Chapter 481: The Lingering Warmth of the Bluetooth Earbuds
Li Qingrong walked up to him without saying a word.
Suddenly, she spun around in a full 360-degree turn.
And then she left.
Left...
Jiang Nian looked bewildered, suddenly remembering the autumn sports meet. The class monitor had also spun in a circle in front of him.
He couldn't help but hear a phantom voice, "Don't you like watching?"
Now it happened again.
He turned to look at the class monitor's back and only then realized that she seemed to have changed her hair tie, presumably having gone to Jing Mansion to get it.
However, the place wasn't tidied up yet, so it couldn't be lived in temporarily.
Shortly after.
Yu Zhiyi arrived; she had changed her outfit. She was wearing a half-zipped casual gray jacket, hiding two plush dragons inside.
"I sent you the stuff, remember to help me."
Jiang Nian glanced at her, thinking to himself that this person had a bit of an M attribute. Unhappy when licked, she liked being pushed around instead.
"Alright, I'll talk after I check it."
He didn't have time now and planned to organize the test papers first. Not just Yu Zhiyi, he also planned to slip away halfway.
A couple of days ago, he promised to help the class monitor tidy up her house.
Yesterday at noon, he cleaned for over half an hour, mainly to justify being there tonight.
Can't it be solved in one visit?
It's not that it can't be done.
It's just, what's the difference with a professional organizer, showing up and diving into work right away. In the end, panting but not tired at all.
Too honest.
It's not that being steady is bad, but working in a single line only.
In the end, it will make girls only remember you've worked hard.
By splitting it up like this, when the class monitor looks back.
She won't think he only organized one time, but rather organized in advance. Took a nap together and continued the next night.
If a girl only gives you a good person card, just have a meal and run quickly.
"Did you change your hair tie?"
"Yeah."
In the classroom.
Jiang Nian was packing his things, turning to look at Li Qingrong over and over again.
"It suits you quite well."
After complimenting her, he asked another question.
"Since you're sneaking away tonight, did you notify Cai Xiaoqing?"
Li Qingrong shook her head, lowered her eyes momentarily, and prepared to get up.
"Then I'll tell her."
"No need, I'll go." Jiang Nian pressed the class monitor's shoulder, "You can finish up your packing."
Li Qingrong nodded, "Okay."
Jiang Nian found Cai Xiaoqing, using the official excuse of correcting biology test papers to smoothly ask for leave for Yu Zhiyi.
"Alright." Cai Xiaoqing was just about to leave.
"Also, I have some matters." Jiang Nian said directly, "After the second half of the evening, I might leave with the class monitor."
Hearing this, Cai Xiaoqing frowned.
"Are both leaving?"
"Why?" Jiang Nian raised an eyebrow, grinning, "Talking like this, aren't you making others misunderstand?"
"Hmm?"
"I also leave usually, which week am I not running away?" Jiang Nian patted her shoulder, "Bye-bye, you handle it, alright?"
Cai Xiaoqing: "...."
Bastard!
At this moment, the bastard in Cai Xiaoqing's words was leisurely going to the bathroom.
Jiang Nian opened the stuff Yu Zhiyi sent him, originally planning to look at it slowly at home tonight, but glanced at it now anyway.
Hmm.....
After finishing his business, Jiang Nian returned to the bustling classroom. With the opening act drawing near, chairs had to be prepared to be moved downstairs.
Zhang Ningzhi also came back, holding an unopened box of lemon tea, hanging out at Yao Beibei's seat.
Seeing Jiang Nian walk over, she subconsciously glanced at him. Thinking about the note from the morning, she felt somewhat resentful.
As he passed by, she deliberately didn't greet him or even look his way.
"Hm, hm."
Jiang Nian didn't mind, flicking his fingers. When she hadn't reacted, he adeptly snatched the lemon tea and walked away.
Zhang Ningzhi: "???"
After a while, the third-year floor erupted into chaos.
Hearing the noise, the people from class three got excited as well.
"It's starting, it's starting!!"
"We have to move the chairs downstairs. The people below should go first. There's not much going on upstairs, when's our turn?"
"Those junior girls with long legs, I wonder if anyone's dancing K-pop this year."
"Sexy dance?"
"Chi Shi, country bumpkin!" Li Huaxing hurriedly moved his chair in excitement, "You can't appreciate it, such a good dance."
"Indeed, it's thrilling to watch." Jiang Nian commented as he had already packed his things to go home.
Once everyone went downstairs, the class would have to be locked. He wouldn't come back for his bag, sneaking off after watching the evening performance.
"Whoa, though the words are rough, the reasoning isn't. But your words are too rough." Ma Guojun was impressed, glancing at Jiang Nian.
"Hmm? Why are you taking your bag?"
"Sneaking off halfway." Jiang Nian patted the big guy's shoulder, "Later, remember to bring my dragon chair back up."
"Damn!" Ma Guojun was momentarily unsure which point to criticize, "Why don't you make that dumb Li Hua do it?"
"He's busy moving for someone else."
Ma Guojun: "Who?"
Jiang Nian smiled silently, his peripheral vision catching the slow-moving Zhang Ningzhi hauling a chair. Internally amused, he reached out and took it.
"Let me do it."
Zhang Ningzhi didn't let go, turning her head to one side.
"No need."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian smiled and released his grip.
"Then you do it."
"Hmph!" Zhang Ningzhi pouted; puffing out her cheeks as she prepared to lift, "I was already planning to do it myself."
Jiang Nian snagged the chair from her, brushing past her hand, and asked with a smile.
"What are you mad about?"
"Nothing." She mumbled.
Zhang Ningzhi didn't even know why she was mad, in any case, seeing Jiang Nian annoyed her, but not seeing him... was even more infuriating.
Tao Ran stepped onto the podium and called people to line up.
"Our spot is next to the podium, don't get it wrong. If you can't find your spot, head to the front and find Liu Yang!"
"He's carrying our class flag and standing at the front of our class lineup."
Jiang Nian was carrying two chairs, stuck in the aisle. It was hard to carry a shoulder bag, so he casually hung the bag on Zhang Ningzhi.
"Help me take it down."
The bag wasn't heavy, just some test papers and a math second-round review book he often used.
Zhang Ningzhi pressed her lips and grabbed the strap of the backpack.
"Oh."
Jiang Nian assumed she wasn't mad anymore, and walked away with the chairs. In the corridor, everyone was carrying chairs, stuck and unable to move.
A bit forward, a bit back.
Li Hua and the others were nowhere to be found, surrounded by people from other classes.
Bored, he opened the panel. He clicked on the skill bar and saw a green progress bar under [Letter Paper].
Jiang Nian saw it and couldn't help but be secretly amazed.
It was his first time seeing a skill with a progress bar, the green progress bar was already half gone, it would probably turn gray once it hit the bottom.
Turning gray, a 30-day cooldown?
He pondered carefully, if [Letter Paper] was calculated by the number of uses. Then a few words count as once, and 800 words count as once.
In this case, it's not very useful.
After all, it's not a hypnotic paper, the text on paper. No matter how much the effect is increased, it doesn't have the ability to turn black into white.
With a progress bar, it can still be used in daily life.
It's considered a relatively practical skill.
According to his experiment, it can be known that the [Letter Paper] progress bar consumption rate is related to both the number of uses and the number of words.
Jiang Nian had an idea, saving it to use when writing essays during the provincial joint exam.
Although his essays rarely went off-topic, with [Letter Paper]. Using it for arguments was like insuring the essay.
He left the senior three building.
Downstairs was a mass of people, the light poles in the distant middle couldn't illuminate the entire playground, the crowd was noisy heading towards the sports field.
Jiang Nian was tall, his skin fair. His jawline smooth, his back as straight as an icicle, making him somewhat stand out.
Plus no one was walking with him, he didn't speak.
A handsome silent guy.
As long as he didn't open his mouth, he was like a cold male god. Attracting several girls nearby to frequently turn their heads, stealing glances.
In high school, few had the courage to start a conversation, at most, just looking.
Suddenly, someone called out to him.
"Fourth class!"
Jiang Nian originally didn't turn his head, moving forward with the chairs on his own. He was in third class, what did fourth class have to do with him?
Until a hand was placed on his shoulder.
"Fourth class, wait a moment!"
He turned around and saw a short-haired girl. He didn't recognize her at first, and after a moment's daze, he remembered who she was.
"Oh crap, the one who drowned her phone!"
This was the water pit diving champion, drowned her phone in the rain. The fiercest repeater in fourth year, D building's top killer.
The unknown senior without a name.
"What a coincidence, I was just calling you..." the girl frowned slightly, a bit dissatisfied, "Why didn't you respond?"
Because I'm not from fourth class.
But for the glory of the fourth class, I could become a spiritual fourth-class person.
However, it wasn't necessary, after all, the fourth class's headteacher wasn't focused on the class, the Olympic competition peak on the third floor was already in chaos.
There was no need for him to help out, it was better to just stay low-key.
"Because you didn't call my name." Jiang Nian said, "Just calling fourth class, who knows who you're talking to?"
"My bad, my bad." The short-haired girl, with a fair and stubborn little face, said, "My name is He Minjun, and you are?"
Jiang Nian blurted out, "Li Hua."
In the world, who can be without a few alt accounts?
And He Minjun acted wild, clearly a repeater nut. She was looking for him, not for his looks for sure.
If there's a stab, let it be for Li Hua.
What is brotherhood, I think that's a bulletproof vest.
"Li Hua, a good name." He Minjun nodded seriously, "I've been writing letters to you since I was little."
The two blended into the crowd heading toward the sports field, moving slowly naturally allowed for some conversation.
"Why did you cut your hair?" Jiang Nian asked casually, "And cut it so short, I remember you had long hair."
"Cutting makes washing easier." He Minjun said, "During the provincial joint exam, I will aim for you."
"Alright, bye." Jiang Nian extended his hand to say goodbye, and asked another question, "Can the repeater class watch the New Year's Eve show?"
He Minjun was turning to leave when she almost stumbled at his words.
The hostility of a top student is too immense!
She turned her head sharply, her short hair swirling like a willow, gritting her teeth with a fierce expression.
"Thirty years west of the river, thirty years east! Don't look down on people! I'm in the best repeater class, why couldn't I watch?"
Saying this, she walked away with the chair.
Hmm… The furniture in the repeater class is different from the senior three, it's those red-painted square stools, very backbreaking.
Reaching the sports field, Jiang Nian found class three's lineup.
In the noisy crowd, he finally found his deskmate Zhang Ningzhi, handing over the chair while taking back his bag.
"Here."
"Thanks." Zhang Ningzhi accepted the chair and handed him a bag of snacks in return, "Here's a bag for you."
"Alright." Jiang Nian grinned.
Yao Beibei was also standing nearby, her chair already in place. She's well-liked, getting help from classmates to bring it down.
"Jiang Nian, did they come?"
"Why?"
"Well, you definitely didn't buy any." She handed over a bag of snacks, rolling her eyes, "We bought too much, sharing it with you guys."
"Okay, I'll take it to them." Jiang Nian already had a bag, so naturally, he didn't fight for snacks with Li Hua and the others.
Just as he was about to leave, Zhang Ningzhi nervously pulled him back.
"I've got something for you."
The sports field was dark, the night wind howling. Jiang Nian felt a warm something pressed into his palm.
Looking down, it was a pair of Bluetooth earphones.
No idea how long they had been clutched in her hand.
...
The sports field was dimly lit.
The concert lineup, girls in front, boys in back.
"BYD not showing up." Jiang Nian, carrying his bag and two bags of snacks, found Li Hua in the back, "Where were you guys?"
"Behind you!" Li Hua said angrily, "Damn it, the time it takes to carry a chair downstairs and you're already chatting up girls."