Shang Yunmiao ultimately chose the book recommended by Chen Bing.
Seeing this, Chen Bing nodded without saying anything. After paying, the two left the bookstore together.
"By the way, when we were playing soccer on the field earlier, I saw you girls pointing and whispering over here. What were you saying?"
"No! He didn't say anything..."
Originally, this was just a casual question from Chen Bing, but after seeing Shang Yunmiao's intense reaction, he immediately became interested.
Wow, my little brother has been talking to someone about something shady again without my knowledge. And judging from her expression, it's almost certainly related to me.
In order to establish his elder brother's authority, Chen Bing decided to exercise his interrogation rights once again.
So, after arriving home, Chen Bing used the excuse that he had recently taught Zhao Cai to do a backflip to invite Shang Yunmiao into his home.
Unaware of the backflip joke, Shang Yunmiao followed Chen Bing into his house in a daze. The moment the door slammed shut, she suddenly remembered, "Wait a minute, Zhao Cai has been staying at my house these past few days, hasn't he?"
She realized it far too late; Chen Bing, having completed his criminal preparations, had already begun his work.
Next came the practiced wall slam, suppressing resistance, pinching cheeks, and fierce questioning.
Faced with Chen Bing's smooth and skillful series of moves, Shang Yunmiao soon stammered out the entire conversation from beginning to end.
Well, considering the prisoner's sincere remorse and confession, Chen Bing decided to be lenient this time. Without saying anything more, he released Shang Yunmiao's soft little face and told her that everything was alright and she could go home to repent.
Upon hearing this, Shang Yunmiao, still dazed, obediently left. However, after arriving home, she vaguely felt that something was amiss. What should I repent for?
But now that we've come back, we can't just go back to find it, can we?
With this in mind, Xiao Shang put down her schoolbag, picked up Zhao Cai, who had greeted her from the side, and went back to her room.
After Shang Yunmiao left, Chen Bing stroked his chin and thought about what Shang Yunmiao had just said.
First, let's leave aside Xiao Shang's ambiguous admission that she likes him; second, she can clearly see that the relationships between Wen Xin and Song Ze, and Ma Lele and Liu Yuan, are nothing to worry about; finally, Zhang Xinyu's behavior is quite interesting.
Based on Shang Yunmiao's description of the scene, Chen Bing felt that the other party was probably interested in finding a partner. No, rather than being interested, it was more like making a firm decision.
When Zhang Xinyu had the idea of "finding a study partner," Chen Bing could easily guess that Ma Shaolong was going to be heartbroken.
In the following months, things developed as Chen Bing had predicted, only a little slower than he had imagined.
While Ma Shaolong spent his winter break immersed in games, the internet, and various ball sports, Zhang Xinyu, due to returning to her hometown for the Spring Festival holiday, and Liu Haiyang, thoroughly boosted their mutual favorability.
By the time the second semester of junior high school started, there were already clear signs of something going on between the two.
Judging from how often the two were together during breaks, it's clear that Ma Shaolong's complete defeat is not far off.
Even Chen Bing, who was an observer and not particularly concerned about the emotional entanglement between the three, could see this point. Ma Shaolong, who was at the center of the vortex, naturally felt it even more deeply.
He could clearly sense that Zhang Xinyu's attitude towards him was becoming increasingly cold, and the days when they used to chat happily together were gone forever. She even tried to minimize communication with him regarding official matters.
As his situation worsened, Ma Shaolong once considered making a final push – confessing his feelings directly.
But in junior high, boys are often quite shy. So, he could only comfort himself, telling himself not to overthink it, that Xinyu wouldn't do that. Once the high school entrance exam was over in the final year of junior high, and that top student left, he and Zhang Xinyu could go back to how things were before. Then he could take things slowly and gradually cultivate their relationship.
But fate seemed to be deliberately playing tricks on him. In April or May, as Ma Shaolong was looking forward to the high school entrance exam, on the day when the junior high students set off to the county to take the physical education test for the exam, Ma Shaolong witnessed Zhang Xinyu and Liu Haiyang walking hand in hand, their fingers intertwined.
If it were just a normal hand-holding, Ma Shaolong could comfort himself by saying that the two of them only saw each other as brother (sister). But faced with this kind of romantic hand-holding, Ma Shaolong could no longer deceive himself.
All I can say is that he was probably a clown. Like most teenagers, during their youth, they would witness the girl they liked, had a crush on, but never had any relationship with—the girl who was the white moonlight in their hearts—suddenly holding hands with someone else.
Isn't it ridiculous? But isn't this the compulsory course for most of us who only know how to remain silent and continue to be cowardly?
Some people are reading books, while others are looking in the mirror.
This applies to both reading and writing.
As time goes by, the chaos and turmoil of our youth, and the moments of retreat and retreat, will likely become unforgettable memories for us.
People will eventually be troubled for their entire lives by the things they could not obtain in their youth.
After all, only a few are truly outstanding; the lives of most of us are like those of Ma Shaolong and others.
That evening, Ma Shaolong lowered his head and remained silent in his seat.
Seeing this, even Chen Bing, who had been enjoying the spectacle, felt a pang of sympathy. But what could she do? She couldn't force Zhang Xinyu to be with him.
Therefore, Chen Bing only mourned for him in her heart and did nothing else.
Ma Shaolong has his own life, and Chen Bing has his own life as well.
"Cloudy".
"ah?"
Shang Yunmiao, who was sitting at the same table, turned her head and whispered "Ah".
She rarely heard the name "Yunmiao" from Chen Bing. Usually, he would call her either "Little Shang, Little Shang" or "Shang Yunmiao." Sometimes, he would even call her "Classmate Shang Yunmiao" in a joking tone.
So, the little girl was quite unaccustomed to hearing this title all of a sudden.
She glanced around guiltily. Since Chen Bing had switched seats with Wen Xin at her invitation, she knew she shouldn't make any noise to avoid attracting attention.
"What's wrong?" (Very quietly)
"It's nothing, I just called to see if you've gotten even prettier lately."
The classroom was relatively quiet, and Chen Bing didn't deliberately lower her voice.
So, two or three people around heard this and paused in their writing.
As for Shang Yunmiao, who was being talked about, she was naturally even more deeply moved. Faced with Chen Bing's sudden sweet words, two blushes immediately appeared on her cheeks.
The girl opened her mouth, hesitated for a long time as if she wanted to say something, and then turned back to continue doing her homework as if she hadn't heard anything.
Of course, it was just for show; in reality, her mind was completely blank, and she had no interest in doing her homework.
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