Chapter 87
After two days of hellish review, Jiang Nuo had his first exam on Monday morning, "International Economics." He felt he had performed well and should have scored 60 points. The afternoon was an open-book exam, but he answered every question fully without leaving any blank lines.
There was also a big question worth 20 points that Gu Jiangkuo guessed correctly, so there shouldn't be any problem.
But the exam week had just begun, and there were 9 other courses lined up, so they still couldn't let their guard down. So after finishing the second exam in the afternoon, the two decided to go straight to the study room.
"The schoolbag is quite heavy, give it to me." Gu Jiangkuo followed closely behind Jiang Nuo.
"Oh." Jiang Nuo handed the backpack containing only a professional book and a pencil case to Gu Jiangkuo, and ignored his attempt to hold his hand.
Ever since she accidentally bumped Young Master Jiang the day before yesterday, Jiang Nuo had been trying to avoid physical contact with him. Two days had passed and she still hadn't recovered. Gu Jiangkuo quickly caught up with her and whispered, "Nuonuo, I know I was wrong."
"No, it's not your fault," Jiang Nuo said, feeling his tailbone tighten at the thought. "But let me take it easy. Give me some time to accept it."
Gu Jiangkuo was a little confused, but he also sensed that this "acceptance" might be related to his own welfare, and actually wanted to use this topic to have a deeper discussion.
But there were several classmates who had just come out of the examination room, and they were not allowed to talk in whispers.
"Class monitor! Jiang Nuo! How did you do in the exam?" The enthusiastic boy with glasses and the boy with big buck teeth also chased out together.
When they met their classmates, Jiang Nuo felt even more embarrassed to hold hands, so Gu Jiangkuo had to suppress his thoughts and exchanged a few words with the two classmates.
The boy with big buck teeth said, "Are you guys going to review? Let's go to the library together."
Gu Jiangkuo: "We didn't reserve a seat."
The library seats are very tight at the end of the semester, and you need to line up early in the morning. The library opens at 7 o'clock, and usually the line has already stretched past the bathroom just after 6 o'clock.
However, people flock here naturally because the environment is better. Unlike in a study room, you don't have to follow the classroom schedule. You can move to another place after studying and study until closing time. There is air conditioning and more heating. There are vending machines on each floor, as well as free hot water and plenty of power sockets for using laptops.
The only drawback is that it is difficult to get a seat. If you reserve a seat for a long time and no one comes, the administrator will ruthlessly take away the thing you used to reserve the seat.
"Don't worry, we have informants in the museum. We just received news that two seats on that floor have been taken away by an old man. If you go there, I will ask them to reserve the seats in person!" said the boy with glasses.
"Okay then, thank you." If given a choice, Jiang Nuo would naturally be willing to go to a place with better conditions to review.
"Hey, Jiang Nuo, are you really the CEO of the group?" the man with glasses asked admiringly, "That's awesome."
Jiang Nuo said modestly: "It's nothing, it's just a family business, I just inherited it."
"Fuck, that guy is also an expert at reincarnation!" said Big Teeth.
Gu Jiangkuo frowned and glanced at Big Teeth. Big Teeth immediately fell silent, scratching his head and apologizing: "I'm sorry, I've never met a rich man before, and I'm a little excited."
It can be seen that Gu Jiangkuo is a good class monitor, but Jiang Nuo is not bad either. He has seen too many people who approach him with impure intentions and try to curry favor with him. He knows how to interact with people from different classes appropriately. What's more, these two classmates have no intentions and are just simply enthusiastic.
Gu Jiangkuo becomes silent when facing others, which is why many people think he is aloof. But Jiang Nuo is different. As long as he is willing, he can chat with anyone. He can negotiate with entrepreneurs in their forties without losing the upper hand, and he can also get along well with fresh-faced college students.
This is probably what is called 'backward compatibility'.
Gu Jiangkuo always couldn't help but follow Jiang Nuo with his eyes. It was like this when Jiang was the boss and everyone was the center of attention in the group. It was still like this now when he was mixed up with a group of young men of similar age.
Gu Jiangkuo thought, although he was attracted to Nuonuo at first sight, what he liked was far more than his appearance, not only his exquisite and handsome face, but also not only his slender and voluptuous figure... His thoughts were undisciplined, so Gu Jiangkuo stopped quickly.
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Big Teeth and Glasses led them to the agreed-upon seat. The two boys who had reserved seats saw them from afar and stood up to wave. When they passed by, they packed up their books and complained in a low voice, "Why are you here so late? We almost got recognized by the administrator! Come on, sit down! We're leaving!"
Jiang Nuo thanked them, but saw a copy of Gardner's History of Art on the table. He called out to them softly, "You forgot a book!"
The two boys turned back and whispered, "Isn't this ours?"
Big Teeth flipped open the title page and saw a name written on it. He couldn't help but read it out loud, "Xu Jiasi, is this the student who reserved a seat last time but didn't show up? The administrator probably forgot it when he collected the books. It's okay, just leave it here. The person will definitely come back to get it."
You can't talk in the library, so a few people whispered these things in low voices, feeling a little embarrassed. After explaining, they hurried away.
Jiang Nuo and Gu Jiangkuo were left alone, holding the book and looking at each other.
It's such a small world to be able to meet acquaintances here.
Jiang Nuo's impression of Xu Jiasi originated from his previous life. This person was the first person that Ding Pingzhou had cheated with that Jiang Nuo knew of. In the previous life, he had deliberately run to Jiang Nuo to show off. Gu Jiangkuo's impression of this person was that Xu Jiasi pursued him fiercely during military training.
At that time, Young Master Jiang came to the camp to visit him and happened to see him righteously rejecting Xu Jiasi.
Gu Jiangkuo still feels a little proud about that incident.
He actually hoped Xu Jiasi would come over and get the book. If Xu continued to pester her, could he show off in front of Nuonuo again? Perhaps that would calm Nuonuo down and make her stop rejecting him.
However, Xu Jiasi did not show up until the museum closed.
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Xu Jiasi is already facing the possibility of being persuaded to withdraw.
He was an art student on exchange at Yanlin University, and art students' cultural exams were to be taken a week earlier than those of students from other colleges, so the results were already out.
It turned out that Xu Jiasi was not a good student. He barely got into a second-tier university by relying on miscellaneous extra points. It was only because of Ding Pingzhou that he got the opportunity to come to Yanlin University for exchange and gilding.
He originally wanted to rely on Ding Pingzhou's relationship to successfully obtain Yanlin's degree certificate - Ding Pingzhou had promised him that he didn't have to worry about exams or anything like that, and if he failed a subject, he just had to give him a heads up.
But not long after Xu Jiasi entered school, Ding Pingzhou inexplicably changed his attitude. Not only did he not treat him as sweetly as before, he even didn't bother to contact him, and he was only thinking about Jiang Nuo.
Xu Jiasi was left alone for a whole semester. With his foundation, he could not keep up with Yan Lin's courses at all. As expected, he failed seven courses at the end of the semester.
"Xu Jiasi, it's no use begging us. If you have that time, you'd better study for the make-up exam. You can't beg for grades."
Xu Jiasi's eyes were swollen from crying. "Teacher, please, I beg you. I heard the make-up exam is even harder. I'm sure I won't pass it."
"It seems that your foundation is too weak and may not be suitable for Yanlin's fast pace. Why not give up?"
"Teacher, do you want me to drop out of school?"
"Just let you go back to your original school."
"I'm an exchange student. If my grades don't meet the requirements, I won't be able to graduate from either university. I won't even be able to get my diploma from my second-tier university! My life will be over! Teachers, please help me!"
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Finally, Xu Jiasi left the teacher's office in a daze, sniffed his nose, and gritted his teeth to call Ding Pingzhou, but the result was a busy tone.
Ding Pingzhou also blocked his new number.
"...No, you took the initiative to get me into a prestigious university, and then you didn't care about me anymore. Ding Pingzhou, if you don't give me an explanation, I won't let you go!"
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The ten-day exam week is finally over!
Jiang Nuo seemed to have lost all his strength, leaning against Gu Jiangkuo like a boneless person, muttering over and over again: "It's finally over! I never thought that the exam would be so difficult!"
After all, he was always a top student when he was in school.
Young Master Jiang loves cleanliness very much and always has a faint fragrance on his body. Gu Jiangkuo quietly lowered his head and sniffed the young master's soft black hair. It was the scent of wild rose and four-leaf clover shampoo.
Sweet and refreshing.
Gu Jiangkuo was reluctant to let him go, so he put his arms around Jiang Nuo's waist, feeling secretly happy: Nuonuo finally agreed to let him touch her!
But he said calmly: "Passing the test is a victory."
"I'm not sure if I can pass the exam yet." Young Master Jiang sighed and raised his head again, "When will the results be released?"
"They will all be out before the 17th." Gu Jiangkuo looked at Jiang Nuo's thick black eyelashes that looked like small fans, and his throat rolled silently. "We will officially be on vacation on the 17th."
"Yeah." Jiang Nuo got up from Gu Jiangkuo and stretched a little. "Let's go, get in the car, and go home."
All the exams are over and there are no classes in the last week. I just have to wait for the results, so it doesn’t matter if I don’t stay in school. Theoretically, from today, Gu Jiangkuo’s winter vacation can start early. He doesn’t have to run back and forth anymore and can live in Jiang Nuo’s villa with peace of mind.
No conversation along the way.
The two of them returned home just in time for dinner that day.
Aunt Mei had already prepared dinner and was waiting for them. When she saw Jiang Nuo, she immediately said distressedly: "Young Master has lost weight. Alas, Young Master has never suffered from hardship since he was a child. He must not be able to adapt to living in the school for so long. He must not be used to the school food."
Jiang Nuo laughed and said, "How can it be so exaggerated? Dajiang, have I lost weight?"
——Since that day, after being hit, Young Master Jiang followed his grandmother's way of calling Gu Jiangkuo by his nickname "Gu Dajiang".
Gu Jiangkuo heard the teasing in the words and his ears turned red. Fortunately, his skin was dark, so most people couldn't see the clues. He said honestly, "I didn't feel that way."
Nuonuo looks thin, but when she sits in my arms, I can feel that she has meat where it should be.
Aunt Mei: "You two are together every day, so you definitely can't tell. Come on, go wash your hands. We're ready for dinner! I made some extra today to nourish you."
Only when he sat down at the dinner table did Jiang Nuo realize belatedly what "bu bu" meant.
He had already learned that Gu Jiangkuo was not injured, but the news had not yet been synchronized to Aunt Mei. Aunt Mei still prepared a table full of the "medicinal food menu" that Young Master Jiang had prepared before.
...This cannot be made up again!
However, Gu Jiangkuo was very strong and had a big appetite. While Jiang Nuo was struggling, he had already finished half a bowl of rice.
Young Master Jiang's hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.
Forget it. I must remind Aunt Mei to change the menu tomorrow.
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But Gu Jiangkuo didn't need to eat the next morning.
Today is the day he has an appointment for a physical examination.
The Jiang Group has booked a ten-day physical examination package at Yanlin First Hospital, from January 5th to January 15th. Employees can make appointments in advance and go to the hospital for examinations according to their needs.
Gu Jiangkuo calculated the day after the exam and made an appointment for that day - President Jiang naturally did not need to compete with employees for company benefits. He would invite experts from tertiary hospitals every year to go to private hospitals for VIP physical examinations, but the time was quite far away, in June or July, otherwise he would definitely bring Gu Jiangkuo along.
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Gu Jiangkuo got up before it was fully light. Before leaving, he tiptoed to the master bedroom next door, gave Young Master Jiang a silent good morning kiss on the cheek, and then quietly left. Then he went downstairs and drove to the hospital.
Gu Jiangkuo's plan was to be among the first group to finish the examination so that he could maybe make it home in time to send Nuonuo to work. However, when he arrived at the hospital, he found that there were already quite a few Jiang employees who had received number plates and were queuing up. They were all middle-aged people. When it came to getting up early, the young people still couldn't compete with them.
There was no choice but to join the queue and line up slowly.
You can't eat or drink before having your blood drawn. Afterward, the medical examination department provides a buffet breakfast. However, the system automatically arranges which procedure to do first and which to do next. Gu Jiangkuo was starving, and every time he passed the blood draw window, he couldn't help but take a look. That's how he noticed a furtive figure lurking near it. He looked a little familiar.
It was not until he was blowing carbon-14 that Gu Jiangkuo suddenly remembered who that person was.
"Gu Jiangkuo, Wang Chao, and Zheng Ya, please go to the blood drawing window." An electronic voice prompt sounded over the radio.
Gu Jiangkuo glanced at the furtive figure again, but said nothing. He rolled up his sleeves as if nothing had happened, revealing his sturdy and strong forearms.
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