Chapter 169: Reincarnation of a Teddy Spirit?

That’s right.

The letter was from Du Xinrui.

Inside were three sheets of letter paper with the Berklee College of Music logo, and one square photo.

Jiang Ning glanced at the photo.

It was Du Xinrui wearing a brown coat, standing at the entrance of Berklee College of Music.

But before Jiang Ning could take a closer look, the photo was snatched away by Luo Shanshan and the others.

“Wow.”

“It’s Teacher Du!”

“So pretty, so elegant.”

“Eh? That’s Berklee College of Music? Looks kinda shabby in the photo…”

“Yeah, doesn’t even look as nice as a vocational school…”

The girls passed the photo around one by one, letting out yokel-like exclamations.

Seeing that the photo wouldn’t be coming back anytime soon, Jiang Ning simply started reading the letter page by page.

Page one.

It said that Du Xinrui had successfully settled in at Berklee College of Music.

Then she described what she had seen and experienced in Boston.

Along with some confusion over the local lifestyle.

Like her roommate—

Who changed boyfriends at lightning speed.

Often, Du Xinrui would just learn the guy’s full name in the morning—

Only for it to be someone new by evening.

In her own words,

“It’s faster than switching between registers with my left and right hand.”

Jiang Ning couldn’t help but smirk at that line.

If even someone as gentle as Du Xinrui was complaining, then it must be pretty extreme.

But according to Du Xinrui, aside from that quirk,

Her roommate was actually great in other aspects.

Knowing she was from the East and might struggle with speaking,

The roommate often invited her to the school’s women’s music salons,

Helping her quickly integrate into the school’s atmosphere.

The second page detailed Du Xinrui’s experiences at school.

Bits about life, studies,

local food culture, and her reflections on visiting Boston’s attractions over the weekend.

It gave Jiang Ning a surprising sense of everyday joy as she read.

As for the last page—

Besides a few reminders not to slack off on piano practice,

Du Xinrui had included her address and phone number.

And told Jiang Ning that if she wanted to write back, she could just send it there.

At that moment,

Qi Wen suddenly nudged Luo Shanshan aside,

Scooted closer to Jiang Ning, and asked with an odd tone:

“Jiang Jiang.”

“Since when were you so close to Teacher Du?”

“She even sent you a letter from America…”

“I studied piano with her for a while…” Jiang Ning took the chance to explain her whole piano-learning background to Qi Wen.

She thought that would be enough to convince her.

But Qi Wen just puffed up her cheeks like a goldfish.

“Jiang Jiang!”

“I’ve never even heard you play!”

“Doesn’t matter!”

“You have to play something for me when you have time.”

———

In the afternoon’s music class,

It was Wu Xiaobailian himself teaching.

Maybe because Jiang Ning and the others had seen him in that fight last time,

Wu Xiaobailian’s attitude toward the girls’ group was clearly colder than toward others.

That suited Jiang Ning just fine.

She had no time to deal with him lately anyway.

So the plan with Li Duoyong and the rest was temporarily shelved.

But—

Just because Jiang Ning was hands-off,

Didn’t mean the boys in class weren’t fired up.

Especially after Chen Lan and the others learned that Jiang Ning was on their side,

They were full of enthusiasm.

Even though they weren’t very efficient,

They were constantly working at it.

Sure enough,

In the middle of class,

A note was passed to Jiang Ning.

She tilted her head to glance at it—

Saw that it was from Li Duoyong—

So she took it from Zhang Shuangshu.

When she opened it, it read:

[He worked at No. 3 High School as a music teacher for a while, then suddenly quit. Heard from students there it might’ve been because of an office romance.]

From No. 3?

Office romance?

Jiang Ning looked up at the guy passionately lecturing on music theory.

She frowned.

Seriously?

Flirting with teachers at No. 3, now flirting with students at No. 1?

This guy must be the reincarnation of a teddy dog or something.

[Got any more detailed info?]

Jiang Ning tore a small slip, wrote the question, and quietly passed it to Zhang Shuangshu, who relayed it to Li Duoyong.

But the chubby guy just turned around and shook his head lightly at her.

That said it all.

Mmp.

Knew these dumb high school boys were unreliable.

Guess she’d have to pull some strings and investigate herself.

Who to ask…

No. 3 High…

Almost instinctively,

Jiang Ning thought of her middle school classmates.

And that close buddy from her previous life.

She tore another note, thought for a second, wrote one sentence.

Folded it, tapped Zhang Shuangshu’s back.

He got the hint and passed it forward.

But just as the note was about to reach Li Duoyong—

Wu Xiaobailian suddenly appeared out of nowhere,

Reached out and plucked the slip from Li Duoyong’s hand.

“Passing notes in other classes is one thing.”

“But in my music class?”

“Just say it out loud, what’s the big deal?”

His joking tone and fake nonchalance actually made some clueless classmates laugh along.

However—

Wu Xiaobailian’s smile disappeared the moment he opened the note.

His face went calm.

So calm that Jiang Ning even saw a vein bulge on his cheek.

“Whose note is this?” Wu Ming’s eyes locked on Li Duoyong.

Trying to pressure the chubby boy into confessing with just a stare.

But—

Li Duoyong.

If he had one strength—

It was his fierce loyalty to friends.

“I wrote it,” Li Duoyong replied with a grin.

“Bullshit. With your chicken-scratch handwriting, you think you wrote this?”

Wu Ming snapped.

Some students laughed at that.

What they didn’t expect was—

Wu Ming’s whole demeanor changed.

“Enough laughing.”

Three cold words.

Anyone with a brain could tell—

This music teacher was pissed.

“I really wrote it just for fun!”

But Li Duoyong still smiled like always.

Seeing that he wasn’t going to spill it, Wu Ming stared at him coldly for a long while.

“After class, come with me to see your homeroom teacher. We’ll see if you’re still this stubborn.”

That shocked the whole class.

It was just a note.

And he wanted to bring in Boss Yang Mei?

Was this teacher serious?

Jiang Ning thought so too.

She frowned—

Staring hard at the pretty-faced teacher.

Suddenly—

She raised her hand.

“Report! I wrote the note.”

Half an hour later.

In the office.

Yang Mei looked at the boy and girl standing before her,

Her temples throbbed again.

She instinctively reached up to massage them.

Her gaze swept across the two—

Then fixed on the chubby one.

“Li Duoyong, go back and write a self-reflection.”

“Hand it in before evening self-study ends.”

“Teacher Yang, I…” Li Duoyong seemed like he still wanted to explain something.

But Jiang Ning suddenly kicked him from the side.

Li Duoyong immediately understood.

He lowered his head and responded softly.

Then turned around, exchanged a glance with Jiang Ning, and walked out.

Once Li Duoyong had left the office,

Yang Mei’s gaze returned to Jiang Ning.

Looking at this girl who was outstanding in every aspect—appearance, figure, grades—

Yang Mei felt both fond and frustrated.

Fond of her excellence, frustrated by her mischievousness.

She was practically like a boy.

Always ending up in the office every few days.

Thinking of that,

Yang Mei was fuming in silence.

Just then,

Guo Ming, the homeroom teacher of Class 4 next door, came back to the office after class,

And spotted the Jiang girl who was currently staring intently at her sneakers.

He chuckled.

“Well, if it isn’t the demon Jiang.”

“What now?”

“Got in trouble again?”

(End of chapter)