Desk mate, your persona has crumbled.

After lunch, everyone returned to the classroom.

"When will this rain stop?! It's so stuffy and uncomfortable!"

Xu Mo, Cheng Yuanhao, Jin Kai, and a few other boys huddled in the back row of the classroom, sprawled out on their chairs or leaning against the desks in a rather unruly manner.

Song Shuyan sat quietly next to Xu Mo, reading a book.

Cheng Yuanhao, sipping his won drink, leaned closer to Xu Mo: "Hey, Lao Mo, don't you think the monthly exams are next week?"

"I don't know, but I feel like it could happen this week. The exam should be before National Day, right?"

Xu Mo shook his head.

It was his first time attending high school, so how would he know when the school exams were?

"Taking a test before National Day is a bit excessive."

"Exactly, isn't this just trying to prevent us from having a proper National Day holiday!"

"The pressure is immense!"

The two boys in the front row sighed.

Cheng Yuanhao rolled his eyes at a boy: "Old Du, just shut up. You got in 8th in the class, what are you yelling about!"

Du Qingsong straightened his back: "Hey, you can't say that! What if I don't absorb it? What if I don't have a good grasp of the high school material?"

Cheng Yuanhao shrugged: "If I'm in the top ten of the class in the monthly exam, I'll give you half my meal ticket."

Du Qingsong immediately shut up.

Then he received a series of disdainful looks from the others.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuanhao suddenly spoke up: "Shall we open a betting pool?"

"What are we betting on?"

Cheng Yuanhao scanned the group: "Most of us here are in the top 25 of our class, right?"

I am 27.

Du Qingsong's deskmate raised his hand.

"Forehead……"

Cheng Yuanhao hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand:

"It's okay! We're all learning high school material for the first time, so we're all starting from the same point. So, wanna mess around, old Mexican?"

Cheng Yuanhao looked at Xu Mo, as if he wanted Xu Mo to be the first to nod.

After all, among this group of people, only Xu Mo held an "official position".

Xu Mo looked at Cheng Yuanhao and then nodded.

"Okay, tell me what you're betting on first. Make it clear beforehand that it can't violate the secondary school student code of conduct."

"Do you know I'm that kind of person?"

After saying that, Cheng Yuanhao glanced at everyone and chuckled.

"Our bet is this: whoever doesn't get into the top 20 in the class in this monthly exam has to go up to the podium and shout, 'I, so-and-so, am the district's number one!'"

After saying that, Cheng Yuanhao looked at everyone with anticipation.

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of emotions flooded into Xu Mo's mind.

(Eager to try!)

(Eager to try!)

(Eager to try!)

Good grief, there's not a single coward in Class 17!

"Let's bet!" Jin Kai was the first to jump out.

"That's exciting! I'm betting too!"

Du Qingsong slapped his thigh: "If I can't even get into the top 20 in my class, then I'm definitely not in the district."

"Let's gamble!"

"Let's gamble!"

One after another, the students responded.

Cheng Yuanhao looked at Xu Mo: "Brother Xu, wanna bet?"

Xu Mo rolled his eyes at Cheng Yuanhao.

He can see through what the kid is up to.

But is Brother Xu from the district?

Of course not, Brother Xu!

"Let's gamble!"

Xu Mo looked at Cheng Yuanhao: "I think this is a great suggestion. How about we bet on all the monthly exams from now on?"

"sure!"

This is exactly the effect Cheng Yuanhao wanted.

Jin Kai nodded repeatedly: "If you don't want to change districts, then study hard!"

At this point, Xu Mo turned to look at Song Shuyan.

The pretty girl didn't seem to care about their conversation and continued to read her book intently.

"Song Shuyan"

Hearing the call from the side, the beautiful girl turned around.

(Confuse.)

Seeing that Song Shuyan had joined in, the children in Jiba all stopped chatting and turned into little weasels.

The badger listened intently.

Let's hear what Xu Mo is going to say.

"Would you like to take a gamble too?"

The moment the words left his mouth, the swarm of badgers was shocked.

No, you brought the BOSS into the game?

Song Shuyan's grades aren't the best in the class!

She's number one in her grade!

Although everyone is saying that they all started from the same point, Song Shuyan is a different story.

No one is confident they can surpass her.

"Just think of it as a little game. You're sure to win anyway, so participate and it'll give you a sense of participation in a group activity. How about it?"

Xu Mo looked at Song Shuyan with a grin.

Song Shuyan blinked, then looked at the group of boys.

"Please don't agree!"

With the prayers of the swarming badgers, Song Shuyan nodded.

"Um!"

Terrible.

Xu Mo smiled, revealing his teeth.

"Then it's settled."

After saying that, the boy turned to look at the group of badgers, a wave of dejection washing over him, making him very dissatisfied.

"Hey, hey, what's going on! The exam hasn't even started yet and it's already become a district?"

Let's talk in private.

Cheng Yuanhao grabbed Xu Mo and they left together with the group of boys.

"Damn, who touched my butt?!"

Looking at the lively scene, Song Shuyan couldn't help but feel a pang of envy.

She also wanted to have fun and make a ruckus with her friends like that.

She could play games with Xu Mo, but she still wouldn't dare to cause such a ruckus.

Unless, she has female friends.

Song Shuyan looked around the classroom, wondering who she could make friends with.

Let's ask Xu Mo when he gets back.

At this moment, in the corridor outside Class 17.

Cheng Yuanhao and his group surrounded Xu Mo against the railing.

"Hey buddy, why did you call Song Shuyan here?"

"Is there a problem?" Xu Mo asked, puzzled.

"Dude, this is stressful! The moment she joined, I felt like our online event became more official."

As soon as Cheng Yuanhao finished speaking, Xu Mo saw everyone nodding in agreement.

It seems that Song Shuyan's image is still deeply ingrained.

"If you keep doing this, Old Tang's teaching qualification might be revoked."

He made students who didn't rank in the top 20 in the monthly exam come up to the podium and shout, "I'm from the district! Old Tang has several teachers who don't even have enough teaching qualifications to get."

Xu Mo looked at everyone and frowned: "Consider it doing me a favor."

"Using our district to help you pursue Song Shuyan? You old bastard... Ugh!"

Before Du Qingsong could finish speaking, Xu Mo covered his mouth.

"Chase me, my foot! I'll tell you why, but you're not allowed to tell anyone!"

Du Qingsong nodded repeatedly, and the other children from the school also nodded in agreement.

"Hao and Kai actually both know the reason."

Xu Mo paused for a moment: "Song Shuyan is actually a socially awkward person."

After he finished speaking, there was complete silence.

Cheng Yuanhao and Jin Kai exchanged a knowing smile.

They were like that back then.

Xu Mo looked at the group and said, "Adu, I think you two can probably sense it, right? Song Shuyan has actually changed a bit since the start of the semester."

Du Qingsong and his deskmate Li Zheng exchanged a glance and finally nodded.

"I can't tell."

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

"That's a good way to describe Cheng Yuanhao."

"Is that polite of you?"

Xu Mo smiled and shook his head:

"Believe it or not, it's up to you, but don't tell anyone. Consider this a favor; she doesn't usually participate in group activities, so let her have some fun this once."

"It's no big deal even if we win."

"Alright, since you've put it that way, Lao Mo, I'm fine with it!"

After Jin Kai finished speaking, Du Qingsong nodded.

"I have a question. If Song Shuyan really does have social anxiety, are you helping her overcome it?"

"Yes, she's much better now."

Du Qingsong nodded and clicked his tongue.

"I didn't expect you, Lao Mo, to be a 'growing-up' type of person."

Fuck you!

What is that?!