No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 176 Did he give you an apple too?
Snapped.

Finally, when Gu Wancheng came to her senses, she was biting her lip, her eyebrows furrowed, and her full chest heaving slightly.

As for the thin layer of heat that inexplicably rose on her cheeks, Gu Wancheng did not notice it, and it did not last long, disappearing in a flash.

What about "Golden breeze and jade dew, a meeting that feels like a glance"?... This Guan Ren is probably just pretending to know what he's talking about, writing nonsense.
As soon as Jinfeng Yulu met, they won but countless on earth.

These two lines of poetry may not be familiar to everyone.

But the following line, "If love between two people lasts forever, why should they be together day and night?", is definitely a well-known and widely quoted saying.

So why would he write something like that to her, his teacher?!
Gu Wancheng had reason to suspect that Guan Ren had just copied the phrase "golden wind and jade dew" from somewhere, probably thinking it was a good phrase, but he ended up making a mess of things and Gu Wancheng saw through his disguise.

After all, she was originally a Chinese language teacher.

Then, Gu Wancheng admitted that, considering the later phrase "love at first sight," she also felt it was quite... quite...

"..."

In short! If a man writes these eight words specifically to a woman surnamed Gu whom he admires, then even if the woman is not moved, she will at least be deeply impressed.

But the question is, what is Gu Wancheng's identity? And what is Guan Ren's identity?
"Blindly copying..."

After calming down, Gu Wancheng understood things better and gently shook her head.

This person was completely unaware of its meaning, and as a result, took the sentence as a message that could be used casually with any teacher and wrote it to her.

but…

Gu Wancheng kept pausing her lesson preparation to look at the sentence on the back of the sticky note over the next few minutes.

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

Perhaps he simply copied the first eight characters without understanding them, which backfired.

But after reading the following sentence several times restlessly, Gu Wancheng finally fell completely silent.

Fragments of past interactions with Guan Ren seemed to be pieced together simply at this moment.

When we bumped into each other at the supermarket, he recommended some dishes to me.

He always carries band-aids with him when he goes for his morning run.

And then there's this wish he's giving himself today.

And some details revealed in the few conversations the two had.

This was the first time Gu Wancheng truly realized that Guan Ren's thoughts might be more delicate than those of his peers... or something like that.

"Teacher Gu."

"?"

A female teacher suddenly entered the office; she was the previous substitute teacher.

"teacher LIN."

As Gu Wancheng looked up to respond, she subconsciously tore off the sticky note from the apple packaging on the table and quietly crumpled it into a ball in her palm.

Of course, she wasn't feeling guilty.

It's just that a stupid student misspelled a word; what's there for her to feel guilty about?
Since Ms. Lin is also a Chinese language teacher, Gu Wancheng was worried that if she saw this, she might make wild guesses and spread gossip in Ms. Lin's office, which would be quite a headache.

"Teacher Gu, these are the test papers you asked for before. I handed them out during my class in Class 7. Here you go."

"Yes, thank you, Teacher Lin. You've worked hard this month."

"No, it's nothing."

……

Soon after Teacher Lin left, Gu Wancheng threw herself back into her work.

After writing two strokes with her head down, she stopped writing and then slowly opened her left hand.

There was a crumpled piece of paper in my palm.

Gu Wancheng glanced at the crumpled paper, took it out, smoothed it out, folded it neatly, and put it in the drawer first. After thinking for a moment, she put it in a small compartment of her bag.

After all, this is the student's heartfelt gift.

Even if that student is a suspicious person who covets his sister…

However, as teachers, we should still try our best to maintain at least some respect for our students.

This is why Gu Wancheng kept the torn-off sticky note from Guan Ren.

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In the evening, in the teachers' quarters.

"Young Pear, it's cold, come out and have some soup."

What kind of soup is it?

"Pickled cabbage and vermicelli soup".

"..."

It seems my sister hasn't forgotten this new signature dish she learned this semester even after returning from a month-long business trip...

It's worth mentioning that when we talk about signature dishes here, we're not kidding.

For my sister, that was a really good move.

However, Gu Youli had almost thrown up from eating this stuff before.

It wasn't until she went to Guan Ren's house and tasted his version that Gu Youli realized what real sauerkraut and vermicelli soup was.

Whether it was noon or now, seeing her sister's enthusiastic figure in the kitchen after returning home still warmed Gu Youli's heart. "Is there too much salt?"

"No, it's perfect."

"Ah."

Watching her younger sister sip the soup with a small porcelain spoon, Gu Wancheng's expression softened.
"You haven't had a home-cooked meal in a long time, have you? I'm sorry you've been suffering these past few days."

"..."

Gu Youli remained silent, unsure of what to say.

Regarding the intermittent meals she had at Guan Ren's house this month, she hadn't decided whether to tell her sister, or when to tell her, or whether to keep quiet and wait until her sister directly asked about it.

In the end, Gu Youli drank more than half a bowl of soup in one go.

To be honest, drinking this soup on a winter night is indeed very warm and comforting.

It's just the taste...

Gu Youli never understood why her sister's pickled cabbage and vermicelli soup sometimes had a random sweet or bitter taste...

"The taste should be the same as before, it hasn't gotten worse, right?"

"Um…"

Gu Youli nodded.

Also.

My sister's cooking skills are still as consistent as before.

However, if I had to give an evaluation...

I feel... he's not as good as Guan Ren.

Although Gu Youli had previously drunk her sister's cooking, she thought it was alright.

But there is no harm without comparison.

After all, Gu Youli's stomach has recently taken on the shape of Guan Ren's and hasn't recovered yet. So, she still needs some time to adjust to her sister's cooking.

"Huh? Sister..."

After finishing her soup, Gu Youli suddenly looked up and saw that Gu Wancheng had put a "peace apple" in her open bag.

"Who gave it to you?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Wancheng subconsciously closed the zipper of her bag:

"Yes."

She simply said yes, but her sister pressed further:

Who sent it?

"..."

Gu Wancheng was speechless for a moment.

He immediately realized with a start why he was speechless. It wasn't something he needed to hide, so he simply stated:

"It was a gift from Guan Ren."

"Guan Ren?"

Gu Youli was surprised, then a look of relief and joy flashed in her clear eyes:

"So he gave it to you too?"

Gu Youli had always hoped that Guan Ren and her sister would get along well. Now that she found out that Guan Ren had actually given her sister a Christmas present, and that her sister had actually accepted it, it was undoubtedly a sign that their relationship had taken a big step forward.

Strangely, Gu Youli suddenly realized that the joy this good thing brought her did not seem to linger in her heart for long.

Instead, the thought of the apple in her sister's bag stirred a strange, unsettling feeling within Gu Youli, as if by some sixth sense.

But overall, this tiny bit of strange feeling didn't have much of an impact.

Gu Wancheng, however, paused slightly upon hearing the word "also" in Gu Youli's words:
"He... gave you apples too?"

"Yes, this afternoon."

Gu Youli turned her face away, feeling that she had let something slip.

Gu Wancheng pondered for a moment, then opened her mouth:

"Can you show it to me?"

Gu Youli turned around and took out an apple packaged in the same way as Gu Wancheng's from the backpack hanging on the back of the chair.

But she also forgot to tear off the sticky note on top.

After realizing what was happening and quickly removing it, Gu Wancheng was already able to see the contents of the sticky note at such close range.

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

Eight familiar words—the words Guan Ren wrote to his sister were exactly the same as the words he wrote to himself!
Gu Wancheng even vaguely grasped a few keywords from the sentence on the back, which were mostly the same as those on her own.

"..."

At this moment, Gu Wancheng's feelings were more complicated than during the day.

On the one hand, she felt she could provide solid evidence that Guan Ren's wording was indeed ill-considered and carelessly written; otherwise, he wouldn't have offered such a formulaic blessing.

On the other hand, what she found strange was that, because of this solid evidence, she felt a sudden emptiness in her heart for a moment…

(End of this chapter)