No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 256 A New Date, But the Surname is Gu

Gu Youli's birthday is coming soon.

After watching the movie with Luo Xiaobei, the two of them went shopping together on Binjiang Road.

When Luo Xiaobei got home that evening, she wanted to drag Guan Ren out for some oil tea again.

"Eating oil tea in the middle of summer?"

Luo Xiaobei thought about it and agreed.

"Then what do you want to eat?"

"What do you want to eat."

"I asked you, and you asked me again."

"You go ahead and say it."

"Me? Um..."

Luo Xiaobei bit her finger and thought for a moment, then said firmly:

"I think what I want to eat should be the same as what you want to eat."

Guan Ren took her finger out of her mouth; it was white and tender, and a little wet.
"Are you so sure?"

"determine."

Luo Xiaobei wiped her fingers on Guan Ren's face:
"Because we're childhood sweethearts~"

"As for that..."

Looking at Luo Xiaobei's sweet smile, Guan Ren couldn't help but smile as well:
"However, you can't read minds, so I think what you want to eat is different from what I'm thinking."

"So be it."

Guan Ren actually questioned the tacit understanding between childhood sweethearts, and Luo Xiaobei's eyes darted around:

Do you know about the Battle of Red Cliffs in the Three Kingdoms period?

"know."

Like many boys, Guan Ren loved the Three Kingdoms period since childhood.

I also like to eat... um... I like Chibi.

Luo Xiaobei suggested that, like Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu in Red Cliff who wrote the character for "fire" on their hands, the two of them should stand back to back and type the food they want to eat onto their phones.

"one two three!"

Finally, both sides simultaneously sent two words to each other's phones.

【cake】

"what?"

Guan Ren was dumbfounded.

No way, how could they think of something so obscure?
Guan Ren was unaware that Luo Xiaobei had actually noticed that Guan Ren had glanced at the lower right corner of the shop window when he passed by a bakery.

There it was, the kind of cupcake with a little paper umbrella on top, the kind I loved to eat when I was a kid.

Guan Ren hadn't tried this simple sponge cake with cream in a long time, and he really missed it.

Moon stars are rare.

A short while later, Guan Ren and Luo Xiaobei sat down in a cake shop.

At that time, it was quite rare to find a dessert shop with dine-in service in Jiangzhou County.

In fact, the store did close down not long afterward.

Just in time, since there weren't any yet, Guan Ren and Luo Xiaobei came over and each ordered a cupcake and two cups of milk tea.

They chatted and laughed, enjoying the gentle breeze.

Guan Ren rested his chin on one hand, occasionally wiping the cream from her lips.

Looking at the girl's lovely face and her captivating features, Guan Ren felt that this date was definitely the right one.

Being with this girl always gives me a unique sense of comfort and ease.

"Xiao Bei."

"?"

Luo Xiaobei had just finished telling a funny story about her "beautiful girl teacher," and tilting her head with a straw in her mouth, she noticed Guan Ren looking at her gently:

"What's wrong...?"

"nothing."

Guan Ren smiled faintly, his gaze still fixed on her.
"I was just thinking, if only you could always be by my side for the rest of my life."

Luo Xiaobei lowered her head slightly and sipped her milk tea for a long, long time.

Finally, when the straw started making a gurgling sound, he turned his head and mumbled something under his breath.

"Hmph... idiot..."

I feel like Guan Ren, that idiot, is talking nonsense.

After all, when a childhood sweetheart falls in love with her childhood sweetheart, where else can she go but to be by his side?

It would be best if he could stay by my side forever…

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Dating is an addictive thing.

Or rather, going out with friends and having fun in real life is quite nice.

At least it broke Guan Ren's boredom of many days, and the day after his date with Luo Xiaobei, he couldn't help but start shouting in the group again.

[Guan Ren: Anyone here? Wanna hook up?]

[Zhang Chi: Ren-ge seems pretty relaxed. What do you want to meet up with?]

Guan Ren: I'm not interested in anything except internet cafes for now, like billiards, hot pot, barbecue, and bragging.

Drop drop-

Just after I finished speaking, Luo Xiaobei sent me a private message.

[On the River Isle: Guan Ren! Be civilized! What are you bragging about? Don't brag like that!]

【Guan Guan Jujiu: ???】

Guan Ren stared at his phone with droopy eyelids, almost forgetting that Qingmei was a little lewd girl.

[Offer by phone]

Guan Ren left after saying that. Gu Youli had come to the movie theater yesterday and then suddenly went back, and hadn't spoken to Guan Ren until that evening.

Guan Ren did not believe that she was deliberately ignoring him.

But I'll still take the initiative to flirt with her today.

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Good morning! Have you eaten? — Love comes from my deskmate]

One second later.

[Xiao Li: Hello to you too]

Yes, Not Bad.

She felt that Little Pear Blossom was the familiar Little Pear Blossom again, and stopped worrying about her date with Luo Xiaobei.

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Young pear, are you coming out?]

[Little Pear: What are you doing?]

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Didn't you not finish watching the movie yesterday? So why don't you stay out today, and I'll watch it with you?]

[Xiao Li: I probably won't be free these next couple of days.]

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Studying?]

[Xiao Li: No, I'm in Chengdu, I'm staying with my mom for a few days.]

Chengdu is the provincial capital, and in terms of transportation, it is relatively convenient to get to Jiangzhou County.

So Gu Youli's mother lives in Chengdu...

Looking back, Guan Ren realized that although he was probably the person who knew Gu Youli best, second only to Gu Wancheng, he still knew relatively little about her parents.

The main reason is that Gu Youli rarely brings it up herself, and Guan Ren is unlikely to ask her directly like he's checking her household registration.

It was only during casual conversations that I learned things like "Gu Youli also grew up in a single-parent family" and "her mother is very busy with work."

In addition, it seems that the Gu sisters don't actually have a very good relationship with their mother.

But now it seems that, regardless of whether it was Gu's mother's request or something else, since Gu Youli is willing to go to her mother's place during the summer vacation, it is very likely that she has a bad relationship with her mother, mainly with her older sister Gu Wancheng.

Every family has its own troubles...

Guan Ren sighed inwardly.

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Let's go see it again after we get back]

A few seconds later.

[Xiao Li: What are you going to do? I didn't finish watching that movie, but you did...]

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Watching it with you feels different!]

[Xiaoli: smile.jpg]

[Guan Guan Jujiu: Pitiful.jpg]

Little Pear Blossom and Little Lemon are different. When Little Lemon uses the smiling emoticon, she uses it like a middle-aged woman, genuinely treating it as a "smile," while Little Pear Blossom understands the meaning of "hehe" to some extent.

Jingle Bell--

"Oh?"

After finishing his conversation with Gu Youli, Guan Ren was about to turn his attention to An Ning when his phone suddenly rang.

Remembering the message he had left in the group chat earlier, "Please call to arrange a meeting," Guan Ren felt invigorated, but when he picked up the phone, he saw it was an unfamiliar number.

It also shows that there was one missed call previously.

"Huh? Isn't this the one from that day..."

Guan Ren recalled receiving a call from an unknown number a couple of days ago that rang three times. He didn't call back then, thinking that if the caller had something important to ask him, he would definitely call back.

I never expected them to actually call again today.

"Hey?"

He answered the call.

Then I heard silence.

And even breathing.

"say."

Guan Ren frowned and urged him on.

Then a familiar, slightly cold voice rang out:
"Guan Ren."

"Uh, Mr. Gu... Mr. Gu?"

"it's me."

Guan Ren didn't know why Gu Wancheng would suddenly call.

Gu Wancheng fell silent again.