Fire Captain

Life in junior high school was pretty simple, but Bai Ziyang hadn't touched a book for several...hundreds of thousands of years. Even if his mental strength was so strong that he could remember everything he saw, he still had to listen carefully and take notes. The first monthly exam of the first month of school arrived in a blink of an eye, and the first test directly established his image as a top student.

After the monthly exam, the teacher directly appointed Bai Ziyang as the monitor. Bai Ziyang touched his chin and thought for a long time. What should a monitor of a junior high school student do? After thinking about it, he found that fortunately he was not a class representative, otherwise he would be annoyed to collect homework every day. What made him helpless was that the communication with his deskmate Fan Shengmei was limited to daily conversations, which often made Bai Ziyang worried.

But in the eyes of other students, Bai is so handsome, Bai is so serious in doing his homework, and Bai is so charming... After all, a group of little girls who have just entered puberty, with such a handsome, good-looking, and calm boy next to them, who would not be attracted?

This also includes Fan Shengmei.

On the first day of school, when she saw Bai Ziyang standing on the podium, she was thinking, is it him? Is this boy also in our class? This time I finally know his name? I wonder where he will sit, will he be my deskmate? When the teacher casually pointed to Bai Ziyang to sit next to her, Fan Shengmei's excited heart seemed to jump out of her chest, but her face remained calm. If someone familiar saw her, they would notice that her eyes were wider than usual, and the water in her eyes was shining.

After school in the afternoon, Bai Ziyang and three or two male classmates rode home together, chatting and laughing. The main means of transportation for junior high school students is bicycles. When school started, Bai's parents bought him a new mountain bike, which was quite expensive and was considered one of the best among his classmates.

It was impossible for Fan Shengmei's family to buy her a bicycle for commuting to and from school, so she had to walk home after school every day. She watched her classmates riding their bicycles gracefully, tucked her hair behind her ears, said goodbye to those classmates who were going the same way but lived close to home, and had to walk the rest of the way by herself.

After turning a corner, Fan Shengmei suddenly saw his new deskmate sitting astride the bike, one foot on the ground and the other on the pedal, looking ahead, not knowing what he was thinking. Fan Shengmei hesitated a little bit. Should he go over and say hello? What should he say? Is he waiting for someone in such a secluded place? Would it be bad if he saw him? Should he avoid him?

The distance was only twenty or thirty meters, so how long could Fan Shengmei hesitate? When she was about to walk behind Bai Ziyang, Bai Ziyang suddenly turned around, looked at Fan Shengmei and said, "Classmate Fan Shengmei! I found that we are on the same way home. Come... get in the car and I'll take you!" Bai Ziyang pointed to the back seat.

Fan Shengmei looked at Bai Ziyang's brilliant smile and was stunned for two seconds. After she reacted, she quickly shook her head and said, "No, no... No need... How can I be so embarrassed..."

Bai Ziyang scratched his head and looked at Fan Shengmei helplessly for a while before compromising: "Well... okay... since we're going the same way, let's go together. It's better to go with someone than to be alone and be bored."

Fan Shengmei had just rejected him once, and this time his reason seemed legitimate, so she felt embarrassed to reject him again. Besides, it wasn't a big deal, so she just said, "Okay."

Fan Shengmei walked on the inside of the road, while Bai Ziyang rode his bike and walked on the outside with one foot dangling on the ground. The distance between them was enough for another person to stand.

Bai Ziyang made small talk: "Classmate Fan Shengmei... well, have you finished your homework today?"

Fan Shengmei nodded and whispered, "It's done."

Bai Ziyang asked: "What do you usually do after school?"

Fan Shengmei recalled and said, "I usually help my mother cook dinner..."

Bai Ziyang exclaimed in surprise: "You can also cook? That's amazing!"

Fan Shengmei waved her hands embarrassedly and said, "I'm not very good at it, I just help my mom."

Bai Ziyang suddenly thought of something and asked, "Classmate Fan Shengmei, do you know where there is a bookstore? I haven't been here for long and I plan to buy some books on the weekend, but I don't know the way. Can you come with me?"

"Ah...?" Fan Shengmei hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Okay, I'll come to see you this weekend afternoon."

Bai Ziyang smiled brightly upon hearing this and said, "Okay, thank you so much for troubling you."

Fan Shengmei waved her hand and said, "It's nothing."

When the weekend came, Bai Ziyang kept an eye on the movement at the door. As soon as Fan Shengmei arrived at the gate of Bai's courtyard, Bai Ziyang immediately opened the door to welcome her out.

Fan Shengmei didn't wear school uniform today. She just wore a simple white T-shirt and a pair of washed-out jeans. She simply stood at the door. Bai Ziyang secretly raised his eyebrows. Good looks can solve everything!

Bai Ziyang said, "Shall we go there by bike? I'll take you."

Fan Shengmei said, "No need, it's not far, let's walk there."

Bai Ziyang could only say, "Okay then."

On the way, Fan Shengmei said, "I often go to this bookstore. The owner is very nice. He welcomes you even if you just want to look at the books without buying anything, as long as you don't make them dirty. If you buy books, the prices are cheaper. By the way... I don't know what book you want to buy?"

Bai Ziyang said, "Oh, I'll buy some tutorial books." But in fact, his real interest was not in books!

Fan Shengmei enviously said, "I didn't expect you to study so well. You must also do some extracurricular tutoring books."

Bai Ziyang said, "How can anyone get the first place in the exam so easily? It all comes from hard work outside of class." After thinking for a while, he said, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

Fan Shengmei said, "Really? I didn't dare to disturb you because you were so serious before."

Bai Ziyang waved his hand casually and said, "Hey, what's the big deal?"

The two walked to the bookstore. The autumn heat was really strong. After only ten minutes of walking, they were sweating all over. When they got to the bookstore and enjoyed the air conditioning, they felt much more comfortable. Bai Ziyang took advantage of Fan Shengmei's inattention and ran to buy two cups of sour plum soup. He took one of the cups and quietly put it on Fan Shengmei's face, which scared her. Because they were not allowed to play around in the bookstore, Fan Shengmei could only glare at Bai Ziyang. Bai Ziyang smiled with a prank and handed the cup of sour plum soup to Fan Shengmei. Fan Shengmei took it and felt embarrassed for her previous behavior. She drank it in small sips.

Bai Ziyang handled his studies with ease afterwards. With the help of his powerful cheating skills, he had already started reading the content for the first year of high school. Occasionally, when Fan Shengmei caught a glimpse of the book he was reading, she could only look up to him.

After the midterm exam, the school will hold a parent-teacher meeting. This is a parent-teacher meeting for the first time. Bai Ziyang's parent must be Grandpa Bai. Originally, the teacher was not very willing to let the grandfather attend the parent-teacher meeting because he was worried that the elders would spoil the younger ones. However, Bai Ziyang has always been the oldest, and Grandpa Bai explained that his parents were working in other places and could not come, so the teacher did not say anything.

But this was the first time Bai Ziyang saw Fan Shengmei's mother, a timid ordinary housewife. After the parents' meeting, other parents gathered around the teacher, caring about their children's learning in school and listening to the teacher's guidance and suggestions. Only Fan Shengmei's mother left in a hurry after the meeting, not caring about Fan Shengmei's situation in school or what the teacher said.

After the midterm exam, the semester was already halfway through. The weather was getting colder, and it was really colder with each autumn rain. The weather had been gloomy for the past few days, and the heavy rain that had been accumulating for a long time finally started when the students were leaving school. Bai Ziyang didn't bring an umbrella. He hesitated for a while before going out in the morning. After dawdling in school for a while, he threw his backpack aside and rode his bike into the rain.

Fan Shengmei was walking home hurriedly with an umbrella when she heard a car bell behind her. She quickly took two steps to make way for the person behind her. Unexpectedly, a voice rang from behind her: "Fan Shengmei!"

Fan Shengmei looked back and saw Bai Ziyang standing behind her in the rain without an umbrella. She quickly moved her umbrella over to hold it for Bai Ziyang and said, "How come you didn't bring an umbrella in such heavy rain? Otherwise, you can wait in school for a while until the rain is lighter before going out."

Bai Ziyang wiped the rain off his face and smiled, "Get in the car. You can't bear to let me go back in the rain, right? The seedlings of our motherland can't be watered too much."

Fan Shengmei looked at Bai Ziyang helplessly, and finally sat on the back seat of Bai Ziyang's bicycle, the two of them holding an umbrella. Bai Ziyang whistled, and pedaled the bicycle forward steadily.

Starting from junior high school, the three subjects in elementary school increased to six, and in the second year of junior high school, physics and chemistry were added. This immediately hindered the girls who were not good at science, such as our classmate Fan Shengmei. But now she has a personal tutor. In her words, this tutor is not only useful, but also free.

Now, because Bai Ziyang often takes Fan Shengmei to and from school on his bicycle, the two often sit together to study, and gradually some classmates spread the word that the two are in a premature relationship. These kids don't care whether the two are in a premature relationship or not, but it seems that as long as they say so, they seem to know so much, as if they know everything like adults. In fact, in Bai Ziyang's eyes, they are just a group of childish brats. He doesn't care about these words, and he won't let Fan Shengmei hear these words. It's not easy to feed the rabbit to eat a few bites of grass beside the nest. If it is startled, it will be the end of the game.

It is impossible for the head teacher to not get any information. They are all experienced teachers and can tell at a glance what kind of child they are and what they are thinking. However, seeing that Fan Shengmei's grades were steadily improving under Bai Ziyang's guidance and she didn't notice Bai Ziyang's little thoughts at all, she just observed quietly. If she talked to the two students at this time and broke the window paper, she couldn't say what Bai Ziyang would think, but it would inevitably affect Fan Shengmei's study and thinking. Girls are very thoughtful. She is about to enter the third year of junior high school and will take the high school entrance examination in a year. Although it cannot be regarded as a turning point in life, it is also a relatively critical period of time. Thinking in this way, it is a bit of a loss.