Chapter 310 Several classmates, too many people to pass

Jiang Nian imagined the Great Master of success studies giving an impassioned speech on stage, with a group of students doing push-ups at his feet, shouting.

“I want to go to college.”

“I can do it!”

Then, in a moment of impulse, he rushed onto the stage and smashed his phone.

He immediately felt so embarrassed that cold sweat streamed down his face.

Honestly, motivational speeches were a bit twisted.

He thought for a moment and said, “Motivational speaker… I choose Lu Xiaobu, he’s the one everyone wants.”

In fact, Jiang Nian had seen other schools hold coming-of-age ceremonies.

The coming-of-age ceremony at the key high school in the neighboring county featured a two-hour motivational speech by a Great Master. The people below were baked silly by the sun, and two-tenths of them caught colds when the wind blew.

Students in their school uniforms stared blankly at the great sword master on stage promoting success books.

They came of age like this, like a dog’s day, even the ceremony was a waste of life.

Fortunately, Zhennan High School had some dignity; it was considered mid-tier among the eighteen counties. Occasionally, it would produce students capable of getting into Tsinghua or Peking University, so it didn’t cut corners.

If the school was perfunctory, the students would also be perfunctory.

This was one reason; another important reason was that the neighboring branch campus was not perfunctory and was open, forcing the main campus of Zhennan High School to engage in internal competition.

All third-year high school students were lining up, and at the end of the track, a huge red “Dragon Gate” had been erected.

Several teachers stood there chatting and laughing, holding confetti cannons. They occasionally looked at the students, seemingly waiting for the first class to pass through the Dragon Gate. The leading class was the legendary “Class Zero,” followed by the Olympiad class, regular classes, and key classes.

It was said to treat everyone equally, but the key classes had already been arranged to wait in the corner of the sports field. A group of people stood there, looking exactly like a background board for planting trees.

Class 403, being good academically and a science class, was arranged by the leaders directly behind Class Zero (humanities), making it the first class in the Olympiad class tier.

Old Liu grinned, his mouth wider than an AK-47.

He wore a refined small suit and leather shoes. His face was twisted in a smile, beaming with pride as he looked at his students, a group of… Big Freaks?

Damn it, he was stunned.

The assembly and lineup for Class Three were handled by Cai Xiaoqing and Liu Yang. They were seasoned class cadres, and Old Liu completely trusted their abilities.

So, he only arrived when the leaders’ speeches began.

However, Old Liu didn’t go down to the class but stayed on the side, chatting and laughing with the head of the Chinese language group and the director of academic affairs.

He had just made progress in his career and looked refreshed. Only now did he see the strange characters hidden in his class, and it was a complete shock.

Big Freaks and Little Freaks?

Old Liu didn’t watch cartoons, but he had a child.

“Yang Qiming, Huang Cailang, what are you two wearing?”

In the line, Yang Qiming said proudly, “Teacher, this is called Tokusatsu.”

Hearing this, Old Liu initially wanted to criticize them, but then he remembered that today was the children’s coming-of-age ceremony. After thinking it over, he decided against it, so as not to spoil the mood.

“It… it’s quite nice.”

“Teacher, you really have good taste.” Yang Qiming looked smugly at his deskmate, Zhou Yuting, not far away, thinking that a straight-laced girl wouldn’t appreciate good things. In the line, those who had dressed up specially left their coats on their chairs, revealing various coming-of-age outfits such as dresses, suits, or trench coats.

The Fruit Warriors trio also wore trench coats, and standing together, they looked quite presentable.

Someone turned to look at Jiang Nian, then elbowed their companion next to them to watch the show. They gestured for the other person to look back, their gaze passing over people’s heads to fix on the young man.

Jiang Nian had a very good frame; he was tall and well-built without appearing bulky. His bones clearly still had room to grow, his legs were long, his waist was slender, and his skin was fair, making him look like a model.

His well-defined face also exuded a casual and untamed aura.

He gave off a very aggressive impression, yet with his eyes downcast, he seemed approachable. Just standing in the sunlight, he had an inexplicable sense of forbiddenness.

“Damn, is Lao Jiang that handsome?”

“What was that thing called, three parts casual, three parts color palette.”

“He seems to be spacing out, his eyes are so soft.”

“Idiot, that dog-roller is looking at a biology test paper!”

Girls looked at Jiang Nian more often. Actually, after being in the same class for a long time, they saw him almost every day, wearing a school uniform or a denim jacket, which wasn’t special.

He was just a bit more handsome, but he acted like a jerk all the time.

Over time, people in the class easily overlooked Jiang Nian’s handsome features. Even when looking at others in the class, they wouldn’t find them ugly.

It was only when someone from another class occasionally mentioned, “Hey, there’s a really handsome guy in your class,” that they would suddenly realize, “Oh… yes, he’s alright.”

Another time was during activities unrelated to daily school life, like the coming-of-age ceremony or the New Year’s Eve party.

When the person suddenly changed into a different outfit, they would suddenly realize… “Who the hell is this handsome guy? No, he… has he always been this handsome?”

Zhang Ningzhi heard the commotion and turned to glance at him.

Her eyes immediately curved into crescent moons, and using the excuse of being deskmates, she unreservedly waved adorably at Jiang Nian, right in front of the class teacher.

She thought, “Hidden in plain sight.”

Jiang Nian saw her and also smiled and waved at Zhang Ningzhi.

He thought, “Zhizhi must have grown up eating Cute-O-Pops.”

His future father-in-law disliked him so much, fast forward to “Don’t bully a young man…” He thought for a moment, he should be loading a Mid-Life Counterattack System, so then… Damn it! “Don’t bully a middle-aged man for being poor!”

Chen Yunyun also turned around amidst the exclamations. She didn’t wave, but just gave a small wave in front of her. Her gaze met Jiang Nian’s, and she smiled radiantly.

Sun Zhicheng had been subconsciously paying attention to Chen Yunyun ever since he saw her come down.

Now, seeing her greet Jiang Nian, he couldn’t help but feel a bit strained.

He swallowed hard, a bitter taste filling his heart. He had never regretted ending the online chat, considering it just a small interlude in his life.

He thought he could start over, and life would be broader.

However, no one told him that some things have very little room for error. If you make even a tiny mistake, trying to catch up again is a hundred times harder than when you started.

Like carving a mark on a boat to find a sword, he wanted to go back to the middle of the river to find his sword. But the sword had already been washed away by the current, with no hope of retrieval.

With a bang, the confetti cannon fired.

Class Zero began to walk through the Dragon Gate, and the line slowly started to move.

Accompanied by the broadcast music, everyone’s faces showed nervous and expectant expressions, hoping to be in their best state today.

Passing through the Dragon Gate initially involved one person at a time.

But there were always people who wanted to pass through the “Dragon Gate” with their friends, besties, or someone they liked, so occasionally there would be groups of two or three.

The grade head initially tried to correct them, but then roughly estimated the time it would take for Class Zero (science) to pass and concluded that there simply wasn’t enough time.

If all third-year students had to pass through one by one, the event couldn’t happen.

So, they could only use the microphone to inform students, suggesting that two or three friends pass through the Dragon Gate together. The optimal number was two or three, not too many. The students behind heard this and instantly became excited, starting to look for companions to discuss with. Of course, occasionally, cracks in friendships would appear.

Classic scenario: I am not my best friend’s best friend.

Then what am I to you!!!

(Screaming) (Frantically twisting) (Crawling in the dark)

Yang Qiming and Huang Cailang stood together, while Lin Dong invited Sun Zhicheng. Tao Ran wanted to be with Furry, but unfortunately, that wish couldn’t be fulfilled.

Nie Qiqi wanted to “come of age” with the class monitor. Just as she turned, ready to look at the class monitor with longing eyes, she suddenly realized the class monitor was gone.

Upon searching, she found Li Qingrong heading towards the boys’ side.

That direction was clearly towards Jiang Nian.

Chen Yunyun was originally hesitant, but seeing that the class monitor had gone, she also took Wang Yuhe and walked towards Jiang Nian.

Zhang Ningzhi was stunned, but she didn’t have time to think much and pulled Yao Beibei over.