Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation
Chapter 784 - 468 Classmates

Chapter 784: Chapter 468 Classmates

Passing through the train station plaza, Jiang Ning didn’t take a cab. He and Xue Yuantong meandered along the road, soaking in the local culture of the unfamiliar city.

Ahead was a bustling pedestrian street filled with the aromas of various snacks. Xue Yuantong walked down the street, looked towards the roadside shops, and muttered, "Horse Milk Wine."

"Jiang Ning, have you ever had it?"

"No."

Xue Yuantong decided for him, "You definitely want to try it, right?"

"Absolutely, you make an excellent point," Jiang Ning responded obligingly.

Xue Yuantong decisively led him into a restaurant. Jiang Ning asked the owner about local specialties and ordered Horse Milk Wine, Hada Cake, and hand-grasped lamb.

Xue Yuantong used both hands to eat meat and drank wine from a big bowl, exuding a sense of Jianghu.

Unfortunately, after eating and drinking their fill, Xue Yuantong was too stuffed and pretended to be drunk, letting Jiang Ning drag her along.

In reality, the Horse Milk Wine offered by the establishment was more of a beverage, with very, very low alcohol content.

After walking down that street, they encountered a woman with a good figure, setting up a small stall and striking up conversations with passersby.

Jiang Ning was one of her targets.

The woman approached with a forced smile, "Handsome guy, we are giving away free gifts, including cups, tote bags, and nail clippers."

In such situations, Jiang Ning would normally walk right past, but he noticed Xue Yuantong pause for a moment.

He asked, "Is there a catch?"

The woman, sensing an opportunity, enthusiastically said, "Just add me on QQ."

"QQ?" Jiang Ning was surprised. In the year 2014, those giving away free stuff on the streets would usually be involved in WeChat-based online selling.

"Sure." Jiang Ning gave his QQ number.

Then he took out his phone and prepared to log in to QQ, only to find his account was occupied. Recently, Chen Siyu and her sister had been playing "Tiantian Xuan Dou," and they had been pestering him to send them hearts in the game.

Since Jiang Ning was traveling and sometimes unavailable, he had given them his QQ account.

He clicked to log into QQ, reclaiming his account, and accepted the friend request.

After doing all this, Jiang Ning received a nail clipper. Xue Yuantong was delighted; she wouldn’t have to spend money on one.

"When are we going horse riding on the grassland?" Xue Yuantong looked forward.

Jiang Ning said, "Let’s rest up tonight, and we’ll go tomorrow."

...

Two thousand kilometers away in Yuzhou, that night.

In the living room, a stand-up air conditioner blew cool air, and a 45-inch television showed the movie "The Croods."

However, sitting on the sofa were two girls who looked exactly alike. They weren’t watching the TV. Their snow-white thighs were pressed together as they played a game.

The older sister, Chen Siqing, laughed so hard she was bending over, "Haha, Yang Sheng just told me something."

Chen Siyu gave a dismissive "hmpf," "I’m in the same class as Yang Sheng, why would she tell you first instead of me?"

"Because Yang Sheng mentioned it in the group chat. You were gaming, and I was reading the chat."

"What did Yang Sheng say?"

"Yu Wen from your class has a crush on the class president. Lately, hasn’t the class president Huang Zhongfei been gaming a lot? Yu Wen created an account and has been gaming with the class president every day..."

In this moment,

Downtown, a sweet shop with a very bourgeois decor.

Yu Wen with a face full of sadness and dismay said, "Yanan, you once said that being there for someone is the most enduring confession. For the past half-month, I’ve been gaming with the class president non-stop."

Lu Qiqi wore a sleeveless top and had a chic purse by her side. She sipped her milk tea with grace and listened to her close friend’s story.

Jiang Yanan said, "Guys love girls who game with them, and if the girl has top-notch skills, he’ll like her even more."

"No boy can resist such a temptation." Jiang Yanan had never been in a relationship, yet she was spot-on when analyzing emotional matters.

Yu Wen said, "I did just that, thinking I could confirm our relationship during the summer holiday."

She fantasized with a look on her face, "By then, he would be my boyfriend. We would study and progress together in class, eat together after class, stroll around the playground..."

Just like the fairy tales she read as a child, the princess and prince lived happily ever after.

To impress the class president and win his love with her gaming skills, Yu Wen endured humiliation and sought out the girl with the best gaming skills in their class—Yang Sheng.

For this, she gave up half a month of her turn for cleaning duties.

But no matter, once she and the class president were together, he would share the burden of these debts with her.

Imagining that future, in the empty classroom,

She stood holding a broom at the front of the classroom, while the class president stood at the back with another broom.

In the dead of night, in the silence, their gazes traversed the entire classroom, meeting and connecting, what kind of eyes they were!

In those eyes lay a deep, burning love.

She was a naive and innocent student,

He was the exalted class president,

Their starkly different statuses meant their paths should never have crossed.

But they fell in love—a forbidden love, destined to never be made public, and only in moments like these could they escape the world’s gaze and love passionately!

Yu Wen called out affectionately, "Ah Fei~"

The class president responded tenderly, "Ah Weng~"

"Cough cough, excuse me, your Black Forest cake is ready." The waitress brought over the dessert, abruptly interrupting Yu Wen’s daydream.

Yu Wen’s thoughts broke, and so did her heart.

"I had Yang Sheng log into my game account and told her not to hold back; she had to beat the class president convincingly to prove my gaming skills," Yu Wen said bitterly.

Jiang Yanan, concerned, inquired, "And then what happened?"

Even though Lu Qiqi didn’t like Yang Sheng, she admitted, "Her gaming skills are indeed impressive."

Unable to hold it back any longer, Yu Wen lamented, "Just because she played too well, she completely thrashed the class president!!!"