Chapter 312 Group Photo: One person is ambiguous, two people are awkward, three people are friendship.

Old Liu’s face once again broke into a smile; he loved spirited students.

Then, he saw Li Hua, Ma Guojun, and Nie Qiqi appear on his phone’s video recording screen, a trio in trench coats and horse-face skirts.

“Who’s the next group?” he mumbled to himself.

Finally, the next group appeared.

From left to right: Chen Yunyun, Zhang Ningzhi, Jiang Nian, Li Qingrong. Three girls and one boy, a female-dominated group, with a somewhat awkward-faced Jiang Nian caught in the middle.

The moment Li Qingrong appeared in Old Liu’s phone camera, he nearly had a heart attack. His eyes widened, his chest heaved violently, and he coughed intensely for a while. “No!!! I don’t agree!”

A Li Qingrong with nearly 700 points, two C9 seeds above 630 points. All surrounding Jiang Nian, who had less than 600 points, even if it was only a ten-point difference.

Ten points… ten points is still a 500-point stray dog!

He didn’t know why, but Li Hua’s famous “stray dog theory” flashed in Old Liu’s mind. He had even reprimanded Li Hua directly at the time.

But now, the barking of yellow-haired stray dogs echoed in his mind.

Three seeds!!!

No!!

Old Liu’s hand, holding the camera, trembled, and the screen shook noticeably. If not for the old teacher’s years of composure, he might have already rushed up and delivered a… Tiga Kick!

Compared to Old Liu’s reaction, some of the surrounding crowd were top students from Class Zero, who lingered to watch the excitement, and students from Class Three who had already crossed the Dragon Gate.

When they saw that scene, they were utterly stunned.

“Holy cow, class monitor?”

“No, what’s going on with Jiang Nian?!”

“Am I seeing things, am I hallucinating? The sun… the sun is green, can someone tell me if this is a dream?”

“Child, this is reality.”

“Damn it! Betrayal!! The wounds of betrayal never heal!”

“Zhang Ningzhi is his deskmate, I can understand them crossing the Dragon Gate together. Chen Yunyun plays well with him, I can also understand, but why the class monitor too…?”

“Damn it, who’s going to invite him to Hainan and drown him in the sea!”

The top students from Class Zero didn’t know Jiang Nian, but they mostly knew Li Qingrong. After all, there was a grade ranking, and Li Qingrong’s name overshadowed most people.

“Is Li Qingrong that pretty? Which one is she, exactly?”

“The one furthest inside.”

“No, brothers, is this important?”

“Isn’t this puppy love? Why isn’t Ji Ming coming out to manage this, holy cow!”

“Are you having puppy love with three people, damn it?”

Old Liu felt a little comforted by this. Indeed.

Who could possibly be having puppy love with three people at once? Such a relationship would be the most explosive thing even in a TV drama.

Excluding the impossible, the correct answer should be friendship.

Old Liu had also been a student; he knew well that a central air conditioner had high power, and it was normal to have good luck with girls. Perhaps Jiang Nian wanted to put on a big show.

Let’s wait and see. The three girls are all good prospects for key universities, don’t let a stray dog…

Jiang Nian and the three girls walked in a row, followed by Wang Yuhe, Yao Beibei, and Cai Xiaoqing.

Because they couldn’t all pass at once, they had no choice but to split into two rows.

Wang Yuhe had strong opinions about this!

Not crossing the Dragon Gate with Chen Yunyun made her very angry!

Yao Beibei didn’t care; desperate times called for desperate measures.

Cai Xiaoqing… she was just there to join the fun. Seeing Li Qingrong go, she simply followed automatically. Anyway, it was the same no matter who she crossed the Dragon Gate with.

Among the four who had just passed, Zhang Ningzhi’s legs were almost soft.

Chen Yunyun also didn’t want to give way, not daring to look in the homeroom teacher’s direction. Yet, the homeroom teacher was so close to her, the phone camera almost reaching out.

As if to capture evidence and then send it to their parents.

In contrast, Jiang Nian and Li Qingrong were much calmer. Li Qingrong didn’t care about Old Liu’s opinion at all, while Jiang Nian had a clear conscience.

He had few friends, so what if he had good relationships with his good friends?

At first, when Li Qingrong walked towards him, he felt a little panicked.

When Chen Yunyun also came over, he felt a bit awkward.

When Zhang Ningzhi arrived, he immediately stopped struggling. As the saying goes, my heart is as clear as a mirror, and all my actions are for friendship.

One person is ambiguous, two people are a shura field, three people are friendship.

Add two more, and it’s directly a five-way friendship.

No matter what, it’s still friendship.

Besides, he wasn’t afraid of Old Liu; he had a clear conscience. Apart from occasionally liking to take advantage of girls and watching black stockings on Douyin, he was clean in other aspects.

He hadn’t hummed softly in milk tea shop restrooms, nor had he snuck into small groves.

Damn it, it was a real loss not to give him a ‘Three Good Student’ award.

Uniting classmates, respecting teachers and elders.

Jiang Nian looked up and saw Xi Bao taking pictures by the track, and Qing Bao secretly taking candid shots. Suddenly, he felt like the sky was falling.

It’s over, no more plundering in the future.

This wave, it seemed like he won big, but in reality, he lost terribly.

“Hehe, I got it,” Xi Bao waved her phone at Jiang Nian, indicating she had leverage over him. “Youth, it’s really good.”

Good my ass!

Jiang Nian finished crossing the Dragon Gate and looked at the three girls beside him.

“Cough cough, I’m going to ask Xi Bao for some photos, okay?”

He finally understood what the protagonists in cultivation novels were like, those who sought eternal life with their Dao Companions and attracted resentment everywhere.

They got intercepted.

“Get one for me too, send it to me on QQ,” Chen Yunyun smiled. She was also a bit awkward; her choice earlier was completely impulsive.

But she didn’t regret it, she even felt a little lucky.

It was only because of Zhang Ningzhi, after all, they were deskmates, and she didn’t want to snatch her spot, which is why she chose to stand on the side. However, for her, it still counted as crossing the Dragon Gate with Jiang Nian.

If only she had gone forward alone, she definitely wouldn’t have been able to be with Jiang Nian. Because Jiang Nian had made plans with Li Hua and Ma Guojun, and she couldn’t just force herself in.

Fortunately, the class monitor led the way, and Zhang Ningzhi also went.

The Dragon Gate clearly couldn’t accommodate six people at once, let alone Ma Guojun’s sturdy build, which counted for two.

In the end, only four people crossed the Dragon Gate together.

This outcome was the most beneficial for her. So, she was grateful for it, as she got to piggyback on a photo.

But there were losses too.

She hadn’t forgotten Wang Yuhe, knowing she would definitely be angry. After all, they had agreed to cross the Dragon Gate together, and she had broken her promise due to urgent circumstances.

So, after telling Jiang Nian to send her a copy of the photo, Chen Yunyun turned and walked towards the crowd to explain things to the fuming Wang Yuhe. It would probably take half a day to appease her, but they could take photos for the rest of the time.

The Dragon Gate was just one photo; it wasn’t that important, actually.

Zhang Ningzhi was flustered, she grabbed Jiang Nian, and said seriously.

“You have to send me a copy too.”

“Okay,” Jiang Nian nodded in agreement.

“Oh, I’m going to find Beibei now,” Zhang Ningzhi’s face was flushed. She was thin-skinned, and her heart was still pounding wildly, so nervous that her legs felt weak. At the time, it was just a rush of blood, a bit of anger.

After calming down, all sorts of fears set in. Fortunately, there were many people, so the homeroom teacher didn’t suspect anything. She just felt bad for Yao Beibei, after all… but she didn’t regret it. At least she had a group photo of crossing the Dragon Gate.

Their last group photo was in a restaurant in the city, where they asked a staff member to take a picture of them together. Now they had another one, worth putting in a password-protected album.

Li Qingrong didn’t leave; she didn’t need to comfort Cai Xiaoqing.

In fact, Cai Xiaoqing and Nie Qiqi had heard that horse-face skirts were among her options. After discussion, they decided to buy the same style. But they had never agreed to cross the Dragon Gate together.

Because before this, Cai Xiaoqing had been informed that high school seniors would pass through the Dragon Gate one by one. They only agreed to walk together, front to back, but then the rules changed.

With the impromptu team-up, Li Qingrong didn’t consider so much.

She didn’t know why she needed to avoid suspicion; it was just walking together to take a photo.

“I’ll ask the teacher for a copy too.”

“Okay, I’ll send it later…” Jiang Nian instinctively replied, but quickly realized Li Qingrong meant… she wanted to personally ask Xi Bao for a copy of the photo.

His words caught halfway.

Clearly, Cai Xiaoqing would not get any explanation. However, given Cai Xiang’s personality, she probably didn’t need any explanation, a smile would suffice.

As for Nie Qiqi, the hanging person didn’t care anymore.

So, Jiang Nian very tactfully changed his words.

“Alright, let’s go together then.”

The two walked together towards Xi Bao. Qing Bao was originally there too, but for some reason, she had disappeared, likely due to social anxiety.

Not socially anxious during class, but socially anxious after class.

“Teacher, did you take photos just now?” Jiang Nian asked.

Hearing this, Xi Bao looked at Jiang Nian, then at Li Qingrong. She suddenly felt a little guilty and put on a pitiful, wronged expression, saying, “I only took a few pictures, there’s no need to delete them, right? I won’t post them on Qzone, Weibo, WeChat Moments, Xiaohongshu, or Douyin.”

Damn it!

She released it on all channels, and still said she wouldn’t post it!

Fortunately, she didn’t plan to post it on Momo, otherwise, the gates of Zhennan Middle School would be mobbed.

“Teacher, you misunderstood, we just want a few photos,” Jiang Nian maintained a forced smile, his expression amiable.

“Really?” Xi Bao’s eyes lit up.

The old woman was quite good at pretending to be young.

Jiang Nian nodded, “Really.”

Then, Li Qingrong also nodded.

“Mm.”

“That’s great, then you two can choose yourselves,” Xi Bao said with a grin, opening her photo album. “They didn’t turn out well, probably only a few are usable.”

“It’s okay, we…” Jiang Nian said, leaning over to look at Xi Bao’s phone. “Teacher, you took over a hundred photos?”

“Oh? Is that so?”

Over a hundred photos, all burst shots.

This is what she called ‘only a few pictures’?

Xi Bao was truly wasted as a teacher; decades ago, she could have been a spy or secret agent.

“Oh, I might have accidentally hit continuous shooting,” Xi Bao stuck out her tongue, the old woman pretending to be young. “I’ll send them to you first.”

After Class Three had crossed the Dragon Gate, they were announced to be temporarily free to move around.

This meant they could stay and watch others cross the Dragon Gate, or they could leave the sports field to take pictures. This was an extra privilege for top students.

The teams were arranged by scores, with Class Four behind Class Two and Class One.

Therefore, Xu Qianqian didn’t know what had happened earlier. She just got a little impatient after waiting for a long time, so she sent a message to Jiang Nian: “Has your class finished?”

With a ‘ding’, Jiang Nian replied instantly.

“Finished.”

Hearing this, Xu Qianqian breathed a sigh of relief.

She was wearing a JK skirt and standing with Song Xiyun, which caused quite a stir in the class. After all, they were a pair of JK girls, and their presence alone was enough to draw attention.

Fortunately, several other girls in the class also wore makeup and dressed up, which made them less conspicuous.

Xu Qianqian just wanted to quickly cross the Dragon Gate with Song Xiyun, then find a suitable place to take photos. Then, she would pull Jiang Nian in for a picture, mission accomplished.

After all that, she would immediately change clothes.

Thinking of this, she typed and sent a message to Jiang Nian.

“Did something fun happen in your class just now? Why were so many people cheering?”

Jiang Nian replied with a message.

“Someone wore Big Big Wolf and Little Little Wolf costumes.”

“Oh, no wonder,” Xu Qianqian replied, then casually added, “After we dismiss later, should I call you over to take a picture?”

Jiang Nian replied with a message.

“Okay.”

Hearing this, Xu Qianqian put away her phone and turned to look at Song Xiyun, who was even more nervous than her.

“It’s okay, it’ll be our turn soon.”

“How many more classes are there?” Song Xiyun asked.

“Two.”

On the other side, Jiang Nian and Li Qingrong completed their friendship photo.

Xi Bao took the picture; the girl in the horse-face skirt had a cool expression, standing beside a boy in a thin white top, both smiling and seemingly unafraid of the cold.

The sunlight slanted across their shoulders, as if it were midsummer.