We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"Li Mubai, call the routine meeting."

"oh."

Li Mubai looked up. On Monday noon, all the students had gone to the cafeteria for lunch, leaving only him and Xie Shu sitting in front of him in the empty classroom.

"What... were you thinking about just now?" Xie Shu asked softly as they walked to the conference room.

When the two of them are alone, they seem to be able to have a normal conversation, but when other people are watching, they revert to being strangers.

When Li Mubai put away his books, he saw the small square box that Xie Shu had given him in his schoolbag. The candy inside was all gone, leaving only an empty box that he treasured.

If it weren't for Xie Shu, he might never have eaten such a luxury item in his life. He stared at the box in a daze for a while.

"It's alright, class monitor." His tone was slightly distant, as was his physical distance.

……

When they arrived at the conference room, Xing Yi was already sitting in a chair. He glanced at Li Mubai and then looked away.

Heh, Li Mubai sneered inwardly. He could stay away from Xie Shu, but he wasn't afraid of Xing Yi. If Xing Yi dared to offend him, he would make him realize the power of being a bad student.

Xie Shu glanced at the two of them, then lowered his head to think.

This meeting was the same as usual, except that the topic of snacks for the New Year's Eve party was only mentioned at the end.

"You can bring snacks, but not snacks with a strong odor. You must take your own trash with you after the party. Seating will be arranged by class. If there is trash in a certain area, the class in that area will have points deducted from their hygiene score."

"Yay!" The other class leaders cheered in victory. Although they hadn't contributed to the victory, the joy could still be shared.

Li Mubai remained expressionless, staring at the table.

"Li Mubai, let's go eat," Xie Shu said.

"No thanks, class monitor, I have something to do and need to go back to the dormitory." Li Mubai said and left on his own.

Fortunately, he had anticipated today's situation yesterday, so he prepared instant noodles for himself. What about the future? Will he eat instant noodles every Monday?

It shouldn't be that bad. Xie Shu will probably ask him a few more times and not get the result he wants, so he'll eventually go eat by himself, just like the other classmates who wanted to ask him to eat together in the past.

"Deng Yi, has Xing Yi contacted you recently?" Xie Shu asked Deng Yi after returning to the dormitory.

"No, what's wrong, Shubao? Did he bother you again?"

"without."

It might have bothered Li Mubai...

"By the way, Shubao, how's your play going? It might be handed over to Zhang Qian today." Deng Yi raised her voice slightly when she asked.

"It's finished."

"have a look?"

Xie Shu took a notebook out of his light blue schoolbag and gave it to Deng Yi.

"I want to see it too! I want to see it too!" Other girls joined in as well.

"Well written!" Chen Qiuhe was the first to express her opinion.

"Is this a love story?" Ye Manqi asked.

"No," Xie Shu said.

"I want to play a knight, dominating all sides," Chen Qiuhe expressed her desire.

"There are no scenes of mass slaughter in this story," Xie Shu said.

"That's fine too, as long as I wear armor," Chen Qiuhe said after a moment's hesitation.

"Wait, everyone, don't rush to choose your roles." Deng Yi stopped the others from their eagerness to try.

She looked at Xie Shu and asked, "Shu Bao, your play is quite good, but there's one thing, which is the casting. Are you going to play the princess?"

"Yes."

"And what about Naxos?"

"It's a male actor."

"Have you decided which boy you want to play the role?"

...I've thought it through, but I don't know if he'll be willing.

"I know, I know the answer to this question. Let Li Mubai act it out. Didn't he perform at the sports meet?" Chen Qiuhe answered quickly.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent.

Xie Shu remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

"Uh—I felt he was quite reluctant to participate in the performance last time, but he's willing to participate this time?" Deng Yi asked.

"It's precisely because he's participated once before and has experience that we should invite him."

After Chen Qiuhe finished speaking, she paused and added, "Besides, do you see any other boys in the class we could choose from?"

That seems to be true.

"Then Qiuhe, could you please ask Li Mubai for his opinion? If it really doesn't work out, we can replace him with a girl," Deng Yi said.

"Understood."

Can it be successful?

During the afternoon information technology class, Chen Qiuhe took advantage of a moment when she was sitting next to Li Mubai and asked in a low voice, "Mubai, Li Mubai, there's something extremely urgent that I need your help with."

"Um?"

"Our show is still missing one person, you see..."

"I'm not going."

Before Chen Qiuhe could finish speaking, Li Mubai interrupted him, knowing even with his feet that he was being asked to participate in the film.

"Don't refuse so quickly. Let me tell you all the benefits of participating."

Chen Qiuhe counted on her fingers and said, "As for the first one, XS will also participate. You can take this opportunity to get to know her better, which is a win for participating."

"Then, if you participate, you win one game; if you don't participate, you win zero games. That makes two wins."

"Two wins in the competition..."

"I'm not going."

Li Mubai refused again, and finally said, "And Chen Qiuhe, don't joke about me and her anymore."

Chen Qiuhe asked in surprise, "What happened between you two? Did she talk about you?"

No, nothing happened between Li Mubai and Xie Shu. He just felt it was unnecessary to waste his energy on a unlikely unrequited love.

Chen Qiuhe wanted to ask what the reason was, but the teacher stopped her.

"Ahem, you two over there, pay attention in class."

Chen Qiuhe sat back down in her seat and began using her notebook to pass information.

"So you've been unhappy these past few days because of XS?"

No...yes.

"No, okay, stop talking and listen to the lesson."

After receiving the notebook, Chen Qiuhe thought for a moment and then wrote in it:

"Li Mubai, although I don't know what you've been through, don't let unhappiness dominate your high school life. Smile more, maybe things will get better ^o^."

thanks…

"Vice class monitor, Teacher Wu wants to see you."

Before class, a classmate came to call Li Mubai.

"Okay, sure."

Speaking of which, I actually dropped one place in the monthly exam. I wonder if I let Teacher Wu down.

He knocked on the door and then went into the office.

"Teacher Wu."

"Okay, close the door."

As the door closed, not only did the air conditioning outside the office blast out, but also the students' noisy chatter.

"Speaking of which, I haven't had a chance to chat with you since the midterms ended. How's your current seat?"

"That's good, teacher."

"I looked at your monthly exam results. Although your overall score dropped, your ranking improved in math, your weakest subject, which proves that the current seating arrangement is effective."

Li Mubai slowly nodded.

"The final exam is an opportunity to test yourself. There's still more than a month left, so work hard. If you don't understand any questions, ask Xie Shu and make up for your weaknesses."

Can I... change seats...?

Seeing that Li Mubai remained silent, Wu Changguo continued, "Alright, hurry back. I'll start the class meeting later."

Li Mubai came out, but he ultimately did not voice his true thoughts.