Chapter 470: That So-and-So Is That So-and-So
"Not really good friends," Jiang Nian corrected.
"Then just friends." Ji Jiayu put her hands behind her back, giving him no chance. "That's it, I'm heading upstairs."
Jiang Nian didn't mind much seeing the situation.
Whether it's one or two apples, it doesn't matter. I'll blame Lin Dong later, saying he couldn't sell them, so he gave them to me.
Outside the classroom, Li Hua and the others were chatting and laughing.
Once Jiang Nian came out from the end of the corridor, he was immediately spotted by Ma Guojun. The big guy pushed his glasses, pointed with his thick fingers.
"Damn!"
"Jiang Nian, what are you holding?"
Hearing that, Li Hua and the others turned to look. Seeing Jiang Nian carrying two boxes of apples with exquisite packaging, it was clear they were gifts from girls.
"Chi Shi! Jiang Nian, you're infuriating!"
"You're inhuman, clearly you didn't have them this afternoon!"
"Who gave them?"
"Does that really need asking? I'm jealous." Liu Yang said he was jealous, but his face was grinning mischievously. "Nian Bro, you're awesome."
Li Hua snapped out of it, turned to point at Liu Yang.
"Stop grinning like that; you're no decent person either."
"Exactly! A whole table of apples!" Ma Guojun joined in the scolding. "And you even displayed them, don't you have any shame?"
Liu Yang shrugged innocently.
"Couldn't fit them under the desk."
"Damn you, a worthless dog!" Li Hua was frustrated; he only had one apple. "Where do you get so many friends?"
Liu Yang laughed and waved his hand.
"We usually play basketball together, friends of friends. The girls' friends, that's how you get to know them."
"Disgusting!" Li Hua was almost green with jealousy. "Even 'girls' friends,' that's seriously gross!"
Hearing that, Jiang Nian quietly hid the two apples behind his back, feeling slightly guilty, but fortunately, it wasn't about him.
Indeed, being good at studying has its advantages.
Liu Yang couldn't stop laughing, his face almost splitting from smiling, feeling a bit smug; after all, he had been quite the sensation this afternoon.
He saw Jiang Nian silent, feeling a bit regretful.
The third class was the talk of heroes; only Jiang Nian and himself could be considered heroes. Sadly, he didn't let Jiang Nian see the box full of apples.
"Nian Bro, how many apples did you receive?"
Once Liu Yang's words fell, several eyes instantly turned to Jiang Nian, all looking displeased and distorted.
"How many?" Li Hua asked.
"Uh... none yet, these two were given by Lin Dong," Jiang Nian replied. "He's selling apples downstairs, I helped him a bit."
"Oh, Lin Dong gave them." Li Hua breathed a sigh of relief, then asked, "How much did he sell down there? Did he lose money?"
Jiang Nian could help Lin Dong cover up, but a friend won't die for another's cause.
"Lose money? He's making a killing."
"Whoa!!"
"Whoa?"
Outside the corridor, echoed a series of surprises. The guys' attention shifted instantly from Jiang Nian to Lin Dong.
"Damn, this guy!"
"How did he earn?"
A brother can live well, but not too well.
"Didn't anyone raid his stall?"
"They did." Jiang Nian lied effortlessly. "But luckily, I helped him recoup some of the losses."
"How did you help?"
"I took fewer apples."
"You jerk!"
At this time, Sun Zhicheng stopped at the classroom door, turning his head in surprise.
"Huh?"
Realizing he wasn't being called, he turned back into the classroom, feeling a bit nervous. He had already bought the apples.
Now only the last step remained, to give them away.
If it were before, he just needed to give them straightforwardly. Now, the current conditions don't support such behavior.
At this moment, Sun Zhicheng even wished for time to reverse. Had he known it would be like this, he wouldn't have done such awkward things.
He took a deep breath, comforting himself.
There's still the entire evening self-study; don't panic, don't rush. Take it slowly, you'll find the right opportunity to give it away.
....
Evening study, the bell rang.
Ma Guojun walked inside, suddenly feeling something weighty in his hands. Looking down, Jiang Nian had handed him two apples.
"Doing a market day, giving them to me?"
"No, just hold them for me for a while." Jiang Nian patted his fat flesh. "I'll get you two apples from the office later."
Ma Guojun pondered for a moment, instantly realizing these two apples were suspicious.
"You rascal!"
"Tell the truth, are these apples from Lin Dong?"
"Ahem." Jiang Nian glanced at Li Hua who had already entered the classroom. "No, they're from girls from the other class, they insisted."
Ma Guojun's eyes widened, "And you just accepted them?"
"They insisted, if I didn't take them, they'd force them on me." Jiang Nian sighed, "If you had to choose, would you take them or not?"
"Take your mother's!" Ma Guojun clenched his fat hand, like Doraemon, "You're truly infuriating!"
Fortunately, Ma Guojun finally helped him take away the hot potatoes.
Jiang Nian relaxed as he entered the classroom; when he returned to his seat, he saw two apples on the table, one from Yao Beibei.
The other was from Cai Xiaoqing, with a name written on it.
He wasn't worried at all since he had a clear conscience with Cai Xiaoqing. Even if they lay in the same bed, he could calmly get up to dress.
Not related is truly not related, a clear conscience.
"Why did the committee send you an apple?" Zhang Ningzhi asked, sounding a bit jealous. "Are you two really close?"
"Of course, revolutionary friendship." Jiang Nian responded openly, casually putting the two apples in the desk. "What's up?"
"Nothing, hmph!" Zhang Ningzhi swallowed her frustration, murmuring, "Everyone's sending apples, but you don't."
"Chinese people don't celebrate Western holidays, it's just formalism." Jiang Nian took out a test paper, turning his head. "Besides, I gave a present, didn't I?"
During evening reading, the sound of reading filled the area.
"Alright." Zhang Ningzhi was out-argued, then mysteriously asked, "Don't you want to know what I gave you?"
Hearing this, Jiang Nian glimpsed over with the corner of his eye. Seeing the seat behind empty, Li Qingrong was still talking with Cai Xiaoqing at the door.
He then turned back, calmly replying.
"Hmm, usually a smelly sock for Christmas, right?"
"You're the one who gives smelly socks!" Zhang Ningzhi giggled, handing him a chubby little bag from her drawer.
"Well... go ahead and open it."
"What's the secretive stuff?" Jiang Nian mocked, accepting and taking a peek.
Grass, a Polaroid camera.
His heart skipped a beat, thinking how Zhizhi could be so similar to the class monitor. Giving these beautiful yet useless items, mainly because they're too expensive.
"Cough cough, such a small washing machine?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi immediately punched him, puffing with anger.
"It's not, you haven't even unwrapped it!"
"Just kidding, it's great, really great." Jiang Nian repeated his old trick, "You help me keep it, and I'll take it along when we go out during the holidays."
"Why!" Zhang Ningzhi was a bit angry.
In her eyes, Jiang Nian was indirectly rejecting her.
However.
Jiang Nian thought for a moment and looked at her saying.
"If this thing stays with me, I won't be able to resist taking photos of other girls. Like private photos or camping shots."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Ningzhi snatched the gift away.
"You you you!!!"
No choice, stereotypes are too strong.
Jiang Nian was indifferent, whether it was Bluetooth earbuds, Polaroid cameras, watches, or ridiculously expensive pens, they all belonged to the girls.
And he, just enjoyed twenty-four hours of usage.
Great.
He counted, six apples already. The bag was nearly full, it couldn't be left in the classroom, nor taken home.
He could only find a way.....
Suddenly, Zhang Ningzhi put a green apple cake on his desk.
"Here's your..... apple."
Li Hua, who had been watching for a while, finally couldn't hold back.
"What about me?"
Zhang Ningzhi glanced at him from afar and cutely blinked.
"Forgot."
"Chi Shi!!"
...
"Don't look at me just like a sheep, what can you do to me..." Lin Dong hummed a song and showed up late at the classroom door.
This turned out to be quite profitable.
The numbers didn't look exaggerated, but clearly, after tuition was paid, he could still splurge a bit, maybe enjoy himself until the college entrance exam was over.
Awesome!
Initially, he was prepared for not selling everything, earning whatever he could. But Sun Zhicheng chased away all the nearby apple sellers.
Hayek got crushed by an invisible iron fist, leaving only his exclusive sales. In the last ten minutes, he sold most of them.
Awesome!
"Man's knees have gold beneath them," who came up with that saying?
It's quite useful.
He planned to sell a bit more after class, earn whatever he could. Even the smallest mosquito is meat, he'd give red packets to his good brothers and sisters.
Jiang Nian was an exception, byd wouldn't even give him a cent.
Now the tables have turned.
Tomorrow he'd boast a bit to him, experience the feeling of a successful person.
As soon as he sat down, he was instantly stared at by several gazes. He shivered all over, turned to see Liu Yang smiling with a few others.
"Hmm?"
By now, self-study was already in session, Lin Dong didn't pay much attention. He glanced at Sun Zhicheng, seeing his pale face and absent-mindedness.
"A Cheng, what's wrong?"
Sun Zhicheng shook his head, squeezed out a smile and turned away.
"Nothing."
The watch on the desk showed time: 7:08.
Zhou Yuting was working on her test paper.
Chemistry was her weak subject, especially when inorganic reactions were on the exam. Looking at those complicated questions and answers left her completely baffled.
She didn't know how to improve her scores, so she resorted to the dumb method of practicing questions.
Practicing questions didn't give real-time feedback, but it felt reassuring. Unlike using her phone, although joyful, constantly anxious.
As she was writing, someone tapped her on the shoulder.
"What?"
Turning around, the boy sitting behind her smiled shyly. He took out an apple and handed it to her quietly.
"Merry Christmas Eve."
Zhou Yuting was a bit dazed from practicing questions, her reaction was quite delayed.
"Why?"
"Uh.....this....." The boy scratched his head, "because....."
Deskmate Huang Caicai chuckled, proactively resolved the situation for the boy.
"Because everyone in our group got one, he must have bought too many. So he couldn't finish giving them out and delivered them to those around him."
After speaking, Huang Caicai also gave that boy a sincere smile.
"You're really a good person."
"Ha... right." The boy scratched his head, wanting to say more but held back.
"Thanks." Zhou Yuting accepted the apple, turned around continuing to frown at her test paper, but unconsciously a thought popped into her head.
Will he give one to me?
Upon thinking this, the problem she'd just reviewed was instantly forgotten again.
Zhou Yuting got a bit irritated, drawing two squiggly lines on the question and quickly glanced at Jiang Nian's direction, fingers clenched tightly.
This feeling of disparity made her feel indignant.
She stared at that back, suddenly feeling breathless. Her fingers unknowingly tightened, knuckles turning white.
The first evening self-study session ended, and the classroom instantly became lively.
Seemingly an established habit, some prefer giving out apples after the first evening self-study, showing restraint.
Quite a few started distributing apples to familiar people, viewers refrained from urges, squatting in the classroom eagerly watching.
Who likes who, who secretly has a crush on whom? Details normally unnoticed come to light at this moment.
"Ah ah!! Whoa, so-and-so gave an apple to so-and-so."
"Really?"
The girls' conversation was cryptic, only the familiar could discern through tone who that so-and-so really was.
Jiang Nian ran out as soon as class ended, didn't linger in the classroom. He went downstairs to the third class, wandered around, and got an apple from Xu Qianqian.
Song Xiyun was still hesitating whether to give him one, he straightforwardly reached out and took it.
"…..Me."
"No me'ing, I took it myself." Jiang Nian grabbed two apples turned around and left, without any pause.
Upon returning, there were several more apples on his desk.