Rebirth: Growing Up Together

"Qiao Yiming, I'm telling you, if you don't explain everything to me today, don't even think about going home..."

"Don't let you go home?"

Qiao Yiming smiled and said, "The house is mine. If you want to get out of this house, you should get out. I tell you Shan Xuechun, there are many women who want me, Qiao Yiming, for everything you have now." I gave them all, and I can also make you lose them again."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time before Shan Xuechun gritted his teeth.

"Qiao Yiming, you are not a human being."

"Whatever you say."

Qiao Yiming hung up the phone, turned around and stood in front of the window.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, curls of green smoke rising into the sky. He looked out the window at the busy intersection of the Imperial Capital, his eyes seemed to travel all the way, and finally stopped somewhere in the distance.

……

July.

Jinghai City.

Sugar shop.

"It's been a long time since I saw Xia Yue."

Lin Wanzhou smiled and said hello to Xia Yue.

"I didn't even recognize you just now. I feel like your temperament has changed a lot."

"Have it?"

"it is true."

"Hmm... maybe this is the change caused by going to college. When you first went to college, I also felt that your temperament had changed a lot when you came back."

"It's even more beautiful."

Lin Wanzhou boldly touched Xia Yue's face.

Xia Yue blushed, and then whispered into Lin Wanzhou's ear.

"You're also...bigger."

"whispering sound."

Lin Wanzhou pretended not to care and hummed, but she felt extremely beautiful in her heart.

It seems that during these times, my efforts have paid off. Although my body feels strange and uncomfortable every time I am replenished by Xu Cheng, at least I can see the results now, and the hardship I have endured is worth it.

The boss brought over the food they ordered, including coconut milk sago, sugar dumplings, and small glutinous rice balls.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see a table of exquisite food and two beautiful girls. The steps are covered with moss and the cat is curled up in the corner. The picture is simple and delicate.

"Xia Yue, have you made a boyfriend at school?" After taking a bite of the rice dumplings, Lin Wanzhu couldn't help but gossip, "It's been a semester, you should have a boy you like, right?"

"No more..." Xia Yue denied embarrassedly, "There are more girls in our school, and the remaining boys are more..."

"Compare to what?"

"Mom, let me tell you, the last time I went to the fruit shop to buy fruit, a boy next to me said to his girlfriend, 'I want to be like Taotao'. It gave me goosebumps."

Xia Yue imitated the boy's tone, and Lin Wanzhou covered her mouth and laughed wildly.

"There really are such boys."

"It's not manly at all, and I don't like it."

"Really?" Lin Wanchu blinked, "Then that man didn't seem to be very masculine before."

"Congee~"

Xia Yue glanced at her reproachfully, and Lin Wanzhou covered her mouth in embarrassment, then narrowed her eyes into a crescent shape.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned him."

Xia Yue lowered her head, took a sip of the sweet water in the bowl, and then held her chin up with a trace of nostalgia in her eyes.

"Everyone has a moment when they attract others. Qiao Yiming is very timid and cowardly. He doesn't look like a manly boy. But I always remember when I was in kindergarten, I was raped once. A fat boy in the class was bullied and cried. Qiao Yiming rushed up to fight with him without saying a word. Although he couldn't beat him, he was beaten badly. In the end, his parents were even called. But after that day, no one in the class could No boy dared to bully me anymore, and from that day on, he became my hero, you know that feeling, right?"

Xia Yue glanced at Lin Wanzhu, and the girl nodded slightly.

There were countless helpless moments, and Xu Cheng stood by her side like her hero, supporting her through it all.

So she was very clear about the feeling that Xia Yue was talking about.

"Perhaps it was because of this feeling that I pursued it persistently and finally hit a wall."

"Xia Yue..."

Seeing Xia Yue's eyes gradually becoming moist, Lin Wanzhou nervously shook her hand.

"It's okay porridge."

Xia Yue forced out a smile and waved her hands with a smile as if it didn't matter.

"It's all over. I'm just telling you about these old things. By the way, I heard about Qiao Yiming and Xu Cheng. Aren't they two from the same company? What caused such trouble? ah?"

Lin Wanzhou thought for a while.

"Xu Cheng told me that some people's inner personalities have always been hidden. Many of them will never show it in their lives, so they spend their lives with that image. But there are a handful of them, Once you possess something, these things will be exposed, and you will become like a different person. He said that Qiao Yiming is such a person, which makes him feel particularly strange."

Xia Yue thought carefully about Lin Wanzhou's words.

"It's true. Qiao Yiming changed a lot during that time. He also changed in high school, but it was just his deliberate alienation, which made me feel a little sad. But later, after he went to college, the change was really It makes me feel strange, and sometimes when I’m around him, I feel a chill in my heart.”

"Stop talking about this guy. He's not worthy of you."

Lin Wanchu was afraid that Xia Yue would be sad if he continued talking, so he thoughtfully wanted to change the topic, but Xia Yue just shook her head.

"It's okay, Porridge, I can gradually let go of these things."

"Well, just forget about it as soon as possible."

"Actually, I envy you so much."

"Envy me?"

"Ever since the first day I met you in elementary school, I've noticed the monitor next to you."

Xia Yue told.

She, Xu Cheng and Lin Wanchu were in the same class when they were in elementary school, and they separated after junior high school.

"At that time, everyone in the class felt that you and the class leader would definitely get married when they grow up. Everyone believed in this, just like gravity and the rising and setting of the sun. It was already a subconscious idea. At that time, everyone I was only in elementary school, so these thoughts may be childish, but when I met you again in high school, I was surprised to find that the class president was still the same as before, and your relationship was as good as before. I didn’t know that you would get married in the future. , no matter which period it is, I have never doubted it."

"What's the matter with getting married or not..."

Lin Wanchu blushed a little when she heard this, but Xia Yue clenched her hand with excitement.

"Girls shouldn't be reserved sometimes. Xu Cheng has worked very hard to get close to you. Sometimes he takes ninety-nine steps, and you have to take that step towards him."

"Xia Yue..."

"Congee, you and Xu Cheng must make it to the end."

The corners of Xia Yue's eyes glowed with a light crystal color.

"From childhood sweethearts to cultivating a righteous person, that is a dream that I will never be able to fulfill in my life."

Lin Wanzhu was stunned for a few seconds, and then nodded solemnly when he saw Xia Yue's serious face.

"Don't worry Xia Yue, we will definitely get to the end."

Under the eaves, the cat had woken up from its dream, changed its position, swung its tail, and then curled up again, taking a nap like a fur ball.

In the shop, Lin Wanzhu looked out the window in a certain direction.

There was an intuition in her heart that her boy should be there at this moment.

Maybe he didn't even know how determined he was.

I want to be with him from childhood to the end of my life.

Complete the longest journey together.

……

"Why would you... He's the only one who doesn't care. If he really wanted to settle accounts with you, you would have to be detained for a few days for provoking trouble."

Xu Cheng looked at Li Qiuyang helplessly.

"But thanks, Qiuyang."

Li Qiuyang pushed Xu Cheng's hand away in disgust, "Don't do this, it sounds disgusting to me."

"Eh? This bracelet on your hand?"

Xu Cheng thought he had made a mistake, so he leaned down again and took a look at the young man's wrist.

"What's going on, Qiuyang, why are you still wearing the bracelet?"

Li Qiuyang was evasive, hiding a treasure and not letting Xu Cheng touch his bracelet.

"Why do you care so much?"

"Isn't it okay to ask? Who of us is following the other? If you confess, you will be lenient, if you resist, you will be strict. Please tell me the truth quickly."

Li Qiuyang glanced at him with disgust.

"Fuck you, look at the way you gossip, you don't look like a big boss of the company. No one will believe me if I tell you."

"What's the matter? It's best if no one believes me. You don't even know that I have become a celebrity in our school now. When I walk on the road, people are pulling me to take pictures."

"Don't bother me, I'll take a call."

Li Qiuyang took out his cell phone and glanced at the notes. His expression suddenly became gentler, and his tone of voice became visibly tense.

"Hey……"

"Oh, Xu Cheng and I are together."

"I see."

"It's okay. He has more time. I'll go stay with you first."

"almost there."

Under Xu Cheng's surprised gaze, Li Qiuyang hung up the phone and then returned to his carefree look.

"Well, I have something else to do, so you can go for a walk by yourself."

"Who made the call?"

"I want you to manage."

"It can't be Guo Zining, right? Are you two together?"

Eyes facing each other.

Xu Cheng still saw a definite answer from the look on Li Qiuyang's efforts to hide it.

"I'll go. You can do it, Li Qiuyang. He took down Guo Zining without saying a word. It's so easy. If you don't tell me, you won't be able to leave today."

Li Qiuyang was annoyed by Xu Cheng's procrastination, and finally had to confess honestly with a red face.

"The night I beat up that kid Qiao Yiming, I got in the car and passed by Guo Zining City, and went straight to her school."

"Is she so moved?"

"No, she's not at school. I'll wait until night for her to come back."

"Then you two went on a date?"

"No, I was right in front of her school. I pulled her and asked her if she wanted to be together."

"She agreed?"

"No, she didn't say anything for a long time, so I just thought about whether the boy should take the initiative, so I kissed her directly."

"Then she agreed to you?"

"No, then she called the police. After I explained to the police for a long time, I was almost pulled into the car and detained. In the end, she said she had a conflict with my young lover, so the police left."

"and after?"

"Later I said that you were pretending to be a couple just now and I was pretending to be a couple, so I might as well just keep pretending, and then the two of us were confused together."

"hiss."