It should be said that Chen Bing's strategy was generally acceptable.
After the rules were clearly defined regarding when to study and when to engage in romantic activities, the teenagers' online learning attitude improved considerably over the next ten to twenty days.
For Shang Yunmiao, not only did she get distracted much less often, but she also had time to do extra practice problems.
Of course, this can only be described as relatively good. The results are definitely less effective compared to studying in school.
Even though the first monthly exam of the second semester of junior high school is scheduled for 8:30 tomorrow morning, the two of them are still busy being all lovey-dovey in front of Shang Yunmiao's house at 10:00 pm after evening self-study.
They didn't bite each other's lips or anything, they just hugged each other and stuck their tongues together.
You know what, it really is something. Standing outside her house, holding the fragrant and soft Shang Yunmiao in the early spring chill, actually had a unique charm.
"Hmm..." Shang Yunmiao suddenly peeked her face out from Chen Bing's arms and asked in a sweet voice, "Chen Bing, are you going for a morning run tomorrow?"
"Go, why wouldn't I go? I can't just give up because of a small exam. I've been sticking to it for weeks."
"So, will you come to my house after your morning run?"
Hmm... that's actually a minor issue, since we went to the small businesses before to take online classes together.
But tomorrow is the monthly exam, and it seems a bit inappropriate for me to go to the small business. It would easily make my father wonder if I was there to cheat or for some other ulterior motive.
Do you want me to go?
Lacking any ideas, Chen Bing cleverly used such doting words to ask Shang Yunmiao a question in return, and Shang Yunmiao, who was in a state of love-struck mind, answered as expected, "Yes."
"But..." Shang Yunmiao buried her head back in Chen Bing's arms, her muffled voice coming from within, "I have an exam tomorrow."
Okay, so you're a rational love-struck person now.
"Then I'll just have to wait until after the exam to come back."
"Hmm~"
"I'll be on vacation after the exams, then I'll come visit you."
"Hmm~"
"Shall we hug you a little longer before you leave?"
"Hmm~"
"Are you really leaving?"
"Hmm~"
"One last kiss before you leave?"
"Hmm~"
"If you're so reluctant to leave, come home with me now and sleep. My bed is big enough that the two of us can squeeze in."
"This, this won't do yet, it's too early."
After a series of affirmations, Shang Yunmiao's answer was finally not "hmm".
"Alright then." Chen Bing chuckled and patted Xiao Shang's face, then patted her head and said, "I'm off now?"
"Okay, let's go, let's go, remember to come back soon."
"Silly boy, he can't come back early."
After pinching Shang Yunmiao's cute cheek again, Chen Bing waved goodbye to her and left reluctantly.
Because they spent so much time together today, Chen Bing arrived home almost twenty minutes later than usual after walking 40 steps.
"You're back?"
As soon as I entered the house, my mother and father, who were sitting in the living room, all turned to look at me.
Faced with such scrutinizing eyes, Xiao Chen's face showed a rare hint of wariness.
Over the past few years, Chen Bing's family has consistently adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards him.
Let alone situations like today's family forum, there wasn't even a regular heart-to-heart talk.
Besides regularly sending him huge sums of living expenses, picking him up to go home for a couple of days during holidays, and reminding him to send him photos of his travels, the fact that Liu Yue's mother takes care of his three meals a day when he's at home makes Chen Bing occasionally feel that he still has a pair of parents.
Of course, the recent stay-at-home life due to the pandemic has made this feeling even stronger.
Liu Yue was alright, but as for Chen Shichao, Chen Bing guessed he didn't even know what grade he was in or how old he was.
"Yes, I'm back." Chen Bing casually walked past the two of them and poured herself a glass of water.
"Son, isn't tomorrow Saturday a holiday? Why are you coming home so late today?"
The fact that someone would use such an inappropriate term as "son" makes it obvious that it was Chen Shichao who said it.
"I have my monthly exam tomorrow, so I won't get a holiday."
"Oh, oh." Comrade Chen Shichao smiled awkwardly, then turned to criticize Baishi No. 1 Middle School on behalf of Chen Bing, "Oh dear, what's wrong with this school? They're already pushing the students so hard in the second year of junior high, what will they be like when they get to the third year?"
"I'm in my final year of junior high this year, and I'll be taking the high school entrance exam in a few months."
After making two embarrassing mistakes, Chen Shichao scratched his head and dared not say anything more, then turned to look at his wife.
After giving her husband a reproachful look, Liu Yue gently beckoned to her son, gesturing for him to sit down a bit closer.
Chen Bing, a mama's boy who doesn't know how to transmigrate quickly, obediently came over. However, instead of sitting down as Liu Yue instructed, he stood behind her and started massaging her shoulders.
Chen Shichao, who was watching from the side, was utterly stunned and almost rolled up his sleeves to punch Chen Bing. Fortunately, he quickly restrained himself.
"Sister Yue, what do you need me to do?"
"How come you're even more obsequious than me?" Chen Shichao, sitting to the side, had a strange expression on his face. After thinking for a moment, he figured he had nothing better to do sitting there, so he decided to get up and go to the kitchen to get some fruit to eat.
As her husband got to work, Liu Yue also subtly asked her son behind her, "Bingbao's been coming home a little late lately, he can't be studying all the time, can he?"
"Your Majesty is wise! I have indeed been dealing with some matters recently, and I never expected to cause you any worry."
Chen Bing's words, spoken in an old-fashioned style and with an unconventional manner, immediately made Liu Yue laugh.
"What? Just like your father, completely unreliable."
"As long as it makes Mother happy, whether it's proper or improper doesn't matter," Chen Bing continued jokingly. According to the normal dialogue in period dramas, Liu Yue would say the same thing at this point.
—You, you always know how to make Mother happy. Unlike your older brother, who's always making me angry!
And whenever he said this, Chen Bing would seize the opportunity to submit a memorial to slander him, claiming that he was doing it for the good of his elder brother, the Empress Dowager, and the entire royal family, while devising some stupid and vicious schemes.
As for Liu Yue, she would ultimately be reluctant to do so because of her womanly heart. Chen Bing immediately took back what she had just said and then went on to think of other vicious schemes after leaving.
Unfortunately, our Sister Yue is neither a real empress nor has such an unreliable personality, so naturally she won't continue acting with Chen Bing.
After she finished laughing, she gently asked Chen Bing the question she wanted to ask that evening.
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