Fu Huixing entered the classroom, his footsteps hesitating for a moment before he decisively walked towards the left corner of the room.
He stopped at the seat next to Shi Li, then sat down in the very spot Gu Yuqing thought he would be least likely to choose.
Fu Huixing slightly raised his thin lips at Shi Li, saying, "I'll have to trouble you to help explain problems to me in the future."
Shi Li joked, "You're improving so quickly, I might be the one asking you for help before long."
She returned his smile.
Gu Yuqing's mind went blank. She suddenly had an epiphany about the time last semester, just before final exams, when she had invited Shi Li to study together, only for Fu Huixing to intercept him halfway.
At the time, although she had cursed Fu Huixing countless times in her heart, she thought it might just be a coincidence and didn't make much of it.
Who could have imagined that this guy actually had ulterior motives?
Gu Yuqing stood at the doorway, unable to hear what the two were discussing, but noticed Shi Li smiling at Fu Huixing.
Huh, and she thought Fu Huixing was really as cold and unfeeling as his exterior suggested.
This scheming boy, Gu Yuqing was in the middle of mentally berating Fu Huixing when she heard Shi Li's inner thoughts.
Shi Li noticed that Fu Huixing actually had phoenix eyes, with extremely dark pupils that seemed to sparkle with tiny stars when he smiled.
[No wonder he's called "Star"]
Everyone: !!
Gu Yuqing: Fu Huixing, that vixen, Shi Li has been deceived.
Fu Huixing's entire body stiffened, his fingers resting casually on his thigh twitching involuntarily.
Rongrong, sitting closest to the two, keenly observed from behind that Fu Huixing's neck was flushed red to the tips of his ears. She inwardly clicked her tongue, thinking she hadn't chosen this seat wrongly after all, as there was extra entertainment to be had.
The next person to enter the classroom was Duan Yaojing, who chose the seat in front of Shi Li.
When it was Gu Yuqing's turn, the only positions close to Shi Li left were diagonally in front of and behind him.
However, one of these positions would mean sitting in front of Fu Huixing, and the other behind him.
Gu Yuqing was nearly dying of frustration inside. She wanted to sit in front of or behind Shi Li, not Fu Huixing!
Even if she couldn't sit next to Shi Li, at least let her sit near someone she didn't dislike.
Fu Huixing had taken her spot, and she wished she could stay far away from him.
But there was no choice. To be closer to Shi Li, she had to endure it all.
Between sitting in front or behind, she chose to sit in front of Fu Huixing.
Firstly, she wasn't as tall as Fu Huixing, so sitting behind him would mean she couldn't see anything.
Secondly, out of sight, out of mind – as long as she didn't turn around, she wouldn't see the unpleasant sight.
To see something beautiful while having to look at something unpleasant was truly heaven and hell in one glance.
Bian Qingsui, who ranked sixth, was a petite girl. Although there was still a diagonal seat close to Shi Li available, she chose to sit in front of Duan Yaojing for her own reasons.
After the top-ranked students, the seats around Shi Li had been claimed,
The remaining classmates chose their seats based on their height and preferences.
For instance, the chubby classmate, as always, chose the seat at the back near the door, despite it being a dangerous spot.
But his body was wide, and by moving his seat slightly forward, he could block most of the glass.
By the time everyone in the class had chosen their seats, other classes had already packed up their bags, ready for the holiday break.
Completing the seating arrangement was only the first item on the homeroom teacher's agenda for today.
So, they quickly moved on to the second task of the day: grouping based on these seating positions.
There were thirty-two students in the class, with four people per group, perfectly dividing the class into eight small groups.
When Gu Yuqing heard about the grouping, her eyes immediately lit up.
Four people in a group, she could be in the same group as Shi Li.
However, she hadn't anticipated that the homeroom teacher's grouping method would be different from what she imagined.
The three students sitting in the front row on the left side were grouped with the guardian statue on the left side of the podium, and the same for the right side.
Gu Yuqing and Duan Yaojing were to be grouped with Song Ying and Bian Qingsui sitting in front of them.
Shi Li and Fu Huixing were grouped with Rongrong and Qiao Jingjia, who sat behind Fu Huixing.
Qiao Jingjia, sitting behind Fu Huixing, was a young man with a biological age of sixteen but an appearance of thirty-six.
Apart from Gu Yuqing, who cared a lot about this grouping, the other classmates were indifferent.
Although Shi Li's group was overpowered with Shi Li in it, making it somewhat unbalanced compared to other groups,
For the other classmates, being able to stay in the same class as Shi Li to watch the drama unfold was good enough. Why would they care about such a small matter as grouping?
Seeing that the group members had communicated sufficiently among themselves, the homeroom teacher proceeded to the last item of this meeting: moving!
Everyone maintained their group discussion posture.
Fu Huixing spoke up, "I can handle any heavy items."
Considering that Shi Li wasn't the type to like troubling others, he only offered to help with heavy objects.
Rongrong chuckled lightly, "I've only transferred to our class recently, so I don't have much to move. You should help Classmate Shi Li instead."
Moving things was completely trivial, and there was no need for help from others. Shi Li had just started to wave her hand to decline.
"We're classmates in the same group, it's only right that we help each other."
Gu Yuqing, who was eavesdropping without caution, heard this sentence and snorted heavily to express her disdain.
If she could have been grouped with Shi Li, how could Fu Huixing have had the chance to curry favor now?
Fu Huixing's personal belongings could be considered a prime example of minimalism. It was only thanks to his current attentiveness in class that he even brought textbooks to school.
When he stood in front of Shi Li, she had just finished categorizing her personal belongings, preparing to move them up bit by bit according to the categories.
Seeing Fu Huixing pick up the two heaviest stacks of books on the desk, Shi Li was about to snatch them back from him, "Oh, no need, I can manage on my own. You should take care of your own stuff first."
However, Fu Huixing had already walked away, his attitude very clear.
Oh my, why is this person so stubborn?
Feeling uncomfortable letting Fu Huixing move all the things by himself, especially the heavy books, Shi Li also picked up a stack and jogged to catch up with him.
Since she couldn't refuse his help, she could only try to do as much as possible herself.
Fu Huixing noticed her actions, merely pursing his lips and quickening his pace.
With Fu Huixing's "unintentional" push, the procrastination habit of over a decade was cured.
Shi Li couldn't continue to drag her feet and had to compete with Fu Huixing for tasks.
Due to the high efficiency of the two working together, despite Shi Li having the most personal belongings, their moving speed far surpassed the other classmates.
At this point, they had only moved the items over, not yet arranging them in the cabinets for personal belongings, so it wasn't considered completely settled.
However, Shi Li saw that behind her, Rongrong's desk only had a stack of books on it. Rongrong had only transferred to the class recently and wasn't particularly close with the other classmates, so perhaps no one would help her.
Thinking of this, Shi Li decided to go downstairs to help her.
Before that, Shi Li had to first ask Fu Huixing, who had just helped her move books.
"Have you moved all your things up?"
Fu Huixing nodded.
"You have so few things."
Especially compared to herself, which made her feel a bit ashamed for a moment.
"I want to go down and help Rongrong move her books. After all, we're in the same group, and we'll be studying and improving together in the future," Shi Li tentatively asked, "Shall we go together?"
Most importantly, as the group leader, she needed to care for the group members and make them feel the warmth of the collective.
Fu Huixing capped his pen, "You stay and organize your own things, I'll go help her."
This was Shi Li's idea, how could she not go? Besides, she was the group leader.
Fu Huixing thought of this too, and he said quietly, "Then you can carry lighter things like cushions or water bottles later."
Shi Li couldn't help but laugh. "You're so clever."
Unexpectedly meeting Shi Li's smiling eyes, Fu Huixing felt a hint of bashfulness in his heart.
