No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 134 Watching a Movie with Gu Youli
The next day.

Luo family.

"This child, sleeping in all weekend again, still not up at noon..."

Su Ping walked out of the kitchen complaining and called out towards Luo Xiaobei's bedroom:
"Xiao Bei, dinner's ready!"

By the way, let me reprimand Luo Jianming for sitting on the sofa watching TV:
"Such a big, living person! Didn't you even bother to call out!"

"Oh dear... let the child sleep a little longer if they want to. They've probably been studying a lot, it must be tiring..."

Luo Jianming gave a perfunctory answer.

But there is some basis to this statement.

After all, Luo Xiaobei had made steady progress in the two monthly exams during this period, which made Luo Jianming very gratified.

What was somewhat of a pleasant surprise was that Guan Ren's academic progress was similar to Luo Xiaobei's.

Just a few months ago, things weren't like this. Luo Jianming was worried that Guan Ren would treat Luo Xiaobei badly and affect her studies and life.

Now that his two children are making progress together, Luo Jianming feels the impermanence of life, but more importantly, he has been relieved of a lot of worries.

"Chopsticks! Bowl! Bring the food out! All you do is expect food to be served to you, is that it!"

"Oh! Here it comes—"

Su Ping's angry shouts came from the kitchen again. Luo Jianming shrank back and hurriedly went to help.

Su Ping looked at her daughter's still-closed door and knocked on it curiously.
"Xiao Bei? Xiao Bei?"

no respond.

Sleeping so soundly?

Su Ping was puzzled and was about to push the door open when it opened from the inside.

squeak-

"mom…"

"Oh, I thought you were still sleepy. What time did you go to bed last night?"

"It wasn't very late..."

"Hurry up and wash up, dinner's ready."

"Oh…"

Watching her daughter rub her sleepy eyes and shuffle towards the bathroom in her slippers, Su Ping's unease did not subside.

There is a saying that no one knows a daughter better than her mother.

She felt that Luo Xiaobei was acting strangely today.

Until they reached the dinner table.

"Xiao Bei, eat this."

"Um…"

"Eat more vegetables, and it's okay if you can't finish your rice."

"Um…"

At the dinner table, Su Ping would say something, and Luo Xiaobei would respond.

Seeing that her daughter looked like abacus beads, clearly lacking her former liveliness, Su Ping glanced at her a few more times during the meal and soon noticed that Luo Xiaobei seemed to be deliberately keeping her head down.

So I couldn't help but reach out and stroke her hair, and I was immediately taken aback:
"Hey Xiao Bei, why are your eyes so swollen?"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Jianming looked up and realized it was true. He couldn't help but worry and said:
"You've been staying up too late lately, it's not good, Xiao Bei..."

"What do you mean by staying up late! Staying up late only gives you dark circles! Is that even possible?!"

Su Ping was so angry at Luo Jianming's stupid words that she turned around and continued to ask:
"Daughter, what happened? Tell Mom."

"It's alright..."

Luo Xiaobei gave a soft snort and continued to reach into the plate with her chopsticks.

But as a mother, how could she not hear it? As soon as she discovered the matter and brought it up, her daughter's voice clearly started to tremble with a hint of sobbing.

Su Ping's heart skipped a beat:
"My dear daughter, did someone bully you?"

Luo Xiaobei shook her head vigorously.

"Oh my god, you're making me so anxious! Just tell me, what happened?"

Luo Xiaobei really wanted to find an excuse right now: "I had a nightmare last night, so I cried for a long time in my dream."

The more wronged I felt, the more my mother pressed me for answers, the more the pain in my heart choked up, and I couldn't say anything.

"Xiao Bei, is someone bullying you?"

Luo Jianming asked a question, but Luo Xiaobei still couldn't speak. Upon hearing her father's words, large tears began to fall onto the table.

"this…"

Faced with this scene, the dull-witted Luo Jianming was completely dumbfounded and looked to Su Ping for help.

In Su Ping's memory, the last time her daughter was this heartbroken was in junior high school, when she stayed at home for several days before going back to school.

"You eat your food first... Xiao Bei, come on, tell your mother slowly."

Su Ping put down her chopsticks, told Luo Jianming not to move, and then gently helped her daughter up and walked towards her bedroom.

Click.

"Mom, I'm really fine, I just had a nightmare yesterday..."

After closing the door, in this small safe room, Luo Xiaobei finally spoke.

But Su Ping didn't believe it, and picked up the mirror on the table and shoved it in her face:

"Look at yourself, is this appropriate?"

"Not like."

Luo Xiaobei honestly admitted it.

The reflection in the mirror showed me with red, swollen eyes.

Although it suits her better with the beauty mark under her eye...

But Luo Xiaobei still felt that she looked worse than before, so she pushed the mirror away, sniffed, and grabbed Su Ping's arm and shook it:
"Okay, Mom, let's go eat!"

"Stop it."

Su Ping tapped her daughter's nose with one finger, as if trying to appear nonchalant:
"If you're unwilling to tell me exactly what happened, at least give me a general idea, right?"

"It's probably...it's probably just a nightmare..."

"..."

Su Ping's direct gaze made Luo Xiaobei feel guilty, and she stuck out her little tongue:
"Actually, it's nothing much. I just had a little argument with someone last night... no, not really an argument, I just had a bit of a tiff with myself... People tend to be more sentimental at night, so I cried for a little while..." Just a little while?

Looking into her daughter's eyes, Su Ping knew perfectly well that the child had definitely been crying under the covers all night.

However, Su Ping, knowing full well what was going on, chose to believe Luo Xiaobei's explanation.

Because my daughter does have a history of "arguing with herself".

It was back in junior high.

That time, it was Luo Xiaobei who was arguing with herself.

But disagreements don't happen without a reason.

Ultimately, it was influenced by external factors.

So, where does the "external influence" come from?
At this moment, Su Ping had already vaguely guessed that "this moment is just like that moment," so she immediately took out her phone and started pressing buttons.

"mom?"

Luo Xiaobei was taken aback upon seeing this, and wiped her wet eyes:
"What...what are you doing?"

"What else can you do?"

Su Ping tapped away on her phone expressionlessly:

"There's nothing I can do about it. I'll just call Guan Ren and ask him to come keep you company for a while."

"Don't!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Xiaobei snatched the phone away.

"..."

Su Ping watched as her daughter hid her phone behind her back like a puppy guarding its food, softened her tone, and whispered:

"Xiao Bei, tell me the truth, did Guan Ren bully you?"

"He...no, it was me..."

As Luo Xiaobei spoke, she remembered what Guan Ren had said on the phone last night, and her nose tingled again, her eyes welling up with tears once more.

Luo Xiaobei knew that she was a very unambitious girl.

She cries easily over the smallest things that happen to some boy.

But it's one thing to be secretly useless.

If his childhood friend knew that he had cried all night because a pretty girl was coming to his house for dinner, regardless of what he thought, Luo Xiaobei would definitely feel incredibly embarrassed.

"OK OK."

Su Ping helplessly wiped her daughter's cheeks:
"Xiao Bei, listen to Mom, I have something to say about you and Guan Ren..."

"I know I know."

Luo Xiaobei's thoughts were a bit jumbled. Right now, all she wanted was to put her mother at ease, so she pouted and shook Su Ping's arm a couple more times.

"Mom, please leave it alone, okay? I'm already a sophomore in high school. Sometimes I'll have a little tiff with him, and it'll be over soon. It's really nothing."

Su Ping hesitated, though she had much more to say, but ultimately only managed to utter one sentence:
"Really nothing?"

"Yes, really~"

"Anyway... as long as you can handle it yourself, let's eat first."

"Okay, coming right away~"

After Su Ping left the bedroom, Luo Xiaobei's feigned mischievousness and enthusiasm gradually turned into a deep, blank stare.

Staring blankly at herself in the mirror for a long time, Luo Xiaobei took a deep breath and revealed a smile that was no different from usual.

After practicing for a while, they returned to the dining room.

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On the other hand, Guan Ren's side...

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Sister Gu, have you made up your mind yet? My kitchen knife is itching to be used!]

[Xiao Li: What kind of kitchen knife?]

[Guan Guan Jujiu: I've already said, when you come to my house, I'm the one who cooks.]

[Xiaoli: Oh]

【Guan Guan Jujiu: No】

[Xiaoli:? 】

【Guan Guan Jujiu: Wrong number】

After Guan Ren sent the "No" message, he felt embarrassed and quite guilty.

After all, it's rather tasteless to make such a joke about a little pear blossom that knows absolutely nothing about it.

[Guan Guan Jujiu: So, have you decided on the timing yet?]

[Xiaoli: Yeah]

[Xiao Li: I'll come tomorrow]

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Okay!]

It's finally here.

Guan Ren can cook anytime, no problem; all he needs to know is the time.

Gu Youli, on the other hand, has many things to consider.

After researching online about "What should I do when I go to my mother-in-law's house for the first time tomorrow?", Gu Youli spent a long time agonizing over questions such as "What clothes should I wear?", "Should I bring anything?", and "How should I talk to Guan Qiaoyun?".

This actually made her quite nervous.

I was just thinking about how to relax right now.

Guan Ren, however, took the initiative to bring up something.

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Sister Gu, want to go to the movies together?]

[Xiaoli:? 】

For a fleeting moment, Gu Youli thought Guan Ren was inviting her on a date or something, and her heart jumped into her throat.

But Guan Ren didn't mean it that way.

[Guan Guan Jujiu: We can watch the same movie, coordinate the time, and then talk on the phone so we can chat while watching the film.]

[Xiaoli: OK]

This idea was quite interesting. Gu Youli wanted to relax, so she and Guan Ren found a movie called "Up" to watch.

(End of this chapter)