CHAPTER 767: CHAPTER 595: FANGFANG IS HERE (2)

Recently, construction work has been tough, and the drinking buddies his son knew have also drifted apart.

A grand building was erected, then collapsed.

The three of them, Jiang Nian and the others, still set up a table and took turns trying to balance an egg. After several attempts, neither of the two girls succeeded.

"Can it really stand?"

Song Xiyun said, "It should be possible with a cooked one."

Jiang Nian touched his face and looked to the other side. Old Man Ma was trying hard to balance an egg, deep in thought.

If you can’t make it stand, you can’t catch good fortune.

He pushed the two girls aside and squeezed in between them.

"Let me try."

"Can you do it?" Xu Qianqian asked.

"If I can’t, then no one can make this egg stand," Jiang Nian replied confidently as he effortlessly placed the egg.

In an instant, the two girls fell silent.

"It... it’s standing."

"Is it really?"

Xu Qianqian’s pupils widened. It was her first time seeing it stand in person, and she couldn’t help but gulp.

"Hurry and catch the spring!"

Song Xiyun was equally amazed. Only after blinking her eyes did she come back to her senses.

"Light the firecrackers."

Old Man Ma listened to the clear voices of the two girls. Already sweating, he turned around and saw the egg was indeed standing.

Then he heard Xu Qianqian shouting, "Light the firecrackers!"

Old Man Ma: "...."

Crackling sounds filled the air at 2:28 AM.

The beginning of spring.

....

In the following days, Jiang Nian continued his routine of getting up early every morning. Bag in hand, he went alone to the administration building to study.

Li Qingrong usually came in the afternoons, though sometimes she didn’t come at all.

For three days straight, nothing happened.

Until the tenth day, when shops on the street started to open. Since the next day was a legal workday, some people were already back at work.

At school, more and more students filled the self-study rooms. However, Jiang Nian no longer went there to do his assignments.

Because....

Fangfang arrived.

"I checked, the dormitory building is open," Huang Fang said, "and the third-year building will have water and electricity today."

"So..."

"So, you’re only coming over now?" Jiang Nian interjected, pointing at her, "Fangfang, you’re so heartless."

Huang Fang: "...."

The classroom was open, and the dormitory was too.

Some dorm students came over voluntarily to study, and there were only six days left of the holiday.

"Where’s Zhizhi?"

"She’s playing with Yao Beibei," Jiang Nian sighed, "the two of them went to Wugong Mountain yesterday."

Huang Fang glanced at him and suddenly thought of something.

"What have you been doing these days?"

Smack, smack, smack, Jiang Nian tossed three test papers onto the table.

"No need to say more."

Huang Fang was dumbfounded at the sight.

She picked up the test papers and flipped through them one by one. The ink on them was from recent days, some even marked with corrections in red pen.

"You’re... you’re so freakish."

"Hee hee."

"By the way, my dad asked me to bring you some things," Huang Fang hesitated, "homemade dried chili peppers."

"And some dried fish, if you don’t want them...."

"I want them."

Jiang Nian took the red plastic bag, "Stuff from home, you can’t buy it even if you want to, how could I not want it?"

"Mm." Huang Fang nodded.

She knew that Jiang Nian was respecting her pride.

Outside the corridor of the class three classroom, someone slid in quickly and stopped by the podium, stylishly blowing his bangs.

"Fangfang!!"

"I’ve missed you so much!! Why are you just getting here?"

"Why are there so few people in the classroom? Where are my grandsons!" he clutched his chest and exclaimed in anguish.

"Your grandpa is back!"

"Byb, what are you doing here?" Jiang Nian was a bit surprised, "Hua, didn’t you say you were going online?"

"Don’t talk nonsense!" Li Hua pointed at him, giving a husky warning.

Afternoon.

Jiang Nian finally understood why the damn Li Hua had come to the classroom.

In the dim classroom, footsteps were heard from the entrance.

"So few people."

A clear voice sounded, drawing everyone in the classroom to look up. Standing at the door was Yu Zhiyi.

"Long time no see, everyone."

Jiang Nian glanced at Yu Zhiyi with dead fish eyes and went back to solving questions.

Yu Yourong.

Back from the New Year, she seemed to have gained a little weight.

"It’s been a while." Li Hua grinned, going over to chat, "Where did you go for the New Year?"

"Mountain Residence Temple, a temple near us."

"To pray for blessings?"

"Yeah, there were a lot of people," Yu Zhiyi said while putting down her bags, "but most were there to pray for children."

"Pray for children?"

"That’s not what I prayed for, you’re... "

"Oh, oh." Li Hua nodded and then hesitantly asked, "Praying is mainly for peace, what did you pray for?"

Yu Zhiyi suddenly went silent and after two seconds waved her hand dismissively.

"It’s nothing special."

Li Hua chatted with Yu Zhiyi for a while and then, feeling pleased, went to talk with Huang Fang, basically avoiding doing his homework.

In the class, there were also girls who were day students.

Li Hua, this guy, wasn’t bothered by the hassle at all. He went around chatting with everyone, or sometimes just watched others solve questions.

Luckily, he was a science whiz, so the girls didn’t mind.

Sometimes, they even asked him some questions.

"Little teacher, are you back to explaining questions?" Jiang Nian glanced at him, "Come here, tell me how to solve this question."

Li Hua blushed at the phrase "little teacher" and turned red immediately.

"It’s not like that, Chi Shi!"

....

The next morning.

A third of the class had arrived, but Chen Yunyun and the others hadn’t arrived yet. They would only come two days before school started.

Outside in the corridor.

Jiang Nian had just returned from the bathroom and stood in the corridor playing with his phone for a while.

"Qingqing still hasn’t woken up?"

The class president hadn’t come for the past two days, claiming to be at home. Either that or Li Lanying had taken her, probably off to see the sea.

Originally, she didn’t really want to go.

But Li Lanying threatened that if Li Qingrong didn’t go, she’d follow her around to the classroom for self-study.

Li Qingrong thought about her sister’s outgoing personality and didn’t want her hovering in front of Jiang Nian.

So she just bid Jiang Nian goodbye and left.

As a result, Jiang Nian enjoyed some peace and quiet.

After all, everyone in the class had their own things to do. They would all gather again once school started and dive back into preparing for the college entrance exam.

"Hey!"

Yu Zhiyi tapped Jiang Nian on the shoulder from behind, "What’re you doing daydreaming here? What are you thinking about?"

Jiang Nian turned around and looked at Yu Zhiyi.

"Gazing into the distance."

Yu Zhiyi rolled her eyes and chattered away.

"You’re always busy with your test papers; none of this happens with others. You’re just too intense."

She babbled on and on.

Jiang Nian sized her up and suddenly threw out a question.

"Did you gain weight over the New Year?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhiyi was immediately silenced.

"You!!!"

"What?"

"How can you just say a girl got fat!" Yu Zhiyi snapped angrily, "I hardly ate anything during the New Year!"

She was furious and didn’t even know why she was so angry.

In any case, just seeing his face made her mad.

"Byd, what else could I say, that you lost weight?" Jiang Nian remarked, "If you don’t take care of your eyes, you’re just lying to yourself."

"Are you calling me blind?" Yu Zhiyi gritted her teeth.

"I didn’t say that; you did."

"You!!!"

Yu Zhiyi’s chest heaved as she punched him twice. She wanted to say something more but decided against it and ran away.

"Jiang Nian, you’re such a jerk!"

"Hehe."

Although he wondered if Yu Zhiyi was having her time of the month, given her mood swings, he couldn’t be bothered to think too much about it.

Mathematics, math is truly hard to learn.

At that moment, the phone in his hand vibrated.

Jiang Nian looked down to see a message from Qingbao. She was back from the provincial city and would return to school tonight.

"High-speed train?"

"Yeah."

"Teacher, is anyone picking you up?" Jiang Nian checked the time; there wouldn’t be any buses back to Zhen Nan at that hour.

Qingbao: "Taking a cab."

Jiang Nian calculated the time, realizing it was only noon. If he finished his homework by the afternoon, he could free up some time by the evening.

"Teacher, I’ll pick you up."

Qingbao: "???"

On the other end, Qingbao was puzzled, thinking she’d have luggage with her. Plus, they couldn’t both fit on an electric scooter.

"Forget it, I have a lot of luggage."

Jiang Nian said, "I’ll drive."