After being suddenly touched on the face, Shang Yunmiao opened her eyes and looked at Chen Bing with a puzzled "Hmm?"
So you weren't asleep...
Chen Bing wasn't particularly embarrassed, but in order not to leave Shang Yunmiao with the impression that he often secretly touched her while she was asleep, he decided to make an excuse.
"We're almost at school, just wanted to remind you."
Upon hearing this, Shang Yunmiao glanced at the scenery outside the window, thinking that they had only just left the residential area.
But the "almost at school" thing was just Chen Bing's way of diverting attention. Seeing that his plan had succeeded, he immediately put his arm around Shang Yunmiao's shoulder.
After letting the other person lean on her shoulder again, Chen Bing said gently, "Why don't you sleep a little longer? Didn't you go to bed very late yesterday?"
After hearing this, Xiao Shang nodded, then relaxed and rested her head on Chen Bing's shoulder, and a small crisis was over.
Smiling, Chen Bing patted the girl's head and looked up at Uncle Shang, who was driving, and Aunt Xuan, who was chatting with Uncle Shang in the passenger seat.
Today is August 27, 2020, which is the day I officially entered high school.
As is customary in the Chen family, Chen Shichao was quite naturally absent from such an important occasion, and he even took Liu Yue with him. This rather responsible mother had been coaxed away by Old Chen a few days earlier, supposedly to go on summer vacation together.
Actually, the so-called summer vacation was just an excuse for Lao Chen to take Liu Yue out for some alone time, and Chen Bing understood this to some extent. After all, he wasn't her only father.
And look, her father, who's a high school principal, even drives her to school. Seriously, the principal personally picking her up and dropping her off for school? Isn't that much more impressive than Old Chen driving his 1.5 million yuan Maybach?
The principal's pick-up and drop-off was nice, but the only slight disappointment was that the atmosphere inside the car wasn't particularly cheerful.
Just a few days ago, Shang Yunmiao's grandmother passed away. After handling all the funeral arrangements, it wasn't until 1 a.m. this morning that Uncle Shang and his elder brother finally finished dealing with the arrangements.
Shang Yunmiao also didn't fall asleep until around midnight yesterday. The whole family is currently in a state of drowsy sadness, so the atmosphere is naturally not very cheerful.
Despite this, Shang Zhengxin still tried his best to appear happy. When the vehicle arrived at the north gate of Shangping Experimental School, which was reserved for faculty and staff, he said to Chen Bing in a loud voice, "Bingbing, look. To promote your enrollment, your uncle specially had a banner hung at the school gate. There's another one at the east gate too, so students and parents can all see it."
Following the direction Shang Zhengxin pointed, two banners were seen hanging one above the other above the North Gate.
The top one reads, "Warmly welcome the new students of our school in 2020," while the bottom one reads, "Warmly welcome Chen Bing, the top scorer in the 2020 Chaojin City Junior High School Entrance Examination, to our school."
Very good, very good. I've become so good that I can keep up with all the other students in the school, right?
Shangping Experimental Middle School covers an area of nearly 400 acres. Apart from the south gate, which has been abandoned for many years, there are a total of three gates: east, west, and north.
The east gate and the north gate are both considered main gates; one is for students and their parents to enter and exit, and the other is for faculty, staff, and related work vehicles to enter and exit.
The west gate is not usually open; its purpose is to alleviate traffic pressure on the east gate during school dismissal. However, due to staggered dismissal times caused by the pandemic, it will be closed for a period of time in the next year or two.
So, since there are already two banners hanging at the North Gate, there must be even more at the East Gate, which has a larger flow of people. There might even be a sign displaying this year's college entrance examination results.
Coming back to her senses from the memories, Chen Bing responded to Shang Zhengxin repeatedly, and then followed the vehicle into the campus, entering this familiar yet unfamiliar school together.
The shade of the trees is swift, and the willow leaves hanging by the artificial lake dance in the wind, as gentle as clouds about to rise into the sky.
Under the scorching summer sun, the grounds of the Yifu Building, the teaching building for the new first-year high school students, were bustling with activity. In the lobby leading into the building, students from each class could be seen lined up in twos and threes at their homeroom teachers' desks to register.
The vehicle quickly passed the Yifu Building and arrived at the green orchard next to the carport.
The peaches that started ripening at the end of June have long since been picked clean. Only a few pits remain hanging on the branches, along with vibrant green leaves.
Along the way, you can see students and parents carrying luggage of all sizes. It's clear that most of their youthful faces show longing for their new high school life.
Looking back, we can see that Shang Yunmiao was the same.
Really? You're that excited?
To be honest, Chen Bing is actually starting to have some expectations. Although his high school experience in his previous life told him that high school wasn't all that great, it was just an extreme lifestyle and endless studying and doing practice problems day and night.
But isn't this a rebirth?
Therefore, under the influence of hormones in this young body and the support of his achievements in the previous fifteen years, Chen Bing inevitably began to look forward to the next three years.
After getting off the bus, Shang Zhengxin led the three of them to the Yifu Building, and then he left on his own.
Come to think of it, he is the principal after all. If he really led me and Shang Yunmiao to the lobby to register, what would happen to the other teachers sitting there? They are all under the principal's supervision; should they even come over to greet him?
So it's an awkward situation either way, so it's better not to go.
And so, Yunxuan led the two of them into the teaching building alone, and they quickly found the homeroom teacher of Class 1 on the table with the class number on it.
Although many years have passed, Chen Bing still remembers quite a few of the more famous teachers in his grade back then.
Hu Jianjun, the class teacher who will soon be teaching geography to his class, is one of them.
In his previous life, the other party was the head teacher of a top-tier class, so his academic and teaching abilities were beyond question, and he naturally participated in the management of the grade level.
He didn't have much interaction with him in his past life, only remembering that the other person was quite strict in managing people, and he often saw him scolding students or even individual teachers in the grade department. He just didn't know what kind of shared experiences he would have with him in this life.
Suppressing their inner thoughts, the three of them lined up behind the two girls and their parents in front of them.
These are my two future classmates.
Chen Bing glanced at the two girls discreetly for a moment, then looked away.
In no time, the two finished the registration process and then each took a slip of paper with their dormitory number on it and went to the gymnasium to collect their bedding and other belongings.
Well, I'm a day student in high school, so boarding isn't my concern.
After thinking it over, Chen Bing took a step forward and handed his admission notice to Comrade Hu Jianjun.
The other person glanced at him casually with their head down, then suddenly looked up at him.
"So you're Chen Bing!"
He didn't say it loudly, but it was like a rock breaking through the water, drawing the attention of everyone present, including the homeroom teacher, students, and parents.
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