Chapter 230 Afraid that his brothers would suffer, and also afraid…

During evening self-study, the classroom lights were brightly lit.

Jiang Nian had just finished twelve multiple-choice math questions, and the draft paper was covered in dense numbers, like a spider’s web, spreading from the corner across the entire page.

“Little conch, blowing whatever it wants.” Lin Dong walked into the classroom with light steps, shaking the printed paper in his hand, “Time to check answers, everyone.”

It was the classic answer-checking session, and everyone had a few ‘blind box’ questions.

Guessing correctly meant an extra meal that night; guessing wrong meant a gloomy extra meal that night.

Lin Dong picked out a watercolor pen from the podium, turned around, and began writing the multiple-choice answers on the blackboard.

The class immediately erupted in cries of lamentation, and the noise grew louder.

“I got three wrong! It’s over!”

“I got four wrong, that’s truly over, I’m going to be tormented.”

“Ah!!! I!!! Got none wrong.” Li Hua pointed at a few people, his expression smug, “Haha, you guys are finished.”

“No, you are finished.”

The next second, Li Hua was immediately pinned down by several people right there, receiving a real beating.

“Ah!! Disciplinary Committee, someone’s out of their seat!”

“Class Monitor, ah!! Help!”

“No! Not there!”

Listening to Li Hua’s melodious screams, Zhang Ningzhi, sitting in the seat against the wall, couldn’t help but feel a little amused.

Others knew there was a tiger in the mountain and avoided it.

But their group leader was an oddball, deliberately heading for the tiger’s mountain, even actively putting himself in danger. He couldn’t wait to perform a sliding tackle in front of the tiger, then add, “I gave you a chance, but you’re useless!”

She secretly suspected that her group leader was actually an M-type personality, with a tendency towards masochism.

Every time, he achieved his ulterior motives indirectly by mocking others.

Thinking this, Zhang Ningzhi demurely took out her test paper. She habitually turned her head to glance at Jiang Nian, wondering what kind of personality Jiang Nian would have?

Her pupils slowly focused, only to find him secretly drinking lemon tea.

She immediately felt a bit speechless. It wasn’t like drinks weren’t allowed during evening self-study, so why was Jiang Nian acting so furtive… lemon tea?

She blinked, then reached into her drawer.

The spot where her drink usually was, was empty. It was clear what had happened, someone had taken it.

“Little thief!” Zhang Ningzhi said sullenly.

“Huh?” Jiang Nian slowly turned his head.

“Where’s my drink?”

“That’s a good question, but I don’t know.” He gulped down two more sips of lemon tea, “In fact, you misunderstood, I found the lemon tea.”

“Where did you find it?” Zhang Ningzhi gritted her teeth.

It wasn’t that she was unwilling to give Jiang Nian a drink; it was just that she used to be able to control him with drinks. Now that Jiang Nian had taken matters into his own hands, she couldn’t counter him.

“In your desk.”

“I’ll kill you!” Zhang Ningzhi almost fainted from anger at the cad, she huffily slapped him once, then turned away without speaking.

To be fair, that amount of force could only kill an ant.

However, Jiang Nian wasn’t so despicable as to whisper in Zhang Ningzhi’s ear, “Baby, did you not eat?” If he had, she would have truly been angry.

“Actually, I didn’t mean to take your drink, there’s another reason.” Jiang Nian pondered for a moment, then lowered his voice towards Zhang Ningzhi.

“Do you remember what you lost during the sports meet?”

Zhang Ningzhi blinked, she certainly remembered.

She recalled it almost instantly. At that time, it was the long jump event. The bet was Zhang Ningzhi’s half-drunk mineral water. Back then, Beibei privately…

Actually, she had tacitly agreed, figuring Jiang Nian probably couldn’t win the long jump championship. Who knew he would use despicable means and shamelessly win the championship?

Of course, she couldn’t admit it now, lest he take an inch and ask for a mile.

“I don’t remember.”

“Lying, if you don’t remember, you should be asking what matter it was.” Jiang Nian was meticulous, pressing on, “You definitely remember, right? When will the prize be redeemed?”

“What are you talking about?” Zhang Ningzhi used a girl’s unique feigned ignorance, turning around and burying her Face in her desk, no longer checking answers, “I don’t know.”

Alright, alright, so this is how you want to play, huh? Sooner or later, I’ll force you to claim your prize.

Seeing this, Jiang Nian continued to drink his lemon tea with a clear conscience. Next time Zhang Ningzhi asked, he would bring up the prize redemption. As the saying goes, one thing overcomes another.

He was happily checking answers when Li Hua, who had recovered from being beaten up, approached the edge of his desk, seemingly having thought of something.

“Nian, I have something really cool to tell you.”

Jiang Nian raised an eyebrow, glancing at him sideways.

“What is it?”

“After school this afternoon, someone almost got into a fight with the school team on the basketball court.” Li Hua was animated, gesticulating with both hands, “That scene, holy crap.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian’s expression was a bit strange.

“You saw it?”

“No, I heard it was over in a few minutes.” Li Hua’s expression was slightly regretful, he couldn’t stop shaking his head, “It’s a pity I didn’t witness that scene with my own eyes, such a shame.”

“Alas, I love watching idiots fight the most.”

Jiang Nian hesitated, but there was nothing to hide.

“That was your dad.”

“Nonsense, my dad gets off work early.” Li Hua said halfway, his brain immediately crashed, “Ah—! Red stone, red stone, red stone! You’re taking advantage of me again!”

“No, was it really you who did it?”

Looking at his ‘good son’ Li Hua’s suspicious gaze, Jiang Nian was a little helpless. “Lin Dong did it too.”

On the podium, Lin Dong, who was copying answers, suddenly made a sound for a long time.

“Achoo!! Damn!”

The people in the first row froze, looking up and asking.

“Autumn grass?”

Hearing this, the class immediately burst into laughter.

“Go away, go away, it was just a sneeze.” Lin Dong said disdainfully, but when he turned to Face the blackboard, he couldn’t help but feel a little lonely.

Is winter coming?

In previous winters, several girls would ask about his well-being. He could enjoy the taste of love every day, and even received scarves they sent him.

But now, this winter was destined to be spent alone.

If only he had a girlfriend who would care for him.

He thought so, but the Face of Heita Liuli inexplicably appeared in his mind. It startled him, and he quickly took a deep breath to calm himself.

“Demons and ghosts, quickly leave, demons and ghosts, quickly…”

At his seat.

Li Hua muttered, murmuring to himself.

“It really was you?”

“I should have guessed it, your shooting is so accurate.” Li Hua seemed possessed, muttering to himself, “Listen, the point now is.”

“Why didn’t you take me with you when you showed off? Huh? Speak, traitor! I heard there were first-year junior high school girls there, holy crap, are you even human!”

Li Hua was completely immersed in a state where he didn’t want his brother to suffer, but then saw his brother driving a Range Rover, a ‘red stone’ state.

“No, why the heck are you like this? Can you promise me not to add strange girls on QQ? Okay, just this once, don’t add anyone for the next few days.”

“It was a red stone situation, who knew something like that would happen.” Jiang Nian was truly speechless, “No one was added, I was in a hurry to eat, cursed a few times and left.”

“That’s good, that’s good.” Li Hua breathed a sigh of relief, then patted Jiang Nian’s shoulder, “Brother, don’t worry, it’s safe now.”

Jiang Nian wasn’t interested in this and continued to check the answers for the math weekly test.

He already knew this wouldn’t spread. They had only played basketball for about ten minutes. The conflict itself only lasted a few minutes, and not many people were watching.

Among those people, barely one in a hundred knew him.

Plus, Zhang Xiaofan was full of superiority and cared deeply about Face.

Was he really cursing because he was short-tempered?

Of course not; he would become docile whenever he met someone more powerful or influential than him.

To put it plainly, he looked down on the people around him. He treated them like dogs, casually laughing, scolding, and cursing them. People are always like this towards things they look down upon.

The school team members didn’t want to offend Zhang Xiaofan, so they would definitely keep quiet about that incident.

It didn’t matter. Since they had torn off all pretense of civility, it was simply a matter of cursing him every time they met.

He didn’t buy into Zhang Xiaofan’s act; he would just fight him head-on. A businessman’s son, no matter how rich, how many connections, or how awesome he was, could he be more awesome than Young Master Jenny Turtle?

Although Jiang Nian was nothing, he held incriminating evidence of Yu Tongjie’s cheating. He wouldn’t do anything illegal, but it was perfectly fine to strike at a foolish bird.

This plan was called 【Driving the Wolf to Devour the Tiger】.

After the weekly test, the account codenamed 【Joker】 should be officially reactivated.

After Zhang Xiaofan returned to the classroom, the more he thought about it, the more something felt off.

He was the victim, damn it!

He didn’t understand why everyone around him was keeping silent.

Admittedly, he couldn’t play basketball as well as Jiang Nian. But there were many people he couldn’t beat; there were always people better than others. Didn’t Jiang Nian have opponents?

So, what did that matter?

Jiang Nian was just a pauper. Honestly, he and Jiang Nian were not on the same level at all. As long as he wanted to, he could always find a way to study abroad.

When he returned home in glory, where would Jiang Nian be? He might be earning three to five thousand a month somewhere, working himself to death every day, without even a girlfriend.

Thinking this, his thoughts suddenly cleared.

Ring, ring, ring, the first evening self-study session ended.

Zhang Xiaofan felt better and better the more he thought about it, his mind like a movie projector, already starting to hallucinate. He wished he could immediately flash to Jiang Nian’s Face and slap him hard.

“What else do you have? Besides a little bit of shooting, what else do you have!”

Zeng Yunde was Zhang Xiaofan’s classmate and follower, usually drinking soup behind his big brother. Watching Zhang Xiaofan rubbing his fists and muttering to himself.

He couldn’t help but swallow, a little scared.

“Brother Xiaofan, what’s wrong with you?”

Zhang Xiaofan was interrupted and snapped back to reality, greatly annoyed.

“NMSL, why are you calling me!”

“Nothing, nothing.” Zeng Yunde automatically ignored Zhang Xiaofan’s vulgarities, he was used to them anyway, “Brother, I heard old people say that if you’re possessed, you need to get gua sha.”

Zhang Xiaofan froze for a moment, then instantly flew into a rage, kicking him.

“Possessed your ***!”

But then he thought, he really needed manpower to help him gather information now. Know yourself and your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles. He couldn’t wait any longer, he wanted to slap Jiang Nian’s Face right away.

“Come here, help me with something.” Zhang Xiaofan said, directly taking out his phone from his pocket, “I transferred four hundred to you, help me find out Jiang Nian’s specific situation.”

“Brother Xiaofan, you’re going to…” Zeng Yunde hesitated.

Zhang Xiaofan grinned, and said.

“Just go and do it, don’t ask about the rest.”