"Bye-bye." Jiang Nian jumped back a bit and then turned to leave.
After a while, Chai Muying ca back. She was flicking water off her hands and looked at Wang Yuhe with a puzzled expression.
"Why are you on tiptoe?"
Wang Yuhe was standing on tiptoe against the column in the first-floor hall, trying hard to stretch upward. "To grow taller!"
Chai Muying was stunned for a mont, "It's tough, we're at the age where we basically stop growing."
Upon hearing this, Wang Yuhe felt a chill in her heart.
"Oh no, I'll be shorter than him my whole life."
Halfway down the tree-lined path leading to the school gate, Jiang Nian encountered Zhou Yuting again. She seed to be waiting for soone.
He passed by and greeted her.
"Heading ho?"
Zhou Yuting: "..."
"No, I was looking for you." She hesitated, "I wanted to ask you out for a al."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian was taken aback.
"Right now?"
"Uh-huh." Zhou Yuting thought for a mont and then waved her hand, "If you're busy, then next ti."
After she spoke, she was taken aback herself.
She had never been this cautious when speaking to him before. Unknowingly, it was becoming hard to keep up with him.
She even felt that being rejected would be quite normal.
He was busy.
And very promising.
"Is a bit later okay?" Jiang Nian said, "I've made plans with soone and might be busy all noon."
"Oh, it's fine." Zhou Yuting replied instinctively, "I'll wait for next ti, you go ahead."
"Okay."
Jiang Nian indeed had sothing to do, so he waved and left imdiately. In a hurry, he headed to the Little Bear Milk Tea Shop.
Zhou Yuting stood there watching his departing figure. Her face was a mix of emotions, and she couldn't help but sigh.
Needing soone, and it happens to be Jiang Nian.
She understood Jiang Nian; although he seed indifferent on the outside, he wasn't that easy to talk to.
No show, no go.
However, waiting like this wasn't a solution. She was indeed in a hurry, so she ssaged Jiang Nian.
"Are you free tomorrow?"
Jiang Nian: "Yes."
.....
On the other side, at Little Bear Milk Tea Shop.
Xu Shuang had been waiting on the second floor for quite a while, unconsciously tracing circles on the table with her finger. This shop wouldn't stay open much longer.
It wasn't making money, just pure loss.
Previously, she'd taken up this spot without really managing it. Under such circumstances, she didn't want it to thrive.
It's a cheap milk tea shop, even the na was casually chosen.
Quite tacky.
Thud, thud, thud, echoes ca from the stairs. Jiang Nian went upstairs and found that the lighting on the second floor was a bit dim.
He squinted and searched around.
"Here so early?"
Xu Shuang: "..."
This guy really knew how to speak, starting with sarcasm. However, she had indeed been late last ti.
"Hmm, next ti I'll co earlier."
Hearing this, Jiang Nian was also montarily stunned. What happened to the affluent supporter today, speaking so sharply? Who upset her?
"No need, boss."
For so reason, when Xu Shuang heard the word "boss," it sounded a bit harsh, and a slight irritation sparked within her.
But in a flash, she suppressed it. His way of addressing wasn't actually wrong, just a bit disappointing.
She took a deep breath and said calmly, "I thought... we were already friends."
Jiang Nian: "???"
"We are."
Xu Shuang felt a bit better upon hearing this. She was about to say sothing else when he added.
"Sa with your brother."
Boom!
Xu Shuang couldn't hold it in anymore, "I don't know about that, he doesn't seem to be that serious."
After saying that, she imdiately felt a bit embarrassed.
Inwardly, she scolded herself, Xu Shuang, what are you saying? Saying such strange things, defaming your brother.
"Huh?" Jiang Nian was taken aback, a bit hurt on his face, "I've always considered him a friend."
Xu Shuang silently rolled her eyes in her heart, thinking didn't you just not treat as a friend?
Karma is real...
She brushed off the ssy thoughts and kept a composed smile, "Maybe I misunderstood."
"His personality is just like that, even with ."
"Oh, I see." Jiang Nian nodded; he wasn't that hurt either, "What's he up to?"
The sister asks about the brother.
Xu Shuang: "...."
She forcibly changed the subject, "I thought again about the ti he got lost last ti."
"Hmm?" Jiang Nian was indeed distracted, "Was soone really trying to kidnap your brother?"
Xu Shuang remained silent, not directly answering.
"Either way, if he had disappeared then, that would have been a complete disaster, and I'd be in a fix too."
"A fix?" Jiang Nian took note of that word.
"Hmm." Xu Shuang hesitated for a mont but eventually spoke, "We are half-siblings."
Jiang Nian: "...."
No wonder, like a code.
But in such matters, as an outsider, he couldn't really say anything, rely offering a few words of comfort.
"No worries, he was found after all."
"Hmm." Xu Shuang finished speaking and fell silent, just propping her chin, beginning to zone out little by little.
Probably thinking about things, completely emptying her thoughts.
Jiang Nian quietly waited across the table without saying a word. After a while, he heard Xu Shuang make a sound.
"Sorry, I zoned out."
"It's okay."
Ding, a system task reward notification. It alerted him that [Nourishing] had been added to the skill slot.
Satisfied, it was worth coming here.
"Thank you." Xu Shuang said sincerely, "I really don't have many friends, many things..."
"I can't talk about them, it's inconvenient to talk."
"I understand." Jiang Nian nodded, "Everyone has secrets, I'm soone who keeps things to myself."
"No."
In the dim space, the vintage lantern hanging over the table emitted a faint glow.
She turned her head to the side, her oval face illuminated by the warm light.
"You can know, there are so things. I don't have much insight into either, I want to find a friend I can talk to."
Jiang Nian was taken aback, not responding imdiately.
Talking about friendship and money hurts.
"Of course, this isn't for free." Xu Shuang continued, "Just hope you don't think money is too mundane."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian grabbed her left hand with a snap.
"What are you saying!"
"I believe that for real friends, not avoiding talking about money makes friendships last longer."
Xu Shuang nodded, speaking softly.
"Yes, even brothers should settle accounts clearly."
Jiang Nian laughed too; he loved making friends with people with money. Learning all the skills and dedicating himself to a wealthy woman's house.
"Cheers to friendship."
They clinked their milk tea cups and each took a sip.
"Cheers to friendship."
.....
The afternoon continued with the weekly test.
Jiang Nian nervously finished the integrated science paper just as the bell rang. He could only sigh and hand it in with regret.
"Hey, Qingqing."
"Hmm."
"Did you do the third sub-question of the second-to-last big physics question?" Jiang Nian peeked over for a look.
"Wait, why is it this answer?"
He closed his eyes in frustration, feeling a bit deflated, "I spent a whole ten minutes on it!"
Li Qingrong's lips curled up slightly, then quickly flattened.
"Heh."
Jiang Nian stopped his wailing and turned, staring blankly at her.
"Are you laughing at ?"
"No." Li Qingrong naturally denied, organizing her pencil case with her head down, "Don't lose heart."
"That sub-question was a bit difficult, it's normal not to solve it."
Jiang Nian: "...."
Isn't this just mockery?
Li Qingrong walked away; she was quick at solving problems but not good at dealing with Jiang Nian, who had no sense of order.
If she stayed longer, he would take advantage.
Jiang Nian wasn't in the mood, pondering the problem just now but deciding not to ask, knowing it would be covered in class.
Tutoring, then went to eat.
Evening self-study ca quickly, and after checking the answers, half of it was instantly over, leaving him rather lancholy.
He couldn't help but sigh, "Where the hell did the ti go?"
Li Hua chuckled, "Ask Zeng You. That slacker probably played gas all day."
"True, that useless thing." Jiang Nian nodded, "Honestly, I'm tempted to report him."
As he finished speaking, Zhang Ningzhi pinched him.
"No swearing."
Jiang Nian fell silent, jotting down a small note to toss over.
"Where are the clothes?"
Zhang Ningzhi's face instantly turned red.
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