On a Thursday morning, Xu Qingfan sat alone at his desk with nothing to do.
Even though he had become the vice president of the student council for some odd reason, his life hadn't changed much.
Unlike what Xu Qingfan had imagined about university student councils, high school council members only needed to handle two matters: taking attendance and scoring the morning exercises.
As the vice president, he didn't need to bother with such minor things, so he had nothing to do.
As for his team members, they were all assigned to catch latecomers.
According to Pei Ziyu's account, Xu Qingfan's job mainly involved organizing and coordinating the daily work of the members, as well as preparing and rehearsing for events like the school sports meeting and New Year's Eve party.
Pei Ziyu, the senior sister, didn't ostracize him; after all, Xu Qingfan becoming vice president didn't affect her interests.
The duty roster for the second and third years remained the same. Pei, the senior sister from the first-year, handed it over to Xu Qingfan. After he came back to his class, he left it to Xiao Ruawen and didn't manage it anymore.
So, until the school sports meeting came along, Vice President Xu Qingfan remained idle.
Looking at it this way, the role of vice president of the high school student council seemed quite cushy indeed. Not only did one not have to do any work, but one could also leverage this title to be selected as an Outstanding Student at the city or provincial level.
However, this was only because he had parachuted into the position in his first year. If he had to slog through two years to build his resume and only became president or vice president after an election in his third year, the return on investment would have been too low.
[No wonder that dumbass Du Haitao dropped the pearl that day.]
After mentally lambasting Du Haitao for a bit, Xu Qingfan picked up his politics textbook and started reading seriously.
During student days with nothing better to do, he always enjoyed reading the small stories in textbooks, like Morgan's fruit fly experiments, or Chuan and "I"'s father-son relationship.
Before long, the five members returned. Wu Shichong and Lai Chenglang sat down and began complaining, "Standing around all morning for nothing, no one was late!"
"Don't they ever sleep in!"
The two had been hoping to jot down the class and name of any pretty girl, so that even if the pretty girls had nothing to do with them, it would give them something to daydream about.
But after standing the whole morning, they hadn't seen a single late girl, not to mention boys.
"Brother Fan, you're taking my duty next week!" Xiao Ruawen hung the dog tag around his neck and said with a grin.
Xu Qingfan gave her a look, "It's only the first week, and you already want out?"
"No way, you just have to take my duty next week, Brother Fan!" Xiao Ruawen said with a sly smile, but didn't explain why.
Xu Qingfan shook his head, took off his student council badge and put it back in the drawer, "Enough with the noise, focus on your morning reading."
"Roger that!" Wu Shichong and Lai Chenglang gave a "spirited" salute. After being glared at by Xu, they quietly picked up their books and began to read.
"Hehe..." Xiao Ruawen couldn't help but giggle while reading because her duty partner was Xia Xiaoxiao.
[I'm setting you up right now, let's see if you dare to say I'm useless next time!]
Xu Qingfan glanced at the girl giggling foolishly and sighed silently, his expression seeming to say: This kid is beyond help.
The break between the end of morning reading and the start of the next class was only five minutes, just enough time for a hasty bathroom trip. Barely had Xu Qingfan managed to finish before the bell for classes rang.
After washing hands, Xu Qingfan returned to the classroom to find the Chinese teacher already standing at the podium.
There were many students in similar situations; by the time everyone was seated again, another three minutes had passed.
Therefore, Xu Qingfan had always been puzzled about why the break after morning reading was only five minutes.
[Hey? Aren't I the vice president? I have the right to make suggestions, right?]
The more he thought about it, the better he felt about being vice president.
The Chinese teacher, clearly used to this routine, waited for the class to quieten down before beginning the lesson unhurriedly.
And as everyone knows, high school Chinese class never really teaches Chinese. If the Chinese teacher isn't "talking politics," they are on the way there.
Regarding this, Xu Qingfan only had twenty-four characters to say, "Prosperity, democracy..."
[Once my short video ultimate weapon goes overseas, all these angry youths will probably know how great our country is.]
After the second long break, I bumped into Xia Xiaoxiao at the snack bar and sneakily ate half of her pudding stick, so happy!
I continued to slack off during the third and fourth periods, and after finishing the first unit of the math workbook, Xu Qingfan felt terrifyingly strong.
"Brother Fan, I'm going to eat with Wang Xuan and the others, take care of yourself." Xiao Ruawen usually tried to mess up his hair, but this time Xu Qingfan pulled her in, causing her to almost fall over.
"Ah~ Brother Chou Fan, hahaha (〃'▽'〃)!"
In the end, they were still at school, so Xu Qingfan just tickled her underarm, avoiding a spanking.
"You're both lousy and playful." He enjoyed the softness for a while before finally letting go.
"Hmph~ I'll teach you a lesson when I get back at noon!" Xiao Ruawen glared at him, slung her backpack on, and quickly left holding Wang Xuan's hand.
"Seriously, Brother Fan, can't you restrain yourself a bit?"
"Exactly, you're even in class, we're really hurt, you know!"
Wu Shichong and Lai Chenglang, the two single dogs, suffered a critical hit and left behind envious tears.
"Let's go, I'll treat you to an ice-cold Coke at cafeteria one." Xu Qingfan ignored them both and beckoned.
The two instantly became friendly.
Two weeks had passed, and the five of them now each had their own dining buddies, forcing Xu Qingfan to join Wu Shichong and Lai Chenglang, the two chatty single guys.
"Brother Fan, that dumbass Du Haitao quit the Magic Club, why don't you join us? The three handsome guys of Li Zhong together!"
"Yeah, plus, participating in a club helps you meet more friends, which is great!"
The two were clearly there to lobby for Chen Mengmeng, but unfortunately, Xu Qingfan was genuinely committed elsewhere.
"Do I need to make more friends? Just grab someone and ask; who doesn't know me?"
He felt a bit like he was bragging, but the reality was indeed such.
Sure enough, a passing boy looked at him scornfully, obviously not having a good impression of the famously backdoor Xu Qingfan.
But Xu Qingfan just wanted to say that the kid was thinking too much; his fame was clearly because of his handsomeness, obviously.
Wu Shichong and Lai Chenglang both had the expression of constipation because they were the first victims, having been added by girls on QQ in recent days only to discover the girls wanted to inquire about Xu Qingfan.
The cafeteria was packed, and after Xu Qingfan bought the ice-cold Cokes, the two had already found and secured seats.
Having gotten my meal and sat down, the campus broadcast overhead happened to start at that moment.
After a fizz of static, two clear and sweet voices rang in everyone's ears.
"Paint dreams with voices, warm hearts with words."
"7M66 campus radio station, I'm today's announcer, Zhang Yiyi."
"And I'm Lin Wanning, ya!"