Chapter 35 Brother, you smell so good

“Tomorrow, I’ll treat you to barbecue.”

“Three-sentence dad.”

The two spoke in unison, narrowing their eyes simultaneously, as if saying, ‘You little rascal.’

“The barbecue outside the school gate gives me diarrhea twice for every time I eat it, it’s more of a blind box than a blind box!” Jiang Nian was furious. “You venomous woman, don’t you know regicide is a capital offense?!”

“How much better are you?” Xu Qianqian pouted. “I’m going to tell my dad! You took advantage of me.”

“What the hell?”

After some bickering, Jiang Nian still got down to business.

It was almost midnight, and he had to wake up early for school tomorrow, there was even an English pop quiz. If he didn’t sleep well, he wouldn’t be able to handle it, so he wanted to catch the mouse and go back to sleep as soon as possible.

Jiang Nian walked around the living room but didn’t find any trace of a mouse.

“Are you sure there’s a Jerry?”

“Why would I lie to you? Am I that bored?” Xu Qianqian gritted her teeth, then suddenly thought of something. “Could it be because the lights are on, and the mouse doesn’t dare to come out?”

“So, should we turn off the lights?” Jiang Nian suddenly became awkward upon hearing this, acting like a pervert. “Actually, I still prefer to keep the lights on, it’s clearer to see.”

Xu Qianqian clenched her fist. Who asked about his ‘xp’?

Jiang Nian found several sticky traps and placed them along the wall lines near the sofa and refrigerator. He also placed one at the entrance of Xu Qianqian’s room and held a rubber fly swatter in his hand.

Click, the lights were completely off.

Their vision instantly went black, and it took a few seconds for them to gradually adjust. The living room was pitch black, and they stood a distance apart, vaguely able to see each other’s faces in the darkness.

In the darkness, Jiang Nian seemed to see Xu Qianqian turn her head away, avoiding his gaze.

Suddenly, a squeaking sound was heard.

“It’s here!” Xu Qianqian said.

“Mm.” Jiang Nian gestured for Xu Qianqian to stay put. He tiptoed towards the sound, gripping the rubber fly swatter tightly.

The mouse seemed to sense danger. After a moment of silence, it suddenly darted out from behind the sofa.

Xu Qianqian let out a gasp. Jiang Nian, quick-eyed and quick-handed, struck at the dark shadow with a ‘pah!’—a lightning-fast five-strike whip. Master Ma’s essence was fully displayed at this moment.

Although Emperor Jerry was extremely fast, he was still inevitably hit. He made a U-turn and scurried towards the corner of the wall, running along the wall line like a flash of lightning.

Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!!!

The rapidly moving dark shadow suddenly froze, like a female detective trapped in a dead-end swamp. It struggled desperately, cried out loudly, watching as humans approached it.

“Did you catch it?” Xu Qianqian swallowed.

“Turn on the lights.”

Click, the lights suddenly came on.

In front of Jiang Nian, the figure of Emperor Jerry was clearly visible on a sticky trap. His body was large, his expression humiliated, trapped in this small space.

Another sticky trap had been knocked crooked and lay scattered nearby.

“You know, this mouse…” Jiang Nian squatted down, examining it carefully with a solemn expression.

“What about this mouse?” Xu Qianqian immediately became nervous, walking over to him and couldn’t help but ask, “Did it confess where its accomplices are?”

“No, I mean, it looks quite handsome.”

“Go to hell!”

“Tsk tsk, how can you be so mean to such a cute little mouse?” Jiang Nian turned his head and saw her well-proportioned calves, not covered by her white nightgown.

Her pink toes, peeking out from her slippers, were delicate and cute, neatly arranged. A faint scent of milk and shower gel lingered at his nostrils.

Truly, there’s a girl next door.

He never noticed before, but Xu Qianqian was also showing signs of becoming a goddess.

“What’s wrong?” Xu Qianqian thought he had found traces of another mouse and immediately became very nervous.

“Nothing, I just suddenly realized something.”

“What?”

“Brother, you smell so good.”

“You go to hell too, pervert!” Xu Qianqian’s face turned red, and she pushed him to the ground with her leg. Perhaps it was due to extreme embarrassment, she had originally wanted Jiang Nian to scram.

But with tears of physiological reaction in her eyes, Xu Qianqian blurted out:

“Croak!”

Suddenly, the atmosphere instantly quieted down. Neither of them could hold back, and they burst into laughter for a long time.

“You’re not allowed to laugh!”

“Hahahaha, then you laugh first, don’t laugh! Haha.” Jiang Nian sat on the ground laughing. Xu Qianqian wanted to be serious but couldn’t help it, so she could only turn away.

“Jiang Nian, you’re so annoying!”

“Hahahaha, oh my god.” Jiang Nian’s stomach hurt from laughing. As he folded up the sticky trap, he said, “No loss, no loss. I even got to hear a frog croak late at night.”

“You—”

“Why aren’t you letting me croak?” Jiang Nian said with a cheeky grin, carrying Emperor Jerry’s ‘imperial coffin’ towards the door. “Quick, give me a croak, and I’ll scram right away.”

Xu Qianqian’s face was completely red; she wished she could punch him twice. After Jiang Nian left, the blush on her face still hadn’t faded. She locked the door and returned to her room without a word.

She then gave the doll on her bed a barrage of punches, its smiling face denting in.

She should have known it would be better off rotting in the factory.

The next day.

Jiang Nian yawned and went to school alone. He didn’t ask Xu Qianqian if she wanted to walk together. Xu Qianqian standing him up yesterday was left unresolved.

If she didn’t explain, then so be it.

One thing at a time, he definitely wouldn’t wait for Xu Qianqian at Olympiad 304 after evening self-study today.

Ring-a-ling.

The first morning class was Chinese, and Jiang Nian was listening drowsily. He propped his head with his hand, pretending to look down at his textbook, holding a pen in his right hand, trying to dispel any suspicion of sleeping.

A forty-five-minute class, with intermittent, smooth sleep for two or three minutes.

When homeroom teacher Old Liu said, “Open your textbook to page xx,” Jiang Nian would instantly wake up, then start flipping pages in sync with the entire class, and fall asleep again after flipping the pages.

When the first class ended, the entire class instantly became lethargic, falling asleep on their desks in seconds.

Li Hua glanced at his deskmate, Jiang Nian. “Damn, Brother Nian, you just slept through an entire class, how are you still so sleepy? What did you do last night?”

“Don’t even get me started, I was suppressing something ominous.” Jiang Nian lay on his desk, mumbling, “I’m so sleepy, don’t bother me. If I fall asleep again next class, I’ll definitely get caught.”

Ten minutes felt like several hours.

The moment the class bell rang, Jiang Nian slowly got up. He propped his chin with his hand, his eyes only open in a slit, and saw Zhang Ningzhi in the front seat turn around.

“Do you want some milk?”

“Huh?” Jiang Nian instantly perked up.

“I bought it yesterday, but I can’t find the straw,” Zhang Ningzhi whispered, her eyelashes fluttering. “I heard milk helps with sleepiness. Anyway, I can’t open it, do you want it?”

“Yes.” Jiang Nian smiled lazily.

Baby Zhizhi is too kind, free milk is always sweet.

“Oh, oh.” Zhang Ningzhi reached into her desk and pulled out a carton of milk, carefully placing it on his desk, her face flushing. “But there’s no straw.”

“A straw isn’t a problem, I can just bite a small hole directly,” Jiang Nian said.

Li Hua pretended not to see anything nearby, silently weeping in his heart, “Jiang Nian, you motherfucker, you secretly saved the world, didn’t you!”

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