The next day, Sunday.

The morning classes were dull. During the break, Li Hua quickly took out his phone and looked at it, grinning mischievously.

"Hey, did you guys hear?"

"?"

"Yesterday, the person who threw the paper airplane got caught." Li Hua sneered, looking rather pleased about others' misfortune.

"Oh." Jiang Nian seemed indifferent.

He was preparing for tomorrow's third simulation exam, the final mock test. The next exam would be the college entrance exam.

Li Hua felt discontent. "Hey, aren't you curious who it was?"

Jiang Nian turned, his face wearing an expression like a dead fish, "Not curious, I don't know people from other classes."

"But you do know." Li Hua winked knowingly, "It's someone from Class One, Ji Jiayu's ex-boyfriend."

Hearing this, Liu Yang, who was passing by, stopped.

"Yuan Zhengchuan?"

"Yeah." Li Hua, seeing Liu Yang's interest, got more excited, "He did it to make his girlfriend happy..."

Liu Yang showed a disdainful expression upon hearing that.

"That's just too much."

Li Hua retorted, "You're one to talk. Didn't you act like you were going to die when you broke up with your ex?"

Liu Yang: "....."

"You have the nerve to say that? You're the one spreading rumors, be grateful your dad is kind-hearted enough not to kill you."

The two continued to bicker back and forth.

Jiang Nian couldn't be bothered to listen, so he got up and walked outside. Passing through the corridor, he suddenly saw someone lift their head abruptly.

"Huh?"

Turning his head, Yu Zhiyi had already lowered hers.

"???"

Weird. Jiang Nian had caught her doing this several times recently. Yu Yourong seemed to want to say something but hesitated, like she was running a flea market.

Whatever, can't be bothered. It's only a few days left, focus on preparing for the exams.

Before he knew it, the school day was over for lunch.

The classroom was rearranged as usual. Group Six moved from the back near the water cooler to the front near the classroom door.

He turned his head and glanced at Li Qingrong.

"What are you planning to do this afternoon?"

Li Qingrong found the seat change no trouble, just moved her desk back two rows; now she was behind Jiang Nian.

"Stay home."

"Oh, I might also..." Jiang Nian hesitated for a moment, confirmed he had nothing this week, "be in the classroom."

"Okay." Li Qingrong replied.

She didn't ask much anymore, considering there was only half a day of rest per week, not worth the distraction.

Firstly, Jiang Nian had too much energy. Secondly, her own sister was too much hassle.

Handling both was really asking for trouble.

Afternoon.

Jiang Nian spent the afternoon in the classroom, and when he raised his head it was already five o'clock. The half-day... six-hour holiday was over.

This high-quality review session put a lot of pressure on Fangfang.

She wanted to rest but couldn't fall asleep.

From outside the window came faint sounds of boys playing basketball. From the back, someone's pen wrote like thunder.

Too noisy!!

Finally, she couldn't take it anymore, turning to look at Jiang Nian working on problems, hesitating before asking.

"Aren't you going to rest?"

"Huh?" Jiang Nian looked up, deliberately asking, "Rest? But I'm not tired, are you tired?"

Huang Fang: "...."

So annoying.

"I'm... I'm fine too, go on with your review." After saying this, she still got up and went back to the dormitory.

Only then did Jiang Nian put down his pen, with a mysterious smile on his face.

Trying to compete with me.

After winning the peer competition, he took out his phone to check. A bunch of unread messages and a delivery notice.

Xu Qianqian's package, using his phone number for delivery.

Sigh.

Even more frustrating, Xiao Song was imitating her. Tested it twice, then just got used to it.

He didn't understand what the motive was.

Jiang Nian shook his head and continued to scroll through, filtering out the Low-score kid's messages, and moved to the Xu Shuang section.

"Huh?"

...

Five-thirty.

Jiang Nian went to the dorm of class zero near the cafeteria, knocked on the door, and after waiting a while, Xu Shuang opened it.

"Where's the Taoist Priest?"

After entering, he looked around but didn't see Zhao Yiqiu, "Even late for hot pot?"

"Yes... she is, I'll urge her." Xu Shuang shook the water off her hands and picked up her phone to make a call.

Jiang Nian didn't mind, pitching in to help.

After a while, sensing someone beside him, he instinctively turned to give Xu Shuang a glance.

"What's up?"

"Qiuqiu... she can't make it." Xu Shuang said, "With the third simulation tomorrow, she went out with friends."

"Oh." Jiang Nian nodded, then realized there were only the two of them in the room. Could they still eat hot pot?

The ingredients were all prepared.

He hesitated, looking back at Xu Shuang. She seemed slightly embarrassed too, averting her gaze.

"Then... let's just make less?"

Xu Shuang: "Okay."

She seemed not to care much, touching her phone. After some thought, she continued setting up the hot pot as usual.

The base boiled within two or three minutes.

The two sat facing each other, putting the prepared ingredients into the pot one by one, starting to eat and chat.

Most of the time, Jiang Nian was the one talking. For instance, some news about the third simulation exam and recent amusing stories.

Xu Shuang listened quietly, occasionally responding.

Around six-thirty, it was already time for evening self-study. Jiang Nian cleaned up everything, washed his hands, ready to leave.

"Heading down together?"

"Sure."

Xu Shuang nodded, though she felt a faint sense of disappointment. The time spent together wasn't romantic at all.

Nor was she particularly happy.

Reaching the bottom of the senior year building, Jiang Nian went straight upstairs. Not seeing Xu Shuang following, he couldn't help but turn back again.

"Aren't you going back to class?"

"Just remembered something I haven't taken care of." Xu Shuang pursed her lips, "Have to go home for a bit."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian backed down from the stairs, "Since she's not here, I'll drive you home, okay?"

Xu Shuang originally wanted to refuse but held her tongue.

"Thank you."

"No trouble, it's easy for me to take leave." Jiang Nian grinned, "Finished reviewing for the afternoon, not delaying anything."