Regardless of the students' inner turmoil, Hu Jianjun did not stop calling out names.
“Su Liying…”
"Zhao Dehan..."
“Wang Da…”
"Zhang Xinru..."
Hearing one unfamiliar name after another, Chen Bing knew that high school was truly different from junior high. Of all these people, she recognized almost none. Besides Wen Xin, who was also from her junior high class and had been admitted to the same school, there was only one high school classmate from her previous life who had been reassigned to a different class.
Some of the students here were often featured on the school's honor wall or broadcast over the loudspeaker because of their excellent academic performance. So Chen Bing could recognize the names of these students, such as the one named Emperor Du Wendi.
Apart from that, they are all complete strangers.
But it doesn't matter if you don't know the other person, this is the first time you've met most of them.
Although Chen Bing doesn't recognize anyone else yet, under the spotlight of being the top scorer in the high school entrance exam, no one in his class doesn't recognize him.
After taking attendance, Hu Jianjun smiled and asked the students in the class if they wanted to come up one by one to introduce themselves.
He was met with a shy smile.
Seeing this, he smiled twice but didn't say anything about coming up to introduce himself. For someone like him, whose class had more than half of its students eligible for top-tier universities, studying was the most important thing.
Without wasting time on self-introductions, he instructed all the boys in the class to help him move books and military training uniforms, and soon half of the classroom was empty.
This class meeting lasted quite a long time; by the time class ended, the boys still hadn't returned.
While Shang Yunmiao was waiting for Chen Bing and doing her own thing, she felt a light tap on her back.
Turning around, I realized it was my good friend Wenxin from junior high.
The other student also performed well in the high school entrance exam, ranking in the sixties in the county and gaining admission to the special key class.
Shang Yunmiao didn't know any of this before. When she heard the homeroom teacher call out the name "Wenxin" during the class meeting, she thought it was someone with the same name, but she didn't expect it to actually be her.
Shang Yunmiao was immediately delighted and took the other girl's hand, inviting her to sit in Chen Bing's seat to chat. Soon after, several more girls gathered around the two of them and asked Shang Yunmiao about her middle school entrance exam results, Chen Bing, and her parents.
Meanwhile, the departing boys were following their homeroom teacher toward the school library. Along the way, the boys subtly approached Chen Bing and enthusiastically asked him about his high school entrance exam scores, Shang Yunmiao, and their parents.
Without saying that he was deliberately hiding anything, Chen Bing answered everyone's questions as humbly and taciturnly as possible.
For example, they asked: What is your relationship with Shang Yunmiao?
A: Friends I grew up with.
Q: Is Shang Yunmiao's father really the school principal?
A: Yes.
Q: How did Chen Bing get here?
A: For my hometown.
Q: Does coming here have anything to do with Shang Yunmiao?
A: There is a very slight connection.
Then everyone understood, and while saying "Oh~", they showed a playful and envious expression.
After expressing their admiration, someone asked Chen Bing how she managed to get a perfect score on the high school entrance exam.
Although Mr. Chen didn't want to pretend to be a gentleman, since someone had asked, and as a model young man who always kept in mind the value of kindness, he had to give a proper answer.
He made a thoughtful gesture, as if he was genuinely trying to figure out why he had gotten a perfect score.
After pondering for a while, Chen Bing replied, "Write down all the questions you know, and you'll get full marks."
"Okay, okay, you've managed to pull off this '13' act, hahaha!"
The boys got along very well through their banter, and they gradually became acquainted with each other.
...
Midway through the second evening self-study session that night, the boys carrying books and military training uniforms returned to the classroom. After distributing the items, the previously empty desks suddenly became full.
Actually, at this time, apart from classes one, two, and three, the other classes hadn't received their books yet. But as the saying goes, the wise bird flies first.
Class 1 is, after all, a top-tier class, which gathers the most outstanding students in the entire grade. So, as is customary, the books were distributed to Class 1 first before all the books arrived, so that the top students could preview the material.
Of course, along with the books, there was also a math quiz, an English quiz, and a math pre-study exercise.
Although it has the word "small" in its name, the content is actually quite complicated.
For students with average grades, these three things would probably take two or three hours to complete. Even for a top-performing class like Class 1, they could only manage to finish them in the seventy minutes before school ended.
The evening self-study session on the first day of school made many people feel the pressure of high school, and they didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing.
However, for Chen Bing, there was no pressure at all. After all, when he was in junior high school, he mainly focused on the college entrance examination questions.
Now that I'm in high school, I feel much more comfortable with these familiar and basic knowledge points.
Not only will you not have to take time off to deal with teachers' assignments, but you can also use these simple exercises to solidify your foundation for the college entrance examination, giving you a divine boost on your journey to the top 50 in the exam.
That being said, there are advantages and disadvantages. For Chen Bing, although high school was less stressful than junior high, the amount of time he had to spend in each day was indeed quite significant.
Back in Baishi No.1 Middle School, the idea of being able to go home after the second evening self-study session was something unthinkable at Shangping Experimental School.
After obediently finishing the third evening self-study session, it was already 9:50 p.m.
Good heavens, did I really stay up this late after evening self-study when I was in high school in my past life? This is only the first day of high school.
If you don't get out of school until 10 PM in your second year of high school, and not until 10:10 PM in your third year, what will happen?
According to my biological clock, I should be asleep by now.
Rubbing her slightly sore eyes, Chen Bing fought off her sleepiness and packed her things, preparing to go to the principal with Xiao Shang and arrogantly ask him to escort her home.
During this time, some boys wanted to ask him to go back to the dormitory together, but after learning that Chen Bing was a day student, they were amazed that he could actually commute, and then they went towards the dormitory with their newly acquainted friends.
Oh, so even students in top-tier schools can't be day students.
In her previous life, Chen Bing thought that the top students in the special key classes could commute to school as they pleased. Now it seems that her homeroom teacher was just fooling her.
After casually thinking about these things, Chen Bing glanced at Shang Yunmiao, who was waving goodbye to several female classmates. Then, after the other girl noticed her, she took her hand... Never mind, there are usually teachers guarding the exit of the teaching building, so it's not worth holding hands for this short distance. It's not like she can't stand it.
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