"Chi Shi!"
Unintentional words from the speaker, intentional aning for the listener.
Zhang Ningzhi heard this and thought about it carefully, feeling that Zeng You was right; the group leader only knew how to spread rumors.
Hmph!
"Group leader, don't secretly badmouth people."
Li Hua was baffled, "???"
"No, you can't even talk about it?" He was a bit speechless, "So underhanded, defending to this extent."
Zhang Ningzhi puffed up with anger: "...."
On the other side.
Sun Zhicheng wore a school uniform, holding a bun in his hand, explaining to the crowd of onlooking boys.
"This is a stress-relief bun; squeeze it, and it flattens. Don't worry, it will slowly return to its original shape."
"More real than a real bun, haven't seen one before, have you?"
"And it's colorless and tasteless."
Lin Dong glanced over, offering a flattering exclamation, "Indeed, I'd buy it for three dollars."
"Three bucks?" Sun Zhicheng was speechless, clearing his throat, "Dream on, this one's fifteen."
Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in shock.
"A robbery-worthy price!"
"I found this bun online for only four or five bucks."
Sun Zhicheng defended, "Mine's extra large."
"It is big indeed." Liu Yang nodded, reaching out, "Brother Cheng, can I squeeze it?"
"Sure." Sun Zhicheng didn't think much about it.
Liu Yang took the big bun, spread his fingers, compared it to the bun, and glanced at Sun Zhicheng.
"Can I touch it?"
Seeing this gesture, Sun Zhicheng's face turned black, but after all, it was just a bun, and he had just agreed.
Backing out now would be embarrassing.
"Alright then."
Liu Yang nodded, placed his hand on the bun, and squeezed it. Then he exhaled a breath, expressing admiration.
"So big and soft."
The next second, he used his index finger to poke the bun's fold.
The surrounding boys burst into laughter, one by one making retching sounds, and they all cursed Liu Yang, threatening to give him an Aruba.
The group left, leaving Sun Zhicheng dumbfounded.
Damn it!
Liu Yang, damn you-!
....
In the eting room.
Qianbao was holding a phone, taking a picture of Jiang Nian and a few others sitting together; docunting life.
"Smile."
Jiang Nian gave a fake smile and turned to ask.
"Teacher, shouldn't you be in class? Walking around at this ti, I'll report you to Ji Ming later."
"Hmph, why do you care?" Qianbao walked around the eting room with a confident stride.
During this, she was instinctively catching up on gossip.
Jiang Nian was doing exercises, and Cai Xiaoqing was writing too. However, she seed unable to concentrate, appearing sowhat nervous.
Another tall girl was scrolling on her phone but occasionally glanced at Jiang Nian.
Since coming in, she had looked at Jiang Nian three tis, returning with a sentence and solving a question.
In the eting room, the other boys gathered together, looking displeased, seemingly having so conflict with Jiang Nian.
But on closer inspection, only one boy seed genuinely angry.
The other two just echoed him, occasionally glancing at the two girls beside Jiang Nian with envy.
Tsk tsk.
Qianbao pursed her lips and walked behind Jiang Nian. Bending over, she looked at the test paper for a while, appearing confused.
Her cultivation lost, she couldn't understand a thing.
"Teacher, stop looking." Jiang Nian didn't even lift his head, continuing to scribble on the test paper, "What could you rember?"
"Talking nonsense!" Qianbao rolled her eyes, "Back in the day, I was a proper top student too."
"And now?"
Qianbao: "Full-ti English teacher."
She caught Xu Shuang's gaze in her peripheral vision and couldn't help thinking to herself that this young girl had a deeper connection with Jiang Nian.
In the class, isn't there still...
Hmm, Jiang Nian as a person.
Suddenly, there was a commotion at the door. A student ran over to inform that the leaders had co upstairs.
With a loud rumble, everyone busied themselves imdiately.
Each attended to their own duty.
But among them, so were slacking off. Like Jiang Nian, who just kept repeating the action of picking up a newspaper.
Upon closer look, the newspaper held a test paper inside.
The noise approached, accompanied by echoing footsteps of leather shoes and hearty laughter, causing everyone to beco solemn.
Jiang Nian smiled cheerfully, Xu Shuang appeared natural, and Cai Xiaoqing swallowed hard, unsure where to place her gaze.
"Weiwei, lend your hand to shake."
"Get lost!"
Cai Xiaoqing was fed up with him, knowing she was nervous. Yet with the leaders about to arrive, he was still teasing her.
"Shh! They're coming."
Xu Shuang looked at the door, her eyes unfocused. Her dissatisfaction was like an invisible thread.
Intertwining, intertwining~~
This person got along with everyone, could even befriend Xu Yuanshan... yet maintained distance with herself.
Hmm (smiling).
The principal and a middle-aged man, who looked like a leader, entered, followed by Vice Principal Gao and other leaders.
Ji Ming entered afterward, glancing at Jiang Nian. The two exchanged a look, and he nodded slightly.
Unexpectedly, Old Liu also ca in.
He was dressed neatly, with bandages, and walked in with his arm in a sling, face glowing with a healthy color.
Is this really a patient?
Jiang Nian maliciously guessed that Old Liu had gotten a eting with the leader. Maybe even a handshake, expressing encouragent.
The old guy looked so dazed, like he had taken an aphrodisiac.
In the eting room, everyone stood, watching the leaders talk, or waiting to be talked to.
The student union were the most nervous.
Each stood straight and steadily, gazes firm, looking eagerly towards the door with faint smiles on their faces.
"Graduated how many years ago, our Zhenan Middle School..." The leader was still reminiscing about the glorious past.
Others accompanied him, occasionally laughing heartily.
It ca ti for the eting session, and Cai Xiaoqing clutched her hand. Instinctively turning to look at Jiang Nian but couldn't help being stunned.
She pointed to Jiang Nian's collar, whispering a reminder.
"Zipper, pull down."
Jiang Nian had been doing exercises, to create a sense of urgency. While wearing the school jacket, he had zipped it all the way up.
Having worn it for so long, he had beco accustod to it.
Old Liu noticed it too and was more observant than Ji Ming regarding his two students, Jiang Nian and Cai Xiaoqing.
He wasn't worried about the latter.
As for Jiang Nian...
He walked at a steady pace around the periter, quietly stepping next to Jiang Nian, just about to help.
Suddenly, he froze again.
My hand...
Forgot that I'm still a patient, the arm almost healed, but can't act so boldly...
No way, Jose!
Thus, Old Liu raised and lowered his left hand. Luckily, no one took a photo; otherwise, it would have captured a certain gesture.
"Do it yourself...."
Before the words were out, the tall girl next to him reached out with both hands, tugging down his zipper.
Additionally, she tidied up the collar a bit.
Having done all this, Xu Shuang casually retracted her hand, ignoring the glances cast her way.
"No need to thank ."
"Oh oh." Jiang Nian was a bit surprised; the benefactor was quite sothing, but he didn't dwell on it.
After half a minute, Vice Principal Gao ca over.
"These three are our student representatives from grade three, all good candidates in the zero class for the Olympic competition."
Hearing this, Cai Xiaoqing instantly felt guilty.
Her own six-subject scores were nowhere near the level of the two academic overachievers next to her.
When it was Jiang Nian's turn, Vice Principal Gao specifically gave him extra praise.
"He's our school's Motivational Star, improved by three hundred points in a hundred days, with a chance to aim for Qingbei."
The leader expressed surprise, giving an oh~ with a smile and patting his shoulder.
"Impressive, with such determination, your future achievents won't be small."
Jiang Nian smiled back, also greeting them.
After a routine session, the leaders left. No questions were asked, and nothing prepared was used.
Cai Xiaoqing realized afterward, finding her palms sweaty.
"Jiang Nian."
"Hmm?"
She turned her head, asking in confusion, "Why did the leader only ask one question, 'Is studying hard for you?'?"
"What else?"
Jiang Nian patted Cai Xiaoqing's shoulder, "Weiwei, with all that preparation, you're just a premium杂鱼(ordinary fish)."
"You are!" Cai Xiaoqing rolled her eyes.
"We should go over there for the interview." Xu Shuang spoke up, gently reminding, "They've already gone."
Jiang Nian: "Hmm."
Cai Xiaoqing felt a bit puzzled; it seed like this girl was deliberately interrupting their conversation at this ti?
An illusion?
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