Chapter 387 Happy Wedding

“Don’t guys like to wear clothes when they sleep?”

Li Qingrong murmured to herself, looking at the rather… intimate scene on the screen, causing her to silently avert her gaze.

Jiang Nian didn’t have a phone stand, so before going to bed, to avoid affecting the video, he propped his phone up against a tissue box.

It was a fixed angle, in a way.

But after he fell asleep, he accidentally knocked it over with a roll. The screen turned sideways, capturing a shot of his leg sticking out.

Lord Pants, all hail.

It was too cold in the middle of the night, so Jiang Nian subconsciously pulled his leg back in.

And so, the night passed without a word.

The next day.

When he woke up in the morning, the video call had already ended.

He lay in bed, dazed for a while, remembering that he seemed to have heard the class monitor speak, so he curiously typed a question.

“What did you praise me for in the middle of the night?”

The very confident message was sent but received no reply.

Li Qingrong didn’t have a habit of waking up early; she was among the group of people who arrived late to class. At this time, she was probably still sound asleep.

Jiang Nian put his phone in his pocket and went about his usual routine of washing up and heading out.

Zhennan’s temperature had dropped again, and the morning fog was as thick as condensed milk. The lights of the breakfast shops along the street were like frosted glass, and white mist puffed from people’s mouths.

Passing a ditch, Jiang Nian noticed that its surface had frozen over.

It was just this thin layer of ice that held him captive for several seconds. He looked left and right, saw no one, and immediately started touching it with his foot.

Southerners, they just love this kind of thing.

That year of heavy snow… you’re lying, snow is a probabilistic event!

Just as Jiang Nian was having a great time, two high school girls walked past together, and a faint burst of laughter drifted over.

Jiang Nian immediately squatted down, pretending to tie his shoelaces.

“Senior, I saw it all, you know.”

“Hmm?” Jiang Nian suddenly heard a familiar voice and couldn’t help but look up directly, “You… where’s your classmate?”

“I told her to go ahead, said I ran into my cousin.” Lin Yuxi said shyly, with her hands behind her back, “Jiang Nian Gege.”

I have to say, a few girls in Zhennan who play with the sense of ‘forbidden love’ are truly natural talents.

One phrase, “Jiang Nian Gege,” made his mouth dry.

Lin Yuxi had a high ponytail, bangs that resembled a catfish, a small oval face, single eyelids, and her tender face indeed had a very ‘cousin’ vibe.

Cousin is just a cyber concept.

No one has any thoughts about a real cousin; they just want to project into a virtual character and mess with someone else’s cousin.

Online, it’s very much to my liking.

In reality, avoid it at all costs. Ugh, get lost.

“Today might be Senior’s lucky day, you know.” Lin Yuxi fidgeted, her face flushed, “And also… mine.”

Meeting you is a lucky day?

You kid, you’re really flattering yourself, aren’t you?

Hearing this, Jiang Nian fell into deep thought.

“Is that so? Lucky day, huh… Then what do you think about me confessing to someone today? Maybe we could even start playing games together right away.”

“Absolutely not!” Lin Yuxi’s face immediately fell.

Senior’s… desire was too strong; he was actually thinking of taking a girl to play games right after confessing?

Internet cafes are so messy! And dirty. The internet cafe staff clean so perfunctorily, how can he take a girl to a place like that!

He could… play online at home! His own home is quite big.

“Senior, high school romance in senior year only leads to vocational college!” Lin Yuxi looked nervous, clearly not wanting him to date early.

“What’s wrong with that?” Jiang Nian said with an indifferent expression.

“Then… then why not confess to me!” Lin Yuxi spoke a bit hastily, “I’m clearly much younger than those old things in senior year!”

Hey, what does that mean?

Looking down on the old hammers in senior year, are we?

But then again, Lin Yuxi was indeed quite young.

After half a year of high school, she still had a middle school vibe about her. Like someone who would post, “Missing those crazy people from middle school,” in the middle of the night.

“That won’t do, you’re too young.” Jiang Nian refused.

Lin Yuxi couldn’t hold back and bit her lower lip.

“Not young at all, wait… wait until next summer, and I won’t be young anymore.”

Huh? What kind of nonsense is that?

“You’d better be talking about age, don’t keep thinking about irrelevant things.” Jiang Nian was getting serious; he didn’t like young ones.

Lin Yuxi made a suppressed expression and uttered a sentence.

“I am not yet strong; when I am strong, there will be change.”

“I think you’re sick, I’m not talking to you anymore.” Jiang Nian couldn’t be bothered to argue, so he simply waved his hand and left, “Bye bye.”

A few seconds later, Lin Yuxi chased after him again.

“Senior, Senior, are you participating in tomorrow’s football match?”

“Hmm, are you stalking me?” Jiang Nian looked confused.

“No, I just accidentally saw the senior year team roster, that’s all.” Lin Yuxi stuck out her tongue, acting cute.

“Jiang Nian Gege, can I come watch you play football?”

“That won’t do, my girlfriend will be there to watch.” Jiang Nian said, “She’s quite jealous, you’ll get beaten up.”

“Is Gege feeling sorry for me?”

“You’re being a bit humorous.”

The little interlude with the low-scoring student in the morning did not disrupt Jiang Nian’s rhythm of progress.

In the classroom, there were still only a few people.

The morning fog was thick and heavy. Standing on the fourth-floor corridor, outside was like a white wall of mist, with visibility not exceeding four meters.

“Yo, guarding the entrance?” Li Hua floated past from the side, a pair of studded shoes hanging on his back, “Hurry up.”

“Huh?” Jiang Nian was confused.

He turned his head and found that the person who came was indeed Li Hua. He waited a few seconds and it wasn’t an illusion; the sun really had risen from the west.

“Why are you here so early?”

“Practice, going to the sports field?” Li Hua patted the shoes on his back, “I bought special shoes, just to try them out.”

Jiang Nian shook his head, refusing on the spot.

“It’s frosty, so cold.”

“Weakling!” Li Hua sneered, then ran into the classroom, grabbed a football, and ran off, “I’m Schwarzenegger, buddy!”

“Ah?” Huang Fang looked up.

“Don’t mind him, that idiot’s gone crazy.” Jiang Nian returned to his seat and began writing on the test paper, “Silicate Materials… murals.”

A few minutes later, Li Hua came back by himself.

“Sorry, I overestimated myself.”

The few people in the classroom looked up at Li Hua in surprise, seeing him return with a face full of moisture. Jiang Nian pointed at him, making a Donnie Yen gesture.

Just as he was about to laugh, his phone vibrated with a buzz. The class monitor had replied. He immediately lost interest in teasing Li Hua and happily opened the message.

Li Qingrong: “You weren’t wearing pants.”

Ah?

Jiang Nian was struck by lightning at the opening, and after a moment of thought, he realized he really hadn’t worn pants last night, just went under the covers in his boxers.

He rested his head on the desk, typing a reply with both hands hidden under the desk.

“No, Qingqing, did you lift my blanket in the middle of the night?”

Li Qingrong: “No.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian was completely puzzled. Just as he was about to send something else, his mind buzzed again.

He froze for a moment, then activated the System.

He tapped the task panel twice, finding no abnormalities. He skillfully opened the item bar and saw a letter floating quietly.

Jiang Nian:

No, buddy..! Shouldn’t you be lying in my room drawer?

Oh my god, an inescapable suicide note!

However, due to a certain name, it didn’t seem so terrifying. It was just a bit hard to bear, and even a little amusing.

Did it reappear because he had just chatted with the class monitor?

He reached out and took out the letter.

“Nian, what’s that you’re holding?” Li Hua glanced at it, his eyes instantly widening, “Holy crap, a love letter!”

Jiang Nian found it a bit hard to bear; this wasn’t a love letter, this was…

Wait, how could Li Hua see it?

“The Visible Huazi”!

That shouldn’t be right; he didn’t see it yesterday. He just casually took it out, and only the class monitor saw it in the end.

“It can’t be a real love letter, can it?” Li Hua was a little anxious, “Hey, you really are a natural-born scoundrel, getting another one.”

“Stop it! Outside, it’s all dowry bills!”

Jiang Nian waved his hand, ignoring him. Instead, he got up and walked towards the restroom, opening the envelope and taking a look.

Indeed, the distorted ink had revealed the content.

“October fifth, I returned to Zhennan. He got engaged…

He was squatting at the door teasing a dog, looking quite funny.”

Jiang Nian couldn’t help but rub his chin as he read this.

This isn’t right, is it?

Was it really written by Qingqing? Why are there even negative comments?

Although it’s only ten years later… He didn’t care, but what does “looking funny” mean? He wasn’t some funny guy.

Read on.

“We didn’t have much interaction, nor any reason to talk. He said, ‘You will become a very powerful person in the future.'”

This sentence became our boundary.

Early autumn, the weather turned cold.

We walked around Zhennan Riverside Park. He brought me a small gift, a string of blessed prayer beads, said to have been consecrated.

In the evening, he spoke very little. He just introduced the plants and trees of Zhennan, as if trying to make the walk more interesting.

The only interesting thing in Zhennan was him.

The next day, I left and asked him if he wanted to go abroad with me. He told me that sentence, ‘You will become a very powerful person.’

It rained on the way to the airport. He stood at the other end of the rain curtain, like someone left behind in an old era, slowly turning yellow and fading.

Happy wedding.”

Below that, there was nothing.

Jiang Nian finished reading and casually put the suicide note into the item bar. The item bar made a soft sound, and the suicide note transformed into a string of bracelets.

【Blessed Bracelet】.

He looked at it repeatedly several times, a red string bracelet with a wooden bead strung on it, of unknown wood material.

The color and style were rather simple, fitting his aesthetic.

End of the corridor.

“This thing… is much more auspicious than a suicide note.” Jiang Nian couldn’t put it down, playing with it for a while before putting it in his pocket.

The class monitor’s personality seemed to always be this cool and reserved. Even the final words, the content was still concise.

Happy wedding… one can only say, Aisin Gioro – hard to say.

Jiang Nian found it difficult to comment on this. He could only say that his future self, as simulated by the System, might indeed have fallen into many traps.

In the end, it was all a big dream, muddled and confused.

The matter of the suicide note was unclear, but there should have been a chance for them to be together. However, for some unknown reason,

He actively refused.

Overall, his brain was somewhat problematic.

He relieved himself and returned to the classroom.

The classroom was gradually filling up. Li Hua was sprawled on his seat, but as soon as he saw Jiang Nian enter, he sat up immediately.

“Where’s the love letter?”

“Read it and threw it away, what’s wrong?”

“Was it written by a guy?” Li Hua looked expectant, unable to suppress the smile on his face, “That’s why you’re so hard to bear.”

“A junior wrote it, said she wanted to go to the movies with me.” Jiang Nian casually made up a story, “She said I could touch her leg.”

“red stone, that’s clearly made up!” Li Hua wasn’t jealous; instead, he burst out laughing, “Haha, what a big idiot, he’s gone crazy.”

Jiang Nian merely glanced at him and said nothing more.

As morning self-study approached, Zhang Ningzhi arrived in the classroom first.

“Hello!” The energetic beautiful girl greeted Jiang Nian, then said, “Good morning, Fangfang, team leader…”

“Ugh!”

“red stone!” Li Hua was dumbfounded, his face filled with disbelief, “One after another, how can you all humiliate me like this!”

“No… Team leader, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.” Zhang Ningzhi blushed as she put down her backpack and explained.

“My mom’s been making wild chicken soup these past two days, making me drink it morning and night. I’m almost sick of it, so I just… did that.”

“Isn’t that good?” Li Hua asked.

“Not good at all, I get fat from drinking it.” Zhang Ningzhi was a bit embarrassed to say that when she drank chicken soup, her chest got bigger first.

“If you don’t drink it, give it to me.” Jiang Nian propped his head with one hand, his side profile clean and smooth, and folded the test paper with the other hand.

“Really?” Zhang Ningzhi wished someone would share it with him.

However, this kind of soup is not easy to share with others. After all, it involves food safety and various dietary restrictions.

But if it was Jiang Nian, she wouldn’t have to worry so much. Firstly, there was a natural closeness, and secondly, he wasn’t a picky eater.

“You bring it, and I’ll drink it for you.” Jiang Nian said indifferently, “Don’t worry, I’ll even wash the container for you.”

“Hehe, okay!” Zhang Ningzhi giggled.

She twisted open her thermos, carefully poured a cup of the daily fresh hot water, her eyes slightly narrowed.

“What classes do we have this morning?”

“English, Math, Physics, Chemistry.” Jiang Nian turned his head and casually squeezed her thigh, “What are you planning to do when we have the afternoon off?”

Zhang Ningzhi was a bit annoyed, but her attention was inevitably diverted by his words. She hesitated for a long time before saying,

“This afternoon… I don’t know yet. Can I go watch you guys play football?”

After all, she and Jiang Nian had made that agreement regarding the inter-class football match. It was a bit embarrassing, but… winning was for unity.

“Uh-huh.” Jiang Nian nodded.

He couldn’t play all afternoon; there would be plenty of rest time, and it would be nice to have people come by in waves to chat.

“Okay!” Zhang Ningzhi was very happy, but then added, “I’ll let you know in advance if I come, if something—” “Just come if you have time.” Jiang Nian didn’t even lift his head, continuing to look at the test paper, “By the way, how many points higher than me were you again?”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi instantly became nervous.

It was terrifying; his subtext was clearly, ‘Next time, I’m going to mercilessly surpass you, you know.’

“Not… not many points.”

Soon, just before morning self-study.

Yu Zhiyi walked past the aisle where Jiang Nian’s group was located, on her way back to her seat, and gave him a wary glance.

Her heart was filled with mixed emotions, even a little nervous.

The designated Hokage… No, the deal to be elected class representative. In a blink of an eye, it was already the weekend, and it was time to fulfill the promise.

Bai Er was not a person who went back on his word. It had to be said, it was still a bit… perverted.

Li Qingrong entered the classroom ten minutes before morning self-study, and casually greeted Jiang Nian, waving her hand slightly.

“Morning.”

During the long break.

The corridor was bathed in sunlight, and the broadcast for morning exercises began. The students in the class were loosely scattered, gradually leaving the classroom in pairs.

Only Jiang Nian was left from the sixth group. He looked up from his pile of test papers. He turned and glanced at the back table; Li Qingrong hadn’t left either.

“I’m giving you something.”

“Hmm?” She looked up.

Jiang Nian fumbled in his pocket for a while, then held out his hand to her. His palm slowly opened, revealing a red string bracelet.

“Wishing you peace and safety.”