Reminder: This chapter takes place in their previous lives.
May 2016, Start of Summer.
Weather: overcast.
Yuzhou No. 4 High School, Senior Year Class 8, third period in the afternoon, self-study class.
Inside the classroom, textbooks and test papers were piled high on the desks. The students had their heads buried in the sea of books. The second hand on the clock hanging on the wall spun rapidly, while the back blackboard displayed a reminder: 32 days until the college entrance exams.
Four Great Connected Seats.
A dark-skinned boy with a slightly roguish handsomeness raised his arm and lightly nudged Jiang Ning on his left with his elbow. An awkwardness mixed into his smile. "Ning Ge, got any money? Lend me fifty."
Jiang Ning looked away from his phone screen, puzzled. "Nan Bro, going to an internet café?"
Ma Shicheng, beside them, said, "Don't lend it to him, Ning Ge. What internet café? He's definitely throwing it away on a girl."
Guo Kunnan argued, "I'm pursuing my junior schoolmate. How is that throwing money away?"
Jiang Ning countered, "Is there a difference?"
Guo Kunnan: "Fuck!"
Ma Shicheng said, "Ever since Ning Ge stopped chasing Shen Qing'e, he's been talking a lot tougher."
Jiang Ning's expression flickered unnaturally. Shen Qing'e already had someone new now. After blow after blow, he had long since lost his spirit.
Ma Shicheng caught the subtle change in Jiang Ning's expression and realized he had said the wrong thing. He simply patted Jiang Ning on the shoulder. "It's fine. The next one will be better."
Guo Kunnan sighed and changed the subject. "Hey, did you guys know? Xue Yuantong from our old Class 8 hasn't come to school since what happened that day."
Ma Shicheng's expression turned a little strange. "I heard the