CHAPTER 697: CHAPTER 552: WHITE LITTLE BEAR (PART 2)

Jiang Nian propped his head with a hand and said, "Hua, your cousin ran away."

"Chi Shi!" Li Hua was a bit annoyed and turned his head, "I’m a victim too, so you can’t blame me for this."

Zhang Ningzhi looked worried, "Can we still go out for lunch this afternoon?"

"I’ll eat at the cafeteria." Jiang Nian grinned, "Or, Zhizhi, you can eat at the cafeteria too, I’ll treat you."

"I’m okay with anything, let’s see if Beibei is going." Zhang Ningzhi hesitated, but then thought that Yao Beibei was bold.

After school, Li Hua and Ma Guojun walked together toward the school gate, feeling inexplicably awkward.

"Old Ma, why do I feel like everyone is looking at me?"

Ma Guojun responded without thinking, "Thanks to your cousin."

"Damn you!"

On the other side.

After finishing his meal, Jiang Nian glanced at the shopping app. The phone had been dispatched, and it would arrive the next day as it’s a digital product.

Thanks to the sugar mama for sending the rocket.

Half of the money Xu Shuang gave went into this phone.

He found that phones for gaming on the market were relatively expensive, so he simply looked up a 5,000 yuan phone and placed an order.

Jiang Nian remembered that Song Xiyun liked playing games a lot. Last time, she was playing while walking and bumped straight into a tree like a silly deer.

Unfortunately, her phone wasn’t good enough, and she could only play simple puzzle games.

The three of them went home together every day, and their relationship was fairly well-established. She definitely wouldn’t accept a gift, but borrowing it would be no problem.

Find an excuse during the holidays to let her borrow it for a while.

Among friends, you should be open-hearted. Now that he didn’t lack money, he should at least let his friends enjoy some benefits too.

Games are something that you play in middle school, high school, and university, but the meaning and feelings are completely different.

Just like how when Jiang Nian was a kid, he saw others playing with gaming consoles, but his mom wouldn’t buy him one, so he only got to play in high school.

Even though games were still fun, he didn’t want to try them again.

Of course, he didn’t mean to blame his parents. He just thought that the meaning of life might lie in four words.

Seize the moment.

Delicious food expires, games go offline. Even rockets fail, and mountains and sea can be leveled, so....

Look at yours.

Jiang Nian loitered around the basketball court at the cafeteria entrance for a while and even helped a younger student fetch a ball.

Initially, he thought about going back to the classroom, but seeing someone coming towards him, he immediately changed his mind and decided to stroll a bit longer.

"Qingqing, where are you going?"

"Going outside to buy something, I’m out of paper clips." Li Qingrong said, then stared at him for quite a while.

"Oh, oh, I’ll go too." Jiang Nian replied without hesitation, "Li Hua stole my eraser, I need to buy two more."

"Hmm."

The two left through the West Gate, walking past the crowd and out of the school. There was a traffic jam at the entrance again, with nonstop honking.

An old beggar was standing there asking for money, blocking the vegetable vendor’s car.

"Let’s go this way." Jiang Nian said with a snap, grabbing the class leader’s wrist, "There’s about to be a fight over there."

Li Qingrong seemed confused, like a water lily floating in water. She allowed him to lead her, weaving left and right through the crowd.

Regaining her senses, her wrist was released.

"We’re here."

The stationery shop was located in the first half of West Gate Square, almost selling everything, leaning more towards a creative store.

Li Qingrong was looking at exam paper folders and accordion files. They were essentially test paper storage boxes with seven or eight compartments inside.

Jiang Nian, on the other hand, was looking at notebooks, with an attitude similar to stamp collecting. He couldn’t resist buying pretty notebooks or pens.

How much does a high school boy spend going to a stationery shop? Seeing notebooks with traditional Chinese style or pen refills from a series, he strongly recommended them to the class leader.

In total, 0 yuan.

Li Qingrong glanced at a particular notebook and the extremely ugly pen refill, yet still took them and went to pay.

"Not pretty."

"Don’t talk nonsense, it’s definitely pretty." Jiang Nian retorted, "I brought you here, if you don’t buy anything, I won’t leave."

For a few yuan, Li Qingrong was too lazy to argue.

She never had a habit of saving money, and she knew well. Saving a few yuan could embarrass her greatly.

"Okay, bought it."

Jiang Nian was just teasing Li Qingrong. After all, the class leader wasn’t short of money, and he didn’t mind spending a bit either, reciprocating favors.

He picked up a small white bear and paid the bill directly.

"Thirty."

"How much?" Jiang Nian was dumbfounded; the bear wasn’t even as big as his palm, "Boss, did you tag the wrong price?"

"It’s really thirty, made of good materials." The boss also understood these young guys’ mentality, silly and rich with face-saving tendencies.

This little bear was clearly meant for the girl, the boss glanced at Li Qingrong, thinking it wouldn’t hurt to see something sweet today.

"Fine, I’ll give you a five yuan discount."

After saying this, the boss raised his head and met Jiang Nian’s eyes. His gaze seemed to say this was the most honest thing he had ever done.

"Too expensive." Jiang Nian was about to put it back.

The boss’s pupils tightened, thinking, you’re really a beast. Such a pretty girlfriend and you think a 25 yuan gift is expensive?

You think it’s expensive, I think it’s expensive too!

"Twenty!"

After shouting the price, his heart bled. This was close to the cost, and if his wife asked, he would say he sold it to a relative’s child.

Hearing this, Jiang Nian paused the action of putting the bear back on the shelf.

"Twenty, huh....."

The boss thought this was the bottom line, if he didn’t buy it, so be it. The cold girl wasn’t very sweet when she smiled, looking at his wife smile.....

"Fifteen, can’t go any cheaper."

"This really is the bottom line, if my wife finds out. She’ll think I embezzled money to buy cigarettes."

"Fine." Jiang Nian paid the money.

Then, he didn’t hand it to the girl. Instead, he started fiddling with it in his hand, talking while playing with it.

Take it home, put it by the bed.

The boss’s heart was bleeding, damn cunning bastard! A grown man buying a teddy bear!

Outside the store, Jiang Nian handed the bear to the class leader.

"Do you like it?"

"Hmm."

Jiang Nian took the notebook and pen refills from her hand, grinning, "Thanks to me, I’m great at bargaining, right?"

Li Qingrong held the bear in her hand, looking at it again and again.

"Great."

As she spoke, the two shared a glance. She pursed her lips, revealing a faint yet sincere smile.

The sweet scene was fleeting.

Jiang Nian was momentarily stunned and suddenly regretted not buying a camera. Polaroids wouldn’t work, nor would a Nikon for bird photography, buying...

Suddenly, the sound of a dog barking erupted from afar.

"Is it Li Hua?"

Li Qingrong turned and gave him a look, "???

"It’s nothing." Jiang Nian grabbed the class leader’s wrist, "There’s Li Hua’s cousin up ahead, let’s take a detour."

....

Evening self-study.

"Did Li Hua’s cousin get caught?" Jiang Nian just sat down, puzzled, "When did it happen, was it bad?"

"Chi Shi! It’s your cousin!" Li Hua was furious.

Ma Guojun said, "Not too bad, bit two people. Directly sent to Wang Planet, lodging and food included."

"The group leader got lucky not getting bitten, lucky." Zhang Ningzhi chimed in, "Rabies vaccine, I heard there are side effects."

"Indeed." Jiang Nian handed a few greeting cards to Zhizhi, "For you, I saw some pretty ones on the way, so I bought them."

"Thank you." Zhang Ningzhi happily accepted them.

"Hua, here’s one for you." Jiang Nian gave a few more cards to the person beside him as a gesture, "New year cards, giving them in advance."

"Can this be done in advance?" Zeng You asked.

Jiang Nian glanced at him, "You serious? Am I supposed to go to your house to give it to you?"

Suddenly, a voice came from the podium.

Yu Zhiyi brought the test papers to the class, giving a charming smile to those below.

"There’s a test this evening self-study, submit it after class."

"Damn, another test." Ma Guojun complained, his mouth sweetened, "Where’s the time to finish homework?"

"Yay, a test." Li Hua smiled, waiting for Yu Zhiyi to finish handing out the papers and come to the back row to ask for any missing sheets.

Jiang Nian was speechless and started mentally calculating the time needed to write the math paper.

Tomorrow, it’s time to meet Qi Xue again.

His foundation was weak, just completing the questions Qi Xue assigned was far from enough.

He needed to exert several times the effort compared to others.

"Any sheets missing?" Yu Zhiyi came to the back row but didn’t look at Li Hua, "Jiang Nian, Qingbao wants you to find her after class."