Immediately, the whole class rose from their seats, bustling and shuffling, generally lining up by height from shortest to tallest towards the back.
The number of boys and girls in the class were roughly equal, and the students sat separated by gender.
Luo Yang estimated Hong Jiaxin's seating position and, wanting to sit behind her, kept moving forward.
Soon, Hong Jiaxin and Zeng Xiaomei became deskmates, sitting in the third group.
Based on how the boys were lining up at that time, it should have been Wu Guangde and another boy sitting behind Hong Jiaxin.
Luo Yang, standing right behind Wu Guangde, tapped him on the shoulder and, when he turned around, Luo Yang gestured backwards, signaling him to move back.
Wu Guangde, with a gloomy face and extremely reluctant, eventually moved to the position behind Luo Yang.
Originally, Xiao Daniu was following right behind Luo Yang. He wasn't as refined as Luo Yang, and grabbed Wu Guangde's arm, yanking him backwards, forcibly dragging him to the back.
Wu Guangde almost fell over, bumping into a desk with a loud noise, drawing everyone's attention.
The boy standing in front of Luo Yang, knowing what was going on, quickly and wisely moved back two places.
"Wu Guangde, you're shorter than Luo Yang and Xiao Daniu, why did you move to the back?" Suyun asked.
"Teacher, he said he likes sitting in the back," Luo Yang blurted out first.
"Really?" Suyun stared at Wu Guangde.
Knowing it was fake, the whole class laughed, and Hong Jiaxin glanced at Luo Yang with a smile, then whispered to Zeng Xiaomei.
When asked, Wu Guangde stiffly nodded his head.
Suyun hesitated for a moment and then said, "Luo Yang and Xiao Daniu will be deskmates, sitting behind Hong Jiaxin."
Seeing Luo Yang and Xiao Daniu sitting behind them, both Hong Jiaxin and Zeng Xiaomei turned to look at them, their mouths curling into teasing smiles.
Zeng Xiaomei said softly but candidly, "You guys are really fighting hard to sit behind a great beauty."
Xiao Daniu, who usually had no interest in girls, stared at Zeng Xiaomei and clicked his tongue, "Damn, Concubine Yang, you consider yourself a beauty? I must be blind."
"You brat!"
With a light spit, Zeng Xiaomei rolled her eyes and turned away.
Luo Yang and Hong Jiaxin exchanged a smile, their gazes meeting briefly before parting, and the moment was indescribably delightful.
After a while, all the students had settled into their new seats and were moving their textbooks to their new spots.
Teacher Su was still standing on the podium, glanced down, and said, "Luo Yang, would you come to the office now please?"
Luo Yang followed Teacher Su out of the classroom and into the office.
Sitting down, Teacher Su asked, "Did you write the reflection paper?"
Luo Yang replied, "I did the speaking, Wu Guangde did the writing."
All three reflection papers had the same handwriting and content, leading Teacher Su to suspect they were all written by Wu Guangde.
"You've already promised me to rank within the top one hundred in the midterms."
"I'll work hard."
"I believe you can do it. Keep it up. If you don't understand something in your studies, you can ask Hong Jiaxin for help; you're sitting behind her now, so you can ask her anytime. If you have any difficulties in life, you can come to me for help."
"Got it, thank you, Teacher."
"Then go back to class. And on your way, could you ask Zeng Xiaomei and Xiao Daniu to come here?"
He left the office, went back to the classroom, and relayed the message.
At first, Xiao Daniu didn't believe it, but after Luo Yang insisted several times, he finally went to the office.
"During activity class, I'll introduce you to my Sorority sisters," Hong Jiaxin turned and spoke.
"If your Sorority is all girls, what do you want me there for?" laughed Luo Yang.
Face to face at close range, he could clearly see Hong Jiaxin's long, curled eyelashes.
"The Sorority lacks a punching bag, and that's you."
"Isn't that a bit harsh?"
Hong Jiaxin smiled, her teeth small and white, complemented by her thin, moist red lips, very pretty indeed.
"What did Teacher Su want with you?"
"Said you're pretty, told me not to get distracted in class, and to pay attention to the lesson," Luo Yang replied.
Upon hearing this, Hong Jiaxin chuckled.
After about the time it took to smoke a cigarette, Xiao Daniu and Zeng Xiaomei returned.
No sooner had he sat down than Xiao Daniu exclaimed, "Teacher's asked Concubine Yang to tutor me in my studies! I'm done for! Done for!"
Zeng Xiaomei had just reached her seat and snorted coldly, "You brat, it's your good fortune that I'm willing to tutor you!"
With that, she sat down heavily, and the chair creaked loudly, as if it were about to fall apart.
It was a self-study afternoon, and just before the end of the fourth period, the school's loudspeaker blared with a female announcement, "Attention, attention. Members of the Student Council are requested to immediately come to the Youth League office for a meeting. Attention, attention…"
Hong Jiaxin turned around and nudged Luo Yang, who was dozing off on the desk, awake and said, "I'll go to the meeting first, you wait here for me in the classroom, and I'll take you to the Sorority activity afterwards."
Stretching, Luo Yang responded, "Whatever."