No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 203 The Bold Guan Ren

Spring fatigue and autumn lethargy.

During Chinese class, Guan Ren hung his neck, his head bobbing up and down.

With the added allure of his favorite scent, he was currently dreaming of some delicious food.

"When he wrote this poem, he had just led the northern anti-Jin righteous army back to the Southern Song Dynasty, but the court only assigned him to a local post and did not allow him to go north..."

Gu Wancheng, standing on the podium, slowly walked down the steps while reciting the text.

It seems that Guan Ren was blinded by his own shortcomings.

In reality, when she got close to him, she didn't even look up and just picked up her jade hand and patted him on the back of the head.

Snapped!
"?!"

Guan Ren hissed as he sucked the air from the corner of his mouth, waking up from his drowsiness.

Thankfully, I didn't drool while eating in my dream, otherwise it would have been even more embarrassing.

"Guan Ren."

"..."

Gu Wancheng's cool voice rang in Guan Ren's ears.

Guan Ren slowly stood up.

"Read this poem aloud once."

Guan Ren picked up his textbook:

"Water Dragon Respect... No! Water... Water Dragon Chant, ascending Jiankang's Appreciation Pavilion, a thousand miles of clear autumn sky over Chu..."

Guan Ren finished reading it, but he didn't read it very fluently.

After all, he didn't have a deep impression of this poem. As soon as the lesson started, he started daydreaming again. When he read the last line, he was stuck on the word "揾" in "揾英雄泪".

"Red scarf and green sleeves, containing... uh... warmth..."

"Find it."

"Oh! Wiping away the tears of heroes."

I've finished reading it.

In the brief silence, Guan Ren thought that according to Gu Wancheng's temper, he would be punished by standing in the corner again, but in reality, there was only the sound of high heels clicking on the corridor.

After a while.

"...Sit down, let's continue."

"..."

To be honest, Guan Ren was somewhat surprised by her attitude.

Even when he patted the back of his head just now, Guan Ren felt that he didn't use any force at all; it was just the right amount of pressure.

But when he stole a glance at Gu Wancheng's face, he couldn't see anything at all; she still had the same stern and cold demeanor as usual.

……

Since Guan Ren helped Gu Wan Cheng by blocking things from falling off the shelves while shopping at the supermarket during the Chinese New Year, he didn't see Gu Wan Cheng again until the start of the new school term.

……

Guan Ren thought about it carefully and realized that Gu Wancheng, whom he hadn't seen for a long time since the start of the new semester, seemed to have a better temper than before.

However, when Guan Ren shared this discovery with others after class, he did not receive their approval.

"Second Master, are you alright? Yesterday, Teacher Gu caught Zhang Chi playing games on his phone and scolded him terribly. He had to stand outside for two class periods, okay? Which eye of yours saw her temper improve?"

"Exactly, is she only nice to you? Does she owe you something, or is she interested in you?"

"Oh, poor Chi-ge, his brand new phone is gone again."

Guan Ren didn't pity Zhang Chi; he just couldn't understand him.

Isn't this a brand new feature phone? What games is it playing?

So he went and asked.

It turns out that Zhang Chi has been so engrossed in reading "The Supreme Confucianism and Taoism" lately that he has lost his appetite and can't concentrate on reading any other books after finishing each day's update. He just waits for "The Man in the Clouds" to update.

So, feeling anxious, Zhang Chi started playing games to pass the time.

There really aren't many games available on feature phones.

Zhang Chi plays a panda that jumps between three pillars, dodging ladybugs that crawl up the bamboo. Then, by holding down the direction key, you can sit on the ladybugs to knock them down.

As a result, Zhang Chi's new phone was confiscated.

"Brother Chi, you'd better behave yourself from now on."

"Am I not being honest?"

Zhang Chi was very frustrated:
"I don't bother anyone every day, I just quietly entertain myself in my seat, what did I do to deserve this?"

Speaking of this, Guan Ren also recalled the story of "Pigsy and Chang'e" from last semester.

"By the way, how are things going with you and Feng Xin from Class 6?"

"Hey, nothing's wrong..."

Zhang Chi actually started scratching his head with a silly grin, and Guan Ren knew that the two of them had probably had some interaction during the winter break and things were going well.

Although Feng Xin was quite ordinary in every aspect except for her grades, she shared similar interests with Zhang Chi, and Guan Ren truly felt lucky for Zhang Chi.

After all, it's rare enough to make even one like-minded friend in a lifetime.

"Don't be discouraged, I'll help you rank up tomorrow."

"Well, let's talk about it later."

When it came to ranking up, Zhang Chi was surprisingly disheartened:
"I'm temporarily giving up gaming." Guan Ren was shocked:

"What?"

Zhang Chi felt indignant and grief-stricken when he thought about it:

"Damn it! I forgot to log off when I left the internet cafe last time. I don't know which bastard melted my runes."

……

The League of Legends rune system at this time was different from the later one. It included marks, seals, glyphs, and quintessences, which were individual small buffs that needed to be purchased to use.

Many players spend a long time collecting runes, putting in more effort than buying heroes.

In addition, there is a [Rune Furnace] system, which allows you to fuse low-level runes with high-level runes, but can also cause hundreds of days of effort to go to waste.

This system once made "being threatened by your girlfriend to fuse runes" a meme.

Of course, besides girlfriends, there are also cases like Zhang Chi's, where his runes are deliberately melted by enemies or strangers.

……

"Forget it, Brother Chi, there's plenty of time. This thing isn't friendly to new players, and it might be gone in the future."

Guan Ren patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, but Zhang Chi was more open-minded than he had imagined, which felt like a sudden enlightenment.
“That makes sense, Ren-ge. You have a long-term vision. Thinking about it this way, runes don’t seem so important anymore. You still need to be strong yourself. Mastering your skills is the most important thing.”

"If only you could focus this energy on your studies..."

"Harmful."

Zhang Chi didn't like hearing this, and seeing Gu Youli passing by with a stack of homework, he complained about Guan Ren:
"You're not the class monitor, so don't worry about these things."

In reality, the newly appointed class monitor, Gu Youli, is not responsible for caring about anyone's studies; her main job is to collect and distribute homework.

Didn't Li Min say before that each subject teacher should decide on their own class representative?

In reality, the teachers were too lazy to bother with it; they simply handed over all the matters for each subject to the class monitor for unified management.

Fortunately, there weren't too many things going on, otherwise Guan Ren would have started to feel sorry for Xiao Lihua long ago.

"By the way, Brother Chi, runes aren't important, but there's a skin you can get recently."

What skin type?

Zhang Chi curled his lip:

"Good skin is out of the question, even those players who climb the ranks can't afford it, let alone me."

At that time, there were many scandals surrounding League of Legends, such as "a girl sells her virginity for a LoL skin" and "a middle school student steals his grandmother's money to buy skins." However, since the internet was not as developed, these scandals did not reach the level of some negative games that became mainstream in later years.

In fact, if we were to actually count, in this era where everything is new and exciting, the number of incredibly talented players in League of Legends is arguably even greater than that of other games.

This also reflects the game's popularity and players' desire for in-game skins.

"That's not what I meant. There's a bug in the game lately that allows you to teleport infinitely, you know?"

"I know, but I've never used it."

"That's right, you haven't used it. I heard from a rumor that if you insist on not using this bug, the official will reward you with a limited-edition skin, a truly limited-edition one!"

Guan Ren was referring to Ryze's "Unwavering" skin; I'm just giving my good buddy a heads-up.

Anyway, it's perfectly normal for any kind of "rumor" to leak out at this point.

Even so, Zhang Chi still couldn't stop thinking about his new phone that had been confiscated.

"Sigh, looks like I'll have to watch pirated videos on MP3 for now."

"?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Ren sternly criticized:
“Brother Chi, if you can’t watch it now, you can save it for later. Piracy is unacceptable. We are educated students, we can’t do such petty things.”

"Damn it, I didn't want to either, but my phone is gone."

"How about... you go to the office and steal it back?"

"???"

Zhang Chi's expression turned strange.

Oh, watching pirated content is considered petty theft, but stealing a phone isn't?
"Alright, for the sake of our relationship, I'll go talk to Teacher Gu and see if I can help you get it back."

"Huh? That devil Gu verbally abused me so badly before, you really dare to ask for it back?"

"What's wrong with this?"

Guan Ren scoffed, because he had a history of success, and so he arrogantly made a declaration:

"If you're bold enough, even teachers can take maternity leave!"

"cough…"

"What? What's wrong with not believing it?"

Guan Ren rolled up his sleeves:

"I'll go to the office right now, and you can decide whether or not I give her a day off."

"Cough! Cough!"

"?"

However, amidst Zhang Chi's repeated dry coughs, Guan Ren suddenly realized that Zhang Chi's bitter expression didn't seem to be disbelief, but rather a warning about what was behind him.

Gulu…

Guan Ren swallowed hard, a chill running down his spine.

As expected, after slowly turning her head, she saw Gu Wancheng's cold and beautiful face, which was as gloomy as water.

What's even more awkward is that next to Gu Wancheng stands Gu Youli, the class monitor with a complicated expression.

(End of this chapter)