Chapter 44 At the age of purest love, only pure confusion remains.

Because of the heavy rain, it was as dark outside this morning as if it were four or five in the morning.

The few people who arrived early had already turned on all the lights in the classroom, making it brightly lit.

Jiang Nian glanced at the clock on the wall; there were still twenty minutes until morning reading, so he was clearly early.

At this time, there were only a few people in the class, almost all of them buried in their books behind upright bookshelves, either memorizing or doing problems. Or they were holding a book, watching the heavy rain at the end of the corridor, swaying as they recited.

Jiang Nian stood at the classroom door, perfectly blocking Zhang Ningzhi’s path. The hot water dispenser was at the other end of the corridor, which was empty.

Although the System’s mission panel stated, “Zhang Ningzhi = Ex-girlfriend,” Jiang Nian never took it seriously, always treating it as a fan-made mini-game. A fun-seeker never yields.

System: She is your ex-girlfriend.

Honest person: Okay.

Jiang Nian: I don’t believe it.

This is why there are fewer fun-seekers; abstract people are prone to untimely deaths for unknown reasons.

Zhang Ningzhi was clearly not feeling well. Out of empathy, just the empathy between friends. He couldn’t just ignore her, so he simply said,

“Let me help you get water, I need some too.”

“No, no, I’ll do it myself.” Zhang Ningzhi’s face turned even redder.

“We’re friends, there’s no need to be so polite.” Jiang Nian thought she was embarrassed, being timid, “It’s normal for friends to help each other, isn’t it?”

“It’s not that, I… I need to go to the restroom.” Zhang Ningzhi’s face was red to her earlobes. She had met a thunderstruck good Samaritan early in the morning, but it turned out to be Jiang Nian.

It wasn’t that Jiang Nian was bad, but that Jiang Nian was a bit special.

Jiang Nian also felt awkward, so he turned sideways, making way.

“Oh, oh, go ahead.”

He, this great benevolent person who had gone through nine reincarnations, almost helped someone go to the restroom.

Don’t ask why, because he.

Zhang Ningzhi lowered her head and hurried out, but her shoulder bumped against the doorframe with a ‘pah’. Due to inertia, her hand holding the water cup slipped and let go.

“Ah!” she exclaimed softly.

Jiang Nian was quick-eyed and quick-handed, being a sports enthusiast who had practiced for two and a half years. With a grab, he caught the water cup, but it seemed a piece of paper had fallen out.

Hmm. And it was pink.

It didn’t seem like paper either; why did this thing look more and more familiar? Seventh. Before he could see clearly, Zhang Ningzhi quickly squatted down, picked up the paper, and stuffed it into her pocket.

“Thank you, I’ll go first.” Zhang Ningzhi felt her face was about to explode from blushing. She thought to herself, if he asks, she’d jump from the fourth floor.

It wouldn’t come to that, it wouldn’t come to that, you’re being a bit extreme.

“Mhm.” Jiang Nian handed the water cup back to her.

He didn’t think much of it; menstruation was a normal phenomenon. There was no need for any period shame, but he also wouldn’t say any unnecessary words.

After putting down his backpack, he started to sleep on his desk. The window next to him was open, and the cold wind blowing in was extremely comfortable. A minute later, he got up and closed the window.

Zhang Ningzhi returned to the classroom after getting water, her face still warm.

Back in the classroom, she found Jiang Nian sleeping on his desk, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief. She feared a friend’s sudden concern, especially on this kind of issue.

Especially Jiang Nian.

She sat down nervously, enduring her discomfort to take out her biology knowledge booklet and read it silently. As long as she stayed still, the pain would temporarily disappear.

“Holy crap! You’re here so early?” Ma Guojun, a green badge user on the forum, entered the classroom and immediately saw Jiang Nian sleeping on his desk, “Did you eat breakfast?”

Jiang Nian turned his head on the desk, replying half-dead,

“Ate at home.”

“I envy you, my mom makes me buy it at school.” The big Ma Guojun sat next to Jiang Nian, wiping the cold sweat from his flushed little face, “Damn it, it’s raining so hard.”

“My shorts are almost soaked, how come you’re not wet at all?”

“Came by car.” Jiang Nian said weakly.

“I also came by car, my dad dropped me off at the school gate. Damn it, the umbrella was too small.” Ma Guojun shivered, a wet patch on his left shoulder.

“Holy crap, why is the window closed?”

Hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi in the front seat suddenly turned her head. She remembered the window should have been open. Jiang Nian probably wanted it open, would he misunderstand that she closed it?

“I closed it, I caught a cold from jerking off last night.” Jiang Nian casually made up an excuse.

“You… Ha, Jiang Nian, is there no one in the class you care about anymore?” Ma Guojun dismissed the idea of opening the window, “Later I’m going to tell Li Hua and Yao Beibei.”

“Whatever.” Jiang Nian didn’t care, and continued to sleep.

“Why are you so sleepy, what did you do last night?” Ma Guojun chattered on, like a woman, but after half a minute, he realized Jiang Nian had fallen asleep.

In the age of pure love, doing the purest sleepy things.

Zhang Ningzhi in the front seat held her breath, staring blankly at the biology knowledge booklet on her desk. The square characters suddenly became round.

They slowly blurred, eventually disappearing from the paper.

He closed the window.

She buried her head on the desk, pressing down on the biology booklet. Before Jiang Nian entered, he was clearly holding his jacket, wearing only a short-sleeved shirt, so how could he be cold?

Thinking of a certain possibility, her cheeks couldn’t help but flush, and her heart pounded.

After a morning of classes, Zhang Ningzhi was even more certain that Jiang Nian was not cold at all. Fortunately, no one opened that section of windows, saving her from the cold wind.

After noon, Zhang Ningzhi felt much better. She was also more grateful for the window Jiang Nian had closed; if it were her, she definitely wouldn’t have had the nerve to ask.

Boys can indeed do many things.

Although their relationship could only be considered ordinary friends, certain secrets belonging to the two of them in the air were already fastened between them like buttons.

Occasionally catching each other’s gaze during class breaks, Zhang Ningzhi’s heart would inexplicably speed up.

That net called friendship had already begun to weave unusual spider silk. Imperceptibly to the naked eye, it was silently devouring and expanding.

Jiang Nian returned from eating in the cafeteria in the rain, finding Zhang Ningzhi still in her seat.

“Why aren’t you going to eat?”

After half a day of rain, the classroom light was dim. There were only three or four people in total, mostly sleeping or doing test papers by the window, and no one had turned on the lights.

Zhang Ningzhi looked up and said softly, “Not hungry.”

Because it was blocked by the curtain, her seat, although not far from the window, didn’t have much light. Jiang Nian said “Oh” and sat down to play on his phone.

A few minutes later, he put down his phone, his eyelids slightly raised. He fumbled in his desk for his water cup, then extended his index finger and tapped Zhang Ningzhi’s back.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’m going to get some hot water, do you want any?” Jiang Nian asked, getting up.

“Mhm, thank you.” Zhang Ningzhi handed over her water cup, but her stomach unseasonably rumbled. She was instantly mortified, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

He looked as usual, “In fact, I’m eighty percent deaf in my left ear. Now I’m going to buy a drink, do you want me to bring you some white porridge from the cafeteria?”

And