Chapter 311 The Wound of Betrayal Never Heals

“Li Hua, let’s cross the Dragon Gate with Jiang Nian,” Ma Guojun suggested.

“Alright, fine, with my two sons.” Li Hua feigned reserve, then started acting crazy again, “My lads, none of you are half as handsome as I am.”

Ma Guojun was speechless. “BYD, did you travel by land?”

Li Hua waved his finger. “No, I usually travel by sea.”

“Shoot into the sea?”

“Damn, Old Ma, why are you talking so vulgarly?” Li Hua hugged his head, starting to shake frantically. “I’m a 1.5-meter loli, I’m not listening, I’m not listening.”

Ma Guojun purely felt that standing next to Li Hua in a trench coat made him look like a loser.

If Jiang Nian were there, he could at least compensate for the idiotic aura Li Hua brought down. At least with the three of them together, he wouldn’t seem too stupid.

He turned to look at Jiang Nian, just about to speak.

Jiang Nian, with a quick glance, noticed a girl coming their way.

Huh?

He subconsciously looked back again and saw that it was the class monitor, Li Qingrong.

Ma Guojun couldn’t hold back. The class monitor was looking for Jiang Nian… could it be that the two of them were going to cross the Dragon Gate together? Wouldn’t that leave just him and Li Hua?

With Jiang Nian’s character, prioritizing romance over friendship… he had chosen his friends poorly.

Just as Ma Guojun was resigned to his fate, he saw Chen Yunyun pulling Wang Yuhe towards Jiang Nian. He was momentarily stunned, then couldn’t help but laugh.

Chen Yunyun and Jiang Nian had a good relationship and often played together.

He knew this point as well.

Although good things come in pairs, Jiang Nian definitely wouldn’t have an easy time of it.

Looking again, Zhang Ningzhi was pulling Yao Beibei along too.

Ma Guojun was dumbfounded. Wasn’t… wasn’t their small group directly isolating him and Li Hua? He turned to Li Hua, realizing that the slightly dim-witted Li Hua was also in a daze.

“Damn it, Li Hua, say something!”

Li Hua watched as three groups of girls ran towards Jiang Nian, and he was instantly furious, biting his sleeve as he spoke.

“Damn it, the wounds of betrayal never heal!”

Everything happened in an instant, and neither of them knew what to do.

Since they could group up with friends to cross the Dragon Gate, there was some chaos within each class’s team. For example, the little couples in the class had already started forming teams.

The lines, originally separated by gender, were now mixed together by this rush.

Now it seemed, Jiang Nian was out of the question.

The Fruit Baby Trio had fallen!

Ma Guojun felt a bit numb, turning to Li Hua, “What do we do now?”

“Wrong, it’s not what do *we* do, it’s what do *you* do?” Li Hua made an orchid gesture with his fingers. “I’m a 1.5-meter beast-eared loli,

I’ll just join them.”

“Are you out of your mind?” Ma Guojun was speechless.

“Beast-eared loli? Where, where?” Tao Ran, wearing rimless glasses and looking like a refined scholar, asked, “I heard it, where is it?”

Li Hua made an orchid gesture. “It’s me.”

“red stone, you pervert.” Tao Ran was furious, cursing as he walked away.

“You guys are truly beyond help, you’re all crazy.” Ma Guojun gave up, planning to find someone to team up with, and looked at the equally dim-witted Nie Qiqi.

Cai Xiaoqing had long since abandoned her, leaving the little fox in impotent rage.

Jiang Nian was also bewildered, looking at the six girls around him.

Adding him, that made seven dwarves, probably not enough to fit even for a trip.

If the B&B owner asked, “How many are there?”

He would answer:…Anyway, they wouldn’t fit.

Naturally, in principle, seven people couldn’t cross the Dragon Gate at the same time. It wouldn’t be good for photos; who would want to not be the protagonist on such an important occasion?

Jiang Nian didn’t want to; he wished he could stand on the side.

If there was a path through the sewer, he would have stepped through the sewer to cross the Dragon Gate.

There truly weren’t many school beauties or heartthrobs in the small town of Nan Middle School, but if he, alone, brought six girls to cross the Dragon Gate, he would become the subject of gossip.

He looked at Li Qingrong beside him, and Chen Yunyun, as well as the later Zhang Ningzhi.

He had a few too many friends, but then again.

A friend’s friend is not my friend.

Wang Yuhe, Yao Beibei, and Cai Xiaoqing, who were temporarily pulled along by them—no, Cai Xiaoqing actively followed the class monitor—these three had no relation to him.

“Ah Cheng, did you see it?” Lin Dong, in a small suit, patted Sun Zhicheng’s shoulder. “You know what I want to say, turn back before it’s too late.”

Sun Zhicheng looked at Lin Dong with a puzzled expression.

“I don’t understand…” “How can you not understand, brother?” Lin Dong and Sun Zhicheng stood at the edge of the track.

The surrounding crowd was noisy, so they weren’t afraid of being overheard.

“Brother Dong, you don’t understand.” Sun Zhicheng just smiled.

He looked in Chen Yunyun’s direction, thinking that while Brother Dong prided himself on being experienced, he was ultimately only free in the virtual online world and couldn’t see through the rules of reality.

Just like online chatting, he could come and go as he pleased.

Liking something doesn’t mean you have to get it immediately. Life’s journey is seventy years long. Why suffer over a little gain or loss?

So, regarding the pursuit of Chen Yunyun, he firmly believed that time would tell. Who knew what would happen in the future? The two of them might not even truly end up together.

He used to have all the advantages but accidentally fell behind. Now, the offense and defense had shifted; Jiang Nian was the defender, and it was still uncertain who would win.

In the meantime, besides pursuing Chen Yunyun, he could also pursue others.

As long as others didn’t know, it didn’t matter at all.

So, he was the one who won.

Lin Dong saw that there was no hint of sadness or pain on Sun Zhicheng’s face; instead, there was a faint smile. He couldn’t help but shiver, thinking that Ah Cheng had gone mad.

It was over, he couldn’t be saved.

Since Class Three was the leading class for the Olympiad, there were only four classes in total, combining both liberal arts and sciences. And with not many students, it was quickly their turn.

The people in Class Three quickly formed teams, in groups of twos and threes.

Old Liu stood next to the grade group leader, Ji Ming, holding an iPhone and grinning as he recorded the Dragon Gate. He had mentioned before that he would take photos and videos of class activities.

After their Class Three students took the college entrance exam, he would compile them into an electronic memoir. If they wanted to print photos or get video footage later.

They could contact him, and he would send it to them privately.

From this perspective, although Old Liu didn’t hide his desire for progress, he still had a human touch; it was just that everyone had their own aspirations.

Progress, for Old Liu, was like cultivating immortality.

Just struggling out of the school might take a lifetime, and the county party committee… that was even more distant, with no hope at all.

But how can a fish know the joy of a fish if you are not a fish? The immortal Dao’s eternal youth is just a blessing. It motivates people like Old Liu to constantly bury their heads and make rapid progress.

At the very least, with continuous progress, life and circumstances will always improve compared to before.

He turned to look at Ji Ming, his face almost splitting with laughter.

“Group Leader Ji, it’s almost our class’s turn.”

Ji Ming glanced at Old Liu, knowing what this guy was gloating about.

In the third-year grade group, performance still spoke the loudest. The Zero Class and the Olympiad Class were the cornerstones for the undergraduate admission rate, first-tier university admission rate, and the number of students admitted to top universities.

As for the Tsinghua-Peking University candidates, they were the pearls on the crown. Not to mention Tsinghua-Peking University candidates, even C9 university candidates were extraordinary.

And Olympiad Class Three had such a candidate: the class monitor, Li Qingrong.

Logically speaking, Li Qingrong should have been promoted to the Zero Class. However, due to some old, rotten issues, this treasure ultimately fell to Liu Liangsong.

With the overall performance of Olympiad Class Three, after the college entrance exam next summer.

Once the results were out, Liu Liangsong wouldn’t have to do anything to become the head of the Chinese language group. After a couple of years of settling in, he could even become an assistant in the academic affairs office.

Truly… he had good luck.

In an instant, Ji Ming withdrew his gaze.

“The students of Class Three all have excellent demeanor, Teacher Liu has taught them well.”

Upon hearing this, although Old Liu’s face remained the same, he felt a little proud inside.

His students were quite good, at least not as troublesome as the students in Class Four. He heard that Class Four often argued and bickered.

“Group leader, you flatter me. Those mischievous monkeys not causing trouble for a day is a rare occurrence.”

The first pair of combinations in the class had already passed through the Dragon Gate, and Old Liu immediately focused his attention. He held his phone and recorded, smiling as he watched the screen.

The students of Class Three passed through the Dragon Gate in twos and threes.

The first pair to go through were girls; Old Liu didn’t have a very deep impression of them. This was only because that pair of girls were both relatively reserved and didn’t speak in class normally.

If he had to write a comment for them, it would definitely be: You are a lively and lovely girl… uniting with classmates, respecting teachers, smart and nimble.

The second pair to walk through was a mixed-gender trio, two of whom were an opposite-sex couple. If they were a same-sex couple, his job as a homeroom teacher would be over.

Old Liu’s evaluation of this was: I don’t wish for one less student in the class, nor do I wish for one more.

As long as the two young couples were both afraid of trouble and didn’t dare to cause trouble, Old Liu wouldn’t specifically bother them. Perhaps they would even invite him to their wedding in the future.

Verdict: a young couple and a male best friend.

The third pair to walk through was Liu Yang and two female classmates and a male classmate. The fourth pair was Tao Ran. Huh? Why was he walking through the Dragon Gate alone?

Walking alone, why was he still holding onto the air?

Old Liu’s expression changed. He thought, could this child have attracted something unclean? But the problem was, it was broad daylight, and it could still appear? Was it that fierce?

Next to enter were the rather explosive General Big Monster and Corporal Little Monster.

The top students from Class Zero who had already passed through the Dragon Gate did not disperse but chose to continue watching. Part of the reason was that Class Three had high Appearance (good looks).

When Yang Qiming and Huang Cailang crossed the Dragon Gate, the cheers from the top students reached their peak.

“Holy cow! General Big Monster!!”

“General Big Monster!!!”

Someone raised both hands above their head, so excited that tears welled up. Damn it, the era of extreme performances had indeed not ended, and art was once again revived!

Yu Zhiyi and Zhou Yuting also received considerable cheers when they crossed the Dragon Gate.

“Help me, the Dragon Gate is so big, I’m a little dizzy.”

“Holy cow, you’re really bleeding from your nose?”

“Take a picture, take a picture.”

“The qipao is truly stunning, I still prefer the qipao style.”

Old Liu sighed in his heart, thinking that they were all his students. There was nothing wrong with pursuing external beauty, as long as their grades were good enough.

The small suits worn by Lin Dong and Sun Zhicheng’s group of four boys also attracted a lot of attention; the four walking together in a row looked quite mature.