Chapter 570: Classroom Kiss
During evening self-study, Li Luo was called to Kong Junxiang's office and got the report card of Class 8 for the final exam.

After briefly explaining some things, Kong Junxiang said, "Write a speech tonight. Five or six hundred words will be enough. You will have to go on stage at the flag-raising ceremony tomorrow."

"Ah?" Li Luo was stunned for a moment, "Me?"

"What else?" Kong Junxiang laughed and said, "It's a tradition for the top student in the grade to give a speech after every exam. You know that."

"Oh...that's true." Li Luo nodded. "It's my first time, so I didn't expect this."

After leaving the office with the transcript, Li Luo returned to the classroom of Class 8 of Grade 3 and posted the transcript on the bulletin board at the classroom door.

Some students who did not go downstairs to see the rankings stood up and walked forward to take a look at their own scores.

By the way, let’s take a look at the great achievements of their class monitor in this final exam.

Even though they had heard from other classmates about Ying Chanxi falling from the top spot in the grade, they still couldn't help but sigh when they saw it with their own eyes.

If, in the first year of high school, there are still some academic geniuses who dream of sprinting to the first place.

But after the second year of high school, most people have basically given up on this idea and faced the reality.

By the time they were in their third year of high school, everyone had become accustomed to this, and it seemed reasonable that Ying Chanxi's name would always be ranked first.

But when this scene was broken by someone, everyone came to their senses and discovered that Ying Chanxi's golden body at the top of the list was not unbreakable.

At least Li Luo can do it.

Enjoying the gazes of his classmates, Li Luo returned to his seat. Noticing Ying Chanxi turning his head to look at him, he pretended to sigh.

"What are you doing?" Ying Chanxi squinted at him, "You're sighing after getting first place?"

"There will be a flag-raising ceremony tomorrow. Teacher Kong asked me to prepare a speech and I have to give a speech on stage tomorrow." Li Luo sighed and shook his head, "What a hassle."

"Don't be so ungrateful, okay?" Ying Chanxi rolled her eyes at him in annoyance. Originally, she had always been the one doing this. "Besides, it's not like you haven't spoken on stage before."

Li Luo was ranked in the top 40 in the school before, and stabilized his position in the field that originally belonged to the key classes as a parallel class, so he was also invited to speak on stage.

"But this is the first time in my life that I'm speaking on stage as the top student in my grade." Li Luo blinked and said, "I'm a little nervous."

"Humph." Ying Chanxi saw that he was just joking and immediately ignored him. "You won't have this opportunity again in the future, so cherish it."

"So what should the speech say?" Li Luo humbly asked for advice, "Mr. Ying Chanxi, you have more experience in this area, can you teach me?"

"...I think you are looking for a fight."

"I'm serious. If you don't teach me, then I can only copy you."

"Go ahead and copy it. I want to see how you copy it."

"Dear teachers and dear students, hello! I feel very honored to be here today..."

"…Students, studying is like a marathon…"

"Stop, stop, stop!" Ying Chanxi saw that he had really memorized the speech he was going to give after the midterm exam word for word, and then he remembered this guy's outrageous memory and quickly asked him to stop, "You are not allowed to copy me!"

"I still have various versions of your speeches." Li Luo said with a smile, "The one for the first year of high school is also fine."

"You wrote it yourself!" Ying Chanxi said unhappily, "It's nothing more than sharing your own learning experience. Just write about how you usually study."

“That feels hard to write.”

“Why is it so difficult to write?”

"Do I just write, read books every day, and memorize all the knowledge points that need to be memorized, and then my grades will naturally improve?"

"You are too pretentious." Ying Chanxi curled his lips, "Be careful to get beaten."

"Eh... I just want to be an honest person, but this world always makes me become hypocritical." Li Luo sighed helplessly, picked up his pen and began to write on paper.

Ying Chanxi rolled his eyes, and when he heard the bell for class rang, he turned around and ignored him.

……

The next day, Monday, Li Luo and two others came to school for a morning run.

After having breakfast in the school cafeteria, I went to the classroom and waited for the bell to ring.

When the background music of the flag-raising ceremony sounded, all the teachers and students in the school took action.

The students of Class 8 of Grade 3 gathered at the door of the classroom and, led by the two physical education committee members, Zhu Yufei and Yan Zhusheng, walked in an orderly manner towards the playground.

Li Luo and Ying Chanxi disappeared early. In the preparation area behind the flag-raising platform, Li Luo stood there, waiting with another student who was going to give a speech.

The other person is the student who has made the most progress in his grades this time, and his nature is similar to Li Luo before.

While Li Luo was waiting for the flag-raising ceremony to begin, he saw a sneaky figure approaching with a camera.

When I took a closer look, I realized it was the girl Ying Chanxi.

"Why are you here?" Li Luo asked with a puzzled look.

"I'm responsible for filming today's flag-raising ceremony." Ying Chanxi raised the camera in his hand and said as if it was a matter of course.

"You are not a member of the photography club, how did you get in?" Li Luo asked speechlessly.

"I have a friend in the photography club, and I was a non-staff member of the photography club before."

Ying Chanxi blinked innocently and pointed to another classmate holding a camera on the playground track, "She is in charge of the playground, and I am in charge of the flag-raising platform. If you beg me well, I will take a more handsome picture of you."

"Hey, Director Ying, you still can't change your habit of following unspoken rules?" Li Luo said with a smile, "Are you threatening me now?"

"Hmph~" Ying Chanxi hummed a little arrogantly, and when he noticed the dean coming over, he ignored him, ran to the side with the camera and started filming.

Li Luo also saw the dean of studies, who walked closer, patted Li Luo and another classmate on the shoulders, and smiled and gave them words of encouragement and praise.

Then the national anthem of the flag-raising ceremony was played.

The school's flag-raising team slowly came onto the stage and raised the national flag. Li Luo saluted and sang the national anthem. As the national flag rose to the top and fluttered high, the dean straightened his suit and slowly walked up to the flag-raising platform.

After a while, it was the turn of the student next to me to go on stage to speak.

The student was holding a speech manuscript in his hand, and his hands were still shaking a little when he went on stage.

When he first started speaking, his voice was slightly trembling, and it finally stabilized after he had read about halfway.

A few minutes later, it was Li Luo's turn to go on stage.

When he stood on the flag-raising platform one day and faced thousands of audiences below the stage, Li Luo was not too nervous. By the way, he also noticed the camera position set up by Ying Chanxi on the side.

With a memory palace at hand, he doesn't need a speech.

After the usual opening greetings, he got down to business.

"...When it comes to study methods, they are all old-fashioned things."

"So here, I don't want to elaborate, I just need to thank one person."

"Well, the person I want to thank is Ying Chanxi."

"When I was in junior high school, my grades were actually very poor."

"Even so, the day before the high school entrance exam, she was still willing to help me review my lessons, identify exam priorities for me, and teach me various problem-solving techniques."

"Later, when we went to the Affiliated High School No. 1, we often studied and improved together. I benefited a lot from this."

"As for the learning methods, Mr. Ying Chanxi has already shared a lot on this flag-raising platform, so there is no need for me to teach him how to learn."

“I won first place this time, and my classmate Ying Chanxi was very happy for me. I think this kind of healthy competition is the driving force that enables us to keep improving.”

“A lucky victory is not the goal, but just a wonderful scenery on the way to the finish line.”

"In the future, I will continue to work hard and hope to continue to give Ying Chanxi more pressure and encouragement."...

When Li Luo turned his conversation to Ying Chanxi, Ying Chanxi, who was holding the camera and recording, suddenly blushed.

She didn't expect that Li Luo would say these things at the flag-raising ceremony when there were so many other things to say.

It was clearly asked for you to go on stage and share your learning experience!
What on earth are you talking about?

Ying Chanxi's cheeks turned red with embarrassment.

The students in Class 8 of Grade 3 also laughed quietly.

"The class monitor is worthy of being the class monitor... How dare you show off your affection like this in front of the dean?"

"How can this be called showing affection? Didn't the monitor say that? That's called healthy competition."

"So I'm only one Ying Chanxi away from being the top of the grade?"

"Wake up, kid. Why are you sleeping again so early in the morning?"

……

"It's all your fault. When I came back, everyone looked at me weirdly."

After returning to the classroom, Ying Chanxi hit Li Luo in shame and anger, and complained in a low voice.

"What's my problem? Everything I said on the flag-raising platform is true."

"Are you kidding me? What does your good grades have to do with me? It's obviously your own hard work."

"That's also your contribution." Li Luo took advantage of the fact that no one around was paying attention and kissed Ying Chanxi in a lightning speed.

Ying Chanxi was startled and his face turned red. He looked around panically and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one had noticed.

"You, you scared me to death!" Ying Chanxi hit him again, but his tone was soft and he didn't look angry at all.

"Actually, I have superpowers." Li Luo said quietly, "As long as I kiss you, I can absorb knowledge from you and turn it into my own."

"You're just talking nonsense." Ying Chanxi blushed and muttered, "Then why can't I suck it from you?"

"Of course you can't do it if you don't have superpowers." Li Luo said seriously, "But if you practice more, you may be able to do it. You should try it more often."

"Bah!" Ying Chanxi spat at him, snorted, and walked back to his seat.

But after sitting down, Ying Chanxi turned around and said, "I'll send you the recorded speech tonight."

"What's so interesting about this?"

"Show it to Aunt Lin and the others."

"Oh~ Do you want my parents to see how I thank you on stage?"

"You're so annoying. You take my kindness for granted."

The two of them were arguing, and it ended with Li Luo playing with Ying Chanxi's ponytail.

……

After returning home in the evening, Li Luo received a video sent by Ying Chanxi to his email.

So Li Luo sent it to his parents and showed it to them.

After learning that his son got first place in the grade, Li Guohong praised him, while Lin Xiuhong asked about Ying Chanxi's situation.

After all, Li Luo took first place, so Xixi was pushed to second place, right?
Lin Xiuhong still cares a lot about her future daughter-in-law.

However, after learning that the video was recorded by Ying Chanxi himself, the couple felt relieved.

[Lin Xiuhong]: Even if you get first place, you must be humble and not arrogant. Don't be too proud, or else Xixi will probably take it back next time. If you have the ability, just keep it.

Okay.

Classic mom quotes.

Li Luo was already used to this and was too lazy to refute it. He just said a few "hmm"s and passed it off, then asked about the two elders' travel plans.

[Li Guohong]: We are planning to go on a self-driving tour to the northwest. Your uncle and his family are also going. We can just follow them. Your uncle has experience.

Li Luo felt relieved knowing that his uncle and his family were with him.

But Lin Xiuhong was a little worried about her son.

[Lin Xiuhong]: When you and Xixi and the other two go to Tianhe City together, you must be careful and don’t do anything rash, do you understand?
Seeing his mother's concern and instructions, Li Luo blinked, always feeling that there was something wrong with his mother's wording.

[Li Luo]: I understand. Don’t worry.

No messing around.

If anyone was going to mess around, it would be Xu Youyu who would do it first.

He is a good and honest boy.

Thinking of this, Li Luo had finished communicating with his parents.

After listening to Lin Xiuhong's instructions, Li Luo ended the chat and started writing tonight.

……

Friday, January 1th.

The school was over at noon at the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School, and everyone welcomed the long-awaited winter vacation.

After packing his schoolbag, Li Luo immediately took Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng and hurried back home.

Xu Youyu had already been waiting here. Li Luo and the other two also pulled the suitcases that had been prepared last night from their respective bedrooms and prepared to leave for the airport.

"Why is Aunt Cui here too?" Li Luo asked curiously when he saw Cui Suling sitting on the sofa, "Are you going with us?"

"She's not going." Xu Youyu waved his hand and explained, "I wanted to drive you there, but my mom also needs a car these two days, so she might as well come and take us there."

"What are you talking about?" Cui Suling rolled her eyes at her daughter. "You've left your car at the airport for several days. What if it gets bumped or dented? I might as well give you a ride."

"It's easier to get bumped in your hands." Xu Youyu muttered softly.

"What did you say?"

"nothing."

The five of them went downstairs and set off.

Cui Suling got into the driver's seat of Xu Youyu's red BMW and drove the four of them to the airport.

After a series of instructions along the way, we finally drove to the airport entrance.

Xu Youyu quickly got out of the car to escape his mother's spell, and hurriedly walked into the airport gate dragging his suitcase.

Li Luo stayed by the car and chatted with Cui Suling for a few more words before watching her drive away.

"Let's go!" After Xu Youyu finally got rid of his mother, he suddenly became excited and ran to check in cheering.

Li Luo took out his cell phone and reported to his parents that he was safe.

Seeing the photos his parents sent of them preparing to go on a self-driving tour, Li Luo picked up his phone, took a photo of the backs of the three girls in front of him, and sent it to his mother.

"Li Luo, hurry up and catch up." Ying Chanxi urged from the front.

"coming."

(End of this chapter)