Jiang Nian was writing questions while casually twirling Qianqian’s hair.
"Why is it just you today?"
"She..." Chen Yunyun hesitated, "She wanted to time it right to go buy fruits outside the West Gate, but the school gate closed."
"Huh?" Jiang Nian was puzzled for a moment, couldn’t help but ask, "Didn’t Wang Yuhe say she’s a... what, a time thief?"
Chen Yunyun covered her face, "This time she didn’t succeed, the security spotted her."
Upon hearing, Jiang Nian started laughing.
Being locked outside is fine, the gate would open after an hour. You could sit in a milk tea shop or wander around a bookstore.
You could even take a nap for a while.
Chen Yunyun originally came to him just for a chat. Who knew, absent-mindedly, her hand was pinched a bit.
But it was only pinching the hand, no other actions.
Most of Jiang Nian’s mind was focused on the test paper, even asking her for references when encountering difficult questions, putting in too much effort.
In this atmosphere, Chen Yunyun also became nervous.
"Why are you suddenly so serious lately?"
Jiang Nian placed the hair hanging loose on the table into his left fingers, intertwining it unconsciously while writing and said casually.
"Why me?" Chen Yunyun glanced at him, pursed her lips, "There are others, their scores are quite high too."
"Surpass everyone." Jiang Nian didn’t raise his head.
Scoring 650 might rank top five in the class. If the test paper is relatively easy, perhaps the rank could improve further.
Chen Yunyun didn’t take Jiang Nian’s words seriously, but reaffirmed her determination not to let Jiang Nian surpass her.
Even if it’s leading by a few points.
Wang Yuhe entered school eagerly, following the crowd from outside the West Gate.
During the hour locked outside, she wandered aimlessly for a few minutes at first. Then entered a stationery shop, and came out again.
Confused, nothing caught her interest for buying.
She then went to a bookstore, roamed around, bought a copy of Youth Digest. Felt embarrassed to stay longer, paid and left.
Until, her phone buzzed.
Jiang Nian sent her a red packet of thirty bucks, asking her to buy a kilo of oranges. Now she had something to do, took a photo after completing it.
"Bought it, what now?"
"Fruit tea [0/1], Charlie’s little sign [0/1], please arrive at Charlie Milk Tea Shop before 13:25 to complete designated tasks."
"Finish tasks to receive shards x2, collect shards to exchange one month QQ SVIP."
Seeing these two messages, Wang Yuhe immediately felt energized like a shot of adrenaline. Holding the oranges, she rushed to the milk tea shop.
Ordered a fruit tea, and asked the staff for the complimentary little sign.
Then sent it to Jiang Nian, and QQ changed color.
She took a nap at the milk tea shop, brought a fruit tea for Chen Yunyun as well. Excitedly entered the classroom and gave the oranges to Jiang Nian.
"Amazing, amazing, you can leave now." Jiang Nian hung the oranges on the chair and waved dismissively, "I need to go pee."
Wang Yuhe was fuming but couldn’t do anything about him.
Had no choice but to take the fruit tea to find Chen Yunyun, chattering to share her fantastic adventure during the hour outside the school.
In the corridor, Jiang Nian washed his hands, stood by the railing to catch some breeze.
Feeling a bit dazed, half-closed eyes.
Studying for senior year almost made his head explode, exhaustion always comes after overworking. And healing is reserved for the afternoon.
Leave love for the sciences.
The long-missed system panel popped up unexpectedly.
[At thirty-eight, you identified Song Xiyun’s illness. You decided to lend a hand, and the condition quickly got under control.
In return, your savings sharply decreased.....]
Jiang Nian took out his phone, glanced at the balance slowly increasing in his account daily, and was amused by this stupid system.
"Not spending a dime."
The winning skill is rather practical, refreshing once every five days. Can’t become rich overnight, but it’s possible to save up some small money each month.
In the bustling lunch break corridor, people came and went.
He continued watching while catching the breeze.
[Within half a year, you’ve completed weight loss, reading, and your physique and temperament have undergone drastic transformations.
After reconnecting with three girls, your wasted life became more fulfilling. The only hitch is still the small balance on your bank card.
You politely refused the key offered by Xu Qianqian, wanting to start from scratch to build your own career.
Task: Complete any transaction to earn a hundred bucks profit, reward: one hundred times return, ten thousand RMB.]
Jiang Nian took a glance and casually closed the system.
What do you mean refusing the key, close to forty and still living off someone?
No, he’s not living off others now.
But then, at thirty-eight in age. Failing civil service exams, exhausted from work, still living off someone sounds quite nice.
Jiang Nian chuckled for a moment and regained his composure.
No need to ponder system tasks, the system deviates far from reality, as long as tasks are profitable, they should be done.
Simple transactions, substitute gaming is a good option.
Students have only a few channels to make money, substitute gaming, selling accounts. Somehow it all relates to games, well said.
Your account is nice, gift it to me.
Isn’t this opening a new track?
But Jiang Nian pondered for a while, and came up with a new idea.
Why not sell my hooks?
Would Zhizhi Baby be willing to spend a hundred bucks to buy his personal services?
The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, approaching exams, there’s hardly time to focus on a career. Better dive in, it’s much quicker to make money.
Foot massage service, what’s called foot way is also a way.
Why isn’t this a career?
Jiang Nian chose "serving with charm" over "grinding as substitute gamer King", "founder of begging flow".