CHAPTER 349: CHAPTER 307: THIS IS TOO HUMILIATING

Yu Zhiyi unlocked the front door and realized there were already people in the classroom.

"Huh?"

However, no one replied to her.

She didn’t feel awkward, and just closed the front door behind her. The cold wind was completely shut out, and the classroom warmed up again.

"You guys are here so early?"

"Yeah, the future you will thank..." Jiang Nian looked up at Yu and dropped a motivational quote.

"Enough, thank you." Yu Zhiyi started sweating like a little yellow bean, thinking this guy was getting more and more annoying, starting straight from zero frames.

After overplaying the same trick, you often catch a glimpse of the divine.

... The awkwardness was endless.

She was annoyed by Jiang Nian’s annoying manner, he always managed to precisely hit her nerve. Then he’d repeatedly irk her at sensitive points, nearly forming muscle memory.

In short, this person was purely annoying.

Yu Zhiyi sat down and started on her homework, too. She had originally planned to finish it early yesterday, but kept delaying and now had to get up early anyway.

The adult ceremony is certainly important, but the homework is due this afternoon.

Sigh.

Time ticked by, and more people gradually entered the classroom.

Lin Dong walked into the classroom wearing a little suit, with a coat draped over. The air of pretension was undisguised, and he didn’t intend to hide it at all.

"Whoa, the fog is really thick today."

"Indeed, it should be a sunny day." Sun Zhicheng, also in a little suit, felt very handsome and subconsciously posed.

Yesterday, he filled the keyhole of Zhang Xiaofan’s e-bike with super glue, releasing a lot of pent-up anger. He even checked it out specially when he arrived this morning.

Ha, the bike was still there.

The sense of achievement lingered in his heart for a long time.

He planned to wait until Zhang Xiaofan let his guard down again, and then scratch his bike’s headlights and seat, so he could finally feel avenged.

Recalling how yesterday, in front of the girls in his class, Zhang Xiaofan kicked him to the ground, his heart ached with rage, and only revenge could ease it!

Revenge! Only then could he be satisfied!

"Yeah, definitely a sunny day." Lin Dong didn’t leave either, leaning close to Sun Zhicheng as they waited.

They were waiting for people to gather so they could chat (and show off).

After a while, no one approached them.

Looking around, everyone in the classroom was either chatting or doing their worksheets, pretending to focus on studying, indifferent to the upcoming adult ceremony.

Within the group... the two guys hadn’t come, nor had Chen Yunyun or Wang Yuhe.

Just when Lin Dong was about to talk to Jiang Nian, Liu Yang walked in wearing a Korean-style coat. Standing at six feet tall, he joined them.

"Hey guys, the fog is huge."

Lin Dong: "... A huge rooster!"

Sun Zhicheng: "..."

The two turned and left, suddenly feeling how foolish it was to try and find someone to chat with.

Forget it, let’s focus on studying.

At his seat, Sun Zhicheng pulled out his homework, while saying to Lin Dong,

"Honestly, that little West Eight’s outfit looks awful."

"Yeah, better to spend time learning something." Lin Dong brushed his hair back seriously, "Be a light, shine bright."

Sun Zhicheng looked at Liu Yang, who went to chat with the girls, and couldn’t help but nod firmly.

"Exactly!"

They’d never felt such a thirst for knowledge before, mostly because the familiar girls weren’t there. Yu Zhiyi was here, but too many people surrounded her.

Jiang Nian focused on his work, only feeling the classroom’s noise.

Before long, Li Hua rushed in.

Entering, he saw Jiang Nian writing and shouted out in surprise. The friend snoozes peacefully while I hit the blue switches; the brother flips through books like thunder, what’s your problem!

Li Hua immediately erupted with a sharp roar, grabbing Jiang Nian by the collar.

"Why are you studying again? Possessed or what!"

"Bro, are you serious?" Jiang Nian shrugged off Li Hua’s hand and glanced at his phone, "It’s eight o’clock, time to get hot water."

Saying this, with Li Hua’s shocked gaze, Jiang Nian grabbed two thermoses and prepared to leave.

"Wait, where’s your shirt?"

Hearing that, Jiang Nian turned around, his face suddenly looking shocked.

"Can you see through everything?"

He then calmly waved his hand.

"Fine, free big bird show, your lucky day."

His words rendered Li Hua speechless. Wanting to say something, but in the end, he just retorted.

"Bro, you’re just too much."

At that, Jiang Nian didn’t mind, thinking to himself if he had X-ray vision, he’d have a blast, turning into Tang Maru in a month, skipping the seafood.

"I’m off, have fun on your own."

He knew what Li Hua meant; it was just that his coat was overly juvenile. It looked nice, sure, but it could only be worn on special occasions.

Just like someone in his class having a status message saying, "Suddenly, an old friend crosses my mind, and the rivers and mountains have turned to autumn."

On first read, a gentle sorrowful vibe beautifully comes through. In fact, this line was adapted from Gong Zizhen’s poem in Yi Hai’s collection.

Jiang Nian didn’t want to be that "classy," at least not before the adult ceremony started.

Outside the school.

"Bang!!"

Zhang Ningzhi and Yao Beibei got out of the car, closed the door, and spoke to the driver.

"Dad, we’re leaving."

They both wore traditional-style dresses, with a down jacket covering down to their calves, only the vintage skirt hems visible.

Zhang Ningzhi felt embarrassed to wear such attire alone, even with a down jacket on, so she agreed to go to school with Yao Beibei.

"Bye." She waved quickly.

"Bye, take it slow." Zhang Wanhai waved back happily, seeing his daughter and her friend enter the school before driving off.

For some reason, he thought of his daughter’s desk mate.

That blonde kid... no, that boy looked decent. Not slick-tongued, hopefully, they can get along well as classmates.

"Wait for me, Beibei." Zhang Ningzhi panted as she walked, her heart pounding, getting more anxious as they approached the senior three building.

Jiang Nian wandered on the third floor for a bit, not seeing jk Xu Qianqian, and started muttering.

"Why aren’t they here yet, what time is it?"

If he’d slept in the same room as them last night, he’d definitely have woken them up on time.

As it is, his biological clock was more accurate than any alarm, and with great power comes great responsibility. He could handle this minor discomfort, it’s a pity he hadn’t mentioned it last night.

He purposely glanced in class four’s classroom briefly and saw Zhou Haifei busy with homework.

Still wearing the school uniform, with black-rimmed glasses sitting behind a pile of books.

Zhou Haifei seemed to sense something, plan to look up. However, she restrained this instinctive action, as if she’d spotted something dirty.

She then carried on faking focus on her homework.

Jiang Nian was speechless, pretending not to see me, huh?

Fine, you’re impressive.

He was just casually looking, turned away, and left.

After Jiang Nian left, Zhou Haifei quietly sighed behind the tall stack of books. The guy was a little crazy but definitely not someone you want to mess with.

Even if she didn’t think Jiang Nian was a bad person, quite the opposite... he’s probably one of those fierce good guys, but her instincts told her not to provoke him.

After all, there were the poverty grants and the scholarships set up by the school.

These provided enough support to last until the end of the college entrance exams, and then she’d work a summer job to save for tuition. Borrow a little from her aunt, pay her back slowly once she’s in college.

As for student loans, they probably wouldn’t agree to apply for that.

But it doesn’t really matter, she’d researched it. University scholarships are available, and if she gets into that university, she might even get her tuition waived.

Therefore, her instincts told her best not to get involved with anyone besides her aunt from the town. After all, eventually, the ties would be cut off.

Breaking the cocoon to become a butterfly.

She relied entirely on this breath of life, clinging to the hope provided by her grades.

Otherwise, it’d be hard to carry on.

.....

Sunlight streamed into the stairwell on the fourth floor.

"Hey! Jiang Nian!" Yao Beibei called out to someone on the stairs.

"Hey there..." Jiang Nian turned around, visibly ecstatic, "Zhizhi was so late? Here, your water bottle, and Huang Beibei’s too."

"Still early."

Yao Beibei instantly fumed, giving Jiang Nian a hard punch.

"Damn it, it’s Yao!"

Hearing that, Jiang Nian hesitated for a moment, then asked in confusion.

"Xingyao, your rank is a bit low."

"I’ll freaking push you down from the fourth floor!" Yao Beibei suddenly turned from love to hate, transforming into a fierce woman, "One punch to send you flying!"

"Silly Beibei, if you can’t have me, are you going to destroy me?" Jiang Nian grinned, immune to Yao Beibei’s harm, "Your love is too freakin’ heavy."

Zhang Ningzhi watched them bickering on the stairs, covering her face.

The sunlight glinted across her simple, clean face, revealing her white teeth.

"Let’s go, don’t block the way."

At the top of the stairs, the sunlight was glaring.

She squinted her eyes involuntarily and then realized something, reaching out for the thermos.

"Oh, oh, thank you."

Unable to see clearly, she felt them out and ended up touching his hand. His hand was cool at the fingertips, then the thermos was placed into her hand.

A second later, she felt her hand being enclosed by another hand.

The palm was hot, unusually so, touched her hand briefly, then let go.

While Jiang Nian did this, he was busy playing around with Yao Beibei.

"Stop seeking revenge, let’s head upstairs."

To be honest, angry Huang Beibei was quite cute.

As Jiang Nian walked down the corridor, turning his head, he finally noticed the skirts peeking from under their knee-length down jackets. Realizing there was more to the outfit.

"What kind of skirts are those? Are they pretty?"

"Yes, they’re pretty." Zhang Ningzhi smiled, "They’re skirts... um... modified, traditional-style skirts, I guess."

"Let me see," Jiang Nian said.

"Silly boy," Yao Beibei attacked.

"Xingyao girl," Jiang Nian countered.

Zhang Ningzhi immediately blushed, "Wait a bit, this is the corridor, let’s talk in the classroom later."

"Alright." Jiang Nian agreed readily.

....

Girls’ dormitory.

Chen Yunyun applied light makeup, done by another girl from the dorm. That girl couldn’t do full makeup but was good at this subtle style.

Because you could wear it often in winter, and unless you look closely, you wouldn’t notice. Others would just think, wow, your skin looks great today.

Chen Yunyun had naturally outstanding features, and with the light makeup, it was like she had a photo filter on.