"Can you all please calm down?" The homeroom teacher, unable to bear the chaos in the classroom any longer, smacked the podium again. When the discussion died down, she smiled at Xia Ningxing and said, "Xia Ningxing, you're short; would it be alright for the teacher to arrange a seat for you in the front row?"
"Thank you, Teacher, but I'd like to sit with him!" Xia Ningxing said as she stretched out her hand, pointing to the empty seat beside Lu Tingli.
He was sitting alone, so the seat next to him was vacant.
She had been eyeing that spot for a long time.
When the teacher and students followed her gaze, they all fell silent.
The teacher pulled a helpless smile, "I'm afraid that won't be possible. Lu has already asked to sit by himself, saying others would distract him from his studies."
Only because he's a good student could he make such a request. Otherwise, she would have scolded him by now; wanting to sit alone, why not just fly to heaven!
