Chapter 417 provides an answer that far exceeds expectations.

Small gate, under the phoenix tree.

“I’m so hungry,” Wang Yuhe stood under the tree, her meter-long legs looking slender and graceful. “Yunyun, when is he coming?”

Chen Yunyun was a little embarrassed, her delicate Face clear and beautiful, a snow-white scarf wrapped around her neck, adding a touch of warmth to the cold winter day.

“Soon, I guess.”

“It’s already lunchtime. Why did he call us over?” Wang Yuhe was clearly starving. “And we can’t even open the gate.”

Chen Yunyun actually didn’t know what Jiang Nian wanted to do, but seeing that he sent a message saying so, she chose to trust him for now.

“Perhaps…” Wang Yuhe whimpered, “That old man at the small gate is too stubborn. He doesn’t budge for soft or hard tactics. Even if Jiang Nian comes, he definitely won’t be able to open it.”

Hearing this, Chen Yunyun nodded.

“Indeed, students often argue with the old man for being a few minutes late. But maybe he has something to say?”

“I bet, Yunyun!” Wang Yuhe squatted down, hugging her knees. “He called us here just to laugh at us.”

Chen Yunyun: “…”

After a while, Jiang Nian came from a distance.

However, he didn’t walk towards them, but merely waved at the two girls from afar. Then he turned into the house next door.

Wang Yuhe instantly stood up, exclaiming excitedly.

“Yunyun, look at him!”

“He’s going to find the old man, probably to ask him to open the gate,” Chen Yunyun sweated, turning to comfort Wang Yuhe.

“Let’s wait a bit longer. We’ll talk when he comes out.”

Wang Yuhe let out an “oh” and then squatted on the ground to wait. Facing the exit of the small gate, she stared with a’Sharingan’…

Opening the gate, in fact, had rules and regulations.

However, the small gate was guarded by a person. Rules were dead, but people were alive, and the right to interpret the rules was in the old man’s hands.

In the afternoon, the old house next to the small gate, whitewashed with lime.

The old man was about to close the window for his afternoon nap when he saw a student approaching from afar. His Face immediately turned cold, and he prepared to wave him away.

Click, a pack of cigarettes fell through the window.

The old man saw it was Yuxi, and his whole Face immediately lit up with joy. As expected, the older one gets, the more transparent one becomes; he didn’t even bother to act.

“You need to go out, don’t you?”

At that moment, Jiang Nian actually felt the old man had become much kinder.

“Immortal Master, I’m the class monitor of Olympic Class 3. Two female classmates need to come in; they just finished seeing the doctor and can’t be exposed to the wind.”

Class monitor, seeing the doctor, female classmates—the elements were stacked perfectly.

This was political correctness on campus.

Actually, the old man had already agreed in his heart, for the sake of the Yuxi cigarettes. Hearing such a perfect excuse, his movements sped up a bit.

“That certainly requires attention. The flu is severe lately.”

Saying that, Jiang Nian and the old man walked to the small gate together. From afar, he pointed at Chen Yunyun and Wang Yuhe and said something.

Outside the small gate.

Chen Yunyun was stunned. She had never seen the old man guarding the small gate look like this. He held the keys, his Face full of kindness, ready to open the gate.

She remembered clearly that in the past, she would enter, and the small gate would be locked the very next second.

A boy who missed the time slot begged the old man to open the gate. No matter how much he pleaded, he was refused, and he angrily started cursing.

Because the argument was so fierce, it attracted many onlookers.

From then on, almost everyone knew that the old man at the small gate had a fierce temper and would not open it during lunch break except for teachers.

“Are these two girls?” The old man kindly waved at them. “Come in quickly; it’s windy outside.”

Chen Yunyun: “?”

Wang Yuhe was even more bewildered, her Face showing a shocked expression similar to Anya’s, squatting on the ground like a little country chicken.

“Huh?”

Clang, the small gate closed.

The two girls were led away by Jiang Nian, thanking the old man before they left.

“Have you eaten?”

However, Chen Yunyun and the other girl didn’t answer, instead asking.

“Why did the Immortal Master… open the gate?”

“Secret.”

Wang Yuhe: “You, you, you… could it be that you’re his grandson?”

“I’m not his grandson; I’m a Star of Inspiration,” Jiang Nian said. “I revealed my identity, and the Immortal Master was so moved he cried.”

“Liar!” Wang Yuhe leaned in front of him, staring intently into his eyes. “A Star of Inspiration can’t possibly be useful!”

Indeed, it was all thanks to the help of Immortal Master Yuxi.

“Believe it or not, you unmotivated person.” Jiang Nian couldn’t be bothered with her, turning to look at Chen Yunyun and asking again.

“Have you eaten?”

Chen Yunyun blinked and then shook her head.

“No.”

“Alright, just so happens I found a teacher’s cafeteria meal card on the way.” Jiang Nian pulled Chen Yunyun and walked towards the teacher’s cafeteria.

“I don’t know which poor soul dropped it. Let’s use it while it’s hot.”

After the lunch break, only the teacher’s cafeteria still served food in the entire school.

“Won’t we get caught?” Wang Yuhe closed her eyes, already scared.

“Coward.”

“You’re the coward!” Wang Yuhe pulled Chen Yunyun’s hand, persuading her, “This isn’t right, is it?”

Chen Yunyun didn’t know what to say, wanting to say that she would follow her husband wherever he went.

The words reached her lips, then she swallowed them back.

“Then there’s nothing we can do. If we get caught, we’ll just have to figure out how to compensate.”

Wang Yuhe: “?”

Jiang Nian also found it hard to hold back his expression when he heard this. Chen Yunyun’s tone of voice was like someone who had married a good-for-nothing gambling husband.

“Idiot, this was given to me by Old Liu.”

Wang Yuhe immediately hissed, “You’re the idiot!”

Beep beep.

Jiang Nian swiped for two meals and brought them to the two people who had almost shrunk into the corner to eat.

“No, are you two really that timid?”

Chen Yunyun pursed her lips and took the tray.

“This is the teacher’s cafeteria…”

“So what?”

“I’m not timid; I just don’t want to pretend,” Wang Yuhe sat opposite Jiang Nian, perfectly blocking his view, like a Genius playing CS.

“You’re f*cking awesome,” Jiang Nian said, speechless.

Chen Yunyun bit her lower lip and smiled softly.

As she lowered her head to eat, her heart was also filled with mixed emotions. From yesterday to today, it felt completely like a dream.

Perhaps, Jiang Nian’s reliability far exceeded her expectations.

It even overflowed.

At noon, the three quietly entered the classroom.

Jiang Nian, having spent a lot of time eating with the two girls, only wrote on his test paper for a while before starting his nap.

However, it was clearly worth it.

Whether it was money or cards, they were all inanimate objects. Spent on the right people, they often produced unexpected results.

For example, Li Hua’s cousin, who gave a mobile phone to his blind date.

The girl didn’t even care for it, and it directly became a toy in Li Hua’s hands, forced to navigate countless illicit websites.

In another half a year, this small amount of money might not be able to leverage much at all.

So timing was very important.

After his nap, Jiang Nian slowly woke up.

He stuffed a palm-sized teddy bear into Zhang Ningzhi’s desk drawer, and then placed a few hair ties on the class monitor’s desk.

He bought them casually; all together, they weren’t even as valuable as Liu Yang’s pack of Yuxi cigarettes.

After returning from the restroom, the hallway was bustling with people.

The boys from Class 3 leaned there, letting the wind dry their hands. Most likely, they had peed too much, their urine stream forked, and they peed on their hands.

“Hua, both your hands are wet with pee?”

“red stone, get lost!” Li Hua pulled his hands back, asking with a rather showy air, “Why did you take leave at noon?”

“I saw your cousin,” Jiang Nian leaned against the railing, narrowing his eyes. “And I have to say, she’s prettier in person than in photos.”

“You beast!” Li Hua grabbed Jiang Nian’s collar.

“What cousin?” Lin Dong poked his head out.

“A middle school student.”

“Oh, then forget it.” Lin Dong immediately lost interest and continued chatting with Sun Zhicheng, sharing anecdotes.

Among a circle of boys, Liu Yang asked.

“Really your cousin?”

“The real deal. You beasts stay away from my sister!” Li Hua instantly turned into a protective older brother. “I’ll kill anyone who comes near her.”

Jiang Nian looked at Liu Yang, smiling mischievously.

“Society, Brother Yang.”

Liu Yang knew he was talking about the Yuxi incident and immediately felt a bit guilty.

“Occasionally, occasionally.”

“Speaking of which, isn’t there a tug-of-war this afternoon?” Luo Yong had some brute strength and was also selected. “The girls seem to be weaker.”

Li Hua immediately scratched his head, starting to.

“I think… it’s alright.”

Jiang Nian: “You’re just going by the name?”

Hearing this, everyone who knew what was going on burst into laughter. The hallway was instantly filled with joyful air, and a furiously barking wild dog.

After class.

Jiang Nian returned to his seat, his arm tugged by Zhang Ningzhi.

“Hmm?”

Zhang Ningzhi, blushing, pointed at the teddy bear.

“Thank you.”