Chapter 315 Childish

At noon, the classroom was brightly lit.

Even though a series of unexpected events occurred at the coming-of-age ceremony, it did not change Jiang Nian’s daily routine; he still continued to do practice problems and take a nap as usual.

In the third year of high school, academic performance was still paramount and required careful cultivation.

Three hundred thousand could buy many things, but it wouldn’t help much with the college entrance examination; instead, it might become an obstacle, leading to indulgence in entertainment.

According to his past experience and conclusions drawn from the System, the tickets were very important.

Some people’s lives were as easy as pie, simply because they obtained the ticket to life, achieving success directly from the root.

Beyond that, life was full of tickets everywhere.

For example, because the System provided him with foundational knowledge, Jiang Nian’s grades improved in a short period, earning him the ticket to advance to a higher class.

Afterward, he relied on his own efforts to forcefully raise his 500-point base to 600 points.

Essentially, Jiang Nian was still Jiang Nian; he did not have the ability of photographic memory, he merely obtained the ticket to advance to a higher class.

He then seized the opportunity and studied diligently.

If he hadn’t moved up a class, he would have missed more than just grades; he would have missed friends, a stable learning environment, and better teachers.

In the System’s simulations, Jiang Nian missed one ticket after another, wasting time until he started striving only after graduating from university.

Upon entering society, tickets became even more prized commodities.

Effort was not always useful, and love was not invincible; no matter how much youthful vigor, it ultimately vanished like a mud ox into the sea, silently.

Life’s fault tolerance was indeed very high; even if he made mistake after mistake, his romantic luck never ceased, but the red threads passed through his palm, leaving no trace.

The final outcome was that at the age of thirty-eight, everyone he had been emotionally entangled with was enduring hardship, alone with regrets.

Therefore, even though he had no grand ambitions, vowing to be spirited in university, he still valued the ticket to a prestigious university.

If he only went to an ordinary university, creating a gap with those around him, even if he became rich later, he might subtly lose some connections.

And he, in fact, was not short of money; the System would supplement him if he lacked it.

Thus, for him, scores that money couldn’t buy became very important.

The rest was simply doing one’s best and leaving it to fate.

In the classroom.

Jiang Nian silently did his practice problems, thinking to himself, ‘This is the only hardship I’ll endure, my friend. After the college entrance examination, like a bird soaring into the sky or a fish entering the sea, there will be so many more things I can do.’

‘I’m like Neji, the caged bird, my friend.’

‘Who was Naruto again?’

‘First, I’ll blast his kidney, so he doesn’t mess with me.’

At 1:30 PM, Jiang Nian’s biological clock reminded him it was time to sleep.

His body also signaled fatigue, so he put down his pen and prepared to rest his head for a while.

Before falling asleep, Jiang Nian glanced at the classroom.

The sunlight was like a long, slender blade, dividing the podium in two.

In the silent classroom, only a few people were still writing, heads down.

The bell for the end of the lunch break rang.

Jiang Nian woke up and found that Zhang Ningzhi had already arrived.

She was currently leaning on her desk, doing homework; the dress she wore for the coming-of-age ceremony in the morning had been changed.

Her down jacket was also changed to a thin, light jacket.

She was wearing an unknown number of layers underneath, probably a stacked wool sweater.

The people in the classroom had also changed their clothes; only a few who liked to show off still wore the small suits from the morning, probably wanting to make the most of them.

Zhang Ningzhi noticed someone’s gaze and secretly looked back.

Suddenly, she remembered something and didn’t really want to bother with him.

Seeing her look back, Jiang Nian suddenly turned away.

Not knowing what she was playing at, he simply greeted her and then got up to relieve himself.

“I’m going to pee-pee.”

Zhang Ningzhi: “…”

She really wanted to complain, but she held back.

Listening to the sound of the chair being pulled back, in the noisy classroom of the bright afternoon, that distinct sound of footsteps slowly approached the back door.

Only then did she cautiously look back, the boy’s profile just sweeping past the doorframe.

Zhang Ningzhi noticed that he seemed completely unconcerned about the morning’s events, looking as if he had amnesia, which made her feel petty.

She immediately buried her head back on the desk, unhappy.

After a while, Jiang Nian returned.

With a ‘thud,’ a lollipop was tossed onto Zhang Ningzhi’s desk.

She was writing an English test paper and was momentarily stunned, asking, “What for?”

Jiang Nian clapped his hands, “For the little kid.”

Zhang Ningzhi stared at the lollipop in her hand for a moment, then turned to look at Jiang Nian.

“You just went…” “Pee-pee,” Jiang Nian sat back in his seat, stretched, and then explained, “I saw the English teacher in the office and got two.”

“Oh, oh,” Zhang Ningzhi nodded, then suddenly remembered something and asked warily, “What about the other one?”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian was stunned.

“Are you that domineering? Forget it, forget it, I was going to save it to eat myself during class, but I’ll give them all to you.”

Saying that, he pulled an orange-flavored lollipop from his pocket.

“Here, for you.”

Zhang Ningzhi smiled, thinking to herself that she wasn’t as childish as he was.

“Thank you, then let me give you something to eat.”

She took out some QQ candy, but hesitated when she was about to hand it over.

It wasn’t that she was reluctant, but she was afraid Jiang Nian would act up again, so she warned, “You’re not allowed to say anything weird.”

Jiang Nian chuckled; he knew what Zhang Ningzhi was referring to.

“What weird talk?”

“Just… just that.”

Zhang Ningzhi was thin-skinned and too embarrassed to say it out loud.

Suddenly, with a bang, the back door was pushed open.

Li Hua, upon entering, saw the actions of the two in the back row, his gaze fixed on the QQ candy.

His eyes immediately lit up, and he started moving at zero-frame speed.

“Ah, how to put it, milk QQ candy… come baby!”

Zhang Ningzhi was so embarrassed she threw the QQ candy.

She quickly buried her head back into her desk, as if to cut ties with the big idiot team leader, Li Hua.

A group of people in the back row of the classroom laughed, and the atmosphere became boisterous.

Jiang Nian also laughed, casually collecting the QQ candy and drinks, feeling a bit guilty.

Since the morning’s events were already in the past, there was room for glossing over them.

The problem wasn’t very big.

As he entered the classroom, Luo Yong’s steps were a bit unsteady.

He didn’t really feel anything about the coming-of-age ceremony.

Therefore, he didn’t make any preparations, only setting aside a slightly formal outfit the night before.

Then he burrowed into bed and took off his pants.

Because he liked to sleep nude.

He took out a newly opened pack of tissues, because he had rhinitis.

His nose would always get blocked in the middle of the night, making him extremely uncomfortable, so he needed to clear it thoroughly.

He opened his phone, because he had insomnia.

He was used to scrolling through short videos before bed, or reading novels if he had no data.

Occasionally, in the middle of the night, he could connect to the upstairs WiFi and download movies.

He opened his browser because he wanted to Baidu some knowledge points he had learned during the day.

Reviewing the old to learn the new.

As a result, he accidentally clicked on a certain website, and precisely at a critical moment, the screen suddenly froze, stuck on the male actor, and it crashed.

He cried until morning when he finally had to accept this reality.

This made him appear somewhat listless at the coming-of-age ceremony.

After the coming-of-age ceremony disbanded, Luo Yong had a meal with his good friends.

He returned to his rented room close to one o’clock, originally planning to rest.

But he tossed and turned for half an hour, unable to sleep, and he thought,’Sleeping for the last twenty-something minutes is pointless anyway.’

“Let’s have some fun, hee.”

Just to make up for the regret of last night’s crash, the messy quilt, a tear hanging at the corner of his eye, pain, pain, pain!!! What about the promised happiness?

In short, he was now very regretful.

Before sitting down, Luo Yong scanned the class.

Somehow, he happened to see the class monitor enter the classroom door and glance at the back row.

Hmm?

He followed the class monitor’s gaze and saw the sixth group sitting by the back door, and… Jiang Nian.

“The day before yesterday, wasn’t Jiang Nian chatting with the class monitor in the front row?” Luo Yong murmured to himself.

He then remembered hearing others say that Jiang Nian, the class monitor, Zhang Ningzhi, and Chen Yunyun had crossed the Dragon Gate together, with the homeroom teacher filming nearby.

How enviable.

Speaking of which, he could have invited a girl himself.

For a while, his relationship with Chai Muying was good, but unfortunately, he forgot to maintain it later, causing the relationship to fade.

The first period was biology class, and Luo Yong felt a bit sleepy as he listened.

After yawning, he pulled out a copy of Yilin from his desk and turned to the humor and jokes section, beginning to savor it.

Jiang Nian filled in an option on the test paper, then looked up at Qing Bao, who was lecturing.

The first two periods on Saturday afternoon were continuous biology classes, and Qing Bao was rushing through the first round of progress.

While lecturing, she glanced at Jiang Nian and, seeing him listen attentively, she nodded in approval.

In reality, Jiang Nian was making small movements at this time, listening to the lecture while secretly writing on the test paper.

At the same time, he realized that the morning’s events were not a big deal.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and became happy again.

During the break.

Before resting her head, Zhang Ningzhi glanced at Jiang Nian.

Seeing him doing test papers as usual confirmed that he didn’t care about the morning’s events.

She wanted to know his thoughts, yet she didn’t want to know.

“Why are you peeping at me again?”

Hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi’s heart skipped a beat, and she immediately recoiled.

However, Li Hua’s voice rang out.

“What’s wrong with looking at you? Are you possessed, working so hard on those test papers?”

“Ah, you’re getting agitated,” Jiang Nian sneered.

“red stone!”

The childish noisy of the boys echoed in the back row, and Zhang Ningzhi couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Her ear tips were warm, and she secretly thought, ‘Thank goodness.’

As the afternoon passed, the coming-of-age ceremony was completely over.

Evening.

The blackboard listed homework for four subjects, and the classroom was dimly lit.

“Zhizhi, going to eat?” Yao Beibei got off her seat and walked towards the back row, casually taking Zhang Ningzhi’s hand.

“That braised meat roll at the front door is delicious.”

“Oh, wait for me,” Zhang Ningzhi sped up to finish a line of text, then stood up, ready to leave.

“Okay, let’s go.”

After late November, it got dark earlier and earlier.

Coupled with the increasingly cold weather, day students like Zhang Ningzhi and Yao Beibei were gradually less willing to go home, opting instead to just grab a quick bite in the afternoon.

Before leaving the door, Zhang Ningzhi seemed to casually turn back and ask, “Do you want me to bring you anything?”

“Huh?” Jiang Nian looked up, still holding his pen, “Then help me bring one, heart hands.”

Zhang Ningzhi’s eyes were bright, and she pursed her lips and smiled.

“Childish.”