Evening self-study, three people in a row each dreaming their own dream.
Zhang Ningzhi is still immersed in the pink bubbles of the sunset, absorbing nutrients while diligently doing homework. Her thoughts, like early spring willows, are clearly visible.
Jiang Nian is solving math problems, fantasizing about the system rewarding him with a skill. Like being able to unlock all blocked websites, or manually restore mosaics.
Especially the last one, he has a friend who really needs this little skill.
Li Hua is imagining himself playing in the NBA, with unusually smooth moves today. Although his tactics got sanctioned, they couldn’t stop the backboard shots.
Flying straight to America, wearing the championship ring, and attending the All-Star Silver Party.
With such thoughts, Li Hua crumples an unused English test paper into a ball, slightly flexing his wrist to shoot, aiming at the hygiene corner not far away.
He sits on the second row, outer side of the third large group, no more than two meters away.
Estimating the position of the big red trash can, he flicks his hand, and the paper ball flies out, drawing a beautiful parabola in the air, and lands perfectly in the can.
Zeng You, sitting in the first row, turns around sneakily, staring at Li Hua for a few seconds, his eyes wide open.
"You scared me to death!"
Li Hua is very pleased with Zeng You’s reaction, thinking to himself as Zhen Nan the Tiger. Shooting must have momentum, or else how could he have his own locker room in the NBA in the future?
"What are you secretly looking at?"
"A ghost story, right at a tense part when you scared me." Emperor Zeng You grumbles, "Damn it, I thought Lao Liu was here."
Li Hua had already forgotten about Hui Liyi, enthusiastic and asks,
"What book, is it good?"
"Three Corpses Language, well... it’s alright." Zeng You is not too willing to share the novel he’s currently reading, feeling like sharing a girlfriend.
He’s a pure lover, can’t stomach these things.
Who would have thought that Li Hua got interested, "Alright, I’ll see if I can buy the physical book later."
Li Hua’s family is strict and rarely allows him to bring his phone to school. He usually has quite a bit of pocket money, so he can ask someone to buy the physical novel online to kill time.
Long San was his misjudgment, Long Si a complete waste of money, and even got thrown away by Ma Guojun.
He swore never to touch artsy novels again, damn it.
Hearing this, Zeng You looked a bit embarrassed.
He feared Li Hua would share the plot with him, as he had already read further. If Li Hua started rambling... forget it, I’ll change to a different novel in a few days.
"Can you stop talking? You’re affecting my studies!" Jiang Nian nudged Li Hua with an elbow, "Always chatting, I’ll tell the class monitor if you keep it up."
Li Hua was speechless, "Are you possessed by Dong Wensong the Bragging King?"
Telling the class monitor, what a show off! You’ve become a bootlicker too! Making a mountain out of a molehill!
I’ll slap some sense into you!
Sometimes, Li Hua really wished he had a superpower to highlight the nonsense people around him say. It’s getting harder to hold back, has Jiang Nian started pretending to be a model student too?
He leaned closer to take a look and found Jiang Nian was really doing problems, quite quickly too. He couldn’t help but ask curiously.
"Why are you so vigorous lately, like you’re pumped full of energy?"
Jiang Nian glanced at him, "What? Jealous of my motivation?"
Buddy’s got cheats, of course he’s lively.
Those cheats don’t seem intended for studying, but for getting into relationships they’re good too. But for Jiang Nian, using them in senior year would be like having the world as his oyster.
Li Hua suddenly threw out this line, but Jiang Nian didn’t react at all.
The guy’s holding nearly two hundred thousand, yet still staying humble. He hasn’t even bought the NetEase Spring Breeze Cup, pure golden sunshine boy.
In contrast, Zhang Ningzhi beside him got a bit nervous, but luckily she was bent over writing a test paper. The tall stack of books blocking her face, nobody noticed.
"If I were in a relationship, how would I have time to chat with you?" Jiang Nian rested his head on his hand, revealing a smile that every guy understands, making Li Hua point like a husky.
You rascal, got your mind full of naughty thoughts!
As the third period of evening self-study was about to end, Lin Dong sneaked over to swap seats with Li Hua.
Jiang Nian paused his pen, instinctively glancing at the seat in front which belonged to Wu Jungu. It was empty, no wonder Lin Dong dared to come over, wanting to exchange some blondie tips?
"Brother Nian, got some intel to share with you." Lin Dong winked.
No guy can refuse that kind of look unless they’re rushing to finish assignments due right after class. Otherwise, they just have to put down their pen and gauge the sentiments around them.
Jiang Nian put down his pen, his face solemn.
"I’m not interested in these."
"Wasn’t I looking for him this afternoon?" Lin Dong referred to Wu Jungu as "him", as Wu’s acquaintances surrounded him from all sides.
"He didn’t believe it, got mad, so I showed him the photos."
At this point, Jiang Nian couldn’t bear to listen anymore.
"You’re really heartless, then what happened?"
"Then he went to find her, and she added me back on QQ tonight." Lin Dong was clearly enjoying the joy of doing good deeds, looking smug.
Jiang Nian was embarrassed, has the blondie attribute become so abstract now? Relationship too good isn’t awesome, nor is it awesome if it breaks. How boring.
Just love those couples who keep going back and forth, right?
"What did she say?" Jiang Nian asked.
Their conversation was at an encrypted level, outsiders hearing would just get confused about who’s who. For instance, Zhang Ningzhi was curious, but also muddled.
"Didn’t see yet, she just replied." Lin Dong whispered, "Just got the message, so I came over to find you, am I loyal enough?"