Chapter 131: Rag pickers

There was no so-called graduation ceremony, and I guess the school leaders didn’t want to read a script in the sun, so each class held a class meeting on their own.

The class teacher, Liu Baiken, is beaming; the graduating class he led this year did pretty well in the midterm exams, which means he gets a small stipend.

Class members are responsible for handing out transcripts, diplomas and graduation photos.

The class was bustling with chatter, exchanging information about their grades, the schools they were applying to, or their plans for the summer and where they were going.

Wang Hao unbelievably leaned over the table and asked, “Cheng Ming, I heard my mom say that you got 695 on the exam, really?”

“Really, how much did you get?” Cheng Ming said with a bitter smile, this should be mom taking his score to show off.

“623, I can get into the second middle school, but my mom wants to make it pay to get into the first middle school, it’s annoying, it’s mandatory to attend the evening study.” Wang Hao said as he scratched the back of his head in agony.

“A point in first grade isn’t cheap, is it, and you’re seven points off.”

“That’s true, these seven points can buy me a computer.” Wang Hao said painfully.

“In that case, if you don’t step up your game before the midterm and buy your points to get into the first grade, you won’t be earning a computer for nothing.”

Wang Hao waved his hand and said with broken self-awareness, “It doesn’t exist, even if I get into the first middle school with my own strength, my family won’t buy me a computer.”

“Going to Datang now?” Wang Hao said as he looked toward the back door of the classroom.

“Even now, I’ll make a trip over there this afternoon.”

Later on, he had to send Jing Jing home, and in the afternoon, he went to the Datang Internet Cafe to meet up with Zhao Lei and discuss about the new plug-in.

“Then I’ll wait for you in Datang, oh yeah, I’ll be working in Datang for the summer, I’ll be playing on the computer for free while earning some internet money, it’s hard to not have a source of pocket money for the summer vacation.”

This is one of the reasons why people love and hate vacations.

“I told my mom I’m volunteering with you at the library over the summer, with lunch on the house, so don’t let it slip when I ask you.”

“Was it necessary to drag me along?”

“When my mom found out you scored almost 700 on the test, she couldn’t wait for me to stick with you every day and complimented me on making a good friend.”

“Uh, men even.”

“I’ll slip away and see you this afternoon.”

Took the diploma and graduation photo, Wang Hao did not have the heart to listen to the class teacher’s long speech, directly from the back door bugger, scrambling to go to the Internet cafe fast.

Cheng Ming didn’t tell Wang Hao that he was going to study in the second middle school, otherwise he would have told his mom, “Look Cheng Ming is going to the second middle school, it’s not the school or the environment that determines the results of the college entrance exam, but your own efforts, don’t spend meaningless money on me.”

There’s a real chance his mom would agree, they don’t cover for each other much.

Cheng Ming knew that Wang Hao’s future was not bad.

That being the case, there was no need to go and overly influence his life. Even from a friend’s point of view, attending the first high school would be good for a loose hearted person like him.

As for Cheng Ming himself, he has a girlfriend to keep an eye on him.

After Liu Baiken finished speaking, the math teacher, Lian Zhangyuan, also came to join in the fun, and really came to blow his own bet on the question.

“Cheng Ming, come to the office now.”

Go get the novel! Finally, I can return the novel.

“The novel is returned to you, you did well this time, I hope that when you go to the first middle school, you will continue to work hard and take a Qingbei exam, to give our alma mater and teachers credit.”

What a heavy expectation.

“Don’t go home right away later, take a picture over the pool and post it on the Star of Learning bulletin board, and remember to prepare a motto or life motto so the younger students can have a good example.”

Isn’t that a black history list?

Crap, did you take the test too high?

But Cheng Ming didn’t have a heart big enough to play any score control on the midterm.

“Teacher, can I refuse?”

“Don’t be shy, puff out your chest, opportunities like this don’t come around very often, let’s go over to the pool now.”

Liu Baiken smiled broadly and patted Cheng Ming’s shoulder, pulling him to the pool side to take pictures, this is even giving the opportunity to sneak away ah.

The campus radio began to read out names, urging Cheng Ming and a host of other students who had scored top marks in the midterm exams to meet at the pool.

There is no Chen Ziyi and Jing Jing’s name ah, if Chen Ziyi participated in the secondary school examination, the star of learning will definitely have one of her.

Motto or something, Cheng Ming wanted to play a terrier, let’s go eat barbecue meat at night, or some other foul-smelling terrier, but in the end, he chose a more normal one – “Life can’t be repeated, cherish the present.”

The secret of rebirth could not be exposed was one of the reasons, his sister and Zhao Ren would enter the Fifth Middle School next year to study, but he could not be seen by them to be out of sorts brother.

Cheng Ming in front of the camera had his hands in his pockets and slatted his face, he didn’t like being filmed very much, Lin Jingyi and Chen Ziyi stood not far away to watch the fun.

Chen Ziyi pulled down her eyelids and spat out her tongue towards Cheng Ming.

“Look into the camera.” The cameraman shouted.

“Yes!”

Ka-chow–

Luckily, Cheng Ming’s internal strength was so deep that he held it in hard, and was almost amused by Chen Ziyi’s comical face.

“Ming, that’s great, third in the school, academic star.”

Lin Jingyi was heartily happy for Cheng Ming, happier than she herself had been honored.

“Cheng Ming, when I heard that you wanted to take a picture, I rushed to laugh at you at the first opportunity, isn’t that touching?” Chen Ziyi narrowed her eyes and laughed.

Cheng Ming said through gritted teeth, “Then I really thank you.”

Almost made a fool of myself because of this woman.

“Chen Ziyi, Lin Jingyi, you two come over here and take pictures.” Lian Zhang Yuan waved his hand and shouted.

“Eh, can we take pictures too?”

Chen ZiYi needless to say, Lin JingYi was not expecting that she, who was ranked outside the twentieth percentile of the school, would be qualified to take pictures.

“Of course, you guys are students I’m proud of.” Lian Zhangyuan said with a thumbs up.

“Go ahead, it’s rare to wear a dress, it’s good to keep a souvenir, our anniversary.” Cheng Ming said as he pushed Lin Jingyi from behind.

Chen Ziyi said sarcastically, “Looks like we’re dipping into third in the whole school here.”

Cheng Ming hugged the novel and sat on the flower garden lawn under the shade of a tree waiting for them to finish filming.

“Cheng Ming, I heard on the radio that you were going to take a picture, so I came over to take a look, and you’re really here.” Wang Lei said joyfully.

“Oh, it’s Wang Lei, did you get into the first middle school? Escaped getting married?”

“Got in, 650 points, thank you very much.” Wang Lei said with a bow.

“I don’t have anything to be thanked for by you, you saw it on your own merit, it’s nothing to do with me, work harder when you get in, you’re not guaranteed to have that same good eyesight for the entrance exams.”

“Yes.”

Cheng Ming’s eyes were suddenly blinded by a pair of small, cold hands, and his vision went dark.

“Guess who I am?”

With such an obvious vocal line, Cheng Ming heard it right away.

“Chen Ziyi, stop it, I’m a married man ……”

Cheng Ming grabbed down the hands in front of him in disgust, and saw the red ropes on his wrists and knew that he had been tricked.

“What are you guys playing ……,” Cheng Ming said aggressively, “Jing Jing, why are you cooperating with outsiders to bully me.”

“What do you say?” Lin Jingyi smiled kindly, her words implied.

Cheng Ming, who explicitly said that he would be philandering, seemed like it was normal to be scratched and molested any way he could.

“Am I actually an outsider? I’m so sad, it’s obvious that I have a third of the credit in the 695 points, without me, you can only go to a third form.” Chen Ziyi wiped the corners of her eyes and fake cried.

“You’re still really nice, you’ve obviously been helping my revision and adding to it.”

Lin Jingyi and Chen Ziyi sat down on bended knees to Cheng Ming’s left and right in turn.

“Cheng Ming, you seemed to be having a good chat with Wang Lei just now. Surely you helped her cheat so that she would commit to you? We thought of teaching you a lesson, Jingyi, wasn’t I right when I told you that men are all eating out of their bowls and looking into their pots.”

“Chen Ziyi, these novels are on loan to you, you’ve always wanted them, right?”

“Want to stuff my mouth with a novel? As much as I want it, I can’t take it home with me, so I’m sending it your way, and when I want to read it, send it to me first thing.”

“Are you a queen? And on call, I’m not that free, I’ll give the book to the library, you can read it yourself when you want.”

“No, what if someone else borrows it? I’ll give you two choices, you leave the book in my uncle’s game room. Or else leave it in the Good Gage, I’ll patronize that store and read the novels on the way.”

That’s a bright and masculine move.

“I’ll just put it in the Good Gage then.”

Cheng Ming succumbed, one more guest is still more.

Cheng Ming stretched out, his body lying in a big shape on the lawn, and suddenly remembered something.

“Crap, I forgot my graduation picture or something in class.”

So lazy to go back and get it… I don’t want to move at all, but the love letter from Shizuku is clipped to the diploma.

“I took it down for you a long time ago.” Lin Jingyi held the graduation photo and fanned herself on Cheng Ming’s cheek.

“Jing, you’re wonderful.”

Cheng Ming wanted to hug Lin Jingyi and take two hard sips.

“Can you guys stop tightening up in school? The Head Teacher is over there.” Chen Ziyi rolled her eyes and said.

“Jealous? There’s a line of guys who want to be your boyfriend right up to the front door of the school, right? Why don’t you just find one? Enjoy your youth?” Cheng Ming said with his hands spread out.

“You think I’m a rag picker?” Chen Ziyi said as she twisted the flesh of Cheng Ming’s defenseless thigh.

Lin Jingyi slapped Chen Ziyi’s hand away and said, “Can I pinch Xiao Ming? This is my part.”

“I see that you can’t lay a heavy hand on Cheng Ming, if you don’t let him suffer a bit, he won’t repent, you’ll regret it one day.”

“That’s my own business, too, and I wish you’d stay out of it.”

“I’m still tired of dirtying my hands.” Chen Ziyi clapped her hands together and said disdainfully.

The atmosphere was suddenly a bit strange, but why was it predicated on hitting him?

Lian Zhangyuan and the others, who had finished filming, shouted towards Cheng Ming and the others, “You guys go home early, don’t stay in the school for too long.”

“Yes ……,” Cheng Ming and the others shouted in unison.

If they weren’t both honor students, even after graduation, and dared to sit so close to each other in school, they would probably be caught by Lian Zhangyuan in his office for a wave of education.

Students and teachers were leaving school one after another, the sun was high in the sky and the air was all hot and twisted.

On the summer vacation campus, only the raucous cicadas and Cheng Ming’s trio remained.

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Lin Jingyi was also slightly bolder, lying on Cheng Ming’s side, pulling over his arm to pillow behind her head, for several nights in a row for the confession of things troubled, did not sleep well Lin Jingyi unconsciously fell into the dreamland.

Chen Zi Yi also lay down his body, not process Ming early to withdraw his arm.

“Cheng Ming, can you lend me your arm? The grass on the lawn is kind of sticking to the back of my head.”

“Use the novel as a pillow, it’s great.”

“Using a precious novel as a pillow, how dare you think of that, it’s fine if you don’t lend me your arm, I’ll take off your pants right now. If Jing Yi is woken up by us, what do you think she will do?” Chen Ziyi laughed evilly.

“Are you the devil?”

Chen Ziyi grabbed Process Ming’s arm and forcefully pressed it down on the lawn, laying down her body and said, “It’s not comfortable at all, why is your arm so thin?”

“Don’t use it if you don’t like it.”

“Don’t worry, I don’t pick up rags, I’m a clean freak.”

“I’m not a rag, Chen Ziyi, can you stop teaching my sister weird words? Like sister-control or something.”

“I didn’t say that word to your sister, maybe she overheard it when we were chatting, I almost forgot that you’re a disgusting sister-controller, Jingyi is so pathetic, it’s better for people like you to be single for the rest of your life.”

Unable to refute it, Cheng Ming felt the same way.

Cheng Ming turned his head sideways and pressed his forehead against Lin Jingyi’s.

Fearing that Jing would suddenly wake up, it would be even more frightening if she was pretending to be asleep.

What the hell is going on here? It’s not right. It’s weird.

Chen Ziyi, who had no interactions at all in her previous life, was a mist to Cheng Ming, unable to touch or see through, and she had obviously set aside her relationship as much as possible.

Chen Ziyi turned her back to Cheng Ming and played with his fingertips, looking at his fingerprints and palmistry.

Three people, one didn’t sleep, one couldn’t sleep, and one slept soundly.