Genius Playground

Chapter 41 Surprise
Nan Xiuxiu!

Jiang Ran gripped the corner of the table with his right hand.

I encountered this girl twice within two hours, and both times the scenes were equally terrifying... Is this girl a ghost?
"Why are you here?"

Jiang Ran is on high alert:

"Are you following me?"

"What do you mean by 'stalking'? That sounds awful!" Nan Xiuxiu said, hands on her hips, clearly displeased.

Jiang Ran remained silent.

He didn't believe it at all.

How could they track someone precisely across two districts in the East China Sea, instead of just following them?

This is incredible.

Moreover, he stood silently at the door peeking in, which was extremely suspicious.

“I came here because I was worried about you!” Nan Xiuxiu emphasized.

"How did you know I was here?" Jiang Ran continued to press.

He didn't answer Nan Xiuxiu's call, nor did he tell anyone that he was coming to the film club at Donghai University. If it weren't for precise location tracking, the other party would have had no chance of finding him.

"A dating app!"

Nan Xiuxiu shakes her phone:

"Have you forgotten? Our dating app allows us to track each other's location and whereabouts."

"..."

This touched upon Jiang Ran's area of ​​ignorance.

There are apps like this?

So he opened his phone and actually saw the app on the second page of the menu. It was called "Love" and the icon was two hearts stuck together.

Click to open.

The homepage displays a huge message: "We've been dating for 4 days!", with close-up photos of Jiang Ran and Nan Xiuxiu on the left and right.

omg...

Scalp numbness.

Is this him?

Jiang Ran fell into deep suspicion.

He desperately wanted to look in the mirror right now to see if his worldline had malfunctioned and he had ended up in someone else's body.

There is indeed a list of whereabouts at the bottom of the app.

Once you open it, your daily itinerary is clearly displayed.

It wasn't just his current location... it was down to every single, detailed route, including his stealthy journey after entering Donghai University through the tunnel, all clearly marked on the map.

Similarly, traces of Nan Xiuxiu can also be seen.

The other person, like him, took a taxi from the villa area and arrived at Tunghai University, following him along the same old route all the way to the student activity building.

"What kind of insane software is this?"

Jiang Ran frowned, immediately wanting to remove this living father from her phone.

Too suffocating.

Is this how you date? There's absolutely no privacy whatsoever.

"What's so perverted about it?"

Nan Xiuxiu snorted:
"This is a record of our love story~"

Click.

Jiang Ran locked his phone and stared at her:
"What are you here for?"

"I apologize to you." Nan Xiuxiu blinked.

?

An unexpected answer.

"Apologize for what?" Jiang Ran asked.

"After you left, I called Wang Hao and found out that you had a childhood sweetheart named Cheng Mengxue..."

Nan Xiuxiu said seriously:

"Sorry, I didn't mean to joke."

She clasped her hands together:
“I didn’t mean any harm. It’s just that you’ve never mentioned her before, and I didn’t know about her passing… Anyway, I misspoke, and I hope you don’t mind.”

……

Jiang Ran looked at her quietly.

Such a sincere and straightforward apology is quite a contrast to her arrogant and domineering appearance.

The joke Nan Xiuxiu was referring to was probably the one she said, "Cheng Mengxue, she's not your ex-girlfriend, is she?"... She had just come out of the bathroom when she heard herself and Wang Hao calling that name on the phone, so she came out to ask.

To be honest, Jiang Ran didn't feel that the words were offensive.

Firstly, he didn't believe Cheng Mengxue was really dead; with the positron cannon and the time-space text message, Cheng Mengxue could only be considered "temporarily" dead.

Secondly, he neither considered nor accepted Nan Xiuxiu as his girlfriend, so no matter how much she made a fuss, Jiang Ran didn't care at all.

"nothing."

Jiang Ran casually said:

"I didn't care."

"Hehe~" Nan Xiuxiu turned to a playful laugh, her mischievousness returning:
"Actually, you don't need to hide this from me. Even though I'm your girlfriend, I'm not that petty."

"Besides, even if... even if you really have an ex-girlfriend, it doesn't matter. We only met in college, and I won't hold it against you for what happened before."

"But don't run away like this again next time. I was so worried about you in the middle of the night, and you didn't answer the phone..."

"Alright, alright."

Jiang Ran interrupted her:
"Let's go outside, the patrol will be here soon."

He did see the school patrol officers' flashlights from a distance and didn't want to cause trouble.

But more importantly, he didn't want to share these secrets with Nan Xiuxiu.

He didn't want her to know about the film company, the world line jump, the positron cannon, the time-space text message, and all of these things.

So, hurry up and leave.

After the two left the activity room, Jiang Ran carefully locked the door and then placed the spare key under the flowerpot before leading Nan Xiuxiu out of the club activity building.

After exiting the building, the patrol personnel's flashlights were not far away.

The two quickly crouched down and quietly took a detour, eventually arriving safely at a grove of trees near the West Gate.

"Hey, you still haven't told me."

Nan Xiuxiu poked Jiang Ran:

"It's one thing for you to run out in the middle of the night, but why did you come here? What kind of club is that? It's run-down and dilapidated."

"Film Company".

Jiang Ran made up an excuse to get by:
"It's a club for film camera enthusiasts. I have a friend here. I came here to visit him last time, and he might have left something here, so I came to look for it on my way."

This reason is ridiculous, but I can't think of a more suitable one right now, so I can only stick to my guns.

"Oh."

Nan Xiuxiu didn't think about it in detail:

"Why haven't I heard you say that before?"

"hehe."

Jiang Ran chuckled softly:
"Big sister, we've only been dating for four days. I can't possibly tell you the whole family tree, can I?"

"No need for that," Nan Xiuxiu said, pursing her lips.

Jiang Ran glanced at his watch:

"It's getting late, let's go back to the dorm."

After all this commotion, it's already 4 a.m., so I might as well just go back to my dorm and sleep.

As she spoke, Jiang Ran headed towards the dormitory building, while Nan Xiuxiu turned and walked towards the west gate of the school.

?

?

The two turned around at the same time, looking at each other with question marks above their heads.

"Where are you going?"

Where are you going again?

Jiang Ran pointed south:

"The dormitory building is over here."

puff-

Nan Xiuxiu burst out laughing:
"Big brother! Are you still confused? This is Donghai University!"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

Jiang Ran was puzzled.

He is a student at Tunghai University. Where else would he go if not to the dormitory at Tunghai University?

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around."

Nan Xiuxiu grabbed Jiang Ran's arm and walked quickly toward the west gate, then pushed Jiang Ran out through the hole in the railing.

Where are you going?

Jiang Ran had a question, but received no answer.

Clearly, Nan Xiuxiu had already given up on this topic.

Nan Xiuxiu walked to the taxi, opened the back door, and pushed Jiang Ran inside.

Then I got in myself and closed the car door:
"Master, go to Donghai Foreign Economic and Trade Vocational College."

???

Jiang Ran's neck was stiff:

"Why are you going there?"

Nan Xiuxiu looked at him as if he were a fool:
“Go back to our school.”

Our school?

Jiang Ran was completely stunned.

Donghai Vocational College of Foreign Economics and Trade

Vocational college?

He gasped.
"A junior college degree!?"

(End of this chapter)