However, every cloud has a silver lining, and a living person won't die of a thirsty bladder. Qiao Mengmeng quickly came up with a good idea: to use the multimedia screen in the front row of the classroom to play a video.
For just a few dozen yuan, you can buy a USB flash drive, download the videos at home, plug it in, and enjoy watching boy bands dance during breaks.
At first, Han Lingxing and the others were very worried about her bold move, but as time went by, they realized that there was no big problem at all, so they gradually joined in.
The situation escalated, even to the point where they dared to play it during self-study periods. Fortunately, the girls were not as bold as the boys. After a near-discovery by a patrolling teacher, they became much more restrained and mostly only played it secretly through a small window during breaks.
However, the boys in the class were not satisfied. Putting aside their natural aversion to boy bands, the fact that these girls were occupying the multimedia equipment and interfering with their Plants vs. Zombies game was enough to make them feel guilty.
Therefore, Ma Shaolong and his group would often tease Qiao Mengmeng and the others when they were admiring the boy band.
For example, right now, Qiao Mengmeng and the others are watching a clip from their favorite show, "Boy Group Trainees." Ma Shaolong and the others have just returned from playing basketball, and seeing this, they naturally go over to tease them.
"Oh my, they're watching the circus performance again."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Mengmeng turned her head sharply, glaring at Ma Shaolong and the others with her large, beady eyes.
"none of your business!"
Boys at this age are still somewhat immature. Instead of feeling angry or embarrassed by such reprimands, they feel a sense of honor. As the saying goes, the enemy's slander is the greatest praise you can receive.
The boys immediately perked up and started laughing and joking as they tried to imitate the middle-parted boy in the video by dancing.
Ma Shaolong happened to have a basketball in his hand, and imitating his idol Qiao Mengmeng, he spontaneously performed a series of strange dance moves.
Seeing how he was humiliating her, Qiao Mengmeng was furious. It was one thing for Ma Shaolong to dance as well as her brother, but what kind of awful dancing was it? Neither male nor female, it was hideous!
However, a good woman doesn't fight with men, especially since they outnumbered her. Qiao Mengmeng could only glare at them angrily, then pretend not to see them and continue watching the video.
Her timid appearance only aroused the boys' interest. They passed the basketball around to each other and, standing next to Qiao Mengmeng on the podium, put on a passionate dance imitation competition in front of the whole class.
They were laughing and joking, and a cheerful atmosphere filled the entire classroom.
Chen Bing found the farce quite amusing, but Shang Yunmiao beside him didn't seem to find it interesting at all.
In her opinion, the boys were bullying Qiao Mengmeng too much. Although she also disliked their use of multimedia to play videos, it didn't mean that Qiao Mengmeng could be ridiculed for what she liked.
As it turns out, Shang Yunmiao's kindness was unnecessary. Qiao Mengmeng wasn't one to be bullied, as evidenced by her initial plan to find out about her online boyfriend and surprise him at his home.
This remarkable woman understood perfectly that one can take a step back, but never retreat again. Faced with the provocation of these boys, she decided to retaliate in kind.
"Waaaaah! Waaaaah!"
Hearing that pig-like scream, the boys were stunned for a moment, as were Qiao Mengmeng's friends.
When they came to their senses, they realized that the screams they had just heard were actually Qiao Mengmeng crying.
The boys stood there helplessly, looking at each other with a rather embarrassed expression.
The girls went up to comfort Qiao Mengmeng, only to find that although she was crying with her arms bent and head buried, she wasn't actually shedding a single tear; she was faking it!
Yes, Qiao Mengmeng was indeed faking it, and her purpose was to get revenge on these boys.
She knew that the next class would be the homeroom teacher's class, and as long as she kept lying there pretending to cry, they would be in big trouble when the teacher came!
Qiao Mengmeng's idea was good, but unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. She never expected that the homeroom teacher would suddenly have something to do and be unable to come to class. She ended up performing alone on the podium for more than ten minutes. The students looked at her with concern, guilt, and worry, then with doubt, confusion, and curiosity, and finally with amusement, sarcasm, and mockery.
Finally, unable to continue the performance any longer, Qiao Mengmeng withdrew her kung fu and returned to her position in a rather awkward manner.
Her good friend Han Lingxing kindly offered her some advice, saying that it was good that the teacher didn't come, because if the cause of the incident were to be revealed, they wouldn't be able to watch the handsome boy band anymore.
Thinking about it that way, Qiao Mengmeng's mood improved, and she was no longer as awkward as before.
The farce quickly passed, leaving little trace like a passing cloud. After receiving their math tests from the class representative, everyone put the funny incident behind them and began to seriously work on their tests.
The class passed quickly, and during the break, the quiet classroom became lively again, with everyone laughing and joking as they went about their business.
"Chen Bing, I don't know the second sub-question of the second to last question."
Compared to her classmates who loved to play, Shang Yunmiao, who ranked among the top five in the grade, was much more self-disciplined. Even during breaks, she never let her guard down. Sure enough, as soon as get out of class ended, she asked Chen Bing for help with a difficult problem she had just encountered.
"Let me see."
Since Chen Bing had just done this test paper, he only glanced at it casually and immediately remembered how to do it.
After organizing his thoughts on how to teach in a way that was easy to understand, Chen Xueba gently and meticulously explained the problem to Xiao Shang.
His method was easy to understand, and his language was humorous and gentle. Coupled with their years of tacit understanding, Shang Yunmiao quickly figured out the problem.
"Yes, I got it. Chen Bing, you explained it really well, you're amazing."
It's a regular practice for me to listen to a few compliments from Xiao Shang after explaining a problem to her. This brings Chen Bing joy, so I consider it my reward.
"It's nothing, actually I..."
Actually, I just knew it a little earlier than you, but now you know it too, don't you?
Chen Bing had originally intended to mention this popular "warm man" quote circulating online. However, after thinking about it, he realized that Xiao Shang was, after all, his younger brother, and saying it like that would seem too distant. So he stopped halfway through his sentence and didn't continue.
However, the perceptive Shang Yunmiao still noticed his hesitation and asked him what he wanted to say.
After a moment's thought, Chen Bing still said what she had just said.
"I was just about to say that I only knew about it a little earlier than you, but now you know it too, don't you?" Chen Bing said with a gentle smile.
His appearance was undoubtedly very attractive at the moment, but unfortunately, Shang Yunmiao, who had grown up with him since childhood, did not think so.
"I...did I do something wrong...Chen Bing..." Xiao Shang looked at Chen Bing with unease and sadness.
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