"Jiang Nian seems like a nice guy, doesn’t he?" Chen Yunyun suddenly said.
"Mm."
The two of them carried their thermos flasks outside, just in ti to see Jiang Nian still standing there playing on his phone, their hearts felt warm—this guy is really thoughtful...
Until they saw him secretly turn his head to glance at the girls’ dormitory balcony.
"Pfft! Pervert!"
"Hey, hey, hey, why are you accusing wrongly?" Jiang Nian stiffened his neck, "You two are going too far, why are you looking at with those eyes like I’m trash?"
"Ew, turns out you were waiting for us just to sneak a peek..."
"Stop, I’ve already said it was a misunderstanding."
"The boys’ dorm is over there, why don’t you go look at the boys’ shorts?"
"Do I not have my own?"
The three of them noisily exited through the North Gate, greeted by a rustic vibe. A ss of wires crisscrossed the sky, and ahead was a dark alley branching from the handshake buildings.
It’s rare, but even Zhen Nan has its own handshake buildings.
"Those on both sides are shared rental apartnts, a lot of high school seniors and repeat students room together," Chen Yunyun introduced the handshake buildings with their walls’ paint peeling off.
"How much a month?" Jiang Nian asked curiously.
"Two or three hundred maybe."
"You know a lot, huh, the Zhen Nan info master, Chen Yunyun."
"Heh, I’ve got a lot of friends, what’s so strange about that?"
Jiang Nian nodded, "That’s nice, I have fewer friends, next ti I’ll just ask you if there’s anything."
"Oh sure... good buddy, no problem."
"Haha, you were just about to say that word, weren’t you? Dingy girl!"
The three of them erged from the dark alley and ca upon a street-side tricycle vendor stand. Already surrounded by a circle of students, this was the best advertisent.
"Jiang Nian, what filling do you want? I’ll get it for you."
"Sa as you, are you two having the sa thing?" Jiang Nian glanced at his task panel, "If you two are getting different things, then I’ll have one of each."
"Okay, okay."
After buying their food, the three walked back while eating and discussed why these veggie rolls were only sold at the North Gate, coming to a conclusion.
The commuting students from wealthy families don’t like this kind of food.
Jiang Nian was unintentionally hurt by this conclusion, but he didn’t mind at all. He finished the veggie roll in a few bites and then stood at the bottom of the second building waiting for them to carry the thermos upstairs.
However, under the strong insistence of Chen Yunyun and Wang Yuhe, Jiang Nian was told to turn around, facing away from the girls’ dormitory building.
What do they think I am?
They sure got my number.
Having nothing to do, Jiang Nian opened the task panel, estimating the two would take a while, so he opened up the task and a holographic image unfolded.
Deep Blue Baby has evolved; now it can even play videos.
Tired of watching high school dramas, a change of scene was needed.
[Standing at the crossroads at thirty-eight, Qingyu passed through ti, recalling childhood past places. The small gift has shown initial results. Congratulations, your intimacy with Xu Qianqian has once again increased.
In a coffee shop in Shanghai, Xu Qianqian gave you a Green Forest Sumr music album in return. You don’t particularly like music, but accepted nonetheless, and you two had a great conversation.
Talking about your marriage led to a discussion of fragnted past stories. Ten years ago, Xu Qianqian flew back to Zhen Nan, had a big argunt with you, yet always covered up the reason.
Task: Revisit past places with Xu Qianqian, return to the old-style apartnt building where you lived twenty years ago. Reward: Repair body damage deficiency, revitalize flesh and blood (eighteen-year-old state).
Jiang Nian read this whole passage and couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
No, Deep Blue Baby, give so money, please.
Repairing the state to eighteen; my dude, I’m already eighteen, no deficiency at all. Just feeding goji berries all the ti, creating holes and not filling them, huh?
No, isn’t that a waste of paper at night?
Alright, can the states of two eighteen-year-olds stack? Just starting a coback, and already thinking about reward blanket activities?
Oh my, degenerate system!
Hope I can sleep well tonight.
After looking over the reward, Jiang Nian lost interest and noticed another button like a quick play button unclicked. Out of curiosity, he lightly tapped into it.
A flash of white light, seemingly an image appeared.
The first scene seed to be from a first-person perspective, with what seed like a living room all around.
He was pushed to the ground by soone, followed by a bag tossed over—wasn’t too heavy—and looking up he felt a familiar sensation coming towards him.
The grown-up Xu Qianqian?
She was wearing a won’s black suit, face unclear, seemingly very angry, kept yelling at him.
Couldn’t hear the voice, only saw the images, judging by the trembling fingers, it definitely wasn’t anything nice. However, from this perspective, it seed he never gave any response.
Angry, Xu Qianqian kicked him, and before he fell to the ground, he saw her leaving back view.
The scene wobbled and switched to a third-person view.
Beside a bridge, under the orange street lights with fine rain drifting. The damp rain mist soaked every inch of air, and two won seed to be arguing.
One woman was holding a black umbrella, the other a transparent white umbrella. Both appeared tall and slim. Two cars were parked by the bridge, the two won likely eting late at night.
One car still had its lights flashing, its sound drowned in the pitter-patter of the rain.
The woman with the transparent umbrella was wearing a tight dress skirt, long arms, a mature woman with shoulder-length wavy hair. Just... couldn’t see the face, but Jiang Nian recognized her by her aura.
Ex-wife.
The scene ended, leaving Jiang Nian completely confused.
Xu Qianqian could argue with anyone.
That doesn’t seem the main point, but the scene was too sparse. Identifying won by scent, no voice or face from his side, rely entirely on aura.
Too crude, who would watch this?
Certainly not him.
Jiang Nian roughly deduced from the task that ten years prior to the thirty-eight-year-old tiline—which was the blind date at twenty-eight—Xu Qianqian and he had a big argunt, but wanted to play a guessing ga.
Thus, while issuing the task, the system backstabbed Xu Qianqian, revealing a bit of information to his thirty-eight-year-old self.
Direct video evidence, attempting to restore the true facts online. It’s likely that the thirty-eight-year-old Jiang Nian would understand at a glance, with high definition and original sound without a blurred version.
So, by the ti it reached him, only a 360p broken version is left?
Deep Blue Baby is too biased, treating people differently, aren’t you?
Fine, fine, fine, uninstalling now.
Feeling bored from what he saw, Jiang Nian looked up to see Chen Yunyun and Wang Yuhe coming out from the front of the second girls’ dorm. So he casually closed the task panel.
I’ll look again later, there’s still a save after the task is completed, anyway.
They chatted all the way back.
Returning to the classroom, Jiang Nian directly lay on the desk to rest.
Slept for twenty minutes, just in ti for evening self-study.
Zhang Ningzhi had appeared at so point, seriously working on problems. Li Hua looked like he had the energy drained out of him, with a sweaty scent, probably went to play ball.
During the evening read, Jiang Nian patted Li Hua’s bicep.
"Nice muscles you got there, Hua."
Li Hua instantly beca smug, imdiately took off his jacket, and rolled up his sleeves to show off his newly trained muscles. Floating in the air amidst Zeng You’s admiration and Huang Fang’s disgust.
The disgust of girls is the highest praise for muscles.
"By the way, where’s Brother Jun? Why didn’t he co again?" Li Hua asked curiously.
"Oh, he’s in the dorm, ran into him this afternoon," Jiang Nian replied, still holding a math test paper, keeping his focus.
At this mont, Lao Liu walked in from outside the classroom, hands behind his back, and started patrolling the class. When he reached Li Hua’s side, he looked towards Wu Jungu’s seat, noticeably pausing.
"Why isn’t he here?"
"Probably in the dorm, didn’t Wu Jungu ask for leave?" Li Hua was confused, then ecstatic, "Teacher, shall I go find him?"
Lao Liu gave him a sidelong glance, seeing through soone’s sche.
"Stay put."
One class skipper turns into two, what an idea you have.
Suddenly, a ringing sounded out.
"Looking back, still see my hotown moon, the dark night..."
"Hello?" Lao Liu rushed out of the classroom, "Yes, when can you co to the school for a visit...."
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