Just wait, Shang Yunmiao.

In fourth or fifth grade, you were immature and ashamed of relationships between boys and girls, which caused you to distance yourself from me. I, Chen Bing, have remembered that.

When you're in junior or senior high school and your heart starts to flutter, I'll get my revenge. I'll tell you every day how cold and indifferent you were to me when I was in fourth or fifth grade.

Chen Bing's wicked plan was nipped in the bud as Shang Yunmiao, seeing that Chen Bing looked hurt by her words, immediately patted her on the shoulder and apologized.

"Chen Bing, please don't turn your head away, okay? I didn't mean to dislike you just now. Please turn your head back, and I'll continue showing you, okay?"

“Just looking isn’t enough.” Chen Bing maintained her posture, trying to bargain with Shang Yunmiao. “I’ve been practicing every day to prepare for my violin exam, and my arms are sore.”

Hearing Chen Bing say that, Shang Yunmiao's face turned slightly red. Then, she glanced at her classmates out of the corner of her eye. After confirming that no one was paying attention, she leaned closer to Chen Bing's ear and whispered to him, "How about I massage your shoulders when we get home?"

Although it was just a limited-time massage voucher, Chen Bing straightened up and nodded slightly to Shang Yunmiao, thinking that something was better than nothing.

Seeing this, the little girl breathed a sigh of relief; she had thought Chen Bing was really angry.

After feeling relieved, Shang Yunmiao stopped chatting with Chen Bing and went back to doing her homework.

Seeing this, Chen Bing sighed inwardly.

Although the little girl is quite cute and funny because she says one thing and means another after she entered fourth grade, I also find myself getting a bit bored.

And the culprit behind all this is probably growing up.

As we all know, primary school is generally divided into two stages.

One group consists of students in grades one through three who are still in their childhood and are quite naive; the other group consists of students in grades four through six who are gradually learning some principles, but seem particularly immature compared to those in junior and senior high school.

Children in this age group have gradually come to understand shame and romantic relationships, and have begun to experience a more mature part of the world.

Some precocious girls begin to learn about celebrities, performing arts, makeup, and fashion, while boys gradually come into contact with anime, comics, basketball, pornography, and mobile games.

In addition, popular shows like "Running Man" during their primary and junior high school years, as well as "Honor of Kings" which will be released for public testing in a year, the soon-to-be-widespread smartphones, and the already widespread MP3 players, are all profoundly influencing these children's lives and having a deep impact on them as they gradually become more aware of the world.

For example, in the scene right now, two boys walked into the classroom, playfully fighting, and then after putting down their bags, they ran to the teacher's podium, a relatively large space, to continue playing.

"ふとんらせんガンしゅりけん (Wind Release·Spinning Shuriken)!!!"

"A thousand-year-old hook!"

As the two shouts of their moves ended, the two boys collided violently. The boy who shouted "shuriken" was knocked to the ground because he was smaller in stature.

After his butt made intimate contact with the ground, he wasn't annoyed. He stood up, patted his butt, and then righteously began to reason with the other person.

"No, no, my Rasenshuriken is more powerful than your Thousand Years of Death. You can't push me away."

The two then tried again, but the result was the same.

So the two got impatient and started fighting.

While the other students in the class might not have rushed to intervene, they certainly applauded the scene.

Just as the two were exhausted from their fight, the class monitor, who held a minor post, walked into the classroom and witnessed the scene. Upholding the principle of maintaining love and peace within the class, she quickly stepped forward to stop them. The two, taking advantage of the situation, exchanged a few trash words and walked off the stage.

If nothing unexpected happens, by tomorrow at the latest, the two of them will walk into the classroom arm in arm again, and then playfully bicker as usual, calling each other "Naruto" and "What is it?"

It was 7:30 in the morning, half an hour before class. So not many people saw the play; at most, only a dozen or twenty.

One group of girls was huddled together, chattering excitedly about what had just happened.

"Boys are so childish, they're still watching cartoons."

"Yeah, I stopped watching it when I was in second grade."

"Among the boys in our class, only Chen Bing isn't so childish."

"Why did you suddenly bring him up? Do you like Chen Bing?" The other girls' eyes lit up, and they all stared at the girl who had just said that. The colors in their eyes were very complicated. If you looked closely, you could see that three parts were gossip, three parts were teasing, and the other four parts were a little wary.

"No, no, you're suddenly saying that. You're the one who likes him!" The girl, startled by the ridicule from everyone, glanced cautiously at Chen Bing and retorted softly.

"Who! Who would like that!" This rebuttal was also spoken in a very soft voice.

After another round of playful fighting, the girls quieted down and continued listening to music as if nothing had happened. However, unlike the easygoing and forgiving boys, there were already some cracks in the relationships between the girls in this small group.

At the age of nine, it's quite embarrassing for others to know who you like. Similarly, people who frequently hang out with members of the opposite sex are also likely to be teased by others.

For ordinary people like us, perhaps the first secret in life is having a crush?

This strange atmosphere—where everyone is ashamed of romantic love yet intensely interested in it—is perhaps unique to this age group. This sense of shame about relationships only gradually dissipates as one progresses into middle school, especially after the second year.

For the reasons mentioned above, Shang Yunmiao has significantly reduced the number of times she has played with Chen Bing at school since the start of this semester.

That wretched pre-pubertal syndrome (a name Chen Bing came up with herself)!

While girls might feel ashamed of real-life romantic relationships, they're quite willing to discuss celebrities in the virtual world. What, you're asking about boys? Sorry, at that age they're still only good for casual conversation and don't have much interest in the opposite sex yet.

At this very moment, the small group of girls who had just repaired their relationship were discussing their favorite celebrities.

They huddled together, using MP3 players bought for 15 yuan and earphones bought for 10 yuan from a small bookstore near the school gate, listening to songs by their favorite three-member idol group, and discussing how handsome they were as they listened.

Well, it's a distorted era, where actors and entertainers reign supreme.

This situation was quite serious when Chen Bing was in fifth or sixth grade and in the first year of junior high school. At that time, many children dreamed of becoming actors or stars when they grew up.

Thanks to the timely intervention and crackdown by the government, China's entertainment industry might have repeated the mistakes of South Korea.