My Mission Was to Befriend the Protagonist, So Why Is the Crazy Second Female Lead Obsessed with Me? - Chapter 4:

Chapter 4: Is He Doing This on Purpose?

After all the students had arrived, the teacher showed up not long afterward.

A middle-aged man carrying a roster walked through the corridor and entered the classroom. With his arrival, the somewhat noisy room gradually fell silent.

The middle-aged man swept his gaze across the classroom before introducing himself in a loud, clear voice, “Hello, everyone. My name is Zhang Zhiwen, and I’m the homeroom teacher of Class 3, Grade 11. For the next two years, I’ll be responsible for managing our class and handling its various affairs.”

Clap, clap, clap…

As soon as Zhang Zhiwen finished speaking, several students took the lead in applauding. The applause quickly spread throughout the classroom as everyone enthusiastically welcomed their new homeroom teacher.

Once the introductions were over, it was time to take attendance.

Zhang Zhiwen announced, “I’ll take attendance first. When you hear your name, answer and raise your hand so I can see you.”

“Chen Jie.”

“Present.”

“Zhao Xiaomin.”

“Present.”

“Lin An.”

“Present.”

Listening to the familiar names from the original novel, Xu Ming’s thoughts gradually wandered.

As expected, the female lead hasn’t transferred here yet at this point in the plotline.

In other words, Brother Cheng still can’t avoid getting entangled with the second female lead during the early stages…

Damn… This cursed will of the world…

Xu Ming glanced at the fixed mission displayed on the system panel before discreetly looking at Lin An.

“Ji Boda.”

“Present.”

While Xu Ming was lost in thought, Zhang Zhiwen finished calling the final name.

Zhang Zhiwen nodded with satisfaction and said, “Very good. All 51 students are here to register. All right, boys, come with me. We’re going to the auditorium to collect the textbooks.”

After finishing attendance, Zhang Zhiwen led all the boys to the auditorium to move the textbooks.

Xu Ming followed the group there.

Holy crap…

There are this many books for six subjects?

Looking at the textbooks piled into small mountains, Xu Ming couldn’t help complaining inwardly.

Complaining was one thing, but the work still had to be done.

Like everyone else, Xu Ming picked up a stack of textbooks and followed the group back to the classroom.

Once they returned, everyone immediately became busy distributing the books. Since Xu Ming had helped carry them, Zhang Zhiwen naturally called him over to help with the distribution as well.

Just like the others, Xu Ming went from group to group, handing out two books at a time and making sure every student received a brand-new set of textbooks.

However, when he reached Lin An, Xu Ming didn’t look carefully and accidentally handed her a slightly wrinkled textbook.

Lin An didn’t notice anything wrong with it at first either.

Only after casually turning the book over did she notice the creases across its cover.

Her eyebrows immediately furrowed, and dissatisfaction appeared on her face.

What’s going on?

Did he do this on purpose?!

Why did he specifically give me a wrinkled one?!

Lin An’s bright eyes stared directly at Xu Ming, who was still busy near the podium.

However, Xu Ming was completely absorbed in distributing the textbooks and had no idea what she was thinking.

Only after all the books had been handed out did Xu Ming finally return to his seat.

Phew…

Xu Ming exhaled and quickly organized his textbooks.

He picked up his water bottle and was just about to take a drink when Lin An suddenly turned around with the wrinkled textbook in her hands.

Although she was unhappy, Lin An still spoke to him politely, “Um… Student Xu Ming, why did you give me a wrinkled book? Can… can I exchange it for another one?”

Huh???

Faced with her sudden request, Xu Ming was both confused and surprised.

After looking at the wrinkled textbook in her hands, he quickly took a sip of water before answering honestly, “I don’t think you can. There aren’t any extras left on the podium.”

After putting down his water bottle, Xu Ming thought for a moment. Then he pulled out his own textbook and sincerely suggested, “Hmm… If you really want to exchange it, you can swap with me.”

However, Lin An didn’t seem to appreciate his gesture.

In fact, she suddenly misunderstood his intentions and began overthinking the situation.

Heh… I didn’t expect this…

So this is what he’s trying to pull…

What a creep!

Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and a barely noticeable trace of disgust flashed through her eyes.

Lin An’s favorable impression of Xu Ming instantly dropped even further.

She forced a fake smile and casually nodded, “Mm-hmm, okay. Thanks.”

After thanking him, she quickly exchanged textbooks with Xu Ming.

Once the exchange was complete, Lin An didn’t linger. She indifferently turned around again.

Xu Ming, completely unaware of her misunderstanding, began focusing on building a good relationship with his deskmate, Zhou Cheng.

The two went about their own business, and everything gradually returned to normal.

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In the blink of an eye, noon arrived.

The first day of school was quite relaxed. During the morning classes, the teachers barely taught anything. Most of the time was spent giving motivational speeches and offering advice about school and life.

At that moment, Xu Ming and Zhou Cheng were eating lunch together in the school cafeteria.

Zhou Cheng wore a mischievous smile as he casually said, “Xu Ming, I suddenly realized that our class has quite a few pretty girls.”

Xu Ming took a mouthful of food, pulled out his phone, and shook his head with a smile, “Wrong, wrong. To be precise, our entire school has quite a few pretty girls.”

With the mischievous grin of someone eager to watch some drama unfold, Xu Ming showed Zhou Cheng his phone and continued, “Here, look at the campus confession page. Every few days, someone posts a confession on there.”

Zhou Cheng immediately became interested and exclaimed, “Whoa, seriously? Our school even has a campus confession page?! Which one is it? Send me the WeChat account.”

Xu Ming showed him the page and said, “Here, this one.”

The two continued eating while chatting.

Their conversation started with girls, then somehow shifted to the school itself, followed by education. Eventually, they even ended up discussing history and major national affairs.

They talked with such enthusiasm that no one would have guessed they had only met that morning.

After lunch, Xu Ming and Zhou Cheng returned to the classroom.

The afternoon classes were just as relaxed. The only thing Xu Ming actually needed to remember was the list of class officers announced by Zhang Zhiwen.

Among the long list of class officers, Xu Ming only remembered two.

Chen Jie was the Class President, while Lin An was the Vice Class President.

At the same time, Chen Jie was also the Mathematics Representative, while Lin An was the Chinese Language Representative.

There was no special reason why Xu Ming remembered those two so clearly.

They just happened to be the second male lead and second female lead of the original novel.

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