CHAPTER 715: CHAPTER 561: WANG YUHE’S PRIDE

In the back row, Li Qingrong glanced at him.

"Where are you going?"

Jiang Nian just sent a message and didn’t avoid the class monitor. After all, it was a legitimate matter, and there was no need to hide it.

"Xu Shuang asked me to meet, probably something important."

Li Qingrong glanced at him but didn’t ask much.

"Okay."

Jiang Nian couldn’t guess the monitor’s thoughts, so he simply suggested.

"Want to go together?"

Li Qingrong shook his head and said, "You go ahead, the air conditioner at home is broken, and I don’t know who to call for repairs."

"Call me for repairs, I provide full service." Jiang Nian took it upon himself, "Master Jiang, born to fix air conditioners."

Li Qingrong: "....."

"What’s broken?"

"It’s not heating."

"Oh, I’ll take a look tonight and find out." Jiang Nian agreed and walked away happily.

Fixing the air conditioner, isn’t that the master bedroom?

Hmm...

Then it definitely needs fixing.

....

Little Bear Milk Tea Shop, second floor.

"Long time no see."

Xu Shuang: "Uh... we just saw each other yesterday morning."

"Saying it that way makes me sound more professional." Jiang Nian sat down casually across from her, "What did you want to talk about?"

Xu Shuang hesitated for a moment, didn’t speak directly, but instead looked at him and asked another question.

"Can you get anything?"

"Haha... as long as it’s not illegal." Jiang Nian said, "Tell me first, and if I can’t, I’ll let you know."

Meanwhile, he was a bit nervous inside.

He was very capable, but not to the level of a superhero. Illegal stuff was out of the question, and anything too expensive was also a no-go.

Fortunately, Xu Shuang finally spoke up.

"There’s a doll I really like, and a limited edition was just released. But it’s a lottery draw, so... I want one."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian breathed a sigh of relief.

In my domain, I’m invincible. It’s like a 250V electrician encountering 220 volts of electricity.

Time to get to work.

"That’s easy, I can handle it for you." Jiang Nian said, "Just tell me about the doll."

A few minutes later, he gathered all the details about the doll.

The vendor was actually... not out to rip off the poor.

Unlike the golden ticket from the chocolate factory, this doll wasn’t expensive per se, just rare.

And also, niche.

Xu Shuang noticed him scrutinizing her a few times, coughed lightly, and looked away.

"What?"

"Nothing, just didn’t expect you to like this kind of..." Jiang Nian thought, her hobby was quite niche.

Hearing this, Xu Shuang blushed slightly.

"If you want to buy it, it’s only available in the downtown area. The finals are in a few days, so why not meet next week?"

Hearing this, Jiang Nian pondered for a moment.

"It will be quite late after the exams, better to do it sooner rather than later. Let’s go the day of the last exam. I’ll head straight to the city."

Xu Shuang thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

"Alright."

Having settled the plan, Jiang Nian finished his fruit tea in one gulp and left.

"Bye-bye."

Xu Shuang watched as his figure disappeared from the stairs. She couldn’t help but lower her gaze, her expression slightly complicated.

This guy, seems naturally lucky?

Cafeteria.

The school launched a New Year meal ticket giveaway, which was essentially based on guessing riddles to earn meal money.

Wang Yuhe dragged Chen Yunyun along to participate in each event, guessing "Nian Beast" whenever stumped by a riddle.

"Nian Beast."

"Wrong."

"Nian Beast."

"Wrong."

"Nian....."

"Stop guessing, I’ll just give you one." the student union member conceded, "Here, take it and go."

Chen Yunyun covered her face, she couldn’t guess either. But compared to the meal ticket, she preferred to capture a photo to show Jiang Nian.

"The cafeteria’s hosting an event, did you join?"

Before long, Jiang Nian dinged back a message.

"Nope, I’m eating out."

Chen Yunyun pursed her lips, typing a reply.

"The riddles are hard."

"Then there’s nothing to be done, shame about the meal tickets." Jiang Nian’s message chimed in like a mountain spring.

Chen Yunyun glanced at the smug Wang Yuhe and couldn’t help but smile.

"Even though I didn’t guess right, I still got one."

Jiang Nian: "?"

This back-and-forth also delayed them a bit.

Wang Yuhe rushed into the cafeteria, finding only lines of people, so she had no choice but to drag Chen Yunyun to queue up.

"Yunyun, am I great or what?"

"Mm, great." Chen Yunyun praised her while distractedly on a QQ call, "Getting the ticket is pretty impressive."

After seven or eight minutes, it was finally their turn.

The lady at the window glanced at the excited Wang Yuhe, didn’t even lift her eyelids, and mechanically called out.

"Ticket please?"

Wang Yuhe froze, not hearing clearly.

"Thank you."

Thinking for a moment, she cleverly added.

"Auntie, you are also very beautiful."

The cafeteria lady was speechless, tapping the edge of the dish tray.

"Meal ticket!"

"Oh oh, here it is." Wang Yuhe, a bit embarrassed, blushed as she fumbled the meal ticket out of her pocket and handed it over.

Turning her head, she saw Chen Yunyun giggling beside her.

"Yunyun, you better not tell him!" Wang Yuhe said with mock fierceness, "I have to save face! Got it?"

In her hand, Jiang Nian’s voice came through the audio.

"Where’s the ticket?"

.....

One forty in the afternoon.

Tao Ran turned over, feeling incredibly sleepy.

He’s always commuted to school, waking up with school on his mind. Every day was either preparing to bike, or biking.

Scooters, motorbikes, e-bikes, he’s ridden a bike as soon as he learned how.

A couple minutes later, he felt a bit dizzy.

So he decided to go all out, grabbed his phone ready to request leave. Opening WeChat, he found Lao Liu’s contact.

"Mouse, are you in the office?"

Bzz bzz, Lao Liu replied at lightning speed.

"The mouse is in the hole. (smile)"

"Sorry, wrong message." Tao Ran typed groggily, "I feel a bit dizzy, requesting a day off."

Lao Liu: "Sure, rest well."

"Yeah, old corpse, I’ll sleep, you better sleep early too." Tao Ran, typing on autopilot, sent it and didn’t care anymore.

Lao Liu: "(scratching head)"

He was already honest, now even more so.

Afternoon, during class.

Jiang Nian, a bit curious, turned his head to look at Cai Xiaoqing in the back two rows. After a couple of gestures, he asked.

"Why didn’t Tao Ran show up?"

"Oh, he said..." Cai Xiaoqing recalled, "He said he set an alarm in his mind, and will come when it rings."

Jiang Nian pondered, "So... when does that alarm ring?"

Cai Xiaoqing couldn’t hold back, shaking his head.

"Hard to say."

Just turned around, Li Hua was gloating.

"Actually, it was my scheme, the academic committee won’t come tonight. So in that competition, you’ll have one less opponent."

Jiang Nian gave a thumbs up, "When it comes to scheming, you truly have talent."

Afternoon self-study.

Yu Zhiyi ambled over, taking Jiang Nian away. Li Hua was stunned and turned to Zhang Ningzhi.

"What are they up to?"

Zhang Ningzhi puzzled, feeling the group leader was a bit out of it.

"Probably discussing the psychological competition."

Upon hearing this, Li Hua remembered, Yu Zhiyi was the Psychological Commissioner. Feeling both speechless and a bit envious.

That damn guy!

Outside the corridor, Yu Zhiyi asked about Tao Ran.

"Will he still come for the evening self-study?"

"No idea, why don’t you just call and ask?" Jiang Nian had been doing test papers all afternoon, a break was a good opportunity to catch his breath.

"Why not you?" Yu Zhiyi stepped forward, and the buttons on her knitted cardigan were on the brink of popping.

Jiang Nian shrugged, "I’m not a class officer."

"You!!!" Yu Zhiyi was also speechless. For some reason, lately seeing him annoyed her.

In another place.

Tao Ran, napping at home, groggily heard his phone ringing.

He reached out, couldn’t find his phone. Instead, he found the air conditioner remote, and saw 29 missed calls when he opened his eyes.

"What’s going on?"

"Why can’t I answer the phone?!"

At school, outside the classroom corridor.

"Can’t get through." Yu Zhiyi put her phone down.

"Dummy, can’t you call more times?" Jiang Nian pointed at her, "Little Yu, I’ve noticed something about you."

"You’re young, how do you do things without using your brain?"

"You’re the one not using your brain!" Yu Zhiyi gave him a push and kept trying to call, "What is Tao Ran doing?"

Meanwhile, Tao Ran frantically pressed the air conditioner remote, and the phone rang again.

But he couldn’t pick it up.

He got anxious and shouted outside the room.

"Mom! My phone is broken!"