Chapter Index

    If it was something edible like potato chips, Jiang Nian would go to the restroom.

    Because he didn’t like potato chips.

    But this time, it was Daliyuan bread, and he was skipped. He instantly couldn’t stand it and snatched a pack.

    Afterward, he swiped a toy gun, worth a few dimes, from Yao Beibei’s desk—a device driven by rubber bands with a trigger.

    Logically speaking, this thing exceeded the joule limit.

    It was contraband on campus.

    This thing was quite dangerous, directly hard-controlling four boys in the sixth group for an hour and a half of evening self-study; none of them did their homework.

    Elementary school students might be tired of it, but for high school students, it was just right.

    Zhang Ningzhi watched, somewhat speechless, thinking, ‘Is it really that fun?’ When Jiang Nian turned to look at her, she pouted.

    “Let me play with it.”

    Jiang Nian felt a moment of satisfaction, then warned warily.

    “You’re not allowed to shoot me.”

    “Oh.” Zhang Ningzhi was obedient. She took it, fiddled with it, crumpled a small piece of paper, and shot Jiang Nian.

    Plop, the paper ball fell from Jiang Nian’s arm.

    At this moment, Zhang Ningzhi’s face was flushed crimson. Her eyes darted around, her eyelashes fluttered, and she froze like a silly puppy.

    “Alright, I’m going to shoot you too.”

    Jiang Nian confiscated her toy gun and tossed it to Corporal Li Hua.

    “Keep it safe.”

    When he turned back to look at Zhang Ningzhi, he found she was already playing dead on her desk. She didn’t even lift her head, diligently doing her problems.

    Jiang Nian didn’t say anything either until class ended.

    Zhizhi tried to run, but he pulled her back and pressed her into her seat.

    Seeing that most people had left, he reached out and touched her clasped thighs; his fingers retained a lingering warmth.

    Zhang Ningzhi quickly pressed her legs together, letting out a small whimper. At the same time, she felt tainted, but this time, she was in the wrong.

    If she hadn’t been so impulsive, she wouldn’t have brought this upon herself.

    “Go wash your hands!” Zhang Ningzhi whispered, frowning, “What are you laughing at? Ah, you’re so annoying!”

    “No washing. I don’t mind your pants being dirty,” Jiang Nian said.

    “You!” Zhang Ningzhi knew he was feigning ignorance, but she was afraid he’d smell his fingers, “You’d better not be a pervert.”

    “Of course not.” Jiang Nian raised his hands.

    Zhang Ningzhi stared at him, her cheeks puffed out.

    “What are you doing?”

    “My hands are a bit sore, just stretching them out.” Jiang Nian turned and asked, “No, baby, are you that controlling?”

    “Yes, I am!” Zhang Ningzhi was displeased.

    Jiang Nian interlaced his fingers, resting them on the desk. He slowly leaned towards his fingers, while slowly turning to observe Zhang Ningzhi’s reaction.

    Zhang Ningzhi stared—

    “If you dare, I won’t talk to you anymore.”

    Hearing this, Jiang Nian tested her several times. Seeing Zhang Ningzhi’s face change like a chameleon, he eventually gave up.

    “Alright, alright.”

    “Hmph.” Zhang Ningzhi achieved final victory, her delicate brows slightly furrowed, and she handed him a wet wipe, “Wipe it clean.”

    “Your pants aren’t dirty, are they?” Jiang Nian was taken aback.

    ‘I’m talking about your hands, not your pants.’ Zhang Ningzhi was almost exasperated, like a little parent,

    “Wipe your hands.”

    “Oh.” Jiang Nian lowered his head.

    He thought to himself that it wouldn’t be long before he touched other things. She’s so fierce, sooner or later he’d pin her down and kiss her. After all, Zhizhi couldn’t stay stubborn for long.

    Speaking of pinning down and kissing, Jiang Nian again thought of Xu Qianqian.

    After kissing her neck yesterday, she hadn’t replied much. He suddenly felt a little anticipation for their meeting after evening self-study.

    To be fair, he was eighteen.

    He was indeed a bit lustful.

    This was something no man could deny, but usually, he was rational. Unless provoked, a certain switch was flipped.

    What was that phrase, consumed by lust?

    No, it was ‘to know the taste of the marrow’.

    Not to mention earlier at noon, when he accidentally saw a pale vertical line on the rooftop, making him even more unsettled.

    Doubting Guo Xiaosi, understanding Guo Xiaosi, becoming Guo Xiaosi.

    No wonder he liked filming Ji Ni Tai Mei so much.

    The temptations of adolescence are indeed great; if there isn’t proper guidance with values, then 100% it will lead to an abortion.

    What? Have the child! My parents will raise it.

    You truly are a filial son.

    Besides, can you afford the more than 300,000 in betrothal gifts? What about the five golds, the nurturing gift, the getting-on/off-the-car gifts, the relative’s red envelopes?

    Even if you steal your grandparents’ pension and pool it together, you still won’t get married.

    So, betrothal gifts turn people into devils.

    Thinking of this, Jiang Nian spaced out for a while.

    He wondered, if he had a child after graduating from the college entrance exam, would Mr. and Mrs. Jiang be happy or not.

    They would probably beat him to death.

    At this moment, the bell rang for class.

    Zhang Ningzhi originally wanted to go to the restroom, but Jiang Nian held her back. However, it wasn’t too obvious, so she could only hold it for another forty minutes.

    Seeing Jiang Nian in a daze, she couldn’t help but ask.

    “What are you thinking about?”

    Jiang Nian replied: “Betrothal gift fragments.”

    Zhang Ningzhi’s face instantly turned red. She felt Jiang Nian was a bit too conservative; it wasn’t necessary to pay a betrothal gift just for touching her leg.

    “That kind of thing, there’s no need… to rush.”

    “Sigh.” Jiang Nian sighed, remarking with a touch of emotion, “I can’t not rush. I might end up falling for…” Before he could finish, Li Hua walked in.

    “I saw you guys mumbling at the classroom door. What were you saying? So happy?”

    “We were talking about how much betrothal gift you’ll have to pay when you get married,” Jiang Nian, who always liked to mess around, immediately turned the tables.

    “I’m not looking for someone from Zhennan in the future, so why would I give a betrothal gift?” Li Hua’s lips curved upward, “A good man’s ambition lies in all directions.”

    Hearing this, Jiang Nian asked curiously.

    “Where are you going to run off to?”

    “I haven’t thought about that yet, maybe… river…” As Li Hua said ‘river’, he saw Jiang Nian’s lips curl up.

    “River… any reasonable place, anyway, I won’t stay in Zhennan.”

    After Li Hua finished his correction, he was about to ask someone a question.

    The words stopped at his lips. He thought, ‘This bastard is already flirting with everyone in class. He’s going to be something else in the future, who knows where he’ll go.’

    Forget it, don’t give him a chance to show off.

    If this bastard actually said the person he liked was right beside him, wouldn’t he explode? Like something in his brain.

    But he wasn’t envious at all.

    Pointy nose?

    Where?

    Second period of evening self-study began.

    Not long after self-study started, Qing Bao walked in from outside. She sat on the podium for a while, then walked around the classroom.

    She was ‘online’ at the podium, solving a wave of students’ problems. Then she walked to Jiang Nian’s row and called him out.

    “Hmm?” Chen Yunyun looked up.

    Her attention on Jiang Nian’s side was slightly higher. Mainly out of curiosity, she wondered what the teacher wanted with him.

    Perhaps it was because of Jiang Nian’s biology score, but 97 points was indeed a bit abnormal.

    This showed that effort was very important.

    That one sentence denied Jiang Nian’s talent. If he knew, he would definitely get enraged, then drag Chen Yunyun and knead her into a ball.

    Jiang Nian had a few’silver dreams’ where he dreamt of Chen Yunyun. First, that, then that, and finally, ‘inch stop’, then he woke up.

    On the other side of the classroom, Yu Zhiyi also watched this scene from afar.

    She gnashed her teeth in response.

    “Whimper, whimper, has NTR already begun?”

    After becoming Hokage… no, after becoming the biology class representative, she gradually understood Liu Bang and felt that Jiang Nian was useless.

    She planned to secretly report him one day after they were even.

    Unexpectedly, Jiang Nian taught her a lesson today.

    What it meant to be a Crown Prince for a day, a Crown Prince forever. Why didn’t Qing Bao call her out? She was purely a tool for carrying homework.

    Yu Zhiyi’s teeth were almost shattered. One village cannot have two Hokages.

    “Jiang Nian, I am the Hokage!”

    “Hokage?” Xie Zhihao suddenly looked up, glancing left and right, “Where’s the Hokage? I like Kakashi the most.”

    Yu Zhiyi thought, ‘Where did this idiot come from?’ She lowered her head and continued writing her homework, secretly vowing to ask Jiang Nian what happened later.

    Outside the classroom, in the hallway.

    Jiang Nian looked at Qing Bao, who wasn’t too far from him, and asked curiously.

    “Teacher, what’s up?”

    “Nothing much, just to tell you I’ve been selected for the outstanding teacher list.” Qing Bao tucked her hair, disheveled by the night wind, behind her ear.

    Actually, she didn’t have many people to share with.

    She was quite reclusive in the office, usually just focusing on biology teaching. After work, she’d just lie around, playing games.

    “That’s great! Doesn’t that mean you’ll get an award?” Jiang Nian asked excitedly, “Does being shortlisted mean it’s confirmed?”

    “Not necessarily.” Qing Bao hesitated for a moment, “If I’m really chosen, they might even ask you for your study experience.”

    “Alright.” Jiang Nian thought for a moment, then pulled out a scratch-off ticket from his inner jacket pocket, “Teacher, then I’ll give you a piece of luck.”

    Qing Bao took it and saw it was a ten-yuan scratch-off. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief; anything over twenty she wouldn’t dare accept.

    It wasn’t that she didn’t dare, but it wasn’t quite appropriate.

    “Why do you play with these money-wasting things?” Qing Bao frowned, slightly displeased, “How many did you buy?”

    “One, just bought it on a whim, for luck.” Jiang Nian mumbled a few excuses.

    Qing Bao was too lazy to listen and waved him back into the classroom. She didn’t scratch it but tucked it into her pocket.

    One self-study period passed.

    She returned to the office and only then remembered that there was a scratch-off ticket tucked into her lesson plan. She immediately recalled his words, “luck.”

    Almost as if by a strange impulse, Qing Bao opened the scratch-off ticket.

    Just then, a male teacher walked in. Seeing her carefully scratching something, he couldn’t help but walk over and take a look.

    “Why did you only buy one ten-yuan ticket?”

    Qing Bao didn’t know what to say, so she replied.

    “Just for fun.”

    “The probability of winning with one ticket is very small; you’ll mostly lose money.” The male teacher continued to chatter, “It’s best to buy a whole book.”

    “Teacher Zhong, do you know how to pick scratch-off tickets to win?”

    Qing Bao was a bit fed up with his incessant chatter, but she felt awkward about chasing him away. She simply remained silent and continued scratching the ticket.

    Although she didn’t hold out much hope, she still had to scratch it.

    If Jiang Nian asked about it next time and she couldn’t give a clear answer, she would inevitably feel guilty or cause a misunderstanding.

    With one scratch, she carefully compared, then suddenly froze.

    “I won…” “What?” The male teacher glanced at it, his eyes instantly widening, “Teacher Zhong, you’re really lucky.”

    “Too bad it’s twenty, just doubled.”

    Hearing this, Qing Bao pursed her lips instead. She didn’t take the male teacher’s words to heart; if it wasn’t twenty, she probably wouldn’t have dared to accept it.

    However, Jiang Nian was right.

    This really was “luck.”

    Ten-minute break between classes.

    Fourth floor.

    Jiang Nian, who had just returned from the restroom, was called by the biology class representative to a secluded stairwell.

    Yu Zhiyi lowered her voice, questioning in a hushed tone.

    “What did the biology teacher say to you?”

    “Oh, the teacher said the new class representative isn’t working out well,” Jiang Nian said, “and hoped I’d fill in for a while longer.”

    “Impossible!” Yu Zhiyi immediately grew anxious, her movements so exaggerated that her chest bounced, “You’re lying!”

    “Nothing, just a little secret among Personal Disciples.” He glanced at her, “You’ll know when you score 97.”

    “Aren’t you bullying me?” Yu Zhiyi said indignantly, “Jiang Nian, remember, I’m the biology class representative.”

    Has the village been breached by Tailed Beasts again?

    “Shut up, Fire-bitch, you have no right to speak.” Jiang Nian was not at all intimidated, “Go collect two Tailed Beast Balls at the village entrance if you have time.”

    “Forget it, I’ll talk to the teacher about replacing you. Damn it, others have rebellious bones behind their heads, but you could land an aircraft carrier behind yours.”

    “Wrong, wrong, bro.” Yu Zhiyi instantly knelt, “There are many people outside, Little Yu was just a bit too forceful in her words.”

    “You called me for just this?” Jiang Nian asked curiously.

    “No, there’s one more thing.” Yu Zhiyi said, “That thing we talked about last time, when will I fulfill it for you?”

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