"Who would have thought we’re the top in the science Olympic level, and people from Class Zero would voluntarily drop down? Anyone with a normal brain would only choose our class." "People dropping from Class Zero can only go to Group Eleven, right?" Jiang Nian asked. Class Three has a total of seventy-one students, including one taking a break right at the start of the term, and another self-studying at home from September onward. Aside from these two special cases, they were not part of the class before Jiang Nian’s promotion. Class Three has always had a stable count of sixty-nine students, divided into eleven study groups, with the extra three students joining Group Eleven. Adding one more, we could make a...new! Group Twelve. "Wrong, that’s the second piece of news I wanted to share." Yao Beibei flashed a smile like Anya’s again. At the same time, she lowered her voice. "You two, don’t spill this, someone in our class is being transferred. Not moving up, just swapping directly with someone dropping from Class Zero." "...Who?" Huang Fang’s pupils dilated, and she was breathing a bit faster. "Without exams, swapping directly?" Class Zero at Zhenan Middle School is the highest academy, including teaching resources and living aspects, essentially the whole school supports it exclusively. Dormitory students at Class Zero enjoy double rooms with private refrigerators, washing machines, and bathrooms. Needy students not only have their tuition completely waived, but their living expenses are mostly covered by scholarships, bonuses, and meal card subsidies. This is the treatment Huang Fang dreams about, it sounds cost-effective. Unfortunately, the path of ascent has never been open, and the promotion exams are only for levels below the Olympic Layer, there’s a limit even for commoners. As a result, she found out someone in the class could directly "swap" into Class Zero. In a flash, Emperor Fangfang’s worldview was shattered. "Ahem, who else could it be." Yao Beibei curved her lips slightly, not stringing them along, "Yu Tongjie, who could surpass him." "He’s probably swapping today, just wait and see." Upon hearing this, the bewildered Huang Fang instinctively asked, Yao Beibei was about to speak, but Jiang Nian interrupted her. "Because at the latest by Tuesday, the Chinese score will be out. Once the total score ranking for the joint examination is out, swapping classes might spark controversy." Jiang Nian paused again while speaking. "Apparently, Master Yu from byd didn’t perform well this time in the joint exam." Yao Beibei elbowed him, dissatisfied. "Ladies are present, boys below, stop the vulgar language." Jiang Nian’s face immediately looked a bit awkward, and he quickly admitted his fault. "I forgot Fangfang was listening, my bad, my bad." Yao Beibei exploded in anger, gritting her teeth. Jiang Nian was silent for a moment at her response, "Honestly, I have never been sure, bro, if you have the thing or not." "Jiang..... Nian!" Yao Beibei directly punched him twice hard on his arm, "I’m going to tell Zhizhi." "Go ahead." Jiang Nian had an unconcerned look. Only people who are inconsistent inside and out fear their image collapsing, but he is a gentleman who practices what he preaches. As for Yao Beibei, she’s useless. Pair her with Li Hua at the same table. Near the start of the morning reading session. Zhang Ningzhi came in full of energy, placing her school bag down beside her seat. The spirited girl gave a bright smile and greeted her group. "Good morning (in a funny voice)." Jiang Nian mimicked with a voice. With a loud thud, Zhang Ningzhi, blushing, launched a heavy punch, showing a look of disdain in her eyes. "Good....." Jiang Nian tried to mimic a lazy tone. "You copycat, I’m really getting mad!" Zhang Ningzhi bit her lower lip, glaring at him angrily, "Why are you so annoying!" "Alright, I won’t mimic anymore." Jiang Nian slid down in submission at lightning speed. A few minutes later, Li Hua also entered the classroom with a bag, but his face didn’t look too good. "Chi Shi, Chi Shi, what bad luck this morning, I took a fall." Jiang Nian turned a page of the comic Azhu, asking casually, Two-thirds of the people in class had arrived, and it was bustling before the morning reading. The reverberations of the joint exam hadn’t died away, with some still discussing the exam questions. "Don’t mention it, I ran into an idiot on a bike." Li Hua sighed, "Almost got hit, thankfully I reacted fast, only fell once." "Tsk tsk, I sympathize for a second." Jiang Nian shook his head, then shared the new information Yao Beibei brought with the two at the same table. Zhang Ningzhi didn’t react much, only responding with an ’Oh.’ You really can’t trust a woman’s words, she promised not to be mad! "Yu Tongjie is a real idiot, but it’s good he’s leaving." Li Hua cursed, then patted the dust off his dirty pants. He then began to madly fantasize whether the new student could be the beauty Yunyun. "Nian, what if the person from Class Zero coming down is a loli, how should I quickly introduce myself to break the ice?" "Huh?" Li Hua looked speechless, "Seriously, do you have any suggestions?" Jiang Nian glanced at him, "Hmm? Didn’t I just tell you?" "What did you say?" Li Hua looked baffled, doubting if he was losing it, "You clearly didn’t say anything." "You son of a—" Jiang Nian repeated. Upon hearing, Li Hua was dumbfounded. "Damn! You greet a girl for the first time with... you son of a—?" "Who said it was a girl, it might be a guy." Jiang Nian chuckled, "A bearded round face comes in, and you’ll be honest." Li Hua thought of the image Jiang Nian described, immediately shivered. "You son of a—" Jiang Nian retorted back. For the next fifty minutes, the two fell into an endless loop, cursing each other throughout the morning reading, their voices rising and falling. As the morning reading bell rang, many in the class slumped forward immediately. "You son of a—" Li Hua rubbed his throat, which had started to hurt, "Forget it, I’m going to buy something to drink." Saying that, he left the iron throne of Group Six. The king goes to drink water. Jiang Nian rubbed his throat, thankfully it wasn’t too painful. Busy cursing Li Hua back, although it wasted time, it was worth it. He gleefully unscrewed his thermos, poured it into a small glass Zhang Ningzhi had given him, and happily blew a breath of white steam. "Eh, Little Li Hua, useless thing." Zhang Ningzhi sighed beside him, rolling her eyes at him. "You guys are really boring." After saying that, she also slumped down to catch some sleep. Before doing so, she deliberately tucked her thermos into her desk. He felt that Zhang Ningzhi might have some weird misunderstanding about him. Never mind, tranquility and peace.... Before that thought could even form, Jiang Nian’s mind suddenly dinged, and a semi-transparent task panel popped up. [At thirty-eight, you’re standing at a crossroads in life. You had a pleasant date with your ex-girlfriend Song Xiyun, yet you know nothing about Song Xiyun’s illness. As you looked at her increasingly thin face, in clean but old clothes, you recalled her goodness and felt increasingly guilty. Thus, you decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with her. Task: Find out Song Xiyun’s illness. Reward: Skill: Lottery Winning (Refreshes every five days)] After reading the task, Jiang Nian couldn’t help but be drawn to the reward. Song Xiyun’s illness isn’t urgent, diagnosed later around college graduation, everything currently normal. Moreover, he had ruled out her illness twice using validation. It’s neither congenital nor organ failure. In a few days, once the [Validation] cooldown is over. He would carefully question Song Xiyun once, then try again with a narrowed scope. Basically, it’s already somewhat clear what the illness could be. Since it would occur in the future, just spend some money on prevention. The task isn’t hard; the reward is quite interesting. Most likely another minor conceptual skill. Jiang Nian had nearly figured out the pattern by this point. The system’s skills often carry a conceptual aspect, but their actual efficacy is quite limited, requiring him to discover their use slowly. With Lottery Winning, his first thought was trying his luck on small lotteries. Can’t win big money, but should snag a few thousand or tens of thousands in small winnings. Lotto wins would be great, even the thirty-thousand savings can’t handle extravagant spending. "Ding dong! Students, it’s time for class...." The preparatory bell rang. Jiang Nian suppressed his excitement and took out his English test paper.