Chapter 342 The Class Monitor is Indeed Soft

In the examination room, Jiang Nian finished the last word of his essay.

Looking at the 800-word dividing line, he forcefully added another sentence: “As the saying goes, humans are trees that Face the sun.”

“Tentacles seek the scorching sun, while roots must penetrate the dark earth.”

He summarized and elevated his writing, not knowing what he had written. But upon inspection, it was well over 800 words.

Nice!

Essays don’t need to be checked, even in high school. If it’s wrong, it’s wrong; you can’t ask for a new paper to rewrite it, can you?

Jiang Nian looked up at the time; there were seventeen minutes left until the end of the exam.

This time, he didn’t just throw his pen down and rest. Instead, he flipped over the test paper and continued checking the classical poetry appreciation and classical Chinese translation sections.

For a major exam, one’s attitude must be proper.

However, these were the only two sections he could check. Aside from the large classical Chinese section, there was nothing else to check. When the exam ended, everyone packed up and left.

Some went to class, some went home, some went back to their dorms, or some chose to go out the west gate to eat.

Jiang Nian ran into Tao Ran, the weighty Minister of Rites. The two greeted each other and walked downstairs together. “Exams are f*cking tiring!” he complained.

Tao Ran, upon hearing this, said with a serious expression.

“I quite like exams. In this life, the only thing truly loyal is knowledge, and exams are a way to strengthen the memory of knowledge.”

For a moment, Jiang Nian was completely speechless.

“Perhaps when you fall in love…

“No, I’m not interested in fake beast-eared girls.” Tao Ran waved his hand, “Don’t try to persuade me, I don’t want to hear it.”

“Dude, you…” Jiang Nian thought to himself, “There’s no way to persuade him. The five words ‘fake beast-eared girls’ exploded, making one completely lose all means.”

After saying goodbye to Tao Ran, Jiang Nian had lunch at the cafeteria near the teaching building.

When he went upstairs, the corridor was quiet and empty.

He was used to being a lone wolf, and walking alone was a good time to think, or just clear his mind and treat it as a break.

Walking to the classroom door, he suddenly noticed someone sitting behind his seat.

The sunlight from outside the window streamed into the classroom, sparsely hitting the mottled walls and new desks, light and shadow intertwined.

Li Qingrong sat with her back straight, looking down at a test paper. The strands of hair by her ears glowed golden, and her cool Face was like a bright, white moon.

In the back row of the classroom, there were still a few people buried in revision, their scores probably around 530-540, taking the joint exam very seriously.

The number of major exams in the third year of high school could almost be counted on one hand. Last semester, there were still joint exams, but next spring would be the first and second mock exams.

Those few people in the back also looked up. They glanced at Jiang Nian, then at the class monitor sitting below the podium.

A hint of envy appeared in their eyes—one was close to 600 points, the other close to 700. They lowered their heads again and continued to revise.

Jiang Nian was actually under immense pressure. He felt like a Junior Brother who had just entered an immortal sect.

His friends around him were all a head taller than him in strength, but they were convinced he would achieve greater things, and the Elder also placed high hopes on him.

His retreat was sealed; it was hard to move forward. Retreating was even more impossible, with everyone in the immortal sect watching him. “Let’s break 600 today, and try to hit 630 tomorrow.”

Later on, no one would probably believe that at first, he just wanted to get into a decent first-tier university or a bottom-tier 211.

He used to think Ash from Pokémon was chuunibyou, but now he understood that the phrase “bearing expectations” was not empty words. Carrying too many people’s expectations, it was hard to lose Face.

Whoosh, Jiang Nian walked to his seat and pulled out the chair.

“Why aren’t you going home?”

Upon hearing this, Li Qingrong raised her eyes and glanced at him.

Her expression was indifferent, her facial features very smooth, making her appear slender, full of collagen, her skin visibly youthful.

“No one’s home; it’s the same whether I go back or not.”

Jiang Nian’s expression was a little stunned. He instantly recalled the woman driving the red Mercedes, but he didn’t feel it was appropriate to ask.

“No one at all?”

Li Qingrong was silent for a moment, then said.

“I have an older sister. She sleeps all day. She knows to run out during an earthquake, and she knows to eat when she’s hungry. That’s it.”

Jiang Nian felt a bit awkward, thinking, “Isn’t that… mentally challenged?”

That day… she didn’t seem like it. To be fair, the class monitor’s sister was quite striking, driving with big sunglasses.

“Well… that’s quite worry-free then, huh.”

Family matters involve privacy, so Jiang Nian didn’t press for more information. He couldn’t just say, “Hey, Class Monitor, you have an older sister?”

So, he changed the subject.

“Qingqing, have you eaten lunch?”

Li Qingrong hesitated slightly upon hearing this. She wasn’t in the same building as Jiang Nian for the exam and didn’t want to ask, so she returned to the classroom after the exam.

She only knew that Jiang Nian usually didn’t go home for lunch and was one of the few day students who took a nap in the classroom. Waiting for him would eventually pay off.

Indeed, she waited for him.

Seeing her expression wasn’t quite right, Jiang Nian couldn’t help but frown slightly.

“Are you skipping meals for studying?”

Li Qingrong didn’t speak, her gaze fixed on the test paper.

This demeanor effectively blocked the words Jiang Nian was about to say, leaving him with no strength or means.

“Forget it, forget it. The Holy Son must be right.”

Jiang Nian was already quite shy, and encountering a silent ‘wooden’ person like the class monitor, sometimes both his hidden desires and shyness would activate.

“Well, there’s no other way. Let’s go out and eat something first.”

“Let’s go, let’s go eat something outside.” Jiang Nian stood up, looking at the class monitor, “There’s another exam this afternoon; you can’t go with an empty stomach.”

“Taking an exam on an empty stomach won’t affect my scores.” This was the first thing Li Qingrong said after leaving the classroom.

Jiang Nian, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped and turned back.

“You’re amazing…” Li Qingrong, upon hearing she was praised as amazing, showed no expression on her Face; instead, she looked somewhat unhappy.

The two went downstairs and walked directly towards outside the school.

The cafeteria at this hour only had scraps of food left. The stir-fried pork with chili only had a bit of chili and sauce, nothing else.

“What, that extreme?”

High school students are like this: they babble in class, then ravenously eat after school. Even the worst-tasting window in the cafeteria has people showing off their food.

“Aren’t you going to review math?” Li Qingrong asked.

“But you have to eat first, I’m not really…” Jiang Nian stopped mid-sentence. He realized a blind spot.

This afternoon, the math joint exam.

And his math was terrible.

Of course, “terrible” was only relative to the top students in the class. A score of 120 would be considered an academic ace in a parallel class.

In front of the class monitor, it seemed extremely foolish.

“You said ‘review.’ So you stayed behind just to ask me if I reviewed?” Jiang Nian felt a bit numb.

Li Qingrong hummed in affirmation, not denying it.

After all, lies are easily exposed, and she didn’t need any review. Finishing her homework every day was a form of review.

For those with weak foundations, daily homework simply doesn’t bring a sense of progress.

Those who know how to do it get annoyed, and those who don’t can’t write anything. Repeating homework every day eventually turns into merely completing tasks, as teachers would say.

For good students, doing problems is like a snowball effect.

“Why didn’t you ask on your phone?” Jiang Nian continued to lead her towards outside the school. From time to time, glances were cast at the two of them.

Actually, the distance between Jiang Nian and the class monitor wasn’t small. Walking side by side was a fact, but there was still about half a meter between their shoulders, and they didn’t even dare to hold hands.

How to put it, he was still too introverted.

Li Qingrong paused, then replied.

“It’s not clear on the phone; it’s inconvenient to explain problems.”

The class monitor had said that much; if Jiang Nian didn’t understand, he would be an idiot. The other person stayed behind just to explain problems to him.

Wuwuwu, the class monitor is too good.

Even if he offered himself… Jiang Nian actively interrupted his “take and grab” delusion, took a deep breath, turned around, and looked at Li Qingrong with a serious expression, saying.

“What if… I went home?”

Li Qingrong stopped, didn’t reply, and turned to look elsewhere.

Jiang Nian:

F*ck, playing dirty.

A small, bustling restaurant with a clean and bright kitchen.

Since there was an exam in the afternoon, Jiang Nian didn’t dare to take the class monitor to any roadside stalls. Finding a proper restaurant would take time.

He had been to this small restaurant many times, and eating there was usually fine.

He didn’t ask the class monitor what kind of standard meals she usually ate, only her dietary restrictions and preferred flavors.

After a simple meal, the two walked back to school.

“Why are we taking the North Gate?” Li Qingrong asked, unable to resist.

“Uh, the West Gate has a curfew for lunch break.” Jiang Nian didn’t say much more, “The North Gate is the dorm area, and it closes a bit later.”

“Mm.” Li Qingrong had never walked through the North Gate and nodded, somewhat confused.

Little did she know the wickedness of human hearts; the North Gate was already closed at this hour.

Jiang Nian was just waiting to lure the class monitor to the North Gate, then trick her into climbing over the wall. Finally, he would wait at the top of the wall to catch the girl jumping down.

He hadn’t done this last time because their relationship wasn’t close enough.

Now, he figured it might be possible.

He was just more patient, not that he didn’t like to be close to beautiful girls. If an opportunity arose, he would seize it.

North Gate.

“Brother Dong, can we really climb over this?” Sun Zhicheng looked up at the towering wall, “Can’t jump up there, can we?”

Just now, the two had eaten at a fast-food restaurant near the North Gate.

Because someone tried to sneak past the scale without paying and was caught by the owner. Several people were arguing there, and it escalated into a fight.

Sun Zhicheng and Lin Dong just stood there watching the show, too busy enjoying themselves. They forgot the time and missed the North Gate’s midday curfew.

Normally, the two would have gone to an internet cafe.

Or found a place to pass the time playing on their phones while waiting for the gate to open. But today was different; it was the math joint exam in the afternoon.

One was the math class representative, and the other was an above-average student in the Olympiad class, so they both took the math joint exam very seriously.

Not resting well would affect the exam.

In a science class, math and comprehensive science scores often relate to a boy’s Face.

If they scored well, they would always talk about their individual scores rather than the total.

“Stop talking nonsense, how would I know.” Lin Dong said irritably, “I also heard from others, where’s that little yellow bike?”

“Brother, are you linking to family so quickly?” Sun Zhicheng was confused.

He looked left and right, thinking, “Where’s the hidden live stream camera? Did Brother Dong get a System and start live-streaming wilderness sales?”

“Linking my ass, I meant the little yellow bike for climbing the wall.” Lin Dong was speechless, “You hurry up and look too, I didn’t ask carefully back then.”

The two busied themselves for a while and finally found the shared bicycle lying by the roadside in a corner of the road, and couldn’t help but curse.

“F*ck! Which idiot is so ill-mannered?”

“Exactly! F*ck him to death!”

Upon hearing this, Lin Dong mechanically turned his head, staring straight at Sun Zhicheng. His eyes were bulging, and he silently took a step back.

Seeing this, Sun Zhicheng quickly gave an awkward laugh.

“Brother, I was just kidding.”

Only then did Lin Dong sigh, pat him on the shoulder, and say earnestly.

“Next time, don’t make such jokes. You know I’m a pure-love straight man. I can’t handle these things; I’ll be scared away.”

Sun Zhicheng: “…Pure love?”

The two exerted some effort and finally, with some stumbling, climbed over the wall, carefully walking along the wall’s base.

Behind the wall was a large courtyard with an iron gate. The school hadn’t decided what to do with this plot of land, so it was simply abandoned.

A bike shed was set up against the wall, where students’ and teachers’ bicycles and electric bikes were parked haphazardly.

“Brother, there won’t be a security guard waiting for us at the iron gate, will there?” Sun Zhicheng was a bit timid and asked in a low voice.

“And then what? Do you have any other choice?” Lin Dong was clearly braver than him.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly without incident. The two almost made it upstairs just as the dorm supervisor closed the door, rushing upstairs despite the supervisor’s scolding.

Sun Zhicheng chuckled, suddenly feeling that noon today was quite exciting.

At this moment, outside the wall.

“Can’t get in now, what a headache.” Jiang Nian glanced at the tightly shut iron gate and didn’t beat around the bush in front of the class monitor. He pointed to the wall nearby, “There’s a bicycle over there. Maybe we can step on it to climb over the wall.”

There was no need to beat around the bush with the class monitor; whether to climb or not was a simple matter.

Of course, there were also details.

If the class monitor looked hesitant or worried, then when they climbed the wall later, Jiang Nian would absolutely be honest.

Firstly, there was no need to break the class monitor’s sense of security, and secondly, it would indicate that the level of trust wasn’t there yet.

However.

Li Qingrong just glanced at the wall and nodded.

“Mm.”

She didn’t ask anything, which surprised Jiang Nian. After a moment of stunned, he also nodded and was the first to get on the wall.

After straddling the top of the wall, he shifted his position. He gestured for Li Qingrong to come up and then extended his hand to her.

Clap.

Their hands tightly clasped together, and after gripping firmly, he pulled her up.

Li Qingrong’s hand seemed to have a little sweat, slightly warm and damp. She didn’t look at Jiang Nian, her gaze cast elsewhere.

“I’ll go down first; you can jump down in a bit.” Jiang Nian flipped over the wall, bent his knees, and then walked a few steps forward to absorb the impact.

He swallowed, turned around, and opened his arms, saying.

“You can just jump into me—”

He turned his head and heard a thud. When he looked again, Li Qingrong had already landed steadily, her movements very graceful.

Seeing him open his arms, she couldn’t help but tilt her head in confusion.

Jiang Nian’s mouth twitched. He thought, “I forgot the class monitor is naturally a ditz. This trick works against cowards, but not against ditzes.”

“Forget it, next time…:”

Boys’ dormitory, Building 5.

Sun Zhicheng was preparing to follow Lin Dong to his dorm to rest. Someone in their dorm had switched to being a day student, freeing up a bed.

He stood by the window on the 5th floor, overlooking the plants and trees below.

The window faced the wall they had just climbed over, and the blue bike shed. He couldn’t help but feel a surge of heroic spirit.

“This is youth.”

As he was sighing, a laugh appeared behind him.

“No, you idiot, climbing a wall makes you feel youthful?” Yang Qiming looked at Sun Zhicheng with a mocking expression, a sneer on his lips.

The Humiliation of Jingkang is yet to be avenged; when will the minister’s hatred be extinguished!

The animosity between the two was not a recent thing; there had been conflict for a long time. Now, facing each other, the atmosphere instantly became tense.

“Heh heh, are you in such a hurry?” Sun Zhicheng was not a warrior; he knew his advantage lay in his brain, not his muscles.

He sneered, mocking.

“Could it be that your ex-girlfriend climbed over the wall with her new lover, and you caught them red-handed? What can you do? Of course, you forgive her.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Qiming instantly exploded.

“Are you f*cking looking for death?!”

The two instantly wrestled together, and the commotion quickly attracted Lin Dong and several other boys from the class. They weren’t even wearing their jackets.

They quickly tried to break up the fight.

However, the two completely ignored them.

Yang Qiming and Sun Zhicheng wrestled to the window, both their heads simultaneously pressed by the other’s hand towards the side facing the wall.

Thus, the next second.

They simultaneously saw, in the grassy clearing of the courtyard below the wall.

The class monitor lightly hugged Jiang Nian.