Who wants to take the civil service exam after being reborn?

Chapter 671 Love is like wildfire, shaking off thorns

"What M or whatever!"

Chen thought to himself that he had other connections in that circle, and Yi Gege's random interruptions almost ruined his mood.

"I'm happy because I can see Yu Xian's back every day during the morning exercise break."

Chen took a deep breath and pulled the memories back: "Our class and her class were connected end to end."

Yi Baoyu imagined it for a moment.

The sunlight streaming across the playground, the girl's hair with its golden edges, the boy's furtive gaze, the honeyed scent carried on the wind... it's like a hazy scene from a youth movie.

Gege never attended high school in China. She originally thought that she was lucky to be in Sweden and didn't have to experience the so-called "purgatory-like" youth in China.

But at this age, sometimes when I watch some domestic films, I feel a pang of nostalgia for those early morning reading sessions I never experienced, the sharp whistles on the playground, the secrets hidden beneath exam papers, and the quiet, heart-fluttering moments that grow within a group…

She always felt a sense of loss, as if she had never participated in it.

Is studying so hard really worth it?

Yi Baoyu frowned and asked in a daze.

"Of course it's worth it."

Chen Zhe is a staunch supporter of the "usefulness of reading" theory. He said without hesitation: "Reading is the way for us ordinary people to see the world."

Yi Baoyu paused for a moment, then said, "Continue."

"Back then, a lot of boys would approach Yu Xuan, confess their feelings, or tease her."

Chen laughed and said, "But she was like a little firecracker back then. Anyone who got close would be choked back. Watching those boys slink away, I was calm on the surface, but I always felt a sense of relief and secret joy inside."

I don't quite understand Yi Baoyu.

Chen Zhe then explained, "Even though she didn't accept, I feel like the thing I like is still there, waiting for me to pick it someday. As long as she's not in a relationship, I feel like there's still a chance, even a chance in my imagination."

Were you such a loser in high school?

Gege pouted.

Chen took a sip of the purified water in the room to moisten his throat: "I'm just an ordinary person, and I haven't achieved anything special..."

"Alright, alright, if you say any more, it'll sound fake."

Yi Baoyu waved his hand to interrupt, saying that this person could be really annoying at times, so fake.

If I had gone to the same high school as him, I would have spent all my time getting thugs from outside the school to beat him up!

"But now, Yu Xian doesn't seem so irritating anymore."

Yi Baoyu asked again, "Although I don't know how fierce Yu Xian was in high school, based on our interactions today, Yu Xian is actually quite easy to get along with."

"Because she's in a relationship."

Chen vividly described it: "Even the most thorny bushes, once they bloom, will still have strong stems, but those sharp thorns that used to prick people will fall off to the ground without you even realizing it."

"Would you willingly lay down your defenses? You might as well not date at all. Men are all the same!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Baoyu immediately offered a narrow-minded perspective.

Chen chuckled lightly, not refuting like a child, but neutrally stating, "To some extent, 'I like you' is indeed roughly equivalent to 'you already possess the ability to hurt me'."

Yi Baoyu fell silent for the second time, then asked, "When did you two officially become a couple?"

"The summer before I went from high school to college..."

Chen recounted the events that had transpired, including Yu Xian's family.

Hearing that in order to save money for her boyfriend's business, the art student, a vixen, actually only uses a cheap, domestically made mobile phone that costs a few hundred yuan.

In those glamorous art schools, she must have silently endured a lot of strange looks.

Gege fell silent for the third time, then sighed softly and said, "No wonder you said she couldn't be with you for money."

“Yes.” Chen nodded: “When Su Hui was first established, we were in dire need of money. She gave me her bank card, and when she saw that I didn’t use it, she gave me 7427 yuan in cash.”

"For Yu Xian at that time, it should have been quite a lot."

Yi Baoyu is actually someone who has no concept of money. He has never known what it is like to live without money.

She said that as a subconscious attempt to comfort and respond.

Seeing that Gege didn't understand the meaning of the number, Chen Zhe patiently explained, "It can be 7000 or 7500, but it can't be 7427. This means that Yu Xuan went to the counter and withdrew all the money from the card, which is why there are both whole and odd numbers."

"What will she do if she has no money on her? How will she eat and buy things?"

Yi Baoyu couldn't help but ask.

"I do not know."

Chen said slowly, "She probably didn't think that far ahead."

Princess Gege fell silent for the fourth time.

This time, Chen Zhe also fell silent.

He himself didn't feel much at the time, but when he told others about it, these little things from back then gradually turned into a blurry river.

On this ordinary night, the river transforms into a silent tide, overflowing the banks of time and surging deeply into my heart.

"So now that you're successful, you support Yu Xian no matter what she does. No wonder you're willing to cover all 30 yuan needed for this project collaboration."

Yi Baoyu said that Yu Xuan's "gold-digging" image had completely collapsed in her mind.

Gege felt that if she had supported a boy like that back then, she should be able to use his money however she wanted after he became successful.

Chen opened his mouth.

"Looking at it this way, you're not bad at all."

It was rare for Yi Baoyu to praise Director Chen.

I once read a quote that said some men are always very greedy.

He wanted his partner to be both a pure virgin and a seductive prostitute.

He wants his partner to be both a wife and a lover.

She wants her partner to take care of her like an older sister, but also wants her to be pitiful and vulnerable like a little girl who lacks security and can hide behind her.

They have so many demands on their partners.

But the one thing I don't want is for her to have an independent soul.

Although Chen Zhe is a scoundrel, he seems to wholeheartedly support his two girlfriends' careers, allowing them to shine in their respective fields of love and expertise.

This kind of man may not be able to build a fidelity walled city, but he can certainly create a safe harbor for his lover's dreams.

Evaluation: Below "Hardcore", somewhere between "Superior" and "Top-Tier".

"that……"

Chen said somewhat embarrassedly, "Regarding that jewelry collaboration project, Yu Xian didn't actually ask me for money. She had already arranged with Aunt Lan to use five signed paintings as collateral for the 300,000 yuan, and even the name of that studio..."

Chen scratched his head: "She was even planning to call him [Chen Ji]."

"Chenji Studio?"

Yi Baoyu asked thoughtfully, "What does 'traces left in life' mean?"

"probably."

Chen Zhe also understood it this way.

After the fifth time she fell silent, Gege suddenly yelled at Chen Zhe, "Get out of here! People treat you so well, and you don't appreciate it at all."

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(I'll try to write another chapter tonight; this one seems to be of decent quality.)
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