Chapter 36 Gift "Five years of college entrance exams and three years of simulations, thank you. ...

Yu Xiang concentrated on recalling and soon remembered it.

...It seemed like it was the third night after their cold war. Knowing he was in the wrong, he ran into Jiang Ci who was returning from cram school as soon as he went out. Then he closed his eyes and gave him a bear hug, crying and admitting his mistake.

He even remembered that he was crying so hard that his eyes were blurry. The clothes that Jiang Ci had worn all day long and were clean and fragrant were now stained in a large area.

When I think back on it now, I feel dizzy and the past is too painful to recall.

This memory should have been naturally buried in the long river of his memory because it was too shameful, but now it was brought back to life by Jiang Ci's words.

As more details were recalled one after another, the expression on Yu Xiang's face became more and more wonderful. His eyes wandered around and finally met Jiang Ci's eyes where a smile gradually appeared.

Their eyes met, and they knew they were thinking the same thing without even needing to confirm it with words.

"How is it? Did you remember?" Although Jiang Ci tried very hard to suppress his smile, the two-pixel upward corners of his mouth still betrayed him.

You know the answer but still ask!

Yu Xiang snorted coldly, squeezing out a few words from between his teeth: "Don't even think about it."

This guy did it 100% on purpose. He wasn't angry at all. He just set a trap for him to fall into. It was extremely despicable.

"I now have reasonable doubts about the existence of the so-called second half of your sentence." After realizing Jiang Ci's bad taste, Yu Xiang quickly regained his confidence and questioned.

"It does exist." Jiang Ci stopped trying to piss him off, knowing he was ahead. "You just said you thought you'd be a major failure in Teacher Fan's teaching career. I don't think so."

"You won't be a failure, you'll be a miracle."

Jiang Ci said this without any amusement or hesitation, he meant it from the bottom of his heart.

"You..." These words stunned Yu Xiang, and he couldn't recover for a long time.

"Of course, provided you work hard enough in the remaining time." Jiang Ci said as he pulled out a workbook like a magic trick and thrust it in front of Yu Xiang. "One of my birthday gifts. You can use it right now, so I'm giving it to you in advance."

The scene changed so quickly that Yu Xiang didn't even have time to fully recover from the emotion when he was hit in the face by the oncoming exercise book. His expression froze instantly: "..."

"What the hell?" Yu Xiang, expressionless, pulled a little further away from the workbook cover. He could clearly see the words on it, and his expression became even more numb. "Five years of college entrance exams and three years of simulations. Thank you."

"Pfft." Wang Sitian, who had witnessed the entire incident, could no longer pretend to be calm and couldn't help laughing out loud, "So all that sentimentality just now was just a prelude, hahahaha——"

"What? Is that so?" Yu Xiang's brows suddenly raised, and he said unhappily, "I'm actually touched for a moment."

"Although it's just a prelude, it's sincere. Your gratitude is not in vain." Jiang Ci explained calmly.

Yu Xiang: “…”

"Wait, you just said it was one of the birthday gifts." Yu Xiang suddenly thought of something and glanced at the exercise book in his hand again - the atmosphere just now was so perfect, this one must be math, so...

"You didn't buy a whole set, did you?" Yu Xiang asked this soul-stirring question in a trembling voice.

If he really bought a whole set of 53 as a birthday gift, it would be a thousand times more terrifying than Zhang Miao's boast of giving a helmet.

The main reason was that he felt that Jiang Ci might really be capable of doing such a thing.

After all, although Jiang Ci is good at everything, his aesthetic sense when it comes to gift-giving has always been confusing. For example, last year—

Although he and Jiang Ci didn't get along well last year, on Yu Xiang's birthday, Jiang Ci still asked Chen Xiaomei to send him a birthday present.

It was a cake with an extremely ugly shape, so ugly that it shattered one's three views and made one lose all appetite. Yu Xiang couldn't understand where on earth this person could buy such an outrageous cake. He even suspected that Guo Jiangci was doing it on purpose to piss him off.

However, Ms. Chen Xiaomie put a very thick filter on Jiang Ci at that time, insisting that this was a kind of abstract beauty, and asked him not to waste other people's kindness and to eat it well.

Fortunately, although the cake looked ugly, it tasted surprisingly good.

"You want the whole set?" Jiang Ci blinked, a sly look flashing in his eyes. "Then I'll go buy the rest."

"No, you misunderstood. I don't want it, and you must not buy it. If you dare to buy it, I will sell it as scrap." Yu Xiang was afraid that he would really do that, and his face turned pale with fright.

"All right."

The topic finally came to an end with the ringing of the preparatory bell, and Yu Xiang had no idea what the remaining gift from Jiang Ci was.

He didn't know the answer until his birthday.

"This is... your Walkman?" Yu Xiang held the familiar gadget in both hands, recognizing it as the one Jiang Ci usually used. "Do you want to get a new one?"

Jiang Ci's eyebrows twitched when he heard this. He hesitated for a moment before finally saying helplessly, "How low is your EQ to think you're giving me the old one because I want a new one?"

Yu Xiang's confusion deepened upon hearing this: "Why is that?"

As soon as Jiang Ci saw Yu Xiang's confused look, he knew that this person really didn't understand what he meant at all, so he continued, "This is a talisman for you to take the exam. Don't worship me before the exam anymore."

When he said that, Yu Xiang understood instantly.

This all started over a month ago. Someone, I don't know who started it, but the class started to have a craze for "worshipping the God of Study before the exam." Perhaps it was a bit of a metaphysical thing, but after that, many students in the class performed exceptionally well on the exam.

So after that, there were always people coming to pay their respects to him for every exam, big or small. Although Jiang Ci was helpless, those people did not affect his normal studies, so he just turned a blind eye and acquiesced.

Yu Xiang, on the other hand, held the attitude of "it's better to believe it than not to believe it", and before the exam, he would jokingly ask Jiang Ci to give him some of his test strength.

"Then don't you have to give one to the whole class?" Yu Xiang pondered for a while and asked seriously.

Jiang Ci no longer had any hope for Yu Xiang's emotional intelligence: "I only have one."

This time, Yu Xiang finally realized the key point, and his eyes lit up: "So I'm the only one who has it?"

Jiang Ci nodded: "Yeah."

"Thank you. I feel incredibly strong now." Yu Xiang put away his Walkman contentedly and said with a smile, "This should be more effective than worshipping the God of Learning, right?"

"Of course." Jiang Ci's eyebrows curved, "Happy birthday."

"Wow, what an exquisite gift bag! Sanshui, who are you confessing to?" A joking male voice sounded from not far away.

"Get lost, you're so vulgar! Who says giving gifts on May 20th is a confession of love? Today is Yu Ge's birthday!" Zhang Miao cursed back with a sneer, and quickly rushed over to Yu Xiang and stuffed the gift bag into his arms. "Happy birthday, Yu Ge!"

Following closely behind was Fang Chengyu: "Happy birthday, Brother Yu, remember to check your game mailbox for your birthday present!"

"What?! Today is Yu Xiang's birthday?"

"Happy birthday!"

Zhang Miao's shout just now successfully attracted a large group of people. In a moment, many people in the class gathered around him, making Yu Xiang so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

But there was definitely no crack in the ground, so he could only glance at the culprit with resentment: "Sanshui, can't you be more low-key?"

"Ahahaha, sorry, Brother Yu, I spoke too quickly..." Zhang Miao rubbed his hands guiltily, "I'll be more careful next time."

Yu Xiang: "Will there be a next time?"

Zhang Miao immediately stood at attention: "There won't be a next time!"

Because of this little episode, the news that it was Yu Xiang's birthday became known to the whole class, so his desk was piled with various gifts that day - due to limited resources, everyone basically bought snacks, which filled the table. In the end, there was no more room, so they could only pile them on Jiang Ci's desk.

"We're screwed now. How are we supposed to return the favor?" Yu Xiang couldn't persuade them, so he accepted the gift while thanking them. "This is tough."

"Well, just give them back when you get a chance. If that doesn't work, buy some snacks for everyone during the sports meet." Zhang Miao, who had come to help Yu Xiang sort out the gifts, offered him some advice. "These are all thoughtful gifts from everyone... How did these pink pieces of paper get in here? Who stuffed them?"

"What pink?" Fang Chengyu came closer curiously.

"What kind of letter paper? Let me see it?" Yu Xiang became excited when he heard it.

"How about we open it secretly and take a look?" Zhang Miao kept winking at Yu Xiang, and when he looked up, he met Jiang Ci's eyes.

The cold look in his eyes made him shrink his neck and he dared not encourage her anymore.

"Forget it, it's very rude." Yu Xiang took the envelopes from Zhang Miao and casually tucked them into a book. "If anyone wants to read it, I'll have to read it myself."

"Okay." Zhang Miao naturally knew that this was an immoral act, so he did not insist, nor did he dare to insist.

"You received a lot of gifts?" A deep and powerful male voice came from above their heads without warning, shocking them all.

They were extremely familiar with this voice and knew who it was without even looking - it was their elusive class teacher Lei Wanquan.

Yu Xiang silently thanked his lucky stars that he had already stuffed the envelopes into the book.

They turned their heads and saw Lei Wanquan with his hands behind his back, scanning the desks of Yu Xiang and Jiang Ci with a scrutinizing look.

That day happened to be May 20th, a good day to catch premature love, and many couples who were not low-key enough had unfortunately been caught.

"Lei..." Zhang Miao almost blurted out the name "Thunder God" but luckily he stopped himself in time. "Teacher Lei, today is Yu Xiang's birthday. These are birthday gifts from my classmates."

Lei Wanquan narrowed his eyes, obviously skeptical of this statement, and then looked at Jiang Ci: "Is that so?"

Jiang Ci remained calm and said frankly, "That's the teacher. You can check his student records."

His words were very convincing the moment they came out. Coupled with the fact that Lei Wanquan already had an inexplicable trust in him, he was already 80% convinced by now, and even smiled at Yu Xiang: "Happy birthday."

"Thank you, teacher." Yu Xiang thanked him politely.

"You have made great progress recently. Keep up the good work." Lei Wanquan nodded slightly to encourage him, then walked past them and stopped beside Ning Anyan's seat.

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