After the connection was established, Cai Kunnan began to play dumb.

"Hello, teacher?"

"Um, Cai Kunnan, can you hear me?"

"Hello, teacher, can you hear me?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I can hear you, can you hear me?"

"Hey teacher, can you hear me?"

At this point in the conversation, Fang Anmin frowned, wondering what was wrong with the connection.

"I can hear you, are you sure you can't?" When Fang Anmin asked this question, he already had a questioning and doubting tone.

This question, tinged with a hint of anger, made Cai Kunnan break out in a cold sweat. He knew there was no turning back now, but he was determined to keep up the act.

After thinking for a moment, he pretended not to hear and said, "Hey, teacher, it seems like there's no sound from here, teacher."

Fang Anmin was 70% skeptical of Cai Kunnan's words. He thought to himself, "If you really couldn't hear me, how could it be such a coincidence that you had a question and an answer? And you only replied right after I asked the question."

He immediately followed up with a question: "What are you pretending for?"

These harsh words startled Cai Kunnan, but they also strengthened his resolve to continue the pretense.

"Hello, teacher?"

Are you really deaf, or are you pretending?

The doubt in Fang Anmin's tone had grown from three points to five. Upon noticing this subtle change, Cai Kunnan was secretly pleased, thinking that Fang Anmin would soon believe him.

So he quickly replied, "I really can't hear you!"

...

Some people are alive, but they are already dead.

Some people are dead, but they still live on.

Clearly, Cai Kunnan belongs to the former category.

Just kidding, it wasn't that serious. Thanks to the dramatic and hilarious nature of the conversation, and the fact that Cai Kunnan didn't know which question he was asking wasn't a major offense, plus the teacher didn't know he was on his phone, the matter was dropped after Fang Anmin's "turtle-like" approach to day school ended.

However, it's still inevitable that he'll be subjected to a barrage of criticism and ridicule from the teacher in class, and constantly mocked by his classmates after class.

Chen Bing is most afraid of these things. As a top student with excellent character, outstanding academic performance, and universally loved, he still has a heavy idol image to maintain.

Witnessing Cai Kunnan's "tragic state," he immediately felt a chill run down his spine. Shang Yunmiao, who shared a room with him, had the same experience; both of them felt a sense of crisis.

That evening, after dinner but before evening self-study began, Chen Bing and another person sat together, each holding a drink.

While taking a break and drinking a beverage, Chen Bing spoke first: "A couple of days ago, when I was watching videos, I saw someone say that DingTalk's camera sometimes turns on due to malfunctions."

Shang Yunmiao's little ears twitched slightly, like a startled little animal.

She couldn't help but start to think back to whether she had done anything inappropriate while taking online classes with Chen Bing these past few days.

First of all, they didn't kiss; they both managed to stick to that bottom line.

Then, hugging and cuddling... It seems there was one time when Chen Bing suddenly said he felt a little dizzy and wanted to hug her to relieve it.

Eventually, things like secretly holding hands or getting very close happened almost every day.

This is absolutely terrifying. If one day her intimate behavior with Chen Bing were shown on the screen during class, she would feel like dying.

"Then, Chen Bing, you're not allowed to sit next to me when we're taking online classes from now on."

Upon hearing this, Chen Bing, who was prone to sighing, sighed again and explained, "That's the crux of the problem. Think about it, during math class today, we were only apart for about ten minutes, and you couldn't help but get distracted and keep looking in my direction."

Hearing this somewhat reproachful remark, Shang Yunmiao blushed and retorted, "Chen Bing, how would you know I was looking at you if you weren't looking at me?"

"So you see, isn't this the problem? Actually, once we're apart, I can't help but want to see you."

"What should we do then..." Xiao Shang pondered, then tentatively suggested, "Why don't we have Mom come and accompany us to class? That way we won't be all lovey-dovey."

As soon as the suggestion left her lips, Shang Yunmiao immediately regretted it. Because if her mother stayed with the two of them the whole time, how could they possibly be affectionate?

Fortunately, Chen Bing refuted the suggestion, and her reasoning was exactly the same as hers.

"No, how can we be all lovey-dovey then?"

Yes, yes, Lord Chen is right, that makes a lot of sense. But how do we manage to be affectionate yet not be affectionate?

Shang Yunmiao slightly modified the wording of the above question and then posed it to Chen Bing.

This is the question that Chen Bing is currently pondering. He stroked his chin, thinking carefully.

"Hmm... Let me think about it... Ah, I've got it!"

If this were a comic book, Chen Bing would probably have a light bulb shining from above his head right now. He snapped his fingers and said to Shang Yunmiao, "Without any romantic entanglements, I think we're both very disciplined when it comes to studying. We play when it's time to play and study when it's time to study. You don't disagree with that, do you?"

Xiao Shang nodded, and then Chen Bing said this.

"So, I think we can treat our romantic moments as part of our studies, or in other words, as a reward for studying hard. What do you think?"

"How exactly do you mean it?"

It sounded good, but Shang Yunmiao was still a little confused after hearing only such a general outline.

Then, Chen Bing explained with specific operational methods: "For example, we can agree on three rules. There are only certain time slots each day when we can be affectionate, and we can only be affectionate if we study a certain amount, complete a certain number of learning tasks, and study very diligently and hard."

These should all be taken into account as standards for evaluation.

Then, using this as a principle, as a bottom line, we'll keep an eye on each other. What do you think?

After hearing these words, Shang Yunmiao applauded inwardly, thinking it was very feasible.

To give an analogy, romantic relationships are like bandits, mountain bandits, or local powerful figures in ancient times. It is precisely because they are difficult to control that they commit crimes.

Chen Bing's strategy was to organize them into a regular army and integrate them into the national system. This would both restrict them and make them easier to manage. It must be said, it was truly ingenious!

Thinking of this, Shang Yunmiao excitedly agreed and decided to implement the strategy.

but……

When is the best time of day for us to spend our time being affectionate?

Upon hearing this, Chen Bing gave a mischievous smile and said, "I think the best time is after dinner and before evening self-study begins."

After dinner, before evening self-study began...

Xiao Shang also imitated Chen Bing's earlier actions, touching his chin and thinking carefully.

Then...isn't now?!