Chapter 442: Chapter 442: I Only Meant to Be Humble

"My name is Xu Bingbing, I am from Yan City!" Then sat down.

The class was stunned for a while before applauding.

Sitting in the first row, Xu Qinghuan turned sideways to look at the back, and met face-to-face with two girls in the back row, one of whom was Xu Bingbing, a classic ice beauty.

"My name is Zhou Huiyan, I am from Yan City. My hobby is singing, and I hope to serve as the class’s arts representative."

As Zhou Huiyan finished speaking, she received very enthusiastic applause.

After several introductions, a boy across the aisle from Xu Qinghuan in the first row stood up,

"My name is Wu Yingsong, I am from Shen City. Before going to college, I had three years of work experience, spending two years as an orderly and then transitioning to medical assistant at the Shen City People’s Hospital.

I believe I have certain professional capabilities, and I hope to become the class president, to help and guide everyone in learning."

A man wearing a white shirt and black pants stood up, looking deeply at Xu Qinghuan, "My name is Liu Xiaojun, born into a working-class family, the most solid brother of the farming class. My college entrance exam score was 372, which I consider a normal performance. I hope to be the study committee member of the class."

The applause in the classroom was very loud, and when Liu Xiaojun sat down, he glanced over at Xu Qinghuan’s side, with two suspicious blushes on his face.

Indeed, murmurs rose in the classroom, with Liu Xiaojun’s entrance exam score becoming a hot topic of discussion.

Xu Qinghuan did not join the discussion, remaining slouched and waiting for the classmates to continue introducing themselves.

She didn’t mean to get to know everyone, but it was a show of respect for the attendees, so she looked rather earnest.

When the last student finished introducing themselves, Li Hu had already written down the names of several key class committee members on the board. Behind class president was Wu Yingsong, under study committee member was Liu Xiaojun’s name, art representative nominated was Zhou Huiyan, along with other members.

"We will elect class committee members through a campaign process. Besides the students listed above, if anyone else wishes to serve, please raise your hand!"

He looked at Xu Qinghuan, but she had already straightened up, sitting unaffected.

Li Hu asked, "Xu Qinghuan, are you interested in being the study committee member?"

Xu Qinghuan shook her head with a smile, "I’m sorry, my own tasks are quite heavy. For now, I don’t have the time or energy to serve my classmates."

She’s always extremely lazy, doesn’t live on campus, with two children at home to take care of, and she doesn’t regard herself within the same dimension as others in the class. She only came for a diploma and would rather not participate in class affairs.

Liu Xiaojun shouted, "Qinghuan, if you want to be the study committee member, I won’t compete with you—I will directly withdraw!"

As he finished speaking, the classmates who understood him started to heckle, "Xiaojun is a gentleman!"

"Xiaojun doesn’t compete with female classmates, good job! If female classmates hold class committee positions, male classmates will withdraw from the competition."

"Okay, no problem!"

Xu Qinghuan could understand everyone’s feelings, having been suppressed for ten years, now this atmosphere is increasingly open. On the street, one can already see men and women walking side by side, and in somewhat remote places, people holding hands secretly are not bothered, it’s a good thing to have a relaxed atmosphere.

But, that doesn’t mean she’s willing to become the object of Liu Xiaojun’s jokes.

Xu Qinghuan looked backward, meeting Liu Xiaojun’s unabashedly intentional gaze, and felt a wave of discomfort internally, but she still restrained herself, saying, "Thank you, but there’s no need for that. I won’t take what’s yours."

"Oh, come on!" Liu Xiaojun half-pleased, half-teasingly said, "If you really want to take it, I’d be more than happy!" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Even Li Hu laughed.

Other boys heckled more fiercely, while the girls were somewhat dumbfounded, but clearly, they did not have a good impression of Xu Qinghuan.

That’s how society is, once a woman is targeted or teased by a man, it is always the woman who is thought to lack virtue, no matter how times change, in matters between men and women, women always bear more blame than men, even if she’s the victim.

Once this class finished, her reputation would probably spread all over the campus, where men might be called dashing, while women would be called promiscuous.

"Is a mere 372 in the college entrance exam score very impressive?" Xu Qinghuan said coldly, "If I want to be the study committee member, is it your place to concede?"

Liu Xiaojun’s face suddenly changed, "What do you mean? We’re classmates; I was just joking, can’t you even take a joke?"

Xu Qinghuan was annoyed, "Are we very familiar? Sitting in the same classroom for the first time, not even knowing each other’s names, yet you joke with me—how big is your face? It’s not that I can’t take a joke, I’m repulsed by people like you joking with me!"

"You... ha, never had a man joke with you before, so you’re overreacting with a personal attack? You should have said earlier, I’d prefer joking with a dog rather than with you."

Xu Qinghuan’s face also changed, but this was at the class meeting, she held back again and again, "I suggest you become classmates with dogs, people like you truly are unworthy of being my classmate."

Others didn’t know Xu Qinghuan’s background, but Li Hu, as the class supervisor, had specially inquired. Her father is a military district commander, who married into Shangjiang Team during the educated youth’s rural visit.

Her husband is also a university student, and both were top and second top scorers in Hei Province.

Liu Xiaojun was about to curse, but Li Hu seized the conversation, "Xu Qinghuan, although you were the top scorer in Hei Province this year, scoring 397 in the entrance exam, close to full marks, you must not have a conceited attitude, keep striving in your studies to achieve even better grades."

Xu Qinghuan knew Li Hu was backing her, she gratefully nodded, saying, "Perhaps my earlier self-introduction was too subtle, I originally meant to be modest, unexpectedly causing the opposite effect.

Let me reintroduce myself—I’m an educated youth returned to the city after the rural visit and college exam. Before the rural visit, I assisted a pregnant woman in a cesarean section at the Shen City People’s Hospital, and the vertical incision technique now popular in Shen City is my legacy;

After the rural visit, I served as chief surgeon at Anguang County People’s Hospital, performing surgery for internal bleeding, heart surgeries, comminuted fracture of the hip, and saved a soldier champion’s leg at the Army General Hospital—a bullet pierced his knee and exploded within..."

Before she had finished speaking, the classroom was filled with gasps.

"Bone adhesive is a formula I improved upon from my master, and the Beauty Pill that caused a sensation in Yan City three years ago was created by me. I truly do not have time to serve everyone’s studies, it’s a fact, not false modesty."

Xu Qinghuan’s eyes gave Liu Xiaojun a cool glance, with him appearing quite unreconciled.

"Even though I’m a woman, I’m not someone you can joke about. As classmates for five years, I hope in the future, even if we can’t learn professional knowledge, at the very least we must learn to respect others."

After speaking, she glanced at the clock, said to Li Hu, "Brother Li, is there anything else for today’s class meeting? If not, I have some matters to handle, I might not find the person if I’m late."

Li Hu nodded, "You can go, I’ll just cover some points about the meeting, and we’ll adjourn. You can come to me if you have any questions later."

After Xu Qinghuan left, the class felt like a boiling pot of soup, Wu Yingsong asked, "Mr. Li, is Xu Qinghuan really that capable? Then why is she attending university?"