Chapter 394: Li Qingrong Makes a Heart and My Wife Youzhi

"What the hell are you talking about?" Jiang Nian was speechless. He glanced around. "Get packed up, we're eating out." He saw Baby Zhizhi and the others walking toward them, clearly with something to say.

So he simply didn't leave, standing in place waiting.

"Out?" Li Hua's eyes went uneven again.

"My treat," Jiang Nian said.

"Holy shit, bro." Li Hua's attention was immediately diverted. "When it comes to generosity, if Zhennan ranks second, no one dares rank first."

"Stop the damn flattery, don't I know my own strengths?" Jiang Nian said. "Call everyone, the subs too."

"Got it, bro." Li Hua bounced off cheerfully to notify the rest of the team.

A brother driving a Land Rover is scary, but a godfather driving a Land Rover is not.

Eating a good meal outside costs a pretty penny. In the past, Li Hua would have urged him to go Dutch. But now, he'd only say hurry up.

Li Hua had figured it out — Jiang Nian was a rich dog, couldn't be bankrupted by food. If the team won the championship,

there'd be prize money too.

In short, no one felt any psychological burden when Jiang Nian treated.

To this day, Li Hua still didn't know... how much living expenses Jiang Nian had a month. Every time he asked, the answer was a few hundred yuan.

What the hell kind of life is a few hundred yuan?

Chen Yunyun, who arrived first, greeted Jiang Nian. Gracefully and poised, she congratulated him on winning the match, smiled gently, and asked,

"Eating at the dorm cafeteria?"

"No, I'm going out to eat with them in a bit." Jiang Nian pointed in Li Hua's direction. "You guys want to come?"

"No thanks." Chen Yunyun shook her head.

"We still need to go back to the dorm to get water, no time." Wang Yuhe popped out from behind Chen Yunyun, struck by an idea, and asked,

"Jiang Nian! Can you carry two buckets of water up to the fifth floor?"

"Sure, next time I'll steal your thermos for you." Jiang Nian spouted nonsense offhandedly. "What milk tea do you want? I'll bring it back for you."

"N-no, you don't have to, right?" Chen Yunyun hesitated, considering it from his perspective. "You won't have enough time, you'll be late."

"I won't, go ahead and order." Jiang Nian didn't even blink, Ye Yanqing.

?

"... Fine then." Chen Yunyun ordered an easy-to-make milk tea.

"Me! I want that one..." Wang Yuhe cheerfully ordered a milk tea too, then left together with Chen Yunyun.

Jiang Nian turned his head and saw Li Qingrong also getting ready to leave with Cai Xiaoqing and the others.

The moment she turned, their eyes met.

Li Qingrong's expression didn't change much, as if she was thinking about something. Thinking about what Cai Xiaoqing had just said, about friendly gestures between friends.

So she slowly raised her hand. Index finger and thumb clumsily crossed, forming an angle, and

then pinched tightly together.

Then, she raised her hand toward her good friend.

"Huh?" Jiang Nian was stunned.

Woke up too fast, saw the class monitor single-handedly making a heart at him. (Girl's gesture) (Thinking. jpg) Not sure, let me look again.

He looked again — it really was a heart.

Gulp, Jiang Nian couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva. His heart, also without any backbone, thumped a bit, and he instantly felt warm all over.

The cool, beautiful girl expressionlessly making a single-handed heart — he was inexplicably hit right in his moe spot.

Feeling a bit spring-like.

Sun Zhicheng, as the veteran defender on the class football team, had made an indelible contribution to the victory just now.

At this moment, he merely stood at the outer edge of the team. Like a reclusive swordsman, brushing off his robes and departing once the deed was done, deeply concealing achievements and name.

Liu Yang and the others were cheering at the news of Jiang Nian's treat, chattering excitedly about what to eat like a bunch of monkeys.

Sun Zhicheng stood with arms folded, a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

He had long risen above base pleasures, had no interest in dinner, and was simply savoring the feeling of victory.

In a while, he would proactively decline these people's invitation.

Thinking so, Sun Zhicheng turned his head with an air of breezy composure. Of all the rotten timing, he happened to see the class monitor single-handedly making a heart.

He couldn't help but be so struck by the scene that he held his breath, his pupils dilating involuntarily. He was completely frozen, unable to speak.

A few seconds later, Sun Zhicheng slowly came back to his senses. Suddenly realizing something, he followed the direction of the heart — it was Jiang Nian!

In that moment, his calm, water-like, detached peace of mind was pierced through in an instant.

Certainly, he did hope the class monitor could keep Jiang Nian in check. Even if the two got together, it would benefit him too.

But! He didn't tell them to show off!

Jealousy surged from his five viscera and six bowels. Sun Zhicheng was nearly losing his mind, and walked back into the team with a dark face.

Jiang Nian really should die!

He himself would join the dinner, jump onto the table, and eat like hell!

Not many people saw this scene, but those who did were, more or less, a bit dazed. Some couldn't help but turn back to steal a few more glances at Li Qingrong.

Among them were a few people from Class One leaving the field, all dumbfounded.

Shao Ziheng was even ready to step forward and chat her up — he didn't care about Jiang Nian's feelings.

However, after walking a few steps forward, through the dim light, he recognized Li Qingrong, and so silently turned a corner.

Directly, nothing happened.

"What are you looking at?" Zhang Ningzhi arrived a few steps earlier, staring at Jiang Nian with a faint, distant look. "You and the class monitor have a really good relationship, huh."

Holy shit, my wife Youzhi!

Suddenly felt... a coolness on his chest, but when he touched it, there was no hole.

"It's fine

right, just ordinary classmate relations." Jiang Nian finished speaking, then changed the subject, "Want to go eat together?"

Zhang Ningzhi stood with her hands behind her back, glancing at the lively group.

"No way, why would I go to a guys' gathering? Congrats on winning the match, keep winning next time too."

Baby Zhizhi temporarily recovered her cute side, healing ability maxed out.

"I'll still cheer you on at your next match. But if someone else cheers you on and you don't need mine.....

""

Damn, here we go again, my Zhizhi.

Jiang Nian stared at her for a few seconds, then circled to her side and stared for a few more. Finally, he simply walked circles around her, his gaze full of scrutiny.

Zhang Ningzhi immediately shrank her neck like a quail.

"What are you doing?"

"Those words...:.. Yao Bei Bei taught you to say that, right?" Jiang Nian rubbed his chin and immediately started cursing, "

Stupid Yao Bei Bei!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi immediately felt guilty.

"No, it's something I wanted to say myself."

"Pretty loyal, but useless." Jiang Nian reached out and pinched her palm, then pinched her arm.

"Wait here, I'll drag Yao Bei Bei back, and you two will be tried together!"

Zhang Ningzhi instantly lowered her head, tucking her hands into her pockets. Her face gradually turned red, and she hummed and hawed, unable to come up with any excuse.

"I'm leaving now, you eat well."

After saying that, she ran off without looking back.

Jiang Nian stood in place, a bit speechless, thinking what kind of situation is this. It's all Yao Bei Bei's fault, this kind of dirty-minded bestie is no good.

These little green-tea tricks can't fool his eyes at all.

In no time at all, everything was handled. Currently on the field, only the nine members of Class Three's soccer team remained.

Seven players plus two substitutes, the group marched mightily toward the little restaurant outside the north gate.

The sky gradually darkened.

The little restaurant was brightly lit, a table of lavish food and drinks had already been arranged in advance. As soon as the group sat down, they immediately started eating.

"Holy crap, there's alcohol!"

"Nian, you drinking?"

"Noob Li Hua, you drinking?" Ma Guojun laughed to death, "You forgot, last time you drank the English teacher caught you."

"Eat shit!" Li Hua wasn't having it, "That's easy, I'll just drink a little, buy some gum later."

"Then I'll have a little too?" Liu Yang hesitated.

"I'll just have a drink, I'm scared, I'm scared." Ma Guojun admitted defeat, "You guys drink, just be careful not to get caught."

"Then I'll order some, I can hold my liquor." Lin Dong stood up, turned and asked Sun Zhicheng, "Zhicheng, you drinking?"

Sun Zhicheng originally

wanted to refuse, but turning his head he saw Jiang Nian already drinking, he thought if Jiang Nian isn't afraid, what is there to be afraid of.

"I'll drink, I can hold my liquor too."

The remaining few, Hu Nianzhong could also drink. So the originally prepared drinks, only Ma Guojun drank alone.

At the dinner table, cups and chopsticks flew, bursts of laughter never stopped.

Ma Guojun silently looked at this huge spread of dishes, mentally estimating how much it cost, thinking this really is a bit pricey.

Jiang Nian this rich dog, usually hides it pretty deep.

Rob the rich to help the poor, rob!

At the dinner table, after Jiang Nian ate and drank his fill, he fell silent.

Sun Zhicheng, Li Hua, and Luo Yong all passed out from drinking, noobs who love to play. Liu Yang and Lin Dong were also a bit flushed, their necks red from drinking.

Fatty didn't touch a drop of alcohol, perfectly fine. Hu Nianzhong could hold his liquor well, except for the smell of alcohol on his breath, he was like nothing happened.

Three went soft, two went dizzy.

Problem came, counting Jiang Nian, how were the four of them going to get the other five back?

"What do we do?" Ma Guojun asked.

The sober ones at the table all turned their gazes to Jiang Nian, they were already used to letting Jiang Nian make the calls.

"Nothing we can do, let them sober up then help them back."

Hearing this, Ma Guojun and the others got moving. Liu Yang and Lin Dong could still walk, just occasionally their steps would drift a bit.

After a lot of fuss, the group finally made it back to the classroom.

At this time, evening study had already ended.

Jiang Nian and Lin Dong got the drunk Sun Zhicheng back to his seat, and he conveniently distributed the milk tea to Chen Yunyun and Wang Yuhe.

"Thanks."

"Thanks. (Reluctantly)"

Since there were no leaders inspecting during evening study and no headcount was taken, Cai Xiaoqing turned a blind eye, pretending not to know.

Only when the group returned, she specifically counted heads.

"Hmm? Drinking again?"

"Nope, I didn't drink." Jiang Nian smiled, deliberately pinching his collar, "If you don't believe me, smell it, honest as can be—" Cai Xiaoqing dodged, silently rolled her eyes. She felt a bit speechless, secretly thinking these boys really love to make trouble.

"Then what's up with them? They reek of alcohol."

"Huh?" Jiang Nian put on an innocent face, shook his head, and said, "I tried hard to talk them out of it and even led by example.

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"But no matter what, Li Hua insisted on pouring them drinks. You know how guys are thin-skinned—too embarrassed to refuse someone—so they just..."

"Forget it, I don't care about you lot." Cai Xiaoqing pressed a hand to her forehead, shot him a look, and walked off.

The classroom was brightly lit.

Jiang Nian returned to his seat, glanced at Li Hua sprawled asleep on the desk, and failed to hold it in—bursting out laughing on the spot.

"Ha—bad at it but loves it anyway!"

"Hmph, always talking smack." Zhang Ningzhi peeked one eye out from behind the bookend, sneaking a glance at him.

"Then how about a little pinch...?" Jiang Nian instinctively reached out, but she dodged.

"No way, no way, go pinch yourself!" Zhang Ningzhi puffed up angrily and said in a barbed tone, "You could always pinch the class monitor."

Between them, a tiny rift had appeared.

Jiang Nian wasn't sure what it was, so he didn't act rashly. He didn't press her either—just handed her a cup of milk tea.

Zhang Ningzhi pressed her lips together, her heart softening just a little.

First period of evening self-study. The seated-duty teacher hadn't stepped down from the podium since entering the classroom.

Halfway through, Old Liu barged in.

Luckily he didn't enter the classroom, just stood at the doorway. He tapped the desk of the person in the first row by the door, asking them to find Jiang Nian.

"Jiang Nian, the homeroom teacher wants to see you."

"Huh?" Jiang Nian instinctively stood up, but hesitated for a beat. He turned and whispered to Zhang Ningzhi, "I'm done for."

Done for?

Quite the opposite—the chance to make up with Zhizhi had arrived.

He feared Old Liu the least. Their relationship wasn't exactly good, but it went beyond the ordinary teacher-student bond.

Taking the team out for food and drinks wasn't quite proper, but after all, it was off-campus.

Besides, Jiang Nian had brought them all back safely. Even if the drinking got discovered, it wouldn't be a big deal. But Zhang Ningzhi didn't know that—she genuinely started to get nervous.

"Then... are you going to get scolded?"

"Mm." Jiang Nian sighed, and before leaving, flashed Zhang Ningzhi a strained smile. "I'm going."

With that, he walked resolutely out of the classroom.

Zhang Ningzhi watched his back, her heart rising with him. She even started resenting Old Liu in her heart, secretly thinking Jiang Nian had won the match.

After all, he'd contributed to the class—surely he couldn't be punished instead of rewarded.

That wouldn't be fair.

Outside the classroom.

Old Liu frowned and spoke.

"Your absences have been getting more and more frequent lately. What's going on?"

"Teacher, don't you already know?" Jiang Nian rubbed his face and said bluntly, "I guarantee I'll bring back a championship."

Hearing that, Old Liu swallowed the words that had just reached his lips.

The next second, the stern-faced Liu burst out laughing!

"Really?"