Yu Rui was surprised by Xie Li’s words. Until the man laughed cheekily, “What’s the matter Class President, so moved that you can’t even speak?”
Yu Rui came back to his senses, with indifferent eyes: “Why should I be moved? If you would stop bothering me from now on, none of the potential risks would occur.”
“Unfortunately, I can’t do that.”
“….”
“So the Class President doesn’t need to be moved.” Xie Li put a hand on Yu Rui’s shoulder, smiling, “I was the one who originally wanted to defeat you, so I should be the one to take the blame.”
The tone of the word ” take the blame” had a deep meaning, causing Yu Rui to grit his teeth slightly. He shrugged his shoulders at Xie Li’s touch and walked away, leaving behind his cold voice, “Don’t worry. No matter who comes to ask me in the future, I will do what you said.”
Looking at the slender back of the departing teenager, Xie Li stayed in the same place, the smile in his eyes was helpless and deep.
The election results were announced the following Wednesday night, and Yu Rui was successfully elected as Student Council President.
At the same time, the punishment was also announced; Xie Li’s speech at the election had gone viral, and he was disqualified due to his “wrong attitude” and ordered to write a 5,000-word reflection on himself and read it at the flag-raising ceremony next Monday.
This gave Tian Xueqian’s headache all night: although he had warned Xie Li yesterday to prepare to write a reflection, after teaching him for a year, he knew his character too well.
Don’t talk about a 5,000-word reflection, he might be able to write a good essay after sleeping through an exam, but most of the time he doesn’t even bother to fill in a single box on that 800-word essay page; if you expect him to write a 5,000-word reflection, it would be better to wait for a pig to climb a tree.
Tian Xueqian thought about it and after the Thursday morning recess, he called a student to the office, “Call Yu Rui from Class 10 for me.”
The student agreed and, not daring to be late, went to class 10.
Recess had just ended and most of the students had already gone up into their classrooms. When Yu Rui returned to his seat with bated breath, Xie Li was still asleep at the back table.
He was still wearing his school uniform jacket.
Noticing this, Yu Rui didn’t notice that he was frowning, he stopped in his tracks when he heard a knock on the classroom door.
Yu Rui and the other students in the class turned their heads to look. The person standing in front of the door was an unfamiliar face from someone else’s class, and he was a little embarrassed to see everyone looking at him.
“Um… Professor Tian wants Yu Rui to go to his office.”
The classroom was silent for a moment.
Immediately after, all the students in the class looked in unison toward the corner of the classroom.
Yu Rui remained in his seat for a few seconds, and a soft smile surfaced on the teenager’s smooth forehead, ” Fine, thank you.”
The student outside the door said vaguely that he was welcome and turned his head to rush out, while the others in the classroom couldn’t help but mutter.
“What’s the problem, why did Old Tian suddenly call Yu Rui to the office?”
“No need to ask, Master Yu never does anything out of the ordinary. This is the second time this semester he’s been called by the teacher. The last time was more or less because of Xie Li, and this time it must be because of the incident the day before yesterday.”
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“Hahahahaha right, it’s also Xie Li’s achievement, or else anyone else would have received a warning and a report p they would have been expelled, right? It’s also unbelievable that they don’t even notify their parents.”
“Not notifying parents? Don’t even mention it, at the parents’ meetings in junior high school, Xie Li’s parents never showed up.”
“In that case, it seems Master Yu is the same way too.”
On Yu Rui’s part, he put down his glass of water after taking a sip and prepared to leave the classroom through the back door towards Tian Xueqian’s office. Only when he turned sideways did he see the person lying on his desk, supporting his upper body, and his dark eyes, still drowsy, met his gaze with impartiality.
“… because of me?” Xie Li’s voice was tinged with a bit of the low hoarseness of awakening.
Yu Rui paused, “I don’t know.”
“Shall I go with you?”
Yu Rui frowned and looked at him.
The two men looked at each other in silence for a few seconds.
Yu Rui bowed slightly and asked in an inaudible tone that others couldn’t hear, “Did you have the night shift at the cybercafe again last night?”
Xie Li yawned quietly, and when he heard it in the middle, he chuckled, “Why is the Class President always so worried about me?”
Yu Rui looked at him blankly, “Maybe because I don’t want to be told that someone in the class died suddenly?”
Xie Li laughed, “How nice would that be, so no one would bother you?”
“… I’m not that cruel.” Yu Rui looked at the time, “Forget it, I’ll go to Professor Tian’s office first, you shouldn’t leave early, the teacher will probably talk about you, so wait for me until noon.”
Xie Li rested his chin lazily and laughed at the words, “I’ll listen to the Class President.”
Yu Rui walked out of the classroom with quick steps.
Inside the office, Yu Rui was familiar with Tian Xueqian’s desk and approached him without his vision wavering much, “Professor Tian.”
“Oh, Yu Rui, you’re here.” When Tian Xueqian heard the voice, he hurriedly put down his pen and gestured, “Come here, I have to bother you with something.”
“Right.”
“I see that you and Xie Li are still on good terms lately?”
Yu Rui hesitated, “Yes.”
“Well, you should have seen the announcement last night. The school asked him to write a 5,000-word reflection. Can you persuad-”
“I will supervise it.” Yu Rui did not wait for Tian Xueqian to open his mouth but promised directly.
This made Tian Xueqian embarrassed, “You promised so quickly… but, don´t help him, okay?”
Yu Rui thought about it, “I will try to convince him to recite the whole reflection at the flag-raising ceremony on Monday.”
“If all the Class Presidents did the same as you, wouldn’t it be tiring? It’s fine for you to write the speech for him, but do you have to write the reflection?”. Tian Xueqian’s expression became a little more serious, “Yu Rui, tell the teacher the truth, if he bullies you, don’t be afraid to speak up.”
Yu Rui choked for a moment. After a few seconds of silence, he tilted his eyes and smiled, “Professor, you are thinking too much. Xie Li was just joking, if he was bullying, how could I not tell you?”
“True.”
“And there’s a reason why I’m helping Xie Li with his speech.”
“Hmm, what is it?”
“The thing is, we get along well and I… I often talk to him on weekends to resolve some problems. Last week he had a little accident when he was cycling back with me and he hurt his right arm; he couldn’t hold his pen, so I helped him.”
“Huh?” Tian Xueqian was shocked, “So that’s it, how’s his hand then, nothing happened?”
“I’ve taken him to the hospital for treatment, the doctor said he has to be careful.”
“I see… thank you for that, otherwise the teacher wouldn’t have known it was like that.”
“It’s nothing, it should be like that.”
“Well, I know the situation, and I will try to reduce the number of words in the reflection. Go back to class first.”
“Yes, goodbye Professor.” Yu Rui nodded and turned around to leave.
A few steps away from leaving, his name was called.
“Wait.”
“… Professor Tian?”
“There’s something I forgot to ask” Tian Xueqian hesitated, “You are close to Xie Li, this semester… doesn’t it seem different from before?”
Yu Rui flinched, “I didn’t meet him until I was divided into his class.”
“I know, I mean, is there any special situation with Xie Li lately?”
“Special situation?”
“En, like… falling in love or being ambiguous or something?”
Yu Rui choked.
“Forget it, I know even if you know, you can’t tell me, go.”
Yu Rui remained expressionless in his place for a few seconds before turning and walking away with complicated feelings.
The conversation lasted a rather short time, and the third-period teacher had not yet arrived when Yu Rui returned to the classroom.
Oddly enough, someone at the very last table was not sleeping on his stomach but was facing the back door. As soon as Yu Rui entered the classroom, he met that person’s eyes first.
Both of them were surprised at the same time.
The feeling in Yu Rui’s heart was a little strange: it was as if that person had been waiting for his return.
This was not a big surprise. But Yu Rui felt… strange in his heart, he unconsciously avoided the crossing of gazes and headed to his seat.
As he passed by his table, he was stopped by a lazy voice, “Class President.”
“?” Yu Rui turned around.
“Didn’t you want to talk to me about something?” Xie Li leaned on the table, “Did he give you a task?”
Yu Rui hesitated and paused, “Well, Professor Tian asked you to write a reflection.”
“Then what did he want you for?”
“He asked me to inform you.”
“Tsk.” Xie Li tugged at the corner of his lips, “He knows how to pick people.”
“… I’ll write it down for you, memorize it for next Monday, don’t be lazy again.”
“When have I ever been lazy?”
Yu Rui gave him a cold look, “If you hadn’t been lazy and omitted that 500-word speech, would you still have to recite these 5000 words?”
Xie Li froze for a moment and then laughed. He leaned back against the wall, “483 words.”
Yu Rui froze, “What?”
“The speech you wrote for me. I’ve been reading it for a long time and reciting it in its entirety as morning reading.”
“…why is it a morning reading?”
Xie Li laughed delightedly when he heard the question.
“Because it’s refreshing; the idea that you’ve written it excites me in the shortest time.”
Was looking forward to catching up on the new chapters of my fave novels yet suddenly I’ve lost access to password & get-your-roles on discord 😭
It won’t let me copy and paste so I just typed it instead.
My own mistake, everything is now working & enjoying the recent chapters a lot. I wish I could delete comments 😅👍🏻
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Thanks for the chapter ❤️
I like seeing the word helpless applied to Xie Li. Yu Rui doesn’t hold back his annoyance or impatience with Xie Li like he does with everyone else, but Xie Li is helpless against his own affection for him (sigh 😌).
LoL Xue Li! 😂
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️