Chapter 48 Arrival at School

  It's been a week since Ou Yang moved into his new home, and he has slowly gotten used to the room and its surroundings. The neighborhood is still the same, with the sound of car horns blaring from morning till night, making it impossible for Ou Yang to sleep at times. His mother has complained about this to the property management multiple times, and there's also a serious issue with the room's soundproofing problem. He can clearly hear the sounds of cooking, talking, and arguing coming from upstairs, which is particularly annoying since the family living above him is quite wealthy and often hosts dinner parties that go on till midnight. As for the surroundings, Ou Yang, Mai Si, and Feng Hongyan have explored the nearby pedestrian square and shopping mall. Although it's supposed to be a pedestrian-only area, Ou Yang still sees cars parked there. One day, while they were at the mall, they ran into Xu Xue Mei and her mother. Feng Hongyan was surprised to learn that Xu Xue Mei's family had bought a house in this neighborhood, but Ou Yang had known about it for some time. Feng Hongyan said, "It looks like Xu Xue Mei's mom is willing to spend a lot of money to get her into a good high school."

  As the days went by, Ou Yang's interactions with Xu Yuejie increased since he moved to District C, as their homes were very close. However, Ou Yang still didn't have that romantic feeling that Mai Si had mentioned. On the other hand, Mai Si's pursuit of the class beauty was in full swing. Ou Yang was concerned about Mai Si's progress and it seemed like he had already gone out with her twice, secretly behind her boyfriend's back. Mai Si explained that to make a girl give up her current boyfriend for him, he needed to be better than her boyfriend. Ou Yang could tell that Mai Si was quite serious this time.

  So the day to go to school finally arrived. On that day, Ouyang wore the summer C-zone uniform as required by the school. Every time Ouyang put on this uniform, he would complain a few words.

  "Alas, why is it only our class that has to wear school uniforms?" Ouyang said to her mother in the kitchen while putting on her clothes.

  "You'd better not say that, other schools are the same." Feng Hongyan said while cooking breakfast in the kitchen. Since moving to District C, Feng Hongyan had to cook every day herself. Although Ouyang was initially not used to her relatively unpalatable dishes, he gradually got accustomed to them over time, and Feng Hongyan's culinary skills also improved with each practice.

  Feng Hongyan seemed to have thought of something and said to Ouyang, who had just walked into the kitchen after getting dressed: "I guess your class teacher will also go to the Cultural Palace later, remember to be polite, don't put on a stiff face, and get along well with this teacher..."

  "Alright, alright, don't go on." Obviously, Ouyang already knew what his mother was going to say next, so he waved his hand at her.

  After finishing breakfast, Ouyang picked up an empty school bag from his room. He knew that when he came back today, the bag would be filled with new books for the new semester. What interested Ouyang was not what the new head teacher looked like or how strict they were, but rather the new language teacher and those nine transfer students. Ouyang thought about all sorts of personalities in his mind - bookworms, handsome guys and beautiful girls, or sworn enemies like Zhao Junyi. Thinking of this, he quickly headed for the door, wanting to get to school as soon as possible. It was Saturday, and after Ouyang left, Feng Hongyan went back to her room and dialed Ouyang Mubo's phone number. She learned that Ouyang Mubo still needed to study for one or two years before completing his studies and getting a certificate, which would make it easier for him to find work. Although Feng Hongyan knew the result might be like this, she still wanted to ask clearly.

  On the other hand, Ouyang Zheng quickly walked to school because his home was very close to the school. Since moving to District C, he could sleep in for a long time every day. Although his mother wouldn't let him get up later than 8 o'clock, saying it was to maintain his biological clock, he still got to sleep in about an hour later than when they lived in District D. Ouyang no longer had to rise early and go to bed late. As he approached the school gate, he saw that familiar commuter bus, and before long, Wang Lin got off the bus.

  "I said you're fine, it's just been a short while since you got up, I still have to get up early and hustle," Wang Lin shouted as soon as he got off the car, rushing towards Ouyang.

  "All I can say is that you're lazy." This was said by Xu Xue Mei, who had come with Ouyang and the two of them had agreed to meet up at school today. Wang Lin furrowed his brow and followed the two people as they walked towards the school.

  Ouyang and his group arrived at the classroom relatively late. Almost all of their classmates were already seated, waiting to meet their new head teacher.

  "Hey, how come no matter where I look, they're all familiar faces?" Wang Lin looked around and saw that they were all classmates from last semester, except for a few who would never appear in this class again.

  After listening to Wang Lin's words, Ouyang Si glanced around and then turned his head to look at Zhou Feng.

  "The transfer students won't be attending the opening ceremony, it's a rule at Fengmao Middle School. You'll only get to see those two girls after school starts." Zhou Feng said with a mischievous grin, making Ouyang feel very uncomfortable.

  "Hey, Chenxu." A voice came from beside Ouyang, and when he turned his head to look, it was Xiaozhu.

  "Hey, what's up? Oh right, you didn't buy me a Coke today, I'll just owe it to you for now, haha. After I move, you might have to keep buying me Cokes." Ouyang said with a smile, basking in an inexplicable joy.

  Xiao Zhu looked unhappy and turned to the other side, saying: "En, I think... will we not be able to make bets with each other in the future?"

  "What's going on? Hey, you're not trying to welch on the bet today, are you?" Ouyang was still concerned about that bottle of Coke.

  "I didn't mean that," Xiaozhu's emotions still seemed low, "I meant to say, when the students change and a new teacher comes, they will definitely rearrange the seats, right? So won't we two be unable to sit together anymore?"

  Ouyang finally understood Xiao Zhu's meaning, then said: "It shouldn't be, don't worry, if we get transferred, our bet will still be in effect, okay?"

  Xiao Zhu heard Ouyang say this and immediately asked: "Really, you're not allowed to regret it."

  Ouyang smiled and said: "Why should I regret it? I must have arrived earlier than you. Why shouldn't I drink the free drinks?"

  Xiao Zhu also laughed and said: "Cut it out, who gets there early isn't certain yet, take care of your alarm clock, don't break it one day."

  Ouyang felt relieved when he heard Xiao Zhu say this, this was her true state.

  "Are all the students here?" A man's voice came from the classroom door, and everyone looked towards the classroom door. It was a young male teacher who walked in, who appeared to be about three years older than Teacher Pan. According to Zhou Feng, this teacher had also come to teach at Fongmao Middle School just a few years after graduating from university, and he was considered a new teacher too.

  "Hey, this teacher's beard is really thick!" The boys below started discussing, and indeed, Ouyang took a look at the teacher, whose beard was shaved but still looked quite heavy. Those glasses instantly made him look much older, and the frame of those glasses should only be worn by people over 35 years old, at least that's what Ouyang thought.

  Seeing the class advisor's glasses, Ouyang couldn't help but think of the time his mother took him to an optometrist a few days ago. The store suggested he get glasses immediately. His mother scolded him first, thinking that Ouyang's declining eyesight was caused by playing computer games.

  On the other hand, Feng Hongyan planned to do some research and find a suitable optometrist to avoid the situation where the more you wear glasses, the higher the prescription gets.

  "I am your class teacher, my surname is Yu, you can just call me Teacher Yu." Ouyang did not feel any tension from the words of this young new class teacher, and his classmates were all waiting for the teacher to continue speaking.

  "It's common knowledge that many students left our class last semester, but I will use my and our teacher's efforts to tell them that leaving Fengmao was such a wrong decision." This remark made people feel very comfortable, and the students below obviously had some atmosphere brought up by Teacher Yu.

  "Nine new classmates will be transferred to our class after the start of school, I took a look at the seats and arranged the new students in the empty seats according to their names, if there are any extra, we can just add a single desk." After hearing Teacher Yu say this, Ou Yang's neighbor Xiao Zhu let out a sigh of relief, meaning that they wouldn't have to switch seats for now.

  "Alright, class monitor, ask a few male classmates to go downstairs and fetch the teaching materials. Later, we will head to the Cultural Palace for the opening ceremony," said Teacher Yu. After finishing speaking, she organized the class monitor, student union representatives, and other class cadres to go downstairs and move books. Before long, the books were distributed to each student. Ouyang took a look and found that this semester's textbooks were not much different from those in the first year of junior high school. They still used the new curriculum reform, and the novelty of the new textbooks was not comparable to the old ones.

  "Alright classmates, go downstairs and line up, let's get ready to head to the Cultural Palace." After Teacher Yu said this, the classmates started to file out of the classroom one by one. Then Teacher Yu added another sentence,

  "Please stay for a moment, students from District D."

  Ouyang, Wang Lin, Xu Xue Mei, and two other classmates from the D district looked at each other, not knowing what the purpose of this action was. Just as Ouyang was about to stand up, he sat back down again.

  "Let's introduce yourselves," said Teacher Yu to the five students from District D, and of course, Xu Xue Mei was the first to stand up. After she finished introducing herself, Teacher Yu nodded and said, "A top student, I remember you were in the same elementary school as two other classmates, who are they?"

  Xu Xue Mei looked at Wang Lin and Ouyang, Ouyang nodded slightly to Wang Lin. The two of them then stood up together.

  "Ah, you're Ouyang Chenxi, right?" Teacher Yu pointed at Ouyang, and Ouyang nodded.

  "Heh heh, nothing much, I just wanted to get familiar with the students in Class D today and let you all know that I've heard it's not easy to manage students from Class D. I hope we can have a good relationship, after all, it's not easy for you all to come so far to study here. Don't give me any trouble, okay? I know that students from Class D are strong in both studying and causing trouble, so don't let me find out about any problems, or else I'll immediately call your parents over here. This is something I've already made clear on the phone with your families."

  "Teacher, can I understand what you just said as a prejudice against District D?" The one who spoke was surprisingly Wang Lin, and even Xu Xue Mei widened her eyes to look at him.

  At this time, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Wang Lin's mouth...