The 70s Novel: The Supporting Character Just Wants to Lie Down-Chapter 74: Reluctant Farewell

"Stop sucking up, hurry up and eat." Jiang Yan glanced at her sideways, unmoved. The dishes had already been served: braised pork, corn rib soup, spicy eggplant, and stir-fried potatoes. Four dishes for three people were more than enough.

The whole meal, the two little girls were chattering non-stop, as if they had endless things to talk about.

Jiang Yan restrained himself several times from frowning to stop this bad habit of chattering non-stop while eating, but in the end, his forehead twitched with blue veins, and he held back. These two weren’t his soldiers, he couldn’t reprimand them.

Wang Miaomiao didn’t expect that she would have so much to talk about with this little girl, chatting with her made her feel a lot younger at heart.

No banquet lasts forever, no matter how long you stretch out a meal, there will always come a time when it’s finished.

"Sister Miaomiao, wait for me, I’m coming to find you soon."

"Okay... I’ll wait for you to come find me..."

Wang Miaomiao couldn’t help but laugh as she said this, finding the scene a bit odd.

"Alright, if you don’t leave soon, I’ll send you back to Beijing." Jiang Yan was exasperated by his niece, he wanted to respect her opinions, but what could be done, such kids needed to be suppressed forcefully.

"Oh... Sister Miaomiao, I really have to go now, you have to wait for me..." Cheng Xue, seeing her uncle’s expression wasn’t right, could only reluctantly let go of Wang Miaomiao’s hand.

"Okay, you guys quickly go, if you don’t leave soon, it’ll be dark and hard to navigate the road." Wang Miaomiao waved at them, signaling to Jiang Yan with her eyes to quickly take her away; she couldn’t stand it anymore either.

Jiang Yan noticed her signal and felt a lot better, nodded at her, and left without looking back, pulling Cheng Xue along.

As Cheng Xue was pulled away, stumbling, she still wanted to turn back and wave goodbye again, making Wang Miaomiao laugh uncontrollably at their retreating figures.

Jiang Yan, not far away, suddenly twitched his ears, a hint of a smile fleeting across the corners of his eyes and lips.

Wang Miaomiao, carrying some peach pastries, hummed a little tune as she returned to the dormitory, but was stopped by the dorm manager aunt on the way, "Are you Wang Miaomiao from Room 202?"

"Yes, auntie. Do you need something?" The dorm manager at school needed to be treated politely; after all, they were in charge, and she hinted to them to make things easier.

"Your second uncle came to find you today and brought a box of stuff for you. Here, take it." The aunt handed the box to Wang Miaomiao, who immediately thanked her sweetly, making the old lady very happy.

Back at the dorm, she found the door half-open, pushed it open, and saw Li Jiajia hanging a mosquito net alone.

"Why are you back?" Wang Miaomiao put down her things and went over to help, "I’ll hold it for you, you tie the knot."

"Thanks." Li Jiajia clearly hadn’t expected Wang Miaomiao to come back, a trace of tension flashed across her face, then she acted as if nothing happened, "You didn’t go home?"

"No, my home is far, going back and forth is troublesome, I get car sick, so I go back once a month." Of course, all excuses, she was just too lazy to bother.

"Oh..."

They fell into silence, and the mosquito net was quickly set up.

Li Jiajia suddenly thought of something and said, "So what about your mosquito net? I have some fabric coupons at home..."

"I had my brother bring it for me. My brother is at No. 1 High School, thank you." She didn’t expect Li Jiajia to be so proactive and kind, Wang Miaomiao was a bit flattered, "Have you had dinner?"

Kindness is reciprocal and can be contagious.

"Yes, I have, thanks." Li Jiajia, having experienced ups and downs today, was much quieter.

The lunch box from her second uncle contained a box of boiled dumplings, but she had eaten too much today and couldn’t force it, so she’d save them for tomorrow morning to warm with hot water.

Wang Miaomiao opened the lunch box, took out her own lunch box lid, carefully picked out the dumplings, placed them neatly on the lid, and put them on the windowsill to dry to prevent them from spoiling. Ideally, they’d be in a refrigerator or water well, but unfortunately, conditions didn’t allow.

Initially, she planned to stay up late and work on her sketchbook today, but didn’t expect someone to still be in the dorm not going home.

She couldn’t care much about that, took out her drawing supplies and started working; after all, no one was in her little space, and she trusted Li Jiajia wouldn’t go out of her way to see what she was doing. Their relationship wasn’t that close yet.

Li Jiajia indeed couldn’t see, as Wang Miaomiao was seated facing the wall, and standing in front of her bed, Li Jiajia could only see Wang Miaomiao’s back and a bit of the things on the desk.

But she still asked out of curiosity, "What are you doing? Not studying?" Though she couldn’t see clearly, she vaguely noticed no textbooks on the desk.

"No, I’m drawing." Wang Miaomiao openly waved the paper at her, though there were only a few strokes on it, nothing discernible.

Li Jiajia was a bit surprised, "You sure have the leisure, not afraid of doing poorly in the monthly exam?"

"No, if I do poorly, I’ll just go to class two. As long as I graduate." Though she personally wanted to earn the top five dollars, she didn’t have to share that with others.

"Really, that’s nice. I can’t, if I do poorly in the monthly exam again, I’m afraid..." Li Jiajia seemed a bit resentful, "They’ll definitely laugh at me."

Wang Miaomiao chose not to comment, not responding to her words, she vaguely guessed a bit, but such matters didn’t concern her, nor was she interested.

While Wang Miaomiao had no interest, someone feeling low wanted to vent, forcing her to overhear it.

And she guessed right, Liu Ying’s and Li Jiajia’s grades were swapped, originally Liu Ying had the grades for the previous class, and Li Jiajia could only be in class two. She forced Liu Ying to switch identities due to vanity. The school astonishingly didn’t notice this maneuver.

However, even if found out, maybe they wouldn’t care, as with monthly exams, your results couldn’t swap every time, right?

Liu Ying, despite her grades being switched, wasn’t very concerned, as she confidently believed she could earn them back. However, because Li Jiajia had a guilty conscience, she became a bit sensitive, constantly worrying Liu Ying might rat her out.

So when Liu Ying said some ambiguous words again today, Li Jiajia couldn’t sit still, got physical just to teach her a lesson not to talk nonsense.

Who knew Ren Caihong would get involved, and the situation would blow up. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

When both families’ parents came, they had already privately reached an agreement, Liu Ying took the blame, and Li Jiajia’s father would offer Liu Ying’s father a convenience in an upcoming promotion assessment a few days later.

Wang Miaomiao didn’t stop sketching as she casually asked after hearing her story, "Aren’t you afraid I’ll spill the beans, telling me all this?"

The room suddenly fell silent, save for their breathing and the rustle of pens on paper.

"Not afraid..." After a while, Li Jiajia’s voice finally sounded slowly, "Will you?"

"No." Wang Miaomiao blurted out without much thought, she wasn’t the type to meddle, always looking to avoid hassles.

"I knew..."