"Go back and get some rest. Study hard. You're the only one in the entire Seventh High School who got into university. You're the pride of the whole school now. Don't end up like us. We have no future. After Zhang Wei dropped out, he could only haul bricks at construction sites. I can only scrape by doing odd jobs. Wang Shanshan is at home raising a child now."
Yang Jian walked Miao Xiaoshan to the school gates and spoke earnestly.
"Are you praising me or making fun of me?" Miao Xiaoshan burst out laughing.
"Of course I'm praising you. You got into J City University—how could that be making fun of you? If I took the college entrance exam, I definitely wouldn't make it. Maybe I'd have a chance after repeating a year," Yang Jian said.
Miao Xiaoshan rolled her eyes at him. "You're already in charge of an entire Dachang City. Does studying still mean anything to you?"
"That's different. The joy of swimming through the sea of knowledge is something us evil little capitalists can't experience," Yang Jian said.
"Alright, alright, I get it. I'll study hard. Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about yourself." Miao Xiaoshan spoke with some concern. "Try not to get involved with dangerous things so often. Living well is more important than anything. We both got our lives back by luck, so we should cherish them."
"Of course. I've always been afraid of death," Yang Jian said.
Soon, after seeing Miao Xiaoshan off, he left as well.
He did not want someone as abnormal as himself intruding on Miao Xiaoshan's normal life, so keeping his distance was necessary. Otherwise, if they grew too close, he might drag her into something one day.
That night.
Yang Jian returned to Ping An