The next morning, Bai Chen left his house very early. He said goodbye to his parents as he was leaving for a field trip to He Ling beach with Xing Xian school.
He put his rather old bag on his shoulder and walked out of the Xing Seng Business district, headed for Xing Xian school.
Clearly, Bai Chen decided to walk instead of riding a bicycle because he had to go on a field trip for three days and two nights.
He did not want to leave his bicycle parked at the school for too long. Thus, he walked.
Even though it took some time, it was not a problem for him. Moreover, he had left home early, so he did not have to worry that he would be late.
It was a little past 7 a.m. There was still some time before the time specified in the document which his parents had signed that he’d received from the middle-aged woman.
The designated time was at 8 a.m. For this reason, Bai Chen did not rush. He walked at his own pace to Xing Xian school.
Bai Chen finally arrived at Xing Xian school after a little over twenty minutes had passed.
The first thing that he did once he got to school was walk on the school’s main path towards three buses that were parked next to each other.
There were groups of chatting students gathered around the buses.
Everyone had his and her own bags on them. They were all third-year high school students who would be going on the field trip to He Ling beach together.
The three buses were the transportation that Xing Xian school had prepared for its third-year high school students. The buses would take all of them to He Ling Beach.
“Quite a several people.” Bai Chen slowly walked to the side of one of the buses with a paper sign that said ‘1-1’ on it.
‘1-1’ meant a classroom, as there was more than one classroom for all the third-year high school students.
They were ‘1-1’, ‘1-2’, and ‘1-3’. And this was the reason why there were three buses.
There were approximately 100 students who were going on this field trip as there were at least 30 students per class.
“Hey, big bro.”
A voice sounded from behind him when Bai Chen was standing at the side of the ‘1-1’ bus which was for his class.
Bai Chen could not help but turn to look at its source, as it was a familiar voice. It was none other than Qian Bei.
Qian Bei had dressed very sharply today. His big bag was brand-new. He was a member of the Qian family, Xing Zhou city’s second-richest family. Thus, it was as expected of him to bring a new bag here.
“What’s up, Qian Bei. You’re quite early.” Bai Chen waved his hand a little to greet him as always.
Qian Bei pushed his glasses up and smiled. “It’s only normal. I just got here not long ago.”
“Oh, yeah?” Bai Chen nodded slowly. “By the way, have you seen Li Lin?”
Hearing Bai Chen’s question, Qian Bei smiled delightedly. He laughed softly. “Look at you. You just got here and the first thing you ask me was about your sweetheart? I envy you so much for capturing the heart of Xing Xian’s only beautiful flower.”
“Stop talking nonsense.” Bai Chen shook his head. His lips curved into a small smile. “So, have you seen her?”
“To tell you the truth, no, I haven’t,” Qian Bei answered almost instantly. He had not seen Li Lin at all since he had gotten here.
“Oh, right. You’re not going to register?” Qian Bei said quickly as he had just recalled the matter of registration.
“Register?” Bai Chen looked around him a little. He saw some of the students were in line in front of the school building only a few steps away from him.
Bai Chen looked at them for a moment and turned to Qian Bei. “You wait here. I’ll be back.”
Bai Chen then got in the line to register.
If Qian Bei said he had not seen Li Lin, Bai Chen thought that maybe she had not arrived yet.
Qian Bei did not say anything. He waited in the same spot. At the same time, he felt excited because he would be going on a field trip with Bai Chen, whom he looked up to and called his big bro since the time when his money had been extorted by Ba Guan.
Frankly speaking, Qian Bei did not have a lot of friends because he was a geek who was deeply obsessed with anime and manga.
How could he not feel excited when he was about to go on a field trip with his big bro, or someone who had become something of a friend, Bai Chen?
In less than five minutes, Bai Chen finished registering for the trip. He walked back to Qian Bei, thinking about the registration.
The registration had only about how many students were going on this field trip.
No, he had also had to turn in the signed permission form and pay 500 yuan for it too.
Bai Chen had paid his 500 yuan himself. He had not asked for it from his parents.
Actually, his parents had wanted to give him the 500 yuan for the field trip, but Bai Chen had denied the offer. He lied to them that he still had some savings to use on this field trip.
Even though they insisted on giving Bai Chen the money, Bai Chen had strongly objected to accepting it. They had finally smiled and had not talked about giving him the money again.
As for the nearly one million yuan that he had right now, he thought that he would gradually give it to his parents when he got into university. He would have more excuses to give it to them then.
He could just say that the money was from his part-time job, in case they wondered where he had gotten his money from.
He still did not have enough excuses now. Thus, he could not yet give the money to them.
But he could lighten their financial load. Like this time where he had paid for the field trip himself.
“Students who have already registered, you can get on the bus with your room number.”
An announcement sounded from the school’s speakers right when Bai Chen walked back to where Qian Bei was.
End of Chapter 177
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