Chapter 394 The first and most exciting one

“Oh, maybe I saw wrong.” Jiang Nian had no sense of guilt.

After he finished speaking, he looked up at the sky.

“You!” Wang Yuhe was about to use her Tiny Fist when a flash of realization crossed her mind, and her eyes instantly dimmed.

“You… are you hiding some secret from me? You all know, and I’m the only one who doesn’t!

It’s over, I’ve been isolated.

“No, no.” Chen Yunyun immediately stepped forward, gently hugged Wang Yuhe, and explained a few things.

She naturally omitted the part about Jiang Nian touching her waist, only mentioning things related to blow-drying hair.

Wang Yuhe was half-convinced, “Really?”

Jiang Nian glanced at her and only said one sentence.

“Believe first, then question.”

The hairdryer was just a pretext; if the classroom wasn’t suitable, they would naturally find another place to dry their hair.

However, Jiang Nian also wanted to test the boundaries between himself and the two girls; if their relationship wasn’t close enough, being overly concerned would be awkward.

As for what conditions he could offer, that depended on the lottery results tonight.

Apparently, the two girls didn’t reject Jiang Nian’s suggestion. But they also didn’t take it too seriously, treating it merely as casual chat and fantasy between friends.

So, the conversation ended there, temporarily archived.

In the afternoon, the winter sun was warm.

Jiang Nian stood in the corridor and chatted with the two girls for a while. Estimating it was almost one o’clock, he automatically muted himself and returned to his seat.

His Silver Devil’s Hand also gripped a quick-drying pen.

In fact, he wasn’t really a silver devil. He just did things that made everyone happy after getting familiar… two… three… forget it, let him win as many as he wins.

Qin Shi Huang ate prickly ash, he won big time.

At half past one, his biological clock activated. Jiang Nian put down his pen and fell into a deep sleep. The classroom was quiet, with only the rustle of turning pages.

After the lunch break, someone tapped him.

Jiang Nian slowly got up from his desk, feeling utterly exhausted. A hand with distinct knuckles rested on his fair neck.

Sleep at two, wake at six, the King of Hell praises my good health.

Zhang Ningzhi stared for a moment, then reminded him.

“Physics homework is being collected.”

There were six people in the group, and each was responsible for collecting homework for one subject. Zhang Ningzhi was in charge of physics.

“Okay.” Jiang Nian rummaged through his desk with one hand, pulled out a homework book, and handed it to her, “Here you go.”

At the same time, he unscrewed his thermos.

He shook the few remaining ice cubes Yao Beibei had brought, tilted his head back, and took a drink, feeling a little more awake.

That idiot Yao Beibei, she replaced his hot water with ice cubes.

After a while, Zhang Ningzhi returned after submitting the homework. Jiang Nian happened to get up to go to the restroom, and they brushed past each other in the aisle.

Jiang Nian deliberately brushed his fingers against hers, glanced at her startled expression, and left with a smile.

Teasing young girls from time to time was quite interesting.

The afternoon lessons were dull.

Jiang Nian activated his once-a-day healing, sweeping away the fatigue accumulated in the morning, which made Zhang Ningzhi stare blankly, “Weren’t you very sleepy after lunch break? How are you suddenly not sleepy anymore?”

“Oh, I was pretending.”

“You’re so annoying!”

In a flash, the three afternoon classes ended. Finally, it was time for the football match. The order of appearance had been decided the week before last.

The first match was an internal battle between the science Olympiad classes, Class Three against Class One.

The last class was biology. Qing Bao had just finished class. She packed her things and walked out, looking up to see Jiang Nian standing up.

Then, several boys from the class also followed her out.

In the corridor, Qing Bao was caught up to by the boys from Class Three, who greeted her. Each one was like a peacock displaying its feathers, eagerly striking up conversations.

“Teacher, will you come to watch our match?” Liu Yang asked openly, his Face full of hope, “Yeah, Teacher, do you have time?”

Among them, the most sycophantic was Li Hua. This male animal, who was always acting foolish, had a flash of inspiration and started to play the victim.

“Teacher, everyone in our class is having a small self-study session. It’s estimated that no one will cheer for us, it’s really too pitiful.”

Qing Bao pondered for a moment and then said, “But I heard Teacher Liu say that your class only has a ten-minute self-study session.”

Hearing this, Li Hua froze, feeling a little guilty.

“Is… is that so?”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian, who was walking behind, couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“Sorry, I just thought of something funny.”

Except for Luo Yong, who had been demoted from forward to substitute for missing training, the rest of the team also started laughing.

“red stone, red stone!” Li Hua was furious, turning around and grabbing Jiang Nian’s collar, “You dog, targeting me again!”

“Stop messing around, fatherly love is like a mountain.” Jiang Nian slapped away Li Hua’s hand, “Hua, you’re too impulsive, I’ll give you a suggestion.”

“From now on, when you’re angry, throw a red bean into a glass bottle. When you control your anger, throw a green bean into the bottle.”

This joke wasn’t funny. The story of pulling out nails and throwing green beans was too classic.

Qing Bao, who usually maintained a serious demeanor, couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

She remembered doing something similar when she was little. Later, her mother used the red beans she had saved to make soy milk.

Seeing this, the few people looked at each other in dismay.

After all, Qing Bao was the prettiest of the Class Three teachers, no one didn’t… Oh, there was also Qian Bao.

Qian Bao was elegantly beautiful, excelling in several aspects besides age.

Lin Dong, the yellow-haired substitute, carrying a pack of mineral water, patted Jiang Nian and said.

“Brother Nian, you get the teacher to… come watch our game. You guys play soccer, and I’ll be responsible for chatting with the teacher.”

Liu Yang and the others also began to silently exert pressure, one by one starting to beg Qing Bao to watch the game, speaking pitifully.

Qing Bao hesitated for a moment, then looked at her senior Disciple Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian, however, looked out towards the stairs, as if it had nothing to do with him.

“Damn it! Is this what a captain should do?” Li Hua was furious, grabbing Jiang Nian’s collar fiercely.

“Speak, you bastard!”

Jiang Nian was pressed against the wall, slowly looking up like a sloth.

“Huh?”

“What are you pretending for!”

“Exactly, speak up, speak up! You clearly know, you dog, you’re really pretending, hurry up and say it!”

Under the frantic coercion of the three men, Jiang Nian was forced to comply. He could only turn to look at the Master at the bottom of the stairs and pleaded.

“Teacher, please come watch our class’s game?”

Hearing this, Qing Bao nodded.

“Alright.”

She didn’t have anything to do after work anyway; at most, she’d immerse herself in work in the office for a little while, then it would be time to leave.

Lest she be seen as a ‘Roll Dog’ (someone who works excessively) by colleagues and thus be ostracized.

Of course, she also had the thought of giving Jiang Nian some Face.

Since she was already somewhat swayed, seeing Jiang Nian formally make the request, she simply agreed to them.

“Wow!!”

A group of people immediately cheered, happily heading downstairs. Qing Bao needed to go back to the office, while the others walked towards the sports field.

Halfway there, Li Hua suddenly turned to look at Jiang Nian. Almost without warning, he pointed at Jiang Nian and started to rant.

“BYD, when did the biology teacher start listening to you?”

Upon hearing Teacher Li’s words, everyone suddenly woke up as if from a dream. They had been too excited just now and almost overlooked this detail.

“Nima!”

“Holy crap, it’s true… when did their relationship get so good? You damn bastard, you want to hog all the attention, don’t you!”

Jiang Nian stood with his hands behind his back, sneering.

“Outer Sect Wild Dog!”

“Nian! Arriba, Arriba!”

“I can’t stand it, I’ve never seen anyone so arrogant. Jiang Nian, you’re really damn despicable, you’ve taken everything!”

“You scored 97.” Jiang Nian’s single sentence silenced everyone, “Why aren’t you talking? Are you naturally aloof?”

“Nima!”

“Damn, idiot!”

“I really want to chop off his dick, scoring 97 isn’t that great!”

A group of people bickered and clamored, heading straight for the sports field.

In the afternoon, dusk spread over the bare football field. On the withered grass, both grandstands were already crowded with people.

For the first match, many people came to observe the rules.

Among them were some pretty junior girls and some handsome junior boys from Nan Liang, making the abstract boys of Class Three blush.

“That one, look, that one…”

“So handsome.”

“Look at that one, that one, so strong.”

“Like a gorilla.”

The few changed into their uniforms and went onto the field, squatting down to tie their shoelaces tightly. The people from Olympiad Class One were doing the same. The head referee was the sports teacher, that middle-aged resentful person whom Jiang Nian had twice scared into groundhog screams at the sports meet.

His gaze swept over the players on both sides, then suddenly fixed on Jiang Nian.

“Hmm?”

“Why is it him?”

“Where’s the red card? I clearly had it in my pocket.”

Even though the game hadn’t started yet, the head referee instinctively prepared to blow his whistle. This person’s appearance was already against the rules, he must be sent off!

“Forget it, this is a football match. The rules are open and transparent, even if he has extraordinary abilities, he can’t cause trouble.”

“Speechless, can the grade level put this person on a blacklist!”

Jiang Nian was currently stretching with his teammates, unable to hear the head referee’s complaints, but he clearly heard Li Hua’s mumbling.

“I am a chicken, a happy wild chicken. The chickens around know, I’m happy enough.”

Jiang Nian: “?”

“Hua, what the hell are you mumbling?”

“The Song of the Wild Chicken.”

“Huh? Lin Dong, why are you up here? Hu Nianzhong got replaced by you. Holy crap, you, a substitute, replaced a starter?”

Lin Dong brushed his hair back, his eyes resolute.

“The opponent… is an enemy.”

“Huh?”

“Yuan Zhengchuan, that…’s ex-boyfriend.” Lin Dong mentioned, “Unfortunately, he fell on the path of the Holy Grail War.”

Holy Grail War, whose cup is it?

“It’s not them…” Jiang Nian was speechless. For the first starting lineup, the substitute yellow-haired guy had replaced the honest one.

The scene couldn’t be described as having no rules; it was simply a chaotic mess.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take responsibility for blocking Yuan Zhengchuan.” Lin Dong patted his chest, inexplicably fired up.

Ten minutes later, the players from both sides were called to the center of the field by the referee. They first shook hands, then prepared for kickoff.

At this moment, the boys and girls from Class Three finally came down.

“Class Three! Go for it!”

“Class Three! Victory!”

Under the twilight, accompanied by the clear shouts of the girls echoing across the field, Class One was shouting a certain boy’s name: “Shao Ziheng! Go for it!”

Hearing this, Li Hua walked towards the midfield, looking back. He coughed at Jiang Nian and asked curiously.

“Who is that Shao, what’s his name?”

“Who knows? Later, just see which BYD on the other side kicks the hardest, and that’ll be him.” Jiang Nian said indifferently.

“Heads or tails?” The referee looked at Jiang Nian, then at Shao Ziheng from Class One, also a tall man of 1.8 meters.

When the two stood together, the tension rose.

Yuan Zhengchuan, the loser of the Holy Grail War, also stood on the right side of the midfield, directly facing Lin Dong, with a somewhat awkward expression.

“Heads.” Shao Ziheng, a muscular scholar, said arrogantly to Jiang Nian, “I’m more upright than you!”

“Is your mom upright?” Jiang Nian asked calmly.

“F*** you!” Shao Ziheng instantly broke down, having never encountered such vulgarity. “Are you f***ing sick?!”

“Referee, where’s the yellow card?” Jiang Nian pointed at Shao Ziheng opposite him. “This person is swearing; my head is starting to hurt.”

“You’re lying!” Shao Ziheng roared.

The head referee: “…

F***, where did these oddballs come from, and two of them at once.

“Ahem, everyone shut up!” The head referee’s Face darkened. “First warning. If you say another word, I’ll send you off.”

“F***!” Shao Ziheng cursed silently.

He glared at Jiang Nian with ill intent, thinking, ‘This weakling from Class Three. I’ll break him up later and let him know what a school team is.’

Just as he was thinking, several sweet shouts from girls rang out from the edge of the football stadium stands.

“Jiang Nian! Go for it!”

The game hadn’t started yet, so Shao Ziheng was naturally drawn. He turned his head to look off the field, narrowing his eyes.

He saw several quite beautiful girls standing outside the field, waving and shouting. Their beauty was completely out of place with the surroundings.

Even the dim twilight seemed to brighten.

Shao Ziheng was momentarily lost in thought. He had long heard that Class Three had many pretty girls, but today, seeing was believing.

Normally, he only occasionally saw one or two, but today they were all there. Two or three standing together, each with their own unique charm.

His eyes couldn’t take it all in; he almost forgot he was still playing football.

At this moment, Class One also shouted in unison, as if competing.

“Shao Ziheng, go for it! Shao Ziheng, number one!”

Their rehearsed chants easily drowned out the clear shouts of the Class Three girls. Like a grand bell, it echoed throughout the stadium.

But Shao Ziheng snapped back to reality.

He was still somewhat dazed, hearing the angelic sounds covered by the roar of a tractor, and a look of wistful disappointment appeared on his Face.

He couldn’t help but fantasize, if only… if only those clear cheers had been for him.

Unfortunately, they were for someone else on the opposite side.

Shao Ziheng thought for a moment, then looked at the person directly opposite him and asked.

“Jiang Nian?”

“Heh.”

After confirming that the opponent was Jiang Nian, Shao Ziheng felt a mix of emotions. His back expanded, and his bones cracked. “You truly deserve to die!”

With a ring, the coin was tossed into the air.

With a smack, it was covered on the back of the referee’s hand. The three simultaneously looked at the back of his hand as the referee slowly removed his palm.

“Tails! Class Three kicks off!”

“Holy sh*t!!!” Class Three’s abstract cheers erupted, deliberately messing with the opponent’s mindset. “Heh, what rotten luck for the other side!”

“Tsk, honestly, my grandma could win standing here.”

“It’s a sure thing, I’m already studying our opponent for the next round.”

Class Three’s trash talk successfully interfered with the emotions of the Class One players. One by one, they cursed, and the defenders unconsciously pushed forward.

At this moment, Class Three, already in an attacking formation, suddenly had Jiang Nian kick off, passing the ball to Sun Zhicheng, pretending to run towards the opponent’s inner field.

Shao Ziheng saw the ball suddenly kicked off and instinctively pressed forward.

Suddenly seeing Jiang Nian making a forward run into his own half, he immediately realized he was standing too far forward, so he followed by retreating.

Suddenly, he saw Jiang Nian turn his head and run back.

Shao Ziheng and the two forwards were somewhat surprised by this, but seeing Jiang Nian go back, the threat disappeared.

So, they didn’t pay much attention to it. The three of them, thinking of stealing the ball, rushed directly towards the Class Three player with the ball.

Li Hua, playing defensive midfielder, looked past Lin Dong. His gaze extended further, seeing Jiang Nian’s position, who had changed direction again.

He blinked as he saw this setup. He thought of a possibility, and his heart beat rapidly like a drum.

The tacit agreement (mòqì) brought by training made him instinctively understand Jiang Nian’s idea. A fake run to pull the defense, then a sprint towards the opponent’s penalty area.

Indeed, Jiang Nian turned back again, walking then quickly accelerating, shaking off everyone from Class One, and sprinting towards the opponent’s penalty area.

In the midfield, the players from both sides were intertwined like dog teeth. “Pass!” Li Hua shouted.

Sun Zhicheng made a steady pass, sending the ball to Li Hua’s feet. He barely managed to stop the ball and ran with it for a bit.

Shao Ziheng was already pressing over, and Li Hua swallowed his saliva.

In his nervousness, he just kicked a long ball.

He used too much force, and the ball flew over more than half of the football field, heading towards Class One’s penalty area. It wasn’t easy to stop such a ball.

However, Jiang Nian did not slow down.

He lifted his right foot at the landing spot, precisely stopping the football firmly on his foot. At that moment, the football seemed to instantly freeze.

It was an almost perfect stop, and then the ball started rolling again.

“Holy sh*t!!”

Everyone outside the field was shocked by this rather crude, yet simple, brutal, and aesthetically pleasing scene.

“It’s open, the opponent’s defense is open!”

Without any hesitation, Jiang Nian dashed forward with the ball. In less than a minute from the start of the game, he broke into the opponent’s penalty area.

Before him, there was only Class One’s goalkeeper.

The goalkeeper also didn’t expect to be busy so early in the game. He rushed to intercept, but it was already completely useless. A quick shot, and the ball went into the net.

Whoosh—!!!

A sharp, long whistle echoed across the field, indicating a valid goal. The referee was also excited after blowing the whistle; it was a strong start to the first game!

The Class One players looked back at their own goal, completely bewildered. They couldn’t believe that the opponent had scored within a minute of the game starting.

Pressure mounted, from their foreheads into their minds.

The next second, a thunderous cheer erupted on the field. The few Class Three players on the field went wild.

“Goal!!! Holy sh*t! A goal in one minute, awesome! Class One’s idiots are all stunned, holy sh*t, holy sh*t!!”

“Damn it, Brother Nian is awesome!!!”

“I was blind as a bat, this is the captain! The center forward!! Brother Nian is truly deserving, too amazing!”

Outside the field, the Class Three spectators were even more excited. “Goal! Goal!!”

“Brothers, am I still dreaming? It seems our class scored!”

“No mistake, our class is too amazing!”

Zhang Ningzhi immediately hugged Yao Beibei the moment the goal was scored.

“Goal! It’s a goal!! Beibei, did you see it? Our class scored, Jiang Nian and the others are so amazing!”

Their two chests collided, almost making Yao Beibei throw up.

“Gently, gently, baby.”

She thought, ‘Good thing I wore this padded bra this morning, otherwise, with such a bump from Baby Zhizhi, I’d be chafed. Baby, just hit my Face.’

Li Qingrong’s position wasn’t good; she was a bit nearsighted. There were too many people to see clearly, so she squinted her eyes, but still couldn’t see.

It wasn’t until just before the goal that she clearly saw Jiang Nian, who was dashing forward with the ball.

The moment the goal was scored, she pursed her lips.

“Class Monitor!! Our class scored! Wuwuwu!!” The timid smiling tiger, Nie Qiqi, was about to rub against the class monitor.

A pale hand reached out and grabbed the back of her collar, abruptly interrupting the infatuated Nie Qiqi’s dream of cuddling. “Who?!!” She turned around and saw Cai Xiaoqing looking down at her, staring coldly, and immediately cowered.

“Oh, it’s Xiaoqing, I…” Nie Qiqi acted cute, “I’m Madam White Snake, I’m your sister… Wuwuwu!!”

Cai Xiaoqing directly used her other hand to cover her mouth.

“Stop being crazy.”

The boys in the class discussed animatedly, exclaiming.

“Jiang Nian’s explosive power is too outrageous; he directly shook off the opposing players.”

“Oh my, who says it isn’t? I didn’t look closely at the time, and in a flash, I wondered what flew past.”

“This is destined to be the first, and most spectacular, goal of this inter-school competition!”

Chen Yunyun also excitedly hugged Wang Yuhe the moment the goal was scored, her eyes shining with brilliance.

“Jiang Nian, so amazing.”

Wang Yuhe heard this, her Face red for a long time, and finally managed to blurt out a sentence.

“I can do it too.”