"Where did the pig call in the classroom come from?" Sun Zhicheng looked up.

Upon hearing this, half the class burst into laughter. Yang Qiming’s face fell, and he cursed under his breath.

"Idiot!"

"We’re still taking a test, everyone stop making noise." Cai Xiaoqing didn’t even look up as she maintained discipline, focusing on the exam.

As the exam neared its end, Jiang Nian had some free time.

He couldn’t solve a few physics problems and it seemed hopeless. He turned and looked at the class monitor beside him.

This week, their seats could be described as a class apart.

"Have you finished writing?"

Hearing this, Li Qingrong turned to glance at him. After a moment’s hesitation, she prepared to take out the science answer sheet.

"Hey, don’t!"

Jiang Nian interrupted the class monitor’s "spell," but he felt a bit pleased inside. Although it was a weekly test, she was willing to let him copy.

Uh, but copying answers is meaningless.

Can you cheat on the college entrance exam? (Seriously)

Yes, you can.

As long as you’re lucky and manage to copy some answers during the college entrance exam. It’s as easy as pie, the biggest risk is...

In the whole classroom, he would be the only one with a score over 600.

He didn’t need to gamble. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Hmm." Li Qingrong withdrew the answer sheet and glanced at his unsolved physics problem, unable to suppress a smile.

Jiang Nian: "???"

He truly felt a bit uncomfortable, like being complimented as "small but cute."

Poor in physics, poor in math, so what?

Jiang Nian pointed at her, "Fine, I’ll drop out this afternoon."

Li Qingrong glanced at him without responding, just resting her head in her hand, awkwardly spinning her pen.

It didn’t drop, but it also didn’t spin.

"Haha, as long as you have hands." Jiang Nian chuckled and spun his pen effortlessly, "Really, can’t even get this right?"

Li Qingrong stayed silent and opened her filled answer sheet.

Jiang Nian: "...."

After school in the afternoon.

A group of Lin Dong’s friends returned to the dormitory. Walking on the road, Yang Qiming carelessly kicked a small stone out of the way.

"Where did this broken stone come from?"

He didn’t think twice and kicked it away.

Lin Dong, however, said, "Qiming, my cousin, you better be careful. I heard that these stones can take revenge."

Hearing this, Huang Caicai was shocked.

"Really?"

"Revenge my ass!" Yang Qiming dismissed it with a loud laugh, "Brother Dong, have you read too many storybooks?"

Lin Dong just shook his head and smiled.

"You’re too young."

The group returned to the dormitory cafeteria to eat.

After ten minutes.

Lin Dong pretended to buy water, but secretly snuck out of the cafeteria. He returned to the roadside, picked up the stone, and put it in his pocket.

Night fell.

In the dormitory, he cleaned the stone thoroughly, and when no one was around, he crept into Yang Qiming’s dorm and placed it in his quilt.

After doing all this, he felt a sense of accomplishment surge within him.

.....

Evening self-study.

The whole class was checking answers, while Li Hua sang and shook his leg. He had gone home in the afternoon and found ten yuan.

Of course, he spent it almost immediately.

"Chubby and plump is the sun, bulging is the hill..."

"What are you singing?" Jiang Nian was a bit annoyed, having gotten a bunch of Chinese multiple-choice questions wrong, "Stop singing ’Fruit Troops’ already."

"Don’t rush, let me finish singing first." Li Hua coughed and said, "I’ll tell you a secret, take you to fly."

"What secret?"

"I found money this year." Li Hua held back a smile, whispering with his fingers up, "And I found it twice."

Jiang Nian paused for a moment, looking at him and asking.

"Could it be money from the dead?"

"Nonsense!!" Li Hua instinctively protested, then hesitated, "No way, could there be such a thing?"

Zhang Ningzhi, who had sharp ears, turned around and whispered through Jiang Nian in the middle.

"Leader, it’s almost New Year."

"What do you mean?"

"There are many such rituals during the New Year," Zhang Ningzhi said seriously, "If you don’t believe it, ask others."

"No way?" Li Hua was a bit scared.

Zeng You in the front row turned around, looking both solemn and amused as he saw Li Hua’s expression.

"Leader, I know this too well!"

"What?"

"I’ve read about this kind of sorcery in novels many times." Zeng You began to tell various bizarre stories.

"...if someone calls you to pay back money at midnight."

"Nonsense!!" Li Hua’s scalp tingled, unable to listen anymore, "I just found thirty bucks, is it worth it?"

Wu Jungu turned around and said.

"There are poor souls down below too."

"Damn!!" Li Hua was a bit rattled, "Then if I keep the lights on in my room tonight, I’ll be okay, right?"

Jiang Nian rubbed his chin, "I heard light bulbs can be affected by magnetic fields, maybe in the middle of the night, it just goes ’pop’."

As he said this, he suddenly leaned close to Li Hua. With a blank face and wide eyes, he used an extremely eerie tone to say.

"...And then the light, just goes out."

"My money... young man, did you see my money?" Zeng You mimicked eerily from the side.

"Thir... thirty bucks."

"Damn!" Li Hua’s skin was crawling, scratching his head, "What do I do then?"

Zhang Ningzhi suggested, "Sleep with your parents."

Hearing this, Li Hua said, "Then I’d rather face it alone than have my parents send me to the countryside to get whipped with willow sticks."

"Hide under the bed." Zeng You proposed, "I heard they recognize the bed and look for the person, so you should be safe under it."

Li Hua thought for a moment, "Seems reasonable."

Suddenly, Huang Fang from the front row turned around. She stared at Li Hua silently, then looked at Zeng You.

"What if, it comes in headfirst?"

With a booming sound, Li Hua’s scalp tingled again.

"No, Fangfang, you!"

He was a bit shaky, his teeth chattering. He turned to look at the five people in his group, gritting his teeth.

"Didn’t you all drink it too?"

"I haven’t drunk yet." Huang Fang placed an Assam on his desk, "Leader, you hold onto this first, if it’s fine tomorrow, I’ll drink it then."

"Nonsense!!" Li Hua couldn’t hold it together anymore.

Zeng You scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed.

"Wu Jungu and I share a dorm, it’s full of guys. Our masculinity should be enough to ward off anything."

Li Hua felt heartbroken, turning to look at Jiang Nian.

"Did you drink?"

"I did, and moreover... I drank Zhizhi’s water too." Jiang Nian scratched his face, appearing unconcerned.

Hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi rolled her eyes.

"Hmph, you snatched it."

"Don’t worry about it."

"Good brother!" Li Hua grabbed Jiang Nian’s hand, "Good brothers for life, we’ll face it together."

And he started singing again.

"I’m not afraid, worst case I’ll just hang out in the dorm tonight." Jiang Nian smiled and made an arc at the corner of his mouth.

"Tomorrow we’ll each grab a dish, then eat your mat first."

"Nonsense nonsense!" Li Hua shouted, suddenly realizing, "No, Ma Guojun drank it too."

Instantly, he was happy again.

During the evening self-study break.

Half the group was gone, taking a break in the hallway. At the corner of the classroom where the water dispenser was, only the two of them remained.

Zhang Ningzhi saw no one came to fill water for the time being, glanced at Jiang Nian still doing his exercises.

"Hey."

Jiang Nian: "What’s up?"

Zhang Ningzhi asked quietly, curious, "So about what the leader said... aren’t you scared?"

"If you are scared, you can..."

"If you’re afraid, I can..."

"You can what?"

Zhang Ningzhi pursed her lips and asked curiously, "Just, about that group leader thing... are you scared?"

"If you’re scared, you can... you can call me on video."

Jiang Nian looked up, staring at Zhang Ningzhi for a few moments.

"Alright."

Zhang Ningzhi lay on the table, her heart racing and feeling a bit shy.

"Okay then."

After a while, Jiang Nian, who was lying on the desk writing, suddenly said.

"If I’m scared, I can do that."

Jiang Nian: "????"ollars I’d pick it up too."

At hearing this, Zhang Ningzhi rolled her eyes.

"Not your problem."

"Good brothers for life, Li Hua," Jiang Nian grabbed his hand. "We’ll face it together."