"Shang, don't follow their example." Chen Bing patted Shang Yunmiao's shoulder with lingering fear as she looked at the group of female classmates acting crazy not far away, then whispered to them.
After glancing at the behavior of the people in front of her, Shang Yunmiao promised Chen Bing, "Don't worry, I won't bring my MP3 player into the classroom to listen to."
"That's not what I wanted to say... never mind, why are you still doing your homework? Didn't you finish it yesterday?" Chen Bing originally wanted to warn his little girl not to become a brainless fan of a third-rate person, but after thinking about it, since he and Shang's parents were there, and Shang Yunmiao was usually well-behaved and didn't go online often, that possibility was almost non-existent.
Since that's the case, Chen Bing decided not to continue the conversation on this topic. He turned to ask Shang Yunmiao why she was still doing her homework.
"Hmm... these are new practice problems Dad bought for me. He said I'm too slow at solving problems and he wants me to practice more."
"I see." Chen Bing nodded, then looked at the problem Shang Yunmiao was working on and asked, "Is there anything you don't understand?"
"This question."
Chen Bing leisurely spent the remaining time before class by teaching Shang Yunmiao questions.
After the first two classes ended, the third period was the physical education class that Class 1 of Grade 4 had been eagerly anticipating. As soon as get out of class ended, the students cheered, grabbed their things, and ran towards the playground, calling to their friends.
In fact, for elementary school students, being able to play outside during class time isn't something to be too happy about. They already run outside and play wildly during breaks to burn off their excess energy.
The reason why they were so happy about physical education class was that Baishi Town Central Primary School had a very strict rule: no one was allowed to play on the plastic track outside of physical education class.
This regulation seems strange to junior high, high school, and college students, but it seems much more reasonable considering that younger children have a habit of pulling up plastic grass from the running track.
Unlike concrete, a synthetic running track is a playground where you can sit, crawl, sleep, and roll around – which is incredibly appealing to elementary school students. So, as soon as the PE teacher dismissed the class, the students excitedly ran to the playground.
Chen Bing had intended to walk and chat with Shang Yunmiao, but unexpectedly, as soon as they parted ways, Shang Yunmiao was called away by several female classmates to play.
Chen Bing felt she should be sad, but just then, Zhang Yuan, carrying his football, ran up to her with several other boys.
"Bing-ge! Let's go play soccer!"
Okay, let's put the sadness aside for now. What could be more exhilarating than perfect weather, being bored, and having a few buddies invite you to play soccer?
Chen Bing then shouted "Good!" and ran towards the playground with several friends.
Shang Yunmiao saw his running figure. The girl had originally planned to sneak off to find Chen Bing for a stroll later. But now that she saw him playing football, she decided to stop thinking about it and instead focus on chatting with her classmate as they walked.
Happy times always fly by, and in the blink of an eye, most of the PE class was over. Chen Bing also took a short break after scoring numerous goals.
"Bing-ge, you're amazing!"
The youngest brother offered sincere praise, and Chen Bing smiled and nodded at him, behaving like a grown-up.
"I want to be on Bing's team again next time!"
The second younger brother indulged in unrealistic fantasies.
"No, we have to take turns each time, that's what we agreed on."
The third brother immediately refuted the second brother's words, and stood up next to Chen Bing and took his hand, saying, "Next time it's my turn to be on the same team as Brother Bing."
Seeing that the group was about to start arguing, Chen Bing quickly stepped in to mediate the conflict.
"Alright, alright, we're all good friends and buddies, the most important thing is to have fun together."
"Brother Bing, you're right!" Everyone said in unison, giving Master Chen Bing face, making the already dignified Master Chen even more dignified.
Of course, it wasn't just the good brothers present who noticed Mr. Chen's dignified appearance; girls watching from the sidelines and students from other classes playing inside also took notice of Chen Bing.
This kid is now a complete campus celebrity. Over the past three or four years, he has accumulated considerable prestige throughout the school through studying, sports, arguing with teachers, performing violin, winning awards in Go competitions, and receiving praise from teachers.
This can be seen from the number of times Chen Bing encounters people who greet him while walking around school.
Just as a majestic male in nature can attract the attention of females, the outstanding Chen Bing naturally has many female classmates who like him.
For example, right now, the girls who were strolling with Shang Yunmiao stopped without realizing it. They had been standing at the edge of the playground for a long time, watching Chen Bing's wonderful performance with their eyes glued to the ground.
Hearing her classmates praising Chen Bing, Shang Yunmiao felt a little proud.
Look! This is Chen Bing, the boy next door who grew up with me. Isn't he amazing?
Of course, Shang Yunmiao only dared to think the above remarks in her heart at this stage; it would be too shameful to say them out loud.
As she was lost in thought and listening to the people around her praising Chen Bing, a boy from her class jogged up to them.
"Give!"
After approaching the group of girls, he said nothing but "Here you go." He simply handed a folded piece of paper to one of the long-haired, thin girls and then ran off in a flash.
Upon seeing this, the girls immediately erupted in excitement, urging the long-haired girl to unfold the folded paper in her hand and show it to them.
Unable to resist everyone's urging, she slowly unfolded the paper, revealing a love letter written neatly in pencil. A quick glance at the contents made it clear that it was written by the boy who had come to deliver the love letter to the long-haired girl.
It's fortunate that this was a time when elementary school students didn't generally have cell phones or QQ accounts. Otherwise, confessions of love would definitely have been done on QQ, and people wouldn't have had the opportunity to see this kind of entertainment.
For fourth graders, the blatant act of delivering love letters was incredibly shocking. Everyone was happily teasing the long-haired girl and the boy from before, clearly already mentally tying their marriages.
The long-haired girl felt a surge of joy at being liked by everyone, but she kept her head down and didn't say a word.
The children, with no one stopping them, grew increasingly excited and, from then until class started, kept telling others what had just happened. By the time they returned home at lunchtime, everyone in Class 1 of Grade 4 knew about it.
Even if they were sitting next to a trash can, only thinking about having fun, the most oblivious male classmate could still recount a few words about what happened.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com