<h4>Chapter 167</h4>


    Song Ying softly asked, "Are you all full? I bought some cake. Those who aren''t full can have some to tide you over."


    The ss Teacher turned on the hotpot burner, "I''m going to keep eating hotpot!"


    Song Ying was confused, "Didn''t we just get scolded by the Director? You still want to eat?"


    The ss Teacher said bitterly, "We''ll have to write self-criticisms anyway. We might as well eat our fill and enjoy it properly."


    Feeling that his words made sense, Song Ying nodded, "Those who want cake cane to me. I''ll distribute it."


    To tell the truth, although everyone was full from the hotpot, after being dragged to the Director''s office to be scolded while standing, plus walking a bit, the hotpot in their stomachs had digested somewhat. Many students felt hungry again and could eat a little more.


    Girls have two stomachs - when the meal stomach is full, they can still eat some snacks.


    Besides, no one can resist cream cake.


    So everyone raised their hands saying, "I want some, I want some."


    Seeing the cake she bought was so popr, Song Ying felt extremely satisfied, "Alright, I''ll distribute the cake to you all."


    A ssmate who went with Song Ying to get the cake held up the candles given by the store, saying, "We should have some ceremony when eating cake. Let''s light some candles!"


    "Sure, sure!"


    "Quick, draw the curtains and turn off the lights."


    "I''ll put in the candles."


    "Why didn''t the store give us matches?"


    The ss was full of well-behaved children who didn''t smoke in secret, so no one had a lighter to light the candles.


    They waited until the hotpot was boiling again, when the ss Teacher suddenly felt the gaze of his little ones.


    Whenever they all looked at him like this, it was never for anything good.


    He made a motion of patting his pockets, "What are you looking at? I don''t smoke, how would I have a lighter?"


    The students kept staring, and the ss Teacher resigned himself, closing his eyes, "Fine, fine, I''ll go borrow one." He really must have owed them in a past life.


    After putting down his chopsticks, he felt a bit uneasy, "Don''t finish all the food in the hotpot, leave some for me."


    The ss Teacher jogged out to borrow a lighter and handed it to the student by the cake.


    He returned to his original spot to find his disposable te piled high with food like a small mountain.


    Hmph, at least these little ones had a conscience.


    In the darkness, the candles were lit, illuminating a small area around them.


    Someone pushed Song Ying, "You bought the cake, you make a wish and blow out the candles."


    Song Ying''s face flushed with shy embarrassment, "Is that okay?"


    "Of course it''s okay. You blow them out today, we''ll take turns next time. We can all take turns blowing out candles!"


    Someone got carried away and started singing "Happy Birthday."


    "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday..."


    However, it wasn''t actually anyone''s birthday today.


    She had often seen in movies and TV shows people wishing the birthday person: "May you have this day year after year, may you have this moment year after year."


    At the time, she could understand the meaning of these words, but couldn''t understand why people would say this to the birthday person. She thought it was just an ordinary phrase.


    Now she felt it was truly a beautiful blessing. She had never been this happy before. If only every day could be as joyful as today.


    So her wish was just one sentence: I hope to have this day year after year, this moment year after year.


    When Song Ying opened her eyes, she was smiling even as she blew out the candles.


    As the candles went out, the ssmate by the window quickly pulled open the curtains.


    Light returned to the ssroom, and Song Ying held up the cake knife, "Let''s cut the cake!"


    "I want this piece."


    "I want the one with strawberries."


    ...


    It''s a good thing Song Ying had chosen an extrarge cake, enough to feed this pack of hungry wolves in the ss.


    This lunchsted from 10 AM to 2 PM. After eating, everyone cleaned up the pots and dishes together, then put the tables and chairs back in ce.


    After finishing the ss reassignments, they were about to start summer vacation.


    As ss One was cleaning their ssroom, the entire floor had returned to its usual quiet. The other sses had finished their big move and had already relocated to what used to be the second-year ssrooms.


    The original graduating sses had emptied their rooms after the college entrance exams. The second-year students had already moved into the corresponding third-year ssrooms.


    The first-years, about to be second-years, were waiting for their final exam results toe out for ss assignments based on their grades.


    Once the ss assignment results were out, everyone would move ssrooms while switching to the second-year rooms.


    Now the other ssrooms were empty, waiting for the new first-years to enroll. Only ss One of the first year was still in its original location.


    The ss Teacher felt a headacheing on. The other sses had already finished moving, while they had just finished eating.


    He nced at his watch - there was still time.


    But before moving, there was one more thing to do: choosing seats based on exam results.


    The ss Teacher thought to himself, now that the threat of ss reassignment was gone, did he have nothing else to entice them with? That certainly couldn''t be the case.


    Standing on the podium, the ss Teacher cleared his throat and said, "Students, I have an announcement. As you know, your current seats were chosen randomly when you first enrolled. As a seating arrangement, it has many unreasonable aspects, including Song Ying and Rongrong needing to sit with their ssmates instead of always by the podium, which isn''t good."


    Song Ying deeply agreed, nodding quickly. Sitting by the podium like a teacher''s deskmate felt very strange.


    "So you might ask, how will we arrange the seats? After careful consideration, to motivate you all to improve your grades and keep up the good work, our ss will assign seats based on exam results. This means that students will enter the ssroom to choose seats in order of their test scores. First ce chooses first, then second ce, third ce... and so on."


    The students quickly realized their teacher''s clever n. Shi Li was in first ce, so she would choose her seat first. Wouldn''t that mean the second or other top-ranked students could potentially be Shi Li''s deskmate?


    Their crafty teacher! Why didn''t he announce this policy earlier?


    Of course, even if he had, it might not have made a drastic difference in everyone''s final exam scores.


    After all, to stay in the same ss as Shi Li, everyone had already put in 120% effort.


    Otherwise, the ss average wouldn''t have jumped up by dozens of points. Such a huge improvement showed that everyone had truly worked hard.


    The ss''s academic progress was so great that even Shi Li felt threatened, hiding at home to study in secret every day.


    The lower-ranked students had clearly lost the chance to be Shi Li''s deskmate, so they waited to watch the drama unfold and see who would win this prize.


    The top-ranked students, especially the top five, had sparks flying from their eyes.


    The ss Teacher pretended not to see the turbulent emotions below the podium. He pped his hands and said, "Alright, let''s go choose seats in our second-floor ssroom. After selecting seats, we''ll move our books and personal belongings over."


    Gu Yuqing was counting on her fingers, considering her own ranking and the personalities of those ranked above her. Could she be Shi Li''s deskmate? She could definitely secure a spot in front of or behind Shi Li, but her goal was to sit next to Shi Li, left or right. Being an actual deskmate would be best of all.


    As the whole ss went upstairs together, Gu Yuqing calcted: Second ce was Rongrong, who had just transferred to their ss recently. Her rtionship with the other ssmates was generally neutral, though she seemed close to Song Ying. She didn''t seem like someone who would want to be Shi Li''s deskmate, so she wasn''t a threat.


    Third ce was Fu Huixing. Who knows what he''d been takingtely, his grades had improved so quickly, jumping from the teens to the top three. But he also didn''t seem like someone who wouldpete for the deskmate position.


    That left only Duan Yaojing in fourth ce as a possible rival for the deskmate spot.


    But it didn''t matter. Even sitting across the half-meter aisle from Shi Li would be fine.


    The ss Teacher had already arranged the second-year ss One room differently from their original ssroom.


    Six columns and five rows of single desks, no deskmates. Everyone was their own deskmate.


    In this case, sitting to Shi Li''s left or right would both be good.


    Duan Yaojing was very satisfied with this arrangement.


    But under Gu Yuqing''s expectant gaze, Shi Li chose the second-tost window seat in the back row.


    Gu Yuqing''s heart shattered. With Shi Li by the window, she couldn''t be her deskmate from outside.


    With Shi Li missing a deskmate, Duan Yaojing could only be seated in front of or behind Shi Li now.


    The second person to enter the ssroom was Rongrong. After she came in, she didn''t linger but walked straight to the corner by the window, seemingly having a special fondness for that spot.


    Gu Yuqing nervously clenched her fists. She had miscalcted, not anticipating that Shi Li would choose a window seat. But it didn''t matter; there was still a chance.


    There was still one seat next to and one in front of her avable.


    Given Fu Huixing''s height, he was more likely to sit in thest row.


    He wasn''t herpetition, so she didn''t care about Fu Huixing''s choice and only waited to see what Duan Yaojing would do.


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    Thirty secondster


    Gu Yuqing: I want to kill Fu Huixing!