Chapter 77 Li Hua’s Dao Heart Collapses (Thanks to winfour for the generous donation)

Zhang Ningzhi shrunk behind Yao Beibei. “That person is so strange? Why does he keep looking at us?”

“I don’t know, maybe he has something on his mind.” Yao Beibei shook her head, then her eyes suddenly lit up. “They’re here, they’re here! Jiang Nian is about to compete!”

After confirming the name, the referee teacher put a checkmark on the sign-in sheet without lifting his head.

“Begin.”

He paused after speaking, then muttered.

“Jiang Nian? Such a familiar name.”

Jiang Nian entered the field without any wind-up. He retreated five or six meters, began to gather strength, and charged. His rapid, large-strided charge wasn’t a simple jump, but a front flip!

His figure arced through the air, landing steadily in the sandpit with a thud.

“Wow!!” (In unison)

“Holy crap!!” (One after another)

“This is just…”

The referee teacher, who hadn’t moved from his spot since the competition started, instantly shot to his feet, turning red with anger!

Foul!

You Heaven-Defying thing! Why is it you again! I just swapped places with the shot put team’s teacher, and today I run into this damn kid again!

Landing steadily, the measuring student ran over with the tape measure, quickly looking down at the number.

“Six point two meters.”

What does this concept mean? It means a borderline foul.

Six point five meters is already excellent, the standard for a national second-level athlete. The standard for a first-level long jumper is 7.3 meters, a gift from God.

Being able to jump six meters is generally good. First place in the school sports meet is hard to say, but it’s an absolute crushing in the science group preliminary. Setting aside the borderline foul, it’s basically invincible.

Of course, if this were on Douyin, six meters would be considered garbage.

“Teacher, is this score valid?” The student leader turned and asked.

Hearing this, the surrounding students all stared at the teacher.

Invalid? Should they let him try an even more dangerous move? The best of three attempts. If he’s given a valid score, he won’t use this posture to jump again, right?

As for students following suit, this kind of thing has a threshold.

No, who told him to jump like that!

The teacher sighed to the heavens. Once is a fluke, twice is a pattern. Some students are just bad luck. He took a deep breath, then forced a bitter smile.

“No foul, the score is valid!”

In an instant, cheers erupted all around, and the atmosphere reached a climax!

Zhang Ningzhi and Yao Beibei were also cheering! Not out of friendly support, but because what they had just said came true a moment later! This relaxed feeling was just too cool!

Little stars were practically popping out of the girls’ eyes. Anyone who says pink hearts popped out of their eyes needs to be registered!

Open the door! Cyber police! Check their browsing history!

Qian Shuhao, who had just finished his jump, was stunned. He looked back at the cheering crowd. What valid score? How was it determined? Didn’t anyone ask for his opinion?

But no one cared about him, and he didn’t dare to question the fierce-looking teacher.

He could only watch blankly as Jiang Nian casually jumped twice more.

Ultimately, he took first place.

Several classmates who were watching walked away together as if they hadn’t seen him. They chatted as they walked, exclaiming ‘holy crap’ and similar words.

All events finished around 11:20, but it was only 10:30 in the morning.

When Jiang Nian came running with a bottle of Hundred-Year Mountain water, Zhang Ningzhi’s heart involuntarily quickened. She had fantasized about this scene countless times: the boy she liked running towards her with a smile.

When seeing someone you like, you must run!

However, before she could say anything touching, Jiang Nian, without stopping, blurted out a classic, mood-killing line.

“Do you remember what you promised?”

“Water! I want imported water!”

Zhang Ningzhi froze. The colorful bubble filter instantly stiffened, turning gray. In a flash, it shattered. Water. He wants imported water?

What a mood-killing statement!

Ah ah ah!!! Why!!

The little girl was on the verge of collapsing. Why did Jiang Nian have such a face? He was perfect in every way, and his grades were good, so why was his personality so abstract!

“Hmm? Why aren’t you talking?” Jiang Nian waved his hand in front of her, a doting expression on his face. “Is something on your mind? Hmm? Tell me about it.”

Baby, why aren’t you smiling? Are you naturally not a smiley person?

Yao Beibei sighed, then turned and spread her hands at Zhang Ningzhi.

“Zhang Ningzhi, it’s come to this. You’ll have to sacrifice yourself.”

“No!”

Zhang Ningzhi’s face instantly turned bright red. How could anyone give a boy water they had already taken a sip from? Wasn’t that perverted? Or… for couples?

In fact, if Zhang Ningzhi logged onto some forums, she would find that some people even went for foot-washing water.

Watching Zhang Ningzhi’s face turn crimson, Jiang Nian and Yao Beibei stood to the side, heartlessly laughing out loud.

It was so rare to see the only honest person in their small group.

“Just kidding, you don’t have to drink from it.” He kept laughing, gently patting Zhang Ningzhi’s shoulder. “Let’s go, Cafeteria. My treat.”

“Okay,” she quietly agreed.

“Stingy! Can’t we eat out?” Yao Beibei protested.

No, who asked you? And now you’re being picky.

“Get lost. You can eat at the dog’s table.”

“You!”

Under the sun, Jiang Nian and the two girls, walking close together, headed towards the Cafeteria.

The wind rustled through the leaves, making a soft shushing sound.

After eating, Jiang Nian habitually went upstairs to catch up on sleep.

The two girls went to a milk tea shop together.

In a small town’s milk tea shop, find a less popular one, quiet with few people at noon. The air conditioning is on, order a drink, lie on the sofa, and just sleep.

Jiang Nian declined the invitation for three-person queue.

What a joke, going to sleep with you two? How could he sleep? In that kind of milk tea shop atmosphere, he always felt like touching something round when he went there.

Back in the classroom, in a flash.

There was a figure lie by the window, which Jiang Nian didn’t pay much attention to. He initially thought it was Emperor Zeng You, but upon closer inspection, he found it was that damn kid Li Hua.

“Li Hua, why are you here? Aren’t you going home for lunch?”

Li Hua looked up, his face pale, and glanced at Jiang Nian. He looked utterly listless, then turned to look at the autumn sun outside the window, muttering.

“Brother Nian, why is the sky outside blood-red?”

What, starting from the Red Moon!

“What nonsense are you talking about in broad daylight?” Jiang Nian originally wanted to ask him if the flowers in Red Well had bloomed, but he thought it was too much, so he swallowed the words back.

“I’m not talking nonsense. Since I woke up this morning, I’ve been reading.” Li Hua mumbled to himself, as if seeking an answer. “Do you know?”

“I started reading from the chapter ‘The Great Escape of Sunlight,’ and kept going down. The more I read, the more I felt something was wrong with this book. Why is everyone dying?”

“Damn it, I’m just a goblin in real life, I just want to read a book properly. I finally liked a character, and they just killed him off.”

“Damn it, damn it!”

Li Hua rubbed his head by the window, completely engulfed in immense pain. The anticipation of the past week or two had almost made him a cheerful person, always smiling.

To some extent, he had completely immersed himself in it.

Jiang Nian watched from the side, with no good ideas.

When he first read it, he was also confused. After reading it a few more times, his vocabulary of swear words became much richer.

However, he later gradually forgot. Dragon Clan was originally a huge tragedy. He didn’t like tragedies; life was already hard enough, so he preferred something sweet.

“Li Hua, stop thinking about it. Brother will treat you to iced black tea! Drink a whole case if you want, drink as much as you like today.”

This is strong enough to suppress what’s on your mind.

“No! Damn it!” Li Hua lay on the table, sighing repeatedly. “I waited over a week, I’ve been looking forward to it since last week!”

“In the end, I saw the protagonist acting like a dog, damn it, so stupid! Why didn’t he just die in the wine cellar!”

“Damn! Always thinking about Nono! Nono would never like him, letting him smell her underwear would be like New Year’s! Simps truly deserve to die!”

“Huh?” Jiang Nian was already making the’sweating yellow bean’ emoji face.

Fortunately, Li Hua was only experiencing a Dao Heart collapse, not yet to the point of crying uncontrollably. After about ten minutes of cursing and letting off steam, he slowly calmed down.

Jiang Nian took him to the Cafeteria and bought a plate of almost cold food. After eating, they bought two large bottles of iced black tea.

In the shade of the basketball court.

Gulp, gulp, Li Hua tilted his head and drank a third of the iced black tea, then sighed.

“Brother Nian, do you think there are still girls like Eri Yi in this world?”

Jiang Nian took a sip of iced black tea, gazing at the Yin and Yang line cast by the sun in the distance, narrowing his eyes as he swallowed.

“A natural airhead Young Miss?”

“It doesn’t have to be a Young Miss, I mean a girl with that kind of personality.” Li Hua had also given up, stuffing Dragon Three and Dragon Four into Ma Guojun’s drawer.

“Yes, I know an uncle whose wife was like that.” Jiang Nian smiled. “Absolutely pure love, but Auntie passed away a few years ago.”

“Ah, why is that?” Li Hua became even more dejected.

“But many years have passed, and almost everyone around her still remembers her.” Jiang Nian put down his iced black tea. “Isn’t this another form of living?”

“What dies is only the body; after it burns out, what remains is the Soul.”

“What kind of person was she?” Li Hua asked curiously, “Was she pretty?”

On the basketball court of Zhennan Middle School, two boys sat on a stone bench, talking about a deceased woman. The sparse green leaves overhead rustled in the wind.

“Hmm, a beautiful woman with a hand disability, very gentle and kind.” Jiang Nian said, “But she was a bit naive and often cried.”

As he spoke, Jiang Nian did not continue.

Auntie was indeed very good.

He had somewhat avoided the fact of Auntie’s departure in his heart before, but thinking about it still made him a little emo. After all, it was someone close to him leaving, and the impact was different.

Thinking of this, Jiang Nian shook his head.

“Li Hua, stop thinking about your damn love every day.”

He stood up, carrying the iced black tea, his mouth curving into a Nike-like smile.

“You don’t know yet, do you? I got first place in long jump with a front flip at noon!”

“Holy crap, really?” Li Hua also stood up, swaying as they walked side by side towards the teaching building. “Damn, what kind of secret front flip did you learn?”

“When I get a girlfriend, I’ll tell her my friend can do front flips and trick her into coming over.”

“You just keep doing flips, one after another, until she and I are piled together. Then you’re allowed to stop and go to my house’s double-door refrigerator to get iced black tea.”

Jiang Nian sneered, “Are you crazy? If you have a double-door refrigerator, why would you drink iced black tea?”

“You’re right, what do you think would be good to put in it?”

“Beer, don’t they always show that on TV?” Jiang Nian said as he walked. “Put some Tsingtao Pure Draft in there. At least I’ve heard of that brand. Drink Tsingtao beer, beat up friends and family.”

“Bumpkin!” Li Hua said, “If it were me, I’d put some milk beer to attract girls.”

Their figures gradually faded into the distance.

A bit late, but it’s updated. Will try to update earlier tomorrow.

Also, I recommend my old book. The free chapters are quite fun, and after it’s published, it depends on personal taste.

I ran into some things during that time and wasn’t in the right state. It’s good, and skipping chapters won’t affect the reading experience.