Divorce Revenge System: Knowing the Future in Advance-Chapter 814 - 619: Lotus Boy

"I'll treat you to a meal, is that okay?"

"Hmm?"

At the office door, Li Hua let go of his hand. He was deeply suspicious of Jiang Nian's unprompted generosity.

"Are you trying to pull a fast one?"

"Pull what? I just missed mealtime, that's all," Jiang Nian replied, "Let's eat at the entrance, Ningdu Meatballs."

"Something that costs ten bucks a bowl? You planning to not live tomorrow?" Li Hua could be quite down-to-earth at times.

"I also treated Zhang Ningzhi last time," he said.

Li Hua: "And then?"

"She wasn't as talkative as you are."

"Chi Shi."

Li Hua was just being polite; after all, ten yuan for a bowl of meatballs was a bit steep for a high school student.

Five yuan could get you a meat and two veggie meal at the cafeteria. Since Jiang Nian was offering, he couldn't refuse.

"Hua, you're always so tight-fisted, spending big money," Jiang Nian turned to ask, "How much is your living expense?"

Hearing this, Li Hua immediately felt a twinge in his heart.

"Eight hundred a month."

As they walked toward the school gate, Jiang Nian pondered for a moment, "You go home for meals yet have 800 a month."

"Isn't that pretty comfortable?"

Dude, when I had only three hundred a month... never mind, let's not talk about it.

"Comfortable, my foot! I'm almost out of money before the 20th of the month," Li Hua complained, "I've been keeping accounts too."

"Keeping accounts? So where did the money go?"

"No idea."

"Hmm?"

"Sometimes I do a bit of creative accounting," Li Hua said, "I spend too much, just trying to ease the anxiety."

Jiang Nian: "???"

The two of them left the school gate and sat down at the Ningdu Meatball shop. After ordering, they began surveying their surroundings like lions scanning their territory. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Geez, you should've told me there are so many girls here," Li Hua pointed at him, "Old man, you're really good at keeping secrets."

"It's alright."

"Aren't those over there a couple?" Li Hua lowered his voice, "Wow, dating in freshman year?"

The lady boss looked at the two boys scoping around without eating and couldn't help but prioritize serving their meatballs.

While Jiang Nian and Li Hua were devouring their meal, two girls came over with bowls and sat right across from them.

"Senior!" Lin Yuxi called out.

Hearing the voice while drinking soup, Jiang Nian nearly choked on a mouthful of broth, "Cough cough!! What are you doing here?"

"Hmph, aren't you embarrassed to ask." Lin Yuxi looked resentful, "Senior, you haven't been to the cafeteria lately."

Jiang Nian: "...."

Last semester, I was cramming for exams, so I'd just quickly grab something nearby. Got all the points I could, now I've got no idea what to do.

Can't I enjoy myself a bit?

"You haven't been to the cafeteria either, ditching the old for the new," he pointed at Low-score kid. Better to question than to explain.

"No! I was..." Lin Yuxi was a bit flustered, "I was accompanying my bestie to eat meatballs."

"Hi," the other girl greeted them, a first-year student whose features hadn't fully developed but had potential.

Last time at the cafeteria, two same-class girls accompanied Lin Yuxi. Less than half a year later, she seemed to have changed companions.

"Did your classes get split into humanities and sciences?" Jiang Nian asked.

Last semester, Low-score kid had asked him whether to choose humanities or sciences.

Jiang Nian was too busy at the time and casually suggested humanities. Then he didn't follow up; they must have been divided by now.

"Yes, this is my new classmate," Lin Yuxi grinned, "She's called Yang Hui, like 'flower and plants'.

"Hello, seniors," Yang Hui greeted with a smile.

"Hello." Jiang Nian nodded, taking the opportunity to introduce, "This is my desk mate Li Hua, the guy nearly scoring full marks in science."

Upon hearing this, Yang Hui and Lin Yuxi were stunned.

"Wow, that's amazing!"

"Yeah, science is so hard," Yang Hui said, "I chose humanities because I'm not good at science."

Okay, no need to ask about humanities and sciences anymore.

Low-score kid might be dim-witted, but she does take advice. After all, her strong subjects were mostly in humanities.

"Not really, not really." Li Hua, a bit shy from the praise, laughed awkwardly, "It's alright."

The conversation continued smoothly afterward, and even though they were two grades apart, they were still able to chat with the two girls.

Jiang Nian randomly found an excuse to treat everyone to drinks.

After parting ways, they went their separate directions.

He needed to swing by the West Gate to buy test papers, Li Hua planned to head home for a nap, while Low-score kid and the other girl returned to the dormitory for some rest.

Under the sun, on the school road.

Yang Hui, linking arms with Lin Yuxi, reminisced about the meal earlier and suddenly brought up Li Hua's grades again.

"A full score in science, that's really something."

"Yeah," Lin Yuxi nodded.

She remembered Li Hua; after all, it wasn't the first time they met, and... so she wasn't too shocked.

"Pretty impressive."

"Huh?" Yang Hui glanced at her, a bit puzzled, "How come you don't seem surprised?"

"Hmm... Do you know how much senior scored on the last final?" Lin Yuxi pursed her lips, teasing a bit.

Yang Hui: "That more handsome senior of yours?"

"Yes."

"So, how much?"

Lin Yuxi smiled but didn't answer, using one hand to gesture three sixes in a row.

Yang Hui was frozen in place.

"How much?"

....

"Ah, math and physics can't be improved in a rush. It's just right to rest and stabilize the basics."

Beep!

Jiang Nian opened Old Liu's second voice message.

"After the preliminary tests next week, I'll talk to the administration about finding you a teacher."

"You..."

In the bookstore, he stood in front of the shelf, listening to Old Liu's plan while leisurely selecting biology test papers.

Improving in science subjects is indeed different from humanities.

It requires a solid foundation.

Take the simplest example: when looking at a parent question, a top student can see variations and apply concepts to solve problems.

A mediocre student: "Dude, your armor is so shiny!"

However, Jiang Nian wasn't in a rush. The new semester had just begun, and he needed some time to adjust.