The 70s Novel: The Supporting Character Just Wants to Lie Down-Chapter 87: Outspoken and in Need of a Lesson

Wang Miaomiao straightened her back and walked towards Jiang Yan and the others, where Liu Jianmin and Wang Jia Bao were already waiting.

Although she wasn’t afraid of gossip, she couldn’t help but notice the surrounding gazes along the way. She wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt as though someone was watching her...

"Third sister, is that Zhou Hu? What’s he looking for you for?" Wang Jia Bao, his eyes twinkling with gossip, said, "Could it be? Oh oh..."

"Oh oh your head." Wang Miaomiao slapped him on the head unceremoniously.

Wang Jia Bao winced, "Third sister, you’re so violent, be careful you might scare him away..." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"You’re still talking." Wang Miaomiao pretended to strike him again, and Wang Jia Bao quickly hid behind Liu Jianmin, pleading, "I won’t say it, I won’t say it. My sister is so excellent that if Zhou Hu runs away by himself, it’s his loss..."

Just as Wang Miaomiao was about to lose her temper again, Jiang Yan interrupted with a gesture.

Jiang Yan stepped forward and naturally took the woven bag from her hand without leaving room for refusal, "Let’s go." He turned around cleanly, speaking just two words, cold as ever.

Wang Miaomiao hurried after him, since it was her clothes in the bag...

It had been raining for the past few days, and her clothes couldn’t dry. The school’s drying area was very crowded, and there wasn’t enough sunlight, so most clothes were air-dried.

The weather was good today and she happened to be going home; she thought she might as well take them home to dry them properly. So she gathered the half-dried clothes intending to take them back home to dry, and there were indeed some private items in there...

"Brother Jiang, I can do it myself." Half-dry clothes always have a certain smell, and she didn’t want anyone to catch a whiff.

Jiang Yan felt a delicate, slightly cool touch on the back of his hand. He looked down to see a small, jade-like hand on his, with agile fingers trying to take the thread away from his palm, playing between his fingers...

The fine and dense sensations felt like tiny electric currents traveling from his fingers to his brain, then to his heart. He turned his hand over and held her mischievous hand, "Don’t be naughty, it’ll just delay things."

"Huh?" Wang Miaomiao felt her brain stop for a moment, and before she realized it, they were already by the car. He let go of her hand and opened the front passenger door for her.

"I’ll sit in the back..." Wang Miaomiao quickly declined.

Unfortunately, she felt a large hand gently push against her lower back, and she was already seated in the front passenger seat. The man beside her said lightly, "Sitting in the front helps if you get carsick."

"Right, right, Sister Miaomiao, you should sit in the front. You can lean back and sleep for a while, you definitely won’t get carsick." Cheng Xue’s eyes twinkled as she climbed quickly into the backseat.

Wang Jia Bao and Liu Jianmin got in the car from the other side, blissfully unaware of anything, while Wang Jia Bao continued to explain to Liu Jianmin who Zhou Hu was.

"Zhou Hu is the academic genius from the middle school in our town, always occupying the top rank and very popular among the schoolgirls." Wang Jia Bao couldn’t resist feeling proud as he spoke, showing off, "But that’s all in the past. Ever since my sister suddenly had a breakthrough, like she was blessed, her grades improved rapidly. She topped the exams and Zhou Hu is no longer a threat. My sister is the academic goddess now."

Wang Miaomiao’s heart skipped a beat as she turned back to retort, "What are you talking about? I’ve always had a good brain, just never focused before, just muddled along. Later, when I realized that unless we studied hard and went to high school, we’d have to work in the fields, I had no choice but to buckle up and study hard every day."

Wang Miaomiao sneaked a glance at the man in the driver’s seat beside her. Seeing he had no reaction and was concentrating on starting the car, she continued, "Now I’ve discovered the joy of learning. Learning enriches one’s spiritual world and can fill one’s stomach. Why not do it?"

That kid always gets her into trouble, making her patch up her own image. Wait till she gives him a good scolding.

"Jia Bao, do you enjoy working in the fields?"

"No, no, no..." Wang Jia Bao recalled the times he had to help his parents in the fields, enduring exhausting and boring work. He didn’t want that, "Studying is good, I enjoy studying. Sister, studying makes me happy, I’ll learn from you."

"Mm... That’s more like it." Seeing his sensible attitude, Wang Miaomiao was satisfied, but she still spoke earnestly, "Jia Bao, you saw it, didn’t you? I was the top scorer in the entrance exams and received so many rewards. Last month’s exam, I was the first in my grade again, and got more rewards. So, you have to work hard... Aim to be the best."

"Uh... Our school doesn’t have monthly exams, and I haven’t heard of any rewards." Wang Jia Bao cautiously replied.

Wang Miaomiao suddenly changed her tone, "That’s the result of your lack of effort. If you had worked a bit harder and gotten into Provincial High School, wouldn’t you have the chance at a second place?"

"Third sister, do you think it’s easy to get second place?" Wang Jia Bao retorted with a bitter face, then, remembering his sister was first, sheepishly added, "Of course, for some geniuses, it’s nothing."

"Hmph, stop making excuses." Wang Miaomiao looked at him with disappointment and said sternly, "You should have a tutoring session with me once a month. After the midterm exams, let’s see your rank. If you’re in the top three, and the school won’t give you a reward, your sister will. But, if you fall outside the top ten, you’ll be coming to me every week for extra assignments."

"Sis..." Wang Jia Bao was horrified, "Didn’t you say last time that as long as I got into the top fifty of my grade..."

"Last time, your sister didn’t see the reality clearly." Wang Miaomiao said gravely, "Jia Bao, you have to understand how many high school graduates there are in our city each year. Everyone is striving to compete for the limited job positions available. If you’re not outstanding, you’ll just be eliminated. In two years, you’ll end up farming at home."

"Huh?" Wang Jia Bao hadn’t considered that far ahead. The thought of ending up like his parents, facing the dirt with their backs to the sky doing menial and tiring farm work, wasn’t appealing to him, "Sis, will I really not find a job?"

"If you keep slacking off and just playing every day, without any ambition, naturally you will." Wang Miaomiao warned him, but it wasn’t entirely untrue. Unless some have connections, for the rest relying solely on their abilities, life is a competition with fierce elimination, like a single-log bridge crowded with thousands of troops.

Wang Jia Bao fell into deep thought, his fair little face wrinkled in contemplation, while beside him, Liu Jianmin also wore a pained expression, deep in thought.

Wang Miaomiao, seeing her goal achieved, found a comfortable position, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

Hmph, let him run his mouth recklessly, scaring him silly. In reality, with her family’s connections now, finding a job for Wang Jia Bao shouldn’t be too difficult. Maybe not a permanent position, but certainly a temporary one.

However, she still hoped her brother could achieve success on his own, grow into a towering tree and support the Wang Family.

Wang Miaomiao fell asleep with a smile on her lips, dreaming sweet dreams.