Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 83: Meet Your Ex Again

The monthly exam ended on September 9th, and the first and second year high school students entered the National Day holiday.

Zhou Jing had a chance to plan his holiday life well during the seven consecutive days off, but his schedule was disrupted because of Chen Jiaqian's visit.

Chen Jiaqian took the 10:1 a.m. train on October and arrived in Yulin at : p.m. Zhou Jing arrived at the train station ten minutes in advance.

In his previous life, Zhou Jing and Chen Jiaqian met again a few years after they broke up. They had dinner and watched a movie together. It was obvious at the time that Chen Jiaqian wanted to get back together, but Zhou Jing had a new love. Chen Jiaqian knew that Zhou Jing had a girlfriend so she was embarrassed to say it out loud and only said, "Sometimes I miss the past" and so on.

In fact, Zhou Jing also missed it, but in the end he couldn't go back.

Missing someone without being entangled is the most mature behavior.

The last time they met in their previous life was during the National Day holiday in 21 years. It had been almost ten years since they broke up. Zhou Jing hadn't married, and Chen Jiaqian was still single. Chen Jiaqian asked Zhou Jing why he hadn't married yet. Zhou Jing replied that being alone was fine. Chen Jiaqian nodded and said, "Indeed, I've seen too many divorce cases and I'm becoming more and more numb to marriage."

It's National Day again!

Zhou Jing sighed. It was hard to keep calm when he suddenly had to meet his first love whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

First love is indeed the most unforgettable. When others talk about his ex-girlfriend Zhou Jing says that the past is like smoke, but when others ask him if he has ever been in love or how many ex-girlfriends he has, the first person Zhou Jing thinks of is always Chen Jiaqian.

Zhou Jing couldn't remember how many girls he had dated before his rebirth, and he even forgot the names and surnames of some of them. It wasn't that Zhou Jing had dated too many girls to count, but his impression of some of them was too vague. For example, for those he had only dated for ten days or half a month, he had never called her name a few times from the beginning to the end. Sometimes Zhou Jing was afraid of calling the wrong name at that moment, so he simply didn't call her at all.

Hearing the train arriving, Zhou Jing went to the exit and waited.

Three or four minutes later, passengers rushed towards the exit, and Zhou Jing recognized Chen Jiaqian from the crowd at a glance.

The girl has long, natural tea-brown hair. After working, she no longer has bangs and looks a lot more mature. Her hair is neither very straight nor curly, but looks very natural. Her fair face has a little baby fat, which makes her face look fuller, and her two shallow dimples are very cute.

She wore a pink sweater with a slightly loose denim jacket and blue jeans. Her figure was neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, just the right size. Her face was not that stunningly beautiful, and her figure was not that slim and graceful, but she looked very pure and natural.

There were many girls chasing Zhou Jing in college, but the reason why Zhou Jing chose Chen Jiaqian was probably because they looked at each other for a second in the library one time and he was deeply attracted by the dimples on Chen Jiaqian's face.

At this time, Chen Jiaqian was carrying a bag on her left shoulder and a medium-sized suitcase in her right hand, walking and looking in the crowd.

"I come."

After Chen Jiaqian came out of the passage, Zhou Jing squeezed into the crowd to help her pull the suitcase.

“Is your school far from here?”

Chen Jiaqian forced a smile on her face.

"Not far, less than ten minutes by taxi. Is the weather here much cooler than in Tangdu?"

While Zhou Jing was pulling the suitcase, he used his arms to shield Chen Jiaqian in the crowd.

Maybe she was a little tired after sitting in the car all day, or maybe she saw her ex-boyfriend, the girl's smile was not as natural and bright as when they were dating in college. There was a hint of melancholy in her expression, making the smile seem a little far-fetched.

"Well, it's not cold in Tangdu right now if you just wear long sleeves and long pants, but it's a bit chilly here if you wear thin autumn johns."

Looking at the boy's chiseled face, Chen Jiaqian was stunned. The boy had changed a lot after not seeing him for more than two months, so much that she felt unfamiliar. She thought it was just an illusion when chatting online, but after meeting him, she found that the boy had really changed a lot, and from the inside out.

The boy's body seemed to be more solid, his face more handsome, his eyes clearer and more resolute, and at the same time revealing a bit of depth. His conversation and temperament were steady, and he was more charming than before, so much so that Chen Jiaqian was distracted by his gaze and tripped over a stone pier at the intersection.

"Be careful, you must be hungry. Eat something first. What do you want to eat?"

Zhou Jing immediately grabbed her arm.

"My phone is running out of battery, so I'll send a message home first." Chen Jiaqian tried to cover up her embarrassment by looking at her phone, then said, "Anything is fine, what's special about your place?"

"I'm afraid you won't be used to the food. How about filling your stomach first and resting in the house before having dinner?"

To be honest, Zhou Jing didn't know what local specialties were worth mentioning. Sheep offal, fried dough twist, mutton noodles, noodle knots, and potato chips were all Zhou Jing could think of. He didn't know if outsiders could get used to them.

"I'll follow your instructions. Did I delay your return home?"

Chen Jiaqian didn't want to eat the boxed lunch on the train. She only had some snacks at noon and her stomach was growling with hunger.

Zhou Jing shook his head and said, "I wasn't planning to go home anyway. How many days are you going to stay here? Are you going to leave after the case is done?"

If Zhou Jing bought a car, he could go back whenever he wanted. Without a car, he would think a distance of more than two kilometers was too far.

It takes about four hours by bus or two to three hours by train to get back to Qing County. After getting off the train, you have to take a bus for about 40 minutes. It's too troublesome.

"decide as things go!"

Chen Jiaqian was not sure how many days she would stay, and she took the initiative to come here.

The station originally did not want to take on such a small case as the vehicle rear-end collision because the reward was too low and the journey was too long. Chen Jiaqian told her superior that she happened to be here to visit a friend and look after the case. Of course, the station was happy to accept the offer from someone who took the initiative to go on a business trip to handle it.

Chen Jiaqian followed the boy half a step behind, her eyes involuntarily looking at his face. She couldn't help but think back to the past two months. They were still lovers before the summer vacation, but when they met again, he was already her ex. Chen Jiaqian felt mixed emotions.

As for Zhou Jing's initiative to break up after a few days of cold war in July, Chen Jiaqian was left with helplessness after her anger subsided.

At first, Chen Jiaqian was really angry and felt that Zhou Jing was very heartless. He broke up with her after more than two years of relationship without communicating with her at all beforehand. It seemed as if he had no attachment to the relationship at all and was only with her because he was lonely.

After slowly thinking it through, Chen Jiaqian couldn't hate him anymore. Zhou Jing proposed to break up after five days of cold war. At least he had thought it over carefully. Zhou Jing must have decided to stay in his hometown to work before deciding to break up. If the two parties can't work in the same place, breaking up now is the best outcome for both parties.

In any case, the two and a half years of dating in school were wonderful and satisfied all of Chen Jiaqian's imaginations of first love.

Zhou Jing was also feeling mixed emotions. He gave almost all his tenderness and patience to his first love, Chen Jiaqian. After breaking up with Chen Jiaqian, he could no longer be tolerant and accommodating to other girls. If he could date her, he would date her. If not, they would break up.

It is no exaggeration to say that there was a period of time in his previous life when Zhou Jing changed girlfriends more frequently than he bought clothes. The longest time he was with a girl within half a year was no more than three months, and the shortest was less than half a month. Zhou Jing was too busy with work and had to get up early and go to bed late. He really had no patience and no energy to coax girls, but he couldn't live without girls.

During that time, Zhou Jing realized the eight-character mantra:

Don't take relationships too seriously, if it doesn't work out, change it.

As long as you take feelings lightly, you won’t have too many worries.

After leaving the train station square, Zhou Jing took Chen Jiaqian to a special restaurant.

Chen Jiaqian picked up the menu and looked at it and said, "What are the specials?"

"You don't want to eat something too dry now, do you?"

Zhou Jing also looked at the menu.

Chen Jiaqian nodded.

"Then try this. If you don't like it, change it. Two bowls of mutton offal and two fried dough sticks. Cut the fried dough sticks into pieces."

Chen Jiaqian was undecided, so Zhou Jing made the decision for her. When you go to another place, no matter how delicious the local specialties are, you must try them. If you are not used to them, you can just eat less. If you don't try them, it would be a wasted trip.

"No cilantro for a serving of sweetbreads."

Zhou Jing added to the boss.

Chen Jiaqian looked at Zhou Jing and her breathing involuntarily paused.

(End of this chapter)