Divorce Revenge System: Knowing the Future in Advance-Chapter 976 - 700: Can’t Beat This Old Fox

So soft, so fragrant.

Li Qingrong was planning to gently push Jiang Nian away after a moment, but found she couldn't budge him. She couldn't help but feel a bit speechless.

"Let go."

"Huh?" Jiang Nian feigned ignorance and, after letting go, held his forehead dramatically. "What just happened? I just fainted."

Li Qingrong gave him a look and walked ahead.

"Let's go."

"Oh, oh, wait for me." Jiang Nian caught up. "By the way, Qingqing, where were we in the conversation?"

"You said you didn't know if you had any hope of catching up."

"Huh? Did I say that?"

"Yes, you did."

"I don't remember. You must have heard wrong," Jiang Nian replied. "I'm always the most optimistic person."

If that doesn't work, one could always take a roundabout approach.

Jingfu District.

The two walked in together while a security guard glanced at them. He followed them for a bit, then continued checking his phone on the table.

On the internal road of the community, a woman was walking her dog. The woman wasn't much to look at, so Jiang Nian turned his head to look at the dog instead.

Great, it's the most annoying Chihuahua.

Li Qingrong didn't look at the dog because she had a mild cleanliness obsession. She couldn't quite accept having an animal's fur in the house.

Jiang Nian understood this.

Woof woof woof!!

Halfway through, the Chihuahua suddenly stopped. Its hind legs spread apart, and the back half of its body squatted slightly.

Jiang Nian's expression changed, damn!

He pulled Li Qingrong forward a few steps. After they were safely inside the lobby of the building, he still hadn't let go of her hand.

"That was close..."

Li Qingrong glanced down at the hand being held. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Yeah."

Jiang Nian was enjoying holding her hand and was secretly delighted. Suddenly, the long-lost mechanical synthetic voice sounded in his head again.

"Ding!"

The elevator arrived. While looking at the task, he led the class monitor inside, pressed the floor button, and kept holding her hand.

Cool and soft.

[Standing at the crossroads of senior years, a third of your life has passed and your body has become younger by ten years.

Seeing you, Xu Shuang is a bit dazed, reminiscent of the first meeting. In the snow-covered street, chatting happily in a small shop.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and everything has changed.

Task: Have a conversation with Xu Shuang. Reward: Time Stop for one second (cooldown: once a week, can be stacked, maximum ten seconds)]

Wait, what's the reward?

Jiang Nian was stunned, reading it word by word. The good news is there's a Time Stop; the bad news is it's only for one second.

But it can be stacked, collecting four seconds in a month. Eight seconds in two months, reaching a full ten seconds before the college entrance exam.

Za Warudo!

But it's a bit unfortunate, because after ten seconds, it still wouldn't hold. What's possible in ten seconds is also recorded in "something".

What is "something"?

Spring and Autumn.

"What's the matter?" Li Qingrong glanced at him and queried, puzzled, "Why are you spacing out?"

"Nothing."

He wasn't really spacing out, just staring at the task panel. He had been doing it for quite some time, appearing lost in thought.

"I was just thinking about my son."

"Who?"

"Li Hua."

Li Qingrong: "...."

The two walked into the apartment one after the other, and Li Lanying was sitting at the home bar drinking, looking a bit tipsy.

Jiang Nian: "Drinking in broad daylight, why?"

"Because I feel like it." Li Lanying didn't care, shaking her glass. "Want some?"

"He's not drinking." Li Qingrong didn't change her expression, took her glass away, "You shouldn't drink either."

Hearing this, Jiang Nian nodded in agreement.

"I'm a student."

Who drinks like that?

But even if there were peanuts, he didn't want to drink. Drinking with Li Lanying felt less like drinking and more like being a drinking companion.

"Do you never drink?" Li Lanying's breath smelled slightly of alcohol, as they weren't far apart.

"I don't drink at all, I'm allergic."

"Oh, I thought you were one of us." Li Lanying said, "Actually, I can drink quite a bit."

She's really good at bragging, truly drunk.

Jiang Nian ignored this drunken older sister, headed straight for the sofa, and turned on the TV with the remote.

Since he was there, he decided to stay.

Li Qingrong knew he was just staying for a short while, so she poured him a glass of water before getting busy with other things.

Li Lanying propped her head up on her hand, scrolling through her phone at the bar for a while. Upon hearing the TV, she suddenly turned and said.

"By the way, are you close with those Xu siblings?"

Jiang Nian turned his head slightly and glanced at the tipsy Li Lanying. He promptly realized someone with insider information was delivering news.

"Not really, why?"

"Are you friends?"

"Yeah."

"Nothing much, just been staying in my hometown for too long." She stretched, like her world just expanded.

"Someone approached me and asked if I was interested in doing some business."

After speaking, she went back to being tipsy, with nothing further to say, and resumed looking at her phone, leaving Jiang Nian to digest the information.

"The Xu family business?" Jiang Nian was a bit surprised and asked, "Aren't they nearly bankrupt?"

"Yeah," Li Lanying replied, "they should have been gone long ago, but the elderly have been holding it up, and they're about to collapse."

"The young ones are too young, their father is unreliable, easily deceived, might even be counting money for those who sell him out."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nian couldn't help but fall into thought.

He vaguely remembered that Miss Xu seemed to have a tea house. If he guessed correctly, it should belong entirely to her.

Zhen Nan has Xu family assets, and the county town isn't far from the city center. Naturally, there are businesses in the city too.

Once called a business, now it's just meat on the chopping block.

"That's pretty sad, but there's nothing I can do," Jiang Nian remarked. "I can only slightly remind her to pay more attention."

"It's useless." Li Lanying looked at him drunkenly, pausing for a moment, "Unless the old one gets better."

....

Jiang Nian left Jing Garden, Li Lanying's words still echoing in his ears, unless the old one gets better.

A few days ago, he went into the mountains.....

He shook his head, not bothering to think about it further. Big Sister Bai You was right, no one can change the result.