"Chen Bing's grades are so good. If you can't keep up with him, you might still be together in high school, but what about in college? He'll be studying in another city by himself, and you won't be able to spend every day together anymore. What if other, more outstanding girls approach him?"

"Our daughter is so beautiful, and she and Bingbing have a good relationship; they know each other well, and their parents like you too. As long as you can maintain a proper distance and focus more on your studies and mutual progress, after you graduate from university, I'll have your father discuss engagement with Chen Bing's family, okay?"

Shang Yunmiao, who was initially disappointed by Yunxuan's first half of the speech, immediately became elated after hearing the second half about the engagement.

Shang Yunmiao was very pleased with Yunxuan's words. She followed her lead, thought about the future carefully, and then nodded in agreement and made a promise.

"Yes, Mom. I know what I should and shouldn't do." Shang Yunmiao smiled sweetly after figuring it out. She stood up and walked to her mother, giving her a deep hug.

The mother and daughter exchanged some more heartfelt words before ending their conversation for the evening.

After comforting her daughter and sending her back to her room, Yunxuan breathed a sigh of relief. With a light heart, she then returned to her own bedroom.

"Are you done talking?"

"Okay, that's all." After getting into bed, Yunxuan hugged her husband and said, "Now it's up to you to talk to Bingbing."

"Don't worry, I've been managing students for so many years, I'm very experienced," Shang Zhengxin patted his chest and replied confidently.

Seeing his confident demeanor, Yunxuan became somewhat uneasy.

"I'm not asking you to catch them dating too early. It's perfectly normal for teenagers to develop feelings for each other, especially since my two kids have grown up together and are both so outstanding. You're a parent, not a student manager. You need to guide them properly, not condemn them outright."

"Don't worry, I know. I wouldn't want to break up the couple, otherwise what if Chen Bing and I become estranged and she doesn't want to play chess with me anymore, or she doesn't want to stay in Shangping to study in the future? Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Hearing her husband's assurances, Yunxuan felt relieved and then started talking to him about their two children.

"Hey? Speaking of which, Chaozi is a parent too. Do they know about the two kids' recent behavior? Should we tell them?"

After hesitating for a while, Yunxuan voiced her objection.

"Goodbye, Chen Bing is sensible. They've never really worried about her; they've always let her grow up on her own."

"Haha, it's just like we have two children in our family."

"That's right. Isn't a son-in-law like half a son? You watch him grow up from a young age, so you can be at ease raising him yourself."

"Oh dear, she's only a few years old, why are you already talking about son-in-law? It's still a long way off!"

While Shang Zhengxin and his wife were discussing the topic with great interest, Shang Ping, who was not far away, and Chen Shichao, who had been fast asleep, suddenly woke up and sneezed.

"Achoo! Oh my god, who misses me?"

"What's wrong in the middle of the night? Are you cold? Make sure you're covered up properly." Liu Yue, who was woken up by Old Chen's rough movements, first complained to him a few times, and then pulled the blanket over him with concern.

"It's alright, it's not cold at all. I'm actually feeling quite hot," Chen Shichao said with a grin, putting his arm around his wife and saying, "Yueyue, the weather is so nice right now. How about we go to West Lake together in a couple of days? It's about time for a spring outing."

"The Qingming Festival holiday is just around the corner, and the children should be coming back soon."

"It's okay, it's okay. They're not that young anymore, they don't necessarily need adults to take care of them. We'll just play our own games and leave them alone, okay?"

Liu Yue was initially reluctant to agree, but she couldn't resist her husband's persistent pleading and coaxing, and finally relented and agreed to his request.

...

The following day, Friday morning.

When Chen Bing woke up, she was surprised to find that Shang Yunmiao was acting a little differently than usual. Although she was still very affectionate with her on the way to and from school, she immediately changed her demeanor as soon as she entered the classroom, becoming serious and focused on studying.

This sudden change made Chen Bing think that things had gone back to the way they were before. Fortunately, after observing Xiao Shang all morning, he found that she was just studying more diligently, not shy or afraid to get close to him.

Relieved, Chen Bing felt a sense of relief.

During the first geography class that afternoon, the geography teacher handed out the test papers from the previous afternoon.

Unsurprisingly, Chen Bing got a perfect score again.

Unsurprisingly, Xiao Shang eagerly came over to ask him for help with the questions he didn't know how to answer.

Unlike yesterday, Shang Yunmiao listened attentively this time, without making any unnecessary movements. Influenced by her, Chen Bing also calmed down and studied more diligently than usual.

Time always flies when you're focused on studying; before you know it, it's time to go home.

Because she had arranged to have dinner at the biology teacher's house yesterday, Chen Bing took Shang Yunmiao to Yunxuan and explained the situation before going to the biology office.

He pushed open the office door, but did not see the familiar and burly Teacher Feng.

Just as Chen Bing was wondering if what Teacher Feng had said to her yesterday was a joke, a loud voice came from behind her.

"Hey! School's out?"

Turning around, Chen Bing greeted the other person in return.

"Wait a moment, okay? I'll go pack my things."

As she spoke, Teacher Feng walked past Chen Bing into the office and stuffed some messy things on the desk into her "Jadeite" gift bag.

"Let's go. My son will be out of school soon. After we pick him up, I'll take you to the supermarket to buy some groceries you like so we can cook at home. Your teacher's wife makes such delicious braised chicken legs, don't be too surprised, haha."

The teacher's enthusiasm was like fire, and his actions were as swift and energetic as ever.

He strode along, and in no time he led Chen Bing to where he had parked.

"Teacher, which primary school does your child attend?"

"The central primary school, huh? Where did you go to primary school before?"

"I also graduated from the Central Primary School."

"Oh! That's great!" Teacher Feng exclaimed, while casually taking a bottle of Ita from the car.

Here, take it.

After taking the two pieces and popping them into her mouth, Chen Bing put the bottle back in the drawer.

"You little rascal, don't I want to eat?"

"Haha, I didn't notice." Chen Bing smiled awkwardly and took out two more Extra gum tablets for the teacher.

During this conversation, the car slowly drove out of the campus and onto the road.

Baishi No.1 Middle School is very close to Baishi Town Central Primary School. In just a few minutes, the two arrived at the school gate and picked up Teacher Feng's child. He was a short boy with blue-rimmed square glasses who looked a bit dull.