CHAPTER 750: CHAPTER 583: A FRIEND

Great sword, take it.

Jiang Nian had already given up hope, but at this moment, his possessiveness ignited once again.

After all, who can refuse a sword?

Xu Qianqian was lying on the sofa playing with her phone. She glanced at Jiang Nian twisting and turning next to her, quite speechlessly.

"Got a rash?"

"You’re the one with the rash!" Jiang Nian retorted with a straight face, but soon grinned, "With one sword, frost covers fourteen states!"

Song Xiyun just came out of the room and saw someone pretending to perform sword moves in the living room, she was stunned.

"What’s wrong with him?"

Xu Qianqian raised her head and sneered.

"That fool is practicing swordsmanship."

"Haha, so uncultured." Jiang Nian said, "Xu Qianqian, do you know that the ancients used to master both literature and swordsmanship?"

Xu Qianqian rolled her eyes, "Big idiot."

"I don’t get it." Song Xiyun tilted her head.

She carefully bypassed Jiang Nian’s sword-dancing, sat next to Xu Qianqian, and started chatting about the gossip in the class.

Jiang Nian was playing by himself for a while, seeing that no one paid attention to him, he felt bored and sneaked away.

He went home, changed into a light jacket, and was about to leave when Ms. Li stopped him.

"Going out dressed so lightly, do you think you’re made of iron?"

Jiang Nian smiled and stepped back.

"I’ll put it on when I get back."

With that, he dashed out the door.

Li Hongmei: "..."

Downstairs.

He glanced at the time, around three in the afternoon. After pondering for a while, he decided to ride his bike to the school first.

With a screech, he stopped at the school gate.

The young security guard looked at him and then looked away. The school was semi-open, and occasionally, there were students playing basketball.

Bang bang bang!!

Jiang Nian was passing by the edge of the rubber basketball court when a high-arc three-pointer shot up and went over the wire fence.

"Classmate, can you pick up the ball?" a girl’s voice called out.

"Damn, Liu Yang!"

"Hmm?" Liu Yang was still leaping for the board, and after landing, he turned his head, "Brother Nian, why are you at the school?"

The huge basketball court only had those two ambiguous people.

Jiang Nian picked up the ball and dribbled it vigorously a few times, "The school is my home, do I need a reason to visit home?"

Damn it, those sports students sure know how to have relationships.

This is no longer a stereotype, it’s just that byd Liu Yang turned stereotypes into reality.

Why not snag the class monitor from Class Three while you’re at it?

Liu Yang walked over, "Why don’t you visit other parts of the house, don’t bother mom and dad in the kitchen."

"Do all you boys talk so amusingly?" The class monitor from the adjacent class laughed.

Jiang Nian waved goodbye and got ready to leave.

"I’m leaving first."

"Damn, give the ball back!" Liu Yang couldn’t hold it anymore, "If I let you go, you’ll leave forever!"

Just then, a crisp voice sounded.

"Jiang Nian, why are you here?"

"Hmm?"

He held the ball and looked closely; it was Little Turtle coming from the administrative building, quickly descending the stairs.

"Just wandering around, by the way, why are you still at school?"

"Part-time administrative assistant." Ji Jiayu smiled, "Even though the school is on break, there are still some chores to handle."

"Oh, odd jobs." Jiang Nian nodded.

Ji Jiayu: "...Your words are a bit hurtful."

"Ahem, can you guys chat later?" Liu Yang coughed, "Return the ball first."

"Hey, did you guys plan to play some basketball?" Ji Jiayu turned her head and greeted, "Hey, Manzhen."

"Hey." Wu Manzhen waved back politely.

Jiang Nian had originally intended to leave and thought it was a coincidence. He might as well ask Ji Jiayu where the dorms for the odd-job doers were.

So, with a hook shot, the ball flew high.

After tracing a beautiful parabolic trajectory in the air, it accurately went through the hoop across the wire fence, from half a court away.

Instantly, the place fell silent.

Only the sound of the ball hitting the ground remained, bang! bang! bang!

"Let’s go." Jiang Nian waved.

Ji Jiayu quickly followed, "Oh, oh."

On the court, only Liu Yang and Wu Manzhen remained. The latter watched the two walk away, turned to Liu Yang, and said.

"Jiayu sure is popular; she gets along well with all the boys."

"Not bad." Liu Yang scratched his face.

....

"She’s really into relationships." Ji Jiayu quipped, "Has Liu Yang wrapped around her finger."

Jiang Nian: "???"

He turned to look at Little Turtle, a bit puzzled.

"Is this about talking behind people’s backs?"

"It’s fine, she’s definitely talked behind my back too." Ji Jiayu said, "Probably said something like I’m fickle."

"Hmm..." He didn’t quite understand, but chose to respect, "You girls really are meticulous, huh."

"Let’s not talk about that, did you just say you needed to ask me something?"

"Oh, oh, aren’t you going home for New Year?" Jiang Nian didn’t ask directly, preparing to first ask about her customs.

She said, "Spending New Year at Zhen Nan, my family bought a house here."

"Then why stay at the dorms?" Jiang Nian looked puzzled, already reaching the base of the administrative building, "No hardships to endure?"

"Sort of." Ji Jiayu smiled and didn’t continue, "And why did you suddenly come to the school?"

"Just wandering around, getting a feel for things." Jiang Nian then said, "I have a friend volunteering in the counseling room."

"Oh~ the counseling room, huh." Ji Jiayu said, "If there’s no work, they’re probably in the dorms."

With that, she pointed Jiang Nian towards the dormitory.

"Bye-bye, I have to go attend to my tasks first."

"Alright."

Jiang Nian walked towards the dormitory area, casually turning back once, only to see Ji Jiayu still standing there.

Seeing him turn back, she waved like a dandelion.

So, she wasn’t busy after all.

A few minutes later.

He arrived at a dorm building, different from others. It had more exquisite decor with corridor balconies.

Just as he was about to take out his phone, he stopped.

Jiang Nian turned his head to have a look; the small convenience store in the dormitory area was already closed, so he headed out the North Gate instead.

The North Gate only had an old security guard, who hunched up as someone approached.