So Chen Yu Ying, with her shoe tips tinged with a bit of green, nonchalantly left a mark on the side of Lin Li's shoe.

It's all your fault anyway.

No laughing allowed.

...

But Xue Jian still had to admit.

After the entrance ceremony ended and he listened to the slogans of sixty classes, in the end, he only remembered the slogan of Class Four.

Lin Li and Bai Bufan, if they used their cleverness for studying and gaming instead of their antics, it would be better, sigh.

"Flag raising, play the anthem, salute the flag!"

"..."

"Salute over."

Although in high school we mostly do the attentive salute, many still keep the habit of saluting, so when 'salute over' is announced, you can still hear the uniform sound of hands patting their clothes on the field.

After the national anthem ended, it was time for the school leaders' speeches.

"Next, we invite Director Ji Xiaofei to give a speech."

"Respected teachers, dear students, with the autumn breeze gentle and the sweet scent of osmanthus, in this golden October full of harvest and hope..."

As expected, it's still the same ineffective but obligatory words.

"Why do they think that banning phones will make us listen to these speeches? So boring." Bai Bufan, idle and bored enough to pick at his nails, asked Lin Li beside him.

Although phones were allowed during the sports meet, the school banned using them during the opening speeches.

There would be many teachers patrolling back and forth on the field.

Lin Li, now at the back of the class rows, shrugged when he heard this: "You can play secretly, there are a lot of people today, it's hard to catch you."

Normally, the seniors have their independent campus, and their morning meetings and exercises are held at its basketball court, so on usual occasions, it's just juniors and sophomores, but today it's crowded.

"Better not, I know what's more important."

Bai Bufan, hearing this, looked around and muttered dejectedly.

If a teacher catches you sneaking with a phone, the nice ones just lecture you, but the strict ones will confiscate it for the rest of the week.

If caught by the first-year head teacher, you might not get it back until the end of the term.

Bai Bufan forced himself to listen for a while, then finally found something amusing, and looked at Lin Li in surprise:

"Lin Li, I discovered that when making speeches, the formal language actually sounds quite... kinky."

Lin Li: "?"

How can it be kinky?

"Explain."

"Think about it, during meetings, don't they love saying——

No, no, no! Yes, yes, yes!

Vigorously promote…! Go deeper…! More and more!

Raise high, speed up, promote... Insist, grab with both hands, must be tough... Grasp firmly, strive hard, advance fiercely...

Finally, it's applause!"

Bai Bufan excitedly started describing, in a weird tone, making students from other classes glance over several times.

Lin Li: "(;☉_☉)?"

Who says Bai Bufan isn't a genius?

When Father Bai and Mrs. Bai were having a meeting back then, did they ever imagine that an unintentional 'misfire' would result in a devilish child being born?

If a movie starring Bai Bufan were made, it might even reach the billion mark.

"Awesome." Lin Li could only say that.

"... At last, I wish all athletes to perform at their best, display their style, and wish this sports meet to be a great success! Thank you, everyone!"

After Director Ji finally finished, as Bai Bufan predicted, everyone started clapping together.

After applauding so many times, only this time was heartfelt.

"Alright, next we invite the vice principal to give a speech." The broadcaster continued.

The applause abruptly stopped.

"Let's welcome him with applause!"

The applause resumed, but it was scattered and listless.

Lin Li looked up and swallowed hard: "Oh man, there are five more teachers on stage, they're not going to each give a round, are they?"

Bai Bufan had to stand on his tiptoes to get Lin Li's view, and when he saw clearly, his face turned pale.

"Damn! No wonder there isn't any event in the morning! I was wondering what we'd do with the rest of the time, turns out they planned it all along!"

"Sad!"

Time flies, but it wasn't over yet.

The years go by like a shuttle, but it wasn't over yet.

Like a white horse passing a crack, another teacher was speaking, but it wasn't over yet.

Even Lin Li was feeling a bit bored.

"Bufan, want to stir things up?" Lin Li squinted and leaned closer to Bai Bufan.

Bai Bufan squinted and moved away from Lin Li.

The half-step back was real, a small gesture that hurt so much.

"This time I'm not tricking you." Lin Li had to add.

"Then tell me."

"Simple, just applause."

Lin Li chuckled, then suddenly started clapping.

Bai Bufan first paused, then his eyes lit up, he immediately understood, and started clapping as well.

Their applause was quite abrupt during the speeches, so not only their class, but also students from other classes looked over.

At first, people were confused, but then some caught on and started clapping along.

Thus passed from one to another, the applause gradually became thunderous, and more genuine than before.

Principal Wang on stage: "?"

He looked down at the content he had just spoken.

"Today's weather is nice."

Huh?

What's worth clapping for there?

After the applause subsided, Principal Wang continued: "We've gathered in the name of sports—"

"Clap, clap, clap, clap!!!"

Principal Wang: "?"

"For the 51st annual—"

"Clap, clap, clap, clap!!"

The applause already merged with laughter, and Principal Wang realized the students were doing it on purpose.

Principal Wang squinted his eyes, he didn't stop them, but kept talking while actually focusing on the crowd below.

You rascals, I've wanted to call you out for a long time but never got the chance, today I'm going to catch you.

Hence, when the applause sparked again.

Principal Wang squinted his sharp eyes, scanning below, he found it!!

The source of the clapping, as expected, from sophomore class four... Wait, why isn't it class four?

It was classes twelve and thirteen clapping first.

Where's class four? What's class four doing?

Principal Wang looked towards the class four row, finding them at the back.

Then he fell silent.

He saw Lin Li and Bai Bufan.

These two guys weren't leading, they weren't even clapping.

They were just... with their palms out and raised beside their heads, necks slightly leaning forward, faces like they were crying joyfully, jumping in place.

Principal Wang: "..."

I take you two as unruly students, but you take me as sunshine to bask in?

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