Chapter 41: He didn't have a cell phone
Chapter 41: He didn't have a cell phone
High school began on the day of the lively registration.
If Fang Yuenian is already saddened by the fact that she can no longer study in the same class as Cheng Bing, then something even more sorrowful is about to happen.
The new first-year high school class has 20 classes, including 2 liberal arts classes. Classes 17 and 18 are experimental classes, also known as key classes. Cheng Bing is in class 18, and Fang Yuenian is in... class 1. Their classrooms are on opposite floors of their school building: one is on the top floor (fifth floor), and the other is on the first floor. Even more outrageous, their dormitory locations are also different: Cheng Bing is in room 401 on the fourth floor (top floor), and Fang Yuenian is in room 104 on the first floor.
—The Milky Way is nothing more than this; Fang Yuenian was practically spitting blood.
However, he didn't have much time to grieve. After the reporting was finished and the dormitories were arranged, an orientation meeting for the students was held in the dormitories that evening.
After all, some students were living on campus for the first time, and the school had to comfort these young hearts that were leaving their parents and homes for the first time. So, the boarding students carried their own stools and lined up in a long line to listen to the lecture in the school auditorium. Fang Yuenian peeked out all night but couldn't find Cheng Bing anywhere.
In the next two days, each class went through the initial procedures of student self-introductions, seating arrangements, and making name tags, which are all necessary for new students. After the students had a basic understanding of each other, the school took them to the military training base, and the grand new student military training began.
There was nothing we could do.
This was Fang Yuenian's only thought.
Class 1 and Class 18 seemed worlds apart. There was no opportunity for these two classes to meet during any group activity. On the bus to the military training base, some of the new students were full of excitement, while others felt weak at the thought of military training and groaned on the bus. Only he was extremely worried—he had not seen Cheng Bing for three whole days.
When the bus stopped at a rest area, the homeroom teacher stood up and told everyone who needed to use the restroom to get off quickly. She also reminded them to remember the license plate number so they wouldn't get on the wrong bus on the way back. Fang Yuenian was feeling dizzy and lightheaded when several classmates who were also carsick called out to him, asking if he wanted to rinse his face and get some fresh air. He couldn't wait and jumped off the bus.
As soon as he got out of the car, before he had even taken two steps, he looked up and saw a familiar figure walking towards him.
Cheng Bing looked like he had run there, still a little out of breath. Before he even got close, he took off the bag on his back, opened it, and pulled out a bottle of water. Fang Yuenian was jolted awake; her vision cleared instantly, her dizziness subsided, her eyesight improved, and her legs felt stronger. "Brother Cheng!"
Seeing him smiling as if nothing had happened, Cheng Bing paused in her hand, which was twisting the bottle cap, and asked in surprise, "Are you alright?"
Fang Yuenian exclaimed, "Ah! I have something to do, I'm about to faint. But how did you get here? Our class's car just pulled up and stopped, and yours is already here?"
“The cars behind couldn’t get in, so they all parked on the side of the road,” Cheng Bing said, handing a glass of water to Fang Yuenian. “Have some.”
"Okay." Fang Yuenian happily took it, gulped it down, and said, "You're so hard to find, I haven't seen you anywhere these past few days."
“I was planning to come down to your dorm to find you last night, but then the class monitor came over and talked about leaving today, so I didn’t have time,” Cheng Bing looked him up and down, feeling that something was different about him, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it. “The girls in our class bought some really useful motion sickness medicine. I took two pills, but they’re not very effective now. I’ll save them for when you come back. And this bag is for you.”
It was a small bag of snacks, which looked like some hawthorn berries and lollipops. Fang Yuenian happily took the snacks and pills, hugged them to her chest, and thought: Thank goodness, my brother Cheng is still so reliable.
"I have to go now, are you still going to the restroom?" Cheng Bing asked.
The classmate who came down with him saw him stop and talk to Cheng Bing, glanced at him a couple of times, and then left without lingering. Fang Yuenian was feeling good at the moment and didn't want to wash her face anymore, so she quickly said, "No, no, you should go back to your car."
Cheng Bing nodded: "I'm leaving."
Once the students returned one by one, the bus set off again.
Sitting next to Fang Yuenian was his new deskmate and also a new friend, named Li Peixiang. He was tall and sturdy, with a head of curly hair that looked like instant noodles, which made him look quite comical. When he saw Fang Yuenian, who seemed like a completely different person, having just been on the verge of death but now appearing reborn, he asked, "What's wrong with you? Did something good happen? Who was that handsome guy just now?"
Fang Yuenian laughed twice. "His name is Cheng Bing. He was my classmate in junior high school, in class 18."
"Wow, that's amazing," Li Peixiang raised an eyebrow. "I heard several girls in our class praising his good looks while you two were talking. He's in the experimental class and has excellent grades."
Li Peixiang graduated from the Affiliated High School of No. 1 Middle School. Entering high school was no different from moving up a grade. He was familiar with everyone and the school was full of his junior high school classmates. He didn't feel the restraint of a freshman at all.
Fang Yuenian said, "Oh, really?"
"That's right. They all thought He Linjie from Class 7 was the school heartthrob from the High School Affiliated to No. 1 Middle School before. They said he's the heartthrob of the first year of high school now, but I think he's no match for your classmate at all. It seems like he's not even as good as you."
Fang Yuenian choked for a moment, "What?"
This was the first time a boy had ever called him handsome, and the person who said it looked completely normal and natural. Fang Yuenian felt a little uncomfortable, so she ignored the last sentence and blindly praised him with her eyes closed: "He used to be the best-looking guy in our school, and he always got first place. What does He Linjie look like? When we meet, point him out to me."
Before Li Peixiang could speak, two girls in the seats behind them leaned over and said, "Who wants to see He Linjie? I heard he's really aloof. He got a love letter just two days after starting high school."
Fang Yuenian: "..."
He really is a simple country boy. In junior high school, you have to be extra careful when talking about boys and girls' gossip. How could he say it so casually like this?
Li Peixiang scoffed, "You guys see, he won't be the school heartthrob in a couple of days. Hey Fang Yuenian, what did you just say your classmate's name was?"
“Cheng Bing,” Fang Yuenian said dryly.
He suddenly realized that if He Linjie would receive a love letter, then Cheng Bing would definitely receive one too.
When was the last time he received a love letter? Oh right, it was in the second year of junior high, from the class beauty of Class 4, but Cheng Bing ruthlessly returned it.
Li Peixiang twisted his body and made a bet with the girl behind him: "Look and see, Cheng Bing definitely received more love letters than He Linjie."
Fang Yuenian: "..."
With mixed feelings, Fang Yuenian spent the first two days of military training. She felt okay and could handle it.
After several days of sharing joys and sorrows, the classmates became much closer and could already chat in the dormitory. As the most knowledgeable person in the school, Li Peixiang continued to talk even though the military training made everyone so tired that they couldn't get out of bed after lying down. Although he didn't know all the current freshmen, he could talk about the juniors and seniors in great detail. Fang Yuenian thus learned that several famous academic stars and famous beauties in the senior grades had each had several relationships.
...
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However, the topic of dormitories eventually took a dramatic turn one day.
Here's what happened:
Every night from 8 pm to 10 pm is the bathing time, and the competition is as fierce as a war. Fang Yue Nian fought his way into the bathhouse with great difficulty, quickly finished showering, and rushed out again amidst the female instructor's threatening voice at the door, "You're going in soon." Then he ran into Cheng Bing on the path at the door.
Streetlights illuminated the path in the military training base. Cheng Bing stood under one of the streetlights, holding the washbasin that everyone else was given. His military training uniform shirt was draped over one arm, and a towel was draped over the other. He wore a black short-sleeved shirt and light-colored trousers. His hair was still wet, with a few strands clinging to his neck and dripping down his long neck.
Fang Yuenian looked at him and slowly exclaimed "Wow!" in her heart. Her only thought was, how could He Linjie or Wang Linjie be more handsome than him?
Cheng Bing had been waiting for him for a long time. When he came out, she nodded and said, "Mm."
Fang Yuenian stepped forward: "How did you know I was here?"
“I watched you run in,” Cheng Bing said calmly. “If you weren’t in such a hurry, you should have heard me calling you.”
"I didn't hear it!" Fang Yuenian shouted, "...I didn't hear it at all!"
The two were staying in different dorm buildings this time, so they didn't go any further and just stood there chatting for a while. When Fang Yuenian returned to the dorm, Li Peixiang rushed up to him and held out his fist in front of him: "Just now, were you talking to your school heartthrob classmate at the entrance of the bathhouse?"
Fang Yuenian blinked blankly: "Ah."
"OK!" Li Peixiang left immediately. "Send Fang Ying a text message right away to tell her the good news."
Fang Yuenian: "Tell what?"
“That’s Cheng Bing,” Li Peixiang said with a knowing smile. “Fang Ying and Zhang Weiwei from the next class just saw you two. They’re having a debate about who’s more handsome. I’d vote for your classmate; he looks more manly.”
Fang Yuenian was stunned.
I have the utmost respect for this brave man; his strong physique must be hiding a mind that's incredibly adept at gossip.
The next day, around lunchtime, it was Fang Yuenian's turn to get food for their table. Twenty minutes before the line was to be broken up, he followed instructions and went to the cafeteria to queue. Because of his good looks, he received special treatment from the cafeteria staff, so the portions of food he got were large and of good quality. The students, who had been training him all morning and were starving, were extremely grateful to him.
During the meal, talking was not allowed. After the meal, there was a brief reprimand and a line-up before the short lunch break. Before entering the dormitory, a girl from the next class whom Fang Yuenian did not know stopped her. Fang Yuenian was surprised and asked what was wrong. The girl lowered her voice but said very frankly, "Could you give me Cheng Bing's phone number?"
Fang Yuenian: "..."
He cleared his throat and said sincerely, "He doesn't have a cell phone."
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