After a moment's thought, Chen Bing revealed the name of the anime, and Xiao Shang nodded, indicating that he had remembered it.

Thinking that she would forget about it herself later, Chen Bing didn't bring it up again. After playing this song, she immediately started playing the next one.

Time passed leisurely. Having reviewed enough, Shang Yunmiao rested her head on Chen Bing's shoulder, quietly listening to music while recalling the system diagram of knowledge points.

Suddenly, she remembered something.

"Chen Bing, Chen Bing." She tugged at Chen Bing's wrist, then looked up at her and whispered, as if afraid of disturbing others.

"What's wrong?" Chen Bing asked in a very soft voice.

"Um... I'd like to see your exam admission ticket."

Chen Bing naturally wouldn't refuse such a small request. As he took his exam admission ticket out of his pencil case, he asked Xiao Shang, "My exam room is on the 28th, isn't it on the same floor as yours?"

"Okay, I know." After receiving the admission ticket with both hands, Shang Yunmiao looked down at Chen Bing's photo. His handsome face held a hint of coldness, a stark contrast to his usual demeanor. Shang thought to herself, "The Chen Bing I remember has always had a gentle expression, a faint smile on his lips. Why does he look so cold in this photo?"

Well, while it's called "cold," that's a word specifically used to describe handsome people. If you apply that to someone of average looks, you'd say "expressionless." And if it's someone who's not particularly good-looking, then the description changes again; it has to be a derogatory term like "gloomy."

This is an era that values ​​appearance, and discrimination based on looks is everywhere.

After admiring Chen Bing's photo for a while, Shang Yunmiao helped put the admission ticket back into Chen Bing's pencil case.

"Not ugly at all," she thought. In fact, it had a refreshing feel to it; after all, she'd never seen Chen Bing with such an expression before.

"Is there anything different between my exam admission ticket and yours?"

"No, it's the same."

"Really? I saw you staring at it for so long, I thought you'd discovered something wrong."

Turning her head, Chen Bing reached out and placed one hand around Shang Yunmiao's left ear, then gently exerted force, trying to get the other person to lean back on her shoulder.

After obediently leaning back to her, Xiao Shang suddenly had the idea of ​​teasing Chen Bing.

Well... I wouldn't call it teasing, I just wanted to interact with Chen Bing a bit.

After convincing herself, Shang Yunmiao raised her head again and whispered to Chen Bing's slightly smiling face, "By the way, Chen Bing, I noticed that the photo on your admission ticket doesn't look quite like you."

"It's quite normal, all photos are somewhat distorted." Comrade Chen Bing had no idea of ​​Shang Yunmiao's intentions. He explained quite seriously, using rather scientific language, "For example, the lens angle and lighting. Different lens angles and lighting conditions can change a person's appearance. For instance, shooting from a low angle may make the face look smaller, while shooting from a high angle may emphasize the chin and eyes."

In addition, the intensity and direction of light also affect the effect of a photograph. It could also be due to the characteristics of the camera and lens; different cameras and lenses have different optical properties, which may cause image distortion or loss of quality. Some lenses may make faces appear flatter or rounder…

Chen Bing continued explaining, but Shang Yunmiao was completely confused.

Indeed, Chen Bing started learning to take photos with a camera when he was just a few years old. While his skill level wouldn't be considered professional, he was certainly a budding amateur. At this point, Xiao Shang started talking about his area of ​​expertise, and this "expert in disguise" naturally couldn't resist adding his own thoughts.

"Besides the reasons mentioned above, it could also be due to a person's facial expressions and posture..."

The moment Chen Bing uttered the word "expression," Shang Yunmiao immediately noticed it.

"Yes! This is it. I feel that the expression on your exam admission ticket is strange, Chen Bing."

"How is it strange?"

"Hmm..." Shang Yunmiao pretended to be thinking seriously, but in reality she was thinking of a way to fool Chen Bing.

A few seconds later, Xiao Shang suddenly had an idea. Chen Bing saw her look enlightened, and then her face flushed as she said to her, "Your expression on your exam admission ticket looks much fiercer than usual."

"Hmm..." Chen Bing tilted her head, first looking puzzled, then pretending to try to recall.

"You seem very gentle in normal times, and you always have a smile on your face. But you look much colder in the photos, and you even look a bit fierce."

Upon hearing this, Chen Bing was slightly startled, wondering if there was such a big difference between her usual demeanor and when she met Xiao Shang.

I don't know, I don't feel anything.

He only heard Xiao Shang continue, "Chen Bing, I remember you need facial recognition to enter the exam room, right? What will you do if you can't pass?"

That's a bit of nonsense, because even if the expression is unnatural, the instrument can still recognize the person.

"So, do you want to practice the expression on your exam admission ticket beforehand?" Xiao Shang's true intentions were revealed; she just wanted to see Chen Bing make that indifferent expression.

Chen Bing, genuinely believing the other person was worried about her, didn't disappoint Xiao Shang. Instead, under the other person's guidance, she diligently practiced to resemble the expression on her exam admission ticket.

During this time, Chen Bing discovered that as long as he ignored Shang Yunmiao, he could put on the expression the other woman wanted him to see. Gradually, he understood what was going on.

It's actually a very simple principle: people can't stare at their own face all the time, so they often overlook changes in their facial expressions.

You never know when he'll look handsome, nor when he'll make a weird expression.

Today, with the help of Xiao Shang as a mirror, Chen Bing realized that the expression he showed when looking at Shang Yunmiao was different from the expression he usually saw when looking in the mirror.

When I'm alone, or with people I'm not close to, I have a very ordinary, rather indifferent expression. But when I'm with Xiao Shang, a smile will unconsciously appear on my face.

"Hmm, not bad, not bad, Chen Bing, your expression right now is just right." Just as Chen Bing was deep in thought, Shang Yunmiao noticed that the cold expression on the other's face had reappeared, so she said to him in a rather excited tone.

"I was just thinking about it..." Coming back to her senses, Chen Bing lowered her voice and, just like before, leaned close to Shang Yunmiao's ear and said, "Is it possible that the smile on my face that you see is not my usual expression?"