Chapter 214

Chapter 214: Team Building Activities

The plan for mountain climbing and camping was scheduled to start in the afternoon. Upon their arrival in the morning, they would first hold quality expansion mini-games on the nearby grassland. This was also a team building activity that was deeply despised by many employees afterward.

However, for high school students experiencing these games for the first time, such experiences were still quite novel. The relationships among students were not as stiff as some colleagues’ relationships, and everyone played freely and looked forward to it.

Head Teacher Dong Zhongying and Li Xiang asked class monitors He Luoyun and Lin Youxi to organize the mini-games and then went to a nearby store to chat.

They knew that with the head teacher present, the students might not play as freely, but they also wouldn’t let the students disappear from sight to avoid any unexpected situations.

Class 3 and Class 5 of Grade 11 were not on the same floor, so the students from the two classes did not have much interaction in daily life.

Their most common topics about each other’s classes were the gossip about Mei Fang and Xia Yuan, and Lin Youxi.

After all, these three had performed together many times on stage, and their close relationship was never concealed. It was hard not to talk about them.

Today was the first joint activity between the two classes, and students from Class 3 would pay more attention to Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi, while students from Class 5 would focus their conversations on Mei Fang.

During the preparation process, Lin Youxi, as the host, took charge of various affairs, demonstrating her efficiency and composure. As another class monitor, He Luoyun, despite being over 180 cm tall, seemed like a sidekick to Lin Youxi, obeying her every word.

Although Lin Youxi came from a parallel class, she was always a legendary figure who consistently ranked in the top 30 of the grade, originally only belonging to the Changfei class and competition class. Therefore, even without the “plum” factor, she was already very interesting.

Originally, students from Class 3 worried that Lin Youxi would be a cold goddess who was hard to communicate with, just like her appearance suggested. However, she turned out to be much easier to get along with, which was one of the reasons why she gained more support in Class 5.

As for Xia Yuan, her image and temperament matched everyone’s imagination of a school beauty or campus idol. She was approachable and spoke politely, laughing happily. Her face was very pure and sweet, filled with a sense of first love.

Such a charming girl, once on stage, was a bold and talented idol singer who combined talent and beauty.

In fact, ever since Xia Yuan first became famous at the summer camp, many students from other schools came to watch her performances.

These two outstanding girls might seem unrelated, but they were actually childhood friends who grew up together since kindergarten.

This was already a very interesting topic, and adding Mei Fang into the mix naturally made it even more intriguing.

Not mentioning Mei Fang wasn’t because he lacked interest. Mei Fang was neither as academically excellent as Lin Youxi nor as impactful in singing as Xia Yuan, who had debuted earlier. At first glance, he seemed rather low-key. But in reality, his popularity at school was no less than the other two.

Compared to introverted and reserved boys of his age, girls preferred discussing which class had handsome, academically excellent, talented, and good-natured boys.

He had good relations with most of the girls in Class 3 except Xiang Bingbing, and there was no one saying bad things about him, which was an important reason for his popularity.

Before the mini-game activities began, Lin Youxi gave a speech: “Today is the first joint collective activity between Class 3 and Class 5. These activities don’t have any concept of winning or losing; the most important thing is to have fun. If we can make more friends through this, it would be even better.”

Lin Youxi clapped her hands and smiled, “So I suggest that the students from both classes participate in the activities alternately, instead of dividing into two separate classes. Otherwise, it would turn into a sports meet.”

Lin Youxi’s teasing caused the students to laugh, easing the initially awkward atmosphere. He Luoyun reminded everyone, “Don’t be shy, find your seats.”

Thus, under the encouragement of the class monitors, the students from both classes found seats around the game area. Xia Yuan naturally rushed straight to Mei Fang—although she wasn’t that direct, as she was holding Liu Xiaoyu’s hand when she came over, though Liu Xiaoyu was sitting on the other side of Xia Yuan.

Lin Youxi urged everyone to sit down, seemingly having no chance to rest as the organizer.

Mei Fang leaned down to ask Xia Yuan, “What games has Youxi prepared?”

“It’s a lot of fun activities that Youxi and I found together. Just wait and see!”

Lin Youxi’s first activity was untying linked bracelets.

“There are 56 students participating today. Everyone needs to form groups of eight, making seven groups in total.”

Upon hearing Lin Youxi’s instructions, everyone quickly got up to find teammates. Xiang Bingbing, who was sitting behind Mei Fang, formed a group with Mei Fang, Xia Yuan, Liu Xiaoyu, and several other classmates.

Lin Youxi continued to announce the game rules, “Now, each person needs to hold the left hand of a teammate with their left hand and the right hand of another teammate with their right hand. Pay attention, left hand to left hand, right hand to right hand. Make sure everyone is holding hands, don’t be shy, and be proactive.”

“Left hand to left hand… right hand to right hand… oh wow, how awkward!”

Mei Fang had played this untying linked bracelets game in college, so he had a slight memory of it.

Everyone formed a circle, searching for left hands and right hands.

He quickly grabbed Xia Yuan’s left hand, but Xia Yuan’s right hand was originally meant to hold Liu Xiaoyu’s hand. Unexpectedly, Xiang Bingbing grabbed it first.

She was crossing her left hand with a girl, and being taller, she felt very awkward now.

“Oh, um—”

Since the last person to complete the link had a penalty game, everyone hurriedly connected hands. Mei Fang hastily grabbed someone else’s right hand and looked up to discover it was Liu Xiaoyu.

…

Liu Xiaoyu was quite embarrassed after being held by Mei Fang. After exchanging glances with Mei Fang, she tried to say something, but finally closed her lips and looked away.

But this handshake had a slightly special meaning for Mei Fang, as it reminded him of some past events.

In his previous life, Mei Fang had indeed fantasized about holding Liu Xiaoyu’s hand, but in this life, he ended up doing so under these circumstances.

The brief moment made Mei Fang feel a bit sentimental.

But it ended there.

Mei Fang’s next action was to tightly hold Xia Yuan’s hand.

At this moment, Xia Yuan also took the opportunity to familiarize everyone with the rules, “Later, we need to untie the linked bracelets without letting go and form a circle. Letting go means losing. We can cross our arms and pull like this—basically, we absolutely cannot let go, or we lose.”

“I will definitely not let go.”

Mei Fang responded with a smile to Xia Yuan’s suggestion and reminded others, “I remember Youxi said that the first place has a prize. Everyone can try to win it.”

“There’s actually a prize!”

Xiang Bingbing was delighted, “What good things has Youxi prepared? I must win it!”

“Don’t get too excited, it’s something bought with class fees from both classes, nothing particularly valuable,” Wan Chaoxiong whispered.

“But I’ll work harder to win the prize. There’s my money in it, sniff…”

Xiang Bingbing cried softly.

This was actually a chapter added yesterday. Last night, I thought I could win and come back to write, but I lost until 3:30 am, sob… I’m sorry everyone. When I opened the computer to write today, I found that Mingqian Xiao gave me a Silver Bud, sob… Thank you very much for the strong support from Silver Bud. This is my first Silver Bud. But I have a date with a girl this afternoon. Once I finish playing, I will definitely write high-quality ten chapters day and night.