The middle-aged man persuaded with earnestness: “Young people like you are all too ignorant. Protests like this have to be reported. When the time comes, all of your IDs will be recorded. After that, it will be difficult for you to find a job within the corporations’ system.”
A male classmate smiled and said, “Uncle, we don’t plan to work in the corporations either. We have to resist the evil of capitalism!”
The middle-aged man sighed but said nothing.
Four students came towards Qing Chen. Qing Chen looked down as if he didn’t care about this.
“Fellow student, would you like to take a look at the flyer?” asked one of the students.
Qing Chen shook his head and said “No, thank you.”
As he said so, his neighbor, the silver-haired girl, squeezed over, and she said to the students, “I am from No. 1 High School in District 6. I want to participate in the event. Where can I sign up?”
Seeing that someone is interested, the student immediately took out a tablet excitedly and said, “Just tell me your student number and name. This event is not only held in District 6, but also organized by people in Districts 5 and 4. On the day of the event, everyone will meet at Yunshang Plaza, and then set off for the upper three districts together! We also got sponsors, and we will have free breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”
“Have the protest procedures been approved?” the silver-haired girl asked.
“Of course,” said the male student enthusiastically, “It will start at 7 am and ends at 10 pm. The protest is perfectly legal, but please don’t bring weapons. Those are not allowed.”
“Yes, I understand. My name is Zheng Yi, and my student number is 192…” the silver-haired girl said.
The four male students happily rushed to the next compartment, distributing flyers tirelessly.
Zheng Yi silently looked at Qing Chen through the gap between the passengers on the train.
The light rail arrived at the “No. 1 High School Station”, Zheng Yi turned around and got off, but she also noticed that her neighbor was following her.
Wait, is going to my school? Why have I never seen him before?
“Hey, do you know where the Academic Affairs Office is?” Qing Chen looked at Zheng Yi and asked.
The silver-haired girl thought to herself. <i>This teenager doesn’t even know where the Academic Affairs Office is, so he must be a new student.</i>
<i>A transfer student?</i>
She thought for a while and said, “The office is a bit hard to get to. I’ll take you there.”
Qing Chen smiled and said, “Thank you then.”
The two of them walked side by side on the campus. The school was getting lively.
Zheng Yi suddenly asked, “On the light rail just then, you didn’t seem to be interested in the protest at all. I’m just curious about why. Don’t you feel dissatisfied with the current status of our education system… Of course, you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.”
“No, I just don’t like crowded places,” Qing Chen said calmly.
Zheng Yi nodded and said nothing else.
Five minutes later, she said to Qing Chen, “The Academic Affairs Office is straight ahead. You can get in yourself. I have to go back to my class.”
“Thank you.”
…
…
Zheng Yi walked through the large campus by herself to her classroom.
Nowadays, in the Federation, aside from the upper three districts of each city, it seemed that only public schools could obtain an independent space without being as crowded as other places in the city.
It was said that this was also the result of a protest. A newspaper group called Hope Media fought for it and led the students during the protest despite being under pressure.
After entering the class, Zheng Yi sat down silently, put on her headphones, and began to look over today’s classwork.
When she was previewing, she drifted her gaze to the left from time to time. There was a quiet girl sitting under the window over there. She was tall and thin, looking a little maverick.
That was the most famous girl in the school. She was beautiful, academically outstanding, and talented.
Everything she did in school attracted much attention. It was said that she was one of the initiators of this grand student protest.
She could really make others envious.
At this moment, the grade director suddenly came to the class… Behind the director was her new neighbor.
The grade director walked to the podium and said, “Students, this is your new classmate.”
Zheng Yi was stunned, she never thought that her new neighbor would be her classmate!
But Zheng Yi also saw from the corner of her eye that the girl she admired suddenly sat up straight when seeing the new classmate walking in.
The silver-haired girl turned her head to look and saw the shock and confusion in the girl’s eyes.
She then looked at the transfer student. His eyes were also firmly fixed on that girl.
They must have known each other before.
Zheng Yi made a conclusion.
“Hi everyone, my name is Qing Chen. It is a pleasure to meet everyone here.” Qing Chen continued to stare at the corner even after he finished speaking…
To be honest, he was just as surprised as anyone else.
Because he never imagined that he would meet Yangyang so quickly in the Inner World!
At one point, Qing Chen even thought that it was all arranged by Li Shutong, but his master obviously didn’t know about Yangyang’s existence, so it had to be a pure coincidence.
In the Outer World, Yangyang was a transfer student.
In the Inner World, he became a transfer student.
This feeling was strange.
Qing Chen glanced at Zheng Yi. He didn’t expect his neighbor to be in the class as well.
“Alright, Qing Chen, please find a seat and sit down,” the grade director said kindly. She then turned to the other students and said, “Over the next few days, please help your new classmate to familiarize the campus!”
Zheng Yi could swear that she has never seen the grade teacher being so gentle. Usually, a teacher from the class would introduce a new student to the class, but how come it was the grade director herself this time?
At this moment, Qing Chen walked slowly to the empty seat beside Yang Yang and sat down. He asked casually, “If I remember correctly, shouldn’t you be a wilderness girl?”
Yangyang said with a blank expression on her face, “As far as I know, shouldn’t you be a wandering wilderness hunter?”
The two smiled strangely as they looked at each other. They both knew that the other person had been lying, and their identities became a mystery again!
Sure enough, after the time-traveling incident, there was no truth being told among time travelers!
It was an embarrassing social death scene for both of them, but since they had both been exposed, neither of them said much regarding this matter.
“Which school did you transfer from?” Yangyang said.
Qing Chen smiled awkwardly and said, “Take a guess.”
Yangyang suddenly changed the topic, “You live in the sixth district, so you must have heard about the protest this weekend, right?”
“Yeah,” said Qing Chen, “I saw some students handing out flyers on the light rail.”
“I started this protest, so why don’t you come to join us?” Yangyang encouraged.
Qing Chen thought that as expected…
No wonder the students’ words felt so familiar when they presented their proposals.
For example, schools should take on the responsibility of teaching and not push the students’ time to society…
Stop the wild expansion of capitalism in education…
Forbid teachers from bringing course materials into afterschool sessions and charge students for them.
As he expected, Yangyang brought them in from the Outer World!
“I won’t join,” Qing Chen said expressionlessly, “Aren’t you afraid that you will attract too much attention?”
Yangyang glanced at Qing Chen and said, “You are still so cautious… By the way, where do you live? I wonder if we live close by.”
Zheng Yi, the silver-haired girl sitting not too far away, quietly looked at the two students.
Judging from their expressions, she suddenly felt that their relationship seemed to be a bit more than just knowing each other.
