Monday morning, during the long break.
With nothing better to do, Jiang Ning played a little game with Xue Yuantong: spinning textbooks.
Spinning a book meant balancing a textbook on one fingertip and making it rotate.
If done well, it was quite entertaining to watch. It usually took practice to master.
Jiang Ning picked up a textbook and gave it a light flick. The book began spinning on his fingertip. He had not even used Spiritual Energy; relying solely on his control over his body, he did it with ease.
Xue Yuantong stared at the spinning book in surprise. She had only dared challenge Jiang Ning because she thought he did not know how to do it.
Jiang Ning lightly flicked with the pad of his finger, sending the spinning textbook onto the desk. "Your turn."
After hearing that, Xue Yuantong slowly picked up her textbook.
"Do you know how to spin one?" Jiang Ning challenged.
Xue Yuantong immediately placed the book in front of herself. "Heh, something this easy? Piece of cake."
There was no way she could actually spin it, but Xue Yuantong had never been one to admit defeat.
Just as she was about to come up with an excuse to back out, Jiang Ning spoke first. "Didn't eat enough breakfast today? No strength, no energy, so it's affecting your performance?"
After saying that, he looked at Xue Yuantong with a faintly amused smile.
Damn it, he understood me that well!
Xue Yuantong was panicking inside. Her unfathomable wisdom had actually been glimpsed, if only the tip of the iceberg, by that cunning Jiang Ning.
Though flustered, when it came to making excuses, no one in the world could compete with her.
"Hmph, you guessed wrong. My nails are a little too long. They'll definitely scrape up