CHAPTER 463: CHAPTER 386: THE ONLY THING I WANT TO END IS THE PAIN

After evening classes.

Jiang Nian waved goodbye to Zhang Ningzhi while carrying his bag and prepared to head home. He glanced once more at Li Qingrong, who was still gathering her things.

"I’m leaving now."

Li Qingrong paused, looked up at him, brushed aside her hair, and very seriously responded with a hum.

She thought for a moment and then gently waved her hand.

Zhang Ningzhi happened to see this and thought, gosh, the class monitor is so cute. She’s not into green paths, but she still wants to pinch...

...her cheeks.

Turns out the usually aloof class monitor is so adorable when making little moves?

In a flash, Jiang Nian was gone.

The letter, somewhat about exploiting a colleague, was placed into his backpack. He planned to take it home for further study.

Small workshop methods sure are bold.

Stupid system, does the class monitor know she needs purple clay?

The corridor was packed with people, and Jiang Nian was carried down to the third floor. He bumped into Xu Qianqian, and they descended the stairs together.

"Did you get the meal card?"

"Yeah."

"That’s part of the dowry."

Bang!

"Ouch!" Jiang Nian was hit hard and couldn’t help but take a sharp breath, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I’m not." Xu Qianqian looked innocent; seeing him silent, she glanced at him again, "Does it really hurt that much?"

"What do you think?"

"Oh." Xu Qianqian casually patted him on the waist in a teasing manner, "Alright, all better with a touch."

With the cover of night after school, where are you touching?

Thinking a bit of Pochi-chan.

But just leaving the school, at least find a dark corner or go back to Xu Qianqian’s house.

So, what should the second child with Xu Qianqian be named?

The first one has long been decided.

Jiang Nian started to wildly fantasize again, occasionally grinning, his face showing quite a smug smile.

"Hehe."

Xu Qianqian couldn’t stand this pervert and chose to distance herself from Teacher Jiang.

"What dirty thoughts are you having?"

"Thinking about what Song Xiyun and you are up to this year?" Jiang Nian changed the topic, "Why are you looking for me?"

"Nothing much." Xu Qianqian pouted.

"I’ve got a 200-yuan card from the school," Jiang Nian handed it to Xu Qianqian, "Want it?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Qianqian sighed.

"Never mind."

"Really don’t want it? Then I’ll give it to Song Xiyun." Jiang Nian knew why she refused, feeling awkward using it all by herself.

"Go ahead." Xu Qianqian didn’t mind either.

Seizing the moment, Jiang Nian stuffed the meal card into the hood of Xu Qianqian’s sweatshirt.

"Only giving it to you."

"Oh come on, what are you doing?" Xu Qianqian complained slightly, tugging on the hood, yet she didn’t punch Jiang Nian back.

To cover her embarrassment, she adeptly lifted a lock of hair beside her ear with her fingers and tucked it behind.

Seeing this, Jiang Nian started searching in his pant pocket and found a rectangular card.

Game on, must get serious.

...

Back home, after washing up.

Jiang Nian didn’t get to play a two-player game with Xu Qianqian, so he sat down at his desk as usual, turning on the small lamp.

Study some chemistry... wrong, study the letter.

During the evening class, there wasn’t enough time to read it carefully. Now he took the letter out again, reading it word by word.

His gaze naturally landed on the last sentence.

Returned to Zhen Nan on October 5th, witnessed someone’s engagement. So, who is this "he" mentioned in the letter?

It doesn’t say which year, but people in Zhen Nan do like to use the National Day holiday to get engaged and marry by the end of the year.

Jiang Nian had a wild imagination; could this "he" be himself?

Hmm... not sure, better have another look.

In the system’s future timeline, thirty-year-old newlywed self. Living like polite guests with a pre-marriage-arranged spouse.

Can’t say there aren’t any feelings involved, just not familiar at all.

That’s just ridiculous!

Contrarily, anyone whose IP address is from Zhen Nan can somewhat empathize with this.

In Zhen Nan, some say, the county’s customs are a bit slower, if it’s Zhen Nan towns. Almost all honor marriage, shame those who can’t marry, with much derision and disdain.

"How long has your son been dating? Hurry up and settle it, or she’ll run... tsk tsk."

"Why isn’t your son married at thirty?"

Just to say, dowry jokes are not without reason.

He rummaged through the system again, even though he couldn’t find evidence indicating that Li Qingrong knew him in the future timeline.

But vaguely felt that future self should know Li Qingrong.

Otherwise, why would he be awkwardly toasting at the wedding, hiding in a staircase to watch the news, and quietly smoking?

If someone says Poochie Jiang just had a smoking craving.

One can only say he’s full of life.

But whether they had met or perhaps even dated during some period, Jiang Nian isn’t sure for now, so he put the letter aside.

Thinking for a while, he simply messaged the class monitor.

"(Smile)"

From the other side, Li Qingrong instantly replied with a question mark.

"?"

For some reason, the class monitor’s question mark was very amusing.

"What’s up?" Jiang Nian asked.

Li Qingrong: "...Yin Yang."

Upon seeing this, Jiang Nian was dumbfounded at the screen.

Oh no, the core technology of humans... got decrypted. The class monitor actually knew that the smiley face means Yin Yang.

"Who told you?" Jiang Nian wondered.

Li Qingrong: "Nie Qiqi."

Jiang Nian muttered an acknowledgment, almost forgetting about the timid smiley-faced tiger. That person also burns a bit but only towards girls.

Big woman only dealing with women, also this (thumbs up).

But no matter how you look at it, Nie Qiqi is the submissive one. Such a person engaging in green paths is just sending vegetables.

But to talk it over, only specific vegetables could take the green path.