CHAPTER 702: CHAPTER 555: LATE-NIGHT MOVIE

"Absolutely." Jiang Nian nodded.

He agreed with Li Qingrong’s words. His relationship with the class president was indeed beyond words.

Loyalty!

"Next." The cafeteria auntie said.

"That vegetable..." Jiang Nian quickly chose a few dishes and turned to hand his meal card to Li Qingrong.

"Auntie, we’ll pay together."

The meal cards awarded by the school had all expired.

Now, he only had one meal card left. He could only hope for the school to hold some competition again someday.

Win once, and enjoy the meal card for a whole month.

The two found seats by the window, the cold wind of deep winter blew from outside. Turning his head, Jiang Nian could see the empty remedial building on the other side.

Curious, he asked, "Is that also part of our school?"

Li Qingrong glanced at it, speaking nonchalantly.

"Building E, it used to be outsourced to a middle school tutoring organization. Later, it couldn’t operate, so the cooperation was terminated."

"Qingqing, how do you know all this?"

Upon hearing, she paused slightly.

"I used to be in the student union, helped move some computers."

"Hmm?"

Jiang Nian was momentarily stunned, looking surprised, "Qingqing, you were in the student union? When?"

"Freshman and sophomore year."

"Really?" Jiang Nian paused his chopsticks mid-air, reminiscing for a while, "I never saw you during the flag-raising ceremony?"

Li Qingrong glanced at him, "Too many people."

"No way, I always snuck off right after the flag-raising." Jiang Nian thought for a moment, "I get it, you probably didn’t go."

Li Qingrong lowered her gaze, "Hmm."

Meanwhile.

Yang Qiming glanced toward the window, losing his appetite just as he started eating, and the delicious food tasted like wax to him.

"Sigh."

Huang Caicai was chomping down on his food, feeling content.

"What’s up, bro?"

Lin Dong was playing with his phone while eating. Hearing the sigh, he looked up and asked his cousin.

"Thinking about your ex again?"

"No." Yang Qiming sighed, putting down his chopsticks, "I’ve only got half a year left of my youth, and it stresses me out so much that I can’t eat."

"Doesn’t university count?" Lin Dong asked.

"How can it be the same?" Yang Qiming was despairing, "High school is the time for romance, who stole my youth?"

"Bro, are you going to eat this crispy pork?" Huang Caicai pointed at his plate, suddenly craving some crispy pork.

"No, no appetite."

"Thanks, bro." Huang Caicai devoured it.

He didn’t know who stole Brother Yang’s youth, but he surely wasn’t the one who stole Brother Yang’s crispy pork set meal.

Jiang Nian finished eating first and waved a casual goodbye to the three before leaving.

"I’m off, you guys heading back to the classroom?"

"Yeah."

"Nope."

"Back to the dorm."

Yang Qiming watched them leave side by side down the stairs, feeling twisted with jealousy, and said with a gloomy face.

"In this life, I wonder if I ever can..."

Lin Dong, hearing this, asked confused.

"Cousin, why are you so obsessed with falling in love? At this point in time, who even thinks about dating?"

"That’s not necessarily true, have you heard of the single-plank bridge theory?" Yang Qiming retorted, "When pressure is high, one needs to relax."

"Brother Yang, are you under a lot of pressure?" Huang Caicai asked, puzzled.

"Not really, but life is just stagnant." Yang Qiming shook his head, "This isn’t what I want."

"Bro, you’re so artsy."

"Haha, just average."

Lin Dong thought to himself, isn’t this just spring fever?

But as a friend, he still gave Yang Qiming a practical suggestion.

"With finals coming up, there are more girls taking walks on the sports field. You can stroll around too, maybe have a chance encounter."

Upon hearing this, Yang Qiming was overjoyed.

"You’re so reliable!"

...

Jiang Nian and the class president parted ways at the bottom of the senior building, as he needed to pick up three packages.

Having collected money from Lv Xuan at noon, he had to do the work.

He muttered to himself as he walked out of the school, "Damn, can’t believe I’m becoming a jack-of-all-trades."

Zhen Nan’s everything shop’s business had expanded to card drawing, second-hand selling, and picking up packages, among other things.

Ten minutes later, Jiang Nian carried the packages up to the fifth floor.

"Here’s your package."

"Oh, thank you." Lv Xuan hadn’t expected him to really help her, "Can I still ask you a few questions now?"

"No."

"What about if I pay?"

"Well, that depends... on how much you offer, I’m not that kind of person." Jiang Nian turned his head, his tone not so firm.

"One hundred, three questions."

"Scan the code."

Lv Xuan: ".... I prefer you when you’re tough."

"That won’t work, I’m afraid it would please you too much." Jiang Nian pointed at her, "Who knows if you’re some kind of masochist."

"Impossible." Lv Xuan rolled her eyes at him, hearing the ding of money received, "So let me ask, you have to answer truthfully."

"Hmm."

"Have you gone on a date recently?"

"Hiking, maybe."

"Held hands?"

"No."

"Then what were you doing?"

"I was...." Jiang Nian thought of Li Lanying, feeling helpless, "Carrying a bag for an elder lady."

"Met the parents?" Lv Xuan’s eyes lit up, but then she sensed something was off, "Aren’t you being a little impolite?"

"Don’t pry into adult affairs, your three questions are over." Jiang Nian took the money and turned to go downstairs.

Evening self-study.

Li Hua astonishingly discovered that he could solve the Rubik’s cube again.

"Whoa?"

"What, what’s up?" Jiang Nian turned around eagerly, playing along, "Your Rubik’s cube... how’d you get it back together?"

"Probably messed up the steps before." Li Hua said while pondering, touching his chin.

Jiang Nian watched, wanting to laugh, "Damn, you’re amazing, solving it without a manual."

"Of course." Li Hua’s vanity was greatly satisfied, "Hey, Old Ma, Old Ma, look at this!"

After class, Jiang Nian casually swapped a few corners of the Rubik’s cube. Last time was half a minute, this time it only took eight seconds.

Nothing special, just familiar hands.

"You’re so bad." Zhang Ningzhi’s voice came, she was staring at Jiang Nian, "Always picking on the group leader."