Chapter Index

    Some people around stopped moving, listening to the boss cursing loudly.

    “What kind of quality do students have these days! Call the police and arrest their mother!”

    Hearing this, Yang Qiming turned to look at Huang Cailang.

    “Cailang, he won’t get arrested, will he?”

    To be cautious, Cousin Qiming used “he” to refer to Jiang Nian.

    “Ah, probably not. Spraying water isn’t physical contact.” Huang Cailang tried hard to recall some knowledge.

    In the first year of high school, the school held a safety lecture, inviting an official from the Municipal Public Security Bureau to speak.

    That uncle spoke quite humorously, so Huang Cailang still remembered some of the information.

    “It’s not intentional harm. At most, he’ll pay a few yuan if the police come. The police aren’t that idle; they won’t go through surveillance footage for that boss, one by one.”

    Hearing this, Yang Qiming nodded.

    “That’s good.”

    Although he and Jiang Nian weren’t close, outside school, there was a stronger sense of “being from the same class.” Besides, the boss was dishonest first, so he deserved it even more.

    To put it bluntly, roadside stalls around the school were completely risk-free businesses.

    Even if they mixed dog food into dumplings and sold them to students, the students wouldn’t notice.

    Students with stomach aches wouldn’t know how to complain about the vendors, at most spreading word of mouth.

    In this regard, students themselves were a vulnerable group.

    Damn it, to openly cheat even well-tempered benefactors like this, how high could their moral bottom line be?

    North Gate of the school.

    A student wearing a denim jacket blended into the crowd, carrying a box of milk in his hand.

    Braving the drizzle, he entered the gate with the crowd of people holding umbrellas and those getting wet.

    Jiang Nian didn’t enter the school from the West Gate at all; he directly circled around.

    He had already taken off his black hoodie, making him look like a completely different person.

    He walked alongside several people in denim jackets for a while, then turned into an alley.

    He walked all the way to the end along the teachers’ apartment complex, stopping at a wall.

    Using a shared bicycle leaning against the wall, he directly climbed over.

    Forget about minor things like spitting water on people; he even physically assaulted that idiotic boss.

    Unless that boss spent money specifically to hire someone to watch surveillance footage, he wouldn’t find any trace of him.

    As for checking surveillance, haha, forget about it.

    Getting a mouthful of water and then checking surveillance? The police would be crazy to help you with that.

    Of course, even if they did check, Jiang Nian wasn’t afraid.

    Why would a local be afraid? Can’t you complain about selling spoiled food? Besides, there was no physical contact. At most, he just mocked the boss a few times, and he’d spit again next time.

    Find me? Next time I’ll bring a van full of people to spit on you!

    After entering the school, he ate a six-yuan meal at the dormitory Cafeteria.

    After eating and drinking his fill, it was completely dark, and he slowly strolled back to the third-year building.

    As soon as he reached the fourth floor, Chen Yunyun and Wang Yuhe were standing in the corridor talking.

    Turning his head, he saw Jiang Nian passing by, and Chen Yunyun couldn’t help but stop him. She first scrutinized him, then asked in confusion.

    “Why are you wet?”

    “Oh, oh, I went to buy something and didn’t bring an umbrella.” Jiang Nian rubbed his hair, looking nonchalant, “Just a little rain. It actually feels quite nice.”

    Hearing this, Chen Yunyun rolled her eyes at him.

    “Won’t you catch a cold?”

    “Haha, what are you talking about?” Jiang Nian seemed to have heard a funny joke, “Catch a cold from this little rain? You underestimate me too much.”

    After thinking for a moment, Chen Yunyun took out half a pack of tissues from her pocket.

    “Wipe yourself.”

    “Mm-hmm, thanks.” Jiang Nian took the tissues, then looked up at Chen Yunyun again, hesitating for a moment before asking, “If I take these tissues, you won’t be without tissues…”

    “You, you, you!!!” Chen Yunyun’s face instantly turned red. She knew his nature too well, “Don’t say it! It’s not what you’re thinking!”

    “…To wipe my face.” Jiang Nian was puzzled, “Huh? What’s wrong with wiping my face? After you wash your face, do you just stand in the corridor and let the wind dry it?”

    Chen Yunyun: “…Alright, don’t talk anymore.”

    The classroom was brightly lit, but he didn’t see Zhang Ningzhi.

    As soon as he sat down, his phone vibrated with a buzz.

    Zhang Ningzhi sent a few messages. He opened them and saw that she couldn’t come.

    “Um… my dad has something on, so he can’t drive me. It’s dark and raining outside, and my mom asked for leave for me, not letting me go to school.”

    “Rest well at home, it’s a bit cold outside.” Jiang Nian replied to the message, “If you catch a cold, it’ll affect tomorrow’s class, which isn’t worth it.”

    “Mm (disappointed).” Zhang Ningzhi replied.

    “It’s okay, I’ll take pictures of the test papers for you, one by one.” Jiang Nian leaned back in his chair, typing. He looked around, confirmed it was safe, then sent two more sentences.

    “Those test papers are due on the weekend, no rush to do them. I’ll take pictures of the physics test paper for you. After you finish, send me the answers, and I’ll hand-copy them for you.”

    Soon, Zhang Ningzhi replied.

    “Won’t that be too much trouble?”

    “Nah, consider it special treatment for a patient?” Jiang Nian’s fingers danced on the phone screen, “Anyway, even if you don’t come tonight, it won’t delay your studies.”

    Zhang Ningzhi: “Then thank you! (Cute)”

    “No problem.” Jiang Nian replied instantly.

    The free things are the most expensive; all the chips are implicitly priced.

    He could already imagine what kind of feeding he would receive tomorrow. Being a simp indeed had its advantages.

    Zhizhi, the rich loli, *slurp slurp*, lick like crazy!

    How pathetic, how can I be a simp?

    So what?

    Evening self-study was about to begin. Li Hua arrived late, accompanied by Ma Guojun. The two exchanged winks, their faces sporting expressions that were verbally lewd but actually those of virgins.

    “Nian, let me tell you something really awesome.”

    “What?” Jiang Nian scratched his neck, flipping through ‘A-Shuai’.

    “You don’t know, you know how there are stalls in front of the small plaza at the school’s West Gate?” Li Hua grinned, “Some jerk got into a fight with the boss.”

    “I heard he directly spat saliva on the boss’s face. Let me tell you, that scene…” The big fat Ma Guojun was also beaming, as if it were New Year’s.

    The more Jiang Nian listened, the stranger it became. Wasn’t this what his cousin did?

    “Nian, why aren’t you laughing?” Li Hua chuckled.

    Ma Guojun also asked with a smile, “Yeah, isn’t it funny?”

    “Hahaha, hard to say.” Jiang Nian gave an awkward laugh, “I think this student went a bit too far. No matter what, couldn’t he have talked it out nicely?”

    “Ah, I can’t agree with that.” Li Hua said seriously, “That damn boss often sells bad stuff. I fell for it once.”

    “Still, it’s not that serious. The student just got a stomach ache.” Jiang Nian said earnestly, with the background music already playing in his ears, “We are all living with great effort.”

    Ma Guojun and Li Hua exchanged glances, looking at Jiang Nian.

    “Is that person your relative?”

    “No, I’m just an objective bystander, a pure passerby.” Jiang Nian said with an innocent face, speaking again, “That boss has no mother above and no children below; living is already hard enough for him.”

    Li Hua and Ma Guojun exchanged glances again, utterly confused.

    It should be ‘has elders above and children below’, right?

    Yao Beibei entered the classroom door right as the bell for evening self-study rang. As she walked through the aisle of the first large group,

    she glanced over, saw Zhang Ningzhi’s seat was empty, and didn’t bother going back to her own seat.

    She simply stepped over from Jiang Nian’s side and directly usurped the seat.

    “Zhizhi isn’t coming tonight either?”

    “Yeah, she can’t make it.” Jiang Nian answered vaguely.

    Yao Beibei was like a nosy detective, always loving to gossip. Before the situation was clear, it was best not to reveal too much information to her.

    “She didn’t tell you?” Yao Beibei leaned back in the chair, putting a lollipop in her mouth, “I don’t believe it, unless you show me the chat history.”

    “I’m a wild man, I don’t use a phone.” Jiang Nian didn’t want to follow her conversational rhythm and interrupted, “What kind of candy are you eating? Give me one.”

    “None left, just this one.” Yao Beibei took out the lollipop and held it out to Jiang Nian, “If you don’t mind, you can have it.”

    Jiang Nian leaned in, scaring Yao Beibei into immediately retracting her hand.

    “What the heck?”

    “You were actually going to lick it?”

    Hearing this, Jiang Nian showed a slightly embarrassed smile.

    “No, I was going to spit on it.”

    “Damn it, you’re disgusting, Jiang Nian!” Yao Beibei pretended to gag, quickly stuffing the lollipop back into her mouth, “I’ll tell Zhizhi later.”

    “Heh.”

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