Thinking of this, Chen Bing pulled out an English book from the desk drawer and slapped it onto Shang Yunmiao's math test paper.
"Okay, you study hard, and I'll give you a little reward when we get home tonight."
You can't believe a word Chen Bing says. I remember last time he said he'd give me a small reward, but it turned out to be something like that at his doorstep. And the time before that, he said he'd give me a small reward, but it turned out to be taking me to his house for something like that.
"Your rewards are always the same few kinds, there's no originality at all." Shang Yunmiao rested her chin on one hand, looking at Chen Bing as if she were complaining.
"So, do you still want it or not?"
Upon hearing this, Shang Yunmiao gave a cold smile.
"Yes! Of course I want it!"
How could such a cold mouth utter such desire-filled words... After mentally complaining for a moment, Chen Bing continued, "How about this, in order to make your review results more concrete, you have to get over 95 points on the English test this time."
Shang Yunmiao thought to herself that 95 points wasn't too difficult; she often got 100 points herself. However, for the sake of the reward, she still wanted to negotiate.
"95 points is too high, 90 points is more appropriate."
"Then let's go for 90." Actually, Chen Bing had already thought of 90, and Xiao Shang's bargaining was exactly what he expected.
If anyone else knew what these two were thinking at that moment, they would surely exclaim that these two must have a hundred schemes between them.
After taking the English book from Chen Bing, Shang Yunmiao began to study with her head down, and seemed to be in good spirits.
Because Aunt Xuan is grading the Chinese exam papers from this morning, the two of them don't have to go home so early today. They can stay for a few more evening study sessions and study a little longer, which is really great!
The good thing is that there's nothing good about it.
Xiao Shang's high morale, however, gradually faded as time went on.
After the first evening self-study session ended, Xiao Shang looked around, and when Chen Bing noticed her, she slumped onto the table, looking dejected.
Chen Bing thought to himself, this woman is cute, but she definitely needs to be taught a lesson. He first looked around to make sure there were many people around and that any action he took would be seen, then he looked at Shang Yunmiao with a wicked smile and pointed to his mouth.
Knowing what the other person meant, Shang Yunmiao immediately sat up, blushing. She first playfully patted Chen Bing's thigh, then picked up her pen and continued studying English.
You little punk, trying to mess with me?
After easily subduing Xiao Shang using his telekinesis, Chen Bing couldn't help but feel a little smug. Perhaps to tease her and further amplify his victory, he took out his thermos and jokingly asked her, "Want to go get some water together?"
“Not in the cards. (meaning something is unlikely to happen.)” Xiao Shang replied sullenly.
Okay, okay, if I don't want to go, I don't want to go. Why are you being so pretentious with your foreign language?
Feeling a pang of regret for bullying Shang Yunmiao, Chen Bing decided to blame all the trouble on the foreigners. "Damn it! If we hadn't learned English, little Shang wouldn't have been able to refuse me!"
I want foreigners dead!
After realizing it wasn't his fault, Chen Bing felt much better. He offered to take out Shang Yunmiao's water glass, indicating he wanted to get her some water. But after thinking about it, he put the glass back.
"If you get thirsty later, just drink from mine. My cup is big."
After saying that, Chen Bing didn't wait for Shang Yunmiao's reaction and immediately grabbed her 1.5L super-large capacity thermos and went to get water.
Along the way, she encountered many acquaintances who greeted her. Chen Bing didn't linger for long and quickly arrived at the tea room to queue.
The person standing in front of her getting water looked familiar. Chen Bing patted the person, and when she turned around, it was Song Ze's face.
Hey, isn't this my back seat? Why are you getting water all by yourself? Where's Wenxin? Didn't she come to keep you company? How lame!
"Yo." Song Ze greeted him, but you could tell from his voice that he seemed quite down.
Before Chen Bing could ask him what was wrong, the man lowered his head and left.
Um……
While getting water and having nothing in his hands, Chen Bing stroked his chin and pondered carefully.
Xiao Song doesn't seem quite right. It probably wasn't the monthly exam that upset him, because if it were, he would have asked me about it just now.
It probably wasn't because of Wen Xin, because Chen Bing just saw him holding Wen Xin's cup.
After ruling out the correct answer, Chen Bing thought of a possibility.
Could something have happened to his family? Chen Bing remembered that in her past life, Song Ze had taken leave to go home for something similar, and the timing seemed to match up—it was a few days before the New Year's Day holiday. The forgetful Chen Bing hadn't recalled that in her past life, Song Ze had indeed taken leave to go home for a few days before the New Year's Day holiday because of the death of a family member, but that was during the second year of the Lunar New Year.
Thinking she had the right answer, Chen Bing didn't think too much about it and immediately started walking towards the classroom.
When he was halfway there, he was surprised to find that a door in the teaching building that was usually closed was open, something he hadn't noticed when he arrived. Logically, this door should lead to the classroom.
On a whim, Chen Bing thought, "Alright, I'll explore this unfamiliar path today." However, because it had been closed for many years, this path was teeming with terrifying creatures such as ghosts and werewolves. When I passed through this path, I had to hold my breath so that I wouldn't be discovered by them and could pass through safely.
After figuring out the rules of the game, the naive Chen Bing took a deep breath, then puffed out his chest and began the fearless charge of Niu Niu.
To be honest, this road is a bit dark. Although there are large windows letting in the bright moonlight and a few dim lights hanging from the ceiling, it's a cloudy night.
Compared to a normal hallway, this place is obviously much darker.
Moreover, whether it was her imagination or not, Chen Bing heard faint sounds of a woman crying in the quiet environment.
The sound was so soft and faint that he almost doubted whether he had misheard it.
Still holding his breath, Chen Bing thought to himself that although truly powerful warriors can overcome difficulties and emerge from setbacks every time, smart people would never wade into this mess in the first place.
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