We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Thursday and Friday are the dates for the monthly exams, and he will have to go to the multimedia classroom to take them.

"etc."

As evening self-study ended, Li Mubai was about to move the desks and chairs out when Chen Qiuhe called him back.

"You want to sit again?"

Chen Qiuhe is ranked thirtieth, right? She can go to the multimedia classroom to take the exam. There's no need for her to sit at his desk.

Chen Qiuhe nodded and said, "You guessed it. I did well on my Chinese test last time because I sat at your desk. This time, I'll help you move the chair to the multimedia classroom. Maybe that will help me improve even further."

That's outrageous! They actually moved there. Don't they know how far it is?

Li Mubai ignored her, moved the desks and chairs out of the classroom, and then came back to tidy up the books.

"Li Mubai, come and help!" Chen Qiuhe shouted.

Xie Shu and Chen Qiuhe were struggling to move her desk, which was full of books.

"I'll do it," Li Mubai said.

"Is it okay? Or should we move to the other side?" Xie Shu asked.

"No need to thank me, he's like an ox, inexhaustible in his strength," Chen Qiuhe said.

...I am just a weak scholar.

Li Mubai tried to lift it; it was a bit heavy, but carrying it out of the classroom shouldn't be a problem.

He laboriously carried the table outside the classroom and placed it with the other tables, Xie Shu followed with a chair, while Chen Qiuhe went back to the classroom to pack her books.

"Thank you," Xie Shu said gratefully.

Li Mubai was speechless for a moment, feeling that saying "you're welcome" or "it's okay" would be too formal. After a long pause, he finally replied, "You're welcome."

"Doubao, how should I respond when someone says thank you?"

Back in his dorm that night, Li Mubai typed this sentence on his phone.

The little bean bun was even given several versions, including a universal version and a professional version. He looked directly at the friendly and heartwarming version.

"Why are you being so polite with me? We're like family."

That stupid AI is giving bad advice, just like Chen Qiuhe.

On Thursday, during the exam, he sat in seat number 15 and saw Xie Shu in seat number 1. Was he getting closer and closer to her?

He turned his head again, and Chen Qiuhe, who was sitting in seat number 30, clenched her fist and thumped it up and down at him. Was she cheering him on?

Ring ring.

The exam bell shattered Li Mubai's thoughts, and he picked up his pen to start answering the questions...

"How's it going, Li Mubai? Can you keep your first place in Chinese this time?" Chen Qiuhe asked as soon as the exam was over.

"It's alright, I feel like I can get a perfect score." Actually, this set of questions was obviously more difficult than the midterm exam, and he estimated that he wouldn't get the high score he did last time.

"boast."

"Chen Qiuhe, have you ever considered that a cow can actually be blown away?"

Li Mubai put forward a bold hypothesis, and the two liberal arts students began to think about this physics problem—how to make a cow sound good?

Needless to say, the math class in the afternoon was even more difficult than the math class I had tutored with Xie Shu.

After finishing their humanities and English exams on Friday, many people, including Chen Qiuhe, sighed and groaned when they got home from school.

"Sigh~"

"Why does a grown man sigh?"

"I'm not a grown man, I'm a young girl."

"Why did the young girl sigh?" Li Mubai didn't dwell on the issue of a grown man versus a young girl with Chen Qiuhe.

"This exam was so hard! I feel like I won't be able to take the exam in the same room as you guys next time."

Is it difficult?

"It's tough! Take math, for example. I got stuck on question 12 for ages, and there's still question 15..."

Okay, he also thought it was a bit difficult, but it didn't feel as incredibly difficult as Chen Qiuhe had described. Could it be...?

Well, when the results came out on Monday, it turned out he had been overthinking things. He even dropped one place, and his Chinese score was relegated to second place, but at least his math score wasn't at the bottom anymore.

That despicable Chen Qiuhe, she actually threw out a smokescreen, and this time she's improved her ranking again, from 30th to 27th.

Although his score dropped, Xie Shu still ranked first as always.

Chen Qiuhe happily shared her joy of progress with Xie Shu and Li Mubai, while Li Mubai felt what Lu Xun meant when he said, "People's joys and sorrows are not shared; I only find their noise annoying."

"The results have been released, and I believe everyone can clearly see whether there has been progress or regression over the past month."

Feeling that Wu Changguo was targeting him, Li Mubai lowered his head.

"What's commendable is that only one student from a parallel class surpassed us this time, unlike last time when there were so many."

After the atmosphere had built up for a while, Wu Changguo continued:

"Students, hurry up! There are only two exams left before the semester ends. The second semester of your junior year will be even tougher than now. If you're still dating, break up with your boyfriends immediately."

Ah... The students were all trying not to laugh, but for some people it was really hurtful. Li Mubai glanced at Wang Rui next to him, who was listening attentively as if nothing had happened. He had a really good attitude.

"There are also students who love playing on their phones. Some parents have told me that some students just sit on their phones as soon as they get home."

Li Mubai glanced at Chen Qiuhe in the front row and found that her expression didn't seem to have changed much, and her mentality was still so good.

"It's time to get back into the swing of things. The school is worried that our liberal arts class might not feel the intensity of the competition, so for the final exams, we will have a joint exam with No. 3 Middle School and No. 1 Middle School."

"hiss--!"

They're having a joint entrance exam, and it's with No. 3 Middle School... and No. 1 Middle School too.

"I won't say more, but don't think that just because you've entered the top class of a key high school, you can rest easy. I believe you can find your place in this joint exam."

Ring ring.

"Xie Shu, did you hear that? The joint entrance exam is coming up!" Chen Qiuhe exclaimed in surprise.

"Um."

"Li Mubai, did you hear that? The joint entrance exam is coming up!"

"Um."

"Qiuhe, time to eat," Liu Ting called out.

"oh."

Since things have come to this, let's eat first...

After the class meeting, the most discussed topic was the joint exam. It seemed that this joint exam was only for humanities students, while science students still had to take their own exams.

"Hey, I've already found out why we need to take the joint entrance exam." After returning from dinner, Chen Qiuhe sat in a chair and said mysteriously.

"Why?" Li Mubai asked.

"Actually, it's not just that our No. 6 Middle School only has one key liberal arts class; the same goes for No. 3 Middle School. Of course, No. 1 Middle School still maintains two key classes, but the overall number of students has also decreased."

No wonder they suddenly announced a joint entrance exam; this makes sense now.

"Who is the top student at No. 1 Middle School?" Li Mubai then asked.

"Why are you concerned about this? Are you trying to get first place in the school?"

"No, just curious."

"Oh, firstly, his surname is so-and-so, and his given name is so-and-so."

Has the cow become a spirit? It's even mooing.

During evening self-study, Teacher Yang called Xie Shu and Li Mubai over to revise their drafts.

"Take it back and revise it again, and it should be about right."

"Okay, thank you, teacher."

On the way back to the classroom, Xie Shu suddenly said, "Li Mubai, I hope you can win an award."

"Thank you, and I hope you will too, class monitor."

Back in the dorm that night, Yang Kun and the others were still discussing the joint entrance exam.

"Brothers, I've found out the situation of the top classes at No. 3 Middle School and No. 1 Middle School. Do you want to hear about it?"

"Yang Kun, tell us about it," Feng Wanli said with interest.

"There are quite a few pretty girls in No. 3 Middle School and No. 1 Middle School, which are among the top ten schools. Let me tell you more."

Feng Wanli didn't want to listen anymore after hearing that. He thought there would be some score information or something, which would be helpful for reference.

"Brother Chicken, just tell me which one looks the best? A photo would be best," Zhao Feng said.

"The best-looking one should be the seventh-ranked student from No. 1 Middle School, I think his name is—Mei Yulu."

……