Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 196 - 177 Together with Sister

Chapter 196: Chapter 177: Together with Sister

Chapter 196: Chapter 177: Together with Sister

After school in the afternoon, Xue Yuantong habitually lay on his desk playing with his phone.

As for dinner, Jiang Ning took care of it.

Yang Sheng came to find Bai Yuxia and Chen Siyu.

“Wanna go for noodles?”

Bai Yuxia nodded.

Chen Siyu said, “I can’t go today, my sister asked me to join her and her classmates.”

The two sisters usually ate with Bai Yuxia, only occasionally Chen Siyu would go out with her sister’s friends.

“Alright, Jiang Ning, will you join us?” Yang Sheng asked.

Bai Yuxia looked towards Jiang Ning.

“Sure.”

After all, going out is going out.

On the way to dinner, Bai Yuxia and Yang Sheng walked close together, as for Jiang Ning, he kept some distance, like an outsider.

Honestly, Jiang Ning’s closest opposite-sex friends at school were definitely Xue Yuantong, followed by Geng Lu and the chemistry teacher, Guo Ran.

Each time Guo Ran took Jiang Ning out for a meal at a restaurant. Considering that she was a new teacher with a low salary, Jiang Ning once insisted on paying the bill, which then led to a long lecture from Guo Ran.

Apart from these few people, Jiang Ning’s relationships with other opposite sexes were rather bland, akin to typical classmates.

Yang Sheng, outgoing as always, shouted upon entering the restaurant:

“One seafood noodles.”

“I’ll have the chicken leg noodles, extra spicy,” Bai Yuxia said.

Jiang Ning: “Zhajiang noodles.”

After everyone had ordered, Yang Sheng noticed that there were no other diners in the restaurant and the atmosphere was cold.

The Boss Lady forced a smile: “Okay, I’ll make them now.”

Yang Sheng puzzledly said, “Boss, business seems slow today.”

The Boss Lady sighed, “Business has been really bad these days, I’m feeling dizzy.”

Hearing this, Yang Sheng said, “Hang in there. Your food tastes great, and I’m sure students will want to come eat here, business should pick up.”

“I hope so,” the Boss Lady said, her energy fading.

Seeing this, Yang Sheng didn’t know what more to say and just quietly waited for the noodles.

However, Yang Sheng felt uncomfortable. Perhaps due to the Boss Lady’s mood, a heavy ambiance pervaded the restaurant, and the usually delicious seafood noodles didn’t taste as good as before.

…

The first period of evening self-study.

Math class, the math teacher was absent, still self-study.

Chen Siyu was working on a test paper when she suddenly remembered something and turned her head:

“Jiang Ning, when you were in middle school in the town, what rank were you in class?”

She was curious to know if Jiang Ning was good at studying and why he ranked second in the whole grade.

“Top three,” Jiang Ning replied.

“The top three in my school would probably be average here in our class eight.”

In some strong towns, the educational level isn’t much different from the urban area. For example, a town in Hui Province has a nationally famous middle school, known as a ‘college entrance exam factory’, which produces over ten thousand graduates yearly with a college acceptance rate of over 80%, quite terrifying.

Unfortunately, the town middle school where Jiang Ning studied had over two hundred graduates per year, with a mere 20% college admission rate.

“How did your grades suddenly improve so much? Do you have any secrets?” Chen Siyu was eager to know any shortcuts.

Jiang Ning repeated his usual response: “There’s no shortcut to learning; you have to study diligently. Even Xue Yuantong has to diligently study, it’s just that she understands things in one go which others might need several looks at.”

Xue Yuantong approvingly looked at Jiang Ning, feeling that he really understood her well and was truly her confidant.

Chen Siyu felt as if she had been hit hard by Jiang Ning’s words, feeling really upset.

On the other side of the classroom.

Wu Xiaoqi was taking a nap.

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Suddenly, he felt a violent shaking; the desk was crazily wobbling, like the thunderous vibration of a rocket igniting right before launch seen on TV.

Wu Xiaoqi was jolted awake from deep sleep.

He was sleeping facing north, and his nose caught a whiff of pickled pepper.

As soon as Wu Xiaoqi opened his eyes, he saw Pang Jiao’s big face right in front of him, Pang Jiao with her mouth wide open, munching on white chicken feet.

Wu Xiaoqi’s mouth twitched as Pang Jiao swallowed the chicken feet whole without spitting out the bones.

Sitting up from his desk, he finally noted the cause of the shaking; it was Pang Jiao shaking her leg.

Her legs were stout and powerful, making the desk seem fragile and helpless like messy grass in the cold wind.

It wasn’t just Pang Jiao shaking her legs, the rugged Zhang Yifei in front was doing the same.

The two of them shook their legs crazily, completely oblivious to Wu Xiaoqi’s discomfort.

Seeing Wu Xiaoqi had woken up, Pang Jiao continued chatting nonchalantly with Zhang Yifei:

“Yifei, your clothes are really nice.”

“Really? I think your shoes look very nice.”

Pang Jiao said, “You have such big eyes.”

Zhang Yifei: “Jiao Jiao, your face is so small.”

Facing Pang Jiao’s big face, Wu Xiaoqi was bewildered—why could these people so easily utter such false words?

Weren’t they afraid of being struck by lightning?

“Jiao Jiao, you’ve lost weight since school started.”

“Hahaha, I ate too much during New Year and went up to 175 pounds, now I’m down to 174.2 pounds.”

Zhang Yifei: “I think that’s really good, you are tall, 165 cm isn’t really fat, just slightly chubby.”

Pang Jiao, pleased, said, “Haha, even though it’s slightly chubby, it’s definitely better to be thinner. I plan to get down to 170 pounds so I can wear skirts in summer.”

Zhang Yifei: “I remember you have a really nice skirt. Wear it to class sometime, and I’ll take pictures for you.”

“I don’t plan to wear it for the male classmates to see, that would be a bargain for them.”

While talking, Pang Jiao looked warily towards Wu Xiaoqi.

Wu Xiaoqi stayed silent, clenching his fists.

He felt the slumbering beast within him stir.

‘I beg someone stop me!’

…

The first period of evening self-study ended.

Chen Siyu reluctantly turned back.

Chatting with Jiang Ning was really enjoyable; he was so interesting and knew so much.

She thought, ‘I must find a chance to bring my sister along to share the joy.’

‘Jiang Ning will definitely please my sister.’

Chen Siyu savored the moment, then suddenly remembered, the third period of math self-study was over, and her test paper was still unfinished.

She had chatted for an entire period.

Chen Siyu sat blankly, filled with regret:

‘Chen Siyu, oh Chen Siyu, how could you indulge yourself like this? You’re only in the first year of high school, and you’re already like this, what will you do later?’

‘What about your dream? Didn’t you promise yourself to get into a first-tier university?’

“You need to work hard, Chen Siyu.”

“We definitely can’t chat with Jiang Ning anymore!”

…

The last class of the evening self-study session.

Chen Siyu flipped through the math examination paper; she had to finish it during this class, or else she would have to burn the midnight oil back in the dorm.

She had been working for about five minutes when suddenly a dark shadow flashed past the south window.

Turning her head, she saw Shan Qingrong standing quietly by the window, surveying the students in class.

Chen Siyu noticed that Xue Yuantong was engrossed in playing with his phone, and though Shan Qingrong clearly saw this, he didn’t say a word and simply ignored it.

Chen Siyu felt quite jealous.

Shan Qingrong stepped into the classroom, and all the students’ eyes turned towards him; at that moment, Shan Qingrong’s authority was comparable to that of a company’s CEO in the business world.

“I have an announcement, we’re selecting class officers tonight,” Shan Qingrong said.

Normally, class officers would have changed once a year in high school, but due to some complaints, he had decided to hold an election again.

The classmates were baffled upon hearing this. Why bother holding an election for class officers now?

Besides, the current officers—literary committee member Shen Qing’e, study committee member Dong Qingfeng, sports committee member Zhang Chi, and the excellent class leader Huang Zhongfei—were doing quite well. Why replace them?

Only Wang Longlong in the back row was secretly pleased; his efforts hadn’t been in vain, it seemed that Huang Zhongfei’s misconduct had caught the teacher’s attention.

This ultimately led to tonight’s class officer incident.

Dong Qingfeng raised his hand: “Teacher, are we re-electing the study committee member too?”

“Yes,” Shan Qingrong said.

“Okay.”

Shan Qingrong continued: “We’ll start with the study committee member, anyone willing to take it up, please come to the podium and introduce yourself; we’ll vote on it.”

Nobody responded in the class.

Shan Qingrong asked again two more times, but still, no response.

He declared: “The study committee member will still be Dong Qingfeng.”

Dong Qingfeng gave a faint smile.

Shan Qingrong then sequentially mentioned the literary, sports, and living committee members, but no one came forward to compete.

Then, it was time for the class leader position.

Shan Qingrong looked at Huang Zhongfei and then turned his gaze to the back row.

‘Wang Longlong, I’ve given you a chance,’ he thought to himself.

Throughout the past six months, with Wang Longlong in the class, he knew everything that went on, big or small.

As the saying goes, ‘watch the three-year-old for signs of the seven-year-old.’ From Wang Longlong, he could see many excellent qualities.

Even though Shan Qingrong was a teacher and often perceived by outsiders as devoid of real-world experience because of spending all day in the campus, in reality, there were plenty of intrigues among teachers.

From Shan Qingrong’s experience, while Wang Longlong might not achieve great success in society in the future, he certainly wouldn’t be bullied.

“Next, we have the election for class leader. Those interested, please come to the podium and introduce yourselves,” announced Shan Qingrong.

The classroom remained silent for a second, two seconds, three seconds, ten seconds.

“Isn’t anyone competing for class leader?” he asked.

Dong Qingfeng said, “I think the class leader is doing a great job.”

Shen Qing’e said, “Indeed, he has helped us a lot.”

Meng Gui added, “Exactly, Zhongfei is diligent and responsible.”

Shan Qingrong declared, “Then, Huang Zhongfei will remain as the class leader.”

After saying this, Shan Qingrong left the classroom.

Wang Longlong sat in his seat, the enthusiasm he had felt upon waking that morning now completely numbed.

He indifferently looked at his classmates around him; he really had wanted to run for the position, but in the end, he hadn’t been able to overcome his own fears.

He had chickened out.

It seemed many things were like this, beginning with enthusiasm but ending abruptly.

‘What a mess!’

‘Why didn’t anyone else compete for the class leader, so I could have run too?’ Wang Longlong didn’t understand.

As soon as the teacher left, Guo Kunnan pulled out his phone, opened QQ, and said:

“What’s up with Shan Qingrong today, why hold an election for class officers all of a sudden?”

Miao Zhe, who had been sitting in the back row for several days, watched Guo Kunnan. From his abundant experience in online relationships, he could tell that Guo Kunnan had lately been chatting with a girl he was quite fond of.

Miao Zhe didn’t care much; to him, his internet friend Yun Ni was the best woman in the world.

With Yun Ni, he envied neither the lovebirds nor the immortals.

Because they themselves were the very image of love.

…

Evening self-study ended.

Chen Siyu left the classroom with a gloomy expression, carrying her math exam paper.

Dan Kaiquan rushed out of the classroom in a second.

Then he ran back in five seconds.

He rushed to the back row: “Brother Nan, Brother Jun, hurry up and go buy some snacks, why is today so slow?”

Hu Jun said, “Brother Nan has something going on, let the two of us go.”

Dan Kaiquan, confused, asked: “What’s up with you?”

Guo Kunnan only said, “I’ll return to the dorm later tonight; you and Hu Jun go buy the snacks.”

After explaining, Guo Kunnan found Ma Shicheng, and the two of them left the classroom and walked a bit before Ma Shicheng asked:

“What’s with you, you seem out of it?”

Guo Kunnan said, “Hey, just need to consult Brother Ma about something, tonight’s grilled skewers are on me.”

“Nice one, solid!” Ma Shicheng put away his phone.

“Let’s grab a couple of beers later,” Guo Kunnan added.

“Tonight, we’re not going home sober.”

As he chatted more and more with Manman, Guo Kunnan found himself increasingly unable to extricate himself; he had fallen deep.

This was something initially taught by Brother Ma; no need to say more, Brother Ma definitely knew a lot; Brother Ma was capable.

He wanted to consult Brother Ma about what he should do next, how to handle this relationship, and hopefully, get some strategies planned for him.

…

Fourth Middle School bike shed.

Yang Sheng walked up front, while Jiang Ning led Xue Yuantong.

Jiang Ning’s Divine Sense swept around, then his gaze shifted.

A few seconds later, Yang Sheng found the spot where she had parked, and what appeared before her was a mountain bike lying on the ground, its frame twisted, the handlebars and wheels askew, and the chain scattered.

Based on the damaged markings on the bike frame, she determined it was her mountain bike.

“My bike is ruined,” she fumed.

Anyone finding their bicycle in such a state would likely be in a terrible mood.

Jiang Ning scanned the bike body; the marks on it were clearly man-made.

He pointed at a camera in the shadowy corner of the bike shed and said:

“Let’s go to the security office and check the video recordings.”