Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 265 - 228 Greed

Xue Yuantong immediately placed the book in front of her, “Haha, such a simple task, easily done.”

Spinning was out of the question, but she, Xue Yuantong, was never outdone by anyone.

Just as she was about to make up an excuse, before she could speak, Jiang Ning preempted,

“Is it because you didn’t eat enough breakfast today, lacking energy and state of mind, affecting your performance?”

After saying this, he looked at Xue Yuantong with a smirk.

Damn, he knows me too well!

Xue Yuantong was now in a panic, her profound wisdom peeked at by the cunning Jiang Ning, unveiling just the tip of the iceberg.

Although flustered, when it came to making excuses, no one in the world could compete with her.

“Hmph, you’re wrong. My nails are a bit too long, definitely going to scratch the book, and that wouldn’t be good for the book.”

Jiang Ning: “Oh, so in the end, you just want to cheat?”

Listening to Jiang Ning’s contemptuous tone, Xue Yuantong really wanted to start spinning the book wildly right then, shocking him to his core!

However, she truly couldn’t spin it.

“Who says I’m cheating? What I mean is, let’s battle after I cut my nails!”

Jiang Ning flipped his hand over, and a nail clipper appeared in his palm: “Here, go ahead.”

Xue Yuantong: …

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“Freshly cut nails are too rough, not good for spinning.”

Anything she could say to delay, she would, never showing weakness.

“Alright.”

Jiang Ning picked up a ballpoint pen, “Stretch out your hand.”

Seeing that Xue Yuantong seemed reluctant, he couldn’t help but say,

“You want to cheat?”

Xue Yuantong could no longer deny it and reluctantly opened her palm.

Jiang Ning, holding the pen, in the face of Xue Yuantong’s angered gaze, leisurely drew a small turtle in her palm, admired it for a moment, and was extremely satisfied.

Xue Yuantong, marked with the stamp of shame, was not reconciled:

“Jiang Ning, I will have my revenge.”

She decided to take the book home in the evening, secretly practice spinning, and aim to impress Jiang Ning unexpectedly.

Just thinking about Jiang Ning’s shocked expression, Xue Yuantong was ecstatic.

“Hmm, I’ll wait for you to learn how to spin the book.” As he said this, Jiang Ning picked up a textbook.

He easily started spinning it and to make Xue Yuantong feel despair, he flicked the book into the air mid-spin, catching it with his left hand while it continued to spin.

“Once you learn this move, you might reach half my level,” Jiang Ning said with a smile.

Xue Yuantong’s heart sank, feeling a bleak future, she couldn’t help but think:

‘Am I destined to always be overshadowed by him?’

…

As Jiang Ning spun the book on this side, Dan Kaiquan across the river noticed and picked up a book to try spinning it himself, and after a few tries, he actually got it spinning.

“Not so hard!” Dan Kaiquan looked towards Jiang Ning.

“Indeed, not very hard, just needs more practice.”

Dan Kaiquan managed to spin it, but only for a short duration as the initial force ran out, and the book stopped.

He initially wanted to ask Jiang Ning for some tips, but then, considering Bai Yuxia was sitting in front of Jiang Ning, he felt it would be embarrassing to ask another guy for help.

Dan Kaiquan went to the back row to spin books, planning to show off to Brother Nan, Hu Jun, and others first. Once his book spinning skills were polished, he’d then perform in front of Bai Yuxia.

Among high school boys, it’s a favorite pastime to compare with one another; even trivial matters could spark a competitive trend, let alone a “technical” skill like book spinning.

Dan Kaiquan provoked: “Guys, not bragging, but when it comes to book spinning, you all lag behind.”

As he said this, the guys in the back row immediately got upset.

Guo Kunnan grabbed a math book: “Today I’ll show you what technique means!”

He immediately started, and not just him, Hu Jun and Wang Longlong also started demonstrating, eventually, Ma Shicheng joined in, and the boys in the back row competed in book spinning, creating a remarkable scene in the classroom.

Even Miao Zhe from the corner of the southside joined in, grabbing a book and spinning for fun. Dan Kaiquan, seeing the classmates provoked by him, was very pleased, feeling he was the one stirring up the trend.

He really wanted to say to Bai Yuxia: “Don’t I look like a trendsetter of the times?”

He wished he could dedicate every bit of his flair to Bai Yuxia, to show her he was an outstanding guy!

Dan Kaiquan spun the book, stealing glances at Bai Yuxia’s silhouette, thinking to himself:

‘It’s soon, very soon!’

He had been fond of Bai Yuxia for several months and decided to launch a full-scale charm offensive!

Dan Kaiquan had set the date for his offensive; he had two boosts:

One was next month’s monthly test; he had been striving hard recently, memorizing vocabulary with his cellphone after evening self-study, staying in the classroom at noon to solve practice questions, and now, his accuracy in mock tests had greatly improved from before.

He expected his grades to make significant progress this time, proving he was worthy of Bai Yuxia.

The second boost was next month’s sports meet; he often ran on the track during the large break after evening self-study, greatly improving his physical fitness. He planned to sign up for short-distance sprint events at the sports meet and be crowned as the champion!