CHAPTER 553: CHAPTER 451: A SECRET BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE

Li Hua woke up and saw Ji Ming in front of him, dazed for a few seconds.

"Huh?"

"Huh what!" The grade leader had a stern face, pointing an accusatory finger, "Li Hua, is morning self-study time for sleeping?"

"What were you doing last night? So sleepy?"

Jiang Nian laughed, "Maybe he’s obsessed with Taoist culture."

"Chi..."

In front of the grade leader, Li Hua couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud.

"Taoism?" Ji Ming didn’t catch it and spoke exasperatedly, "You, your English hasn’t improved in years."

"Back in the second year, the leadership mentioned you during a meeting. You’re now in the third year, but your English is still like this?"

Li Hua bowed his head, pretending to be dead.

"Teacher... I want to too, but English is really hard."

Ji Ming was speechless, questioning him further.

"What’s so hard about it? When I was in high school, learning English was as easy as drinking water. Reflect on it, have you been studying hard?"

Li Hua: "..."

After Ji Ming left, Li Hua immediately choked Jiang Nian by the neck.

"Chi Shi Chi Shi!"

"Brother, give me some air."

"Give your sister!" Li Hua’s face was almost turning red, gritting his teeth, "byd, didn’t I ask you to call me when the teacher came?"

Jiang Nian broke free, speaking with ease.

"Yeah, but Ji Ming isn’t a teacher either."

Upon hearing this, Li Hua was both angry and amused.

"You damn, playing this game, huh. Your wife is not a child, and your son is not a woman, right?"

Jiang Nian wasn’t fazed at all and started to interrogate Li Hua instead.

"Hua, are you playing dumb? Why are you afraid when Ji Ming comes? What can he do to you, are you not acting pretentious already?"

"What am I pretending about?"

"Tsk tsk, still stubborn with your words." He asked back, "Why out of everyone, does Ji Ming remember you, a 608 low-scorer?"

"Why doesn’t he mention Huang Fang or Zhang Ningzhi?"

"I know this." Zeng You in the front row turned around, smiling, "A fallen genius, like the first Chapter of ’Battle Through the Heavens’."

"Indeed, Ji Ming, this old man regrets the fallen genius, Li Hua." Jiang Nian started the flattery, "Too bad about the selective studying, could only fall."

"Is... is that so?" Li Hua scratched his head.

Ma Guojun chimed in, "Li Hua should stand up, so the world knows what kind of demon they’ve unleashed."

Li Hua gradually swelled with pride, "Really?!"

"But also, if Jiang Nian’s English scores were mine..."

byd, dreaming even during the day.

Zhang Ningzhi lay on the desk, observing the whole flattering fiasco. She glanced at Li Hua with a hint of sympathy in her eyes.

The grade leader seems... a bit dull.

....

Running exercises at noon.

Lin Dong invited Jiang Nian again, wanting him to join in some activity.

"Bro, my heart’s not settled if you don’t join."

"Nope." Jiang Nian shook his head, refusing with little interest, "Quite the contrary, we should be separate to be awesome individually."

He had already seen that the venture had limited profits; the risk was secondary, he just didn’t want to take away others’ profits.

"I won’t join in, you guys go ahead."

"Join what?" Wang Yuhe popped out from the queue, looking at Lin Dong, "Leader, what are you guys talking about?"

"Nothing." Lin Dong didn’t want to say.

"Come on, spill it, what is it?" Wang Yuhe looked at Lin Dong, "I can keep a secret, I’ll only tell Yunyun."

Chen Yunyun came over, attempting to pull her away.

"Sorry, I wasn’t watching her just now."

"It’s okay, just chatting randomly." Jiang Nian didn’t hide it from Chen Yunyun, "Your leader wants to sell apples, don’t spread it."

Chen Yunyun nodded, pursing her lips.

"Oh, okay."

Wang Yuhe frowned, staring at Jiang Nian without blinking.

"Why didn’t you tell me earlier?"

Jiang Nian was a bit impatient, "Well, you know now, don’t you?"

"You just told Yunyun, and I overheard it." Wang Yuhe grumbled, "Why didn’t you tell me!"

Jiang Nian had no way to deal with her, "Isn’t it because I’m afraid you’ll blabber?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yuhe immediately patted her chest in assurance.

"I’m the best at keeping secrets!"

The three of them gathered loosely at the back of the running queue, not many people paid attention there. Jiang Nian thought over and spoke to her.

"I’ll tell you a secret, but you can’t tell anyone."

Wang Yuhe suddenly got excited, "Sure, sure!"

Chen Yunyun looked at him, hesitated but didn’t speak.

Jiang Nian gestured Wang Yuhe to come closer, whispered something in her ear, and had a mysterious smile on his face.

"Remember, don’t tell anyone."

Wang Yuhe’s expression changed several times, looking at Jiang Nian, suppressing her anger.

"Oh."

This piqued Chen Yunyun’s curiosity, and during the break after the running exercises, she softly asked Wang Yuhe.

"What secret did he tell you?"

Wang Yuhe looked conflicted and mumbled.

"Nothing."

Chen Yunyun: "?"

The morning flew by quickly.

After school, the students in the classroom dispersed in a commotion.

Jiang Nian left the classroom just as the school bell rang. He didn’t go to the cafeteria but instead wandered around a couple of nearby residential complexes.

This time, luck was on his side, and he really found a good place.

Less than a kilometer from Zhenan Middle School, there’s a supermarket nearby. Three bedrooms and one living room, it’s been aired out for two years after the renovation.

The homeowner’s wife ran off with another man, and the child didn’t look like him either.

Heartbroken, he planned to sell the house and leave this sad place. Move to South of Caiyun to settle down, and seek romance in Lijiang.

Unfortunately, the house wasn’t easy to sell; once sold, it wouldn’t cover the second marriage’s bride price.

After some consideration, he decided to rent it out first.

Jiang Nian got the security guard to give him the parking number and called, getting straight to the point.

The homeowner, upon hearing it was a female student living alone for school, was quite intrigued, especially since the house, after renovation, had never been lived in.

If the tenant were a female student, it would obviously stay cleaner.

Initially, there was some haggling, but after raising the price, he agreed. What’s left was viewing the house and picking a day for signing the contract.

These things weren’t urgent, as the homeowner was still at Lijiang Ancient City.

....

After returning to school.

Before the lunch break, Jiang Nian and the newly washed Chen Yunyun and Wang Yuhe had lunch in the teacher’s cafeteria, glanced at the elementary schooler while chatting.

Seeing her struggle in silence while eating, it was quite a painful look.

Jiang Nian laughed.

After the meal.

"What’s up with her?" Chen Yunyun poked Jiang Nian, nodding towards him, "Yuhe has had that expression all morning."

"Serves her right, big mouth." Jiang Nian sneered.

"I’m not a big mouth!" Wang Yuhe was about to explode, "I haven’t told anyone until now!"

"Oh, very impressive." Jiang Nian maintained a deadpan expression, clapping, "Keep it up, continue the good work."

Chen Yunyun: "?"

The lunch bell rang, and the three were on their way back to the senior block.

She, with her hair down, walked on Jiang Nian’s left, glancing at him and then at Wang Yuhe, her curiosity piqued even more.

These two... so secretive.

She was so lost in thought that she almost tripped on the stairs. Luckily, Jiang Nian was quick to grab her, looking puzzled.

" What are you thinking about?"

"I...."