"Jiang Nian, did you finish the 45 sets of math exercises I lent you last ti?"
On Monday, there was a flag-raising ceremony, and most of the students were wearing their school uniforms.
Chen Yunyun was no exception, and her uniform was particularly clean. Her colorful half-tied waterfall ponytail was particularly eye-catching for the boys, except Jiang Nian.
"I didn’t finish, you can take it back, just rember to return it."
He put down his bag, half-kneeled on the chair, and reached for the glass water cup inside his desk.
"That’s my 45 sets!" Chen Yunyun was dumbfounded by his words early in the morning, "What do you an return it to you? That’s mine!"
Jiang Nian touched the glass water cup and said seriously.
"Don’t get too smug, it’ll soon be my 45 sets."
Chen Yunyun: "...."
Talking to this person was a bad idea this early; she almost used up all her speechlessness for the week.
Yet she couldn’t resist wanting to talk to him; it was too boring over at her seat.
Frankly, it’s because the group leader doesn’t put in effort, the group’s seating arrangent isn’t good, and he never thinks to ask the teacher to change it.
Lin Dong is really useless. Oh well, he’s the group leader, so give him so face.
"Give it back, I need it." Chen Yunyun knew Jiang Nian was teasing her, biting her lower lip, "Which paper are you doing? I’ll lend it to you again at night after I use it."
"Here you go." Jiang Nian casually fished out the 45 sets of math papers from the book basket, "Don’t dirty it, and make sure to return it on ti."
Chen Yunyun beca anxious, "You’re dead at!"
Jiang Nian ca back with water before morning reading started. The classroom, which was quite empty a mont ago, suddenly filled with people, all busy writing questions or morizing vocabulary.
"Hey there, why are you here so early too?"
"Get lost, don’t disgust , the big joint exam is this weekend."
Ma Guojun got goosebumps, he admitted Jiang Nian was quite skilled in annoying people. Just one sentence made him feel uncomfortable, like he and Li Hua were two peas in a pod.
Speaking of Li Hua, here he cos.
"Yo, Old Ma, why are you here so early?" Li Hua ca in through the front door with a bright smile as if he just got married to an old widow.
Ma Guojun dry-heaved; he knew this bastard estimated his science score to be over 280 last night.
He’s here to stir up trouble early in the morning, damn him!
"Li Hua, why don’t you just drop out of school already?" Ma Guojun said, "You too, Jiang Nian, the both of you really... should just die, like black chickens and catfish!"
Hearing this, Li Hua stopped in his tracks, stunned, and looked up.
"Huh? How did you know my science score is 280?"
"Who asked you?!"
Li Hua burst into laughter, striding with an arrogant air and sat cross-legged in his seat. He was brimming with excitent, waiting for Jiang Nian to speak to him so he could deliver his classic line.
How did you know...
He waited for ages, even Zhang Ningzhi had arrived, but Jiang Nian didn’t say a word.
This made Li Hua feel terrible, flaunting requires the right audience. Ma Guojun couldn’t provide any emotional value, just spewing non-stop.
But Jiang Nian was different; he needed that man’s recognition!
Just let him say, you’re impressive!
As morning reading was about to start, Li Hua was anxious, twisting in his seat like a worm.
Why!! Why not talk to !!
This made Ma Guojun, sitting in the narrow aisle, feel disgusted, his eyelids twitching uncontrollably, unable to hold it in any longer.
"Li Hua, you must have hemorrhoids, huh?"
As soon as the words left his mouth, the surrounding erupted into laughter.
"You’re the one with hemorrhoids!" Li Hua blushed. This morning was just not his day for showing off!
Doing great things in the dark is as pointless as not doing them at all, right?
Similarly, without amazing Jiang Nian, making him envious and jealous, the 280 on his science exam was wasted, wasn’t it?
Jiang Nian was busy discussing questions with Zhang Ningzhi, entirely oblivious to Li Hua’s restless antics.
"Because the compensation input didn’t pass through..."
"Uh-huh." He slightly smiled, hmm, Zhizhi baby slls so nice, "By the way, why is the answer to this question B?"
Zhang Ningzhi: "Huh? o.O"
Her cheeks puffed slightly, but she still softly explained.
"Then I’ll explain it again."
This ti he actually understood, but wanted to linger beside Zhang Ningzhi. Even after asking, he didn’t move back and shalessly said.
"I roughly got it. Let repeat it back, and you see if I got it right."
Zhang Ningzhi nodded earnestly, her small face serious.
"Alright."
She was genuinely worried Jiang Nian didn’t understand, after all, his science scores were indeed concerning.
The big joint exam is this weekend, a major exam for the class natives, but for her and Jiang Nian who just moved up a class.
It’s both a quality check and a tribulation.
So, they can’t afford to lose!
Seeing her seriousness, Jiang Nian couldn’t help but be stunned.
Uh oh, she took it seriously.
Better hurry up and discuss the questions, lest she really thinks he’s dumb.
Jiang Nian quickly yet clearly repeated the explanation, and Zhang Ningzhi’s eyes lit up, as if she just saved a dimwit...
Forget it, not going to ss around like this again.
Keep doing this, and he’ll really be taken for a fool.
Ding ding ding, morning reading began.
Tuesday morning reading was Chinese, Jiang Nian had already morized what was needed. So he continued correcting his exam papers, which made Li Hua more and more restless sitting beside him.
Why won’t he talk to !
During morning reading, Li Hua couldn’t focus on his studies, singing loudly instead.
"The satisfied sparrow, sleeping naked on the power line."
Hearing this, Jiang Nian turned to look at him, what on earth is he singing, so bizarre.
Not sure, let’s listen again.
"Soaked in the storm..." Li Hua’s singing prowess kept rising, and when he turned to see Jiang Nian staring at him with confusion, he was overjoyed.
"How did you know I..."
"Stop singing your dirty songs, day after day, it’s nothing but obscene lyrics." Jiang Nian looked disgusted, "Don’t contact anymore, I fear Ma Guojun might get the wrong idea."
Li Hua: "..."
He opened his mouth, about to say sothing.
Suddenly, Jiang Nian turned his head to ask the class monitor behind him.
"Monitor, how much did you estimate for your science score yesterday?"
Li Qingrong usually read silently during morning reading, staring at the book without making a sound. Hearing Jiang Nian’s voice, he slowly lowered the book, glanced at him, and replied.
"Possibly... 280?"
"Tsk~~" Jiang Nian gasped in amazent, "So high?"
Li Hua nearly spat blood, why not ask ! You brat!
Why not ask first!!
This should be my line, damn it, feels like calling the cops. Soone is showing off their 80 on campus, is anyone going to do sothing about it!
Li Qingrong thought for a mont and asked.
"Is that high?"
Li Hua beca utterly subdued, his desire to show off extinguished by a single sentence. He was disheartened for half the morning reading, looking as dispirited as a frost-bitten eggplant.
The morning was mostly spent going over exam papers, reviewing each subject from yesterday’s weekly test.
The third period, math class ended.
Jiang Nian was baffled by the third sub-question of the derivative function the teacher just covered, Zhang Ningzhi probably understood it, but he didn’t want to disturb her nap.
So, Jiang Nian poked Li Hua on his left, waking him up. Whether he was sleepy or not didn’t matter, he scored over one hundred forty without paying attention anyway.
"Brother Hua, need so help here."
Li Hua was still peeved over his failed show-off attempt in the morning.
He was lying on the desk, slightly turned his head to glance at Jiang Nian with just one eye showing, acting all aloof.
"I’m asleep."
Jiang Nian sighed, "Alright then, you get so rest. I was going to send you so Caribbean..."
Ding ding ding!!!
Li Hua’s mind exploded with awareness, radar-like sensitive. His eyes widened instantly, instinctively scrambling upright from the desk.
"For real?"
"Yes."
After saying this, Li Hua lowered his voice and leaned in closer.
"Is the quality good?"
Jiang Nian: "HD."
Li Hua was startled by him, urgently shushing him.
"You’re sothing else, this is a classroom!"
"Oh, right..." Jiang Nian scratched his head and whispered, "Brother Hua, you tell how to solve the third sub-question first, I’ll send it to you at lunchti."
"Hey, we’re brothers, it’s the least I can do." Li Hua coughed, "The third sub-question, right, f(x)..."
In the sa classroom, people’s joys and sorrows differ.
Lin Dong shivered the whole morning, recalling the scene from last night. He felt like he was hit in the head by a heavy hamr and was terrified to the point of nausea, especially during the latter half of the night.
He didn’t know what Yang Qiming was doing on his bed, but there were constant suppressed growls.
Though the sounds were faint, the whole dorm must have been asleep. But... he wasn’t, he dared not even blink, let alone close his eyes.
The scariest horror film couldn’t rival a single second of last night.
He dreaded the thought of returning to the dorm at lunch; mistakes might be involved, but... is it worth the risk?
With his connections, switching dorms was as easy as drinking water.
Best to do it early, before things drag on.
What excuse should he use?
Ding ding ding, the fourth period’s preparatory bell rang for lunchti.
Huang Caicai felt his stomach, after eating Brother Dong’s wontons last night and breakfast this morning. He’d usually be hungry by now, but still feels full.
Brother Dong treats really well.
But why didn’t Brother Dong eat his breakfast, was he not hungry?
He looked toward Lin Dong’s seat from the back row, seeing Lin Dong rubbing his head with both hands. He seed a bit agitated, which was strange since he was fine last night.
Thinking it over, Huang Caicai turned to ask his desk mate Yang Qiming.
"Brother Yang, do you know what’s up with Brother Dong?"
Yang Qiming was also agitated at the mont, his internal struggle and pain having run their course during morning reading and the first two periods, leaving him in a numb state now.
"No idea."
After responding, he sensed he’d been a bit of a fair-weather friend. To prioritize a woman over a brother, his tone when speaking was so cold.
This won’t do.
Won are like clothes, brothers are like limbs, how foolish of .
At this mont, clarity dawned upon him!
"Ahem, what I an is..." Yang Qiming added, "He probably didn’t do well; he sought yesterday but then disappeared."
"Yeah, could be." Huang Caicai sighed, "Brother Dong is the math class representative, with Li Hua and Li Qingrong above him, double Li weighs him down."
"If I were the class rep, I’d definitely tremble during exams, there’s imnse pressure on my shoulders."
Yang Qiming nodded, having co to terms with it.
"We’re brothers, I’ll talk to him at lunch."
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