CHAPTER 692: CHAPTER 550: THE MEANING OF LIFE (PART 2)

"Eat, we have evening self-study later."

.....

Before the evening self-study.

Xu Shuang was doing her homework, deep in thought. Her phone on the desk lit up, showing a new message from a friend.

"Huh?"

She thought it was her silly little bean, acting up because they hadn’t been scolded today, but when she unlocked the phone, she found it was Jiang Nian.

"Take a look, is this it? [Image]"

Seeing this, she was stunned.

So soon...

Xu Shuang snapped back, her first thought was that it was a counterfeit. Or maybe a printed replica because the stamp was incredibly rare.

The material was plain, the design was tacky.

Various reasons made it rare even back in the day, let alone now, where even if found, it would be damaged.

If not for her grandpa, she wouldn’t care about the stamp.

She opened and zoomed in.

She compared the paper, watermark, perforations one by one. The more she looked, the more genuine it seemed, but she still couldn’t be sure.

"Can I verify it?"

Half a minute later, Jiang Nian replied.

"Sure."

Xu Shuang thought, to verify it needs a magnifying glass. It’s hard to find the tool right now, so a short delay won’t matter.

She typed a reply.

"Is tomorrow noon okay, at Little Bear Milk Tea Shop?"

Jiang Nian: "Okay."

After ending the chat, Xu Shuang couldn’t help but enlarge the stamp details again. Looking at the ink, she furrowed her brow.

The more she looked, the more amazed she was, and she couldn’t help but wonder.

"How can it be new and genuine?"

Of course, it’s new. Time-traveling merchants, you know.

Class Three.

Jiang Nian put away his phone. He only set a time but hadn’t discussed the price with Xu Shuang yet, though the stamp itself wasn’t highly valued.

In that era, it was worth just four cents. Because the design was unpopular, it wasn’t in circulation for long.

Jiang Nian found a bargain and considered himself lucky.

He tried buying Monkey Year stamps but couldn’t.

Buying other things wasn’t working out well either; it seemed like the skill’s first purchase was forever linked to that stamp.

After pondering, he guessed there were probably two reasons.

First, an event must be triggered, so buying the stamp Xu Shuang wanted worked, but buying Monkey stamps didn’t.

Second, the Monkey stamp’s price was high even back then.

The system’s initial purchase limit was small. To increase it, he had to complete multiple transactions to unlock with points.

Jiang Nian estimated that both reasons applied. Additionally, the time span varied depending on the triggered event.

This damn system, so sneaky.

....

During evening self-study, Class Three’s classroom was brightly lit.

"Zhizhi, how do you solve this problem?"

"Hmph."

"Forget it, Li Hua, this problem..."

"Chi Shi, alright."

Jiang Nian managed to upset both of his desk mates in one day. But it didn’t matter; he had a clever plan.

"Zhizhi, let me show you something."

"What?" Zhang Ningzhi glanced at him, puffed up with anger, but still peered at what Jiang Nian was holding.

Suddenly, Li Hua realized something and hurriedly tried to stop him.

"Damn you!"

However, as he pounced, he saw Jiang Nian, using his phone as a cover, magically pull out a little yellow duck from his palm.

Li Hua: "???"

Jiang Nian handed the little yellow duck to Zhang Ningzhi, then turned to Li Hua, shaking his head incredulously.

"Once trust collapses, it’s like water spilled."

"No, it’s because you’re up to no good all day." Li Hua held back but felt a bit guilty too.

Jiang Nian said nothing and turned to start doing problems.

Li Hua scratched his head, feeling somewhat puzzled. He began to reflect on his actions, wondering what brotherhood trust meant.

When did it become like this...

He turned his head and saw Jiang Nian showing Zhang Ningzhi a picture of his torn sock under the desk.

Jiang Nian: "Look, Hua’s one-legged stance."

Zhang Ningzhi bit her lip and earnestly pushed it away.

"Not looking, not looking."

"You’ve already seen it all."

Li Hua was dumbfounded, his face flushed instantly. He grabbed Jiang Nian’s neck, making a sharp, loud noise.

"Chi Shi Chi Shi!!"

"You’re such a bastard!"

Good, the relationship on both sides was restored.

Confirmed (serious face).

On the other side.

Yang Qiming listened to the playful noise in the class; the shared human joys felt disconnected to him, only finding the world noisy.

After last night, he felt lost.

Closing his eyes, he could still smell the urine stench at the tip of his nose, and the overwhelming warmth had left a deep impression.

Pain pain pain!!!

"Cailang, what do you think humans live for?"

Huang Caicai, upon hearing this, paused for a few seconds.

"I don’t know, bro."

He scratched his head, "Maybe for good food, and besides, everyone else seems to be living."

Yang Qiming didn’t find the answer he sought from Huang Caicai, so he turned to the goddess-like Zhou Yuting.

"What about you?"

Zhou Yuting said coldly, "To get into Lu University."

"Is that so?" Yang Qiming found a bit of enlightenment in his heart, thinking shifting focus wasn’t a bad idea.

"Then I should set a goal, what university should I aim for?"

At the other end of the aisle, Sun Zhicheng sneered at this.

"You have the luxury of choice?"

"Haha." Yang Qiming looked towards Sun Zhicheng, finding an even better idea, "To go back to Yang Village?"

.....

A few more test papers were distributed for evening self-study.

Until the end of school, Class Three’s classroom remained quiet. Almost all the class leaders were tensely rushing through assignments.

Even Zeng You had to copy a few important papers.

"Why so many?"

"There are even more finale papers, I heard over thirty."

"Shit!"

Wang Yuhe was doing problems at her seat, not feeling there were too many papers; she imagined herself as a magical girl warrior.

The test papers were the monsters, defeating them one by one.

She did her homework through three sessions of evening self-study, stopping only when school was nearly over, her mind filled with her own awesomeness.