No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 164 Little Rich Girl Gu Youli
new week.

Winter Solstice has arrived.

After morning self-study, as usual, a large number of students collapsed in the classroom, but Zhang Chi seemed very excited, sitting in his seat staring at his crotch and grinning foolishly.

"Brother Chi, stop laughing, let's go to the restroom."

Guan Ren yawned and greeted him. Although Zhang Chi stood up and walked to the restroom with Guan Ren, he was still staring at his phone and chuckling, his smile even looking increasingly lewd.

"What the hell?"

Guan Ren wondered why his phone, which wasn't a smartphone, couldn't possibly run apps like "Blowing Skirts" or "Tearing Clothes," so why was he laughing so lewdly?

"Brother Ren, you're wrong. I'm really not lewd."

Faced with Guan Ren's questioning, Zhang Chi finally became serious and waved the novel on his phone:
"It's because [the man in the clouds] is too lewd!"

"..."

Guan Ren's eyelids twitched, and then he heard Zhang Chi say mysteriously:

"Second Master, have you been reading 'The Supreme Confucianism and Taoism' that I told you about before?"

"Occasionally... I haven't watched it for a while..."

"Then you should go check it out! That bastard author, [Yun Zhongren], updated some really wicked chapters yesterday! Hehe!"

"..."

These days, "evil" is usually a very euphemistic way of saying it.

Roughly translated, it means "It's too desolate".

And "too evil" is equivalent to "utterly desolate".

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's hard to explain, just watch it for yourself and you'll see. Remember to watch it tonight, and remember to bring plenty of tissues."

Zhang Chi was still keeping everyone in suspense.

Guan Ren had no interest in asking any more questions.

As the person in the novel, Guan Ren knew very well what he had updated in the novel last night.

It's basically just the male protagonist in "The Supreme Confucianism and Taoism" finally getting his first time and taking down the first female protagonist.

Unfortunately, due to Qingmei's visit that day, Guan Ren felt a little excited and emotional that evening.

So, without realizing it, he wrote about the process of his first time in a slightly more detailed way.

Anyway, the environment is still quite relaxed right now. If Guan Ren doesn't write now, he might not have the chance to write again in the future.

So, in short, Guan Ren slightly relaxed the originally planned updates for the latest chapters.

Who knew that this would amaze someone like Zhang Chi, a mere junior in Chu Nan, so much so that he was quite surprised.

Even after the long break and when they came back from doing exercises, he was still going around recommending it to other people, and then he and the people he was recommending it to would make a lewd laugh, which made Gu Youli frown.

"Guan Ren."

"Ok?"

"What's wrong with Zhang Chi today? He's really disgusting."

"Sigh, it's all from reading novels."

Guan Ren and Gu Youli were watching the latest episode of "Flying Romance" and briefly explained Zhang Chi's situation.

Gu Youli also inquired about the book "The Supreme Confucianism and Taoism," and then chuckled coldly.
"Hehe, people who write those kinds of novels are definitely not respectable people."

"..."

In fact, after thinking about it for a while, Gu Youli even felt that the name "Man in the Clouds" was not very proper.

"No, how is this name inappropriate?"

Guan Ren strongly disagreed, believing that Xiao Lihua seemed to be harboring resentment towards everything related to the house.

Guan Ren thought he was quite talented for describing "the person who came out of Guan Qiaoyun's belly" so poetically, but Gu Youli criticized him based on her feelings, which made him very dissatisfied.

Gu Youli was also quite strange:

"What are you in a hurry for?"

Guan Ren choked, and stammered:
"Am I...am I in a hurry?"

"..."

"Cough...no, I just think that Sister Gu's view on the [Cloud People] might be a bit...biased."

"Is it…"

"Yes!"

Guan Ren nodded vigorously, his words earnest and meaningful:
"In fact, many novelists write mainly to serve readers. The content of the book cannot fully represent the author's intention. For example, this 'Man in the Clouds' only wrote those disgusting scenes because people are too vulgar and he had no choice but to do so to cater to the market. In reality, 'Man in the Clouds' himself should be quite upright."

"Guan Ren."

Hearing Guan Ren's evaluation, Gu Youli narrowed her eyes suspiciously and stared at him intently:
"Are you...?"

"?!"

It is said that women are at their most intelligent when they are suspicious of men, and Guan Ren couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw Xiao Lihua like this.

After all, he had kept his novel-writing a secret from even Guan Qiaoyun.

Before writing a positive and uplifting novel that his family could read, Guan Ren did not want to reveal this "shady profession" to anyone.

Fortunately, Gu Youli's suspicions did not go too far.

"Guan Ren, are you also reading this frivolous novel?"

"Uh…"

Guan Ren hesitated for a long time, feeling somewhat guilty as well, and kept touching his hands. It wasn't until someone came over that Gu Youli blushed slightly, gave him a reproachful look, and pulled her hand back, refusing to let him touch her anymore.

Guan Ren then composed himself and spoke righteously:

"Zhang Chi recommended this novel to me a while ago. I glanced at it, and then I felt that the book was going in the wrong direction and was quite unhealthy, so I stopped reading it."

"Oh?"

Little Pear Blossom glanced at him expressionlessly:
"How did you realize things were going wrong...?"

"Well... the male lead in the story is such a womanizer! He clearly has a good girl he's known since childhood by his side, but when it comes to taking the imperial examinations, he still ends up flirting with a young lady from a scholarly family. Sigh... what a scumbag!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Youli's eyes flickered almost imperceptibly.

Guan Ren was filled with righteous indignation, practically with a tally mark written all over his face.

Snapped!
However, instead of a tally mark, a small crumpled piece of paper suddenly hit Guan Ren in the face, striking him right between the eyebrows.

Who attempted to assassinate me?

Guan Ren slammed his fist on the table and immediately spotted Luo Xiaobei not far away.

Luo Xiaobei has changed her hairstyle back to pigtails today, returning to her usual playful style.

"You pighead, come here."

"what?"

"Hey, come here."

"..."

Guan Ren propped himself up on the table, and just as he was about to leave, he felt a few soft fingertips press down on the back of his hand.

"?"

He turned around in surprise, but grasped nothing.

Only one small pear blossom was silently looking down at the magazine.

The hand she was using to turn the pages of the book had somehow slipped slightly inside the sleeve of her school uniform.

"..."

Even though it was just a silent moment.

Guan Ren felt a subtle stirring in his heart.

So he lowered his head and muttered something to himself:
"...I'll only be gone for a little while, I'll be right back..."

Gu Youli seemed not to hear and remained silent.

Just as Guan Ren turned to leave, he seemed to vaguely hear a soft "hmm".

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"what's up?"

"Don't ask, close your eyes, and then open your mouth."

In the end, Luo Xiaobei wasn't really in any serious trouble.

Based on what happened last weekend, Guan Ren thought she was going to spit on him.

As a result, Luo Xiaobei poured a bunch of sweet stuff into Guan Ren's mouth, and Guan Ren, who hadn't eaten this kind of thing in a long time, was quite surprised:

"This is... Desert Storm?"

Luo Xiaobei tilted her head:
"What storm? This is popping candy, okay?"

"Oh right, popping candy..."

Guan Ren awkwardly touched his nose, realizing he had misremembered.

The reason I remembered it wrong is also related to Guan Ren's update of "unconventional novel" yesterday. In it, when the male lead was pushing the female lead, the female lead ate a pill that looked like popping candy, and then "desert storm" started.

This can be seen as Guan Ren paying tribute to a certain veteran online writer who hasn't yet abandoned his mentor after using him.

"what?"

It's worth mentioning that that evening, while busy blocking various self-proclaimed moral guardians in the backstage area, I discovered a rather intriguing ID.

【Little Pear】

"Um…"

Although, in theory, with thousands of online IDs, it is not impossible to have the same name.

On the other hand, using the same simple and unpretentious ID on different platforms does indeed fit the style of a certain classmate.

In addition, Guan Ren had indirectly recommended "The Supreme Confucianism and Taoism" to her during the day.

Therefore, Guan Ren guessed Xiao Li's true identity almost instantly.

I'm at least 80% sure.

Looking at [Xiao Li's] clean profile, it was clearly a newly registered account, which immediately increased Guan Ren's confidence to 90%.

Interestingly, [Xiao Li] also left a comment in the book review section of "The Supreme Confucianism and Taoism".

[Xiao Li: Growing up together doesn't mean anything. The male lead clearly confessed to the eldest daughter of the Gu family first. There should be a proper order of precedence. I suggest the author make the eldest daughter the main character. Hope this helps.]

Then, a reward of 10000 Qidian coins was also attached.

"hiss…"

A full 100 yuan? A tip for an original novel? In 2011? And he was a student?

Combining this with the fact that Guan Ren had treated her to rice noodles a long time ago and was then treated in return, along with her not-so-low-end cell phone, and the ample living expenses Gu Wancheng gave her during her business trip, Guan Ren suddenly realized...

His former deskmate seems to be a wealthy young woman.
(End of this chapter)