CHAPTER 684: CHAPTER 546: FORGETTING ONE’S ROOTS (PART 2)

"Oh, alright." Zhang Ningzhi pursed her lips and turned her head, "Then you go, make sure not to come down."

Jiang Nian wasn’t afraid at all, and slipped away with a grin.

"Bye-bye."

"Tsk, really heartless, huh." Yao Beibei chimed in with some sarcasm, then gossiped, "Why is he working so hard lately?"

"No idea, maybe... he wants to get into a good university." Zhang Ningzhi replied, somewhat vaguely, then looked at Yao Beibei.

"What’s up?"

"Nothing, just seems odd." Yao Beibei scratched her chin, "Jiang Nian, he wasn’t this diligent before."

"Wants to get into a good university, I guess." Zhang Ningzhi said.

"Then he really has big ambitions, trying hard even though he already scored 650." Yao Beibei marveled.

Currently, Jiang Nian’s scores have completely surpassed those of Yao Beibei, Zhang Ningzhi, Li Hua, and Ma Guojun.

You could say he’s even created a small gap between them.

"Hmm... maybe." Zhang Ningzhi replied, feeling somewhat anxious herself, "Forget it, I’ll do some exercises too."

"Hey, don’t." Yao Beibei regretted, "Let’s go, let’s go, bathroom first, talk later."

....

Jiang Nian strolled around downstairs and saw Li Qingrong standing by the basketball court watching Cai Xiaoqing and Nie Qiqi play badminton.

So he greeted them in passing and stood by to comment.

"Nie Qiqi really sucks."

Li Qingrong just turned her head, glanced at him, and didn’t pay attention to his cheeky remark, slowly turning her gaze back.

"She can hear you."

Nie Qiqi on the court was furious, pointing her racket at him.

"Jiang Nian, you bastard, really want to smack you dead!"

"Ha, come on then." Jiang Nian brazenly put his hands on his hips, "You can’t even play, don’t I have the right to say it?"

Li Qingrong glanced at him, and suddenly said,

"Next week is the holiday."

"Huh?" Jiang Nian paused for a moment, "Yeah... in the blink of an eye it’s winter break, the finals should be next weekend."

"What are the plans for the holiday?"

"Hmm, it depends on how long the winter break is." Jiang Nian hesitated, "I heard, it might only be 13 days."

"18 days." Li Qingrong corrected.

Just then, the class bell rang. Jiang Nian turned to look at the class leader, their eyes met in the air.

In the noise of the broadcast, Li Qingrong spoke.

"Don’t want to spend the New Year alone."

Gotta say, the class leader does have a straightforward personality.

But Jiang Nian hadn’t thought about plans for the holiday yet, and froze temporarily at her words, after thinking for a while, he replied.

"Alright."

Spending the New Year together wasn’t realistic, but there are many moments during the New Year.

Whatever, just agreed for now.

Jiang Nian decided to trust his future self, eight or nine days later, he’d surely find a way. Deal with the situation as it comes.

"We can plan once the holiday starts."

Li Qingrong nodded, "Okay."

Ever since they swapped seats this week, they were too far apart, reducing the chances to chat by nearly half.

"Gather up, gather up!"

Not far away, Liu Yang was calling the class to gather.

Due to the physical test this semester already being completed last time, the content for these two weeks of classes was just free activities.

They didn’t even do exercises, a couple of laps were run, and then they announced dismissal.

"Oh!!!"

"Hooray!!"

"Jiang Nian, want to join us for a half-court game?"

"Not joining, you guys can’t beat me." Jiang Nian waved his hand, "I still have homework to finish, heading up first."

He went straight upstairs, avoiding any potential chaotic friendship scenes.

On the other hand, Jiang Nian indeed lacked time. The finals were pressing, and he made a bet with Xu Qianqian.

The target is a total score of 660, losing means doing 12 days of grunt work for her.

"Damn it, Xu Qianqian is such a witch." Jiang Nian complained while going up the stairs, "Luckily, it’s not just a 13-day holiday."

As for where the class leader’s info came from, hmm... maybe Ji Ming told her.

Arrived at the classroom soon.

"Hello, hello." Zhang Ningzhi entered the classroom with Yao Beibei, waving with a smile, "We came up too."

Jiang Nian lifted his head from his seat, looking puzzled.

"Why not go play?"

"Don’t mention it, it’s all your fault." Yao Beibei sat down in Li Hua’s seat, "So going overboard really isn’t a good idea."

"Last time in the provincial exam..."

"Don’t say it, are you nuts!" Yao Beibei instantly reacting, "Failed the exam, and what, you’re pleased with yourself?"

Jiang Nian chuckled, pointing at her.

"Worse than a dog."

"Ugh, you guys stop arguing." Zhang Ningzhi sat down, flipping through her test papers, "How about we do some homework?"

Yao Beibei didn’t bother with the homework, she was accompanying Zhang Ningzhi upstairs. So, she simply hid there and browsed her phone.

Jiang Nian continued his exercises, occasionally leaned forward to peek at what Zhang Ningzhi was working on, stealthily spying.

"By the way, any plans for the New Year?"

There were about twelve or thirteen people in the classroom, chatting or playing on phones, but talking didn’t disturb others.

Yao Beibei didn’t look up, "Staying at home, I guess."

Zhang Ningzhi seemed uncertain, biting her lower lip.

"I’m not sure yet."

"Oh, I know." Jiang Nian propped his head and looked at her, smiling, "The big celebrity will spend it in Qiong Province."

Bam!

"Don’t talk nonsense!" Zhang Ningzhi gave him a slap, suddenly feeling a bit aggrieved, "I’m not talking to you anymore."

Seeing her really lie on the desk, Jiang Nian couldn’t help but think, oh no.

"Hey, hey, what’s wrong?"

Yao Beibei calmly played her phone, she knew the inside story. Zhizhi’s parents were flying to Sanya, and there weren’t any relatives here.

Zhizhi was hesitating whether to stay in Zhen Nan for the New Year.

She was indifferent, if Zhizhi stayed, she could keep Zhizhi company, saving her from witnessing her parents’ arguments.

Annual festivities with constant small arguments.

Yao Beibei glanced sideways at Jiang and said irritably, "Whoever made her cry has to comfort her, why are you looking at me?"

Jiang Nian didn’t want to talk anymore, this bastard Huang Beibei.

"You’re pretty heartless too."

"Same to you." Yao Beibei retorted, continuing to play her phone, "There’s paper in Li Hua’s drawer."

Actually, Zhang Ningzhi originally wanted to cry. But hearing them banter back and forth, she felt embarrassed to cry.

So, she reluctantly sat up again.

"Humph, I don’t need it."

...,...

After school.

Jiang Nian came out of the cafeteria, saw some people from his class still playing basketball, and went over to greet them.

"Guys, aren’t you eating?"

"Too crowded in the cafeteria, we’ll wait a bit." Luo Yong continued the game with another boy, casually inviting him.

"Jiang Nian, want to join?"

"Just ate."

Jiang Nian politely declined, watched for a while. Once he felt he had digested enough, he slowly walked away.

Wednesday, wash day.

He reached the small door, couldn’t help but pause. He turned to look, pondering that they should be washing their hair around this time.

Maybe, showering?

Almost instinctively, Jiang Nian recalled a scene. A white arm signaling him over from inside the door.

And inside, was the fragrance of girls who just finished showering.

Hmm, odd.

That’s mainly because this small storage room, rented by Jiang Nian, had been used as a place for them to wash up.

Its purpose changed from a storage room to a bathroom.

With random thoughts drifting, as Jiang Nian regained his senses, he found himself on the fourth floor, recalling the matter of the form.

He then took the form from the fourth floor and went down to the third floor.

There weren’t many people in the fourth class, Zhou Haifei’s seat was conveniently by the classroom door, saving him some trouble.

Rustle, a paper landed on her desk.

"Hmm?"

She looked up, wearing a pair of hideous glasses. Seeing it was Jiang Nian, she froze, then looked down at the form.

"This is..."

Jiang Nian stood by the door and explained, "It’s the application for volunteering in the psychology consulting room over the winter break, the school will arrange vacant dormitories."

"In the afternoon, bring the form to building D’s second floor."

At his words, she was stunned.

Staring at the form, lost in thought for a long time before looking up again. But Jiang Nian was nowhere to be seen, which brought a complex mix of emotions.

On the other side, Jiang Nian went straight upstairs after dropping the form.