Chapter 143: The Class Atmosphere Is Terrible

The three of them finished urinating and strolled back to the classroom at a leisurely pace.

As they entered, they saw Lin Dong handing out exam papers, while the math teacher paced the room with his hands behind his back. Instantly, they hunched like quails and hurried back to their seats.

Just as Jiang Nian sat down, Zhang Nenzhi whispered to him from beside.

"Second and third periods: evening self-study exam."

"Mm." Jiang Nian picked up his pen and began reading the questions.

Suddenly, Ji Jiayu's voice came from the middle of the classroom.

"Lin Dong, we're out of answer sheets."

She didn't expect much. Usually, the math class representative would only ask how many were missing, finish his current task, then come over only after counting everything properly.

Even if he had an extra one, he wouldn't walk over just to give it to her alone. After all, making a special trip meant adding unnecessary work.

Yet Lin Dong walked over anyway and handed her one of the answer sheets.

"Here."

The person behind Ji Jiayu looked up and asked.

"What about ours?"

"Wait a bit, finish your exam first," Lin Dong replied dismissively, his tone completely different. "If you're missing, raise your hand. If you don't raise your hand, don't blame me later."

Ji Jiayu lowered her head and wrote her name on the answer sheet, unable to suppress a small smile.

She hadn't noticed before, but Lin Dong was actually quite gentle.

Not far away, Yuan Zhengchuan stared coldly at his girlfriend. When Lin Dong handed Ji Jiayu the last answer sheet, he felt nothing.

But Ji Jiayu's downward smile struck him deeply.

Laughing at the market! Laughing!

Yuan Zhengchuan began doubting himself—was he too suspicious? Lin Dong had just counted the answer sheets and left. It was perfectly normal, nothing out of the ordinary.

But… he always felt Ji Jiayu secretly contacted Lin Dong. Would she?

Nervous and uneasy through two evening self-study sessions, Yuan Zhengchuan worked on the exam absentmindedly. Only when school was nearly over did he snap to attention as Lin Dong stood up to collect all answer sheets.

Yuan Zhengchuan stared hard—two major questions were blank!

Shit!

"Yang Qiming, let me copy yours!"

Yang Qiming was also stressed over his girlfriend from another class, but thankfully she had blocked him. Since she didn't reply, it didn't affect his exam.

After the math quiz, he felt calm and even performed above his usual level.

"Here, copy whatever you want!"

Yang Qiming waved his hand—romantically defeated but victorious among brothers—he now focused entirely on his brother.

He wanted his "ex-girlfriend (semi-breakup)" to know how much better his life was without her: surrounded by brothers, beauties everywhere, grades soaring.

Make her regret it. Make her beg to get back together!

You didn't stick by me when the sun set. Now that I'm rising again, who the hell are you?

Lately, Yang Qiming had been scrolling TikTok often, watching plenty of emotional wish-fulfillment videos.

The kind with game-like scenes, AI voices or WeChat chat simulations.

The more he scrolled, the more energized he got, the more he wanted to replace himself in them—go date a 1.6-meter legal little girl right now, hold her hand until it's wet!

In front of his ex, make her so jealous she twists into a crawling mess.

Even though his progress bar was zero, just imagining it was already satisfying.

The only downside was that his good brother Lin Dong had moved out—just because his grandma had a dream.

Ridiculous. A Gao Zhongsheng this filial?

While frantically copying the exam, Yuan Zhengchuan mindlessly wrote answers to the first two parts of the two major questions. For the third part, he copied only a few key steps, skipping the final answer.

After submitting right at the deadline, he exhaled in relief and returned to his seat to say to Yang Qiming:

The address "old cousin" in the southern Hakka dialect is equivalent to "brother." It was Lin Dong who first called Yang Qiming that way, and after hearing it often enough, the people around them picked it up too.

"Laobiao" was a Hakka Southern term meaning "brother." Originally, Lin Dong had called Yang Qiming that; after hearing it enough, others started using it too.

"No need. We're brothers," Yang Qiming waved off, implying no need for words.

Lin Dong watched from afar and didn't stop them.

Xu Qianqian walked home with her backpack, turned to Jiang Nian, and said seriously:

"Yesterday, I dreamed you turned into a dog."

"Shut up, Xu Qianqian," Jiang Nian reached to pinch her mouth, but she easily dodged. "If I'm a dog, you're a dog too."

"No, I'm your master," Xu Qianqian clutched her backpack, quickened her pace, put some distance between them, then turned back. "I dreamed we were on the street—I was leading you as we wandered."

"Red Stone! Red Stone! Red Stone!" Jiang Nian activated his Counter skill, 【Li Hua Exclusive】.

It wasn't that he couldn't argue with her—he just didn't care to. Xu Qianqian liked being on top; when she lost ground, she became a coward and just lowered her head in silence.

If no one talks on the way home, what's the point?

Better let her have the verbal advantage now—he'd collect the interest later.

"Why do you keep having these weird dreams?"

"I don't know," Xu Qianqian shook her head. "Maybe it's because I think about it during the day, so I dream about it at night."

Jiang Nian, however, didn't react much—just shot her a sidelong glance. His eyelids were thin, so when he looked at people, he was born with a natural layer of mockery buff.

But Jiang Nian showed little reaction—only gave her a sidelong glance. His eyelids were thin; when he looked at people, he naturally carried a layer of sarcasm.

"You don't think being a dog is some kind of insult, do you?"

"Wh-what do you mean?" Xu Qianqian froze, realizing she'd overestimated his limits.

"Then I'd choose to lick you from head to toe," Jiang Nian said calmly, uttering something profoundly abstract. "What's the difference from licking an ice cream?"

【61】 Hearing this, Xu Qianqian's body stiffened—certain memories surged into her mind.

To be precise, on a certain rainy day. Before some bastard started spreading rumors, she had covered his mouth with her hand. The result was that he licked her palm, and every hair on her body stood on end.

"Jiang Nian! You're so disgusting."

"So what? Is this your first time meeting me?"

After their usual back-and-forth, Xu Qianqian walked along the road and suddenly asked.

"Are you ready for the joint exam?"

"I've got my cheat sheet ready."

"Seriously, I'm not joking with you." Xu Qianqian's face was solemn, and she spoke with deep concern, "You can still be saved, don't give up, mama loves you."

"I don't know if I can hit six hundred points." Jiang Nian scratched his neck. "Recently there's a little couple in our class who always love to make a fuss in the second half of lunch break."

Xu Qianqian, just like Jiang Nian, ate in the cafeteria and napped in the classroom. Just hearing him say this, she had already completely put herself in his shoes.

"So wicked, doesn't anyone say anything to them?!"

Jiang Nian shook his head. "No."

Hearing this, Xu Qianqian frowned.

"Your class is really weird, a science class with zero backbone."

Jiang Nian was a little embarrassed and said vaguely.

"Pretty much, the class atmosphere is bad, but I've found a solution."

Xu Qianqian glanced at him. "Don't get into conflicts with them."

Hearing this, Jiang Nian couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Didn't you just say our class has zero backbone? How come you've changed your tune now?"

". Not really." Xu Qianqian didn't want to argue with him, and slowly nodded. "I'm a bit of a hypocrite, anyway just don't keep getting into conflicts with people."

"Win and you go to jail, lose and you go to the hospital."

Jiang Nian was bashful. "I don't really fight, it's not good for the body."

Xu Qianqian: "?????"

Lin Dong woke up, washed up in the new dorm, brushing his teeth while looking at his phone.

Last night he had originally wanted to gossip with Jiang Nian about Ji Jiayu's situation—after all, watching Yuan Zhengchuan's sour face. That feeling of satisfaction was beyond words.

This kind of talk, he only dared to share with Jiang Nian.

Also wanted to ask, how did Yuan Zhengchuan offend Jiang Nian. How long this thing would go on, keeping it up didn't seem to be much pressure anyway, just a casual thing.

It's not like she's his girlfriend, hehe.

It's just that, Jiang Nian sent him a math problem last night, torturing him for over an hour. Didn't know which test paper it was from, couldn't find the problem online.

Woke up in the morning, byd sent him one line.

Jiang Nian: "Got it done."

Damn! Lin Dong was about to blow a gasket, send the process!

On second thought, he asked.

"Brother Nian, still doing it?"

Three seconds later, Jiang Nian replied.

"(Confused) Doing what?"

Lin Dong was even more confused, was just typing a reply, had just typed Ji Jiayu's name. Suddenly realized something, deleted everything he had typed.

"Still want to keep helping your classmates?"

Half a minute later, Jiang Nian replied.

"Touched by you, let me treat you to breakfast, what kind of buns do you want?"

Lin Dong was brushing his teeth in the dorm, laughed out loud directly, wiped the water stains on the screen.

"I couldn't possibly accept that, this is what I should do as class representative. Two braised pork, two three-fresh, two vegetable, and a soy milk, thanks."

He put down his phone, new roommate Ceng You leaned over, rubbing his eyes.

"Lin Dong, what were you laughing at just now?"

"No? Did I laugh?"

"Yes, you laughed for quite a while." The tall and thin Luo Zhongping walked over, he was a bit on the quiet side, but he rather liked Lin Dong's personality.

Lin Dong thought of Jiang's slick move, copied it and patted Luo Zhongping's shoulder, with a solemn face.

"My laughter lasted long, but the road of New China is even longer."

Wu Jungu had just gotten up, as a day student who switched to boarding. He was still not quite used to life in the communal dorm, could only say that winter hadn't arrived yet so he could barely manage.

Just walked to the middle of the dorm, heard Lin Dong come out with that line, the whole person couldn't hold it together.

The other people in the dorm weren't any better, staring blankly at Lin Dong.

No way, this early in the morning

You're already making progress?

Before morning reading, Ji Jiayu was filling her water, and happened to run into Sun Zhicheng.

"Need to use a water card?" he asked.

Ji Jiayu felt a slight warmth in her heart, but at the same time a little resentful.

What on earth was going on with her boyfriend, suddenly getting jealous over nothing, but there was nothing going on! Good thing he wasn't here, or it would have been awkward again.

"Thanks, no need, I borrowed someone else's water card." She felt guilty, and inexplicably didn't mention her boyfriend's name.

Yuan Zhengchuan was pressed against the classroom's back door, and happened to catch the sound in his ears. He took a deep breath, shook his head, and didn't choose to go in and expose the scene.

Six minutes later.

Jiang Nian brought buns for Lin Dong in the morning, put them down and walked back.

Just happened to run into Ji Jiayu looking for something, and his hand accidentally brushed against the thermos. Clearly, Ji Jiayu had caught that scene in her peripheral vision.

"Ah!"

She let out a scream, only to see the falling thermos caught steadily by a hand.

Jiang Nian set the thermos gently on her desk and glanced at her.

"Next time just set it a little more to the side."

Ji Jiayu stared at Jiang Nian's long, strong hand gripping the thermos, felt something was off for some reason, and instinctively looked away.

"Mm."

The legitimate boyfriend, Yuan Zhengchuan, came in through the front door of the classroom, glanced over, and went back to his seat.