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Chapter 198 Who Gets More? (I'm late, I have to go to the hospital for a check-up in the next two days, so updates will be irregular.)

Class committee members...

Guan Ren sat by the podium, resting his chin on his hand, looking utterly bored.

……

The class for the first year of high school has been disbanded due to the division of subjects.

For example, Liu Xiong, when he was in his first year of high school and just wanted something new, he took on the role of class monitor.

After that, I don’t know if it was a sense of “relaxation” in the science class, but I didn’t really have any class officers in the first semester of my junior year, and sometimes there weren’t even any students on duty.

Many small things were left to Guan Ren, who was closest to the podium.

For major tasks, Guan Ren, who was closest to the podium, was to lead a few people to handle them.

Damn it! Nobody even asked Guan Ren if he wanted to do it!

He clearly only wanted to erase the blackboard!

And it's only for pretty female teachers to erase the blackboard!

……

Anyway, due to the chaos, Li Min said at the end of last semester that she wanted to "get back on track".

Guan Ren was definitely not interested in the class committee; he was ready to watch the show unfold.

……

In fact, although Li Min said that things were "on track," the selection of class officers was actually quite a haphazard affair.

She put her bag on the podium, probably not quite sure what she wanted to say, glanced at her phone, and then slowly looked up and said:

"Come on, who wants to volunteer to run for class monitor first?"

The class fell silent the moment these words were spoken.

But not completely silent.

"Xu Leilei, the teacher is calling you."

"Hey, get out of here!"

A small burst of laughter erupted in the corner.

Soon, others followed suit.

"Zhang Chi! Go up there quickly!"

An even louder burst of laughter erupted.

"Get the hell out of here!"

In fact, the underachieving students themselves are aware of this. Zhang Chi, who clearly has no chance of becoming a class committee member, was teased and pointed out, which made him quite embarrassed.

Li Min squinted at Wang Chao, who had just been egging Zhang Chi on:
"Wang Chao? Why don't you volunteer yourself?"

Wang Chao immediately smiled awkwardly, shut his mouth, and lowered his head.

He had good grades, but he was always shy in this kind of situation.

……

"Isn't anyone taking the initiative?"

Li Min began to seize the opportunity to lecture him, shaking her head in dissent:
"When you go to university or even start working, how can you not seize this opportunity?"

Others might be intimidated by Li Min's words, but Guan Ren just grimaced.

How could he not know that after starting work, promotions depend on self-recommendation?

If it were that simple, why would he have needed to use a promotion tool to advance his career?
Ok…

Although he wasn't feeling wronged by talking to that woman...

It might even make other men envious and jealous...

“Everyone, tear off a piece of paper.”

Finally, Li Min spoke up:
“If no one comes up, I’ll just pick a few and then have them vote anonymously.”

……

These words might not bother most people, but some of the top students in the class became nervous.

He was afraid that Li Min would call him out.

They were also afraid that they wouldn't be named.

Especially those who usually perform exceptionally well but were not specifically mentioned will feel uneasy, and those with a poor mindset may feel like they are being scorched by the gazes of others.

Those who were named were also quite upset.

Because, generally speaking, although few people want to be class committee members, those who lose in the anonymous vote will feel embarrassed.

In particular, the number of votes can reflect a person's popularity in the class.

If Li Min promotes them but they get a pitifully small number of votes, wouldn't that be just making a fool of themselves?

……

Of course, not all good students experience this kind of anxiety.

For example, at this moment, amidst the sound of tearing paper all around, Little Pear Blossom stopped admiring her satisfactory answer sheet for this month's Chinese exam.

"?"

After looking up blankly, she picked up her pen, intending to poke Zhang Chi, who was diagonally in front of her.

But looking at the ballpoint pen in my hand, memories of the start of last semester flooded back.

"..."

Guan Ren had eaten her pen; in all of history, only Guan Ren had ever eaten her pen.

And at some point, Gu Youli began to collect this "commemorative" pen, cherishing it greatly and unwilling to use it to poke others, so she directly asked:
"Zhang Chi, Zhang Chi?"

"?"

Gu Youli always spoke very softly in class, and it took Zhang Chi a while to turn around in surprise: "Oh, it's your sister-in-law... uh..."

Zhang Chi hesitated over the title he instinctively wanted to use, since he didn't know how Guan Ren was divided, or whether this person or Luo Xiaobei was the elder sister-in-law of Guan Ren. He fell silent, caught between the two titles of "elder sister-in-law" and "second sister-in-law".

It took him a second to realize what was happening.

No, no, only Guan Ren's childhood friend has figured out the clues. Brother Ren might have his own plans. If I shout things now, I might ruin his plans.

Zhang Chi then came to his senses and said directly:
"What's wrong, Gu Youli?"

Why are you tearing up paper?

"Get ready to vote for class monitor."

……

After the explanation, Gu Youli realized that Li Min had been talking about electing class committee members.

After thinking it over, Li Min began to call out names:

"Wang Chao, Du Zihan, Wu Da, Gu Youli... um..."

Li Min was still hesitating about whether to add someone, but when Du Zihan heard that she had been chosen, she raised her best friend Luo Xiaobei's hand as well:

"And Luo Xiaobei."

"Du Zihan, are you trying to die?!"

Luo Xiaobei scolded her softly, and Li Min actually included Luo Xiaobei in the conversation:

“…Luo Xiaobei, the class monitor will be chosen from these five people.”

……

Li Min's decision wasn't impulsive, because Luo Xiaobei, like Guan Ren, had shown remarkable talent last semester.

Moreover, compared to Guan Ren, Luo Xiaobei is less mischievous, more outgoing, and gets along well with her classmates, making her a perfect candidate for class monitor.

"Okay, let's begin voting!"

swish swish swish...

The audience started writing their votes.

Guan Ren felt it was very boring.

He actually wanted to see bloodshed, even if it was unlikely, he wanted to at least not skip the election process, since it wasn't very entertaining, so he might as well just appoint someone directly.

And yet they still insist on holding a vote? Isn't that a huge hassle?

I wonder which unlucky soul will have to go up there and whine and count the votes later.

……

About five minutes later.

"Alright! Collect the votes from back to front! Guan Ren, come up here and count the votes!"

“I @#￥%…”

The unlucky Guan Ren had a black line on his forehead and shuffled up.

Picking up a stack of ballots made up of all sorts of oddly shaped pieces of paper, he listlessly muttered:

"Wang Chao, one vote."

"Stop! You're just going to sing the votes without doing anything?"

Guan Ren was dumbfounded, wondering if he should dance instead?

Li Min emphasizes:

"Write the vote count on the blackboard."

"..."

Guan Ren's face darkened.

So they don't even have a vote counter? Are they expecting me to do all the counting and tallying? Is the area next to the podium just a workhorse's seat?
"Wang Chao, one vote! Gu Youli, one vote..."

"Forget it, it's all a small matter, not worth taking to heart," Guan Ren said, as he began to read aloud and write the names and vote counts on the blackboard.

Then, quickly, to Guan Ren's strange look, the first two on the blackboard distanced themselves from the others.

"Gu Youli, one vote..."

Guan Ren wrote a "正" character below Gu Youli.

Gu Youli's vote..."

He also wrote a tally mark below Luo Xiaobei's name.

Seeing that both of their hands were covered with tally marks, Guan Ren suddenly felt that working part-time as a vote counter might not be so bad.

It's just a little tiring at most.

It's alright, he doesn't mind.

……

However, the two leading candidates for class monitor were actually Gu Youli and Luo Xiaobei.

This also shows that in such election campaigns, strength and popularity are actually equally important.

Moreover, Gu Youli is quite popular, and Luo Xiaobei's grades are improving rapidly.

Among these five people, the two of them seem to have the most seniority as class monitors.

……

This fateful coincidence caused subtle changes in the hearts of Gu Youli and Luo Xiaobei, who originally didn't care about the class monitor position. After exchanging glances for a moment, they both began to stare intently at Guan Ren on the podium.

To be precise, he was staring at the chalk in Guan Ren's hand.

His childhood sweetheart…

His deskmate...

Who will ultimately receive more tally marks...?
(End of this chapter)