Chapter 98 Early Love

Jiang Nian was stunned; his lips were sealed, and he mumbled, “Probably similar to Zeng You, so I wasn’t very energetic during the exam.”

Li Hua and Huang Fang were both veterans of Class Three, having been classmates for more than a year or two, so their speech was quite direct.

He joined the discussion, nodding thoughtfully.

“Can’t blame Jun Ge. If I had such an excellent girlfriend, it would probably be hard to even score four hundred points.”

In high school, there were always a few exceptionally talented girls; it was quite magical.

Even if you couldn’t remember their faces, you could still spot them in a crowd.

Especially during morning exercises, these troubled girls, even on hot days, would insist on running in their baggy, long-sleeved school uniforms, ending up drenched in sweat.

“Shrimp head man,” Jiang Nian preempted.

Although Huang Fang also wanted to say that, Jiang Nian beat her to it.

However, when it came to the degree of’shrimp head,’ she felt her own’shrimp head’ content was a bit high.

After all, they were discussing someone behind their back, especially since Wu Jun Gu’s girlfriend was indeed very… well… endowed.

She herself, upon seeing such, would even think of reaching out to touch.

She could only be thankful that she was a girl; otherwise, she would definitely be labeled a pervert.

“He used to have good grades and often explained problems to me,” Huang Fang shook her head like a great emperor. “Falling in love has a big impact on studies. It’s a pity for Wu Jun Gu.”

What the hell, why are they already reminiscing?

Jiang Nian cleared his throat and spoke up in defense of Wu Jun Gu.

“Well, falling in love is quite normal at Zhennan High School, and it won’t have such an outrageous impact on grades in the short term. He must have run into something.”

Zhang Ningzhi heard the topic of love and really wanted to listen but was too embarrassed to participate.

So, she pretended to be doing homework, her ears perked up like an antenna.

Beep, beep, beep, device operating normally.

Li Hua turned his head and said, “The school is like this: it forbids campus 80, but it doesn’t care about puppy love.

If caught, it’s just a reprimand, and at most, parents are called.”

“If I were in puppy love,” Jiang Nian gave an example.

Zhang Ningzhi’s hand unconsciously tightened its grip on her pen.

After waiting two seconds and seeing no continuation, she mustered her courage, quietly turned her head, and quickly glanced at Jiang Nian out of the corner of her eye.

Puppy love, and then what? Keep talking.

The others were also listening, even Huang Fang had turned around.

They seemed very interested in the topic of Jiang Nian’s puppy love, their barely suppressed smiles seeming to say, “You little rascal, you’ve finally exposed yourself!”

“Speak up, Nian,” Li Hua chuckled, a gossipy look on his face.

Jiang Nian didn’t mind, rubbing his neck and saying, “…If I were in puppy love, I definitely wouldn’t be like Jun Ge.

My grades fluctuating would make it too easy to be discovered.”

“Tsk, I thought you’d been in a relationship!” Li Hua’s interest waned.

Zhang Ningzhi, using the excuse of drinking water, unscrewed her thermos.

She secretly glanced at Jiang Nian, also agreeing in her heart: she thought he’d been in a relationship, but it turned out he hadn’t.

Fangfang made her move. “Jiang Nian, you don’t seem like someone who hasn’t been in a relationship.”

Zeng You, who seemed to be reading a novel, was actually eavesdropping and turned his head, smiling.

“Right, who are you trying to fool!”

“Don’t slander me, I’ll sue you for defamation!” Jiang Nian warned everyone around him, like the FBI.

“Actually, I have a way to tell whether someone has been in a relationship or not.”

“What way?” Li Hua became interested.

It was as if he was raising his hand, saying, “Come on, test me!”

Anyway, evening self-study hadn’t started yet, and the classroom was still noisy.

Seeing that everyone around him was listening, he directly announced this method.

“It’s very simple, but the premise is that you can’t lie, okay?”

After stating the prerequisite, Jiang Nian cleared his throat and turned to ask Li Hua, “If you were to choose to fall in love, what kind of girl would you dislike? Be specific, and don’t lie.”

“Ah, I… what kind of girl do I dislike?” Li Hua immediately stammered, as if he could accept any kind: Shen Youchu, Xiaoyuer… oh, it’s really hard to choose.

If push came to shove, any girl would do; Huang Hui wasn’t… anyway, all sorts of thoughts raced through his mind.

Finally, Li Hua gave up.

“I don’t know, I really can’t think of anything.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian surveyed the seats around him, and his great prisoner’s Finger of Desolation pointed directly at Li Hua.

“See, this is a blank slate virgin.”

“What the hell?” Li Hua, whose secret was exposed, was dumbfounded and almost jumped up. “No, you’re slandering me! He’s slandering me! I’ll sue you for defamation!”

Jiang Nian chuckled, “You’re getting agitated.”

The group of people around the seats immediately burst into laughter, and the label of “blank slate virgin” was firmly placed on Li Hua.

Although it was true, he refused to accept it!

“I’ve been in a relationship, an underground one.”

Jiang Nian laughed, “Hard to hold back, your words are truly classic.”

Li Hua was a little flustered, scratching his head.

“How do you prove it?”

“Alright, it’s still a ‘truth or dare’ game, huh?” Jiang Nian rolled up his school uniform sleeve and turned to ask Li Hua, “If you were to choose to fall in love, what kind of girl would you like?”

This time, Li Hua didn’t hesitate and answered bravely.

“The quiet, slender type, with a ponytail.

Girls with a cheerful personality, who smile brightly and love to laugh.”

As his words fell, Jiang Nian pointed a finger.

“You, kid, you’re definitely just crushing.”

Li Hua was immediately struck by lightning, his eyes wide, and he froze.

The smile on his face instantly vanished, as if corroborating Jiang Nian’s judgment.

“What the hell, you investigated me!”

“Who would do such a rotten thing, come on,” Jiang Nian waved his hand, explaining, “These are all things you said yourself.

Only people who haven’t been in a relationship are full of longing for the opposite sex.”

“If you had, the answer should be, ‘I don’t like… liars, or those who make empty promises, or those who are emotionally unstable.’ Those who say these things have generally experienced similar relationships.”

“Also, you have a clear description of the girl you like, but it contradicts your previous answer.

Taking the intersection of the two answers, the conclusion is a crush.”

As his words fell, everyone was astonished.

Li Hua’s mouth couldn’t even close, and he directly grabbed Jiang Nian’s back collar, muttering.

“Where’s the anesthetic watch pinhole? Where the hell are you hiding, Conan? If I find you, kid, I’ll stomp on your voice changer, and you won’t get off easy.”

“Stop messing around, just tell me if I’m right or not?” Jiang Nian pushed his hand away.

Li Hua immediately became awkward, “Why don’t you ask others, Huang Fang, Zhang Ningzhi, and Zeng You?”

“I said it’s a ‘truth or dare’ game. I just explained the principle, so why ask again?” Jiang Nian grinned, gloating, “Anyway, I’ve exposed your secret.”

Zhang Ningzhi had originally looked forward to him asking each person, but hearing that he wouldn’t continue, she wasn’t disappointed.

However, she decided to extend the time she wouldn’t speak to Jiang Nian a little longer.

Soon after, Wu Jun Gu came for evening self-study, and the topic ended there.

Although the topic at this point had nothing to do with Wu Jun Gu, the starting point wasn’t great.

They were all in the same group; they couldn’t do such an underhanded thing.

Jiang Nian opened his biology textbook, preparing for evening reading.

He wasn’t very concerned about puppy love.

Li Hua was right; there were no consequences for puppy love at Zhennan High School.

Boys and girls spent all day together; how could there not be some ambiguous feelings?

During holidays, if you went to the milk tea shops near the school, they were full of young couples.

If you wanted to see something more exciting, it was recommended to take the bus to Zhennan Commercial Street.

The newly opened milk tea shops around the corner were secluded and dimly lit.

If you walked quietly upstairs, you could see couples sitting crisscross, kissing.

The scale of it, one could only say it depended on luck; if you were lucky, you might see some fondling.

Zhennan High School might as well change its name to Love Academy.

There were also couples in Olympiad Class Three; to be precise, every class had them.

Even the legendary Class Zero at Zhennan High School reportedly had a few couples, but the teachers didn’t crack down on them.

Olympiad classes emphasized strict prohibition of puppy love, but due to academic performance, the enforcement wasn’t strict.

This was the true Zhennan, where only grades mattered.

This was also the meaning behind Jiang Nian’s efforts: a classroom where strength was everything; without grades, what was there to say?

Can’t even score 550? Get out!

The first evening self-study session ended, and Wu Jun Gu ran out again.

The group members looked at each other, not knowing what was wrong with him, but no one said anything.

During the second evening self-study session, Old Liu came into the classroom with a grade sheet, circling around as if on patrol, finally stopping at the sixth group for half a minute.

He patted Li Hua on the shoulder and joked, “Li Hua, when are you going to improve your English score? Ah, two English top students are sitting next to you; you need to seize the opportunity to study hard.”

“Yes, yes, teacher,” Li Hua was also an old hand, relying on Old Liu’s future college entrance examination performance, and said flirtatiously, “I want to too, but Jiang Nian always teaches me some strange words.”

“Like ‘fuck fuck’ and ‘yes yes,’ ‘bitch bitch,’ I completely don’t understand what the English academic prodigy is saying.”

As his words fell, the whole class burst into laughter.

“Hahaha! What the hell!”

“Jiang Nian is awesome, really awesome, I don’t understand either.”

“No wonder he’s a top student, he watches a lot of movies!”

Old Liu couldn’t hold back either and started laughing, pointing between the two of them.

“You two…”