Chapter 546: What the Whole School is Curious About

After acting as a chef for my mom for a few days at home and accompanying Xia Laoyezi on a few fishing trips, the seven-day National Day holiday passed by very quickly.

The second day after returning to school, October 8th, was Xia Nuannuan's nineteenth birthday.

Due to the eighteen birthday gifts incident that caused a sensation throughout the school last year, many students at Jiang University remembered Xia Nuannuan's birthday.

Regarding the topic of what birthday gift Qin Tian would prepare for Xia Nuannuan this year, the students of Jiang University discussed it quite intensely.

While still on holiday, someone had already posted this thread on the school forum, prompting many students to leave comments below.

In just half a day, the post went viral and was pinned and highlighted by the forum administrators.

Especially the freshmen of this year; after learning about last year's events, both the boys and girls could no longer remain calm.

The girls were naturally envious and jealous of Xia Nuannuan, being doted on and loved by such a perfect boyfriend as Qin Tian.

As for the boys, they all harbored resentment toward Qin Tian, believing he had made it too exaggerated, indirectly increasing the difficulty for them to find a girlfriend, as well as the cost of celebrating their girlfriends' birthdays.

One must know that the girls who had just entered university were basically around eighteen years old, longing for a sweet romance to descend upon them.

The eighteen birthday gifts Qin Tian gave last year were tantamount to raising the expectations for a significant other by several notches for all the girls who knew about this.

On this morning, there were no classes for the first period, inside the girls' dormitory where Xia Nuannuan lived.

The four sisters, who had just gotten up, were eating the breakfast Lu Lei had packed from the cafeteria while huddled together browsing their phones.

Shen Siqi and Cheng Meng were each swiping on their phones, while Xia Nuannuan and Lu Lei, sitting beside them, were craning their necks to watch along.

"Nuan Nuan, it seems like the whole school is guessing what gift your Qin Tian will prepare for you this year. Has he revealed anything to you?"

Cheng Meng looked at Xia Nuannuan beside her and asked with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan shook her head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"With such a big display last year, it wouldn't be nineteen gifts this year, would it?"

Shen Siqi teased with a smile.

"How is that possible!"

Xia Nuannuan gave her a look of annoyance.

"Last year was Nuan Nuan's eighteenth birthday, and it was the first birthday they spent together, so Qin Tian's arrangement made sense. It really isn't very likely this year."

Lu Lei chimed in with a gentle smile.

"Exactly, that was making up for eighteen years of gifts last year; there's no need to do that this year. Besides, Qin Tian probably racked his brains for those eighteen gifts last year. Nineteen this year? That would be too hard on him."

Cheng Meng also spoke up to express her agreement.

"That's true."

Shen Siqi nodded with a smile.

"Nuan Nuan, has he really not revealed anything at all?"

Cheng Meng took a bite of the bun in her hand and asked curiously.

"Really nothing."

"Aren't you curious?"

"It's alright, I like whatever he gives me."

Xia Nuannuan smiled sweetly.

"You're something else. The whole school is concerned about this, and you might be the only one who doesn't care at all."

Shen Siqi said, feeling a bit speechless.

Xia Nuannuan smiled and retorted, "I don't not care, I just feel there's no need to think about it. We'll know this afternoon, won't we?"

The two had already discussed and arranged the birthday celebration for today, inviting everyone to go to the home at Moxiang Shuyuan after classes ended in the afternoon to celebrate Xia Nuannuan's birthday.

After driving back to Jiangcheng yesterday, Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan went straight to a nearby supermarket to buy groceries and drinks, as well as some items to decorate the living room and set the mood.

As for the birthday cake, the two had originally planned to find a place to order one.

But the future father-in-law called to tell them he had already arranged for someone to order one at a cake shop near the school, and they could just go and report his name to pick it up when the time came.

Last year, they had taken an extra day off, but this year they didn't, nor did they celebrate Xia Nuannuan's birthday in advance at home.

It was just that before returning to Jiangcheng yesterday noon, Qin Tian and his mother went to the Xia Family, and everyone gathered for a meal.

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Before class started, just as Qin Tian arrived at the classroom and sat down, Zhang Lang leaned over with a cheeky grin.

"Brother Tian, Brother Tian, what birthday gift did you prepare for Sister-in-law today? Give us a hint!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings suddenly went quiet.

The classmates all pretended to continue doing their own things, but secretly pricked up their ears to listen.

"What does that have to do with you?"

Qin Tian glanced at him with a calm expression.

"It has nothing to do with me, I'm just curious. I wanted to learn a thing or two."

Zhang Lang smiled and winked.

After watching him quietly for a few seconds, Qin Tian asked, "Is there a girl asking you about it?"

Zhang Lang was stunned upon hearing this, and smiled awkwardly without saying a word.

Indeed, there was a freshman girl he had added as a friend while receiving new students who was asking him about this.

"Next time your girlfriend comes over, I'll tell her."

Qin Tian said with a serious expression.

Zhang Lang's face changed slightly, and he immediately denied it with a straight face, "What girl would be asking? I'm just purely curious myself. Alright, alright, I won't ask, I'm going, I'm going."

Having said that, he turned and fled back to his seat as if escaping.

Qin Tian rolled his eyes and lowered his head to continue reading a book he had borrowed from the library.

The boys and girls all around who had pricked up their ears to eavesdrop were full of regret and disappointment, blaming that guy Zhang Lang for being truly useless.

Since people were asking Zhang Lang, naturally there were also people asking them about this matter.

Of course, they themselves were just as curious as well.

It was a pity that Qin Tian looked like he didn't want to reveal anything, and since someone as thick-skinned as Zhang Lang had chickened out, they didn't dare go up to ask either.

Just at this moment, Xia Nuannuan and the other three walked into the classroom.

Seeing from afar that Qin Tian was reading intently, Xia Nuannuan did not make a sound to disturb him, and went straight to the empty seat beside Qin Tian to sit down.

"You're here!"

Qin Tian raised his eyes to look at her, and greeted her with a Wei Xiao.

Xia Nuannuan nodded with a sweet smile, glanced at the book in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Did you go borrow it today?"

"Yeah, I had nothing to do after breakfast, so I took a stroll through the library."

Qin Tian answered with a smile.

"What book is this? Is it good?"

"It's about investment, a rather academic book, so of course it doesn't count as good."

"Alright then!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded her head and opened a book titled "Siji Zhenthi Zhuju Jingjie".

After entering their sophomore year, they could take the College English Test Band 4 and Band 6.

There are two opportunities every year, in June and December respectively.

Like many students in the class, Xia Nuannuan started preparing for the exam after returning to school.

"With your English level, taking the Band 4 exam should be very easy, right?"

Qin Tian said with some surprise.

"It's always better to have more certainty; anyway, I have nothing to do, so I'll just treat it as reviewing vocabulary, and besides, isn't there still Band 6?"

Xia Nuannuan smiled amusedly.

"That's true!"

Qin Tian nodded slightly.

Seeing that the two of them were not talking about the birthday gift topic at all, the surrounding students felt both helpless and disappointed.