CHAPTER 700: CHAPTER 554: PERHAPS WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO HAVE THIS KARMA

Hmm?

Eight hundred yuan red envelopes from the province’s top three, still not in hand.

Think I might strike gold again?

Jiang Nian hesitated for a moment but didn’t pursue the question any further. Qianbao is too slick; I’ll ask Xuebao in the afternoon.

The other side definitely won’t tell, but I can find out through other means.

Combine the information I get and probe Lao Liu. His bottom line is quite flexible, he might just fess up.

On the stairs, Qianbao responded to students greeting her while turning to ask him.

"By the way, why did you run so fast after school?"

Jiang Nian said honestly, "To pick up a package."

"Then help me pick mine up too, and remember to leave it in the office." Qianbao gave Jiang Nian the office key.

"I’ve sent you a screenshot, don’t take the wrong one."

Jiang Nian: "..."

Qianbao truly is a bad woman, no reserve at all. Takes any chance to treat me like a workhorse.

"Did you hear me?"

"Oh."

Jiang Nian swallowed his anger, needing help and favors from others. Can’t refuse when others help you often.

Forget it, run faster next time.

He looked down at his phone at the screenshot Qianbao sent. He counted silently and couldn’t help but burst out.

"Teacher, are you treating me as if I have the strength of a hundred tons?"

"There’s a cart in the office, I’ll treat you to bubble tea." Qianbao said, then ran off with a pitter-patter to the first floor.

Jiang Nian stood in the hallway, muttering under his breath.

"Bubble tea?"

"A dog wouldn’t even..."

"Whole family fruit bucket, add ice!" Jiang Nian ordered skillfully, "Oh, no ice? Room temperature is fine then."

This weather, leaving it out for a while equals half-ice.

Behind Jiang Nian trailed a foldable camping cart, filled with packages. Only the smallest one was his.

The packages at the school gate needed to be picked up manually.

When the person behind him saw him unfold the camping cart, they immediately looked as if their fate was bitter.

But Qianbao was considerate enough to reimburse his lunch money too.

That’s fine then, Qianbao is loyal.

In the middle of the day, Jiang Nian dragged the cart back to school. If he wasn’t wearing the school uniform, the guard would’ve stopped him.

If you’re not a student, you can’t enter (spoken with a northeastern accent).

"Why are you moonlighting as a delivery guy?" A surprised voice rang out, clear and somewhat familiar.

Jiang Nian turned to see it was Zhen Nan’s Happy Lamb.

"Oh, didn’t wear uniform today."

"Can you help me pick up mine next time?" Lv Xuan’s eyes brightened, "If it’s a pick-up service, how much per package?"

"Ten yuan."

"Sent it to you, help me pick up mine in the afternoon."

The phone in Jiang Nian’s pocket buzzed, he was stunned, and looked at Lv Xuan with a confused expression.

"What does your family do?"

"Just a regular family." Lv Xuan shrugged, feeling bolder after she paid, "Hey, can I ask you something?"

"What is it?" Jiang Nian assumed it was chat fees.

"How far have you and Li Qingrong gotten?" Lv Xuan asked bluntly, "Holding hands, or doing that?"

"Relationship?"

Jiang Nian touched his chin, "In class, we have a proper vertical relationship from top to bottom. Privately..."

"Privately, what is it?" Lv Xuan got excited, hearing about this lately, showing an auntie-like smile.

"Privately, we maintain a normal comrade relationship."

Lv Xuan: "???"

She immediately frowned and looked bewildered at Jiang Nian. She always knew he was shameless, but never expected this level.

"Do you want to hear what you just said?"

"What’s wrong?" Jiang Nian pointed back at her, "I say, classmate, don’t be so nosy."

With that, he pulled the cart and left.

Leaving Lv Xuan standing alone, bewildered in the wind.

.....

Before lunch break, in the classroom.

Jiang Nian stood in front of the railing and yawned. Sleeping three to four hours a day, plus high-intensity test paper writing.

Even an iron body has moments of fatigue. [Healing] was saved for the afternoon, to maintain good habits.

Because typically, math exams are on the afternoon of June 6th.

A sound of footsteps approached in the corridor.

"You seem quite tired."

"Last night, I only slept three hours." Jiang Nian held up three fingers, looking slightly proud.

Chen Yunyun was speechless, "Is this something worth bragging about?"

"There are so many test papers, just finishing them is exhausting."

"You’re too diligent."

"Gotta work hard, heard the end-term test papers are of high quality." Jiang Nian said casually, then turned to look at her.

Have to admit, Chen Yunyun is indeed pleasing to the eye.

She wore a long-sleeved school uniform as well today, girls seem to be tidier, making their uniforms look nicer.

"Harder than the provincial league exam?" Chen Yunyun asked.

"That’s hard to say, maybe."

The two of them chatted idly in front of the railing, while the clouds drifted leisurely across the sky.

Until an untimely voice broke in.

"Jiang Nian, Jiang Nian!"

"I found something fun, let me demonstrate." Wang Yuhe tossed something with a slap.

Something like a green tongue, it was a green rubber toy hand.

With a slap, it stuck to the iron railing.

Jiang Nian and Chen Yunyun exchanged a glance, as if to say. You praise her or I praise her, if neither does, then never mind.

"Pretty good."

"Indeed."

Their bland reaction left Wang Yuhe a bit displeased. So she huffed, turned around, and went into the classroom with the sticky palm.

"Did she just go buy that?"

"Yeah." Chen Yunyun covered her face, somewhat helpless, "She told me to go first, saying she had important business."

Well, it makes sense now, it really was important.

"However, I didn’t play with that when I was little." Jiang Nian said, "No money, so made my own toys, slingshot to hit birds."

"Are there birds in town?" Chen Yunyun was curious.

"Countryside, came back for elementary school." Jiang Nian said, "When I was little, my foot got cut by glass trying to catch fish."