Chapter 76 Jumping into the Market (Thanks to the patron who came back to brush their teeth for the reward)

“Ah?” Jiang Nian looked up.

“Don’t you like watching?” Li Qingrong asked.

He was still sitting by the small flowerbed, his gaze fixed on the white short skirt. Seeing those legs, he was momentarily dazed, and began to ponder the “chill” in the Class Monitor’s words.

Generally speaking, this kind of sarcasm meant: one move and you’re dead.

Yes. The sound of an emperor’s engine.

“I…” Jiang Nian’s back broke out in a cold sweat, and he swallowed hard, “I’m done watching.”

Holy hell, his EQ crashed.

Why did he always freeze at crucial moments?

“Oh.” Li Qingrong stared at him, nodded, and left.

Jiang Nian breathed a sigh of relief, he was almost scared numb. He stood up and stretched, squinting into the distance. The leader’s speech was basically over.

The host, wearing a red dress, delivered her speech in the broadcast voice of a Spring Festival Gala host.

It was time for the formations.

Liu Yang ran over, apologizing briefly to Jiang Nian while lining up the team. He first felt Jiang Nian’s arms up and down, confirming that no bones were broken.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said.

“Great, I thought you were dead.”

Thank you, my good brother, struck by lightning, your genuine emotions are truly heartbreaking.

Jiang Nian waved his hand, speechless, and said.

“Stop with this nonsense, I’m fine. The Class Monitor just condemned me with a look of disdain and called me the number one pervert in high school, that’s all.”

Liu Yang was stunned, “That good?”

Jiang Nian gave him a bewildered look, with a hint of ‘you’re not right’ in his eyes.

You’re not doing it, are you?

“Ah, no, I mean, how could she do that!” Liu Yang changed the subject, covering his embarrassment, “It’s getting late, let’s get in formation and go to the competition after the parade.”

On the sports field, under the scorching sun.

Zhang Ningzhi secretly took out her phone and sent a message to Yao Beibei.

“Is it time for the formations?”

Whoosh, Yao Beibei replied super fast.

“Yes, darling. (Kiss)”

It was followed by a cheesy emoji, a big red heart rising. Then an explosion of flowers symbolizing prosperity, pure visual pollution.

Zhang Ningzhi replied with a sweating yellow man emoji and put away her phone.

Sure enough, the host began to call out the names of the formations.

“Now approaching us is the formation composed of Class Axx of the third year liberal arts students. Striving hard is the color of their youth, daring to be first is…”

For every formation that passed, the host had to recite a bunch of parallel sentences.

Until…

“Now approaching us are the athlete formations of Class 401, Class A402, Class A403, and Class A304 of the third year science students. A bit of vast Qi, a thousand miles of exhilarating wind…”

There were only four science Olympiad classes, selected by Location.

The class next door was already shouting slogans, “Spring breeze blows, war drums beat, who does our Class Two fear!”

Alright, darling, stop shouting, my ears are pregnant.

As long as the person shouting isn’t embarrassed, then everyone else is, right?

Since Li Qingrong was holding the sign, the task of shouting slogans fell to the Vice Class Monitor. A dark-skinned boy stood at the front of the team, with the face of a top student.

“Class Three!”

A group of people followed, shouting slogans.

“Class Three, Class Three! I am Class Three, say it again, I am Class Three!”

The leaders on the stage were all dumbfounded. Very well said, next time don’t say it.

However, their tolerance for the Olympiad academic elites was obviously a tiny bit strong. They just smiled, and did not point fingers or start making phone calls.

Zhang Ningzhi stood on tiptoe, her gaze sweeping across the formation. Before her eyes found him, her heart suddenly skipped a beat, and her search area instantly narrowed to a small region.

After a few seconds of careful identification, she easily locked onto Jiang Nian in the not-so-neat formation.

Coincidentally, Jiang Nian, as if by a ghost’s prompting, looked towards Class Three.

At that moment, Zhang Ningzhi’s pupils instantly dilated. The autumn sun hung high, and the brilliant sunlight rushed into her heart in an instant, all beauty converging at that moment.

“Hua, where are you looking?” Jiang Nian withdrew his gaze from Class Three, not seeing Li Hua, and murmured, “Hua-san, how are the views of Hongjing?”

Not long after the formations finished, the opening ceremony directly concluded.

The host announced the morning’s sports events, and Jiang Nian heard his men’s long jump event. So he walked directly towards the restroom, planning to go wait after relieving himself.

Next was just sitting around.

Just as Jiang Nian found a shady spot to sit down, intending to sigh about the peaceful passage of time, Zhang Ningzhi walked over with Yao Beibei.

“Do you want some water?” She held a bottle of mineral water.

It was actually Baishui Mountain, holy hell.

The nobility of water!

This stuff was so expensive it could be a substitute for gasoline; generally, three-dollar water couldn’t compete with soda at all.

The athletes in the class all drank Wahaha, which was already considered top-tier. Recently, class expenses were tight, so if they weren’t drinking hotel-special water, they should be happy.

Jiang Nian said “Ah” and looked up, asking.

“Have you drunk from it?”

Zhang Ningzhi was momentarily bewildered, “Of course not.”

“Then I don’t want it.”

Zhang Ningzhi’s face instantly turned red: “.”

Yao Beibei, who had witnessed the entire exchange, made a playful sound from the side, a suggestive smile on her face.

“Jiang Nian, you play so pervertedly.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian showed no reaction, merely glancing at Yao Beibei.

“I’ve been stalking your Xiaohongshu account recently and found that you replied to a certain yellow fishing post at 4 AM three days ago. Your persona is a twenty-seven-year-old divorced woman.”

“The content of the post was…”

“Don’t say it!” Yao Beibei immediately interrupted Jiang Nian, her voice clipped and coy, “I… I was just under too much study pressure, and you’re stalking me!”

This time, it was Zhang Ningzhi’s turn to be bewildered, looking left and right.

The child was terrified.

Perverts are beside me! And there are two of them!

“The post was pushed to me, and you have quite a few followers, over two thousand.” Jiang Nian stroked his chin, “I reckon you’ve replied to definitely over a thousand posts.”

Yao Beibei’s heart instantly tightened. Oh no, she’d met a master.

“You’re a man, why are you looking at Xiaohongshu!”

Zhang Ningzhi stood by, watching the two of them bicker back and forth. She held the mineral water, appearing both small, pitiful, and quite helpless.

The long jump competition wasn’t starting that quickly, so the three sat on the shady steps and talked.

Yao Beibei sat next to Zhang Ningzhi, and Jiang Nian sat on the other side, with an open bottle of Baishui Mountain between them. It was a bit regrettable that Zhang Ningzhi absolutely refused to take a sip first.

Abstract people are like this; they want to flirt but are seen as perverts.

“Do you have confidence?” Zhang Ningzhi asked softly.

She specifically brought Yao Beibei to cheer on Jiang Nian. In fact, at the same time, there were 100-meter dash and high jump events for the class.

“I guess so.” Jiang Nian’s answer was a bit vague.

“Can you get first place?” Yao Beibei pressed.

“I can, but it might be… a bit abstract.” Jiang Nian held up a finger, making a gesture that Korean men couldn’t accept.

“But there’s no benefit for me to do that, why ignore the risks?”

“Hey!” Yao Beibei retorted, “How can you have no sense of collective honor? Alright, if you can get first place, I’ll have Zhang Ningzhi give you a bottle of mineral water that she’s had a sip of.”

“Ah?” Zhang Ningzhi was stunned.

“If you say that, doesn’t it make things easier?” Jiang Nian immediately stood up, stretched his limbs, and, holding the Baishui Mountain, said, “Wait, I’ll be right back.”

What ‘warming wine to slay Hua Xiong’?

Jiang Er-ye… Pfft, after Jiang Nian left, Zhang Ningzhi immediately glared at Yao Beibei.

“Beibei, what nonsense are you talking about! What… what ‘had a sip of’!”

“It’s fine, darling.” Yao Beibei pulled Zhang Ningzhi’s hand to comfort her, “Winning the long jump is very difficult, boys love to brag, and besides…”

“You can just pour out a sip and then give it to him, would he dare to inspect it on the spot?”

As soon as the words “inspect it on the spot” came out, Zhang Ningzhi’s head buzzed, and her face turned even redder.

“Alright, it looks like it’s about to start over there, let’s go watch too.” Yao Beibei pulled Zhang Ningzhi up, and they quickly blended into the crowd, standing at the edge of the sandpit.

“He seems to be fifth.” Zhang Ningzhi whispered.

“Mhm, you’re very observant.”

The boys who signed up for this event were mostly slackers, participating either actively or passively with the idea that not many people watched the long jump anyway.

Most people who came to watch the long jump just took a look and left.

The boy ranked fourth was nervously taking deep breaths. He glanced to the side and suddenly saw a dark, chubby JK girl.

His heart instantly sank, and he thought, “Holy crap, did the Cafeteria’s new pig run out again?”

I should have known not to sign up for the long jump.

This stepmother-like event, only a bunch of boys gathered around, making comments. I’m jumping far, not measuring your dicks, what are you looking at!

All of you, squawk!

So few girls, they all went to watch the 100-meter dash for fast guys.

No good sisters to cheer me on, I’m going to die.

Should I just poop in the sandpit!

Unfair! I’ll get revenge on this unfair, stupid school! Can’t they force girls to watch! What did the long jump ever do to you! When I take off my pants…

Huh?

The boy’s gaze swept around, and he actually saw two pretty girls looking at him! Both were quite good-looking, but the one on the left stood out more.

Mom, I’m alive again!

Never mind, I’ll let this stupid school off the hook for now.

The boys in front jumped one by one. Each had three chances, with the highest score taken as the final result. The scores of the top three were not ideal, and they left in frustration.

The fourth-place boy received ten minutes of attention from the beautiful girls. In the middle, there was even a warm smile, and the girl who made a cheering gesture was so cute.

Kawaii ne, Mom, I believe in love again!

This stupid school is pretty good too.

The world is getting better again.

“Next!” The referee’s tone was mechanical. He sat at the table recording scores, glancing up at the fourth boy, “Qian Shuhao from Class A401? Prepare. You can start now.”

Qian Shuhao clenched his fists, thinking, “【The thing I’ve always been searching for, those things in my heart, explode, reality! Shatter, spirit, banish this world.】”

After reciting the classic lines, the boy charged forward without hesitation!

He flew!

A student pulled a string across and shouted up.

“Three meters three.”

Qian Shuhao was walking back, his face incredulous. How could it only be three meters? Right, what would they think of him? He was stunned the moment he turned his head.

Those two beautiful girls were waving at the spot where he had been waiting earlier.

That’s not right, I jumped.

He looked closely and saw that his original spot had been taken by another boy. The boy glanced at the two beautiful girls and made a drinking motion.

Qian Shuhao instantly understood, he understood everything!

Never mind, I’ll jump.

This stupid school! Useless. For the men’s long jump event, they let girls come and cheer! It’s simply brain-damaged. Women only affect the performance of high school boys!

Damn it, what’s the point of jumping, I’ll just poop!

I didn’t check the data, only to find so many big shots giving rewards.

I’m kneeling.

I’ll thank them one by one.

There’s more later.