Rebirth: Growing Up Together

Chapter 15 Until the End of the World

Xu Cheng, who learned to be introverted at a young age, never expected that this summer vacation after graduating from kindergarten would become an extremely busy vacation for him.

He had no basic knowledge, and it was not easy for him to learn according to the obscure words in the book. He would either be distracted or sleepy. It just so happened that his computer was installed with the DOS version of The Legend of Sword and Fairy, so he killed the Moon Worshiper over a dozen times and only read a little bit of the book.

Xu Cheng said that this was not laziness. At such a young age, it is not advisable to overwork, so as to avoid growing short in the future due to lack of sleep, or becoming bald early due to too much stress.

Later he went to Xinhua Bookstore several times, sometimes to look up some information, and sometimes just to read some comics for free.

And every time he would meet the little girl with beautiful eyes in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, the two of them would always share a comic book tacitly through the glass.

Xu Cheng regards it as a very warm memory of this summer.

One day at dinner, Xu Jianghe finally made the decision to withdraw his family savings and live and die with the factory.

The factory where he works is called Jing'an Communications, which is engaged in the production and sales of communication system equipment, optical fibers, cables and other products.

With the rapid development of the Internet, the spring of the communications industry is about to come. Coupled with the strong support of the 519 policy for the stock market, Jing'an Communications quickly turned losses into profits and embarked on the road to rapid development.

The reason why Xu Cheng supports Xu Jianghe is not only because he knows that the shares of this factory will be very valuable in the future, but also because he has a little ambition, or in other words, he has a little expectation for his father.

If one day my father becomes a factory director, the title of my composition will be "My Father, a Factory Director". Just thinking about it makes me excited!

It's not impossible. Although Dad doesn't have any background, Xu Cheng still has a secret weapon in his hands that can definitely help Dad in the future.

He remembered that in 02, there was a wealth code in the communications industry -

PHS!

Ren Zhengfei regretted not doing anything because of his wrong decision. A fishmonger's brother was able to accumulate capital through small-scale operations... Well, when the time comes, I will give my father some advice. This great achievement will be a highlight in his resume!

Xu Cheng was lost in thought. He held his cheeks and smiled at his father's thin face.

My son’s wonderful future life depends entirely on you, dad!

Lin Wanzhou traveled to Shanghai with his family for a while. One day, there was a knock on Xu Cheng's door. He opened the door and saw Lin Wanzhou, who had just returned from Shanghai.

She looks like a fashionable child star, with a slightly loose blue and white POLO shirt, a full uniform sailor style, a light khaki skirt tied at the waist, a pair of small pig kidney shoes on her feet, and cute white socks with pink patterns, a small cherry pattern backpack on her shoulders, and a pink clip in her hair. The cute preppy style made her look like a primary school student from a kindergarten girl in an instant.

"Are you the only one at home?" Lin Wanzhou tilted his head and looked into the room.

"Yes, my parents have gone to work." Xu Cheng bent down and found a pair of smaller slippers for Lin Wanzhou, "Come in."

Lin Wanzhou changed her shoes and stood next to Xu Cheng. "Xu Cheng, congratulations on getting into the Experimental Primary School! This is the gift I brought back for you from Shanghai."

She happily handed the small cherry-patterned schoolbag to Xu Cheng.

"You got the news really quickly." Xu Cheng scratched his head. He originally wanted to give Lin Wanzhou a surprise.

However, looking at the schoolbag in her hand, Xu Cheng was a little hesitant. He thought it was Lin Wanzhou's own schoolbag, but he didn't expect it was a gift for him.

"This is so unmanly of me."

Lin Wanzhou didn't think so. She was looking forward to her primary school life. "I asked my mother to buy two of these schoolbags. Then we can go to school with the same schoolbag. Don't you like it?"

"I don't dislike it either..."

After thinking about it, Xu Cheng accepted it and fulfilled Lin Wanzhou’s little wish.

Instead of carrying the cool Ultraman backpack that Xu Jianghe bought for him to school, he seemed to prefer this. Although it was a bit feminine, it still looked pretty good.

I have to say that Lin Wanzhou has a really good aesthetic sense. Other little girls may still be fond of pink schoolbags like Snow White's, but she can already pick out this elegant style.

This girl seems to have really grown up.

In the short few months since Xu Cheng's rebirth, he truly felt that Lin Wanzhou was maturing rapidly mentally, and the difference could be seen by comparing him with Li Qiuyang.

Was it because she matured too quickly that she became such a cold and aloof person?

Xu Cheng secretly guessed that when she was in high school, Lin Wanzhou seemed to have the words "keep away from strangers" written all over her body. She didn't make friends with others at all. She was completely different from the gentle and friendly angel-like girl she is now.

What happened?

"Have a drink." Xu Cheng poured Lin Wanzhou a glass of orange juice, then sat on the sofa with her to chat.

"Is the Magic City fun?"

"It's fun, but there are too many mosquitoes!"

Lin Wanzhou was very angry. She turned sideways and put both legs on the sofa. "Look here, and here." As she spoke, she slightly lifted the hem of her skirt to show Xu Cheng the red spots on her thighs caused by mosquito bites.

“Mosquitoes are so annoying!”

Xu Cheng watched without changing his expression.

The white socks only covered her small feet. Her smooth and fair legs were red and swollen due to mosquito bites, which seemed to add a bit of pinkness to her legs, making her look inexplicably sexy.

He took a sip of the AD calcium milk in his hand.

"You like blue and white stripes."

"Huh." Lin Wanzhou quickly pulled her skirt down with both hands, pouted her lips angrily and looked at Xu Cheng. Her blushing face seemed to be dripping with water. She said angrily, "I hate Xu Cheng. Where are you looking at?"

"I saw it by accident... Don't be angry."

"How can I not be angry? Mom said that no one else can see us!" Lin Wanzhou's eyes were filled with tears and she buried her little face in her hands.

"Ahem, don't cry, I really didn't mean it." Xu Cheng patted her on the back, "I am guilty, I will make it up to you."

Lin Wanzhou raised her head, looked at Xu Cheng with tearful eyes, and spoke with a sobbing tone.

"Compensation for what?"

"Uh...you tell me, as long as I can do it."

“Then…” Lin Wanzhou thought for a moment, sobbed a few times, and choked up as he said, “You looked at me, so I look at you too. If you let me look back at you, then we’ll be even…”

"what?"

This was the second time Xu Cheng felt so embarrassed after his rebirth. The last time was when he wet his pants in kindergarten.

“I can’t watch it…”

It's really unbearable to watch! If Lin Wanzhou finds out that I'm Buchuan Neiku, it will be a black material for the rest of my life!

"You are lying!" Lin Wanzhou buried her head and cried again, "Wuuu... Xu Cheng, you stupid pig, don't give birth to a girl for him anymore..."

"One, two, three, wooden man."

The crying stopped suddenly.

Xu Cheng shook his head helplessly. He was indeed just a child.

【Until the end of the world】

[I don't want to be separated from you]

【Once in thousands of nights】

【Make a wish】

【Time that never returns】

【Why is it so dazzling】

In 1998, Sakuragi Hanamichi made a buzzer-beater to defeat the previous two national champions Sanno Industrial, and Shohoku completed a stunning reversal and successfully advanced.

However, the animation did not continue, and the ending simply stated that Xiangbei was defeated by Aiwa Academy and was eliminated.

The story comes to an abrupt end with the beautiful melody of "Until the End of the World", which has left countless people born in the 80s and 90s with a sense of regret.

After several summers, the posters of Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede pasted in the bedroom were not torn down, and instead, a gangster-looking boy wearing a straw hat appeared next to them.

The Straw Hat Pirates began their decades-long journey towards the sea of ​​stars.

This year, 2002.

This year, Xu Cheng is in the fourth grade.

Chapter 16: Simple

The first snow of 2002 came later than usual.

In the early spring of this year, the legendary Hogwarts in the wizarding world unveiled its mysterious veil, and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was released in theaters, becoming the beginning of youthful memories for countless people.

At that time, Xu Cheng and Lin Wanzhou were 10 years old and became fourth-grade elementary school students.

After entering the Experimental Primary School, the two were assigned to the same class.

Lin Wanzhou's popularity is still the same as it was in kindergarten. Because of his cute appearance, pleasant personality, and warmth like a little sun, he is very popular in the class and is welcomed by many classmates.

Moreover, as a representative of the Chinese class, she has excellent grades.

Compared with her, Xu Cheng's grades are very average and he is just average in the class.

Of course, he did this on purpose.

As we all know, as long as you learn a little bit of the knowledge learned in elementary school, there will be basically no difference in your grades.

When you think back to your classmates who were good students in elementary school, you will think of a large group of good students, but in junior high and high school, you can only remember one or two top students who were outstanding students.

So Xu Cheng gave up the idea of ​​pretending to be a top student in elementary school. It was pointless to pretend if he couldn't do it.

Moreover, he knew that getting 58 points first and 61 points later was much better than getting 100 points first and 98 points later. In order to prevent himself from pretending to be cool in elementary school and then failing in middle school, he deliberately held back a little in every exam, controlling his effort to just pass, so his grades were just average in the class.

In addition, because of the teacher's learning assistance policy, students with poor academic performance can become deskmates with good students. With this, he successfully sat at the same desk with Lin Wanzhou for four years...

【I want to hold your hand like this and never let go】

【Can love always be pure and without sorrow】

【I want to take you cycling】

【I want to watch baseball with you】

【No need to worry like this】

【Singing and walking】

"Get up!"

The earphones that had been plugged in all night were unplugged. Xu Cheng opened his eyes dazedly. Before he regained consciousness, he felt a corner of the quilt being lifted up, and a pair of cold little hands covered his burning chest.

"hiss!"

The strong temperature difference made Xu Cheng shudder all over. He was no longer sleepy. He propped himself up and looked across. "Lin Wanzhou, you murdered your husband so early in the morning?"

"Bah, bah, bah, what nonsense are you talking about." Lin Wanzhou, who was standing beside the bed, pinched Xu Cheng's arm lightly and took out the earphones from his ears. Seeing that the iPod was still playing, she put one earphone in his ear.

"Simple Love?" She swayed her head gently to the rhythm of the music, her brown hair swaying in the air as she hummed softly.

"I want to love simply."

In 02, Milk Tea Lun had been in the industry for two years.

Q: How popular was he at that time?

Answer: Warcraft was released in 02, and he was asked to compose the theme song "Orcs", which was included in the album "Nine Dimensions" released in 02.

Xu Cheng rubbed his eyes and looked at the beautiful fourth-grade girl in front of him. She was wearing thick clothes, a light pink down jacket with a cute stuffed rabbit sewn on her sleeve.

Compared to four years ago, Lin Wanzhou has grown a lot. One can still vaguely see her enviable body proportions and the subtle curve faintly visible in front of her white sweater.

"Hurry up and get dressed, Xu Cheng. It's snowing heavily outside. It's so beautiful in all the white. I wonder if we can see any rime."

"Rime" is a fourth-grade Chinese text that describes the unique and magnificent scenery beside the Songhua River. Ever since Lin Wanzhou finished learning this text, he has been obsessed with this wonderful sight.

"How could it be? Jinghai City is located in the south, so the temperature is not low enough. Besides, it's early spring now. I'm afraid you can only see such a scene in the early morning in some mountainous areas." Xu Cheng explained to her.

After hearing this, Lin Wanzhou stuck out her tongue playfully.

"Like This……"

"Okay, okay, get out of here. I need to get dressed."

After packing up, the two children walked out of the community together.

The fine snow was still falling, and there was a hazy feeling under the early morning sunlight. The floating snow on the ground had not yet been compacted. The two children's little feet stepped on it, making a "crunching" sound, leaving two long lines of footprints behind them.

Lin Wanzhou turned her head to look at the boy next to her. Xu Cheng was only slightly taller than her now. He was wrapped in a black down jacket, and his face looked very fair.

Xu Cheng met her gaze.

"What are you looking at me for?"