CHAPTER 736: CHAPTER 572: MEETING THE PARENTS

In the morning, we had the comprehensive science exam.

In the exam hall, Jiang Nian was racing against the clock to finish the questions. Biology was the smoothest subject for him, with no obstacles, he completed all the questions.

Then came the big chemistry questions, followed by the big physics ones... he couldn’t solve them.

As the exam was nearing its end, there was one minute remaining.

Jiang Nian really couldn’t figure out the answers, but by fabricating conditions himself, he managed to forcefully write an answer in the last few seconds.

"Alright, all candidates stop writing!"

On the stage, the invigilator already shouted to stop. But some people were still writing intensely, a typical way to drag the timing.

Only when the teacher on the stage sternly reprimanded them did those few candidates put down their pens.

Outside in the corridor.

"Did you finish the big physics question?" Zhang Ningzhi standing next to him was attracting quite a few looks.

She wore a black coat, paired with a red checkered scarf, the bottom half was loose denim jeans.

A swipe of pink lipstick, looking sweet and girlish.

"No, there were a few questions I just couldn’t solve." Jiang Nian said without any burden, this comprehensive science exam was indeed a bit difficult.

This also matched what Qingbao had said earlier, "worth doing seriously."

"Then you..."

"Let’s not talk about study, it’s the end of term." Jiang Nian said seriously, "Balance between work and rest, life is also important."

Zhang Ningzhi: "....."

"Hey! Found you guys." Wang Yuhe jumped out, shaking her body slightly, "I finished all my writing."

"Who asked you?"

Wang Yuhe heard this, she was upset. She wanted to argue with Jiang Nian, but as soon as she was about to speak, he turned around.

Therefore, Wang Yuhe circled around Jiang Nian.

"You!!"

Before she could finish her sentence, Jiang Nian turned to the other side again. This made Wang Yuhe furious, and the two started to circle around madly.

Zhang Ningzhi stood aside, looking a bit dumbfounded.

"So childish."

Both of them were very childish, and quite patient. In the end, Wang Yuhe simply started chanting answers loudly.

It wasn’t until the invigilator collected the answer sheets and left that the two stopped their chase.

"Time to eat." Jiang Nian, in a very nonchalant manner, claimed the leading position, "Bye-bye."

Wang Yuhe clenched her fists, "You’re so annoying!"

"Annoying is right, comfort is for the dead." Jiang Nian pointed at her, "Why are exam warriors so fragile?"

Wang Yuhe punched him, packed her things, and ran away angrily.

Suddenly, a voice chimed in.

"Where are you going to eat?"

"Outside, not sure which shop." Jiang Nian looked at Zhizhi, "Do you have any good recommendations?"

Zhang Ningzhi pursed her lips, "Yeah."

Jiang Nian paused for a moment, but quickly nodded in agreement.

"Alright."

This is the benefit of eating alone, complete freedom. No fixed meal partner, anyone can be a meal partner.

Another reason, there’s an English exam in the afternoon.

This is his strong subject, he doesn’t need too much review. So, it’s as if the exams are already over.

On the way out of the school gate, Jiang Nian casually asked.

"Why isn’t Yao Beibei looking for you?"

"She has something to do at noon, needs to go home for a bit." Zhang Ningzhi pursed her lips, "She said this yesterday."

"Oh oh, got it." He nodded.

Zhang Ningzhi walked beside him, occasionally doing some insignificant small actions, like punching or pinching him.

What was the purpose? Perhaps to express dissatisfaction.

A pretty girl is just such a cute and adorable being, even while walking on a street bathed in midday sunshine, she can feel joy.

She turned to say, "The sun feels so nice and warm."

"Yeah." Jiang Nian echoed, then used his body to block the sunlight, more action than words.

Such a man, you can only say (thumbs up).

"Hey! You!!!" Zhang Ningzhi punched him and complained, "Bad guy, don’t block my sunbathing."

The meal was simple, but it was more upscale than what Jiang Nian usually eats.

Of course, Zhang Ningzhi paid.

....

Lunchtime nap, there were two more people in the classroom.

Yu Zhiyi, rarely, was taking a nap in the classroom, half asleep on the desk. When she saw Jiang Nian come in, she couldn’t help but lift her head.

She yawned, covering with her hand.

"You took so long to eat."

"Anything up?" Jiang Nian sat down.

"Yes, when should I go in the afternoon?" Yu Zhiyi asked, referring to the arranged outing to the internet café.

Usually, if someone invites her, she’s likely to politely refuse.

If it’s Jiang Nian, she usually agrees first. Because Jiang Nian, while sarcastic, is very reliable.

"Wait for me, I’ll come and pick you up." Jiang Nian thought for a moment and added, "Also, don’t buy that toy car."

"Why?" Yu Zhiyi was a bit puzzled.

He said, "I’ll feel bad asking for your help."

"Oh." Yu Zhiyi breathed a sigh of relief, the money for the toy car was hard to gather, yet she didn’t want to buy a cheap one.

She had her principles in dealing with the opposite sex. Especially when facing Jiang Nian, she had a strong sense of dignity.

Jiang Nian turned his head at his seat, asking one more question.

"Are you going home tomorrow?"

"Yeah, why are you asking this?" Yu Zhiyi subconsciously pondered, if he plans another day, how to go home.

But her hometown is in a nearby town, only twenty kilometers from the county town, so going home is convenient.

"How are you going back?"

"By bus."

"Okay, then pack your luggage in the afternoon." After saying that, Jiang Nian directly turned away and didn’t say anything else.

Yu Zhiyi heard this, and couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous.

"What do you mean?"

"Just pack your things first." Jiang Nian did not answer directly.

"Okay." Yu Zhiyi complied.

She discovered in school, she can stand toe-to-toe with Jiang Nian. But outside of school, she had to look up to him.

Afternoon English exam.

Everyone in the class headed straight to the exam hall, with a very low chance of the sixth group meeting on the way.

In the desolate campus walkway, Jiang Nian met Chen Yunyun and Wang Yuhe, who were passing by under the senior year’s building.

"Why don’t you ask me how many points I’ll score in English?" He looked at Wang Yuhe, a playful smile appeared on his face.

"I’m not going to ask." Wang Yuhe, her confidence hurt, since she couldn’t score over 146 points in English.

That said, she ran forward a couple of steps. While distancing herself from Jiang Nian, she turned back and glared at him fiercely.

In her eyes, it was naturally considered "fierce".

Jiang Nian laughed heartily for a while and then asked the girl beside him.

"When are you going home?"

"This afternoon, my dad is driving to pick me up," Chen Yunyun said, "and he’s also taking Yuhe home."

"Your dad really cares about you." Jiang Nian smiled.

Chen Yunyun also smiled, half-jokingly said.

"He always thinks some guy will whisk me away, so he picks me up every holiday, not letting me linger."

"What a shame, I was planning to whisk you away." Jiang Nian shook his head, "Since your dad’s coming, then forget it."

Chen Yunyun glanced at him, thinking does he really remember her? Just a year might pass, and he’d forget.

In her mind, Jiang Nian’s image of being oblivious flashed.

More infuriating.

In such a mood, Chen Yunyun suddenly stopped in the crowd, almost without reason, turned and asked.

"Want to... meet someone?"

Jiang Nian: "???"

Meet who?

...

Fifteen minutes before the English exam was over.

Jiang Nian stopped writing and snapped the pen cap shut. He lightly tossed the pen forward, landing it on the desk.

This sound, to those who hadn’t finished writing their essays, was akin to a mental attack, too pretentious.

"Damn!"

"Who writes so fast?"

The complaints just started when they were rebuked by the proctor. The noisy classroom quickly returned to silence.

Jiang Nian smiled cheekily, turning to look out the window.

Idle clouds... meeting parents, why is he so easily meeting them? Was he someone’s son-in-law in a past life?

Actually, it’s not like he hadn’t met them, he’d seen Chen Yunyun’s mom at a parent-teacher meeting.

Time flew, the exam was over.

At five, the sun had set. Walking out of the classroom, Zhang Ningzhi glanced in Jiang Nian’s direction.

"Hmph."

Jiang Nian: "?"

Zhizhi Baby can truly get upset, and it’s intermittent. Anger in bursts, storing it up.

But she just hummed a few words and wouldn’t really interfere.

"I’m going to the city to play, is there anything you want me to bring back?" Zhang Ningzhi stood in the hallway, reluctant to say.

"Just bring whatever, see you tomorrow." Jiang Nian said.

"Oh oh." Zhang Ningzhi hadn’t expected the end-of-term separation to come so abruptly, not even enough time for a few words.

Fortunately, it’s not a long-term separation, they’ll see each other again tomorrow.

Jiang Nian first returned to the classroom, restoring his books to their original state. In passing, he helped move books for those in the group who hadn’t returned.

Like Li Hua and them, who went straight to the internet café.

"Thanks." Huang Fang was a bit surprised, the usually carefree Jiang Nian actually returned at this moment.

Actually, Jiang Nian wanted to stagger his timing from Xu Qianqian and them.

"No need, Fangfang, when are you going home?" Jiang Nian asked as he put down the book basket, while glancing around Class Three’s classroom.

Li Qingrong was at her desk, leisurely packing things up. She occasionally glanced at him, clearly waiting for him.

Most people in the class quickly packed up and left.

"Tomorrow morning," Huang Fang said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian nodded.

"Okay."

He didn’t stay long, after packing, he headed toward the class leader. After exchanging a few words, they walked out together.

"When will you pick me up?"

"A bit later, I have something to do," Jiang Nian pondered for a moment, "I have to pick up a car, go into the city first."

Li Qingrong nodded, "Okay."

After a few seconds, she spoke.

"Can I come?"

"Hmm?" Jiang Nian was surprised, turned to look at the class leader, "You can, but I’ll be back in about one or two hours."

"Okay." Li Qingrong didn’t insist, continued to ask, "Need a car? There’s one parked on level minus one in the complex."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian hesitated.

"What?"

"The one you drove last time, she left it there," Li Qingrong explained, "It’s parked there, no one drives it."

Jiang Nian: "....."

He felt his limits were loosening, and the meal in front of him was getting bigger and bigger, like soft and tender tofu.

No, it really challenged his weakness.

"I... forget it, let’s just forget it." Jiang Nian restrained himself, "I’ll drive my dad’s old car."

The two had already walked out of the school gate and reached a fork.

Li Qingrong stopped, glanced at him.

"Okay, I’ll wait for you to pick me up."

Saying this, she waved at Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian, a bit dazed, took a few seconds to come back to his senses.

"Okay."

....

"Chi Shi!!"

Li Hua slumped in the internet café chair, drenched in sweat. He took off his jacket, tossing it on the soft chair’s back.

"Lucky I ran fast, finally got a machine."

"When are Jiang Nian and them coming?" Ma Guojun sat down, already booting up, "Ask him what time they’ll be here."

"Even if they come, there’s no place." Li Hua complained, "Today the seniors are on holiday, too many people playing."

After a while, Ma Guojun put down his phone and said.

"Jiang Nian says we should play first. Give him an address, and he’ll drive over and take us somewhere else."

Upon hearing this, Li Hua couldn’t help but heavily tap the keyboard.

"Chi Shi, letting him show off again!"

Ma Guojun said, "So should we report it or not?"

"Of course report it! Why wouldn’t we!" Li Hua couldn’t stop mentioning Chi Shi, "Cursing Jiang Nian doesn’t conflict with calling him my adopted father."

Ma Guojun was speechless, thinking Li Hua was really self-effacing.

"....It’s because of Yu."

"Hey, hey, don’t mention it." Li Hua said while gaming, "Get online, get online, you dawdler."

On the other side, Jiang Nian drove his old car swiftly to the city.

Following the intel provided by Xu Shuang, he found a mall and successfully located the prize event area.

"White plush bear," he murmured, joining the queue, seemingly without suspense.

A crackle came from the female shop assistant’s megaphone, slightly distorted.

"Congratulations, this handsome guy won!"