We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

"This is our last English study session of the evening. We won't be teaching or going over the test today. We'll be showing you a movie, and then you can study on your own for the rest of the time."

"Oh—!" A cheer immediately erupted from below.

"What is the teacher looking at?"

"Want to see Coco? I've wanted to see it for ages, but I just haven't had the time."

Teacher Li smiled, did not answer, and turned to turn on the multimedia screen.

"Raise your hand if you've seen 'Flipped'."

She glanced around and saw that only a few people had raised their hands, so she turned back and brought up the movie.

The classroom lights had been turned off by someone, and the curtains had been drawn. White light filled the entire screen. Li Mubai put down his pen and looked up.

The Warner Bros. logo appeared in the center of the screen. He hesitated for a moment, then opened his glasses case and put on his glasses.

All I ever wanted was for Juli Baker to leave me alone…

(I really hope Julie Baker stops bothering me)

A romance film? Li Mubai silently opened his glasses case, took out his glasses, and put them on.

Ms. Li had already walked to the back door of the classroom, whispered something to the English class representative, and then quietly left.

At first, Li Mubai was just watching casually, but as the plot unfolded, his gaze was fixed on the electronic screen, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

"Some people will gradually become mediocre, some will achieve some success, and some will stand out from the crowd, but you only occasionally encounter a dazzling person—and you can only understand the beauty of it when you actually meet them."

My grandfather said this as he and Bryce stood in front of the felled sycamore tree.

The classroom was so dark that only the faint light from the screen remained. Li Mubai sat motionless in his seat, the image of the fallen tree reflected in his glasses.

He suddenly remembered that in the play, Sefina and Nathos also made a promise to meet under a sycamore tree.

But in reality, there isn't a single sycamore tree for them...

Xie Shu usually waited for him under an unnamed tree downstairs from the teaching building. Its leaves were always green and it never blossomed. Compared to peach and cherry trees, it was really inconspicuous!

But Xie Shu was willing to wait quietly under such an ordinary tree; standing under the tree, she seemed like a tree herself...

"Knock knock knock—"

Suddenly, a deafening sound rang out outside the classroom, and even the floor trembled slightly.

Li Mubai was suddenly pulled back. He glanced at the movie, which wasn't over yet, and then at the classroom door, where there was a commotion outside.

Is evening self-study over?

Obviously not, not even a ringtone was rung.

The students in Class 18 looked at each other, losing all interest in watching the movie.

"oh--!"

Then came the noisy howling of monkeys.

Zhao Feng hunched over and quietly got off his seat, then opened the back door and peeked behind him.

"Zhao Feng, what's going on outside?"

One of the girls couldn't help but ask.

"Holy crap! It sounds like they're shouting from outside!"

"Shouting from the building?!"

In an instant, the girls in the class couldn't contain themselves.

"Everyone, please be quiet. I'm going to ask Ms. Li." The English class representative stood up.

"Are you alright? Everyone's shouting from the building now. Teacher Li is so kind, she probably won't mind."

The class representative hesitated for a moment. Before Teacher Li left, she had told her to maintain good discipline. Now, this situation was truly a dilemma.

"Ahem." Lin Xinle coughed twice to attract the class's attention. "Why don't you go ask Teacher Li and try to get her permission to go out? I'm sure she will."

"it is good."

The class representative nodded with a sigh of relief and quickly ran out.

The classroom was quiet for a few seconds, then the back door was suddenly pulled open, and the noise from outside drifted in. Several girls had sneaked out.

The commotion could no longer be contained, and everyone ran out of the classroom at the same time.

In an instant, only two or three people remained in the classroom. Li Mubai watched the movie that was still playing, struggling internally. He still wanted to finish watching the last part.

"Let's go. We can come back and watch the movie again, but if we miss the shouting ceremony, we'll really miss it," Lin Xinle reminded him before walking straight out.

Li Mubai stood up, paused the movie, and followed him out of the classroom.

The corridor was packed with students, and Li Mubai couldn't even squeeze to the railing. He had to tiptoe over the crowd to catch a glimpse of the spectacle below.

The first and second year high school students all came, and it seemed to be another shouting event that wasn't organized by the school.

Li Mubai suddenly remembered that at this time last year, they had come to the senior high school building in the same way...

He turned and pushed through the crowd, heading downstairs. In the stairwell on the fourth floor, he saw Xie Shu walking up.

"Thank you, Shu." Li Mubai called out to her.

She looked up, her eyes showing no surprise: "Let's go to the rooftop."

The wind on the rooftop was stronger than downstairs, making my hair a bit messy.

There were already quite a few people standing by the railing, but compared to the crowded corridor, this place was already considered quiet.

Li Mubai stopped beside her, turning his gaze from downstairs to her.

"We watched a movie today," he said.

"Xie Shu, we watched a movie today," he whispered, his voice barely reaching Xie Shu's ears amidst the noisy crowd.

"Hmm?" She turned her head slightly.

"There's a line in the movie that says, 'You only meet one truly radiant person once in a lifetime—and when you do, you'll understand how wonderful it is.'"

Xie Shu didn't reply immediately after hearing this, but after a moment he softly said, "This person is like a rainbow; you only know they exist when you meet them."

Li Mubai paused for a moment, then realized, "Yes, that's what I mean!"

Xie Shu couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle softly: "This is a line from another translation of 'Flipped'."

"...Have you seen it?"

"Mmm." She nodded gently.

"That proves you really didn't have much of an entertainment life before, but..." She looked away, her voice lowering, "After meeting me, things won't be like that anymore."

"Yes, my life used to be like a glass of plain water. It was only when you, the rainbow, were poured in that it gained sweetness and color." Li Mubai smiled.

She looked at him, then leaned in and gently hugged him.

She whispered, "Actually, you are my rainbow too."

Like a rainbow, you only know it exists when you meet it... After truly getting to know Xie Shu, he realized that his life had been completely enveloped by her.

A few specks of light came from the bottom of the building.

"The river of time flows into the sea~ Finally, we part ways~ No port is a place to stay forever~"

Without anyone directing or leading, a chorus suddenly rose up downstairs. The sound started from one or two people and gradually merged into a chorus, carrying up from downstairs. Everyone was using the same song to bid farewell to the same summer.

Why not sing "The Days on Beijing East Road"? Why did they have to sing this... Li Mubai thought to himself with a slight grumbling.

"Let's go take a look." He patted her on the back.

"Okay." She let go of his hand.

He turned his head, and at that moment, she gently leaned in and touched his cheek.

Before he could react, she had already let go of his hand and looked down at the ground floor.

Li Mubai stood there stunned for a moment, raised his hand to touch the spot where he had been kissed, and turned his head to look at her. Her expression was normal, but the red mark behind her ear could not be hidden by the night and her hair.

He smiled helplessly, said nothing, reached out and placed his hand on the back of her hand that was resting on the railing, and gently held it.

Their fingertips intertwined; she glanced at his hand but didn't pull it away.