Chapter 167: We Don’t Encourage Puppy Love, Nor Do We Encourage Sunset Love

Zhou Yuting was practically spitting blood from anger; why was Jiang Nian so detestable!

He kept bullying her again and again!

What did he take her for, a pushover?

He truly wasn’t a man, only knowing how to bully girls. How could he say such foul words? This clearly showed that Jiang Nian had completely become a repulsive man.

And the Grade Group Leader, Teacher Ji Ming, downstairs—why did he have to come up right now? He insisted on showing up at the critical moment right after Jiang Nian finished insulting her, just as she was about to retaliate.

A vulgar word caught in her throat, unable to come out, so she swallowed it back down.

In the Fourth Floor corridor, Jiang Nian regretted his actions as he walked toward the classroom. Why hadn’t he held back from insulting her like that? He clearly had even filthier things to say!

He regretted it terribly; he hadn’t performed well.

Before he even entered the door, he heard Old Liu’s voice coming from inside the classroom.

“Ah, this should serve as a warning to all of us! The problem of puppy love.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian wasn’t too surprised.

The entire class knew that Ji Jiayu and Yuan Zhengchuan, the model couple, had argued last night outside the dormitory cafeteria. Over a hundred people gathered to watch, making the scene extremely lively.

With the help of kind-hearted people, the incident even made it onto Douyin’s Local Recommendation. Old Liu spent the entire night on the phone and hadn’t shown his face all day, from the morning flag-raising ceremony until now.

Although there was no Chinese class on Monday, Old Liu was the Homeroom Teacher. His absence from the daytime flag-raising and the morning run was somewhat inexcusable.

It was like a knife hanging over the couple’s heads, refusing to drop. The couple was anxious all day, but everyone else was actually quite expectant.

Who doesn’t love watching drama?

“Report!” Jiang Nian walked to the doorway and loudly interrupted Old Liu’s speech on the podium.

Old Liu turned around and glanced at Jiang Nian.

“The bell rang ten minutes ago. Where have you been?”

The classroom was brightly lit, and the eyes of half the class turned toward the doorway.

Jiang Nian showed no sign of nervousness and announced loudly.

“Report, Li Hua likes the cafeteria auntie and asked me to help him add her on WeChat!”

“Holy crap!!” Li Hua nearly spat out a mouthful of blood, slammed upright, and pointed at Jiang Nian in the doorway, saying, “That’s blatant slander!”

The class burst into laughter, and Old Liu was also speechless, waving his hand and saying.

“Come in.”

“We don’t encourage puppy love, but we don’t encourage sunset love either.” Old Liu’s next sentence made the whole class laugh, temporarily easing the previously tense atmosphere.

Jiang Nian returned to his seat, ignored Li Hua, and asked Zhang Ningzhi directly.

“When did Old Liu arrive?”

“He came as soon as the bell rang.” Zhang Ningzhi lowered her voice, secretly glancing at Old Liu on the podium, afraid of being caught whispering below.

“You look really guilty right now,” Jiang Nian said.

“No, I don’t!” Zhang Ningzhi glared at him, then turned her head away, refusing to talk to him anymore.

Old Liu had probably already vented, exhausting all the emotions he had accumulated throughout the day. Thus, he skipped the anti-puppy love lecture and went straight to the main topic.

“After deliberation by the Grade Group, it has been decided that because the impact of the incident was contained and did not cause severe consequences, we will make an exception and forgo a school-wide notice.”

Hearing this, Yuan Zhengchuan, one of the parties involved, suddenly sighed in relief. His rock-hard body warmed up and visibly softened.

He had just acted rashly in the heat of the moment; he was angry, but he wasn’t brainless. If there was no notice, he just needed to keep a low profile in class for a while.

Ji Jiayu was expressionless, as if she had known this all along.

“There must be some inside story!” Li Hua whispered, extremely annoyed that the fun was over. “They aren’t even doing a school-wide notice? At the very least, there should be a grade-level notice!”

“Fine, fine, they’re being so nice, huh? Next time, I’ll wear a sexy lace outfit and take a dump in the Principal’s Office!”

Listening to Li Hua’s crude rambling, Jiang Nian couldn’t help but look sideways.

This guy was truly a bit extreme.

You better dare to do it, or I’ll help you.

Zhang Ningzhi only partially understood the incident; Yao Beibei had shown her the video of their argument. She was just confused why couples argued so fiercely.

Do all couples fight? She couldn’t help but secretly glance at her deskmate.

Jiang Nian didn’t look very fierce, but she had never heard him say he liked any girl. He just liked talking to girls, but there was no roughhousing.

It was the boys who were fierce when they messed around—either grabbing waists or lifting legs and carrying each other out.

The class instantly became noisy, not because they cared too much about the couple. It was just that forgoing the notice was incredibly lenient; when had the school ever been so merciful?

Wang Yuhe glanced at Old Liu on the podium and whispered.

“He chickened out.”

Chen Yunyun shook her head and replied.

“Don’t say that. The Homeroom Teacher definitely received a good scolding during the meeting.”

Lin Dong was speechless and cursed under his breath.

“Holy crap, does Class Three have Celestial Dragons too?”

Sun Zhicheng smiled crookedly and nudged Lin Dong.

“Brother Dong, I know the inside story.”

The Homeroom Teacher, Old Liu, listened to the noise in the class, feeling extremely frustrated. He truly had awful luck; he had taken all the blame.

“Silence!”

The class slowly quieted down under Old Liu’s stern voice, but only about a third of the students were looking at him.

Most people were still working on problems or doing their own things.

After all, what did Ji Jiayu’s group breaking the rules have to do with them? The couple was being mushy, but those of us who diligently study didn’t even spare a glance.

Although the Homeroom Teacher constantly talked about Class Three being a big collective, cold-heartedly speaking, everyone was just on the same bus.

Moreover, the time to say goodbye when they reached the station was already clearly set. So, what did the young couple have to do with us? They didn’t want to waste a second on trash.

Old Liu’s deep voice echoed through the classroom, intentionally carrying a hint of severity.

“The second thing is this: Ji Jiayu will transfer to Olympiad Class Two, and Yuan Zhengchuan will transfer to Olympiad Class One!”

Huh??

Changing classes? They definitely had to look, after all, new students were coming in.

Did they understand the charm of transfer students? County high schools didn’t have transfer students, only students who swapped classes or were promoted/demoted.

Several people simultaneously stopped writing and looked up over their glasses.

“Teacher, who are the replacements?”

This question embarrassed Ji Jiayu and her friends. The main people hadn’t even left yet, and they were already looking forward to the next ones? Who asked that? Which repulsive man?

Lin Dong didn’t get a response, so he stood up again and asked.

“Teacher, do you know their names?”

However, Old Liu was in a bad mood and was unwilling to respond, saying impatiently.

“See for yourselves tomorrow.”

After Old Liu left, the class immediately burst into an uproar.

Some people were insincerely trying to keep Ji Jiayu and Yuan Zhengchuan, and some were even speaking up for them.

This was social maneuvering; cursing the school a couple of times could earn some goodwill.

“Brother Yuan, can you leave a Puppet Clone in our class?”

“Yuan God, can we restart again in the future?”

Compared to the joking and laughing on the boys’ side, the girls’ side was even more fake. There was comforting, hand-holding, and some with red eyes.

“Yuyu, I’m really going to cry. The school is too despicable.”

“Class One isn’t far. We’ll come find you during breaks.”

“Okay, no problem.”

Group Six.

Li Hua witnessed everything, turned around, and shook his head saying.

“That’s so damn fake.”

As everyone knows, long-distance relationships rarely end well. Changing classes means changing friends. One will be buried in Class One, the other in Class Two. It only sounds close.

In reality, Class One was at the end of the corridor, and Class Two was on the other side. Separating them was a Multi-Function Classroom used for open lectures by third-year teachers.

“Why do you care about them? Just do what you need to do,” Jiang Nian said, looking indifferent.

“Huh? Don’t you want to know who the new students are?” Li Hua asked.

“Not interested.” Jiang Nian took the photocopy of the grade registration form from his desk, first checking his own scores and ranking, which was eighteenth in the class.

He hadn’t worried too much about the total score this time, because his foundation was solid. He could score over 530 with his eyes closed, and 550 with them open.

This time, his main goal was to raise individual subject scores: Mathematics and Biology.

As for the total score, as long as he improved his scores in all subjects before the end of the first round of review in December, it would be enough to easily handle the subsequent second round of review and various exams.

This wasn’t his own analysis; Teacher Qingbao had helped him analyze it.

“It’s October now, and there are two months left until the end of the first round of review. Biology is the head of Comprehensive Science; speeding through Biology during the exam will free up time for solving problems in the remaining two subjects.

Mathematics is the ballast. If you don’t raise your score in the first round, it will be difficult to find time during the subsequent second round of review. Therefore, you should first allocate your energy rationally.

You can temporarily ignore Chinese; your foundation isn’t actually bad. English currently has no room for improvement, and there’s no need to stress over it. You should…”

Jiang Nian still felt somewhat dazed recalling it.

Although Teacher Qingbao was usually very serious, she was inwardly more like a kind female university student. He had only casually asked a question in the office that day.

Heaven knows she actually pulled out a densely packed grade sheet and analyzed his other subjects for him as well.

She covered every detail, explaining everything patiently, and every sentence was logical.

From that day on, he became a staunch member of the Teacher Qingbao Faction.

Jiang Nian looked at the Biology score of eighty. Although he was still not entirely satisfied, it was enough to submit.

He wasn’t exactly hardworking, but he thought he was doing okay. He was here to attend school, not to hang himself.

If he wasn’t heartbroken, why study desperately?

Studying was purely about enjoying the feeling of progressing step by step. This smooth pace made him feel very comfortable. He felt like he was moving forward, yet he could still play freely.

Simply put, this was his comfort zone.

There was a ton of toxic motivational garbage online teaching people to leave their comfort zone—pure idiocy. The prerequisite for leaving your comfort zone is finding an even more comfortable comfort zone.

Jiang Nian made a rough estimate: at this rate of study, it wouldn’t be long before six hundred points became his comfort zone.

After the third Evening Self-Study, the breathing light on Jiang Nian’s phone lit up.

He pulled out his phone and glanced at it. Le Zhi had considered it for a long time and finally agreed to his suggestion. He sent over his account and password, reminding Jiang Nian to remember to come up with ways to improve his score.

Jiang Nian replied with an OK gesture emoji, casually asked for the verification code, and logged in.

As expected, it was a blank secondary account with only one group chat.

【Location Joint Exam Motivational Cheer Group Two】

He thought for a moment and changed the group nickname for this account to.

“Clown.”