No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 200 Two Benefits of Being a Class Monitor

Who's on duty today?

"Report, fourth group ahead!"

"Ah."

Li Min's "Getting on the Right Track" plan is proceeding smoothly. Currently, Class 7 of Grade 11 is divided into two groups, front and back, taking turns on duty.

As for Guan Ren, the class monitor, for some reason, he went from being reluctant at first to being conscientious and proactive in helping out during each round of duty.

Of course, his seat was also special, next to the podium, so he didn't count in any group, and including him in any group would cause an imbalance.

Even so, some people are quite impressed with Guan Ren's initiative and enthusiasm.

"Sister Gu, take out the trash."

"Um…"

Today it was the fourth group's turn to be on duty. Gu Youli nodded, understood, and winked.

……

Now, every time they clean the house, they go out to take out the trash and then sit together at the convenience store listening to music, which has become a regular routine for the two of them.

Since Valentine's Day, at Guan Ren's shameless insistence, Gu Youli has had no choice but to hum a few lines for him.

But today the situation is a little different.

……

It was March, and this year Jiangzhou County hadn't experienced a cold snap. The weather warmed up quickly. Guan Ren looked at the playground, and the gentle breeze felt wonderful on his face. Even the songs in his headphones seemed to flow like the wind into his and Gu Youli's ears.

But this feeling quickly came to an abrupt end.

"Huh? Why is the power out?"

Guan Ren tried to play music on his phone, but it was turned off.

Didn't you bring another battery?

"The other one is used up too."

Damn it, Guan Ren sighed, it's all Luo Xiaobei's fault for borrowing his phone today to watch the movie "Love is Not Blind" that he downloaded, and it used up all the battery on his phone while he was "secretly meeting" with his deskmate.

Guan Ren wasn't really interested in this pioneering work of "chick flicks" and just downloaded it by accident. But he found out that the film had been quite popular since the end of last year. After mentioning it to Luo Xiaobei, she also watched it.

"Where's your phone, Sister Gu?"

"In the table."

"Ok."

"Shall we go back now?"

Gu Youli asked with a hint of disappointment.

"No return."

Guan Ren smiled and took a deep breath:

"It's actually good to just stay quietly like this sometimes."

"..."

That’s right.

Gu Youli thought it made sense, so she stayed with him like that.

After a while, the warm spring breeze continued to blow.

Then, Guan Ren suddenly started humming a song as well.

"The wind of March, the rain of April... I, in my humble state, love you, so far away..."

Gu Youli looked at him in surprise.

Not only because this guy sang flattering songs to himself before, but it turns out he sings really well.

Also, because he was humming a song he had never heard before.

"What song is this?"

"The Distant You, hey, it feels like it corresponds perfectly to My Deskmate."

Who sang it?

"I."

I'm talking about the original singer.

"It's me too."

"?"

Gu Youli was genuinely surprised this time.

Guan Ren, on the other hand, continued to be shameless, which is, in a sense, also true:
"Sometimes when I'm free, I write some songs and hum a few lines to myself to amuse myself."

"..."

Hmm?
Gu Youli had a feeling that this guy might have thrown the guitar he picked up back.

But that’s fine too.

In this way, it seems that she is the only one who has ever heard his guitar.

"However, I originally wrote 'The Distant You' for July, since it's graduation season... the winds of July and the rains of August... but I hadn't finished writing the rest, and now it's March, so I changed it temporarily."

Guan Ren spoke with such conviction that Gu Youli was somewhat dazed. Could he really write songs?
It turns out that besides playing the guitar, he had a second "bad deskmate" skill.

When will you finish writing it?

Gu Youli couldn't help but ask.

"Maybe, it depends on my mood, I just write whatever comes to mind."

He said he was just writing something casually, but Gu Youli actually thought it sounded quite nice just from hearing him hum a couple of lines.

"Your song, once it's finished, might actually sell and be released..."

She muttered to herself, not quite understanding.

The reason she could suddenly say this was simply because Gu Youli's mother had been in contact with people from record companies, and she had heard a few things about them when she was a child.

But this did serve as a reminder to Guan Ren.

He decided long ago that his way of making money in this life would be through the arts.

Online literature, being the field he is most familiar with, was used as a starting point.

As for selling songs...

Guan Ren suddenly felt that he might be able to consider it.

……

First of all, when he was considering things, he had already determined that he was short of money.

We don't lack it now, but we will in the future.

Even if you earn your first million with "The Supreme Confucianism and Taoism", it won't be enough.

Moreover, writing a book is also a physically demanding task.

Guan Ren doesn't have any special abilities; he doesn't have a clear memory of all the long novels. At most, he can only copy the outline or themes when copying books.

As Guan Ren has written "The Supreme Confucianism and Taoism" to this point, much of the content, such as the harem aspect, is already his own original work.

In short, writing a book is both mentally taxing and time-consuming; it's quite tiring.

This little bit of tiredness is nothing for ordinary people, but Guan Ren believes that his time in the future may be more valuable than that of ordinary people.

Putting aside work and such, at least in terms of interpersonal relationships, he might need to spend two or three times... uh... even four, five, six or seven times more time than the average person to navigate them.

It's not good to waste time on typing.

Secondly, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Given Guan Ren's current writing style, he may not be able to survive in the future environment. It's always good to have multiple ways to make money, besides those that are against his bottom line.

Making money through songs is certainly one way.

However, Guan Ren has a serious weakness in this area: he is not a professional.

Guan Ren is confident that he can sing a song that becomes a hit, and he can sing it well.

However, Guan Ren is a novice when it comes to composing and arranging music, and he needs to learn.

Including who to sell the songs to, which record company to choose, etc., Guan Ren can't consider these things right now.

After all, Jiangzhou County No. 2 Middle School is not like those high schools in Japanese anime where masters gather. There are no clubs, and no senior girls who can compose and write songs at the drop of a hat, debut in high school, and then meet a group of producers.

But it doesn't matter, there's no rush anyway.

Selling songs is at least a clear direction that Guan Ren can try, besides online articles.

……

"Sister Gu, I understand now."

Although nothing is set in stone yet, Guan Ren already has a feeling that his life is gradually becoming richer.

"What have you realized?"

"Hmm... I think I've done a pretty good job as the class's student life committee member."

"why?"

"Because I can often go out and slack off with you."

Gu Youli's eyes sparkled as she listened.

So that's why he suddenly became so enthusiastic about his work as the class's life committee member...

……

Actually, Xiaolihua's guess was only half right.

The other half was with a girl she didn't know.

There are two reasons why Guan Ren suddenly took a liking to being the class's life committee member.

One is that he's in charge of duty, which allows him to be with Gu Youli.

Another thing he recently learned was that An Ning was also the class's life committee member this semester.

……

dong dong dong.

"Teacher, I'm looking for An Ning."

On March 8th, International Women's Day, the class life committee members were required to gather and go to the playground to collect the Women's Day benefits given to female teachers, such as throat lozenges and honey.

Guan Ren then went to Class 6 and openly called out his good friend, Little Lemon.

(End of this chapter)