"Are you secretly in love with ?" Yao Beibei had just entered the classroom, took the gloves from soone’s hand, and her flushed face hinted at sothing.
"Us being like this... isn’t right."
"Damn it..." Jiang Nian gave up on these silly people and reached out to grab them, "Take them if you want or not."
"On the contrary, even if you refuse to pursue , you should still accept the gift," Yao Beibei retracted her hand, not letting Jiang Nian succeed.
"Actually, not really, you’re kind of low," Jiang Nian was too lazy to argue with her, "You think you’re Nezha with three heads and six arms, but you only have one head and two arms."
"Take a look at the gloves they got, and see what’s different from mine." Yao Beibei glanced, finally satisfied, and left.
"Thanks." She waved as she left.
After experiencing such a mortifying scene, Jiang Nian went out for a breath of fresh air. Upon returning, he found that Li Hua had already put on the gloves.
"Nian, let tell you sothing amazing." He lowered his voice, eyes wandering, "I suspect soone has a crush on ."
Jiang Nian: "..."
Holy crap, there’s definitely a reason these two get along so well.
"Are you always this confident?" Jiang Nian was a bit speechless, pointing to the drawer, "Why don’t you have a look, there might be a love letter in there."
"You’ve got a point, almost forgot!" Li Hua ran back to his seat, rummaging for a while, "Who the hell stole my love letter?"
In comparison, Ma Guojun seed much more normal.
"Eww, a wild pair of gloves!"
Jiang Nian: "Born."
Thankfully, Zhang Ningzhi understood the value of emotions, a rather surprised expression on her face as she tried on the gloves she unwrapped.
"Such cute gloves, thank you."
Cute?
Jiang Nian looked at those white fluffy gloves, thinking they might indeed be considered cute.
In fact, it was just an extra pair to et the minimum order. Although it wasn’t cheap, he hadn’t seriously picked out the style.
He simply chose the pair with the best appearance out of five to give to Zhang Ningzhi.
Of course, Jiang Nian also had a pair for himself. He kept them in his desk, mainly to wear on the way to school in the morning.
As for Xu Qianqian, she had long since bought matching best friend sets with Song Xiyun.
During the morning reading session.
Jiang Nian was still doing exercises, occasionally looking back to see what book the class monitor was reading. Stealing a bit of study experience to strengthen himself.
Can you really call it spying when it’s about studying?
Li Qingrong initially got a bit nervous by him, but after it happened a few more tis, she beca desensitized. She let him watch without even raising her eyelids.
Jiang Nian turned back around and continued to work on his problems.
He wondered if the class monitor had put on lip balm today, as her lips looked particularly pink. From such a distance, it also slled fragrant.
And what about Zhizhi? Oh, she hadn’t put any on.
This is one point for the class monitor.
But Zhang Ningzhi had a naturally good complexion, plus she always seed to have a gentle floral scent. She also took morning study seriously, ticulously.
This is one point for Zhizhi.
He felt defeated, five hundred points.
Thinking about it, it’s all Li Hua’s fault.
The routine Monday test made the morning pass by quickly.
After lunch and returning to the classroom, Jiang Nian continued to seize every minute to do exercises, striving for more ti to review.
He was very busy this week.
First, there’s the Six Cities Grand Exam on the weekend, and the Monday test. Tuesday’s dedicated to discussing the exam papers, two days gone in a blink.
Wednesday’s PE class, he had agreed with the class monitor to play badminton together. Thursday, he had to take leave to attend the driving test part one.
Counting it all, he had about three days left for revision.
"Geez! Why have you been working so hard lately?" Yu Zhiyi walked in from the front door, shocked by the sight.
Jiang Nian hadn’t even looked up, feeling a bit puzzled inside.
Why does her voice sound wobbly?
"Didn’t you also co to the classroom?" He turned his head to glance at Yu Zhiyi, stopping his gaze just below the neck.
Jiang Nian was quite traditional, thinking it was impolite to look at faces.
"Also, why does your voice sound so coquettish?"
"Does it?" Yu Zhiyi leaned over for a glance, "Your physics isn’t bad, why’re you still grinding on papers?"
"Are you just showing off as a scholarship student?" Jiang Nian raised an eyebrow.
"No, no!" Yu Zhiyi quickly backed away, waving her hand as her clothes swayed slightly.
She pondered a bit and decided to ask a friendly question, her hand behind her back.
"I scored 87 on last week’s physics test. Guess... how I did that?"
"Copying."
Upon hearing that, Yu Zhiyi’s expression turned complex.
"Is that how you see ?"
"Not exactly, usually with my eyes," Jiang Nian got a bit impatient, "Cut the suspense, just say it."
Yu Zhiyi glanced around and whispered conspiratorially.
"I recently got my hands on a senior’s physics notes, and they’re really good."
"Want to see them?"
Jiang Nian hesitated, cautiously asking.
"Are you really that kind-hearted?"
"Who do you think I am? If it actually helps you score better, how would you thank ?" Yu Zhiyi teased.
"I’ll write a love letter to Li Hua under your na."
Yu Zhiyi: "..."
The physics notes ended up in his hands, a thin printed book that seed plausible.
He opened it to find various solving techniques and summaries of dium-difficulty topics.
Jiang Nian studied it for a few minutes, finding it aligned with his own solving approach, so he quietly accepted it, grateful to Yu Zhiyi.
They were both top students from the sa background, comparable peers.
Indeed, their needs were similar.
.....
Afternoon’s comprehensive science quiz.
Jiang Nian still stopped writing at the last minute, sighing deeply.
He turned to see Li Qingrong’s answer sheet, her handwriting neat and tidy. Every required section was filled, no gaps.
That day, Jiang recalled the terror of being dominated by the seven-hundred-point powerhouse.
Li Qingrong had never scored over seven hundred, but Jiang Nian had never seen her chase a total score. Whatever she did seed like just a task.
As dismissal approached, the last class of the afternoon was a small study session.
Having just finished the comprehensive quiz, not many could focus seriously on howork. Almost everyone was chatting, or going to the restroom from their seats.
Jiang Nian felt a bit restless, folding up his quiz paper.
He turned to Zhang Ningzhi, face full of seriousness.
"Do you believe that I can read palms?"
Zhang Ningzhi’s face was full of disbelief; she knew he just wanted to hold her hand. She already had a counterasure, shaking her head directly.
"I don’t want my palm read."
"What a pity, excuse , I need to go pee." Jiang Nian stood up, pretending regret, "No one believes in my skills, sigh."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi imdiately blocked his way.
"You’re not allowed to go!"
"Why not?"
"Bec... because it’s not dismissal ti yet." Zhang Ningzhi found an easy excuse, knowing Jiang Nian wasn’t just going to pee.
"Everyone’s doing it, and no one’s doing howork." Jiang Nian was confused.
"Just because everyone does it, doesn’t an you must!" Zhang Ningzhi blushed and then bit her lip, extending her hand.
"Go ahead and read!"
Seeing this, Jiang Nian could hardly contain his happiness.
He took Zhang Ningzhi’s hand, turning it over and over, rubbing it; he even tickled her hand.
"Your hand..."
"What’s wrong?" Zhang Ningzhi glared angrily at the "fraudster."
"You’ve got hand cream on, can’t see anything." Jiang Nian fumbled for an excuse, ready to let go of Zhang Ningzhi’s hand.
Suddenly, a figure flashed at the classroom door.
Lao Liu walked into the classroom, catching Jiang Nian holding a female student’s hand, and paused, almost fainting from anger.
He wanted to turn a blind eye, but their group was right under the podium!
His face darkened, thinking that despite his daily and monthly teachings, early romance was undesirable for it distracts from studies, no matter who’s involved.
Overall, the school didn’t encourage even banned early romance!
Zhang Ningzhi was scared stiff when Lao Liu appeared. She was like a wooden chicken, forgetting to pull her hand back.
Not until Lao Liu stepped onto the podium did she co to her senses. She quickly withdrew her hand, her face turning bright red, blush spreading to her earlobes.
The classic head-down move, pretending to do howork.
Jiang Nian, however, remained unfazed, supporting himself on the desk like nothing happened, seemingly ready to listen to whatever Lao Liu had to say.
Lao Liu coughed, refraining from criticizing Jiang Nian.
He simply called for silence and spoke about a few class matters before moving on to the main topic of the grand exam announcent.
"Ah, this weekend, our school, along with City’s No. 1, No. 2, No. 9 High Schools, and other county schools, will hold the grand exam simultaneously."
"Firstly, let’s emphasize exam etiquette, no cheating! The school has ford an inspection team to patrol various exam venues."
On the podium, Lao Liu harshly spoke about the consequences of cheating.
Below the podium, Zhou Yuting couldn’t help but feel guilty.
She realized that she hadn’t logged into that clown account for a long ti, with the grand exam approaching, sothing didn’t feel right.
The Six Cities Grand Exam’s date was still set for Saturday and Sunday.
After delivering the ssages, Lao Liu glanced at Jiang Nian, frowning.
"You, co with ."
Hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi instinctively trembled, so nervous her jaw clenched. She couldn’t help but glance at Jiang Nian.
Nevertheless, Jiang Nian stood up, beaming as if nothing happened.
"Excuse ."
Zhang Ningzhi bit her lip, slowly making way for him. Her eyes followed his back with both worry and fear.
Next, Zhang Ningzhi saw them conversing so distance from the classroom door.
Originally, Lao Liu appeared stern, even slightly angry. But after Jiang Nian muttered a few words, unknown what it was.
He even pulled out his phone under the teacher’s nose.
At that mont, Zhang Ningzhi gasped.
What on earth was he doing?
However, Lao Liu suddenly cald down.
He even nodded to Jiang Nian, patting his shoulder, seemingly saying sothing, his face slightly awkward.
A minute later, Jiang Nian returned to the classroom.
Just in ti, the dismissal bell rang.
The classroom buzzed with students rushing out, with no one paying attention to the situation near the podium.
Zhang Ningzhi made room for Jiang Nian, letting him return to his seat, looking tense.
"What did the teacher say?"
Jiang Nian waved it off, "It’s nothing."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi breathed a sigh of relief, then asked in annoyance.
"What did you... say?"
"Not much, just promised I’d score over six hundred in the grand exam."
"Oh, I see." Zhang Ningzhi nodded, then sothing felt off, "But why did you suddenly pull out your phone?"
"Oh, because Lao Liu asked how much ti was left until class ended." Jiang Nian rubbed his face, "I thought I didn’t have a watch on ..."
Zhang Ningzhi: ".... Almost scared to death just now."
"Really? Was your heart racing?" Jiang Nian teased, turning to et the girl’s bright gaze.
Her eyes were sparkling, with a hint of laughter blossoming like flowers.
He saw his reflection in her direct gaze. Her lips held a smile, her eyes full of light.
Actually, what he told Lao Liu was if he were in a relationship, he would have openly held hands long ago.
Besides the six hundred score promise, his phone wasn’t used for checking ti either.
He said nothing, simply opening... the photo from the album he had blind-clicked in his pocket earlier.
It was a picture of him and the class monitor.
The photo showed the boy and girl with a height difference that made them seem very much like a couple.
Seeing this, Lao Liu imdiately dispelled doubts about Jiang Nian having a relationship. If he wanted, he would’ve been in one already.
"Teacher, class is almost over."
"I... I see, you can head back, study well."
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