Me, a Nobody, Became the Villainess's White Moonlight? - Volume 1 Chapter 16

Chapter 16: Moving Next to You

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Changing seats is something that some schools basically won’t do anymore in the third year of high school.

But it depends on the situation, and also depends on the teacher.

Coincidentally, Yu Chuyao and Tang Xiaorou’s homeroom teacher was someone who believed it was necessary to control students through seat changes. On one hand, she could separate students she thought were problematic during this period, preventing them from affecting the good students’ preparation for exams; on the other hand, she could also motivate those average students to pay more attention in class through seat changes.

After all, to get into a good school, many people want to sit in the middle of the front rows.

Therefore, basically after every major exam, the class seating would be slightly adjusted, and even after half a semester, they could still completely shuffle all the seats.

Tang Xiaorou’s seat was arguably one of the best in the class. Although not in the first row, but just a few positions back, she didn’t need to crane her neck to see the blackboard, which was quite comfortable.

However, since coming back through rebirth, she had been feeling very uncomfortable. Why? Because she was only separated from Su Yingying by one aisle.

Being so close to this unlucky woman was increasingly unbearable. Yesterday she heard that they had just finished an exam, so she thought there would definitely be a minor seat adjustment today, giving her a chance to get away from her.

As for Su Yingying and Jiang Xinxin’s seats, with their grades, they normally wouldn’t have gotten such good positions. It was just that everyone knew about Tang Xiaorou pursuing Su Yingying, and after seeing Tang Xiaorou’s preference for this spot, almost no one specifically requested to sit beside her anymore.

It was quite fortunate for those two.

But she figured they wouldn’t have such opportunities anymore.

“Teacher, I’d like to change seats,” before others could voice their opinions, Tang Xiaorou directly raised her hand and made her request: “I’ve been sitting here for too long, I want a change of environment.”

“Hmm?” The homeroom teacher hadn’t expected Tang Xiaorou to be the one with issues, after all, she had been sitting in that position for almost half a year without any problems.

Could it be…

Ran Xia beside her tugged at her sleeve and whispered while lying on the desk: “Why are you getting all worked up? Why change seats!” He was also reluctant to part with this long-time good desk mate.

Tang Xiaorou glared at him impatiently, muttering: “Don’t interfere with my important business!”

Nearby, when Jiang Xinxin heard Tang Xiaorou wanted to change seats, she couldn’t help but laugh, quickly leaning close to Su Yingying and saying: “Yingying, looks like we can change seats too, this side gets too much sun in the afternoon, look how we’ve both gotten a bit tanned.”

In her view, the teacher and classmates would definitely still arrange for Tang Xiaorou and Su Yingying to be nearby like before, and as her desk mate, she would naturally go along too.

However, Su Yingying felt things weren’t that simple, the homeroom teacher wasn’t the type to be completely unaware of what was happening in class.

“Oh… Tang Xiaorou, where do you want to move to?” She glanced at the seating chart, originally having no intention of moving her seat, but since the top student had made such a request, it was hard to refuse.

After all, being first in class, who could object to having some small privileges?

Tang Xiaorou didn’t say directly, but smiled slightly and stood up from her seat. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, she walked to the back, all the way to the corner of the last row, and patted the shoulder of Yu Chuyao’s desk mate.

“Hey, can’t you take a hint?” Since she had made such an obvious request, why did everyone seem not to understand her intention?

That person jerked, their voice filled with disbelief.

“Huh? Me?”

You mean this prime spot in the front is being offered to me now?

“Who else? Unless you want me to take the inside seat?” Seeing them not moving, Tang Xiaorou raised her chin, looking at Yu Chuyao’s other desk mate.

Why refuse such a stroke of good luck? The classmate Tang Xiaorou pointed to quickly gathered their things and hurried to Tang Xiaorou’s original seat.

Tang Xiaorou quite unceremoniously sat down here, after all, she had already sat here several times these past few days, so it wasn’t unfamiliar. Looking forward, basically everyone was secretly observing their side, and her original desk mate Ran Xia was particularly teary-eyed, looking at her with a face full of reluctance.

It wasn’t that he liked Tang Xiaorou, just that after such a long time together, he felt uncomfortable with the sudden separation.

Back to Yu Chuyao beside her, she was like everyone else, looking at Tang Xiaorou with surprise, completely looking as if she had seen a ghost.

Are you kidding? Even in the third year of high school, you’re still playing this trope of having to sit with the person you like?

“No,” at this point she also reminded Tang Xiaorou: “Classmate Tang, are you sure you want to sit here?”

“Yes. I think it’s very necessary for me to sit with you.” Instead, Tang Xiaorou spoke righteously: “You see, our college entrance exam study really emphasizes environment, if I’m not studying in an environment I like, I might end up with declining grades, and neither the teachers nor the school would want to see that happen, right?”

That was indeed true, a student who could achieve city-wide or even province-wide rankings in the college entrance exam would bring prize money to the school, and teachers could get additional evaluations, both of which were very important to them.

“Moreover, based on our discussion of the test papers yesterday, the conclusion is,” speaking halfway, Tang Xiaorou supported her face with her hand and smiled mischievously: “Classmate Yu Chuyao’s academic performance still has a lot of room for improvement.”

A more tactful way of saying “your grades have a lot of room for improvement.” More directly, it means “your grades are too poor to look at.”

Hey wait, whether it was Yu Chuyao’s grades before transmigrating or the total score seen on yesterday’s test paper, they were all in the middle range of the class, neither high nor low, basically having no chance at good schools.

She might not compare to top students like you Tang Xiaorou, but you didn’t have to say it like that!

At this, Yu Chuyao got a bit angry, her body that was originally facing Tang Xiaorou directly turned away, no longer paying attention to her.

Seeing Yu Chuyao throwing a little tantrum at her, Tang Xiaorou wasn’t annoyed, but rather felt a bit happy. Because this was also a sign of trust in her.

So she continued unhurriedly: “So, isn’t it good for us to sit together in the back, to help improve your grades?”

You might ask why she didn’t bring Yu Chuyao to the front? First, the front seats were too conspicuous, and Yu Chuyao, who was used to being a nobody in the back, might not like or be comfortable with it. Second, she didn’t want to be close to Su Yingying anymore, after all, the latter would absolutely not give up her good seat to come to the back.

However, Yu Chuyao didn’t appreciate it, feeling this was even more troublesome.

If other classmates knew what she was thinking, they’d probably want to curse. The top student in the class, who could even compete for first in the whole school, voluntarily came to tutor you, and you’re still not satisfied!

Our grades are poor too, Tang Xiaorou, can you come help us study too? Countless male classmates complained like this.