Chapter 105 I Treat You Like

Zhennan really is full of students in early relationships. Ugh, the campus atmosphere is worrying.

Jiang Nian rode his beat-up bicycle, weaving through the streets at noon. Along the way, he saw many middle and high school couples, intimately shoulder to shoulder. Hand-holding was less common.

He locked his bike in front of a wooden bucket rice restaurant and couldn’t help but sigh.

He truly was a lotus blooming in mud.

“Beep, beep, bike locked.”

After finishing his meal, Jiang Nian slowly made his way towards the school gate.

Going up to the third-year building, he glanced at the A304 classroom door. Xu Qianqian and Song Xiyun weren’t there. Perhaps they were in the bathroom together, or maybe napping in the small grove.

Just as he was thinking, Song Xiyun walked towards the classroom from the direction of the restrooms, swinging her hands.

She looked up and saw Jiang Nian from afar, instantly freezing in place. Just as she was hesitating whether to turn and run, Jiang Nian had already approached.

“Why run? Can I eat you?”

“I’m not running!” Song Xiyun felt extremely wronged.

“Oh, oh, I think you should run.” Jiang Nian stopped in front of her, scrutinizing her for a moment, “What did you eat for lunch?”

Song Xiyun blushed a little. What was with this tone, like questioning a primary school student about whether she ate properly? But under the creditor’s oppressive Aura, she could only answer softly.

“The cafeteria, I ate with Qianqian.”

“Alright, trick me into not growing taller, huh.” Jiang Nian casually cast a magical curse, then asked, “By the way, where’s Xu Qianqian? I need to talk to her about something.”

Song Xiyun was nervous, “I don’t know.”

“Do you really not know, or can’t you say?” Jiang Nian leaned closer, suddenly noticing that Song Xiyun was quite pretty too, “Hmm, covering for her, are you?”

“Best friends for life, but don’t forget you owe me a thousand. If you can’t pay it back in this life, there’s always the next. That proves my authority is higher.”

Song Xiyun was completely dumbfounded. How could this person have so many twisted arguments? Even bringing up higher authority, did he think girls in the science class were fools?

Facing the devil-like threat from a certain person, she turned her head away and huffed.

“Just a mere thousand yuan, I’ll pay it back.”

“If I find out you’re skipping meals to save money, I’ll steal your meal card and top it up with three thousand.” Jiang Nian smiled, “If you don’t tell me where Xu Qianqian is, I’ll top it up too.”

“You!! How can you be like this!” Song Xiyun knew that others might just be talking big, but this person was truly capable of doing outrageous things, and he really had that kind of money.

“So what? Can’t stand it?” Jiang Nian had a ‘I’ve got you’ expression, “Where did Xu Qianqian hide? I won’t make it hard for you, I’ll say a place and you just confirm it by default.”

“The small grove?”

Song Xiyun’s pupils contracted slightly, and her expression instantly became a bit unnatural.

“No.”

“Oh, oh, never mind then.” Jiang Nian turned to leave, clearly heading in the direction of the small grove.

Song Xiyun panicked, “Why aren’t you asking anymore?”

“Suddenly don’t feel like asking, my heart is sealed with concrete.” Jiang Nian walked with big strides, perfunctorily saying, “If Xu Qianqian wants to hide so much, then so be it.”

He’s trying to fool a fool! He’s already sprinting a hundred meters towards the small grove! He’s clearly found out!

Song Xiyun couldn’t catch up, standing in the corridor feeling inexplicably guilty, muttering.

“You really can’t blame me, the city’s schemes are deep, he didn’t play by the rules at all. Oh no, will Qianqian punish me?”

The small grove was stuffy and hot in summer, but it had recently cooled down, and it was late autumn.

Xu Qianqian wasn’t a good student in the usual sense; in fact, she was quite good at enjoying herself.

If she occupied the pavilion in the small grove beforehand, a cool breeze would blow. After finishing her homework, she could lie there and sleep, which was quieter and more comfortable than the classroom.

Jiang Nian wandered around the small grove, stumbled upon three young couples pouring out their hearts to each other, and finally found her.

Under the banyan tree, the autumn sun dappled like gold, and a cool breeze rustled.

Xu Qianqian was still doing her homework, a delicate watch placed beside her. She was sitting backwards on the backrest of the railing, her feet dangling and swinging.

Jiang Nian watched from afar, inexplicably thinking it would look even better if she took off her shoes and swung them.

Xu Qianqian looked up and also saw him, her face instantly showing an expression of horror. She seemed to want to get up, but she stumbled, then hissed and gasped there.

He slowly walked over, and seeing Xu Qianqian’s eyes brimming with tears, he asked with a laugh.

“Are you cooling down your tongue?”

“Get lost!” Her aggression was strong, “I don’t want to see you!”

Not far from the pavilion was the teachers’ residential building, facing Zhennan Street with its back to the school. Intermittent conversations and the footsteps of passing students formed a white noise.

“Hahaha, you don’t want to see me, but I thought about you all last night.” Jiang Nian tossed the package aside, and while she couldn’t move, he reached out and pinched her face.

“You’re not wrong, hmm? Xu Qianqian.”

“Don’t pinch! Go die!” Xu Qianqian slapped his hand away, full of Aura, “Didn’t I apologize to you? You also ate my baozi and fish balls.”

She held out her hand, revealing her fair, rosy palm.

“Spit it out.”

Seeing Jiang Nian actually about to spit into her palm, Xu Qianqian was so scared she immediately pulled her hand back.

“You’re disgusting!”

“Am I? I don’t find it disgusting.” Jiang Nian leaned closer, “Saliva isn’t dirty until it’s out of the mouth. I have an immature idea.”

“No need to say it, thank you.” Xu Qianqian was already sweating like little yellow beans, “I feel like my leg has been cured by your disgustingness, goodbye.”

Whoosh, a package flew into Xu Qianqian’s arms.

“What is it?”

Xu Qianqian had actually already seen it. The opened package revealed a corner of a JK skirt. Just by looking at it, she recognized which brand of skirt it was.

“Why did you buy this?”

“A gift to return to you. Aren’t you curious why I know your size?” Jiang Nian deliberately diverted her attention, “You see, you might have forgotten, you were sleeping at the time.”

Xu Qianqian: “.”

She was too lazy to bicker with Jiang Nian; this person would never stop arguing.

“The school doesn’t allow skirts.”

“Try it on at home. You can wear it after the college entrance exam.”

Xu Qianqian held the JK skirt and suddenly fell silent for a moment.

She only bought discounted single skirts, thirty to sixty yuan. It wasn’t that she had no money; on the contrary, she had a lot of pocket money, but it was because she couldn’t wear them out anyway.

“You’re so good to me, are you plotting something?”

Jiang Nian couldn’t help but laugh shyly at her words.

Xu Qianqian’s expression instantly changed, “You wouldn’t really have ideas about me, would you? Wake up, I treat you like a eunuch, but you’re thinking…?”

What the hell, a eunuch.

“.Xu Qianqian, actually, I’ve always had a dream of being a young master.” Jiang Nian squirmed, “But I’ve never been embarrassed to tell anyone, I want to see people dance in skirts.”

“If you want to be a young master, go to KTV, don’t get involved!” Xu Qianqian ran off with the JK skirt and her homework, but her steps weren’t fast.

Jiang Nian followed from behind, “Don’t worry, take it. I’m not looking for an early relationship with you.”

“You actually thought about it?” Xu Qianqian pouted.

The cool, shaded path through the woods. The two walked side by side towards the third-year building. Turning into a narrower path, the basketball court was enclosed by a tall wire fence.

On an autumn noon, the semi-open plastic basketball court was empty.

Only Xu Qianqian and Jiang Nian were on the path, walking one after another, not too far apart, but not too close either.

“Early relationship? Not really.” Jiang Nian followed behind her, sunlight dappling his face through the leaves, and he said with a smile, “The third year of high school is an endless tree, not a love tree.”

“Falling in love is meaningless. Everyone is so busy, who cares about your melancholy? A couple’s affection is too superficial, like a little bird, it can’t be suppressed.”

Xu Qianqian was speechless and turned her head to say.

“Can you stop mixing weird things into perfectly good sentences? I originally thought your ‘endless tree’ line was quite good, but now…ugh!”

“Rough words, but not rough sense.” Jiang Nian couldn’t help but pat her head, “People are independent individuals and shouldn’t stop for anyone.”

Hearing his words, Xu Qianqian suddenly felt a little sour.

What if Jiang Nian ended up at a garbage university next year?

She nodded, “You’re right. After you graduate from New Oriental, I hope you’ll use a bit more force when you’re stir-frying my dishes in the back kitchen.”

Xu Qianqian looked up, saying with a serious expression.

“I’ll wear Chanel every day and carry an LV bag to patronize your business. I hope you remember that I’m a nostalgic person, even for someone as worthless as you. Wuwuwu.”

Jiang Nian laughed, reaching out to grab Xu Qianqian, “Ha, come here, I’ll get you some US dollars from the kitchen.”

“No need, I have the people in my heart, I only use RMB.” Xu Qianqian ran, faster than a rabbit.

The two chased and played all the way, only stopping once they entered the third-year building.

On the third floor, they parted ways.

Xu Qianqian returned to the classroom, her breathing not yet completely steady. She carefully placed the skirt in the crevice of her book basket, then covered it with books.

After doing all this, she spread out the test paper on her desk.

The classroom was quiet, with only about a dozen people choosing to nap there at noon.

Xu Qianqian held her pen, her chest gently rising and falling. She couldn’t focus on the questions on the test paper. Her mind was filled with his words, the line after ‘endless tree of youth’.

“Zhennan is too small, who knows what will happen in the future. You always have to move forward first. When you’re glorious, look back and see if I’m still stir-frying.”

Suddenly, she realized that Jiang Nian had indeed changed, becoming somewhat spirited and ambitious. It was as if even if he ended up stir-frying in the future, it would be at a 211 university.

Jiang Nian had just gone upstairs when he happened to meet Chen Yunyun coming out of a classroom.

This was quite normal; she and Wang Yuhe didn’t like to take homework back to the dorm for their noon nap. They always preferred to nap in the classroom, do a little homework, and then sleep.

Judging by her appearance, she was probably going to the restroom.

“Hey.” Jiang Nian whistled, “What a coincidence, you’re also going to relieve yourself, it’s on the way.”

Chen Yunyun had just stepped out of the classroom door and almost couldn’t keep a straight face. This person really… saying such abstract things with that kind of face, completely wasting heaven’s gift.

“Not a coincidence, boys and girls are different.”

Though she said that, the two still walked together down the long corridor, heading to the other side of the stairwell.

Chen Yunyun suddenly blurted out, “Jiang Nian, has anyone ever confessed to you?”

“Hmm? Are you going to confess to me?” Jiang Nian walked, casually opening his task panel, which showed the task was completed and the reward was in use.

So he could eliminate fatigue once a day now? What if…

He had a bold idea.

“Who’s confessing to you!” Chen Yunyun got anxious.

“If you’re going to set up heart-shaped candles downstairs of the third-year building, I like red ones.” Jiang Nian said with a serious expression, “I’m very particular about ceremony, I hope there are flowers.”

Chen Yunyun: “.You’re even picking and choosing.”

“I’m not picking, I’m just looking at your attitude.” Jiang Nian said, “Your perfunctoriness is actually just you not wanting to provide me with emotional value.”

“If a confession is like this, I can’t imagine later. Don’t even say you want some quiet time, I’m already in a relationship with Quiet, you mustn’t try to escape responsibility.”

“Woman.” He pointed a finger, “I refuse ineffective communication and don’t like silent treatment.”

“How about it? Do you love an honest guy like me?”

“Hmm? Why aren’t you talking?”

Chen Yunyun was stunned by Jiang Nian’s flurry of punches. After bickering with him, they had already reached the restroom door. She then suddenly remembered the important matter and quickly asked before they parted.

“What if someone confesses to me?”

Jiang Nian laughed, “Hehe, I’ll watch for the fun of it.”

Chen Yunyun entered the restroom, pulling out her phone. She logged back into her main QQ account, found Sun Zhicheng’s entry, frowned, and clicked into it.

She replied seriously.

“Little friend, don’t play with your cousin’s phone, okay? The third year of high school isn’t a romance drama, and big sister doesn’t want her first confession to be used for a prank.”

“Although you’re still young, big sister hopes you’ll study hard, okay?”

“Youth is vast mountains, wide seas, and flowing waters. May your heart be set on the sky and your ambitions high.”

Chen Yunyun walked out of the restroom and suddenly noticed Jiang Nian standing by the railing playing with his phone. She quickly washed her hands, and splashed some water on her face, then went up to him and patted him.

“Hey, you didn’t leave first?”

“I was thinking, what if you—”

“Stop, I understand.” Chen Yunyun’s mood instantly dropped. As she walked beside him, she complained, “How much longer do we have to endure the third year of high school?”

“I don’t know, I want to die every day.” Jiang Nian’s voice was slightly annoyed, “Even beggars can choose which days to work, but school can’t stop for a moment.”

“I really want to take a leave of absence.”

“Me too, oh, by the way.” Chen Yunyun’s voice gradually faded, “Just before the noon break, the math teacher gave out two more test papers, saying they’re due the day after tomorrow.”

Jiang Nian: “This damn school!”

One forty in the afternoon.

Sun Zhicheng walked to school, his steps light. The afternoon sun fell on him, exceptionally warm.

He had received Chen Yunyun’s reply at noon. Whether she believed it or not, the fact was, he could just blame the confession entirely on his cousin.

Having retracted a confession, he finally felt at ease.

A relieved smile was on his face. As for Chen Yunyun’s last words, they also made him feel a lot of emotions; he really should study hard.

The road ahead was still long, and it wouldn’t be too late to confess after graduation. He still had a chance.

Upon entering the classroom, he saw Chen Yunyun sleeping at her desk.

Even during the first class of the afternoon, there seemed to be nothing unusual.

Great, this time he was truly safe.

Halfway through the first physics class of the afternoon, seven or eight people were sparsely standing in the back row of the Class 3 classroom.

Li Hua was also starting to struggle, his eyelids drooping, constantly yawning.

He was just about to get up, and pull Jiang Nian along to stand in the back and listen to the lesson.

He turned his head and suddenly found that kid listening to the lesson with full vigor. There was not a trace of fatigue on his face, as if he had slept three hundred full nights.

Jiang Nian turned to look at him, his mouth forming a Nike swoosh, silently saying.

“Weakling.”