CHAPTER 687: CHAPTER 548: GRAND EXORCIST

Evening class dismissed.

Xu Shuang took out her phone, placed it on the desk, and glanced at it. The other party didn’t directly refuse, instead asking for more detailed information.

Hmm, does he really have a channel?

The stamps she’s looking for were used by her grandfather when exchanging letters in his youth.

The elderly man feels sentimental and wants to find this particular stamp.

Although rare, it’s mainly because it was in low circulation and the design was unpopular, so its actual value isn’t high.

This also results in them being scarce in current times.

Originally, Xu Shuang was only trying her luck, considering Jiang Nian’s lottery draws really impressed her.

However, it seems like there might be hope.

With a buzz, she sent the details of the stamp design to Jiang Nian.

"Sis, I have something to tell you." Xu Yuanshan popped up, "It’s almost New Year, and I was thinking..."

Before he could finish, he felt his sister was being too quiet.

He looked up and nearly had the soul scared out of him.

Xu Shuang was staring coldly at him, as if every word he said next would be evidence for a beating.

"Thinking about what?"

"Noth... nothing." Xu Yuanshan was scared, yet a bit unwilling to give up, "I recently took a liking to a card."

"Go buy it on Second-hand Fish." Xu Shuang glared at him.

Xu Yuanshan could only swallow his pride and nod.

"Okay."

In reality, he didn’t care for second-hand cards at all. Wouldn’t it be easier to directly find the almighty Jiang Nian for a lower price?

Therefore, he planned to work openly while moving in secret.

He returned to his seat and sent a message to Jiang Nian on QQ, but after a long wait with no reply, he messaged Xie Zhihao.

"Get Jiang Nian from your class to check QQ, my sister wants him to see it."

The brightly lit class three classroom, Xie Zhihao, who was doing homework, saw the notification light glowing from his phone in the drawer.

After taking out his phone and just one glance, he couldn’t hold it in.

"No way, you’re asking me to..."

Xie Zhihao wanted to send a speechless emoji, but thinking about Xu Shuang, he immediately calmed down and replied.

"Sure, no problem. (laughter)"

Xu Yuanshan: "Thank you."

Xie Zhihao laughed in frustration, took a deep breath, then got up. He thought to himself, hard work never betrays, enduring tribulations, the three thousand Yue soldiers...

There’s still a long way to go, and success is certain.

He walked to the corner with the water dispenser, standing in the aisle. He glanced at Li Hua who was memorizing vocabulary, and softly called out.

"Jiang Nian, Jiang Nian."

"Hmm?"

Jiang Nian lifted his head from a pile of math problems, looking a bit dazed. Seeing it was Xie Zhihao, he looked puzzled.

"What’s up?"

Xie Zhihao was a bit embarrassed too, feeling as if he was being bossed around by Jiang Nian. His face turned visibly green, and he left after dropping a sentence.

"Check your messages."

Ma Guojun narrowed his eyes, sensing the scent of gossip. After the other party left, he looked towards group six.

"Hey, Jiang Nian, what did he want you to see?"

Jiang Nian hadn’t even checked his phone, thinking it should be a message from Xu Shuang. Just, is the employer this anxious?

Doesn’t seem like her character, more like...

"Nothing much."

"How do you know Xie Zhihao?" Li Hua put away the vocabulary book, a bit disdainful, "The poser."

Jiang Nian glanced at him, thinking to himself that they’re two of a kind.

"A friend’s friend."

Zhang Ningzhi turned his head, looking puzzled, but asked nothing. The language test paper just released had to be handed in after class.

She took a deep breath, mentally cheering herself on.

"You even know people from class Zero?" Li Hua skeptically looked at Jiang Nian, "What’s their name?"

Jiang Nian naturally wouldn’t disclose client information, brushing it off casually.

"Why did I hear you covet the group..."

Upon hearing this, Li Hua screamed.

"Chi Shi Chi Shi!!"

....

After school.

Li Qingrong was preparing to pack up and head home; her seat this week wasn’t great, in the first row near the classroom door.

Bored and tedious.

Though this seat wasn’t too bad, at least...

"Qingqing, I’m heading home." Jiang Nian passed by the front door and greeted her, "Stay safe, bye-bye."

Li Qingrong nodded, "Mm."

She pondered over what to do in the last week. Her parents’ reunion bid failed, most likely they would leave in a few days.

Li Lanying promised to come back on New Year’s Eve.

The New Year...

She lowered her eyes slightly, staring at her phone for a while. Then she heard Cai Xiaoqing calling her, and looked up.

"Leaving, class monitor." Nie Qiqi grinned.

She had chugged a bottle of pineapple beer that evening and accidentally mentioned "Cai Cai" later, getting scolded fiercely.

The drunkenness faded by sixty to seventy percent.

Walking home, Nie Qiqi was sharing Cai Xiaoqing’s afternoon misdeeds with the class monitor, seriously declaring.

"I suspect that in the story of Wu Song slaying the tiger, Wu Song was actually drunk, but got beaten so badly by the tiger that he vomited out all the booze."

"So then, he sobered up and subdued the tiger."

Cai Xiaoqing glanced at her while walking.

"What are you trying to say?"

Nie Qiqi peeked at the class monitor and then hid behind her for courage, venturing boldly.

"Lady Tiger."

"Look who’s asking for a beating!" Cai Xiaoqing rolled up her sleeves, "Let’s see if you’ll puke up the booze."

"Ah! Save me, class monitor!"

Li Qingrong walked down the road, watching Nie Qiqi dodging left and right. She couldn’t help but think of Jiang Nian, and smiled.

As Nie Qiqi nearly slipped and fell, she reached out a hand and pulled up the timid smiling tiger.

"Careful."

"Thank you, class monitor, you’re so nice." Nie Qiqi’s eyes sparkled like peach blossoms, "Class monitor kiss-kiss, mwah mwah mwah!!"

Just as she moved closer, Cai Xiaoqing grabbed her away.

"Come on, let’s continue the reckoning."

"Nooo!!"

The night deepened, and the three of them left the school gate amid playful banter.

On the other side,

Jiang Nian had just finished mentioning the idea of having dinner with Xu Qianqian and Song Xiyun, quietly awaiting the girls’ reactions.