Chapter 55 Deep Blue Baby

Zhang Ningzhi froze, her face instantly turning crimson. She put down her phone and turned to bury her face on the desk.

“Hahaha! I told you not to ask.” Jiang Nian was a little gleeful, putting away his phone. He thought to himself that Yao Beibei’s comments on Xiaohongshu basically followed community guidelines.

Her real life might be bland, but it didn’t stop her from being a pervert online.

Sister Beibei! The last hope of the yellow race!

It was late, and time slowly crept across the clock face. The classroom was brightly lit. The approach of the third evening self-study session meant a day off in forty minutes.

Li Hua put down his pen and turned to ask him.

“Nian, what are you planning to do tomorrow?”

Jiang Nian said, “Go to the supermarket to hear some good news.”

Li Hua slowly typed out a question mark but still asked, “Are you going to the internet cafe? We can sit together, and I’ll treat you. How about it?”

“No,” Jiang Nian thought for a moment. “I have something to do tomorrow. Next time, I’ll treat you to instant noodles, iced black tea, and an egg.”

Li Hua was delighted, but considering Jiang Nian’s abstract nature, he cautiously asked, “Brother Nian, the egg is for the instant noodles, right?”

After evening self-study, the teaching building was bustling with noise.

Xu Qianqian felt nothing about the holiday. She stood in the third-floor corridor with her backpack, waiting for someone. She held a test paper in her hand, absorbed in reading it.

Jiang Nian came down with the crowd and habitually weighed her backpack.

“Did you move your desk home too?”

“None of your business!”

Xu Qianqian never expected anything sensible to come out of his mouth. Just as she was about to say something more, her back suddenly felt lighter as he lifted her backpack.

With a whoosh, a light backpack landed in her arms.

“You don’t bring any books? Are you going to sleep all day tomorrow? You just got into the advanced class, and you’re already so slack. Aren’t you afraid of dropping in the monthly joint exam!”

“I brought test papers, but no books. I’ll use yours.” Jiang Nian said something that fit his persona.

Xu Qianqian was so angry that her chest rose and fell. “I won’t let you use them!”

She instantly felt that it was only natural for Jiang Nian to carry her backpack, but when he came to borrow books from her tomorrow, she would seize the opportunity to make things difficult for him and teach him a lesson!

Jiang Nian didn’t feel it was difficult; he even enjoyed it.

Xu Qianqian might be full of thorns, but that didn’t stop her from being Empress Qianqian!

She was always nagging, nothing more than wanting to urge herself to get into a good university.

In her words, since she was going to take the exam anyway, she might as well get into a cost-effective one.

She understood cost-effectiveness, which is why the ‘Genius girlfriend’ persona has always been unpopular!!!

However, she wasn’t exactly a Genius. Xu Qianqian was like most girls.

She was at the top of her class from elementary school, then her grades dropped in junior high, which sparked her competitive spirit.

She studied hard all the way, but unfortunately, she missed the elite class in the high school entrance exam and could only stay in the Olympiad class. Maintaining excellence had become a habit.

The two walked out of school, amidst the crowd.

The streetlights were dim, casting large shadows.

Jiang Nian walked ahead and suddenly said, “I’m not returning that hundred yuan to you.”

“No!”

“I mean I’ll treat you to shopping at the supermarket. A new superstore just opened on South Second Street.” Jiang Nian explained, “I heard they have great promotions. I’ll personally put in three hundred.”

Hearing this, Xu Qianqian was also a little tempted; no girl could refuse a trip to the supermarket. However, as soon as she thought of going with Jiang Nian, her interest immediately waned.

This person would only cause trouble and ruin the good mood of shopping.

“No.”

“Really?” Jiang Nian pulled out a flyer from his pocket. “I suggest you look at these discounts first. You’ll regret it for a week if you don’t go.”

Xu Qianqian glanced at it and immediately fell silent.

“No.”

Jiang Nian didn’t bring it up again. The two chatted idly all the way until they reached their apartment building. The stairwell wasn’t wide, so they had to go up one after the other.

The stairwell was dimly lit, and their footsteps were clearly audible.

He instinctively felt the atmosphere was off. He looked back at Empress Qianqian’s expression. Looking down from above, her small face was quite pretty, no wonder someone was pursuing her.

“Hey, are you going tomorrow?”

This time, Xu Qianqian didn’t directly refuse but turned her face away.

“We’ll see tomorrow.”

“Oh ~” Jiang Nian knew she had agreed as soon as he heard it. Damn, no wonder tsundere characters weren’t popular. “Alright then, if you go, remember to dress nicely.”

“Why?” Xu Qianqian subconsciously crossed her arms.

“In case someone from our class sees us, I can show off a bit.” Jiang Nian said bluntly.

The night breeze swept through the stairwell, and Xu Qianqian’s face instantly heated up.

“I’ll definitely stay far away from you!”

“Hey, you don’t have to be like that.” Jiang Nian stopped and leaned against the wall. “You can dress up as an elementary school student; then I won’t be able to show off.”

“Get lost!”

Jiang Nian knew that this was probably Xu Qianqian’s limit of endurance. So, he knew when to quit, no longer taking advantage verbally, and waved.

“See you tomorrow.”

Bang! Bang!

Two doors closed one after another, and the night gradually deepened.

The next day.

The family finally gathered for breakfast. Ever since Jiang Nian was promoted to the advanced class and started earning money, he had some say in the family. At least he wasn’t nagged as much.

“Bonus?” Li Hongmei looked up, her face surprised.

“Yes, a game company event, five hundred thousand in total.” Jiang Nian casually made it up. Anyway, the System had already set up the game company’s bug for him. In the Late Stage, it wouldn’t be a problem even if he said he held shares and received dividends.

What game?

Don’t ask, just say it’s’Startup’.

“Clear the shopping cart? How can online shopping add up to five hundred thousand? That’s too much, isn’t it?” Father Jiang stopped eating with his chopsticks. “Online stuff isn’t reliable, is it?”

“That’s old-fashioned thinking. What can’t you buy online now?” Jiang Nian corrected. “Our washing machine needs replacing, right? And the air conditioner. How about a microwave?”

“An Apple ecosystem alone is one to two hundred thousand. Although I don’t like all that, a five hundred thousand yuan quota is really nothing to a game company.”

“Xiao Nian, you decide. You’re more clever.” Li Hongmei set the tone.

“Then let’s replace the phones first, then buy some winter clothes, like Bosideng.” Jiang Nian extended his fingers, ticking them off one by one. “Home appliances, furniture, they’re all available online.”

“Buy a phone for Qianqian too.” Father Jiang suggested.

“Will she accept it?” Jiang Nian asked curiously.

“Just have your mom send it, it can be an early New Year’s gift.” Father Jiang said, “We originally planned to give it to Qianqian when she went to university.”

Jiang Nian now knew where his habit of frugality came from. Indeed, they were a family.

“Alright.”

At noon, Jiang Nian took a notebook, shopping and calculating prices. He intended to spend all five hundred seventy thousand, not a single cent less, to complete the task.

He carefully checked, confirmed everything was correct, and clicked to pay.

“Ding! Task: Indulgent Spending (Limited to a one-time expenditure of remaining System reward currency) (Completed)”

As the order completion prompt appeared, the task panel and bank card notification popped up simultaneously, showing a deposit of one million seven hundred ten thousand. Jiang Nian couldn’t help but instinctively lean back in a tactical posture.

Deep Blue Baby is so useful.