Rebirth: At the beginning, the cool school beauty was caught stealing in the supermarket

Chapter 729 Cao Shuang
"It's five o'clock, the bell has rung." Lu Yuanqiu glanced at his watch, raised his arms and stretched.

The ringing of the bell signifies the end of youth for yet another group of people.

He held the popsicle he had just finished eating in his mouth and looked into the examination hall. In each classroom, he could vaguely see several invigilators busy collecting papers, while the candidates remained seated and unable to move.

Lu Yuanqiu suddenly felt that this No. 46 Middle School was like his examination hall back then.

Even the cicadas chirping in my ears made me feel disoriented.

June 8th seems to be a sunny day every year.

Back then, I also looked out the classroom window at this moment, gazing at the blue sky and white clouds, wondering what was happening at some point in the future, perhaps just like some student inside the window at this moment.

The question is, does the life we ​​live now align with the future we envisioned from our seats in the exam hall back then?

As Lu Yuanqiu was pondering the answer, Bai Qingxia suddenly reached out and pulled the wooden stick out of his mouth, putting it into her packaging bag to throw away later.

With Bai Qingxia by his side, the answer seemed irrelevant.

There was some movement below the teaching building in the distance.

Students began carrying their stationery bags to the stairwell. Someone started running, and the crowd surged forward. Boys and girls, with smiles on their faces, rushed towards the exam room door, shouting and laughing like wild horses.

"It's good to be young." Lu Yuanqiu bit his finger and couldn't help but sigh.

Bai Qingxia tilted her head as she listened to his voice, and for once, she also reminisced about the year she was 18.

They soon spotted Ruan Yueru among them.

Wearing a white T-shirt and a pleated skirt, Ruan Yueru rushed to the front of the crowd.

Everyone was celebrating the end of the college entrance exam, but she compulsively insisted on being the first person to rush out of the exam hall.

Li Bowen, who was behind her, had no intention of competing with her. He just wanted to hold Ruan Yueru's hand at this moment. After all, he had fantasized about this scene many times. But as soon as he got close, Ruan Yueru glanced to the side and thought he wanted to overtake her, so she sped up again. She felt no romance in her heart, only the desire to win.

This scene played out three or four times within ten seconds.

Li Bowen hesitated for a long time, unable to hold the hand: "Damn it..."

This scene made Lu Yuanqiu burst into laughter.

He ran away with Bai Qingxia back then, and even decades later, he still feels that this is a more fulfilling experience than most people's.

"Mom! I failed... damn it!"

Ruan Yueru had just called out "Mom" when she instantly saw Cao Shuang holding flowers next to her mother.

She was even more surprised than when she saw Lu Yuanqiu at the hotel; her eyes widened in surprise.

But with her mother present, Ruan Yueru simply rushed to Cao Shuang, jumped up, slapped him on the shoulder, and exclaimed joyfully, "Brother Shuang, what brings you here?!"

Cao Shuang quickly handed over the flowers: "Of course... they're to celebrate the end of your college entrance exam!"

I practiced this sentence many times, but when I actually said it, I almost slipped up.

Li Bowen quickly applied the brakes.

Mrs. Ruan: "How did Xiaowen do on the exam?"

“It’s alright, Auntie…” Li Bowen replied dryly.

Ruan's mother clearly only greeted Li Bowen politely, and then silently looked at the two people next to her.

Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia, standing under the shed, wore sweet smiles.

I thought only the parents were present, but I didn't expect my love rival to be there too.

But this time, the winner was clearly Cao Shuang. "For me?" Ruan Yueru's eyes sparkled as she looked at the sunflower.

"Yes."

Before accepting the flowers, Ruan Yueru glanced at her mother. Seeing her mother smiling at her, she smiled back and accepted the flowers from Cao Shuang with both hands.

Cao Shuang then greeted the woman next to him, "Hello, Auntie."

"Hello," Mrs. Ruan replied politely.

"Um... I'm going to find my parents now." Li Bowen pointed behind him, then looked at Ruan Yueru.

Ruan Yueru seemed not to hear, still talking to Cao Shuang. They hadn't seen each other for a semester, and she couldn't keep her phone in her hand all the time. She had so much to complain about with Cao Shuang.

In fact, Cao Shuang's mind was blank. He didn't actually hear a word Ruan Yueru was saying. He was only focused on looking at her face, nodding and responding to every word she said.

Seeing that only Ruan's mother responded to him, Li Bowen walked away from the crowd, feeling dejected.

"Shall we go too?" Lu Yuanqiu put his hand on Bai Qingxia's shoulder, feeling a sense of relief as if the story had come to a perfect end.

Bai Qingxia: "Mm."

The two held hands and squeezed through the crowd. Bai Qingxia casually bent down and threw the two empty popsicles into the trash can. Then she straightened up and leisurely waved to Lu Yuanqiu.

The two strolled along the road back to the hotel in the sunset.

Lu Yuanqiu: "I reckon Cao Shuang will be having dinner with Ruan Yueru's family tonight."

Bai Qingxia: "So fast?"

Lu Yuanqiu: "It's normal to invite someone to dinner. Ruan Yueru will definitely bring it up, and how could Cao Shuang possibly refuse?"

Bai Qingxia nodded gently, then heard Lu Yuanqiu say with concern, "But I'm afraid this kid doesn't know how to talk. His social skills aren't suitable for his in-laws. I don't know if Ruan Yueru can smooth things over if he says something wrong."

"What are his social habits?" Bai Qingxia asked, puzzled.

Bai Qingxia was always puzzled by Cao Shuang's contradictory behavior. Despite Lu Yuanqiu's descriptions that Cao Shuang had strong social skills and had brothers wherever he went, Lu Yuanqiu was worried about Cao Shuang's normal interactions with others.

Lu Yuanqiu explained, "If Cao Shuang offered cigarettes to Ruan Yueru's parents before speaking, do you think his parents would like him?"

Bai Qingxia fell silent for a moment.

Lu Yuanqiu's description was too vivid...

Cao Shuang has a bunch of social habits he can't shake, and he's too socially adept. If he wants to have a normal relationship, he has to change them. Lu Yuanqiu has mentioned this to him more than once.

Therefore, Cao Shuang actually restrained himself a lot when facing Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia, otherwise he would have used "Mom" all the time.

Actually, communicating like this with guys can shorten the distance between you, but it won't leave a good impression when communicating with girls, your future in-laws, or others.

To put it bluntly, he can't pretend, and his brothers all like his straightforwardness and honesty. However, his straightforwardness and honesty are useless when dating, and they are not something that his future in-laws would like.

When Cao Shuang was with Lu Yuanqiu and the others, he consciously restrained himself, not swearing or using foul language.

He genuinely respected Lu Yuanqiu, a feeling that had been planted in his heart since Lu Yuanqiu helped his family many times during high school. At the same time, he didn't want to be disliked by Lu Yuanqiu's circle of people, because Lu Yuanqiu's circle was the one he most wanted to be a part of.

Therefore, only Lu Yuanqiu had seen Cao Shuang's true face. The Cao Shuang that others saw was just a little fanboy of Lu Yuanqiu, obedient, loyal, and a sycophant.

But if you think about it carefully, Cao Shuang was the leader of every group fight in high school. It's just that his behavior in front of Lu Yuanqiu distorted Bai Qingxia's preconceived notions about him.

Lu Yuanqiu suddenly smiled: "Speaking of which, Cao Shuang is definitely the protagonist in gangster novels. Gangster bosses would love a son-in-law like him the most."

(End of this chapter)