Chapter 489: Li Qingrong's Parents
Jiang Nian looked away, thinking it was odd.
His math grades have never been great.
Not to mention that he couldn't do the weekly tests, even the provincial exams didn't score high. Getting a hundred and twenty points wouldn't be surprising.
It's like, before the exam, I control my fate, not the heavens; after the exam, I kneel to the heavens.
Used to it.
A moment later, Chen Yunyun came over. She was holding a box of fruit in disposable packaging, navel oranges and strawberries.
"Want some fruit?"
Jiang Nian hesitated for a moment, "Strawberries are expensive, right?"
"It's alright." Chen Yunyun didn't mind and handed him a fork, "Cut them yourself, cheaper than the fruit store."
"I put a mini fridge at your place, the electricity bill might be a bit more expensive."
Well, now she even uses a mini-fridge. Can't imagine how many girl items are hidden in the small room he uses as a warehouse.
Why not invite me to the group?
Oh, at first, it was me who refused, so there's nothing to be done.
"Where's it expensive?" Jiang Nian replied sociably, "That house charges are very low, almost like it's for free."
Whether it's cheap or not doesn't matter, attitude matters a lot.
The bell rang for morning break.
"Oh, do you eat winter jujube?" Chen Yunyun sat down at Li Hua's seat and looked back at him, "I'll buy some next time."
"Sure."
Chen Yunyun added, "Yuhe and I are planning to cut a few boxes of fruit for Wednesday's New Year's Eve party, you want any?"
"Yes, I do." Jiang Nian nodded, feeling like a freeloader.
But there's nothing wrong with freeloading; the self in the system has struggled for so long and nearly couldn't afford to eat.
Of course, part of the reason is due to the information gap.
After all, men fear entering the wrong profession.
School and society are different after all, with an average education, going the wrong direction wastes time, failure is inevitable.
There might be a few lucky ones, but not convincing enough.
"Alright then." Chen Yunyun nodded but didn't leave immediately.
After all, it was just the morning break; the classroom had a buffer time. It usually quietens down after ten minutes.
She ate fruit while chatting quietly with him.
"Our group plans to do a choral performance at the New Year's Eve party, but Little Skylark vetoed it, saying we can't all do choral singing."
"Same, you guys don't have to do choral singing." Jiang Nian said, "Duets or find someone across groups for a performance."
"That way, Little Skylark will have nothing to say, and the members who don't perform will surely be happy."
Chen Yunyun turned her head to look at him and asked.
"Then how about you?"
"Me?" Jiang Nian's eyes didn't blink, "Sure, but I don't know how to do anything, I'm tone-deaf."
"No problem." Chen Yunyun got up and left.
Gone?
Now it was Jiang Nian's turn to be puzzled. What does 'no problem' mean?
Forget it, too lazy to think.
.....
After the lunch break.
"You're awake?"
When Jiang Nian woke up from the desk, all he saw was Zhang Ningzhi's smile. His back went cold, and he couldn't help but complain.
"Did you do that on purpose?"
"Do what on purpose?"
"Scare me."
"Yep, scare the hell out of you, you ungrateful wolf." Zhang Ningzhi smirked, pretending to scare with a 'boo', "You do get scared, huh?"
"How can people not be afraid of anything?" Jiang Nian mumbled.
Their conversation wasn't on the same wavelength, after all, Zhang Ningzhi is a normal girl who doesn't often watch online jokes.
That's nice, untainted.
As for Jiang Nian, not so good, when he gets old, he'll just remember lame jokes. When senility hits, he'll start reciting them.
Completely polluted.
"You better behave, or I'll catch you." Zhang Ningzhi hummed a few times with a threatening expression.
"Oh, then come here." Jiang Nian reached out, "Let me give you a saliva facial, is saliva amylase or protein?"
"No way!!" Zhang Ningzhi turned pale and quickly dodged, "Ew, you're disgusting, don't smear that on me!"
As they were messing around, Ma Guojun came in, covering his eyes with his hand, looking at them with disdain.
"Still playing, the exams are soon!"
Referring to the weekly test, with the last science exam in the afternoon.
At the classroom door.
Li Hua slid into the classroom and jumped onto the lectern.
"It's freaking hot."
Behind him was the Tongfu Inn combo, Nie Qiqi on the left, Lucky Control Tao Ran on the right, both squeezing into the classroom simultaneously.
Boys and girls don't physically interact, but no one in the class made a fuss.
Because, they are like birds and fish.
Different species, leave alone romantic sparks. Together, they don't even get along, as if there's reproductive isolation.
Zhang Ningzhi urged, "Let's go, the exams are about to start."
Zeng You yawned and walked in listlessly from outside the door. He subconsciously patted his pocket to make sure his phone was there.
"Damn, didn't you sleep again at noon?" Jiang Nian was surprised.
Wu Jungu just about to sit down, hearing this, couldn't help but smile.
"Not just at noon, he didn't sleep last night either."
"Amazing." Jiang Nian gave a thumbs up, "Able to take an exam after staying up all night, that's Schwarzenegger level."
Zeng You scratched his messy hair, obviously didn't wash it yesterday either.
"I'm dead tired."
Science exam.
Jiang Nian wrote all the science multiple-choice questions in one go, ready to showcase his skills on the biology and chemistry big questions.
Physics?
Forget it for now, biting off more than you can chew.
He subconsciously turned his head and froze. He saw Li Qingrong still slowly working on the third chemistry multiple-choice question.
This pace could be said to be extremely slow.
Jiang Nian, known for his warm-heartedness, decisively nudged her arm and asked.
"Are you not feeling well?"
Hearing this, Li Qingrong hesitated for a moment, looking down.
"A little pain."
"Where does it hurt?" Jiang Nian asked further.
Li Qingrong's face showed no expression, still maintaining that indifferent look.
"You poked... it hurts a bit."
"Huh?" Jiang Nian was momentarily confused, then realized, "Wait, are you telling a cold joke too?"
Li Qingrong looked puzzled, not understanding what cold joke she had made, and could only shake her head.
Although the weekly test was held in class with no teacher watching over them, chatting was still inconvenient, so they switched to writing notes.
He opened a page in his draft book.
[What's wrong with you, distracted even during the exam?]
This was probably the benefit of the weekly test; their seats were close, creating the best environment for passing notes.
Li Qingrong took the note and glanced at it, then wrote down.
"My parents are coming back in a few days."
Jiang Nian opened it and took a look, and immediately… fell into several seconds of silence. The ultimate big boss was coming back.
To be honest, Old Xu and Zhang Wanhai together didn't feel as oppressive as Li's father.
The former couldn't exactly punish him like an angry old father, wielding a knife. At most, it would end in a beating.
It was worth it.
The latter could pressure his parents.
For a moment, Jiang Nian felt hesitance; the pressure was overwhelming. The water of Nanjiang was too cold; he didn't want to dive in.
"So are you moving today... or waiting to see?"
Li Qingrong took the note but didn't hand it back to Jiang Nian for quite a while. Her eyes were lowered, and the ballpoint pen was tossed onto the table.
Time ticked by, and Jiang Nian silently deducted the passing seconds in his mind.
The last big question in physics was only enough to solve the first sub-question. Physics... only enough to write a formula, not writing the last question.
Just as Jiang Nian was about to finish the second-to-last major question, Li Qingrong suddenly handed him the note earnestly.
When he opened it, there were only three words.
"Moving tonight."
....
The integrated science exam ended, and before school finished.
Jiang Nian walked into the Chinese office and found the very busy Old Liu. Without a word, he filled out two leave request forms.
Old Liu: "....."
He looked at the leave slips, then looked up at Jiang Nian, his expression suddenly in pain as he clutched his heart and said,
"I beg you, can you spare the teacher."
Jiang Nian looked confused, "Teacher, why do you say that?"
"Stop pretending, taking the class representative on leave together?" Old Liu said, "I might as well reimburse your movie tickets."
Hearing this, Jiang Nian oh-ed.
"Teacher, you've misunderstood."
Old Liu hesitated for a moment, then almost fainted from what he heard.
"You've already watched the movie, moving onto the next stage, right? As someone who's been there, I must give you some advice."
What advice? Remember to wear?
A mask.
After all, it's the end of the year, and flu season is severe. If you catch it, you'll be out of energy for a few days.
"Teacher, you had your share of fun when you were young?" Jiang Nian clicked his tongue, thinking teacher training students weren't so innocent after all.
Yeah, better demystify professions in time.
"What's this about, I'm giving you some warnings," Old Liu said seriously, "Li Qingrong is a top student in this cohort."
"So am I." Jiang Nian sat on a chair, sipping tea, "I'm also the Motivational Star."
Hearing this, Old Liu burst out laughing.
"The difference between 601 and 680 is bigger than between 600 and 400, this top student is a bit..."
"Well, let's just say 601 is sharp too. Just not that obvious, this score is still too fine."
Jiang Nian said nothing, silently took out his ID card.
"Teacher, I can open a room now."
Old Liu gasped, quickly correcting himself.
"601 is also a top student, one of the elite hands in our class, not many in the whole grade."
"By the way, didn't I mention the 'Three Good Student' to you last time?"
"Yeah, what about it?" Jiang Nian asked.
"The preliminary review has passed, boost your effort for the provincial joint exam," Old Liu said, "As long as you do well, the re-evaluation will surely pass."
"I'm saying might as well not take the leave this time."
Faced with Old Liu's earnest persuasion, Jiang Nian nodded solemnly.
"Okay, teacher, I'll let the class representative tutor me."
"Huh?" Old Liu was thoroughly deflated, waving his hand, "Just remember, don't go overboard, you mustn't affect the class representative's grades."
He couldn't be bothered to say more.
If students really wanted to do something, who cares about day or night. Even during lunchtime, they could do it.
Suddenly, he remembered something.
"Jiang Nian, you're aware of her parents… so as a teacher with experience, um... anyway..."
If it were in the past, Old Liu would have sternly delivered these harsh words to hammer reality into Jiang Nian.
But Jiang Nian had won him many awards and honors, so he couldn't be unkind.
After some murmuring, Jiang Nian understood the meaning in the class teacher's words, waved his hand and explained.
"Teacher, you're overthinking it."
"I'm not dating."
"Really not dating?" Old Liu's eyes suddenly lit up with excitement, visibly blushing, "Not dating is good."
Good my ass.
It was just the circumstances; players couldn't compete with the operators. Just as one starts dating, her parents might block his account.
He got up and left the office.
Before leaving, he turned back to ask in detail about the Three Good Student, confirming that the provincial joint exam results could decide the nomination.
Old Liu nodded, added another sentence.
"Do well in the exam, maybe you can be a representative of the Three Good Students. Give a speech on the podium, it's an honor too."
"Uh-huh." Jiang Nian left.
The class representative's parents were too distant a concern, the probabilities involving him were low. Worrying about that was less productive than focusing on the present.
The provincial Three Good Student honor was somewhat useful to him.
After all, it's a matter of convenience.
After finishing the leave slip, he didn't return to class. After a brief message to Cai Xiaoqing on his phone, he left school with the crowd.
The senior grade's afternoon self-study session hadn't ended yet.
At the school gate, moving around were students from grades one and two, the class representative stood there with an aloof demeanor, in stark contrast with her surroundings.
Jiang Nian approached, waved and said,
"Let's go."
Li Qingrong nodded, "Okay."