Chapter 15 :Take Care of Yourself

The bell rang, signaling the end of class, and at the same time, the stirring Athlete’s March began to play.

It was time to do the break exercise.

The most annoying thing was when the teacher dragged the class during the big break, and you had to rush to the playground.

The only advantage of having a classroom on the sixth floor was that it was almost unobstructed when going downstairs.

Most of the classes below had already left, which also had something to do with the current school’s small population.

The teaching office building was right next to the rostrum, where all the school activities were held, such as the upcoming Children’s Day next month.

The broadcasting room was in the room directly behind the rostrum, which was currently open.

The library was in the room on the far right, which was not even as large as a classroom.

The collection was not extensive, with most of the books being very old and worn out.

Only a small portion consisted of newly donated books.

However, there were occasional surprising discoveries.

When Chen Qiao came to borrow a book before, he found a Gundam official novel. It had a brief mention of a love scene, which, despite its brevity, was enough to make one’s imagination run wild.

Chen Qiao was the class librarian.

This was the first time he had taken the initiative to take on a class task, just to conveniently borrow the books he liked.

Only the librarian could go to borrow books at the unified time on Friday afternoons.

This was to prevent too many people from causing destruction, and it also made the responsible teacher’s job easier.

One could borrow a maximum of ten books at a time for up to two weeks.

You had to return one book before borrowing another.

Although people could tell the librarian what type of book they wanted to borrow, at first, when everyone was still excited about it, they would approach Chen Qiao and ask for books of a certain genre, or even unrealistic requests like comic books.

There were a few incomplete copies of Wulongyuan, which were highly sought after.

The borrowed books were placed in the class reading corner.

If you wanted to take them home, you had to register with Chen Qiao.

Currently, the class had a variety of books like

“Ten Thousand Whys” and various inspirational stories, such as

“One Hundred Stories to Cultivate Good Morals in Primary School Students,” as well as an old copy of “Red Rock.”

On the left side of the main playground were outdoor equipment like parallel bars, cloud ladders, and climbing frames.

On the right side were the restrooms.

A huge world map made of tiles was placed between the restrooms and the playground.

Many people had pointed at the map and tried to locate Lanhe Town.

In front of the map was the flag-raising platform.

The sixth grade was lined up on the far right, with boys and girls standing separately.

Naturally, due to his height, Chen Qiao stood at the front of the line.

Younger grades would choose the best-performing student in the class to lead the exercises.

Lin Na, who was also short, stood to his right.

The girls from Class One were on his left, and the line was very close to the girls’ restroom.

Was this some kind of fate?

Tian Zhen and Zheng Huijun, wearing sashes, stood at the back of all the lines.

It was their turn to be on duty this week.

Besides standing guard at the school gate, they also had to supervise the break exercises to ensure that students were doing them properly and not chatting.

“Attention, everyone. Stand at ease. Front row, extend your arms to the sides. Back row, extend your arms forward. Align forward. Stand at ease, stand at attention.”

Chen Qiao raised his arms, with his fingertips just a few centimeters away from Lin Na’s.

“Colorful Sunshine, now begins………………”

This was the new break exercise they had learned last year.

They had practiced it in physical education classes all year long. Previously, they had been doing the

“Era is Calling” set.

Although it felt a bit childish and awkward for Chen Qiao, who was older in terms of mental age, to do the break exercise, he had to take it seriously since he was in the front row and under the teacher’s watchful eye.

He couldn’t take advantage of the situation.

Otherwise, if he was caught as an example, it would be no fun to have the whole class stay behind and do the break exercise again.

Since he had to do it, he might as well do it well. It might even help exercise his body.

Chen Qiao performed each movement very standardly, stretching out his arms, lifting his legs, and jumping when necessary.

However, when he stretched out his arms, his hand accidentally brushed against Lin Na’s.

It turned out that Chen Qiao had deviated from his original position and moved a bit towards Lin Na while doing the exercise.

If it were before, Chen Qiao would definitely obediently return to his original position and be extra careful during the exercise not to touch Lin Na’s hand again.

But now, he decided to go along with the mistake and hoped to touch her hand a few more times.

Lin Na also noticed something was amiss.

She used to be lucky to touch hands with him once a week, but today, just by doing a few stretching exercises, she had already touched his hand several times.

Even her palm had been tickled by Chen Qiao’s fingers, making her body feel as if an electric current had passed through it.

She shuddered violently and stood there in a daze, almost forgetting what to do next.

Lin Na felt even more guilty and scared when she saw the teacher.

She wasn’t afraid of being scolded herself, but she was afraid that Chen Qiao would be scolded and then dislike her and stop teaching her.

“Chen Qiao, too close…” Lin Na spoke up.

“Oh, thank you for the reminder.”

Chen Qiao didn’t dare to be too bold in such a public setting.

After all, teasing Lin Na in front of everyone required a sense of measure and proportion. Otherwise, she might run away like a frightened little rabbit.

He needed to proceed gradually and steadily, gradually gaining her absolute trust before playing any tricks.

Chen Qiao returned to his original position and stood properly.

He was almost standing in the gap between the boys’ and girls’ lines.

The students behind him were either chatting or slacking off during the exercise, and not many people noticed Chen Qiao’s unusual behavior, except for Wu Xinyu, who became suspicious after seeing him touch his head.

If it were normal to deviate from position during a jumping exercise, it was quite obvious that he was doing it on purpose during a stretching exercise.

Chen Qiao finished the exercise seriously and, while basking in the sun, actually broke out in a light sweat on his forehead.

Today was Tuesday, and there were no particular announcements.

The vice principal just reiterated the usual warning against swimming in rivers and then handed the microphone to the head of the teaching office.

“Persuasion team members stay for a meeting. Other classes will be dismissed in order, starting with the first grade, then the sixth grade………………”

A total of twelve persuasion team members stood on the rostrum, lined up according to their class order.

The head of the teaching office walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, wearing a stern expression.

“I’ve heard that some persuasion team members have been leading by breaking rules and discipline. I’m very disappointed. You are supposed to be role models for the students. How can you not set an example? Does this match your identity as outstanding Young Pioneers? I won’t name anyone specifically, but I hope you correct this behavior promptly. If you do it again, don’t expect to get away with it!”

Wu Xinyu glanced at Chen Qiao.

She didn’t expect that after the sixth grade was dismissed, only she remained as the sole rule-abiding student.

She had thought Chen Qiao was her kindred spirit, which was truly disappointing.

“And to the sixth graders, although you are about to graduate, you must take your work seriously. You are the seniors!”

“Yes.” Chen Qiao and a few others responded in unison.

These sixth-grade persuasion team members, including Chen Qiao, were quite lackadaisical in their work.

They had no achievements to speak of, having reported very few rule violations.

Their lists were mostly blank.

Zheng Huijun was busy with her love affair, Chen Qiao and Tian Zhen were preoccupied with playing games, and Wu Xinyu had never been very interested in this kind of work in the first place.

She preferred studying.

She had only become a persuasion team member because of her good academic performance and being set as an example.

After criticizing the sixth-grade students, the head of the teaching office praised the fifth-grade students and encouraged the fourth graders before dismissing them.

Tian Zhen and Chen Qiao walked side by side, with their arms around each other’s shoulders, complaining.

They used to think that being a persuasion team member was very impressive and that they could confiscate cards for their own use. Now they felt it was, like doing volunteer work for the school.

The certificate was a negligible subsidy.

But if their academic performance was poor, they might not even get the certificate as a persuasion team member.

Chen Qiao walked to the stair landing and parted ways with Tian Zhen.

Their two classes were on opposite sides of the staircase.

“Chen Qiao, you………………” Wu Xinyu wanted to say something but stopped herself.

“What’s the matter?”

“Nothing, I just hope you take good care of yourself.”

This left Chen Qiao very confused.

What did she mean?

As for Lin Na, Chen Qiao intended to help her improve her academic performance.

And for Wu Xinyu, Chen Qiao just needed to thoroughly defeat her in the next exam.

Naturally, this would catch her attention.

She had been the top student in the class for years.

It was more interesting to turn a bad student into a good one and to lead a good student astray.

The next class was English.

The young female college student, who was a volunteer teacher, had already arrived early in the classroom to prepare for the lesson.