No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 268 Other Women
"Guan Ren?"

"exist!"

"?"

"No, well...you know what! Haha."

Guan Ren gave a stiff laugh twice:

"Actually, I... only found out from Teacher Gu that you were coming back today."

"Have you met my sister?"

Gu Youli's voice was both unexpected and delightful:

When? Why? Did you meet him on the street?

Guan Ren really wanted to say, "Yes, it was someone I met on the street."

But then she thought, what if she went to Gu Wancheng to confirm again, and the two sides couldn't agree on what to say? That would be bad.

wrong!

This is outrageous collusion!
Why is it heading in the direction of something that seems like I've done something wrong again...?

He taught Gu Wancheng to cook so that he could surprise Gu Youli, right?
Therefore, in order not to ruin this surprise, Guan Ren naturally had to keep it a secret while also avoiding any discrepancies between his version of events and Gu Wancheng's.

So he said directly:
"Hey, you should ask Teacher Gu about this. Anyway, she's the one who told me... Youli, welcome back."

Guan Ren's tone softened:

I've really missed you these past few days.

"Really..."

"real."

Generally, as long as Guan Ren speaks the truth, Gu Youli won't say anything.

But this time, she still muttered to herself, asking a question as if talking to herself:
"Who knows..."

"how do I say this?"

Guan Ren was indignant. In the past few days, or rather since the summer vacation, Gu Youli had indeed been one of the girls he missed constantly.

"hehe…"

Gu Youli chuckled, then muttered to herself again:
"...While I'm not around...who knows if you've been fooling around with someone else..."

"..."

"Hello? Guan Ren? Are you still there?"

"I'm here!"

Guan Ren wiped his face, took a deep breath, and smiled:
"...Hey, Yuri, what are you thinking? We're deskmates. Besides you, who else could I...who else could I hang out with..."

"sure."

Gu Youli interrupted directly, calmly saying:
"Luo Xiaobei."

"..."

Guan Ren was a little confused.

To be honest, although he knew from the beginning that Xiao Lihua's words were alluding to Luo Xiaobei.

But if you really have to say something, Guan Ren has actually been "hanging out" with her sister Gu Wancheng these past few days.

Thinking of this, Guan Ren subconsciously touched his lips, feeling even more uneasy.

Guan Ren had to repeatedly tell himself that his relationship with Gu Wancheng was a normal teacher-student one, and that keeping it a secret was just to surprise Xiao Lihua.

……

dong dong dong-

"elder sister."

A short while later, Gu Youli finished packing her suitcase and taking a shower after hanging up the phone, and then immediately knocked on the kitchen door.

In the kitchen, Gu Wancheng, her eyes slightly dazed, was gently stroking her lower abdomen and waist with her two delicate hands, as if some unforgettable warmth lingered there, when she was suddenly awakened by a knock on the door.

squeak-

Pushing open the door, Gu Wancheng saw her younger sister looking puzzled.

"Sister, why are you locking the kitchen door...?"

Gu Wancheng paused for a moment, then said:
"Oh, maybe you pressed the wrong button... Weren't you sleeping?"

In fact, Gu Wancheng was secretly continuing her final "rehearsal," trying out one last small rehearsal of the dishes she had prepared for her sister's birthday, as someone had instructed.

This was a surprise she wanted to give to her sister.

"I just made a phone call, I'm not so sleepy anymore..."

"Oh."

boom…

Gu Wancheng closed the kitchen door, then picked up the water glass from the table:
"What's the matter?"

"Sister, did you see Guan Ren while I was away?"

"...Cough cough!..."

"elder sister?"

Gu Wancheng, who had choked on the water, cleared her throat. A flustered feeling flashed through her mind. Before she could think of an answer, Gu Youli asked again:
"Guan Ren just called me and said that, as you know, I'm coming back today. I asked him when you met him, but he was being mysterious and told me to ask you."

Gu Youli's eyes lit up with delight:
"Sister, so you and Guan Ren have met these past few days?"

Gu Wancheng pursed her red lips and slowly nodded:
"…Um…"

Where did you meet?

"In...supermarket..."

This was the first place Gu Wancheng thought of.

It was at that moment that the student pushed her aside to avoid falling debris, resulting in his own injury. But ultimately, after telling Gu Youli this, Gu Wancheng felt filled with guilt.

Because she knew very well that she was deceiving her sister.

Even so, in Gu Wancheng's view, this deception had a legitimate reason.

For example, to keep it a secret, to surprise your sister on her birthday... or something like that...

……

After that, Gu Youli really went to sleep.

That year, there was no high-speed train from Jiangzhou County to Chengdu. Gu Youli took a bus for several hours, and it was clear that she was quite tired from the trip.

She was so focused on sleeping that she forgot her phone on the coffee table in the living room.

Jingle Bell--

Jingle Bell--

The phone rang several times.

Having just finished her "rehearsal," Gu Wancheng had no choice but to put down her laptop and walk out of her bedroom. Seeing her sister's phone ringing, she immediately remembered how answering her sister's call last time had upset her, and instinctively wanted to hang up.

But then I thought about it again.

Wasn't it Guan Ren who called her sister last time?

So this time…

"..."

Gu Wancheng picked up her phone as if possessed and saw the caller ID.

What came into view was different from what she had seen when she answered the wrong phone last time.

Last time it was [Guan Ren].

This time, it was [him].

……

"Wow, why isn't it answering..."

On the other side, Guan Ren was wondering when the call finally went through.

"Hey…"

"Yuri! Let's go on a date!"

"..."

"Hehe, Yuli, don't be scared. Remember that time at the movie theater? I was planning to ask you to hang out afterwards, but you ran off to your mom's. Luckily, you're finally back today, wanna go out?"

"Guan Ren, I'm reminding you one more time, stop harassing my Youli!"

"Huh...?! Old Master Gu...? Why again..."

Snapped!
beep-

……

The phone hangs up.

Guan Ren was completely bewildered.

Things don't happen more than three times. It's been a while since the first time Guan Ren called Xiao Lihua and Gu Wancheng answered, the second time Xiao Lihua called and Gu Wancheng caught her, and now the third time, the same accident happened again. Guan Ren felt that, given Gu Wancheng's personality, she was probably going to get angry.

In fact, Gu Wancheng was indeed angry.

However, the reason she was angry might be somewhat different from what Guan Ren thought.

Snapped.

She returned to her bedroom.

I just opened the "Wenjian OL" client, then immediately closed it; I don't want to play anymore.

Her two rows of silver teeth were pressed tightly together, and her almond-shaped eyes held a hint of anger.

She sat on the edge of the bed with her arms crossed, her face turned to the side as she coldly gazed out the window.

……

So she…

Just how stupid of a student did they produce?!
This is the second time!

Do not…

It all started with the time she took the initiative to call him and ask him to come and teach her how to cook.

This was the third time he had called him.

Can…

But he still couldn't distinguish between the teacher's voice and other women's voices!

"Eh…?"

Gu Wancheng was still indignant.

But then, she froze.

wrong.

What do you mean by "other women"?
Gu Youli is my younger sister.

Guan Ren might be a slow learner, still unable to distinguish between his own voice and his sister's, but his sister… You Li… how could she be considered “another woman”…

As her older sister and teacher, how could she be unhappy about this?

Snapped…

Gu Wancheng tilted her head back and leaned against the cushion.

With a growing sense of inexplicable guilt and uncertainty about the future, I stared at the ceiling, lost in thought for a long time.

(End of this chapter)