CHAPTER 500: CHAPTER 413: SHOPPING FUND

Jiang Nian is showing off mostly to test his skills, after all, among his skills, [Fishing] is the most useless.

Senior year is busy with classes, and he usually doesn’t need it.

Besides, he doesn’t like eating fish.

Anyway, no one knows him here, fishing a bit is no big deal. Just start fishing on the spot, see if he can discover a new use for it.

As for whether it will be awkward, don’t worry about such things.

Students who care about face can’t show off, but then again, he really is a Motivational Star and can actually score 600 points.

Playing this kind of game at a hundred percent success rate, is that really showing off?

Qiangzi says he’s face blind, because his family background truly allows him to marry a bubble tea girl casually. It’s a consensus, no one says he’s unworthy.

If he doesn’t show off, how would unfamiliar classmates know about his myriad abilities?

The senior year is the last chance for showing off, a privilege unique to young people. If you don’t show off in senior year, you might as well go home to revise.

"There we go, at least it’s not useless..."

People around couldn’t hear his muttering, nor did they know he was fishing. It was quiet for a long time, even the referee teachers were stunned.

Hitting all targets was not the issue, the issue was how it was so smooth.

"Holy crap, no need to aim?"

"Doesn’t make sense, he seems to be throwing randomly, with no method, yet so smooth... and it goes in."

"Come on, this is way too show-off-like."

But honestly, fishing to show off is really satisfying.

The only downside is, it doesn’t work on acquaintances.

And it varies from person to person, even if all unfamiliar people are successfully drawn in, an introvert still won’t step forward.

After all, this thing isn’t magic.

"How’s it going?" Teacher Liu walked over, evidently undisturbed by [Fishing] this time, "How many did you hit?"

"All of them."

"That’s pretty good, winning the prize is almost guaranteed." Teacher Liu couldn’t hold back a smile, "Li Qingrong is doing well too, mostly hit."

"Did she hit all as well?"

"Not all, the competition among the girls is a bit less intense." Teacher Liu looked around, "Hmm? Did you get into a fight with someone?"

Jiang Nian found that after using the skill twice, Teacher Liu has become immune to [Fishing].

Which means, their relationship has deepened at this moment.

Damn, Teacher Liu.

Can’t believe it, are we really... just a simple teacher-student relationship built on mutual benefits?

"No, maybe they are genuinely happy for me." Jiang Nian said this with flair, something he did naturally.

Teacher Liu suddenly felt a bit worried, this kid might get surrounded and kicked.

"Cough cough, it’s better to keep a low profile."

"Don’t worry, Teacher, nobody understands being low-key better than me." Jiang Nian patted his chest, accepting it without thinking.

"Cough cough cough!!!" The boy who had just thrown walked by, and upon hearing this, was choked by his own saliva.

Jiang Nian was puzzled at first, he was going to say who was so unlucky.

But then he glanced over and saw it was "Good Guy Bro," so he rushed over and helped pat Good Guy Bro’s back.

"Don’t be afraid, classmate, if you’re uncomfortable, you can talk to the champion."

"Cough...cough, say...your mom!"

Teacher Liu: "?"

He suspected that this person might have misunderstood "being low-key," but then thought about how he had just won two more activity championships today.

Suddenly, he started to laugh quietly like Faker.

Honestly, before Jiang Nian moved up a class.

Teacher Liu’s main focus was always on the top students, especially on Li Qingrong, hoping she could get into Qingbei.

But since Jiang Nian came, and with all the awards in hand, Teacher Liu suddenly realized Class Three could excel in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education!

When the leaders come to inspect, who is the star?

It must be...

Thinking of this, Teacher Liu already started laughing.

At this moment, he seemed to see himself sitting in the office chair at the Academic Affairs Office, saying to the students coming to the office.

"Don’t be afraid, student, talk to the director if you have issues."

So, when Li Qingrong came over after the competition, she happened to see the young and old man both laughing wildly.

"?"

In the end, they held a sudden tiebreaker.

Because Jiang Nian hit all targets, it wasn’t completely satisfactory for them. So, they gathered everyone together for another round.

However, [Accuracy] is just accuracy.

If you compare a hundred more times, as long as Jiang Nian doesn’t want to throw the match, even with his eyes closed, he can hit with a firewood stick!

That’s unbeatable, never missing.

"Again... all hits?"

"How can he hit by chance, how does he not miss?"

"What should we do, if Director Fang’s students don’t win the championship, then both classes having students winning isn’t complete?"

"Try discussing it with his class teacher, if the young man understands..."

There’s murmuring here, and Director Fang’s face almost froze. This championship holds too much meaning for both classes.

The prize money doesn’t matter, mainly it’s for publicity. The more pressing issue is that the male and female group champions might both be lost.

Soon, Teacher Liu arrived.

"Cough cough, I can understand the situation. It’s just as it is, Li... you know."

Upon hearing this, several teachers had awkward expressions. Bullying a little girl, what if she’s bullied next time and can’t cry?

Suddenly, someone asked.

"What about the boy in your class?"

"Yeah, Teacher Liu. It’s enough for your class to have one champion, let go in the boys’ group, one shouldn’t be so selfish."

Teacher Liu saw Director Fang looking over, and felt as if ants were crawling all over him.

Indeed, a gentleman does not do bad things. But a powerful gentleman remains silent, while a sycophant will take care of the rest.

He understood the reasoning, but he also had reasons why he couldn’t give up this championship.

The prize money of fifteen hundred, he could privately give to Jiang Nian. But losing the championship would hurt Jiang Nian’s motivation.

If the student wins an award and I kneel first, forgetting integrity for small profits, then I could never retire as the deputy head.

He thought about it and decided to take a gamble.

"That boy... um, there’s something going on between them. If we handle it this way, the girl might have issues too."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

They wouldn’t care about the opinion of an ordinary girl, but this girl’s surname was Li, and they were definitely not in the right here.

Not being right, and not standing by Li, it would be unreasonable.

Suddenly, Director Fang spoke.

"Then congratulations to Teacher Liu. Since the competition is fair, just, and open, if there’s no dispute, let’s settle on the rankings."

Old Liu was disgusted for a moment, but could only laugh.

After all, the person was a director (almost retired), but fortunately not the dean of studies, and wouldn’t be bouncing around for many years.

Whatever they want, I stand by "Li."

Not far away.

"Did you really win the championship?" Jiang Nian scratched his face, then turned to look at Li Qingrong, "Aren’t we both champions then?"

"Yeah."

"Did Old Liu get stronger? Is this version so powerful?"

"What?" Li Qingrong didn’t understand.

"Nothing, just ranting about Old Liu." Jiang Nian looked towards the committee, "Great, Old Liu didn’t betray me."

In reality, what he didn’t know was... Old Liu was also borrowing authority. One could say class three is so abstract, mainly thanks to Old Liu.

The more serious a person is, the more abstract they might be.

In the activity center classroom, there’s a small stage. A teacher was standing on it, announcing rankings, asking people to go up and receive their awards one by one.

"Men’s group, women’s group champions."

"Science, Olympic class three Jiang Nian. Science, Olympic class three Li Qingrong."

When the award ceremony showed a class appearing twice, the crowd of a hundred or two immediately erupted.

"Olympic class?"

"Science geniuses are so fierce, a class producing two champions?"

"If not for certain classes with over twenty people, I would really think this result was rigged, but I’m satisfied."

"Even among geniuses, some love sports, like someone from my friend’s class..."

As Jiang Nian and Li Qingrong went up to receive their awards, they also heard the pitter-patter discussions below, causing their eyelids to twitch.

When someone is weak, anger seems like a joke. When someone is strong, even if they scold everyone, it’s still abstract.

Ask and it’s humor, bottom of the prison.

The champion’s prize is unremarkable, a thin envelope. Inside are fifteen bills, quite plain and simple.

Jiang Nian and Li Qingrong stood together to receive the award, without needing to make any award speeches.

Even silence is a kind of silent show-off.

"Wow, that girl is so pretty. I heard she’s a science Olympic class genius?"

Below, the boys on the same floor as class three laughed.

"You’re really ignorant, brother. If you don’t go to the science floor, you know nothing about geniuses, neither their intelligence nor their looks."

"What do you mean?"

"Olympic geniuses start at five or six hundred, she’s a Qingbei seed near seven hundred."

"No, why would someone near seven hundred stay in the Olympic class?"

The boy shrugged, "Who knows."

Saying so, the two of them simultaneously looked up at Jiang Nian and Li Qingrong on the stage.

Suddenly, they saw the boy receiving the envelope and immediately counting the money. Yet, after receiving the envelope, Li Qingrong turned to look at him.

The two boys who had just finished discussing were speechless at this sight.

Damn, now I understand!

Your mother, does this guy only like money?

....

After getting the money, Jiang Nian was all smiles.

Neither he nor Li Qingrong lingered for long; after receiving their award and taking a photo, they greeted Old Liu and prepared to return to the classroom.

After leaving Building D, it was already the fourth session of evening self-study.

There were still some students from freshmen and sophomores in the school, dispersed along the road as their evening self-study ended but hadn’t all left yet.

The night sky hung high, with cold winds blowing.

"Here you go."

"Huh?" Jiang Nian turned back to see an envelope handed to him, momentarily stunned, "Why are you giving it to me?"

Li Qingrong pursed her lips, "Yeah."

Jiang Nian was a bit flabbergasted, "But I have one too."

She said, "Save it."

Sister, saving money should be done in a bank, not with Jiang Nian.

"Can’t privately run a bank, right?" Jiang Nian mumbled, "Aren’t you afraid I’d take the money and run if you save with me?"

Li Qingrong shook her head and took out her phone.

"I still have..."

"Wait, if the amount is too big, you might end up inside." Jiang Nian broke out in a cold sweat and swiftly took the envelope.

"Alright then, this money will be stored with me. We’ll temporarily call it Reserve Hidden Energy, I’ll give it to you when you need it."

The name was clearly too ambitious, embodying loyalty and righteousness.

Li Qingrong frowned slightly, looking up at him.

"It’s shopping funds."