No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 214 I saw you kiss Luo Xiaobei

Time flies, and April is almost over.

The weather is gradually getting warmer.

Jiangzhou County has few distinct seasons; it feels like there are only two seasons: winter and summer.

Guan Ren believes that, at least from the fact that Gu Wancheng has started wearing thin stockings more and more frequently, it can already be considered that summer has arrived.

Guan Ren also visited An Shui Rou more often to tease An Guo Guo, and then bought some braised meat and beer to take home.

Sometimes it's really enjoyable to drink alone.

Sometimes I enjoy myself with Guan Qiaoyun.

……

Compared to the previous cold weather, Guan Ren was more proactive in going to find Grandpa Lin to play chess and chat.

After all, the atmosphere was right.

The unique sense of leisure and laziness in early summer often changes people's behavior and even preferences.

At school, everyone's minds became restless and active.

They're making more and more small gestures and whispering.

Especially regarding discussions about Bilibili and anime, a month after the new anime season started in April 12, Guan Ren noticed that two or three more classmates had joined in.

In terms of what we'll say two or three years from now, we could say we're "getting into the life of a homebody."

"Anime/manga culture... or rather, otaku culture is definitely starting to become popular..."

Guan Ren seemed to be deep in thought.

In fact, the signs of 2012 becoming the year of the explosion of pan-cultural trends in island nations had already appeared at the beginning of the year.

At the beginning of the year, famous actor Chen Kun posted on Weibo, "I recommend everyone to watch 'Fate/Zero,' it's a great cartoon," which caused a huge stir.

This Weibo post was regarded by many anime and manga enthusiasts at the time as the starting point of "anime and manga entering the vision of the three-dimensional world" and "breaking down the wall between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds".

Even official media outlets published texts with this wording:
Anime, which has always been considered "childish" by parents and teachers, is now being recognized by successful people in mainstream society, much to the delight of anime fans who have long been marginalized.

……

In short, whenever Guan Ren re-experiences the various changes of this era from a more comprehensive perspective, his feelings are always complex, filled with sighs and surprises, excitement and melancholy.

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"..."

Just as Guan Ren was feeling sentimental as usual, he was patted on the left shoulder.

Guan Ren remained completely still.

After Gu Wancheng's "elevator training," his "scent recognition of women" skills were elevated to a new level, reaching a state of perfection.

They can even "identify a woman by her smell" now.

Hmm... although none of the women around him seem to be smelly...

The small ones are all fragrant and sweet, while the large ones are all richly aromatic.

If there were anything truly foul, it would have long since transformed into a unique fragrance after being permeated with its aroma, and Guan Ren would still find it delightful.

Anyway, the moment Guan Ren felt a sweet breeze pat his left shoulder, he knew who it was.

Luo Xiaobei, standing behind him, was displeased.

"Guan Ren."

"explain."

“I just patted your left side, turn to your left.”

Guan Ren yawned and turned around.

"Okay~ Now I'll shoot to the right, and you turn to the right."

Luo Xiaobei patted his right shoulder.

Guan Ren turned to the right again.

Finally, Luo Xiaobei hopped over to Guan Ren, opened her arms, and smiled sweetly:
"Ta-da~ Didn't expect that, did you? It's me~"

"..."

Guan Ren felt that even the word "drama queen" was insufficient to describe this guy.

"Luo is three years old, no, Luo is two years old. How long are you planning to play this game?"

"Hmm... forever."

Don't you think that word is too grand?

"Not big."

Luo Xiaobei shook her head dismissively.

For her, every second she spent with Guan Ren was a part of "forever".

"What are you looking at?"

During free time in PE class, Guan Ren, unusually, didn't play basketball. Instead, he sat on a large staircase far from the meeting point looking at his phone, which made Luo Xiaobei quite curious, so she came over.

"Nothing much, just watching something random."

The local slang term 【莫名堂】 means "good-for-nothing", "boring", "worthless", or "messy".

"What nonsense is this? I want to see it too."

Luo Xiaobei rubbed her buttocks and sat down next to Guan Ren.

Guan Ren glanced at her sideways.

Just like the weather in Jiangzhou County, the green plums today are already dressed up for early summer.

She wore a knee-length denim overalls over a pale yellow short-sleeved shirt.

On her feet, she wore a pair of thin cotton socks with the same pale yellow vertical stripes, about half the length of her calf, with a slightly slouch-like feel.

Paired with white sneakers, it's both girly and summery.

In summary, it's very much like Luo Xiaobei.

"Wow, this is so ugly."

She leaned closer and, upon seeing Guan Ren's phone, immediately expressed her disgust:
"Uglier than you."

"is it?"

Guan Ren scrolled through the screen and found a female character:

"Then this person is uglier than you." "Yeah, I'm definitely prettier than her~"

Luo Xiaobei is optimistic:

Does this person have a name?

"Yes, her name is Wang Nimei."

"You curse!"

"This man's name is Wang Nima."

"You're still cursing... Ouch!"

Guan Ren tapped her forehead, very lightly, but she skillfully pretended to be in pain, blinking her big eyes pitifully.

Guan Ren decided to play along and rub her hands.

However, Luo Xiaobei felt it wasn't enough.

"I need... a kiss..."

"..."

Guan Ren felt that his childhood sweetheart seemed to be getting bolder and bolder.

But Guan Ren himself never really cared about this kind of thing; he was just going along with Luo Xiaobei's pace anyway.

If Luo Xiaobei is worried about being seen and misunderstood, then he should be more careful.

If Luo Xiaobei starts to get bold, Guan Ren will just go along with it.

So he kissed her on the forehead.

Then explain to her:

"This thing is called Rage Comics, and its ugly drawing style is one of its characteristics."

Who drew this?

"Everyone."

"Everyone?"

"Yes, you, me, and everyone else can be drawn, just like posting on Weibo."

Guan Ren downloaded this recently released rage comic app on a whim.

When I actually read it, I found it somewhat uninteresting.

After all, these are all outdated jokes for Guan Ren.

[I bought a watch last year.jpg] [Destined to be alone for life.jpg] [Why give up treatment.jpg] [Are you kidding me.jpg] [However, it's all useless.jpg] etc.

Guan Ren simply stopped watching.

He lay down sideways on the steps and closed his eyes for a nap.

"Slacker."

Luo Xiaobei picked up a foxtail grass from the side and started drawing on his face.

"It's not a lazy pig after all?"

"Even pigs aren't as lazy as you."

The foxtail grass was taken away by the bamboo horse, which had been biting its mouth, so Luo Xiaobei switched to drawing with her finger.

He would poke him in the philtrum one moment and then in the cheek the next.

"Ha—Ugh—"

Guan Ren let out a long yawn, and Luo Xiaobei pretended to spit in his mouth.

Gently, it only released a pleasant fragrance.

“Luo Yisui, I think you deserve a spanking, just like An Guoguo.”

"If you hit someone when you were a kid, hitting someone again now would make you a hooligan."

"Sigh, be a hooligan if you want, stick your ass out."

"Pooh!"

Luo Xiaobei's face flushed red, and this time she really spat.

The young men and women chatted casually and leisurely like this.

Luo Xiaobei would sometimes use small stones to plug Guan Ren's nostrils.

Guan Ren would occasionally tug at her little socks.

It feels like it's been ages since I've felt like this.

Or rather, it feels like it's been a long time since I've experienced summer, and perhaps that's just one of summer's privileges.

……

Of course, the arrival of summer isn't all good.

A restless mind doesn't always bring positive activity.

Sometimes it can also bring about some unusually uneasy palpitations.

For example, in the following two days, Guan Ren felt that his deskmate Gu Youli seemed to have something on her mind. During the long break or when they went to take out the trash in the evening, she would often stare blankly into space.

It felt like a little pear blossom that had been slightly wilted by the summer sun.

Guan Ren asked her directly.

After several attempts to avoid the topic, Gu Youli finally revealed the matter that had been bothering her recently.

"Guan Ren."

"Ok?"

"That day in PE class, you..."

Guan Ren was still wondering which day to have PE class when Xiao Lihua paused for a moment and continued:

"That day in PE class, I saw you... kiss Luo Xiaobei."

"puff--!"

Guan Rengang spat out the red scream he had just taken a sip of.

(End of this chapter)