Chapter 189 Jiang Jiang is entrusted to you

When the pen in her hand finished writing the last character of the geography essay question.

Jiang Ning put down her pen.

She let out a small sigh of relief.

The difficulty of this first-year high school final exam paper was not low.

Whether it was the reading comprehension in Chinese language or the long essay in English.

They all made her feel a touch of unexpected pressure.

But thankfully.

She had already tried her best to get all the points she could.

The rest was up to fate.

So currently, Miss Jiang’s mindset was still quite good.

As there was still plenty of time before handing in the paper.

Jiang Ning rubbed her somewhat sore wrist.

and wiped a little sweat from her forehead.

She looked around.

The surrounding students were still writing furiously.

Looking at these classmates from who-knows-which-class, Miss Jiang smiled, her gaze retracted and turned towards the window.

Outside the window at this moment.

The sound of ‘zhiliao~ zhiliao~’ (cicadas) resounded tirelessly.

Listening closely, it seemed as if one could distinguish two different cicada calls.

As if they were chatting, one after another.

Late June.

Midsummer.

After these few days passed, when July arrived, it would enter late summer, which is the peak of summer.

This period is the hottest time of the year.

Jiang Ning was quite afraid of the heat.

Especially for a child like her, born in the dead of winter, this kind of scorching hot weather always brought an inexplicable irritability.

Fortunately.

Jiang Ning’s family had air conditioning.

And it was right in her room.

Actually, their family didn’t have this thing before.

No matter how hot it was in summer, they always used that Bee Flower brand electric fan.

blowing on their faces with a ‘buzz buzz buzz’ sound.

As for why they installed air conditioning later.

The reason was because one summer weekend during her third year of junior high, Jiang Ning was doing homework at home and suffered from heatstroke.

After this incident.

Her mother finally made a big decision, spent several hundred yuan, and installed a a 1-horsepower small air conditioner in her room.

However, because this air conditioner’s power consumption was quite astonishing.

Her mother usually wouldn’t let Miss Jiang turn it on.

Unless it reached the point where she couldn’t sleep without air conditioning.

only then would her mother find the remote control and turn it on for a few hours to cool down.

In short.

Over the years.

Miss Jiang had never enjoyed the air conditioner running all night at home.

At this moment.

Jiang Ning, still in a daze, heard the ‘shasha’ sound of the broadcast in her ears.

[Attention all examinees]

[There are ten minutes remaining until the end of this exam]

[Examinees, please check your names and classes carefully to prevent errors or omissions…]

Hearing this.

The two invigilating teachers who were still whispering on the stage stopped chatting.

They split into two sides and checked each examinee’s paper, name, and other details one by one.

After completing a round of checks.

The bell signaling the end of the exam immediately rang from outside the door.

“Ding-a-ling~~”

A moment later.

As Jiang Ning descended from the teaching building with the crowd.

she immediately saw a few members of the ‘sister group’ standing under a huge sycamore tree, whispering something to each other.

As they talked.

Luo Shanshan’s face was full of dejection.

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Ning quickly walked over and interjected, asking aloud.

Hearing this voice.

Luo Shanshan turned around and immediately pounced on Miss Jiang.

The collision of a football and an apple was truly a bit overwhelming.

“Jiang Jiang!”

“I’m finished!”

“Out of the 10 multiple-choice questions in geography, I only got half right!”

Hearing this.

Miss Jiang patted Luo Shanshan’s back and comforted her kindly:

“It’s okay.”

“Look on the bright side.”

“What if the accuracy rate for the other subjects is even worse than geography?”

Excellent comfort.

One sentence successfully extinguished Luo Shanshan’s sadness and incidentally ignited her anger.

The result was that by the time Qi Wen arrived.

Both Miss Jiang and Luo Shanshan were leaning against the tree, panting.

“Let me hit you once!”

“No!”

“Just once!”

“No way!”

“Ah!!!”

Luo Shanshan was so angry her clothes almost burst.

Then Qi Wen spent a lot of effort talking to finally calm Luo Shanshan down.

The price was a bowl of 13-yuan malatang.

Evening.

The sun was setting in the west.

The girls from Class Three’s ‘sister group’ had all tidied up their books.

They spontaneously put on their backpacks and walked out of the classroom.

Going downstairs.

Stepping onto the Sycamore Avenue.

Listening to the shouts coming from the distant basketball court.

The girls all subconsciously slowed down a bit.

As if doing so could keep time lingering on this Sycamore Avenue, which was less than 500 meters long.

“Wenwen.”

“Hmm?”

“Jiang Jiang is in your hands now.”

“…Okay, don’t worry.”

Qi Wen smilingly agreed to Luo Shanshan’s words, completely ignoring Miss Jiang, who was full of questions on the side.

“I’ll keep a good eye on her.”

“And won’t let any boy take advantage!”

Hmph.

What a joke.

You little girl who steals from your own custody.

Jiang Ning couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to the two little girls’ mutual promises. She turned her head and looked at Zhu Hui.

“Huihui, have you really decided to pursue painting?”

“Mm-hmm.” Zhu Hui pushed up her glasses and smiled gently.

“After studying for a few months, my teachers all say I have a talent for painting.”

“Rather than perishing together with math, why not try the path of painting?”

Speaking of which.

Zhu Hui slightly lowered her gaze, looking at the ground.

“Ultimately, I still have to thank you, Jiang Ning.”

Miss Jiang knew what Zhu Hui meant by ‘thank you’.

Smiling, she reached out and tucked a few stray strands of hair on Zhu Hui’s cheek behind her ear.

“Study hard.”

“When you become a master someday, come paint me.”

Hearing this.

Zhu Hui suddenly turned her face and looked at Miss Jiang with a lingering gaze.

“Can… I paint an oil painting?”

Oil painting?

Miss Jiang was momentarily stunned by Zhu Hui’s teasing expression.

The next second.

A classic scene from ‘Titanic’ instantly flashed in her mind.

Her brows furrowed instantly.

“Oh, you little Zhu Hui!”

“How dare you tease this old man!”

“Let me tell you!”

“Just for what you just said!”

“Painter Concubine! You have already forever lost the chance to attend to me while I change!”

——————

First year of high school ended just like that.

Jiang Ning and those parents who came to pick up the concubines waved their hands, then looked back at the gate of Jiangzhou No. 1 Middle School.

After muttering a few “civilized” curses at the wall of honor.

She then rode Xiaoning No. 3 towards Guoqing Road.

The summer sun sets very late.

It often doesn’t slowly sink into the horizon until after seven o’clock.

So when Jiang Ning arrived at her mother’s shop at half past six.

It was still bright.

Just as she was about to enter the shop.

She found Xiao Kai and a few other children of similar age gathered together, arguing about something with worried expressions.

Seeing this.

Miss Jiang suddenly became interested.

She walked behind the four children.

“What sad things are you talking about?”

“Tell me, so I can have a good laugh.”

At that, Xiao Kai’s face instantly changed, and he glared fiercely back at the beaming Miss Jiang.

“This is a conversation between us men!”

“What are you, a woman, interjecting for!?”

???

Oh my!

A little brat who, even standing up, wasn’t as tall as this old man’s chest.

Still talking about men and women?

Hilarious.

However, Miss Jiang had no intention of talking to this little rascal at all.

Her gaze fell upon another little chubby kid.

She beckoned with her hand.

“You, come here, tell me what happened.”

She didn’t know if it was because she had been too ruthless during the last marble incident.

This little chubby kid seemed very afraid of Miss Jiang.

Even though Xiao Kai kept winking at him from the side, it was no use.

The little chubby kid stammered and told Miss Jiang everything they were discussing.

However.

From the very first sentence Jiang Ning heard about the reason for the matter.

The expression on her face remained one of astonishment.

“Xiao Kai has a crush on a girl?”

“To eat spicy strips with her after school, he specifically borrowed 1 yuan from each of you?”

“Now that girl left with someone from another class after school, all for a cup of milk tea?”

“So…”

“Xiao Kai, for the sake of love, caused you brothers to go bankrupt?”

The recap was correct.

The little chubby kid nodded with a mournful expression.

“Originally, I was planning to save this money to buy Ultraman cards!”

As soon as he finished speaking.

A certain unscrupulous girl could no longer hold back.

And burst into an undignified fit of laughter.

“Hahahahahahaha *hic*…”
(End of this chapter)