"What do you mean?" Shang Yunmiao looked confused, clearly not understanding what Chen Bing meant by what he just said.
“What I mean is,” Chen Bing said, casually placing one hand on Xiao Shang’s shoulder and leaning closer like a hooligan on a bus, “you’re different from others in my heart. I’m happy to see you, so I wear a smile. Seeing others isn’t something to be happy about, so my expression is indifferent.”
After hearing this, Xiao Shang fell into a brief moment of thought. After a while, she realized that this might be a love confession, or what is commonly known as flirting.
She didn't know what kind of expression to make, and after a moment of confusion, she chose to follow her heart and express herself—that is, I am very happy.
Shang Yunmiao hugged Chen Bing's arm, lowered her head, buried it deeply in Chen Bing's chest, and then... started reviewing (laughs.jpg).
It didn't take long, about five or six songs.
Several school buses, fully loaded with students from the second year of junior high school at Baishi No.1 Middle School, arrived at the gate of Shangping Experimental Junior High School.
Shangping Experimental Junior High School is, after all, a newly established key junior high school built with a lot of money, so from the outside, it is no less impressive than the key high schools in the provincial capital.
The school gate was very spacious, with a smooth cement surface that looked clean and tidy. Tall walls flanked the gate, painted a light blue, giving it a refreshing feel. Above the gate, inspired by the gate of Peking University, was a large openwork design, with the eight large golden characters "Shangping Experimental Junior High School" carved at the very top, gleaming brightly in the sunlight.
There are wide sidewalks on both sides of the school gate, with neat rows of trees planted along the roadside. Some tidy benches are placed under the trees, which must be a good tool to lure couples.
There is also a beautiful little square in front of the school. In the center of the square, there is an impressive flower bed, which is filled with a variety of colorful flowers that were recently decorated and are blooming in full glory.
Unlike the usual school, this place not only has fresh flowers, but also teachers responsible for security checks at the school gate, and a rarely seen special security gate.
Everything seemed so formal that just looking at it made one feel nervous from the bottom of their heart.
If we shift our focus from the venue itself to the people on it, the initial tension inevitably takes on a different meaning.
At the entrance of the examination hall, a few students were already standing in small groups, waiting for the exam to open. However, if they weren't actually at the entrance, it would be difficult to tell that some of them were students.
Chen Bing saw three or four boys dressed in tight black clothes in the middle of summer, with strange colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple dyed in their hair. They were striking poses with half-smoked cigarettes in their mouths, acting cool and joking around.
They looked pale and emaciated, clearly from not eating enough. It's hard to imagine that in 2019, in a county town on the eastern plains of China, people would be starving to this extent every day.
Shifting our gaze from them under the blazing sun to the bench under the shade of the trees we just mentioned, we saw a group of men and women dressed in colorful clothes, noisily playing a well-known game.
Seeing their pathetic state, Chen Bing couldn't help but feel sorry for their parents... Well, I think I was just playing with Xiao Shang too.
Feeling he had no right to think that way, Chen Bing stopped his cynical thoughts. He then glanced at Shang Yunmiao beside him, who was diligently reviewing her notes, and suddenly felt he did have the right.
Haha, just kidding. It's not advisable to stand on a moral high ground and criticize others. Don't follow my example.
After sitting in the car for a while, people started being let out at the school gate.
Seeing this, the students on the school bus, regardless of how well they were studying, all rushed out in droves, afraid of missing their exams.
Shang Yunmiao was in the same boat. She wanted to go with him, but Chen Bing was sitting in his seat and had no intention of getting up, so Shang Yunmiao naturally couldn't leave.
"Let's wait a bit longer. There are a lot of people here right now, and the sun is really strong and hot outside."
"But what if we're late?"
"Don't worry." Chen Bing took out a booklet from her bag and continued to explain, "The exam room opens half an hour to an hour before the exam center opens, and the exam center opens half an hour to an hour before the exam starts. So relax, there's plenty of time."
After saying that, he began to flip through the booklet in his hand, looking as if he were strategizing.
Seeing this, Xiao Shang calmed down and waited patiently. In her eyes, Chen Bing was always right, so she could just listen to him no matter what happened.
About two or three minutes later, most of the people on the school bus had left. Apart from the driver and the geography teacher, only Chen Bing, Shang Yunmiao, and two other boys who hadn't finished their game remained.
After glancing around the car, the geography teacher went to the back seat and chatted with Chen Bing.
The content was nothing more than some important knowledge points and answering methods. Chen Bing didn't care, but Xiao Shang listened with great interest.
After chatting for a while, seeing that the number of people queuing for security checks was getting shorter and shorter, and calculating that the time was about right, Chen Bing took Shang Yunmiao's hand, said goodbye to the teacher, and went into the examination room together.
Security checks at the entrance to the examination area are relatively lax. You just need to stand at the security gate, and if you have a mobile phone, watch, keys, etc. on you, you can put your name on a sticky note and put them in the box next to you.
The security check is quite strict, and there is a body search at the entrance to the teaching building.
There, you not only have to go through security gates again, but you also have to be searched by teachers. Of course, boys and girls are separated; female teachers are in charge of girls, and male teachers are in charge of boys.
After briefly separating from Xiao Shang, Chen Bing followed the queue, waiting for security to be checked.
Just then, he unexpectedly noticed that the boy in front of him was looking down and playing on his phone!
However, seemingly realizing that now was not the time to play on his phone, he casually put it back in his pocket.
(Sorry, I was assembling a Gundam this afternoon and didn't have any drafts saved up, so the update will be slow. The next chapter will be updated around 8 PM.)
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