Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 292 - 241 Abundant Theoretical Knowledge
Chapter 292: Chapter 241 Abundant Theoretical Knowledge
Chapter 292 -241 Abundant Theoretical Knowledge
April 3.
Thursday.
The exam was set for eight o’clock in the morning.
They didn’t have to attend the early self-study session, so they could go a bit later.
Just as Jiang Ning had observed yesterday, today was a sunny day with a clear blue sky.
Riding a mountain bike on the river dam, accompanied by the fragrance of grass and wildflowers, lightened her mood.
Xue Yuantong was holding a corn cob, sitting on the back seat of the bike, nibbling on it small bite by small bite.
Jiang Ning’s bike was extremely steady, and she didn’t feel any bumps at all. Xue Yuantong had heard in junior high that trains were the most stable form of transportation in the world; even those who got carsick wouldn’t feel it on a train.
Xue Yuantong had never been on a train before, so she didn’t know how stable it was, but in her view, it couldn’t be more stable than Jiang Ning’s mountain bike.
The corn was sweet. If she were at home, she’d definitely take big bites, competing with Jiang Ning to see who could eat faster.
She wanted to take big bites now, because with the steadiness of Jiang Ning’s bike, she wouldn’t choke on it due to any jolts.
But now, on the river dam, there were people exercising early in the morning—middle-aged uncles, old grandfathers, elderly grandmothers, all full of vigor in the company of the morning sun.
Xue Yuantong was in a fantastic mood; sometimes she really liked seeing this kind of lively scene.
Passing an intersection, Xue Yuantong saw an elderly couple intimately helping each other up to the dam below the river dam.
Seeing this scene made Xue Yuantong feel suddenly moved, thinking it was really lovely.
She put down the corn cob and tugged gently on Jiang Ning’s clothes, saying softly,
“Jiang Ning, when we get old, can we be like them too?”
“When you’re old, you’ll definitely not be able to walk. I’ll be the one supporting you,” Xue Yuantong volunteered.
She imagined that when they were old and Jiang Ning could no longer walk, wouldn’t she be able to tease Jiang Ning any way she liked?
But she wasn’t the type to bully the weak. She wouldn’t treat Jiang Ning the way Jiang Ning had teased her last night.
Jiang Ning glanced towards the river dam and said, “Sure.”
“But you might not have noticed, the last time we went to school, we ran into that old man. The old lady with him then wasn’t the same one as now.”
Xue Yuantong’s face looked puzzled.
…
During the period Xue Yuantong was pondering over morality, Jiang Ning arrived at Fourth Middle School on her bike.
Class Eight had fewer people than usual, and white exam seat number slips were posted on the desks.
Most of the students in the classroom had faces unfamiliar to them.
Among the most notable were Dan Kaiquan and Wang Longlong sitting opposite each other at the back row, immersed in their chess game.
Ma Shicheng, on the side, was focused on playing a video game.
Hu Jun and Guo Kunnan were watching the two play chess.
After the game of Chess ended, Wang Longlong narrowly lost.
Dan Kaiquan’s face was full of smiles: “Longlong, your skills are pretty good. With more practice, you have a great future ahead of you.”
He gave Wang Longlong a few pointers, feeling even better. Recently, Dan Kaiquan had taken the chance during his free time to challenge almost half of the students in his class to a game.
He hadn’t lost a single match so far. Seeing Jiang Ning enter from the back door of the classroom, a thought flashed across Dan Kaiquan’s mind. He had achieved a great victory in Chess, which had fostered absolute confidence in him.
Thus, Dan Kaiquan invited, “Jiang Ning, do you want to have a game of Chess?”
As soon as these words came out, Wang Longlong, Guo Kunnan, and others around became interested and looked over.
Even though Jiang Ning was now in the front row, in the eyes of the students in the back row, she still belonged to them.
It was a strange notion, like a sense of belonging.
Just like Miao Zhe, he sat in the back but couldn’t really join in with everyone else; he wasn’t accepted by the group, and no one approached him on ordinary days—he sat there all alone.
Jiang Ning glanced at the clock, there were only fifteen minutes left before the exam, so she refused promptly, “Not today, maybe another time.”
Dan Kaiquan was a bit disappointed; he had thought about winning against Jiang Ning today to flaunt his prowess.
However, after thinking it over, Dan Kaiquan felt it was good not to play now. Time was tight, and since Bai Yuxia wasn’t around, even if he won against Jiang Ning, she wouldn’t see it, so winning the game would be meaningless.
After the game of Chess ended, Wang Longlong slapped his forehead, realizing,
“Brother Ma, we forgot to go to Class One to play video games!”
Before each exam, they used to go ‘desecrate’ the Class One exam venue, but today, he had forgotten because he was playing Chess with Dan Kaiquan.
Wang Longlong felt restless, realizing there wasn’t enough time left to make it now.
Ma Shicheng suggested, “Let’s go this afternoon.”
After hearing this, Dan Kaiquan came up with a bold idea:
“Brother Ma, can you guys take me with you this afternoon?”
He hadn’t been to Class One before and wanted to follow Ma Shicheng and the others to broaden his horizons.
“Sure, if you want to go, just go,” Ma Shicheng felt there was nothing much to it.
Dan Kaiquan then proposed, “How about this, this afternoon we go to Class One to play Chess, what do you guys think?”
He wanted to show off in Class One, preferably by playing Chess with a couple of their students.
Winning in front of everyone against a Class One student.
How cool would that be!
Actually, Dan Kaiquan wanted to go to Class Two, because Bai Yuxia was in exam hall number two, but he hadn’t thought of that just now.
No worries, he’d go perform in Class Two tomorrow.
…
Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong went to Class One, taking seats in the front two rows.
Du Chuan was in the seat number three, eyeing Jiang Ning; this time, he was going to rank second!
At the end of the classroom, the last few seats, Chen Qian sat quietly in his place, also looking at Jiang Ning. This time, he was going to lift his self-imposed restrictions and go wild!
The first subject of the exam was Chinese.
Chen Qian had just received the exam paper, glanced at it briefly, then looked around and murmured:
