Chapter 281 Luck is better than popularity

In the afternoon, it was still about going over test papers.

That’s just how senior year of high school is: one day for tests, one day for reviewing them.

Hold on a little longer, there’s a PE class on Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, you catch your breath during the back-to-back English and Chinese classes, and then suddenly it’s Saturday. Thinking about the weekend gives you something to look forward to again.

Occasionally, some school activities would be interspersed, like everyone moving their stools to the playground for a big assembly.

That was even more incredibly refreshing.

Not having class during class time is the best, but not having a break during vacation is absolutely peak Big Boss.

The last period was a short self-study.

“We have to stay after school to clean up later, so don’t run off!” Li Hua stood up and patted Zeng You, “Even if you have something to do, it won’t take long to clean.”

Zeng You turned around, a bit speechless.

“Team Leader, just give them my ID number directly.”

“Who told you to run the fastest? We have to guard against that,” Li Hua didn’t feel embarrassed; they were old team members. “If you want to leave early, then clean. Once you’re done, you can go.”

“No, I’d rather take out the trash,” Zeng You offered.

Wu Jun Gu turned around and looked at Li Hua.

“Me too.”

The two shared a dorm and were in the same small group, so Wu Jun Gu and Zeng You’s relationship grew better and better.

They were always together, coming and going as a pair.

Perhaps it was out of necessity.

Wu Jun Gu had switched from a day student to a boarding student because of Yu Zhiyi and had filled a temporary spot.

He had no boarding experience and needed to stick together with others.

He and Lin Dong had a rift because of Yu Zhiyi, so compared to Lin Dong, Zeng You, who had little interest in girls, was clearly a better person to stick with.

Having settled the two, Li Hua breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as someone took out the trash, that was enough. To be precise, as long as they did some work, that was fine. It didn’t have to be a lot, but they couldn’t do nothing.

Jiang Nian didn’t look up the entire time, busy with physics problems.

The weekly tests were effective; even a tiny bit of progress was still progress. Even if he was currently only at the stage of applying formulas to problems and couldn’t adapt flexibly.

But it didn’t matter, because even if it did, there was nothing he could do.

For science subjects, if you don’t know it, you just don’t know it.

Jiang Nian calculated for a long time, then simply put down his pen. He decided to do it tomorrow.

Zhang Ningzhi leaned over and took a look, seemingly curious about what he had been tinkering with for so long. She stared for a few seconds, then hummed and was about to speak.

“Stop, I know you know how to do it,” Jiang Nian cut her off with a gesture. “I don’t want to see this problem today. I’ll ask you about it tomorrow.”

Hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi couldn’t help but puff out her cheeks.

“You don’t even know this?”

Holy crap, Jiang Nian almost couldn’t catch his breath.

Fairy Zhang Ningzhi had fallen into the Demonic Path; why was she so aggressive?

“No, it’s not that I don’t know it,” He coughed, trying to save his Face. “I just think this kind of problem is disgusting, and I want to look at it tomorrow.”

“Oh,” Zhang Ningzhi said.

Jiang Nian was truly a bit broken. Seeing that there was no one around (Li Hua didn’t count as a person), he reached under the table and pinched Zhang Ningzhi’s thigh.

It felt soft and surprisingly elastic.

“You!” Zhang Ningzhi’s Face flushed, and she angrily punched his arm. “You—”

Li Hua was attracted by their commotion and turned to look.

“What are you doing?”

“Free fighting. Want to play?” Jiang Nian waved his fists, preparing to give Li Hua a Rising Dragon Punch. “I’ll hit you first, then you hit me back.”

“red stone, no,” Li Hua didn’t want to participate in their play.

He currently had little interest in girls, mainly because he felt he hadn’t met the right one in senior year. If he settled, it would definitely be a waste of opportunity cost.

That is, A is very good, but you can only meet her a year later. But you are currently quite eager, so you choose to date B, which will inevitably change your life trajectory.

Li Hua remembered the story of the monkey picking sesame seeds that he had learned before, but life is not a straight line with peaches, watermelons, and sesame seeds to choose from.

Life is an infinite number of crossroads, an infinite number of choices.

Once you choose to date B, you will turn in a different direction and won’t meet A. In the end, no matter how things turn out with B, it will no longer be the same path as before.

You can date countless times, but you can’t meet the right person at the right time. Because the opportunity for dating has been used up, you can only stand on the sidelines and watch.

Why is A so good, but was ruined by XX?

Because XX didn’t get involved when they met B.

This is what Li Hua learned from Jiang Nian, asking him if he had ever dated. The answer was always ‘first time’, and then ‘zero dating experience’, both lewd and cheap.

He couldn’t be as lewd as Jiang Nian, but he was good at summarizing. Jiang Nian hadn’t even dated yet, so why should he rush? Just enjoy senior year, and that’s it.

After school, the members of the sixth group divided the work to clean the classroom.

At the back door of the classroom, Jiang Nian casually mopped a section to pass the time. He had to wait for Zhang Ningzhi and the others to finish sweeping before he could mop, so he was waiting idly.

Chen Yunyun and Wang Yuhe left their seats, seemingly preparing to go back to the dorm together to eat and get hot water.

The two girls exited through the back door. As Chen Yunyun passed Jiang Nian, she smiled and greeted him, while Wang Yuhe deliberately stomped her feet a few extra times on the floor.

Jiang Nian used the mop handle as a crutch, propping himself up and couldn’t help but roll his eyes like a dead fish.

Elementary schoolers are so damn childish.

But he felt that Chen Yunyun seemed to have become much quieter recently, and her grades had also improved too rapidly. They say girls change a lot as they grow up, but why did her grades change?

Alas, one by one, he was the worst.

Jiang Nian immediately got angry when he remembered Li Hua’s phrase, “a wild dog with five hundred points.”

“It’s all Li Hua’s fault!”

Li Hua, who was mopping the other side of the floor, looked up at him in confusion and immediately gave him the middle finger.

“Idiot!”

He ignored Li Hua and turned to look in another direction.

Zhang Ningzhi was still sweeping, and her speed wasn’t slow. Estimating that she was almost done, he then began to mop from the back to the front, and soon caught up with Zhang Ningzhi.

“Hello.”

“Not fast at all, thank you,” Jiang Nian actively reached out, interrupting her words. “It’s just that my ability is stronger, so my efficiency is higher.”

Zhang Ningzhi pouted. Boys always like to be serious about strange things. She suddenly remembered something important and asked Jiang Nian, tilting her head slightly.

“Then do you have time later?”

When you make that expression, even if I don’t have time, I have to make time.

Beautiful girls are invincible.

Wait, where’s my ID? I clearly put it in my pocket when I left.

“Of course, I do. What’s up?” Jiang Nian propped himself up with the mop handle, a smile unconsciously appearing on his Face, as if he was anticipating something.

“Oh, the express delivery has arrived.”

Hearing this, the expression on his Face immediately became dull and uninteresting.

“Alright then.”

After cleaning, the two walked out of the classroom door together.

As they went downstairs, Jiang Nian turned to ask her.

“What do you want to eat?”

The Young Miss immediately stopped, beginning to ponder what to eat.

“Chunwang Ju?”

“Hold on, Young Miss, if you do that, I really wouldn’t dare to go.” Jiang Nian nipped Zhang Ningzhi’s thought of treating him to a good meal in the bud; otherwise, people might think it was a wedding banquet.

Chunwang Ju was a high-end small restaurant, not too far from the school. It was unique in Zhennan, but the prices were not pretty, and most people wouldn’t be willing to spend that much money.

It was even more expensive than the steakhouse in the county center; it was top-tier.

“Oh, alright,” Zhang Ningzhi was a little unhappy.

Jiang Nian also understood that Zhang Ningzhi just wanted to take him somewhere nice to eat. It didn’t mean that other small eateries were out of the question; in fact, she wasn’t picky about food.

“Let’s go eat clay pot soup; that’ll do.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you,” Zhang Ningzhi was unusually well-behaved after leaving the school gate.

Jiang Nian didn’t feel much about this.

Fairy Zhang Ningzhi wasn’t like this when she punched his arm; her current demeanor was probably because she was shy when going out.

Huh? Isn’t this a typical case of being fierce at home but meek outside?

Friendship points must be deducted heavily.

Winter nights fall earlier, and when the two walked out of the main school gate, the streets on both sides were already lit up, with various neon signs flashing.

Jiang Nian and Zhang Ningzhi walked side by side, attracting a few glances on the way.

Actually.

Zhang Ningzhi was also quite nervous inside, her Face completely forced. She had been secretly adjusting her breathing, which was why her Face hadn’t gradually turned red and hot.

Many young couples walked by, all heading out to eat like this.

A ‘pat’ sound, and a boy’s voice suddenly rang out beside them.

“Brother Nian.”

Hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi stopped along with the person beside her. She originally thought it was Jiang Nian’s friend, but then saw it was someone from Class 3. She thought for a moment and remembered his name.

Hu Nianzhong, who had taken leave.

So, he was back at school again?

Jiang Nian was talking to Hu Nianzhong, his expression calm but without any sign of impatience.

“One day of leave?”

“Yes, went home to see…”

Zhang Ningzhi hid behind Jiang Nian, her Face slowly turning red. It was like a touch of rouge, spreading from her fair cheeks all the way down to her neck.

She had actually run into someone from her own class.

How embarrassing.

Fortunately, Hu Nianzhong also noticed Zhang Ningzhi beside them and didn’t chat for long. He just sincerely said a few words of thanks and ‘talk to you next time,’ then discreetly left.

Once Hu Nianzhong had left, the two continued walking down the street.

Zhang Ningzhi asked curiously, “Is he… is he very close to you?”

“Not really, why do you ask?” Jiang Nian turned his head, glancing at Zhang Ningzhi.

“Nothing, just a feeling…” Zhang Ningzhi stopped halfway through her sentence, then smiled and said, “It’s nothing, you just have good people skills.”

“Hmm, something like that,” Jiang Nian stopped, glanced at her, “My luck is also very good, even better than my people skills.”

Zhang Ningzhi met his gaze, and her Face immediately flushed again.

The rouge seemed to be reapplied, as if it couldn’t fade.

“Is that so?”

“Yes.”

Zhang Ningzhi, against the faint streetlights, lifted her small Face, her eyes curving into crescent moons as she said.

“Then my luck is also pretty good, you just don’t know it yet.”