Rebirth: Growing Up Together

"beep beep"

The sound from the computer interrupted him. He sat up slowly and looked at the lower right corner of the screen curiously. It was a message sent to him by Lin Wanzhou on QQ.

"Mr. Zhou: Xu Cheng, I'm so scared"

Xu Cheng frowned after reading just a few words. He put down the history textbook in his hand and quickly tapped on the keyboard to reply to a long list of questions.

"The First Affection in Jinghai: What happened? Where are you now? Are you in danger?"

After a long while, Lin Wanzhou's reply came.

"Mr. Zhou: I am at home, my parents don't want me anymore, they left me behind"

Although he didn't know the reason, Xu Cheng could imagine that Lin Wanzhou on the other side of the screen must be extremely sad at this moment. She was a little crybaby, and her tears must be falling on the table, relying on him as her only "lifeline".

"The most affectionate person in Jinghai: Don't be afraid, I will go to your house right away, please open the door for me later"

Leaving a little girl in an empty house on such a dark night, it goes without saying how devastating this would be. Not to mention the timid Lin Wanzhou, even many adult girls would not dare to be alone in their room at night.

As Xu Cheng was getting dressed, she began to regret that she shouldn't have deliberately brought Lin Wanzhou to watch Conan to scare her. Now that she saw the doors in the room, she must feel very scared.

Without disturbing his parents, Xu Cheng quietly went out, walked down the stairs in two steps, and ran all the way to Lin Wanzhou's door.

I knocked on the door and it was opened after a minute or two.

Lin Wanzhou was seen wrapped in a large quilt, like a round dumpling, with only a short section of her white legs and a face that looked like a crying little cat exposed.

Even though Xu Cheng's heart was in his throat, he couldn't help laughing out loud at this moment. The setting of the Great Celestial Empire that one can be invincible by hiding in a quilt is really deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Lin Wanzhou's eyes were red. She was so scared that she saw Xu Cheng laughing at her. She patted Xu Cheng's arm in shame and annoyance.

"Why are you laughing at me..."

The room was a bit messy. The sofa cushions were torn at random, and the pillows were rolling on the ground. There were broken glass cups on the ground, and a strong smell of cigarettes and alcohol could be smelled in the air. It was obvious that a fierce quarrel had broken out in the room.

After a simple tidying up, Xu Cheng opened the window to ventilate the house and dispel the odor, and then sat on the sofa with Lin Wanzhou, who was wrapped tightly in a small quilt.

"Have you had dinner?"

"I've eaten..." Lin Wanzhou touched his stomach, "But I'm still a little hungry."

Xu Cheng stood up and said, "Then I'll make you something to eat."

Lin Wanzhou opened her mouth in surprise with tears in her eyes, "Xu Cheng, you can cook?"

"I recently learned to make fried tomatoes and eggs or fried eggs and tomatoes. Which one do you want?"

Lin Wanzhou thought seriously for a while before reacting. He glared at Xu Cheng angrily, "Hey! What's the difference between these two?"

"Of course there is a difference. One is to fry the tomatoes first, the other is to fry the eggs first. There is a lot of knowledge involved."

Xu Cheng vaguely remembers that in the future on the Internet, such a simple question could even generate 99+ comments.

They fried a plate of scrambled eggs and tomatoes and cooked two packets of instant noodles. Then they lay on the coffee table and ate the warm food together.

"Good times!"

The blood sugar level rose, and Lin Wanzhou felt that his sad mood seemed to have improved a lot. He told Xu Cheng the whole story piece by piece.

It turns out that Lin Wanzhou's father has always wanted to have a second child, but Gao Manman, who works in the system, disagrees and thinks it will affect her work. The two have had several quarrels because of this matter, which was the fuse. Later, it gradually evolved to the point where they would quarrel over even trivial matters.

In order to prevent things from getting worse, Gao Manman took Lin Wanzhou back to her grandmother's house to calm down for a while. Unexpectedly, after they came back, the relationship between the couple not only did not improve, but became worse.

Tonight, Lin Wanzhou's father drank a lot of wine at home and had a big quarrel with Gao Manman. Not only did he smash a lot of things, he even almost hit Gao Manman.

Gao Manman, who always had a strong personality, angrily stated that she wanted to separate from Lin's father and that she would never come back home again. Lin Wanzhou's father was also very angry. He said in a huff that whoever wanted to come back could do so, and then he slammed the door and left. In the end, Lin Wanzhou was left alone in the bedroom in the huge house.

"I hate such parents. Why do they do this..." Lin Wanzhou's eyes became red again. "If I weren't here, they would definitely not quarrel after having a new baby."

Xu Cheng was silent. His family relationships were very harmonious, so he had never thought about how much harm the strained relationship between his parents would cause to a child. It seemed that living in a disharmonious family for a long time, coupled with the self-blame and inner trauma caused by his wild imagination, finally caused the lively and warm-hearted Lin Wanzhou to change his temperament drastically.

Xu Cheng even thought that in her previous life, without his company, how many dark nights had Lin Wanzhou spent alone in panic, curled up in a small quilt like this?

Unexpectedly, Lin Wanzhou spoke suddenly.

"Xu Cheng, can you accompany me tonight?"

"what?"

This lonely man and a single woman... Two words suddenly came to Xu Cheng's mind -

Night attack.

Chapter 26 Beautiful Bow

"Xu Cheng, can you accompany me tonight?"

Lin Wanzhou's words made Xu Cheng dazed.

"what?"

This lonely man and a single woman... Two words suddenly came to Xu Cheng's mind -

Night attack.

Does this count as a night raid?

"But I'm really scared to be alone at home..." Lin Wanzhou's eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings, and she pitifully begged Xu Cheng for help.

"It's okay now..."

If Lin Wanzhou's parents really didn't come back tonight, Xu Cheng would be worried about leaving her alone at home. Thinking that he was not a perverted or disgusting man anyway, he nodded and agreed.

It just so happened that my parents didn't notice me when I went out. As long as I return home on time in the morning, they won't find out that I sneaked out at night.

Lin Wanzhou's cheeks were red. She lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Xu Cheng. She hesitantly said, "Then can you watch me take a shower?"

"Huh?" Xu Cheng was almost knocked unconscious by the thunder. "This... is this something I can watch?"

"It's not what you think, you big pervert!" Lin Wanzhou threw a pillow at Xu Cheng and glared at him resentfully. "I just want you to accompany me outside the bathroom. Otherwise, when I take a shower, once I close my eyes and there is no sound around me, I will think something scary is approaching. But I have to close my eyes when I wash my hair..."

Xu Cheng thought about it and realized that children would have such psychological fears. For example, they would not dare to close their eyes when taking a bath, would not dare to face the door when sleeping, and would be afraid of seeing red hands, green hands, or white hands in the toilet when going to the toilet...

Lin Wanzhou asked Xu Cheng to turn her back, and she quickly jumped out from under the quilt, repeatedly reminding him "Don't look!", then quickly went into the bathroom with small steps, bringing a gust of fragrant wind, and the fragrance of young virginity rushed to Xu Cheng's nose, refreshing his heart.

"Hey! Am I such an untrustworthy person?"

The bathroom door was closed, and in the sealed space, Lin Wanzhou's voice sounded muffled.

"Humph, I won't forget the good things you did back then! Xu Cheng is obviously a pervert, he has been like this since kindergarten!"

"Cough cough cough." Xu Cheng felt that his reputation was being slandered, but that was an incident that was proven solidly and he had no way to refute it.

Leaning against the bathroom door, listening to the sound of water splashing inside.

"How come you still remember what happened back then..."

Lin Wanzhou was soaking in the bathtub, burying half of her face in the water and blowing bubbles, making sounds as soft as the sounds of mosquitoes and flies.

"Silly, because that's what we went through together."

The two were silent for a while, and then Lin Wanzhou's crisp voice came from the bathroom again.

"Xu Cheng, do you think my parents will be back tonight?"

"Maybe... I don't know." Xu Cheng didn't dare to have too high expectations for Lin Wanzhou.

It makes me angry when I think about it. Although it is understandable that they are first-time parents, how can they do something like leaving their child alone at home!

"Xu Cheng, I'm done washing. Can you help me get some clean pajamas? They're in my closet."

"okay."

Xu Cheng agreed and turned into Lin Wanzhou's bedroom. He opened the closet, and the faint scent of daisies spread out and lingered in his nose. There were many different kinds of clothes in it, neatly stacked.

He found a pair of white pajamas with lotus leaf cuffs and was about to close the closet door when he couldn't help wanting to play a prank on Lin Wanzhou.

A few minutes later.

"Have you got it?" The bathroom door was opened a small gap.

"Okay, okay, here you go."

Xu Cheng handed the clothes in through the gap.

Lin Wanzhou held the clothes in her hands and saw that it was a white pajamas that she often wore. The little daughter thought that Xu Cheng and she had a tacit understanding, and her mood became sweet.

"Hey, what is this?"

Lin Wanzhou's slender, white fingers moved slightly, and she curiously picked up a bow that was sandwiched between the clothes.

"Why is it still a blue and white striped bow? Do I have anything like that?"

She held the bow in front of her eyes and observed it carefully for a long time, feeling inexplicably familiar. Then, with some suspicion, she took the bow apart from one node. When she saw what was in her hand, her face instantly turned red with shame, from her ears to her neck.

"Xu Cheng is definitely a pervert! A big pervert! A super big pervert!"

The two began chasing each other around the house.

Lin Wanzhou was a child after all, and as he played and fought with Xu Cheng, he gradually forgot about the worries of his parents leaving home. But when Xu Cheng said it was already twelve o'clock and it was time to go to bed, a trace of barely noticeable sadness flashed between his brows.

Mom and Dad still haven't come back...

Xu Cheng keenly caught this subtle expression and suggested in order to divert Lin Wanzhou's attention.

"Let me teach you how to fold a bow."

"Eh?"

"That's the bow I just folded. It looks great, right? I'll teach you how to fold it."

“No way!” Lin Wanzhou shook his head fiercely. “It’s so embarrassing. Xu Cheng is so mean!”

"How can it be bad?" Xu Cheng began to persuade her. "Think about it. If you learn it, you can put a row of colorful bows in your closet. Wouldn't it be very beautiful?"

Lin Wanzhou imagined that exquisite wardrobe, and it seemed to be as beautiful as a princess's wardrobe.

How about... just learning it? Actually, I was quite curious just now, and even tried to fold it, but I didn't understand how it was done.

After all, she couldn't resist the temptation of scientific research. You know, after a certain animation series was broadcast, tens of thousands of two-dimensional girls posted their learning results online. Who would refuse a beautiful and strange panty bow?

With a blushing face, Lin Wanzhou took out a pair of light pink silk panties from the closet and handed them to Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng was calm and composed. "First, we look down from above, and then roll up the back side inwards..."

The two children sat beside Lin Wanzhou's light pink bed. Xu Cheng explained to her seriously, and Lin Wanzhou studied very attentively.

"Keep rolling it like this, then turn it from the front to the front, and finally adjust the sides... now!"

"That's it."

Xu Cheng held the results in both hands and showed them to Lin Wanzhou, whose bright eyes were filled with shock.

"let me try……"

Although it was very strange, it could barely be considered a handicraft. Lin Wanzhou, who had very dexterous hands, learned how to fold it quickly. Then he became addicted to it and folded all the panties in the closet into the shape of bows.

The panties are neatly arranged in the closet, giving the feeling of an art exhibition in a museum.

But Lin Wanzhou, who had just learned a new skill, seemed unsatisfied and had not folded enough.

"Why don't we go get Mom's..."

"Cough cough cough."

Xu Cheng nearly choked to death on his own saliva.

"Don't do that!" he shouted at the top of his lungs to stop her.

It was already early morning, long past Lin Wanzhou's usual bedtime. She was overwhelmed by sleepiness. She was still talking to Xu Cheng one second, and fell asleep on the bed the next.

Xu Cheng helped her cover herself with the quilt. The curtains in the room were not drawn, and the moonlight shone through the glass onto her smooth hair. Her delicate face emitted a faint fluorescence.

Lin Wanzhou pouted slightly and pulled the quilt tightly by herself, with her neck tucked inside. Perhaps she was dreaming about her parents reconciling. The corners of her mouth raised slightly, her brows relaxed, and she smiled, as if a night-blooming cereus bloomed in the night, so beautiful.

Thinking of the cold-as-ice-cold Lin Wanzhou in high school, Xu Cheng felt a pain in his heart.

No matter what, keep this smile!

He had to create an opportunity as soon as possible to let Lin Wanzhou's parents make the final decision. If they could reconcile, everyone would be happy. If their fate was indeed over, he would find a way to persuade the two to separate quickly.

In short, Lin Wanzhou must not be allowed to live in such a low-pressure family anymore!