Chapter 84

The morning classes ended quickly.

Calling them classes was a stretch. They had merely familiarized themselves with the classroom, listened to the Homeroom Teacher lay down a few rules, and then been dismissed.

By the time Xue Lingyun walked out of the Teaching Building, Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao had already left.

Xiao Xiao walked beside him, still clutching the newly handed-out schedule in her hand and lowering her head to study it again and again.

"Come on, let's eat," Xue Lingyun said.

Xiao Xiao froze for a moment, then nodded and followed beside him with light footsteps, her ponytail swaying behind her.

The two of them headed to the Canteen together.

There were not many people in the Canteen at this hour, with only a scattered few eating in the corners.

Xue Lingyun and Xiao Xiao got their food and found a seat by the window.

Sunlight streamed through the window and fell across the tabletop, stretching the shadows of the bowls and chopsticks long.

Xiao Xiao ate slowly, taking small bites of rice and occasionally looking out the window.

Xue Lingyun did not eat quickly either, but he never stopped.

"Class Monitor," Xiao Xiao suddenly said as she set down her chopsticks, concern in her voice. "Do you think Huo Yuhao was in a bad mood today?"

Xue Lingyun gave a quiet grunt.

"I heard what those people said when they were choosing the Class Monitor too," Xiao Xiao said. "They said, what right did someone with only one ring have to be on the candidate list? They said he only lucked his way into second place... But he works really hard. He just started later than everyone else. What gave them the right to say that about him?"

Xue Lingyun picked up a piece of meat and