Chapter 1: School Idol

  The sky is filled with dark clouds, as if it's going to rain. On the playground of No. 1 Middle School, the lush green grass shines brightly, and loud slogans keep echoing through the air, stirring people's blood.

  Although it's September, there is a hint of coolness seeping through the T-shirt into the skin. On the corridor of the high school rocket class, two figures, one tall and one short, are lazily leaning on the railing of the classroom corridor, looking at the gloomy sky and then at the freshmen who are having military training on the playground, feeling very suffocated in their hearts.

  Why was the sun so scorching when they were having military training, as if it wouldn't stop until they were all dried up like corpses? But for our juniors who have been having military training for so long and are almost done, they haven't even seen a shadow of the sun, and instead it has rained for several days!

  "Ah..." The tall girl, Su Xiao, let out a soft sigh, her eyes filled with deep resentment, and a large "川" character appeared on her small melon-shaped face between her eyebrows. The shorter girl, who was none other than the school flower of Class 1, Gu Mengning, turned around with a smile, looking at Su Xiao with a hint of mischief. Her small apple-shaped face had two big, lively eyes that sparkled with joy, and the two dimples on either side of her cheeks appeared and disappeared.

  Gu Muer Ning raised a resplendent smile that was the opposite of Su Xiao's, and whispered in Su Xiao's ear, "Haha, Xiao Xiao, no wonder nobody wants you. Look at your resentful expression, even I wouldn't dare to be friends with you, let alone find a boyfriend."

  Su Xiao looked at Gu Mo Ning with a very serious expression, then gazed into the distance with a melancholic look, and sighed, "Tsk, with School Flower Gu here, who would be blind enough to notice me?" "Yo, looks like Su Xiao's little sister has feelings for someone now?" Gu Mo Ning smiled as she looked at Su Xiao, who was pretending to be melancholic, and held her face in both hands, making her look straight at herself.

  The coquettish girl threw a flirtatious glance at Su Xiao, but in return got a big white eye from her. "Sister, my sexual orientation is normal." Gu Mò Níng touched his nose with an embarrassed smile, "Too humiliating for me." "Gu Mò Níng, you're just pretending to be innocent." Su Xiao looked at him disdainfully and then turned back to watch the lush green field. Hmm, the younger schoolmates are indeed more pleasing to the eye than this guy Gu Mò Níng.

  "Hmm, Xiao Mo Mo, do you think there will be my true prince among the younger students this year?" "It's possible. Hey, look at that slightly short one over there, he matches you pretty well." Gu Mo Ning suddenly had sparkling eyes, excitedly pointing at the shortest freshman in the group of boys, Su Xiao shot a warning glance but couldn't stop her from continuing, "Look, you're absolutely at least ten centimeters taller than him, the most adorable height difference, how great is that? Little comb, isn't my taste especially good?" As she said this, she turned her head to look at Su Xiao, her eyes openly saying 'I'm very smart, praise me quickly'.

  Su Xiao snapped her fingers against Gu Mo Ning's head and said, "I'll give you a chestnut." Gu Mo Ning covered his head, looking at her with tears in his eyes, "Xiao Xiao, you're too violent." "Little princess, how can you say that to your husband? Otherwise, tonight I'll make it up to you." Su Xiao hooked Gu Mo Ning's chin and smiled mischievously.

  "Suxiao, can't you be more civilized as a girl? You're being so rude." Gu Mengning's face turned red, she stomped her feet and quickly let go of Su Xiao's hand, changing the subject.

  "Come with me to the dance class this afternoon." "What, what kind of dance? You're still learning dance at our school?" Su Xiao continued to gaze at Gu Mengning with a mischievous glint in her eye, the corners of her mouth curled up in a playful smile. This girl had thin skin and loved watching her blush, no wonder so many boys were lining up to chase after her. Su Xiao thought to herself, if he were a boy, he would definitely want to take this adorable and pitiful little demon home and hide him away.

  "Street dance. Not learning dance, but Teacher Yang who teaches street dance got a leg injury and can't do the demonstration moves. Our school doesn't have any other teachers who know street dance, so they had to ask me to reluctantly guide the movements. I guess I'll have to keep doing this until Teacher Yang's leg gets better."

  Su Xiao thought for a moment, then laughed even more happily. Dance class, Shen Rui, school grass, handsome guy... "I want to go, I want to go." Su Xiao suddenly grabbed Gu Mo Ning's arm and jumped up excitedly.

  "Just go if you're going, why are you so excited?" Gu Mò Níng pouted, looking very dissatisfied at Sū Xiǎo who was beaming with excitement. Honestly, her head was spinning. "I'm going to flirt with our school's campus heartthrob Shěn Ruì." Sū Xiǎo whispered mysteriously in Gu Mò Níng's ear, "He's the one learning street dance, and I'll also attend your class, so remember to arrange us to sit close to each other, okay?"

  "Hmph, no wonder that person is just a bit better-looking. All day long, they only know how to skip class and fight, they're basically a hoodlum. And every day skipping class, who knows if they'll even show up to my class?!" Gu Mò Níng had never had any good feelings towards Shěn Ruì, that person who often made news in school for skipping class, fighting, dating early, etc., and she even felt a bit disgusted. Such an arrogant and shameful wolf in sheep's clothing really got on her nerves.

  Su Xiao rolled her eyes at the phrase "children can't be taught" and continued to daydream, while Gu Mo Ning touched his nose, glanced at the playground, then at Su Xiao's red-eyed face, and quietly walked back to the classroom. Only Su Xiao was left standing in the corridor, lost in thought. She felt that standing next to Su Xiao was really embarrassing.

  Afternoon arrived quickly, Gu Mò Níng had to go arrange the venue first, so she went to the classroom where they learned street dance.

  Because dance is not valued much by the school, although the dance studio was built later and there are more dance classes, the quality of the building is not as good as that of the teaching building, and there is even no elevator.

  Gu Mò Níng happily walked towards the dance studio with her backpack, and as she reached the staircase, she saw an elderly woman using a cane in one hand and holding a thermos in the other, about to climb the stairs. Gu Mò Níng quickly walked over and took the thermos from the old lady, "Granny, let me help you." "Ah, okay, thank you then." The old lady looked at Gu Mò Níng with a warm smile, her face full of innocence, and nodded in appreciation before falling silent.

  Gu Merning looked at the elderly person walking slowly, she should be here to accompany her child. Although the school rules of No. 1 Middle School do not allow parents to accompany their children, after all, rules are dead and people are alive, the school even has empty rental houses for some parents who are worried about their children and want to rent a house in the school to accompany them. However, most of them are fathers, mothers, uncles, and aunts, and it is rare to see an elderly person like her.