Chapter 22: Please be my dance partner

  Office.

  "Director Chen, what can I do for you?" Qian Shi asked respectfully.

  "Qian Shi Nu handed over this stack of materials to Le Zheng Zi Mo." The class leader pointed to the materials on the desk next to him.

  Le Zhengzi Mo, this name seems a bit familiar. Ah, yes! Isn't he the one who gave a speech on the first day of military training at the flag-raising platform? Suddenly, it dawned on him that he was still proud of his incredible memory, and when he glanced to the side, he thought he had misseen.

  What's this? So much? Is the old class monitor intentionally making things difficult for me? How can a weak woman like me do such hard labor?

  "Me...?" Qian Shi Nu dared not believe and asked again.

  "Right, otherwise why would I call you here?"

  "Ugh, shouldn't this kind of thing be handled by a guy? How can there be so much paperwork? Qian Shi Nu is holding a stack of documents, muttering to herself as she complains. If I had known, I wouldn't have come."

  "Ouch." Qian Shi Nu complained too seriously and forgot to watch the road, bumping his head heavily against a thick chest. The documents in his arms suddenly scattered all over the place, spilling everywhere.

  "Sorry, sorry......" Qian Shi Nu hastily apologized and quickly squatted down to pick up the documents that had fallen on the ground.

  Suddenly a big hand grasped her small one, and Qian Shi Nu looked up to see a handsome face. Four words flashed into her mind: Yue Zheng Zi Mo.

  Qian Shi Nuo couldn't believe that she could see him at such a close distance, and her small hand, which was being held, suddenly withdrew in shyness.

  "Is all this for me?" asked Ryouko Mochizuki in her magnetic voice.

  "Ah...... yes... it's for you." Chiharu Sudo suddenly stuttered.

  "Then I'll take it." Le Zhengzi Mo took over the materials that had just been picked up.

  "Oh, okay, then I'll go first." Qian Shi Nuo didn't even dare to look at him.

  "Bang!" Qian Shi Nuo was walking with his head down and this time he bumped into a real pillar.

  "Ouch! What's wrong with today, keep bumping my head, all because I forgot to check the almanac before leaving. Qiannuo rubbed his sore forehead and kicked the pillar in frustration, still muttering to himself. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught Le Zhengzi Mo looking at him, and awkwardly took off running."

  Le Zhengzi Mo looked at the girl running far away and burst out laughing, "I didn't know our school had such a cute girl."

  Jin Xiaoan walked alone in the empty campus, she didn't listen to Qian Shi's words and went back to her dormitory, this was the first time she took a walk by herself.

  "Good morning."

  Jin Xiaoan suddenly heard someone calling her from behind, so she stopped in her tracks and turned around.

  "Luochi, what are you doing here?" Jin Xiaoan thought it was Ze Bing, but instead saw Luochi, feeling a little disappointed.

  "I vaguely saw a girl who looked very much like you on the sky bridge, so I came over to take a look. I didn't expect it was really you. I see you've been walking back and forth here for quite some time, do you have something on your mind?" Luo Chi asked as he walked up to Jin Xiaoan.

  "No worries, just the dormitory is too stuffy, come out and get some fresh air." Jin Xiaoan said with a serious tone.

  "It's boring for one person to take a breath, I'll accompany you?" Luo Chi said with a smile.

  "Okay, fine."

  Not long after, in front of a wooden bridge, Jin Xiaoan suddenly stopped, her eyes were attracted by something, and her heart began to feel like an overturned five-flavor bottle, with sourness, sweetness, bitterness, and spiciness instantly surging up.

  At that place, there was also a pair of eyes looking in her direction, with a gaze mixed with coldness and disdain.

  "Zé bīng, today's weather is really great." Qiū xiǎo xiǎo whispered softly beside Qian Zé Bīng.

  "Uh-huh, it's fine." Senaka Hiyori replied absent-mindedly, his eyes fixed on Jin Xiaoan.

  "By the way, you played tennis really well today, do you know that? Those idiots in sophomore class can't be taught no matter how hard we try, so we'll have to ask for your help to teach them more often in the future, okay?" Qiu Xixi said with a bit of a pout.

  "Oh." Senzaemon replied casually, his gaze fixed tightly on Jin Xiaoan.

  "I'm really happy that you agreed, Ze Bing. By the way, Ze Bing, next time we go back to school is... the opening dance party, I... still haven't found a dance partner, can you be my... dance partner?" Qiu Xixi asked with a pout and a hint of shyness.

  "Uh-huh."

  "Ze Bing, did you really agree to be my dance partner?" Qiu Xixi couldn't believe that Qian Ze Bing could agree so readily and jumped up suddenly.

  Qian Ze Bing was startled by Qiu Xixi's reflection, and when she came back to her senses, she realized that she had agreed to be Qiu Xixi's dance partner without even understanding what it meant.

  "Uh, Akane-senpai...", Chizuru wanted to take back what she had just casually agreed to.

  "Oh dear, Ze Bing, don't call me Autumn anymore, Autumn has called out to you, from now on just call me Xiu Xiu."

  Qiu Xixi is a high school student in her third year, one grade higher than Chizuru, so Chizuru always calls her "senpai". Unexpectedly, Qiu Xixi directly lets Chizuru call her by her nickname.

  "Xiao An, why are you crying?" Luo Chi asked anxiously as he saw Jin Xiao An's eyes starting to redden and her eye sockets becoming moist.

  Jin Xiaoan felt a sharp pain in her heart when she heard Qian Ze Bing agree to be Autumn's dance partner. She hadn't expected him to so readily accept another girl, and wondered if he had really fallen for someone else that easily. Was it possible that Qian Ze Bing no longer wanted her? Jin Xiaoan couldn't bear what she was seeing and hearing at the moment, and even if Qian Ze Bing didn't like her, she still didn't want him to fall for another girl.

  "Oh, sand got into my eyes." Jin Xiaoan rubbed her eyes hard with her hands.

  Luo Chi knew Jin Xiaoan was crying. He knew she was deceiving him. He also knew that Jin Xiaoan liked the person named Qian Ze Bing.

  "Xiao An, may I have the pleasure of inviting you as my dance partner?" Lu Chi extended his right hand and asked with courtesy.

  "Fall into the pool, I..." Jin Xiaoan was at a loss for words for a moment by Luo Chi's action.

  Luo Chi grasped Jin Xiaoan's hand and asked softly, "Is it okay?"

  Jin Xiaoan was moved by this sudden gentleness and nodded lightly.

  Qian Ze Bing saw this scene, her heart suddenly skipped a beat, she turned her head and stopped looking at Jin Xiao An, "Xiao Xiao, let's go back." Qian Ze Bing said coldly, then turned around and left.