A Young Woman's Heart

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Chapter Four: Seating Arrangements (Part 1)

The classroom was bustling with activity. Several guys who had deliberately not brought their homework to the registration and pretended not to know that they had to hand in their winter break homework early were now busy copying homework.

Although the good students in Class 2 had submitted their homework ahead of time, that didn't stop them from going to the next class to borrow some homework!

Class 1 is a science class, so borrowing the homework is useless, but Classes 4 and 6 are humanities classes, and their homework is basically the same as that of Class 2.

"Hey, Gao Yuan, why aren't you copying homework? Be careful, when A-Wen comes later, you won't have a chance." Mo Xueyao asked, drinking the cola Gao Yuan gave her, leaning against the window near the playground. He was currently playing a game of "Rainy Sky Brawl" with Zhou Yong.

"Hey, do I look like someone who's going to copy homework?" Gao Yuan, who had gained a few pounds since the winter break, flipped his hair and clicked his tongue. "Of course I finished it all during the winter break."

"Wow, really? Did you finish copying it beforehand?"

"Damn it, can't you trust me just this once?" Gao Yuan rolled her eyes. "I've been hired as a tutor, I have to do it whether I like it or not!"

"Haha, I can vouch for you! Gao Yuan had a really tough winter break!" Zhou Yong took a big gulp of cola and laughed as he said, "I even copied his homework!"

"Tsk tsk, you even copied Gao Yuan's homework, Zhou Yong, you've fallen from grace."

Zhou Yong's gaze fell on Mo Xueyao's fair face, and his eyes seemed to follow her blue eyes. After several seconds, he turned his head away embarrassedly: "So what? It's good enough that I can copy."

“Exactly, exactly.” Gao Yuan nodded repeatedly, then went on to play a verbal game with Zhou Yong. “If you use that trick, I’ll do a triple jump.”

"Can you come up with this move in such a short time?"

"Why can't I execute this? I triple jump and immediately go out of sight, then land and get knocked away..."

"Then I'll just camp and defend."

"If you crouch to defend, I'll just circle around your back."

"Your attack method isn't fast enough in close combat. When Awen attacks Qiu Laoshi, it's like she's wielding a greatsword. I can just swat her with a stick, then create distance and throw the stick away, causing her to stun, and then follow up with a close-range melee skill. You'll lose a chunk of your health in no time."

"Do you think I'm stupid? I can just start spinning. If I spin, you can't get close at all unless I come from the sky, but at that close distance, you can't jump up at all, you'll just be stunned."

"Then I will..."

Even though they weren't actually in front of the game console, the two of them were chatting away happily, as if they could already conjure up vivid images just by describing them.

Speaking of RainSky Brawl, Mo Xueyao recalled the last competition, which was probably RainSky High School's first official game competition.

The first place winner was this ordinary-looking boy standing right in front of me.

"By the way, Zhou Yong, didn't they say the first place winner gets to create an original character? Have you designed one yet?"

"Ah, that... cough..." Zhou Yong coughed lightly, "I already gave it to Teacher Qiu when I came to school a few days ago..."

"Really? How did you design it? You didn't design yourself to be too outrageous, did you? It'll definitely be unbalanced in the end."

"How could that be? Besides, I didn't design it myself..." Zhou Yong muttered to himself.

"Who is that? Isn't it designed to be yourself? Huh? Oh my god, I get it, Gao Yuan, could it be that you gave Zhou Yong money to design the character as you? Ugh, we're going to have another fat character."

"Damn, do I look like that kind of person?"

“That’s how rich people are, right?” Mo Xueyao said confidently, hands on her hips.

"Hey, don't discriminate against rich people! I even paid for that Coke you were drinking!"

"It seems like you'll definitely be the one getting the extra role."

"What? Let me tell you, actually..."

Before Gao Yuan could finish speaking, Zhou Yong covered his mouth and chuckled awkwardly, "It's nothing, you'll see when the design is finished. I think it's pretty good."

"Really? Then I'm even more excited..."

The gloomy sky suddenly started to rain, shutting out the noise in the classroom.

The light drizzle did not dampen the excitement of the start of the new school year; on the contrary, everyone was even more excited.

Because on rainy days, we don't have to stand on the playground.

It looks like the opening ceremony for this semester can be held in the classroom.

Ye Wenshan arrived late today, and it felt like she was deliberately giving other students who hadn't done their homework time to copy it.

Because Mo Xueyao knew that she had arrived very early today.

"Clap clap clap." Ye Wen, standing on the podium, clapped her hands. "Everyone, please be quiet. Today, because it's raining outside, even though it's just a light rain, you can still catch a cold, so the opening ceremony will be held indoors."

"Oh—" Although they had already guessed this, the students immediately burst into a commotion when they actually heard the words come out of the homeroom teacher's mouth.

Cheers erupted throughout the entire teaching building.

Students' happiness is so simple; even just not having to stand on the playground for an opening ceremony can make them happy for half a day.

"Alright, alright, you're all so noisy." Ye Wen said with a laugh, pressing her hand down. "Quiet down, everyone. The announcement is about to start."

The first thing that sounded was the national anthem.

The students listened to the national anthem with laughter and chatter. Amid the slight noise, a few mischievous students could still be heard changing the lyrics.

If we take it a step further, they'll probably all be punished.

"Alright, now everyone take your things and line up at the back of the classroom." After the national anthem ended, Ye Wen cleared her throat and said to the students below the stage, "I'm here to change your seats."

It's a new semester, and Class 2 will be changing seats as usual. Since the seats are only changed once a semester, the changes are often more significant than in other classes.

"Waaah, Xiaoyao, I hope we'll still be deskmates later..." Wang Jiale pleaded pitifully as she lay on Mo Xueyao's desk, seemingly speaking to her, but her eyes were glancing at Ye Wen, who was standing in front of her desk.

"That's impossible. You were always talking in class last semester, which affected Mo Xueyao's ability to attend classes."

"I...I didn't!" Wang Jiale protested weakly. "We just chatted occasionally!"

"Cough, I'm fine, it's nothing, I'm used to it..." Mo Xueyao touched her nose and smiled awkwardly.

"This time we're going to get you someone who can keep you in check."

"No, Wen, I want to stay with Xiaoyao! Let's sit for another semester!"

"That depends on how you perform in the future." Ye Wen chuckled and poked her forehead. "Alright, hurry up and pack your bag. Don't forget to take the things from the drawer."

Taking advantage of everyone's busy and chaotic state, Lu Chengyuan scurried over to Ye Wen's side: "Wen, Wen, um, um..."

"What's wrong?" Ye Wen tilted her head slightly, allowing Lu Chengyuan to easily whisper something in her ear. "Oh—really, am I being too nice as a homeroom teacher?"

"Ah Wen is the best!"

"Most homeroom teachers would absolutely not agree to this."

"I wouldn't normally tell a teacher..." Lu Chengyuan shyly put her hands behind her back and asked expectantly, "Is it... okay?"

"Well, okay."

"Ah Wen is the best!"

"But there's a condition: you have to study hard. If your grades drop because of this, we'll reassign you to be Liu Xiaowei's deskmate, understand?"

"Hey—" Lu Chengyuan drawled, "How could it be like this..."

"Being cute won't work."

"Okay, I'll do my best!"

"Okay, okay, go to the back of the line."

Amidst the noise and commotion, the students finally lined up in an orderly fashion thanks to Li Wanyan and Cha Li's efforts to maintain order.

Although Li Hongran, the sports committee member, was also helping, this guy had no intimidating power. Not only were the girls not afraid of him, but even the boys weren't afraid of him.

He's clearly tall and strong...

But that's normal, after all, it's a civilized society. No matter how scary it looks, you can't just hit someone for not following the rules.

They were all classmates, and Li Hongran's personality wasn't that bad—in fact, he was quite easygoing.

The seats were rearranged starting from the first large group near the door. Cha Li was assigned to this group, while Liu Xiaowei sat in the last row.

"Damn it, teacher, why don't I have a deskmate?!"

"You still want a deskmate? Wait until you're in the top ten of the class." Ye Wen glanced at him sideways. "It's good enough that we didn't assign you as our left and right protectors."

"Ah Wen~!" Mo Zhuyou suddenly raised her hand. "Um, can my sister and I sit on either side of the podium?"

"Huh? What are you two doing sitting there? Do you want to be the left and right protectors too?" Ye Wen shook her head in surprise. "No, no, you two have pretty good grades. Although Mo Zhuyou's grades aren't that good, she's very well-behaved in class. If we put you in this position, the other teachers will think you're a naughty student."

"No, no—well, it's easier to see the blackboard if you sit to the left or right of the podium!"

"Why not? Wouldn't it be the same if we arranged for you to be in the first row?"

"I just want to experience it!" Mo Zhuyou pouted and exclaimed.

Mo Xiaoxiao gently stroked her younger sister's hair, and smiled with two dimples, saying, "It's because my sister wants to study better. Sitting in that seat will give her someone to supervise her, but she's embarrassed to sit there alone, so she hopes I can sit with her."

"You two are on opposite sides, not even sitting at the same table."

"But... well... at least I'll have company, which proves that I want to study on my own, and that I wasn't forced into this arrangement!"

"Okay, okay." Ye Wen nodded with satisfaction. "If only some people could be as motivated as you, then I'll arrange for you to sit on either side of the podium. Hmm, remember to study even harder in class from now on."

"no problem!"

So Mo Zhuyou happily moved her desk to the right side of the podium, while Mo Xiaoxiao moved it to the left side.

"This is the first time in my life I've ever heard of someone voluntarily asking to sit there..." Gao Yuan muttered to himself with a look of novelty.

Mo Xueyao, standing to the side, quipped, "You think everyone is like you?"

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Chapter 5 Seating Arrangements (Part 2)

The student representative's opening speech continues.

Mo Xueyao recognized Shen Kelin's voice after just a brief listen.

Although he has matured a little more than before, his tone and some pronunciation details remain unchanged.