No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 255 A Small Window to a New World

The cinema in this small county town, which has been around for 12 years, has one advantage that isn't exactly great.

That means if the venue is spacious enough, it's perfectly normal to adjust your location according to your own preferences.

It's actually just like buying a standing ticket when taking a high-speed train.

If there are empty seats, then sit down.

If someone comes to the next stop and has bought a ticket for this seat, then they should just get up and make way.

That's why Guan Ren and Luo Xiaobei were able to move from their original front-row seats to empty seats in the last row.

Guan Ren never expected that Gu Youli would also come to watch the movie!
And it's a new cinema, showing the same show!
And they even sat down next to me!
"Hey? Guan Ren? Why is your arm so stiff? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No! I...I'm fine..."

Not just his arms, Guan Ren's entire body was stiff at this moment.

Actually, it was pitch black inside, and Luo Xiaobei, sitting a seat away, naturally couldn't see anything clearly.

Even more unexpectedly, Gu Youli appeared, sitting right next to her childhood friend.

But Guan Ren still subconsciously leaned his body slightly, trying to block Gu Youli on his left.

Fortunately, the sound in the movie theater was loud enough.

As the dialogue and background music began, Guan Ren glanced at Luo Xiaobei's bright eyes reflected in the screen to his right, then slowly turned his gaze to Gu Youli, who was also focused on the movie, seemingly oblivious to everything.

"Young pear...young pear..."

"..."

Gu Youli remained silent.

I don't know if they really can't hear it.

Guan Ren took out his phone, turned the brightness down to the lowest setting, and sent her a message:
[Guan Guan Jujiu: What brings you here?]

hum-

Gu Youli then took out her phone and started pressing buttons:
[Xiao Li: Can't I come to the movie theater?]

[Guan Guan Jujiu: No, why did you always pick this one...laughing and crying.jpg]

[Xiaoli: Oh]

[Xiao Li: So the movie theater has to avoid showing you and Luo Xiaobei? Then it's my fault.]

"..."

At this point, Guan Ren understood.

He understood how Gu Youli knew that Luo Xiaobei and he had arranged to meet at this event.

Because it was Luo Xiaobei herself who revealed it while chatting with Du Zihan and the others in the group.

But Guan Ren was unaware that Xiao Lihua had gone through a period of inner turmoil before coming here today.

If it weren't for the fact that Guan Ren and his childhood sweetheart still maintain a close relationship where they can kiss and hug, she wouldn't care so much about their dates, nor would she do something that, in the past, seemed to show no consideration for You Li.

Does this count as surveillance?
Or is it... "catching someone in the act"?
unimportant.

The important thing is that after tossing and turning in bed, Gu Youli realized that she really couldn't not care.

As she walked down the street, she couldn't help but feel a little downcast.

……

If my sister knew that I was becoming less and less like myself because of a boy... she would be very disappointed...

……

Anyway, no matter what, people are now at the movie theater.

If watching a movie together counts as a date, I wonder if this would also count as my first date with Guan Ren...

hum-

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Youli, do you know, I actually wanted to come see this again with you another day.]

"?"

Gu Youli was stunned for a moment.

Why didn't he say so sooner?
But then she immediately realized what was happening.

wrong.

Her purpose in coming here today wasn't to watch a movie with her bad classmate.

[Xiao Li: Sorry, I'm not really interested in watching movies.]

[Guan Guan Jujiu: So you're coming to the movie theater?]

[Xiao Li: I'm only here to protect Luo Xiaobei]

【Guan Guan Jujiu: ???】

[Xiao Li: You're not a good person. Who knows what bad things you might do to Luo Xiaobei in the movie theater?]

[Guan Guan Ju Jiu: ...]

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"Guan Ren, why are you looking at your phone the whole time?"

"Oh, okay, I'm not watching anymore..."

Guan Ren's constant messaging aroused Qingmei's suspicion, so she temporarily stopped.

He focused on watching the movie first, then intermittently sent messages to Gu Youli beside him.

Gu Youli knew without even looking that it was just some glib talk, and she didn't want to pay any attention to it.

But she soon realized that ignoring it wasn't an option either.

because…

Because the pockets on her jeans today are closer to the crotch.

Every time Guan Ren sent a message, the phone would be pressed tightly against her skin, transmitting the vibration clearly to the very base of her knees, giving her a rather strange feeling...

What's particularly strange is that when Xiaolihua thought about how it was caused by Guanren sending the message, she was surprised.

It felt like he was... he was constantly giving himself some kind of command.

It was as if he had some kind of remote control.

When he presses a button, his side reacts.

This combination of psychological and physical factors inevitably made Gu Youli feel strange about the phone's vibration.

Therefore, in this situation, Gu Youli couldn't ignore Guan Ren's message; she had to at least turn off her phone's vibration.

That was indeed what she originally thought.

But gradually, as Guan Ren continued to send messages, Xiao Lihua's legs twitched together and her ears began to turn pink.

A thin layer of moisture appeared on her slightly lowered eyes.

Then gradually I felt...

Actually, this is... not so bad...

"Guan Ren~"

"Ok?"

Just then, Luo Xiaobei started humming:
"Hug~"

"Tsk, how can you hug someone in a movie theater..." "Sure~"

As Luo Xiaobei spoke, she lifted the armrest between the two of them:
"See, that's it."

Luo Xiaobei grabbed Guan Ren's arm and nestled comfortably in his arms like a cat.

Guan Ren then stopped sending messages and glanced in Gu Youli's direction. By the light of the screen, he was surprised to find that Xiao Lihua was staring at him with a slightly flushed face.

"?"

Ah this...

Hmm, it seems she has a problem with Luo Xiaobei's hug.

Indeed, this seemed to be the first time she had seen herself and her childhood sweetheart so intimately face to face.

"Guan Ren~"

"What now..."

Is this going to be a kiss?
"I need to pee~"

"Then go ahead and do it."

Guan Ren was speechless. Did he really expect him to keep him in check?

"I told you not to drink so much Coke."

"Oh, you're gone, you should pause for now."

Are the cinemas still closed?

Guan Ren shook his head, watching the clever and adorable childhood sweetheart leave, then suddenly turned his head:
"Young pear!"

"You...you keep your voice down, this is a movie theater..."

"Sorry, I got excited."

Guan Ren looked around and whispered in Gu Youli's ear:

"Youli, why are you doing this?"

"Don't talk to me..."

"Young pear..."

"I...I'm serious."

Gu Youli glanced at Guan Ren's phone:

"Just watch the movie with Luo Xiaobei, and then... and then send a few more messages..."

"?"

Guan Ren was puzzled:

"No, I send messages, but the problem is you don't even read them."

"Can't I take my time and look at it when I get back?"

"..."

Goodness, what kind of game is this now?
Guan Ren didn't understand, but he didn't have time to ask, because Luo Xiaobei had returned.

"So fast."

"I want you to take care of it?"

Luo Xiaobei's face flushed. Some girls are just more energetic and faster, you know. You idiot Guan Ren, why do you have to tell me what to do? Humph…

She sat down and tried to pull Guan Ren's arm over again, but he refused.

"Let's not hug anymore."

"Why?"

"This chair is no good. It's always tilted to one side, and it hurts my back."

"Oh okay."

A boy's waist is very important, so Luo Xiaobei didn't dare to mess around and gave up.

So Guan Ren distanced himself again, freeing his right hand, and then, according to Xiao Lihua's peculiar wish, sent her some rambling messages.

"..."

Meanwhile, Gu Youli on the left seems to have completely opened a small window to a new world.

Watching Guan Ren go on a date with his childhood sweetheart while secretly "controlling" his phone, this indescribable experience made her forget the purpose of her trip.

Originally, it was to "monitor" the bad classmate so that he wouldn't do anything bad to his childhood sweetheart.

Now it seems like... my bad deskmate is doing bad things to me.

Even under the guise of "protecting Luo Xiaobei," Gu Youli had a feeling that "it's hard to say whether she was actually protected, but she's definitely putting herself in the line of duty."

Oops…

If this continues... things might not be going well...

But knowing this is true.

After a few more messages were sent.

Little Pear Blossom pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and finally took out her phone.

then…

I quietly turned the vibration setting on my phone to maximum and then put it back in my pocket.

……

I'm sorry, sister.

Perhaps after today, I'll have taken another small step toward becoming a bad student.

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About half an hour later.

[Xiao Li: I'm going back now]

"?"

When Guan Ren saw the message from Xiao Lihua, he checked the time and then looked at Gu Youli, whose face seemed unusually rosy, and was a little puzzled.

So fast?
He had been wondering what to do if Gu Youli continued to secretly follow him and Luo Xiaobei.

So we have to go back before the movie is even over?
A woman's heart is truly unfathomable.

Of course, Guan Ren wouldn't stop her; he was happy for Gu Youli to go back now, since things were too dangerous right now, and he didn't want her to cause any trouble later.

However, perhaps because her legs had gone numb from sitting for so long, Gu Youli almost fell over when she squatted down to stand up.

"careful!"

Guan Ren instinctively offered his assistance.

Luo Xiaobei's perspective from the other side:
"what happened?"

"Oh, it's nothing. The person next to me got up to wipe themselves after falling, and I helped them up."

Luo Xiaobei nodded.

But in the darkness, he took another look at the girl who got up and left.

Hmm... That's strange, I feel like the back view looks familiar...?
(End of this chapter)