No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 170 Guan Ren, Goodnight Too

"not coming?"

"Yes, I'm not coming."

On Friday, Guan Ren told Guan Qiaoyun about Gu Youli's situation.

He also boasted a bit about the land:
"Because Teacher Gu is coming back soon, she wanted to get used to it beforehand so she wouldn't become too addicted to me. There's no way around it, that's just how charming your son is... uh..."

However, before he could finish his joke, Guan Ren saw his mother, who was leaning against the sofa with her arms crossed, staring at him with a sharp look in her eyes and drooping eyelids.

"cough…"

Guan Ren chuckled sheepishly and moved his small stool closer.

"I meant the charm of my cooking skills... Um, Mom, don't look at me like I'm a scoundrel."

"Ah."

Guan Qiaoyun gave a cold laugh and continued watching TV.

He was just a petty thug...

She muttered to herself, because she remembered the time she caught him delivering milk before.

Sigh, I wonder if he even listened to me when I told him to be more moderate last time...

After all, as a mother, she can't personally supervise and manage this kind of thing, can she?

However, when it was mentioned that Gu Youli would no longer be coming to their house for meals, Guan Qiaoyun's brows relaxed for a moment, and she even let out a soft sigh of relief, but then her brows furrowed again.

This was something that Guan Ren found quite puzzling.

"Sister Qiaoyun~"

Guan Ren raised his hand, skillfully executing the first move of the "Filial Piety Mantra": the leg-pounding starting stance, but Guan Qiaoyun dodged it with a sway of her leg, her beautiful eyes looking down at him with a hint of amusement:

"Get to the point, why are you being so overly attentive all of a sudden..."

"Oh, I'm just being filial, how can you call it being overly attentive?"

"..."

Although Guan Ren was just joking, when it came to "filial piety," Guan Qiaoyun really couldn't refute it now.

Especially when she thinks about the dramatic changes in the child since she returned from her business trip, her heart can't help but soften.

"Sister Qiaoyun, actually I just wanted to ask, you don't have any issues with Gu Youli, do you?"

"Opinion? What opinion could I possibly have? She's a very nice young lady, polite and well-mannered, and it's not pretentious, it's just her natural expression."

Guan Qiaoyun said this, then paused for a moment and added:
"only…"

"Sister Qiaoyun."

Guan Ren recalled Guan Qiaoyun's prejudice against women surnamed Gu and made a bold guess:

"You don't still have any prejudice against her just because her surname is Gu, do you?"

"go with!"

Guan Qiaoyun glared at him, annoyed.
"So, in your heart, your mother is so petty and childish, is that it?"

"No, no, I wouldn't dare..."

"I dare not, or I don't!"

"no!"

Guan Ren shook his head vigorously and gave a thumbs up:
"Mom, you are the most magnanimous woman I have ever met!"

This is a lie.

Guan Ren had met two other women with broad minds besides Guan Qiaoyun.

One is Gu Wancheng.

The other is her female boss from her previous life.

"One thing at a time. I know exactly what kind of girl Youli is."

Admittedly, Guan Qiaoyun had a negative impression of women surnamed Gu because of some unspeakable experiences in her early years, which could be considered a form of PTSD.

But she was far from being obsessed.

At most, when I first heard that my son was getting along well with a girl surnamed Gu, I would frown.

But after getting to know her, she had already decided that Gu Youli was a good girl, just like the Luo family's little girl.

However, compared to all of this, the reason why Guan Qiaoyun felt a little relieved after hearing that Gu Youli would no longer come to her house for dinner was purely out of a mother's instinctive concern for her son.

……

"I just feel... because Yuri comes to eat, you've been doing most of the cooking this month, including grocery shopping, and you always make really big and troublesome meals..."

As Guan Qiaoyun pondered, she couldn't help but mutter to herself, her delicate hands, clasped to her chest, nervously fidgeting with her clothes:

"...You're still a child, and you have to balance your studies on top of that. Isn't that hard on you...?"

"Sister Qiaoyun..."

Hearing this, Guan Ren understood Guan Qiaoyun's thoughts, interrupted her, gently put one arm around her shoulder, and lightly shook her leg with the other:

"Why are you still thinking about these trivial things now? Don't forget, you agreed when I suggested that Gu Youli come to our house for dinner."

"I agreed, but I only agreed because her older sister was your Chinese teacher... Who knew it would make things so hard for you later..."

"No, no, no, it's really not that hard. It's not difficult at all."

Guan Ren smiled gently, feeling both warmth and bittersweetness in his heart.

If he hadn't noticed it himself today, he truly wouldn't have guessed that this woman harbored such instinctive concern. And thinking back to the past, including his previous life, how much worry and even pain had she harbored in her heart when facing her immature self?

"Mom, I'm fine. I'll take good care of myself. From now on, please worry less about me and take better care of yourself. As long as you treat yourself well, I'll be fine too."

To be honest, Guan Qiaoyun was quite touched by his words, but at the same time, she also gave him a strange look.
"Wow, Guan Ren, these days you speak so eloquently, it's like you have a whole set of strategies..."

Guan Ren's expression stiffened:
"No, Sister Qiaoyun, I'm telling the truth, okay?"

"Okay, okay... I didn't say you weren't sincere..."

Seeing her son's adorable face, Guan Qiaoyun couldn't help but chuckle. She suppressed a smile and said seriously:
"Since Youli isn't coming either, I'll cook a few more meals this month so you can rest well."

"Oh, no need. We'll just take turns as agreed. I'm in great shape."

Guan Ren showed his arm:
"Sister Qiaoyun, feel it if you don't believe me."

"..."

Seeing him clown around, Guan Qiaoyun first glared at him, but then glanced at his bulging biceps and couldn't help but actually touch them.

Well…

It is indeed quite sturdy...

He's much stronger than he was when he was a child, and even stronger than he was in his first year of high school.

Time flies... that little boy he once was has grown into a real man...

"So, Sister Qiaoyun, look at me, what's there to be afraid of about hard work? If I don't do more work, I feel like I have no way to release my energy."

"..."

Nowhere to release...

Ha ha.

So last time you released your pent-up desires on those random women on the computer, right?

Guan Qiaoyun didn't know why she had gotten back to that matter after all that. She felt she needed to calm down and rest, so she went to sleep after watching TV for a short while.

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Guan Ren, seeing that it was getting late, quickly went back to his room to finish his daily tasks.

beep--

"Hello? Luo Xiaobei."

"Why did it take you so long to call? I was already about to call!"

"I was chatting with Sister Qiaoyun and it took me a while, so I came to find you as soon as I finished chatting."

"Tch...who knows if you only remembered me after chatting with other girls..."

"Absolutely not!"

"Oh, okay, then continue. You haven't finished telling that ghost story from last night. What did that person see through the keyhole?"

……

Half an hour later.

……

"Hello? Sister Gu."

"I thought you weren't coming tonight."

"How could that be? I chatted with my mom for a while longer."

"Aunt Guan? What...did you talk about?"

Guan Ren wanted to say "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflict," but it was too blunt:

"They were talking about you, saying you wouldn't be coming anymore, but my mom was actually quite sad to see you go, praising you for being sensible and polite."

"Really...really?"

"Really, I just finished talking to you and I'm calling you right now."

……

And so, another half hour passed.

After both sides finished their long phone conversations, a muffled clap of thunder sounded outside, and raindrops began to fall lightly.

Tick-tick…

It's raining...

As Guan Ren listened to the rain outside the window, he thought about how tomorrow was Saturday and he had to go to tutoring classes, and he couldn't help but recall some interesting things from the past.

I checked QQ and, as expected, found a profile picture that was grayed out, so I ended up sending a text message:
It's raining again. Remember to bring an umbrella this time. Also, go to bed early. Goodnight.

A moment later, it responded.

Goodnight, Guan Ren.

Then came another one:
Goodnight, Guan Ren.

Ok…

That's the advantage of not having a text message recall function...

Guan Ren chuckled at the unexpected cuteness of the little lemon, and then drifted off to sleep.

(End of this chapter)