So Exhausting (2)

If it were really important, that would be fine. But when his bones were finally collected, this young warrior silently took off the jade pendant and put it back into his coffin!

This meant it was not that rare…

But in this life, where did he get this piece?

“My mom left it in her jewelry box.” When Qin Yuan gave it to him, the two were in his home gym, completing their sandbag practice and collapsing together on a mat on the floor.

“It’s an ancestral heirloom from her family and said to have been passed down for several generations. When pregnant with me, she chuckled and said to my father that if she had a daughter, it would be left to the daughter as a dowry. If a son were born, then it would be passed on to the daughter-in-law in the future.”

“Fuck… Why did you give it to me then?” Ruan Qingmu asked with resentment as he lay on the mat, his head and face covered in sweat while panting heavily.

“You’re my wife.” At that moment, Qin Yuan quickly rolled over and blocked his discontent with a soft kiss, only releasing him for a long time as he softened into a puddle of spring water, smiling from the corners of his eyes.

Seeing him pounce back threateningly, Qin Yuan did not resist, allowing him to flip over and climb on top of him, looking at him silently with a pair of phoenix eyes. “I can also be your wife. In short, you should keep the jade pendant.”

***

As the bell in the exam room rang, the last science exam finally ended. Many students still scrambled to finish up, trying to get as much down as possible.

After Ruan Qingmu slowly handed in his test paper, Huang Ya nervously grabbed him. “Ruan-ge, what’s your answer to the second last question in physics just now?”

Ruan Qingmu shook his head. “Don’t ask me. My physics grades are only average.”

“It’s nowhere near average. Hehe. Didn’t you place in the top three during the last monthly exam for physics?!”

Next to him, Bai Jing reached out and patted Huang Ya with a somber expression. “Dear, let the past be bygones. Move forward and don’t look back.”

Ruan Qingmu retrieved his phone from the school bag he had handed over and opened it to see that a message had already arrived.

“Let’s eat hotpot to celebrate liberation after the exam tonight. They’ve gone to line up. You guys can come directly.”

The corners of Ruan Qingmu’s mouth slightly curled as he waved at Huang Ya and the others who were still going over their answers. “Let’s head to the cafeteria now.”

The light snow outside was getting heavier. After the last exam, regardless of how well they did, everyone’s tense nerves slightly relaxed. The way to the cafeteria flooded with hungry students while some people were cupping cold snow and shoving it coldly into others’ necks.

Shrieks and laughter scattered along the way, accompanied by snowflakes drifting in the dusky sky.

The Class 1 students had already taken their seats when they entered the cafeteria. Fu Songhua was queuing at the hotpot window with a few other boys.

The food quality in Experimental No. 3’s cafeteria was only average. Still, it had a few popular signature dishes that were slightly more remarkable such as sweet and sour short ribs and braised pork dumplings. However, in the winter, the availability of the hotpot was limited, so they had to line up in order to reserve themselves a hotpot.

Ruan Qingmu walked over to Qin Yuan and sat beside him naturally, stretching his back. “Haaa– After sitting for two days, my waist is almost sore.”

Qin Yuan quietly handed out the small bowls he had taken to everyone one by one, looked at him, and said softly, “Apply a hot water bottle on it when you return to the dorm tonight.”

Ruan Qingmu squinted at him and his eyes appeared slightly odd.

Who would apply it? How? After applying it, he probably still needed to rub it several times. Laying in such a small, cramped space, he would probably get a sprained waist.

A boy from Class 1 came over and asked, “Ruan-ge, how did you do on the exam?”

Huang Ya rushed to say, “He must’ve done well. Our Ruan-ge had a beautiful smile on his face on the way here.”

Ruan Qingmu shook his head. “At the same time, I feel that I’m improving less and less every time.”

The boy from Class 1 grimaced. “Ruan-ge, give us some way out.  The people in our honor class hover between life and death to maintain our rank. You’re like a dagger inserted into our class. How do you want to rise again?”

Nominally, they were free to enter and leave the honor class, but as long as they didn’t regress tremendously, the teachers wouldn’t kick them out easily. Whenever someone fell slightly behind, they would inevitably have a heart-to-heart talk, a lecture, and an invitation to their parents, in a desperate attempt to pull them back.

However, if someone really improved to the top 100 as long as they applied, they could basically be transferred to a different class. In the previous year, four or five students who improved their grades were placed in the honors class, but only one person whose ranking was already within 100 never entered.

This time it happened to be Class 9’s sports representative Boss Ruan.