Chapter 389 Life is just a series of comings and goings

Why is he acting so tsundere?

No, how much food is there really?

A few months ago, Jiang Nian was also a handsome guy with only three hundred pocket money a month. No matter how good he looked, he couldn’t just conjure up money.

Unless… the ducks know when the spring river warms.

The prices at this restaurant didn’t quite match him, and the basic reviews he’d heard about this place were from his classmates.

The first time, he was unaware.

He didn’t have many friends before, and now he was the only male at the dinner table.

“If you’re not going to call me, I’ll give you the chopsticks.” Jiang Nian picked up the teacup and took a sip, realizing the tea on the table was also hot.

He glanced at Chen Yunyun, who was looking at her phone.

“Hmph, I can use Yunyun’s chopsticks!” Wang Yuhe lifted her head and put her hands on her hips. “I can even eat with a spoon!”

“Just use your hands,” Jiang Nian said, speechless.

He leaned back in his chair and took out his phone. He figured the dishes would be served soon, so he prepared to scroll through videos to pass the time.

“It’s not like I can’t!” Wang Yuhe retorted stubbornly.

A few minutes later, the kitchen started serving the dishes. Three dishes and one soup, the portions were not small, and he estimated there would be some left over.

During the meal, the three of them naturally started chatting.

They mostly talked about old funny stories, like Wang Yuhe secretly crying under her blanket on her first day of boarding school.

And Chen Yunyun peeing in the middle of the night, thinking the dorm was leaking, making whimpering noises. Finally, she pulled back the blanket, and the two of them stared at each other with wide eyes.

“Hahaha, you cry like a leak?” Jiang Nian laughed, turning to look at the blushing Wang Yuhe.

“No way!” Wang Yuhe was a little flustered. “Yunyun cried too! Once she used my phone to call home.”

“She rambled on and on, crying the whole time. Her mom finally asked her, ‘Whose child are you?'”

Hearing this, Chen Yunyun also blushed.

“I spoke too fast then, and my voice was different from usual. My mom heard the dialect and thought it was a student from our town.”

Chen Yunyun paid the bill; the meal wasn’t too expensive.

After dinner, Jiang Nian bought two bubble teas for the two girls. They strolled around the nearby pedestrian street for a while, and he gave each of them a hanging bag doll.

These things were inexpensive and cute, and they didn’t take up much space, like a backpack skin. Almost no high school senior girl would refuse them.

A childish girl like Wang Yuhe even clutched the doll and played with it back and forth. Jiang Nian reached out to grab it, but the ‘elementary school student’ refused to let go.

“Ah! Why are you only grabbing mine!”

“Just yours.”

Chen Yunyun covered her mouth and chuckled. Seeing Jiang Nian turn to look at her, she quickly turned her head away, only to hear him say,

“Hey, what’s on your doll?”

The next second, her hand was pinched.

Chen Yunyun:…

Sometimes even she found it hard to deal with Jiang Nian’s habit of casually touching things; he had endless tricks up his sleeve.

But… she didn’t dislike it.

Jiang Nian didn’t plan to extend their playtime. He walked to the west gate of the school and waved goodbye to the two girls.

“I haven’t finished my homework yet, so I’m heading to the classroom first.”

“Tch!” Wang Yuhe gave him the middle finger.

“Okay, then we’ll go back to the dorm for a bit.” Chen Yunyun waved at him, her smile sweet. “Bye-bye.”

After watching Jiang Nian leave, Chen Yunyun turned to Wang Yuhe and said,

“Let’s go.”

“Okay, Yunyun, let me see yours.” Wang Yuhe poked the small doll in her hand. “It looks even prettier than mine.”

“Alright, here you go.”

Jiang Nian looked up again, and it was already 1:30 PM. Usually, at this time, he would be preparing for his afternoon nap.

But today was Sunday, and they had six hours off in the afternoon.

At this moment, the classroom was empty. Besides Jiang Nian, only Luo Yong was still in the classroom playing on his phone, with constant QQ notification sounds.

“Brother Yong, why aren’t you going back?”

Luo Yong looked up at the sound, and just as he was about to speak, he let out a sound. He quickly stood up and was about to walk out of the classroom.

“What’s the good news?” Jiang Nian asked curiously.

“When we were doing our run, a junior added my QQ.” Luo Yong chuckled. “She asked me to go to a bubble tea shop.”

“Huh?” Jiang Nian was confused. “No, aren’t you coming to training this afternoon?”

“Brother Nian, please help me out.” Luo Yong put his hands together and backed away. “After we finish playing, I’ll bring you guys bubble tea.”

Since he had said all that, Jiang Nian could only nod and smile, saying,

“Alright, then I’ll wait for your good news.”

Luo Yong turned and left, his heart filled with excitement.

He had told a small lie.

It wasn’t a junior who added his QQ; he had actively added the junior’s QQ. Who knew things would progress so quickly? How could he not be overjoyed?

Originally, he wasn’t interested in girls.

But that afternoon, after witnessing Jiang Nian being called away by two beautiful girls, he had a sudden realization and began to live his life seriously.

People from Zhennan never yield to others.

He hurried downstairs, planning to rush back to his rented place to wash his hair. He would change clothes, tidy up, and then he could go on his date.

2:15 PM, Senior High Building.

“What?”

“Damn it, he went on a date?” Li Hua, holding a soccer ball, was stunned. “But we have a game tomorrow!”

“Yeah,” Jiang Nian nodded.

“Bastard!” Sun Zhicheng was also a bit annoyed. “Dating at a time like this, doesn’t he have any sense of collective honor?”

“It’s okay, let’s not say too much.” Liu Yang rubbed his forehead. “Let’s train first. One less forward isn’t a big problem. Let’s go, let’s go.” Jiang Nian said.

In the corridor, curses and grumbles were incessant.

Even after getting to the field, a few people were still cursing Luo Yong. Prioritizing romance over friendship was understandable, but disregarding collective honor was too much.

With a bang, Li Hua kicked a long pass.

Since he hadn’t warmed up much, he kicked it wide. Li Hua immediately cursed in frustration, instinctively yelling at Luo Yong.

“It’s all Luo Yong’s fault!”

Seven-a-side soccer isn’t that complicated to play.

Liu Yang and Sun Zhicheng, who had better skills, played as two defenders, responsible for advancing the ball from the backfield and preventing the opponent’s advance.

Jiang Nian played as a forward, and Li Hua as a defensive midfielder. The two attacking midfielders were the taciturn Hu Nianzhong and the truant Luo Yong. Due to time constraints and the urgency of the competition, the team’s initial agreed-upon tactic was a 2-3-1 formation.

The 2-3-1 formation means that in offense, the two defenders are responsible for passing the ball out. The defensive midfielder and two attacking midfielders push forward.

They use a third-man tactic to attract the opponent’s forwards, creating a gap to pass the ball to Jiang Nian, the forward in the opponent’s half.

Since the forward usually looks for opportunities in the opponent’s half, the midfield becomes particularly important in this situation.

They not only have to direct play but also protect the ball and pass it to the attacking midfielders or the forward.

Logically, Jiang Nian should have been the main player in this position. However, Li Hua’s shots as a forward were terrible, he couldn’t score at all.

So, Jiang Nian had to play as a forward.

Class Three’s tactic was simple: as long as they passed the ball out, let Jiang Nian get the ball, and lead the charge, they would win.

Simply because Jiang Nian’s shots were too powerful.

Whether it was a long pass from the defensive midfielder or a shot from a tight angle, one or two defenders basically couldn’t stop him.

Because of this, Class Three mainly practiced passing combinations.

Now that Luo Yong was absent, Jiang Nian, as a forward, had to cover the attacking midfielder position, which didn’t affect training much.

Before long, two more teams also training appeared on the field. However, they looked to have fewer people, with three or four people per group.

Liu Yang and Jiang Nian discussed it and decided to play a full game with those two smaller teams.

“I counted, there are exactly thirteen people,” Liu Yang said. “We’ll be six people on one team, and you seven on the other.”

Hearing this, the seven people looked at each other.

“Alright, shall we kick off?”

“Hey bro, let us have it,” Jiang Nian said. “None of us are very good at playing; our average ‘ball age’ is counted in days.”

The other few people immediately laughed at this.

“No need, we haven’t been playing for many years either.”

High school seniors who are still willing to come out and practice on weekends are either truly passionate or truly bored and looking for trouble.

After forty minutes of playing, Jiang Nian sat on the steps to rest.

The other players seemed to be going to buy water, and Liu Yang also walked over. He pointed in the direction of the convenience store, also preparing to buy water.

His phone chimed, and Chen Yunyun sent a message.

She and Wang Yuhe were just leaving school and would bring him water on the way.

She said she was bringing water, but of course, she wouldn’t just bring it for one person, otherwise, it would be too awkward. Therefore, she specifically asked about the number of people on the field.

“Six? Why is one missing?”

“He got lured away by a junior.”

“Ah?” Chen Yunyun sent a’sweatdrop’ emoji. “Sprite isn’t very good. Can I bring you fruit tea instead?”

“Anything is fine.”

Jiang Nian replied, put away his phone, and prepared to go back on the field.

Li Hua walked over and asked curiously,

“Who are you chatting with?”

“Nobody. A beautiful girl from our class will be bringing water later,” Jiang Nian said. “It’ll save some money, and everyone will get some.”

“Damn, then I want to drink Pocari Sweat!” Li Hua grinned.

“Then I’ll ask her to change it.” Jiang Nian pretended to take out his phone. “How about I get you a whole tea set?”

“Oh, that’s great!” Li Hua started acting coy.

“Haha, you bastard!” Jiang Nian pointed at him. “Drink whatever you get; it’s better than the direct drinking water in the classroom.”

“No, who’s bringing it?” Ma Guojun Ma Guojun asked curiously.

“Bringing water? But I only drink Evian.” Liu Yang also started to put on airs. “Ask her if she has Evian.”

Sun Zhicheng didn’t join in the teasing, but he had a vague feeling that something was amiss.

The next second.

“Jiang Nian, pass me the ball!” Wang Yuhe shouted, waving at him from the other end of the track. “Quick, quick, quick!”

With a swish, everyone’s eyes on the field turned to the attention-seeker.

Wang Yuhe realized she had shouted too loudly and immediately quieted down like a quail. She was carrying drinks, so she simply walked back.

“What’s wrong?” Chen Yunyun walked behind her, also carrying a bag. “The ball flew over.”

“Huh?”

Wang Yuhe turned around and indeed saw the ball flying over. It landed precisely a short distance in front of her and rolled to her feet.

She looked up and saw Jiang Nian standing there with his hands on his hips, looking spirited.

“Hmph, I can definitely kick it farther than him.”

She took a powerful shot, and the ball arced in the air. But the direction was way off, flying straight towards Sun Zhicheng.

Wang Yuhe: “…”

When Chen Yunyun and Wang Yuhe entered the field, the atmosphere immediately became lively.

“Damn, two girls are bringing them water?”

“No way, these bastards are already sneaky when playing. Why are they pulling these dirty tricks, paying people to bring water, right?”

On Class Three’s side, all six people except Sun Zhicheng were very happy.

Li Hua: “Damn, there’s really Pocari Sweat?”

“Where, where? Damn, Red Bull!” Ma Guojun rushed forward to grab water. “Damn, Chen Yunyun is too rich, isn’t she?”

“It’s true.” Liu Yang came over and rummaged through it, exclaiming in surprise. He turned and asked, “What is Jiang Nian drinking?”

Jiang Nian had just taken the bubble tea bag from Chen Yunyun. Inside was a cup of fruit tea and two small boxes of fruit.

“This one is grapes, and the other is cantaloupe.” Chen Yunyun took them out one by one and unwrapped the fork packaging.

Li Hua, passing by, was kicking a ball and teasing Wang Yuhe. He was suddenly splashed in the face, and the smile on his face instantly vanished.

“Damn, there’s fruit too?”

He leaned closer, his eyes like periods, looking at the two of them. He looked at Chen Yunyun, then at the not-at-all-loyal Jiang Nian.

“No, why is he the only one with fruit?”

Chen Yunyun’s face flushed slightly, and she ran away without saying anything. Since no one was playing soccer, she and Wang Yuhe kicked the ball around for fun.

Sun Zhicheng: “…”

He glanced at Chen Yunyun not far away, then at Jiang Nian, and then at the bottle of drink in his own hand.

At this moment, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Can he win?

However, the next second, he remembered the class monitor, and a new understanding dawned on him. How could the class monitor, who had no opponent, lose?

So, he would also win.

Before long, the people who went to buy water for the seven-person combined soccer team also returned one after another.

As soon as they entered the sports field, they were struck by an opening thunderbolt.

They saw two beautiful girls clumsily kicking a ball in the middle of the field, while the Olympiad class team was leisurely drinking beverages nearby.

“I feel like I got splashed in the face, but I have no evidence.”

“Why don’t the girls in our class pay attention to soccer at all!” one person said through gritted teeth. “Damn, I hate it so much!”

“The girls in the science Olympiad class are too good, aren’t they? How can they be so united? Our class is always arguing.” “Class Three, I heard their grades are only lower than Class Zero.”

“Damn, someone’s still eating fruit over there. Why don’t they have steak and red wine? The disparity in the world is too great!”

Seeing that people were coming, Chen Yunyun didn’t linger. She greeted Jiang Nian and then pulled Wang Yuhe away to go shopping.

Because the opponents were filled with resentment, they played fast and fiercely after the kickoff.

Their own penalty area was strongly broken through three times by the opposing team, giving Sun Zhicheng and Liu Yang, the two defenders, a tough workout.

Putting everything else aside, these two brothers certainly got their training in today.

“Timeout!!” Liu Yang panted, raising his hand and actively saying, “Ten-minute break, I can’t keep up physically.”

Seeing this, the opponents finally stopped.

“I’m going to the restroom; I’ll be back soon.” Jiang Nian stood up, put his phone in his pocket. “Call me if anything happens.”

The two groups had only rested for a few minutes when two girls appeared at the entrance of the sports field, carrying several bubble tea bags.

One of the girls, who looked quite cute from a distance, was also carrying a thermos.

“Are those two girls from your class?” one person asked.

“They’re not from our class,” the other three in the team said, looking bewildered. “Aren’t they girls from your class?”

“No.”

“It couldn’t be those people from Class Three, could it? But didn’t someone deliver once already?”

Zhang Ningzhi and Huang Fang walked side by side, nervously approaching the Class Three students, and pursed their lips.

“Does everyone want bubble tea?”

Li Hua and a few others looked at each other, their eyes shocked and mixed with a bit of doubt.

It was as if they were saying, “Bastards!”

“Damn bastards!”

“Jiang Nian, you’re really a damn bastard!” Li Hua cursed, then actively took the bubble tea. “I’ll drink, I’ll drink.”

“Me too, me too!” Ma Guojun said.

Who wouldn’t drink free bubble tea? Liu Yang, Sun Zhicheng, and Hu Nianzhong exchanged glances and also stepped forward to get their bubble tea.

“Thank you.”

“Where’s Jiang Nian’s share?” Li Hua looked left and right, asking curiously. “He’s not drinking anyway, so give it to me.”

“He doesn’t drink bubble tea, so we didn’t prepare one for him.” Zhang Ningzhi blushed slightly.

“!! Serves him right!” Li Hua was amused.

However, the next second.

Zhang Ningzhi whispered, “He said he wanted chicken soup, so I brought him a portion of chicken soup. Squad leader, where is he?”

“Jiang Nian went to the restroom,” Liu Yang interjected. “You can wait here for a bit; he’ll be back soon.”

“Oh, oh.” Zhang Ningzhi looked nervous.

“Chicken soup? Let me see.” Li Hua, not believing it, leaned over to look. “It really is chicken soup!”

After a while, Jiang Nian returned and saw Zhang Ningzhi standing there.

“Huh? Why didn’t you call me when you arrived?”

“I asked them, and… there was no need to call.” Zhang Ningzhi chuckled and handed him the thermos.

“My family just made wild chicken soup at noon; you can drink it.”

Li Hua and the others squatted on the side, biting their fingers and drinking bubble tea, while watching the giggle (silly smiling) Zhang Ningzhi and Jiang Nian drinking soup.

“Damn it, I can’t take it anymore, I’m going to explode on him!”