No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 287 An Encounter with An Shui Rou (Thanks to Happy Every Day_ for being the patron)
The next day.

"I'm back to life!"

Guan Ren's cold has fully recovered.

But he has no intention of going back to school.

Certainly, the academic workload in the senior year of high school is very intense.

However, Guan Ren felt that he was still more than capable of handling the level he had reached last semester, so one more day wouldn't make a difference.

So Guan Ren decided to take advantage of today to arrange his work.

To put it simply, it's about writing. I'll save up tens of thousands of words in advance, in case I have too much homework or exams in a certain week and don't have time to write.

And so, I kept coding from early morning until the afternoon.

"It's almost winter break, so this book should be finished by now..."

Guan Ren stretched and, while pondering his next book, went out for a walk to relax.

As for where to disperse...

Guan Ren chose to go to the neighborhood near the school gate.

Because this feeling of "everyone else is in class, but I'm the only one resting" can bring a sense of exhilaration, like being in a god-like position.

However, when Guan Ren was almost done with his walk and was about to go home, his eyes suddenly lit up as he spotted a familiar figure carrying a small red backpack at a street corner.

"Graves—!"

"..."

“An An——!”

"?"

Like a tightrope walker in a circus, An Guoguo, with her two little arms outstretched, walked along the curb. She looked up in confusion, then looked ahead, then to the left, and finally to the right, but found nothing.

Just as I was about to lower my head and continue walking, I was surprised to find that my body suddenly floated into the air.

Then, in the next moment, she screamed and cried out:

"Mom—! I'm being kidnapped! Guan Ren! Help—!"

"Sh-!"

God knows how embarrassed Guan Ren was at the time. Seeing that passersby had already taken out their phones, he quickly put the thing down with an awkward smile.

"An Guoguo, take a good look and see who I am!"

Anguoguo, who had been put down, ran forward a few steps with a smacking sound. Upon hearing this, she turned her little head, her fear turning into astonishment, and then into realization.

"Guan Ren Guan Ren~"

She came running over, opened her little arms, and jumped into Guan Ren's arms to start complaining:
"Guan Ren! Just now... just now someone tried to kidnap me!"

That's me...

"what?"

An Guoguo was shocked:
"Guan Ren, why did you kidnap me?"

"..."

Guan Ren's lips twitched:

"Because I like you so much, is that not allowed?"

An Guoguo thought for a moment and shook her head:

"No, if I get kidnapped, my mom and sister will be heartbroken."

Hearing the little girl say this, Guan Ren's eyes softened.

"But you can kidnap my mom, or my sister, and I can go with them~"

"..."

Guan Ren's eyelids drooped, and his gentle gaze instantly turned into a dead fish eye.

This little gadget really shouldn't be praised...

However, this is the first time Guan Ren has encountered An Guoguo on a new map outside of Meteor Road.

"Why are you walking on the curb? What if you fall?"

"If I fall, I lose."

"Lost? What did you lose?"

"It's nothing, a loss is a loss."

This was a rule An Guoguo set for herself: she had to walk on the curb, and if she fell off, she would lose. Guan Ren didn't even understand it, and An Guoguo was too lazy to explain it to him.

"And what's with that mustache you've got?"

Guan Ren was a little worried because some girls have hormonal imbalances during puberty and end up with mustaches when they grow up.

An Guoguo inherited her mother's and sister's genes and will be a little beauty sooner or later. Guan Ren doesn't want her looks to be affected by the mustache.

"This is not a beard."

Anguo explained in a babbling voice.

Upon closer inspection, Guan Ren realized it wasn't. Instead, it was a slightly darker red mark surrounding An Guoguo's plump little mouth.

"what happened?"

"At school, um, I was sucking on paper cups, and after sucking on too many, that's how it is."

As An Guoguo spoke, she rubbed her temples.

Not only does sucking on a cup make you grow a mustache, but it also makes your head feel dizzy for some reason.

Guan Ren patted her head and glanced at the small red backpack on her back:

"Did you just get out of school?"

"Yes."

An Guoguo shook her little schoolbag. Starting this September, An Guoguo became a first-grade elementary school student and has been attending Jiangzhou County No. 9 Elementary School for two months.

"You don't walk home alone after school, do you? Where's your mom?"

In 2012, in a small county town, it was somewhat unsafe to let a child go to and from school alone in the first grade.

Even though An Guoguo is a very clever child.

For example, when Guan Ren picked her up from behind just now, she reacted very quickly.

"My mom is behind me."

An Guoguo pointed, and Guan Ren looked back and saw that it was indeed true.

Moreover, unlike the An Shui Rou that Guan Ren usually saw, she was wearing a hat and apron.

At this moment, Mother An is in a completely new version, wearing an ordinary blue long T-shirt, white slim-fit casual pants, and a khaki ordinary women's handbag slung over her shoulder.

Her simple attire did nothing to diminish her voluptuous figure, which was no less impressive than Guan Qiaoyun's. Her long, black hair, which was usually tied up in a hat, was instead gently draped over her shoulders, revealing glimpses of An Jia's signature natural curls.

What surprised Guan Ren the most was the pair of light pink flats she was wearing, which actually had a heel of about 3cm.

It's worth noting that An Shui Rou always wore flat shoes when she was at the stall.

The edge of her jade-like, delicate instep seemed to faintly reveal the edge of white lace.

Guan Ren, who often helps his mother organize her shoes and socks and has also gone for a morning run with a certain teacher, immediately noticed that Sister Shui Rou was wearing a pair of white boat socks that are common among women.

Looking at An Shui Rou in such a refreshing way, Guan Ren couldn't help but sigh, "She truly lives up to her name, Sister Shui Rou."

Such simple and unadorned attire is enough to fully express her unique and touching charm as a mother.

"Guan Ren?"

Upon seeing Guan Ren, An Shui Rou's ever-gentle eyes also sparkled with surprise:
"Are you out of school yet? Why so early?"

"Oh, no, I was sick and took the day off, so I just came out for a walk."

"Oh? You're sick?"

Guan Ren was somewhat surprised to detect a hint of worry in An Shui Rou's eyes, the same kind of worry he had seen in his own mother.

She walked over quickly, first raising her arm to swat away An Guoguo's little hand that was trying to reach into Guan Ren's pocket, then said with concern:

"Why are you sick? Do you have a cold? Are you alright?"

"Yes, it was just a common cold, and I'm all better now."

Guan Ren smiled and patted his chest:
"Sister Shui Rou, as you know, I'm perfectly fine, I'm all better now."

"Oh...oh, that's good, that's good..."

An Shui Rou tucked her hair behind her ear, and a blush crept across her delicate face, which was just as pretty as her two daughters'.

This young man's words are really...

How would she know if he was in good health...?

……

Afterwards, Guan Ren and An Shui Rou took An Guo Guo home together.

Guan Ren was fine; he spent the whole way entertaining the little girl.

An Shui Rou watched them with a gentle smile from behind.

But as I looked around, my gaze would occasionally catch sight of a family of three on the street, and I would vaguely see something similar, which would startle me and make my heart race.

Finally, after arriving at [Ping An Fresh Braised Food], An Shui Rou suddenly remembered that she still needed to go to the supermarket today to buy some seaweed and dried shrimp.

"The school teacher said that it's good for children to supplement their diet with iodine and zinc regularly."

Guan Ren thought for a moment:
"I was just thinking of buying a new long-sleeved gym shirt, so let's go together, Shui Rou."

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at the same time.

At Jiangzhou No. 2 Middle School, as the bell rang, a senior high school Chinese teacher finished his last class of the day.

After organizing her lesson plans in the office, Gu Wancheng glanced at her phone's memo app.

"Since I have fewer classes today... let's go to the supermarket..."

(End of this chapter)