CHAPTER 734: CHAPTER 571: NASTY PERSONALITY

In the exam hall.

Qi Xue stood at the back of the classroom, invigilating, occasionally wandering around and stopping by Jiang Nian to observe for a moment.

Without any expression, she wandered back.

Jiang Nian thought it would be nice if Qianbao was invigilating, but then again, she didn’t know math.

"Damn, who the hell came up with these questions?"

In the same exam hall, Wang Yuhe was concentrating intently. There’s basically no math problem she can’t solve; she breezed through with flying sparks.

Two hours quickly passed, and the invigilator coughed.

"Ahem, five minutes left until the end of the exam. After the bell rings, all candidates must stop writing and leave the classroom..."

Outside the corridor, Zhang Ningzhi walked towards Jiang Nian.

"Did you finish?"

"Don’t ask such private questions." Jiang Nian pointed at her, "I deliberately left one question unanswered, do you know why?"

Zhang Ningzhi said foolishly, "Because you couldn’t solve it."

"Wrong, it’s a rather romantic way of answering."

"Romantic?"

"The eternal cold of snow mountains shines solely on Emei Peak." Jiang Nian stood with his hands behind his back, pretending to be a master, but his face was pained when he turned around.

Damn, which idiot set these questions!

"What Emei Peak?" Wang Yuhe came over, glanced at Jiang Nian, "Is Master Extinction around?"

"Shut up, or I’ll make sure you regret it." Jiang Nian pointed at Wang Yuhe, who easily scores 140 in math.

"Fruit?" Wang Yuhe paused to remember and said, "I wonder if the fruit sold at the school gate is any good."

Jiang Nian: "?"

Isn’t that unrelated?

Wang Yuhe ignored Jiang Nian and lost herself in thinking about what fruit to buy.

After a while, Qi Xue came out holding the answer sheets. Before leaving, she glanced back at Jiang Nian.

"Is that Teacher Qi Xue?" Zhang Ningzhi asked.

"Yes." Jiang Nian nodded.

"She’s so pretty."

"Indeed."

"Hm." Zhang Ningzhi turned to glare at Jiang Nian, puffed her cheeks, and let out a heavy hum, "Fine then."

Jiang Nian poked Zhizhi’s cheek and her puffed cheek pushed back, which amused him.

"Quite bouncy."

In the afternoon, Jiang Nian hurriedly had a meal. He returned to the classroom to continue reviewing the paper, astonishing Huang Fang again.

She turned to look at Jiang Nian and couldn’t help asking.

"Aren’t you tired?"

Jiang Nian looked up, puzzled.

"Tired?"

Every afternoon, he activates his healing mode, sweeping away fatigue. Right now, he’s in his fourth energetic hour.

Considering it for a moment, Jiang Nian added.

"Just a bit fatigued."

Huang Fang was shocked, recalling old boasts of elders lifting 800 jin alone.

Previously she dismissed such claims, but now she’s half convinced.

"That’s outrageous."

Jiang Nian, perplexed, thought, how odd. Emperor Fangfang doesn’t study. Why study him?

He rubbed his chin, asking mysteriously.

"Want to know the secret to my vigor?"

Huang Fang paled. The word "secret" makes her uneasy, she’s learned enough.

"Won’t you trick me?"

The classroom was sparsely populated; Jiang Nian was idling and put down his pen, seriously looking at Huang Fang.

"The secret is, torment Li Hua."

Huang Fang: "..."

Jiang Nian remarked sternly, "While doing misdeeds, the brain and blood become active, sweeping away fatigue."

Huang Fang: "Great idea, don’t say it again."

...

Evening self-study.

Zhang Ningzhi returned, giving Jiang Nian a glance.

"Hmph."

Jiang Nian had long been accustomed to it, thick-skinned. He asked if Zhizhi had a drink, naturally receiving a big eye-roll.

Even so, it wasn’t without return.

He felt satisfied.

"Oh, today’s such a chiseled day." Li Hua emerged from the math answers crowd, hands behind his back.

"What’s up?" Jiang Nian chimed in.

Zeng You bit, grinning, "Did you mess up the math test?"

"Yeah, can’t get a perfect score this time." Li Hua was full of constraint, leaving Zeng You shocked.

"Hua, stop pretending." Jiang Nian said, "Outside our group, you stand out, but in it, who do you beat?"

"Chiseled!" Li Hua broke the rules. "But I lament the Chinese test, my essay won’t score high."

"Why?" Zhang Ningzhi loved a good spectacle.

"While writing an argument, I wanted to cite Ying Zheng but couldn’t recall the ’Ying’ character." Li Hua scratched his head, embarrassed.

"In a panic, I wrote ’Victory Zheng, the first emperor’."

Everyone around laughed. It wasn’t a crucial exam, so no one consoled him.

"Pfft!" Ma Guojun attracted their attention from two aisles away, "Going out after tomorrow’s afternoon exam?"

The trio no longer needed those words spoken.

"Of course, nowhere else to go." Li Hua nonchalantly said, "I’m playing until New Year’s Eve."

"What about Jiang Nian?" Ma Guojun asked.

"I’ve got something tonight..." Jiang Nian pondered a moment.

Hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi turned too, wondering if Jiang Nian would invite her out after the exam.

Agreed too readily, seems less reserved.

"But I’ll be back by seven or eight, save me a spot in the room." Jiang Nian decided, after weighing it.

It’s New Year’s, why not enjoy it?

He liked the internet cafe, though this semester’s kept him busy, rarely going.

Zhang Ningzhi: "..."

She turned back sullenly, head on the desk, plotting games for the next night.

Won’t message him tomorrow, that’ll show him!

Beside her, Jiang Nian already discussed with Li Hua, selecting heroes for a trio match in LOL tomorrow.