With a ’ding’, the deal was made.
Jiang Nian didn’t linger, turned around with the disposable meal box, and quickly left.
With a clang, he casually tossed it into the trash can at the door.
At the cafeteria entrance, the moonlight was bright. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ɴo(v)elFɪre.ɴet
Xu Shuang chased after him, walking quickly in small steps. After catching up with Jiang Nian, she was slightly out of breath and stood a bit too close.
"What’s up?" Jiang Nian’s eyes lowered.
She looked up, sincerely.
"My little brother’s kind of dumb, he really likes those cards. A thousand yuan isn’t a problem, I hope he can get the real ones."
"Yeah, go to a legit store to get them, you can verify at will," Jiang Nian nodded, "If there’s nothing else, I’ll be off."
"Why are you just getting back?"
Li Hua looked up and sniffed.
"Meatballs, tofu, and a girl’s scent."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi lifted her head from the desk. She turned to look at Li Hua, then glanced at Jiang Nian, her gaze slightly surprised.
Obviously, she was intrigued by the "girl’s scent".
Jiang Nian cursed inwardly, damn, Li Hua’s got a dog’s nose. The scent is clearly Xu Shuang’s, but nothing actually happened.
"Amazing, Hua, recognizing girls by their scent."
"What’s your relationship with the cafeteria auntie? Forbidden love is supported but not advocated."
Hearing this, Li Hua got anxious.
Zhang Ningzhi looked suspiciously at Jiang Nian, but slowly turned her head back.
Jiang Nian couldn’t care less and continued calmly flipping through his exam paper.
In a flash, two classes passed, close to dismissal. The classroom was stirring, some were discussing problems, others were chatting while they had the chance.
"Wanna go online this weekend?" Li Hua asked.
"Don’t know, you should ask Jiang Nian." Ma Guojun said, "He never seems to come out on weekends, always so mysterious."
"Watching videos at home." Jiang Nian shamelessly said, leaning on the desk doing problems, "Sometimes Lu Yun comes over, can’t respond to messages."
Ma Guojun was dumbstruck, looking at Zhang Ningzhi beside him and the class rep behind, speechless.
"Pervert!" Li Hua suddenly changed his tune, turning into a comedy act, "Is this really something a student should be doing?"
Let’s just say, that was a pretty gentlemanly comment.
"Oh." Jiang Nian touched his face, not taking it in at all, "That’s at least better than acting all proper on the surface while jumping straight to the end page behind the scenes."
Zhang Ningzhi listened to Jiang Nian’s words, her face flushed, and couldn’t help but glance at him.
Just felt, this guy is naughty.
In the back seat, Li Qingrong was resting his head on his hand, looking at the problems.
He was a bit distracted too, his gaze a little confused. His eyes fell on the paper, but he didn’t ask Jiang Nian in public.
"Ding dong! It’s dismissal time, classmates..."
Jiang Nian grabbed his bag, habitually greeting people around him before nimbly walking out of the classroom, blending into the corridor and taking out his phone.
Only, there were no new messages.
Yao Beibei said she had something to discuss with him, but up till now, she hadn’t sent him a message. He guessed she’d only mention it at night.
Jiang Nian wasn’t seriously thinking about helping, just curious about the matter. If suitable, he’d directly use it to threaten her.
You also don’t want.... the campus series.
Yao Beibei is quite a character, adept at irritating people. Jiang Nian had suffered at her hands and would sometimes retaliate.
No matter what, she’s basically a ticking time bomb.
Jiang Nian and Xu Qianqian exchanged a glance, and each walked down the stairs. They met again at the bottom of the senior year building.
"Hey, about what you said that day..."
"Do you know that buying cards is trending right now?" Xu Qianqian interrupted, "Um, a lot of people in our class have bought them."
Jiang Nian was completely puzzled.
Xu Qianqian’s way of forcibly changing the topic was even more awkward than what happened in the stairwell that day.