Chapter 52: A bookworm doesn't play truant, at most he leaves early.

  This time, Lin Nan was in a good mood and only lectured them for half a class before letting them off.

  Out of the corridor, the two went downstairs one after another. When going downstairs, Xia Xiang'er insisted on walking behind Li Xiaobai.

  When going upstairs, you insisted on walking in front of me, but when going downstairs, it's suddenly the other way around.

  With the spirit of not being ashamed to ask, Li Xiaobai still decided to ask.

  "'You said so,' a crisp voice echoed in the corridor, Xia Xiang'er's voice carried a hint of laughter, as if covering up her usual cold demeanor. 'When going upstairs, if I accidentally fell, wouldn't you be behind me? That's called having your back covered by a comrade. When going downstairs, if I fell, wouldn't you become a meat cushion?'"

  "Xia Xiner, you're really shameless!" Even when going downstairs, Li Xiaobai shouldn't have suddenly turned his head, but he still spun around with great indignation. "You only care about your own safety and don't give a damn about others' feelings - the phrase 'cold-blooded animal' must be referring to you!"

  Just now, Xia Xinger actually didn't seem so bad after all. Xia Xinger herself patted her own small face, and Li Xiaobai regretted having praised her before. To a certain extent, this guy was even more terrifying than Guo Jing. After all, no matter what moves Guo Jing made, he could easily parry them. But if Xia Xinger were to suddenly attack him, that would be a different story altogether.

  "I was just joking, why are you so angry?" Xia Xiang'er still smiled, "It's only the second floor, even if I fall down, it won't hurt, right?"

  Moreover, if it were someone else... For some reason, Xia Xiang'er let out a sigh.

  This sigh was heard by Li Xiaobai, does a girl like her also have troubles?

  Yes, who doesn't have troubles? Even oneself has troubles too.

  However, a good girl has troubles, which means this trouble is hard to solve.

  In any case, Li Xiaobai would not interfere. That was a domain that only good friends would be involved in; at most, he and Xia Qier were just deskmates who didn't talk much.

  Arriving at the teaching building, the two of them almost simultaneously looked up at the classroom they were in and then exchanged a glance with each other. After that, without greeting or stopping, they headed directly to their respective dormitories.

  You're becoming more and more like a good student, otherwise, how could you even skip class in sync with Xia Xiner?

  Of course, a good student wouldn't skip class, but there are still ten minutes left, so it's not necessary to go up yet, right?

  Moreover, how can a bookworm be considered playing hooky? At most, it's just an early dismissal.

  It's true, from now on being late can't be called being late, it can only be considered as fashionably late.

  Before the people in the dormitory came back, Li Xiaobai had finished washing up. When the people in the dormitory returned, Li Xiaobai was almost asleep. But he was woken up again.

  So this is also one of the reasons why Li Xiaobai dislikes group living.

  In the dormitory, I don't disturb others, but others disturb me, which is a normal state. For example, when everyone else is asleep, he's still turning on the lights. When others need quiet, he makes all sorts of noise. The most annoying thing is that when everyone wants to sleep, he's talking to girls on the phone with a tone that loses male dignity... In short, it's hard not to get angry and be a good person.

  Of course, among boys, it's always hard to keep a good temper and be a good person. It's relatively easier for girls.

  Although she sat at the same table as Guo Jing for only two weeks, she gave out more than five "good guy" cards. So in Guo Jing's eyes, the probability of a boy being a good person is still quite high. Li Xiaobai felt it necessary to correct Guo Jing on this point, because he had been scolded as a rascal more times than he had given out "good guy" cards.

  "Li Xiaobai, sometimes I really envy you."

  After the lights in the bedroom were turned off, Zhao Liang's gentle voice came out.

  This tone is simply infuriating.

  Admire if you admire, why still have time?

  Moreover, the person who says such things reveals that their heart is very unbalanced. It's not genuine admiration, Li Xiaobai doesn't care about it.

  That doesn't make sense either. What does he have that's worth envying? How come he hasn't noticed it himself? Let me ask him anyway.

  "Because you sit with the two prettiest girls in our class, are you going to the office with Xiaoxin tonight?"

  It was this kind of envy.

  In junior high school, Li Xiaobai also hoped to have a beautiful female deskmate. Finally, in the third year of junior high school, he achieved his wish. Whether she was the campus belle or not, he didn't know, but Lin Xin was absolutely worthy of being the class belle, slightly inferior to the current Xia Xiner, but not much worse. Moreover, that slight inferiority was only because she hadn't blossomed yet.

  However, being beautiful is one thing, but Lin Xin only cultivated a deceiving appearance, and inside she was on the same level as Zhou Zhiruo.

  No good, the gray memories are flooding again. Li Xiaobai shook his head and quickly shook off that familiar yet strange shadow.

  "It's not worth envying to go to the office with Xia Xiner, but it's absolutely not a good thing," Li Xiaobai said categorically.

  "Hey, Li Xiaobai, don't you know the blessing when it's right in front of you?" Zhao Liang's somewhat discontented voice came over, "Being able to walk alongside Xia Hui is something that many boys dream of, what's not satisfying about that for you, kid?"

  "Alright, let's take an example." Li Xiaobai wasn't angry at all and said calmly, "For instance, if I had to choose between Xia Xian'er and you to go into the office together, I would definitely choose you. Being with someone who is better than yourself, think about it, if you were the class teacher, who would you focus on training?"

  Pfft...

  Chen Huan suddenly burst out laughing after not speaking with Li Xiaobai for several days.

  Li Xiaobai's downstairs neighbor Tang Feng also let out a faint smile.

  "Li Xiaobai, you're really shameless."

  What's wrong with him? He's just telling the truth.

  No wonder Xia Xiner didn't care about going to the office at all, because from start to finish, Lin Nan's focus was completely on him. It's an honor to be valued by the teacher, but not in this scolding way?

  Looks like I've said too much, it seems like I just acknowledged that Xia Xiner is better than him.

  Apart from studying, what else is Xia Xiner better at than him?

  In the long run, Xia Xiner absolutely can't outrun him because she's not physically strong. And in terms of martial arts skills, Xia Xiner is probably no match for him either. Thanks to Bai Lin's guidance, he has been practicing hard at the martial arts gym after the mid-term exam... Wait a minute, comparing this with girls might make people look down on him, so what exactly makes him better than her?

  "To sum it up, going out with Xia Xiner is definitely not a pleasant experience."

  Li Xiaobai, who was momentarily unable to recall anything, said as much.