To be honest, I could live off Lao Liu’s secrets for a year.
For small stuff like playing with phones or chatting, Lao Liu usually doesn’t give a hard ti.
But I can’t put it that way, so I thought for a mont and said.
"During the evening self-study, the horoom teacher just checked once. When the class eting starts, they’ll definitely co in through the front door, so... the last row is super safe."
"Oh." Zhang Ningzhi seed to understand but not quite.
She just thought the guy was really bold. The horoom teacher had just checked their phones, and here he was, back to flirting with danger.
Since she was sitting in the last row too, she started appreciating the perks of being at the back. Honestly... it was quite freeing.
She could confidently and brazenly do little things, like right now, she had nothing to do in her hands, and there was no worry of being spotted.
She could directly and shalessly lean over to look at Jiang Nian’s phone.
After watching for a while, Zhang Ningzhi realized he didn’t seem to be playing; it looked like he was doing so serious work, like answering questions related to driving licenses.
"What are you doing?"
Jiang Nian turned around and t Zhang Ningzhi’s lively eyes. Seeing her blinked, he suddenly rembered a saying, "Cuteness is a feeling."
"Oh, it’s answering questions for the driving license exam’s first subject."
The benefit of being in the corner is that no one would notice if you chat quietly. With walls on both sides and familiar faces upfront, nobody cared.
"You’re taking the driving test?" Zhang Ningzhi was a little surprised.
"Yeah, what’s up?"
"Nothing, but isn’t taking the driving test quite troubleso?" Zhang Ningzhi asked curiously, "At the very least, it takes a month or two. Where... do you find the ti?"
Jiang Nian didn’t know how to explain, as it was the class monitor’s connections that got him VIP services. It was not suitable to elaborate, so he gave an ambiguous answer.
"It’s not that exaggerated; it doesn’t really interfere with classes."
"Okay." Zhang Ningzhi felt he had secrets.
Li Hua ca over, curiously asking.
"What are you guys up to?"
He said, "We’re planning how to ostracize you."
"Chi Shi!"
Before long, Lao Liu entered the classroom and sat over at the podium.
"Ah, everyone, please stop for a mont."
Nobody listened.
The first three periods of evening self-study were all about the Chinese weekly test, so the howork all got piled onto this last period.
Lao Liu didn’t mind and continued with his weekly routine class eting.
"Ah, the topic of fire and water prevention, it’s always been a common subject, cough cough, but today I still want to bring it up on its own a bit more...."
Jiang Nian in the back row was starting to feel sleepy, answering questions didn’t tire him out, but listening to Lao Liu sure did.
Suddenly, Lao Liu changed the topic.
"Today, the main issue to talk about is early relationships, ah, even the leaders brought it up in today’s eting. They said our Zhenan Middle School has an especially large number of student couples."
"Right after the evening self-study, in the dark corners of the basketball court downstairs, and over near the sports field, there’s a large group of couples strolling, even greeting school leaders when they see them."
"Ah, such audacity! Extrely audacious!"
Because Lao Liu’s tone was quite amusing, the whole class burst into laughter.
"Teacher, didn’t you say the school is like our family? So wouldn’t that make the leaders like relatives? Isn’t it normal for couples to greet relatives?"
The class laughed once more following Li Hua’s words.
Lao Liu laughed too, jokingly pointing at Li Hua.
"Li Hua, don’t let catch you holding hands over at the sports field, or don’t bla for being ungrateful then."
Yang Qiming suddenly had an idea and asked loudly.
"Teacher, is it okay if I hold a guy’s hand?"
Tao Ran wanted to hold a kemonomimi’s hand, but unfortunately, there are no kemonomimis in the real world. He could only sigh and give up, feeling the world wasn’t friendly to him at all.
There were indeed two couples in the class, both currently keeping their heads down.
Originally there were three pairs, but one was forcibly split up by Li Hua, which was really cruel. The other two pairs kept a low profile, basically with hidden relationships.
To be honest, their relationships didn’t bother anyone, so no one haggled over it.
Lao Liu scanned the class, deliberately trying to bluff them.
"I see several signs of early relationships in our class. Don’t think you can hide it well; I just choose not to bother."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi got nervous.
Very easily tricked type.
She matched herself to the description and suddenly felt inexplicably guilty. Afraid the horoom teacher might suddenly call her out by na, she worried if her actions counted as signs of early romance?
Should be... should be okay, right.
She sneakily glanced at Jiang Nian next to her, finding he was still answering questions.
Secretly thought boys were pretty daring.
Jiang Nian wasn’t listening to Lao Liu’s blah blah, busy with his practice questions. With the questions finished, he could recall about seventy to eighty percent with just one pass.
It wasn’t a superpower, but rather the practice from being a senior that led to familiarity.
By the end of the class, Jiang Nian had only gone through less than a tenth of the question bank.
He wasn’t in a hurry either, estimating he should finish by Tuesday. Tomorrow he’d contact the driving school and schedule the first subject exam.
When the bell rang, he headed downstairs with his backpack early.
Third floor
When Xu Qianqian t up with him, she couldn’t help but glance at his bag and asked.
"Do you usually carry an empty bag back and forth?"
"Why?" Jiang Nian gave her a look amidst the crowd, "Any problem?"
Xu Qianqian clicked her tongue, shook her head as she stepped down the stairway.
"I just think you’re really dumb."
"How smart are you?" Jiang Nian asked.
"I can tell in one glance that you took a Chinese weekly test tonight, how’s that? Spot on?" Xu Qianqian said, acting like so kind of psychic.
Jiang Nian: "..."
After a while, she noticed Jiang Nian was playing it cool, and couldn’t resist coming over to take a look at his phone.
"Answering questions while walking?"
"You know about driving, right?" Jiang Nian suddenly got serious, "Xu Qianqian, once I pass and get my license, I’ll buy a car and take you on a trip, how about that?"
If it were another girl, hearing this she would’ve probably felt touched.
But Xu Qianqian had known this idiot for ten years, she knew all too well what a clown he was, she raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Where to?"
Jiang Nian answered with a face full of affection, "To the milk tea shop in Zhenan, once you’re done paying, we can head back."
"Get lost." Xu Qianqian was speechless.
"Don’t you have a travel fund or sothing? Put it to use. How about pooling money to buy a car? You’d be considered a shareholder too," Jiang Nian suggested, completely unconcerned with pride.
"Have you no sha?" Xu Qianqian was extrely speechless.
Jiang Nian scratched his chin, thought for a mont.
"It’s alright."
After Xu Qianqian got ho, as she was preparing to take a shower, she faced the bright mirror.
For so reason, she suddenly recalled what he said on the way ho. The idea of traveling was sothing she couldn’t suppress.
Driving would definitely be more convenient.
She’d been saving money throughout high school, planning to travel with Song Xiyun after the college entrance exam. She’d even prepared to cover all expenses herself.
A couple of months ago, Song Xiyun ntioned that her mom might lose her job. At that ti, there was nothing else but comfort that could be offered, but eventually, things got better.
Xu Qianqian thought, if she brought up the post-exam travel plan, Song Xiyun would probably join, as long as it doesn’t waste too much ti.
Because she rembered that Song Xiyun had ntioned wanting to work part-ti after the college entrance exam. Considering her family’s situation, there’d be no hard feelings if she flaked.
This issue had puzzled Xu Qianqian for a while, so she hadn’t given it much thought.
Today, she overheard Jiang Nian ntioning it accidentally, and seeing him actually studying for his driving test, an even more ridiculous idea popped into her mind.
If they could do a self-drive trip, it wouldn’t matter even if Jiang Nian was the companion.
At worst, she could tolerate it; self-drive trips would be really fun.
At the thought of the extensive and untouched landscapes of her country, Xu Qianqian’s tired heart suddenly beca lively again.
Instead of rushing to shower, she started browsing self-drive trip videos involuntarily.
Oh~ For the first year, a beginner license can’t drive solo on highways, so a couple of high school sweethearts went via provincial roads. The winding roads offer pretty views.
Watching the videos, Xu Qianqian found her breathing getting heavier.
After a long while, she snapped back to reality. She covered her face, took several deep breaths, then shook her head vigorously, thinking about how off the rails her mind was.
Even if Jiang Nian got his driving license, it’d never lead to a car for self-drive trips with her.
Not Jiang Nian, at least!
The shaless fool!
"Ah-choo!!!" Jiang Nian sneezed, stood up, and closed the window, murmuring to himself, "Guess there might be a temperature drop tomorrow."
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