Chapter 60.

The seating arrangement for the monthly exams is based on the rank of the last exam.

As we approach the midterm, the rankings won’t change much anymore.

The first exam room, or class 1, is basically full of familiar faces.

Since the school’s desks and classrooms are totally inadequate for all students to take single-table exams, a mix of upper and lower grades is practiced.

It would also be a skill to be able to take the test in your own class, in your own seat.

Cheng Ming’s deskmate for this exam was a little boy in the first year, but unfortunately, it would have been better if it had been a little girl.

The difficulty of this monthly examination is moderate, and not as devilish as the midterm city examination, I guess there is also a fear of striking the confidence of the students again.

Teachers were also quick to grade papers, and the results of small tests like the monthly exams, which were organized by the school itself, did not need to be compared with other schools in the city.

Teachers would also call school committees and class representatives together to help grade papers, and some people found out their grades the night after the test, either by going into the office and asking the teacher themselves, or by being told by a kind classmate.

The evening study on the first day of exams also caused a bit of a hiccup.

When Cheng Ming arrived at school, he found Jing Jing and Chen Zi Yi both sitting in their seats, and when the bell rang, the two had no intention of leaving.

“Lin Jingyi, it’s already class time, why don’t you go back to your seat?”

“That’s my line only, hurry up and get back to your seat, you don’t need to prepare for the exam and revise, Ming still has to, it’s rare that he wants to study properly in the last few days.”

“I’ll leave if you do.”

“You go first, then I’ll go.”

Lin Jingyi was afraid that Chen Ziyi would rely on her.

“If you don’t go, I won’t go.”

Cheng Ming couldn’t just stand there like that, he still had quite a few points of knowledge that he hadn’t finished reading yet.

Chen Ziyi he can’t shoo away.

This woman, let her go, she’s even less likely to go, let her stay, she really stays.

If she let Jing go, she would listen, but her mouth would not say anything, and she would definitely be hurt inside.

Cheng Ming then turned his attention to Zhang Jiajia, Jing’s deskmate.

As one of the few people in his class who had spoken up and who knew the inside story, he should be able to understand Cheng Ming’s plight.

“Zhang Jiajia, jianghu rescue, lend me a seat.”

“Stop, just wait, I’ll get my books and leave, this table is for you, I’ll go sit with someone else.”

Zhang Jiajia directly skipped out and ran to sit with Chen Ziyi’s table, leaving Cheng Ming alone.

Since there is no English in tomorrow’s exam, the English reading time in the evening study hall was naturally changed to self-study.

Instead, the class was more excited and thrilled when it was clear that the test was coming up.

Add to that the fact that the teacher watching the class is in the office correcting papers, and the unsupervised students become even more reckless.

It didn’t quieten down a bit until the teacher from the next class made a trip over, but as soon as the front foot was gone, there was chatter again.

The next day the evening study for the exam, Cheng Ming also do not know Lin Jingyi and Chen Ziyi last night reached some agreement, but even take turns to tandem seats, this class is Jing Jing, the next class replaced Chen Ziyi to come.

“What drugs are you guys selling in your gourds?” Cheng Ming asked curiously.

“Can with me this universe invincible super beautiful girl at the same table, heart is not cool, also attached to an ordinary girl, better than nothing, right, just because there is this green leaf of her to set off my delicate color.” Chen Zi Yi said in a self-congratulatory manner.

“Cool is cool, it would be even better without you, I just like normal girls.”

When the next class came around, Cheng Ming asked Jing again, “Take turns at my table, what kind of game are you playing?”

“Because didn’t you run to my seat alone last night? It’s too noticeable, maybe you’re going to run to sit at Chen Ziyi’s table tonight, so why don’t we just do it half and half.”

“Half each? Who came up with this stupid idea? It couldn’t be Chen Ziyi, could it?”

“Uh-huh.”

“I knew it… is half each acceptable to you?”

“Why can’t you take it?”

This had thrown Cheng Ming for a loop, so Jing Jing was the type that could accept one and a half people?

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

It was probably a good thing that the desire for exclusivity wasn’t as strong, but it was also possible that Shizuku wasn’t even thinking about it that way.

If I were to say the only good thing about the exams, it would be the early dismissal of school and the freedom to move around after the exams.

As for the early turn-in rule, you can only turn in your papers a maximum of ten minutes early.

The last subject is English, Cheng Ming finished the examination paper early, a hundred chatting roguishly watching the table’s elementary school brother doing questions.

Although he had thought about pointing him out a bit, Cheng Ming put away that thought, not to bring bias to others.

Even if it was ten minutes, Cheng Ming still handed in his papers early and left the exam room, his exam room and the one Jing Jing was in were adjacent to each other, specifically so that Jing Jing could see it.

At noon it was still sunny and clear, but in the evening it was cloudy and dark, like it was about to rain.

“Ming, what did you choose for the last question of the listening?”

Cheng Ming didn’t have the habit of matching answers, but Jing Jing had this habit since she was a child, so Cheng Ming had to be accompanied.

Some questions Cheng Ming is to ensure that he has done correctly, and Jing is wrong, Cheng Ming said that he forgot the answer to that question, to ensure that Jing’s mood will not be affected, but also to make Jing have the illusion that “we actually even have the same answer, really heart to heart ah”.

As we walked to the bike shed, the sky was drizzling.

Lin Jingyi took out her folding umbrella and asked, “Xiao Ming, did you bring an umbrella?”

“Of course not, but this little flurry won’t bother me, so I’ll just consider it an early shower.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, the rain gradually became heavier, and Cheng Ming’s head was instantly drenched.

Those who wanted to run home in the rain in style were stuck in the doorway, and the lucky ones were able to catch a fellow student on the way home with them, or wait for their family members to come and pick them up with umbrellas, or wait for the rain to stop.

“Ravenous, are you satisfied now?”

Lin Jingyi blankly glanced at Cheng Ming and raised her umbrella sideways, covering Cheng Ming’s head.

“Why don’t we skip the bike ride home today? It’s the weekend anyway, no late night study sessions, not that much of a rush.”

Cheng Ming rode a bicycle and Lin Jingyi held an umbrella for him, the picture looked beautiful and romantic.

But in this kind of downpour, it’s like asking for trouble.

Jing Jing’s umbrella is not big enough to take care of the front but not the back, take care of the left but not the right, Cheng Ming’s left arm and Jing Jing’s right arm were drenched, and Jing Jing’s school bag was even more completely exposed to the rain.

“Give me the book bag.”

Cheng Ming took off Jing’s school bag and carried it on his front.

Cheng Ming was taller than Jing Jing and didn’t want him to get wet, holding the umbrella up high, it looked like a bit of a struggle and he got more parts of himself drenched.

“Give me the umbrella too, I’m taller than you.”

Cheng Ming took the umbrella and held it up between the two of them, tilting it slightly towards Jing.

Their skin was a little cold from exposure to the rain, and their arms touched and rubbed together every now and then.

The raindrops were streaked and hit the top of the umbrella with a ‘crackling’ sound.

The whistling car sped past, splashing a splash, the quick reaction of Cheng Ming umbrella to block the splash. But other parts of the rain was again attacked, pants and shoes did not escape the splash.

The sky was already so dark that it was hard to see the road, Cheng Ming proposed, “Jing Jing, why don’t we find a place to hide from the rain first.”

“Good.”