No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 175 Instant Faith

There are three Chinese language classes in the morning.

Originally, it was supposed to be two periods, but Gu Wancheng said that the PE teacher, Brother Qiang, happened to have "something to do," so it was "perfect." She had already asked her homeroom teacher, Li Min, to change it to a Chinese class.

So two Chinese language classes became three.

Gu Wancheng will also have more time to catch up on the teaching content that she has been procrastinating on and doing perfunctorily.

No one complained much about it.

They're high school sophomores now, they're more sensible, and they can understand this kind of situation where classes are taken up by others.

More importantly than that, Gu Wancheng didn't mention the homework assigned by the substitute teacher yesterday in any of the classes, which means it's highly likely that it won't be checked.

This brought a sigh of relief to many people who hadn't done their homework.

Gu Wancheng herself really didn't care about this assignment.

Substitute teachers are generally ineffective in their lessons, so how much substance can they possibly come up with for homework?
What she cares about more is speeding up the pace in the next class and trying to summarize and organize the classical poetry content of this semester in two classes.

Gu Wancheng stared at the textbook, then raised her left hand and reached for the blackboard eraser in the upper left corner of the podium.

"?"

Then he froze.

Because the delicate fingertips could clearly feel as if they were touching another person's slightly rough, broad, and warm hand.

A sense of déjà vu flashed through Gu Wancheng's mind. She turned her head to look, and Guan Ren was also staring at her in surprise.
"Um... Ms. Gu, I'll erase the blackboard."

As he said this, Guan Ren was still thinking, given this woman's personality, wouldn't she be going to "rebel" and insist on wiping it herself?
Just like back in the office, she was never willing to rely on herself easily.

For example, when jogging in the morning, she always insists on running ahead of me.

But as it turns out, Guan Ren had exaggerated his expectations of others.

Gu Wancheng's fingertips lingered on the back of his hand for only half a second before quickly withdrawing. Guan Ren then saw her nod and give a soft "hmm" before turning back to her textbook.

His calm expression even revealed a rare hint of gentleness.

Guan Ren didn't think much of it. As usual, he slightly dampened the blackboard eraser, wiped the large area of ​​writing on the board clean, and then went to the window to vigorously pat off the chalk dust against the exterior wall.

"Pfft—! Ren-ge, can you stretch your arm out a bit? It all flew into my mouth."

Zhang Chi complained, while Guan Ren chuckled:
"Brother Chi, what are you sticking on the window?"

Zhang Chi was behaving strangely at this moment. Instead of reading a novel, he was sticking snowflake and Christmas tree stickers onto the window.

Before I knew it, I had moved from the back row to the front row, and it actually looked quite convincing, with a real Christmas atmosphere.

"It was Du Zihan and those girls who asked them to put it up."

Zhang Chi appeared impatient, but a hint of envy flickered in his eyes:

"Second Master, did you go check on Class Nine?"

No, why?

"Tsk, they're having a Christmas party today."

"Oh?"

Guan Ren recalled that it was no wonder he saw some people wearing Santa hats and such in the corridor when he arrived in the morning; it looked quite lively. So that's what happened.

"But it's broad daylight, what kind of party are they having?"

"Then let's have a party, that's the gist of it."

Zhang Chi continued putting on the stickers while clicking his tongue in amazement:
"Sigh, those liberal arts students have it so easy, we science students are just so miserable!"

Guan Ren was speechless. This guy treated science subjects like humanities subjects every day. He would just sit there reading novels and even make comments about them.

"This is really messed up..."

【闹麻了】is a local dialect, and like many other dialects, it was far from becoming a meme in 2011; it was just a common everyday expression.

"Hey? Ren-ge, you're popular in class and you get along well with Li Min, why don't you encourage her to throw a Christmas party for a whole day?"

"Brother Chi, wake up when you're done dreaming. Besides, when have I ever had a good relationship with Li Min?"

"Don't you always like to argue and bicker with Li Min?"

"So? That's what you call having a good relationship?"

Guan Ren rolled his eyes at him. Zhang Chi must be having wild ideas, imagining him and Li Min as having a love-hate relationship like A-Shuai and Teacher Jin Chengwu in the TV series "A-Shuai".

Don't tell me it's just pure fantasy.

Even if there's a real possibility, he can't just find Li Min to have a love-hate relationship with. He should at least find a prettier teacher, right?
"Ren-ge, Ren-ge!"

"Uh?"

Guan Ren snapped out of his daze and averted his gaze from Gu Wancheng.

Strange, when did my eyes drift to her...?

"Ren-ge, shall we go check on Class 9 during the long break later?"

"Don't go."

Guan Ren shook his head; he had never really been interested in parties or anything like that.

unless…

Is it a silver party...?
Pshaw! That won't work either!
That's unhealthy! He's a pure-hearted male high school student now! He's not interested in sex parties at all!
But then again.

What if it's a gynecological party with only him as the male lead...?
Hmm... that seems a bit too ambitious. Let's be more realistic and focus on the crotch area first.

"Oh? By the way, where's Sister Gu?"

"I think I went to the restroom with that person just now."

"Oh…"

Never mind then, I'll give her the apple I bought for her during the long break.

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Even before the long break started, the music, singing, and even the microphone of the host from Class 9 could already be heard in the nearby classes.

This stirred up excitement among the students in nearby classes, who began whispering amongst themselves.

There were also many who pretended not to care, such as Wang Lei, who adjusted his glasses and stared intently at the blackboard, trying to emphasize a "cold-faced academic genius" persona of "the liberal arts class is so flashy, but I'm still the most reliable."

"Wang Lei!"

"!"

However, his body soon became obedient, still dazed by the commotion in Class 9, and he started daydreaming, which earned him a merciless reprimand from Gu Wancheng.

In this atmosphere, when get out of class ended and the long break began, many students in the class did not go down to do exercises.

……

"Let's go! Let's go see Class 9!"

"Go to Class 10, have you seen the forum? Class 10 and Class 11 are also having a party, and I heard there are a lot of girls performing."

"Yes, yes, there was dancing, I think it was called something like 'otaku dance,' and they were wearing cartoon costumes and green wigs."

"Damn, that's called a cosplay outfit! They're cosplaying Hatsune Miku!" "What? Breastfeeding?"

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to explain it to you. Just go check out A-site and B-site yourself."

……

In short, the Christmas atmosphere that didn't originally exist was stirred up by the liberal arts students.

Besides those just watching the fun, some people who hadn't bought any trinkets beforehand also took advantage of the long break to go to the convenience store and buy apples, candies, greeting cards, and the like.

Although they are all very simple and childish, they are mainly based on four words: "emotional value" and are meant to bring joy.

The power of youth is always restless and bold.

At times like these, not only students interact with each other, but teachers also get "involved".

……

"Hey! Teacher Gu, here you go!"

“…Yes, thank you.”

"Teacher, teacher, have some candy! Our class monitor bought so much!"

"Okay, thank you."

Gu Wancheng was just going to the restroom, but as she passed by the liberal arts classes where the atmosphere was the most cheerful, she unexpectedly received small gifts from several female students.

Yes, they are all female students, there are no male students.

Because, relatively speaking, Gu Wancheng's "renowned reputation" is more effective on male students, while it is less effective on female students.

Not only that, after Gu Wancheng went to the office to put down the small gifts, the science classes five and six actually sent a "delegation" of several girls to give each of the teachers in the office a small gift.

At first glance, it looked like someone had gotten married and sent out wedding invitations and candy.

Class 7 of the second year of high school was the most low-key.

Even so, when Gu Wancheng went back to Class 7 to get her pen, a girl gave her a box of gingerbread cookies.

There was also a sticky note on it that read, "Wishing Teacher Gu a Merry Christmas."

"Thank you."

Gu Wancheng responded politely as usual, and then she saw that Guan Ren was leaning on the podium, writing something with her fountain pen.

"Damn it, Liu Xiong, he's been trying to borrow a sticky note for ages and still won't give it to me..."

Guan Ren was also writing on sticky notes.

He originally planned to give it directly to Gu Youli, who was engrossed in her studies, while Luo Xiaobei was away.

Seeing that everyone else had written blessings on their apples for good luck, Guan Ren walked around to the front of the stage and stopped. On a whim, he grabbed a pen that someone had left behind, stuck a sticky note on it, and started writing his own blessing.

He spent a long time thinking and writing, but just as he finished, he felt a familiar and pleasant fragrance around him.

"!"

broken!

He suddenly looked up and saw Gu Wancheng staring at the peace apple in his hand.

……

To be honest, since he started going for morning runs, his relationship with Gu Wancheng has improved considerably compared to the beginning.

Guan Ren was well aware that Gu Wancheng had always been wary of the note he had written to her sister and had no intention of simply wiping it off.

She caught him giving a gift to Xiaolihua right then and there, and coincidentally, the wording of the blessing on it was somewhat intimate…

Guan Ren's heart skipped a beat.

Seeing Gu Wancheng's eyebrows furrow slightly, he quickly tried to explain:
"Teacher Gu, I...I...uh..."

It happened suddenly, and I hadn't thought of a reason yet.

Gu Wancheng ignored Guan Ren's stammering and continued to examine the peace apple in Guan Ren's hand, then saw the character "Gu".

"..."

It turns out this guy was also planning to give her a gift…

"Teacher Gu, I..."

"okay."

Gu Wancheng first took her own pen, then extended a delicate hand to Guan Ren:
"give it to me."

"..."

Damn! They confiscated it so decisively...

Guan Ren cursed his bad luck inwardly, but he couldn't argue with Gu Wancheng in the classroom, so he reluctantly gave the apple he had in his hand to Gu Wancheng.

Fine, if they confiscate it, they confiscate it.

I'll just buy one more for Gu Youli this afternoon at most.

……

And so, Gu Wancheng returned to her office with the "peace apple".

"Wow, Teacher Gu, you've had a very fruitful day!"

"It's nothing, it's just the students' good intentions."

And almost all of them were female students.

Male students…

There is one, though…

Gu Wancheng didn't know what emotions she was feeling. In any case, she deliberately flipped through the other gifts first, and then casually glanced at the "peace apple" that Guan Ren had "given" to her.

Apple itself is nothing special.

Gu Wancheng looked directly at the sticky note.

There are only eight characters above.

【Golden breeze and jade dew, a glance that feels like a glance】

"Eh…"

Gu Wancheng was stunned when she saw these eight words.

A moment later, she noticed another line of text on the back of the sticky note.

Wishing you, who are always so hardworking and dedicated, more happiness every day from now on. I hope to see your smile soon.

……

Gu Wancheng murmured, her red lips barely touching the paper. After silently reading this exceptionally unique blessing, she suddenly felt a gentle touch on her heart.

Her beautiful eyes flickered, and for a moment, she was stunned.

(End of this chapter)