Chapter 18: You’re Being Naggy
As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was in an uproar.
Everyone looked at Jiang Ning with a “are you crazy” kind of gaze.
Gu Lanli’s mocking smile at the corner of his mouth stiffened, and he looked at Jiang Ning in disbelief.
Did she know what she was saying?
Su Wanyuan sneered and agreed: “Good, I can compete with you, but I have a condition. If it proves your grades are plagiarism, you must drop out and leave Ninth Middle School.”
This was the first person in three years of high school to demand that Jiang Ning drop out.
Even Xie Jingyan couldn’t help but cast his gaze toward Jiang Ning.
Would she agree to this bet?
Originally, losing would at most mean losing face, but now it’s about dropping out. Would she bear to leave Ninth Middle School and bear to leave Gu Lanli?
[Ding, plot point +5, total progress 25%.]
Jiang Ning: 『What’s going on, it added automatically again.』
Little Honey: 【Maybe because the male lead has been staring at you, the female lead is jealous…】
Jiang Ning then turned her gaze and met Xie Jingyan’s pitch-black eyes. He stood with his back to the light, his intense features losing some realism under the light and shadow.
She glanced sideways at Su Wanyuan again.
She found her looking at the male lead, her teeth slightly biting her lip.
Jiang Ning: “…”
Crazy people.
Jiang Ning withdrew her gaze: “Fine, I also have a condition. If my score exceeds yours, you must voluntarily withdraw from this competition. Do you dare to agree?”
This mathematics competition was very important to Su Wanyuan.
If she performed outstandingly in this competition, she might get the Qingbei recommendation quota.
The entire Ninth Middle School had only this one.
So this bet was somewhat big.
Su Wanyuan’s peripheral vision was full of Xie Jingyan’s figure.
But she found he had been staring at Jiang Ning.
She didn’t understand what was so good about this person who had bullied him for so long.
She immediately agreed: “Good, all teachers and students of the school as witnesses, this time I’m just eliminating harm for the people.”
Jiang Ning slightly hooked her lips and looked at the Director of Studies: “Set the exam location here, so everyone can see clearly if I plagiarize. As for the test papers, please trouble the teacher to get two competition test papers.”
The Director of Studies nodded, and the homeroom teacher Old Li immediately went to get the test papers.
Gu Lanli frowned, thinking Jiang Ning was just seeking attention, somewhat disgusted: “Don’t embarrass yourself. Dropping out directly would still leave some dignity. You can’t beat Wanyuan.”
Jiang Ning gave him a cool glance: “You’re nagging.”
Gu Lanli: “…”
“Considering our many years of friendship, I’m just reminding you.”
“Nagging!” She frowned delicately, her eyes full of dissatisfaction, her tone involuntarily sharpening.
Chattering on, if he’s really that idle, can’t he first tidy the chicken feathers on his head.
“You!” Gu Lanli was somewhat angry.
This was the first time Jiang Ning had refuted him like this in front of others, making him somewhat embarrassed.
Little Honey panicked: 【Host, how did you twist the plot again? The plot is for the male lead to lose the quota, not for you to take away the female lead’s quota.】
Jiang Ning unhurriedly: 『The plot didn’t have me exposed for plagiarism today either, so to complete the mission, I have to go against it. Since the male lead loses the quota, the female lead will help him get it back. Then if the female lead loses the quota, how can the male lead not help her reclaim everything that belongs to her? It can still make the two reconcile.』
Little Honey: 【…】
It actually found it damn reasonable.
After a minute of silence.
It struggled desperately: 【Then do you have confidence to beat the female lead?】
Jiang Ning smiled: 『Don’t underestimate the former Gaokao top scholar, even if I’ve become the legend of that year.』
Soon, two desks were set up on the sports field.
The students spontaneously moved back, not disturbing them while writing the papers.
Some students returned to the classroom for class, while the rest watched.
The papers arrived too, pieced together from competition questions by several mathematics teachers from the office, guaranteed to have no answers available.
As soon as Su Wanyuan got the paper, she impatiently started doing it.
Jiang Ning examined it for a moment before slowly starting to write.
The scene was silent.
The time limit was ninety minutes.
Students passing by came and went.
Some students even quietly filmed this scene and posted it on the school forum.
As for Su Wanyuan’s name, other middle schools had more or less heard of it.
Her overall ranking was twenty-fifth in the city, also a noteworthy opponent.
But as for Jiang Ning, besides the entire Ninth Middle School, other schools probably hadn’t heard the name, too obscure.
Xie Jingyan stood five meters away from their exam area.
Jiang Ning’s side profile was serene, very peaceful when seriously doing problems, completely different from her arrogant and domineering image.
His brows slightly furrowed, his black eyes very deep.
He no longer paid too much attention. Without Jiang Ning harassing him, he could study an extra hour.
Seventy minutes later.
Jiang Ning brushed off non-existent dust from her paper and handed it to Old Li.
Then she sat on the chair in a daze.
Little Honey was still anxious: 【Host, won’t your character setting collapse like this?】
Jiang Ning was annoyed: 『One moment asking me to disrupt the training class, the next to play matchmaker for the male and female leads, then saying I’m collapsing the character setting. Why don’t you give me a solution? Like fixing the non-existent plot? Can’t help at all but full of opinions, shut up. I know what I’m doing.』
Little Honey: 【…】
In all its time as a system, Jiang Ning was the first to scold it.
The problem was, it didn’t dare retort.
Looking at that 25% progress, Little Honey endured!
It meekly went offline.
Jiang Ning’s ears were finally clear and comfortable.
Her gaze turned and met Xin Yang.
His gaze carried anxiety and guilt.
He kept glancing at the paper she had handed in.
Like a silly big guy.
When he met Jiang Ning’s eyes, he quickly looked away, even hiding a bit behind Gu Lanli.
Jiang Ning instinctively felt this guy was up to something!
Xin Yang was Gu Lanli’s childhood friend, quite handsome, rich family, just not too smart.
Looked pretty dumb.
One minute before the exam ended, Su Wanyuan also handed in her paper.
Seeing Jiang Ning hand in early, she didn’t take it to heart. Her grades couldn’t beat Xie Jingyan, let alone this academic slacker Jiang Ning?
So she was very confident in this exam.
Once she drove Jiang Ning out of Ninth Middle School, no one would harass Xie Jingyan anymore. This could be considered her first step in seeking his forgiveness.
Five minutes later, under the review of five teachers in turn, the two papers were graded.
Old Li held the papers with a heavy heart.
“Teacher, how did they do? Who won?”
Old Li subconsciously glanced at Su Wanyuan.
Everyone immediately understood.
Su Wanyuan showed a confident smile.
The Director of Studies held a teaching pointer in hand and instructed: “Announce the grades.”
“Su Wanyuan, 111 points.”
Su Wanyuan wasn’t too disappointed; competition questions were inherently difficult.
This one was even the essence of all the question setters, bound to be harder, and with a total of 120 points, 111 was already very satisfying for Su Wanyuan.
Old Li looked at Jiang Ning’s paper again.
Unlike these teachers who looked ashen-faced, the surrounding students were full of expectant gazes.
Old Li gritted his teeth and announced: “Jiang Ning, 113 points.”
Everyone present was petrified; the shock in their eyes was evident. Jiang Ning won? This world was so fantastical!
Tested the waters, baby, remember to vote. Whether it advances relates to whether the author continues writing this book~
