NOVPUBUnder the influence of the mid-term examination, Xiao Ruawen’s grandparents finally agreed to their granddaughter’s request to spend Monday to Friday nights at the secret base.
After all, in the eyes of the older generation, good grades are a true sign of success. Hasn’t that little girl named Zhang Yiyi made great progress? Her grades were never higher than our granddaughter’s before. Although Xiao Ruawen’s mid-term grades were excellent, there was still room for improvement.
And so, their group of six protagonists finally gathered and began to lead a simple and warm cohabitation in their secret base.
To celebrate this sacred moment, the five girls discussed how to skip class and go to Gualv Square next door to eat, shop, and watch movies.
The week after the mid-term exams was the school sports meet, which was almost a tradition for schools across the nation, and Licheng Middle School was no exception.
Licheng Middle School’s sports meet was scheduled for Thursday and Friday of that week. Apart from the roll call at the opening ceremony on the first day, students were free to do as they pleased for the rest of the time.
Since Xu Qingfan and the other five were day students and had been together for more than two months, they will honestly admit that they weren’t very familiar with their classmates.
After all, the three things that bond students the most during their school years are dorm life, playing sports, and evening self-study.
The six of them were like external members of Class 7-6, basically not participating in any after-school activities, because they had to rush back to cook after school at noon, and similarly, they had to rush back to buy groceries and cook after school in the afternoon.
The six of them formed their own little circle, impenetrable to outsiders. The girls didn’t take the initiative to expand their social circles. The advantage was having more time to spend with the people they cared about and valued, but the downside was that they didn’t feel much belonging to their middle school class.
Now, as the principal was still delivering his pompous speech on stage, the girls were already whispering in the back of the line about where to go and have fun afterward.
"Lastly, I wish our school’s track and field sports meet a complete success!" The principal finished his last sentence, and scattered applause arose from the crowd below the podium.
The radio played a sporty tune again, and the students dissipated and made their way back to their respective class headquarters in dribs and drabs.
Xu Qingfan waited for a moment to join up with the five girls, and the six of them, shoulder to shoulder, went against the flow to leave the cinder track of the stadium.
After returning to Class 7-6, only they were present in the classroom. Xiao Ruawen scouted around and came in through the front door.
"I’ve checked, there are no teachers on this floor. When are we going?"
"Let’s go, let’s go!" Lin Wanning could hardly wait, stomping her feet and alternatingly patting the desk with her hands as she spoke.
"What are we waiting for then, hurry up and grab your stuff." Xu Qingfan said, standing up with his backpack on.
"Let’s go~ Time to skip school!" Lin Wanning, excited upon hearing this, picked up her backpack to leave but was yanked back by Xu Qingfan.
"Keep it down, if you bring the ’enemy’ here, none of us can leave!" Xu Qingfan said, giving her a gentle thump on the head. "Oww~" Lin Wanning immediately made a pitiful face.
"Hahaha~"
After the laughter, everyone adjusted their facial expressions, sneakily leaving the school grounds like secret agents in the movies.
Licheng Middle School’s southeastern corner wall was right next to the neighborhood where they usually lived. That morning before school, they had already placed a ladder opposite the wall, and if they managed to get over the wall smoothly, they would be greeted by freedom as far as the eye could see.
After the opening ceremony, there was a fun sports meet for teachers. Almost all of the teachers and students from the school were gathered at the sports field at this time, so they reached their destination quite easily.
The obstacle they faced was a three-meter-high wall. Although the wall didn’t have any sharp objects like glass shards or barbed wire blocking it, it wasn’t something these middle school students could climb over bare-handed.
Xu Qingfan tried to get a running start to climb it several times but failed. Xia Xiaoxiao, who was temporarily the tallest in the group, could not reach as high as Xu Qingfan because girls generally don’t have as much jumping ability.
"Brother Fan, what should we do now? There are no ladders nearby, and if we delay any longer, the teachers will be here!" Lin Wanning’s short legs could barely reach two meters, and as several minutes had already passed by, she was getting anxious.
Xu Qingfan felt incredibly frustrated, thinking that if it were just two years from now, he would easily be able to get over the wall in front of him, but at the moment, he was only 1.53 meters tall!
"Brother Fan, why don’t you get on Xiaoxiao’s back, and after you climb over, then move the ladder over here!" Xiao Ruawen suggested.
"Yes, with Brother Fan’s 1.5 meters plus Xiaoxiao’s 1.7 meters, it’s 3.2 meters altogether!" Lin Wanning immediately nodded in agreement.
"Get on Xiaoxiao’s head?" Xu Qingfan’s eyes lit up, and he suddenly had the feeling of turning the tables. "What’s that all about?"
"Hurry up!" Xia Xiaoxiao didn’t say much, just glared at him disdainfully before crouching down and saying.
"Here I come!" Xu Qingfan stepped forward, straddling Xia Xiaoxiao’s shoulders with his legs, and she, experiencing even pressure, easily stood up.
"No good, it’s still a few centimeters short!" Xu Qingfan reached as far as he could but still couldn’t hook onto the wall.
After all, if you subtract the length of his feet and add the length of his arms, Xu Qingfan was no longer 1.5 meters tall.
Zhang Yiyi suddenly had a brainwave, ran up, and supported Xu Qingfan’s buttocks, "Everyone, lend a hand!"
Wu Lingyu, Xiao Ruawen, and Lin Wanning hurried over upon seeing this, and in pairs, they pushed Xu Qingfan’s backside upwards, achieving the final three-centimeter leap!
