NOVPUBAugust passed in a flash, and the last summer vacation of my elementary school days quietly came to an end.
In the TV set, the children’s channel, and the saved 4399 website... you turned them off just as usual after playing, but it would be many years later that you would realize that your childhood had ended along with them.
And just like that, childhood ended.
...
August 31, today is the official registration day at Licheng Middle School.
At eight in the morning, Xu Qingfan and the three others, who lived nearby, had already arrived early at the school gates.
The registration time was from eight to nine o’clock, and there weren’t many people yet. They easily found their names on the class list posted on the bulletin board.
"76 class again?" Xu Qingfan mumbled as he checked.
"Eh~ Yeah, we are all in 76 class, but Brother Fan, why do you say again? Our elementary was class 16, remember!" Xiao Ruawen came over to look and quickly found her name on the A4 sheet for class 76.
"Why are they all wearing uniforms? Should we go back and change into our uniforms too?" Wu Lingyu saw that all the other new students were wearing their elementary school uniforms, and said somewhat worriedly.
"What’s there to be afraid of, the enrollment instructions didn’t require us to wear uniforms for registration," Xu Qingfan remembered that he had worn a uniform when he came to register in his previous life, and reassured with a smile.
"Alright..."
"Why haven’t Yiyi and Wanning arrived yet?" The four waited at the gate for another seven or eight minutes but still didn’t see the two of them.
Xu Qingfan was about to take out his phone to call and ask where they were when he saw a Maybach driving towards them from afar.
"They’re here," Xu Qingfan pointed in the direction of the car and said.
The 08 model Maybach was the only one in all of Li City. As expected, when the car stopped at the school gate, Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi eagerly got out and ran towards them.
"Brother Qingfan!" The two girls greeted them excitedly.
"Why did you come so late?" Xu Qingfan asked as they approached.
"Hehe~ accidentally forgot to bring the backpack, had to go back for it," Lin Wanning said, scratching the back of her head embarrassedly.
Zhang Chunxue turned the car and brought it closer, then rolled down the window and waved to them.
"Hello aunty!" The six gathered in front of the car and politely greeted her.
"Mm, Mom has gone to work, call me if you need anything," Zhang Chunxue nodded and smiled at them, then reached out to muss her daughter’s hair.
"Got it, Mom, busy!"
"Don’t worry, Aunty, I’ll take good care of them," Xu Qingfan patted his chest and promised.
"Clever kids, now off you go inside, you want to make a good impression on your teachers on the first day!" Zhang Chunxue then reached out and mussed Xu Qingfan’s hair a little.
Xu Qingfan thought to himself: Your three-million Yuan car came all the way here, what good impression is left to make?
"Holy moly, a Maybach!" As expected, a car enthusiast immediately recognized the car, and his exclamation quickly drew the attention of teachers and students at the school gate.
"This car is awesome, a 6.0T huge displacement, twin-turbo V12 engine, only needs 5.2 seconds for a hundred-kilometer acceleration!" His friend who came to report with him introduced the car, speaking loudly as if to show off his profound knowledge.
Seeing that more and more people were gathering around, Zhang Chunxue quickly rounded off the conversation with a couple more advisories, honked the horn twice as a signal, and then sped off with a press on the throttle.
"Let’s go, let’s report," Xu Qingfan watched as Zhang Chunxue drove away, then turned back to the girls and said.
"Let’s go, let’s go~ and I get to sit with Brother Qingfan!" Lin Wanning put her hand on her hip and pointed towards the direction of the school, running ahead.
"Don’t run so fast!"
The five girls, who obviously had been charmingly crafted by goddess Nuwa, walked together. Coupled with the recent Maybach excitement, their every move drew the attention of their fellow newcomers. Even the typically stern guides at the school now showed friendly smiles and offered to show them the way.
"Which class are you students in, do you need me to take you there?"
"Thank you, teacher, no need, we’ve already checked it out earlier," Xu Qingfan waved his hand and declined.
He couldn’t help but recall a phrase he had seen while surfing the net in his previous life: "You don’t need to say much, let the Maybach do the talking."
"When did we check it out?" Lin Wanning asked confusedly as they walked away.
After all, they had all come together to pay the school fees a few days ago, and after paying, went straight to Gualv Square next door to watch a movie; they hadn’t checked out anything.
"Just follow me!" Having lived and studied in this school for three years in his previous life, he knew the layout of the school like the back of his hand.
"This school looks so small, much smaller than the Experimental Primary School!" Xiao Ruawen looked around curiously and couldn’t help but comment. 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
"It is quite small, probably about one-fourth the size of the Experimental Primary School," Xia Xiaoxiao had looked over Licheng Middle School from the eighth-floor rooftop of Lianhua Courtyard and commented as such.
"Don’t be fooled by its size, it’s still quite broken down," Xu Qingfan joined in the banter.
"Hahaha~" The girls, experiencing this style of conversation for the first time, burst into laughter after catching on.
The six chatted as they walked and soon arrived at the door of Grade 7, Class 6.
With forty-eight students in a class, the classroom was already scattered with about a dozen students by now. The six of them, laughing and joking at the doorway, instantly attracted the attention of their classmates.
"Sit here, sit here, there are exactly six seats available right in the middle near the lecture stand!" Lin Wanning pointed to the six empty seats and said.
