scoring range. There were only three students from all four schools who scored over 130 points in this joint exam, and one of them is in our class."

After he finished speaking, he led the applause twice, and then a round of applause followed in the classroom.

"In addition..." Zhong Jianjun paused.

Are we finally going to talk about the autumn outing?

"It's already late November, the time of autumn and winter transition. We recommend wearing masks in public places so that illness doesn't interfere with your studies."

After saying that, he opened his textbook and prepared to start the lesson.

"Teacher," Mao Zhouzhou mustered up her courage and raised her hand.

"What is it?"

"I'd like to ask, what's our class's average score in Chinese this time?" she asked indirectly.

"Secondly," Zhong Jianjun paused, "but for the autumn outing, Teacher Wu and I still need to negotiate with the school."

Then, he abruptly changed the subject and asked, "Studying is your own responsibility. Even without the autumn outing, do you not want to study?"

It's almost early December. Even if we set off now, it's hard to call it an autumn outing; it should be called a winter outing. Li Mubai opened his book to prepare for class.

"Xie Shu, can you guess where our school ranks?"

On the third floor of the library at night, after finishing his homework, Li Mubai sat down next to Xie Shu and suddenly asked a question.

"Fifth in the school rankings, second in the class rankings," Xie Shu answered without hesitation.

"Huh?" Li Mubai was taken aback. "How do you know so much?"

"Because the weekend's four-school joint ranking list excludes people from our school, we can know your school ranking." Xie Shu paused for a moment, "and the class ranking will exclude people from your class."

So that's how simple and direct the method is. He thought about it and wondered if she would eliminate people one by one if he were ranked dozens of places outside his school.

"That's good, you're making progress slowly," Xie Shu said. "But you can't be complacent, you know?"

"Understood, understood." Li Mubai nodded.

She looked at him with bright eyes, then suddenly smiled slightly, the curve of her lips barely visible.

"What's wrong?" Li Mubai asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's nothing." She stopped smiling and pushed the test paper towards him. "Let's look at the test paper."

The end of late autumn has already been tinged with the chill of early winter.

After 10:30, students returning to their dormitories wrapped themselves tightly in their coats and walked briskly.

In the bleak wind, Xie Shu crushed a withered leaf under his foot, the cracked leaf making a crisp snapping sound on the silent playground.

"Time flies, it's almost winter," she said.

Li Mubai nodded. There were still seven months until the college entrance examination, which seemed like a lot of time, but the countdown to the college entrance examination on the bulletin board told them that there were only 194 days left until the exam.

"Actually..." he coughed, "when I'm with you, I always feel like time passes very slowly, but when I'm alone, time passes very quickly."

Xie Shu didn't reply, nor did he stop walking, but a short breath came from the night.

A gust of wind blew in from the other side of the playground, and the next moment, his pockets suddenly felt crowded.

"Xie Shu?" Li Mubai turned his head to the side.

"Mmm," she responded softly, her right hand already inside his coat pocket, taking his hand in hers.

"I'm still at school."

"My hands are cold, warm them up for me." Without even coming up with a plausible reason, she added, "Don't worry, no one will notice."

The lights on the playground were turned off early, and the only way to illuminate the road was by the light from the dormitories and streetlights in the distance.

Li Mubai stopped in his tracks, feeling helpless. It was really strange to walk along while keeping her hand in his pocket.

"Is your other hand cold too?" he asked.

"cold."

"Then put it here." He showed the other pocket.

Xie Shu immediately put her other hand in and held his hand; her fingertips were cool.

In the darkness of night, he watched Xie Shu smiling happily.

"And my body also feels cold."

"Then come closer." Li Mubai released her hand and reached out from his pocket.

"Are you still cold?"

"It's not cold anymore." Xie Shu's voice lowered. "Let's stay here for a while, then we'll go back to the dorm."

"it is good."

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