No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 300 Little Bei and Little Guan Ren

"Leave her, I want you."

Luo Xiaobei stared intently at Guan Ren, her hands gripping the back of his collar tightly.

Guan Ren stared at her for a long while before speaking:
"Say it again?"

"Leave...leave..."

Luo Xiaobei's face immediately became a little hot.

Then, I quickly saw the mockery in my childhood friend's eyes.

So, her little face flushed red, she raised her little hand and punched him on the shoulder twice:
"You...you made me say that a second time! Are you an idiot?!"

"Hahaha! Sorry, but these lines are really too different from your style, hahaha... Ouch! ...

"It hurts so much!"

Luo Xiaobei grabbed Guan Ren's ear with one hand, while her little face remained flushed.
"You big idiot! You big moron! Can't you be serious for once?!"

"Good good..."

Guan Ren gradually became serious.

But once he calmed down, he couldn't help but soften when he saw Qingmei's cute and sweet face.
"So you mean...you want me?"

"Ok!"

"But…"

Guan Ren grinned, gently took her small hand in his large hand and squeezed it:
“I’ve always been yours. From childhood to adulthood, Guan Ren has always belonged to Luo Xiaobei.”

"Eh…?"

Luo Xiaobei's determined little face froze for a moment, and her heart pounded like a fast-moving deer.

Then he blinked sharply, broke free from his grip, stomped his foot, and continued firmly:

"Don't give me that! What I mean is... you're mine, and then... and then you can only be mine!"

That was close...

I almost fell for that wicked pig's trick!
"cough…"

Guan Ren, having been exposed, chuckled sheepishly and turned to look outside the stairwell:
"Well, the wind is really noisy today..."

Guan Ren was deliberately acting strange here.

I'm waiting for Luo Xiaobei to complain.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no reaction from behind.

He turned around suspiciously, only to see Qingmei staring at him with her reddened eyes. The misty tears made her soft eyelashes wet and glistening in the sunlight.

“Don’t…don’t!”

Guan Ren was immediately at a loss.

Although this wasn't the first time Guan Ren had seen Luo Xiaobei cry since Xiao Lihua confessed her feelings that day.

But in Guan Ren's heart, the impression that Qingmei never cries is just as deeply ingrained as the impression that his deskmate never laughs, and he needs time to get used to it.

"Bei, don't be like this, Bei, please don't cry, okay?"

With a tearful green plum standing before him, Guan Ren's usually practiced embrace suddenly became somewhat clumsy.
"I was wrong, I was wrong, let's talk this out."

"..."

Luo Xiaobei's face was buried in her childhood sweetheart's warm chest. She first rolled the tears from her eyes onto him, then sniffed and mumbled something.
"Hmph... If I'd known crying was more effective than laughing, I should have cried more..."

"That's not good, crying too much will make you age faster."

"Tch... I just read in a book yesterday that laughing too much makes you age faster, giving you forehead wrinkles and all that..."

"Uh... well, so be it. I'm going to grow old with you anyway."

"Are you Qiong Yao...?"

Luo Xiaobei thought her childhood sweetheart's words were really cheesy and old-fashioned.

Even so, I still quite enjoy listening to it.

"Bei, to be honest."

Guan Ren loosened his grip on Qingmei slightly and gently wiped away the moisture from the corners of her eyes:
"You seem to cry quite easily, but why have I never seen you cry before?"

"..."

"Um…"

Guan Ren stroked his chin:

"...It's okay if you don't want to say, just pretend I didn't ask."

Luo Xiaobei glared at him:
"Keep holding me."

"Oh."

There was no way around it; Luo Xiaobei felt comfortable saying such things only when he was holding her.

Only when he couldn't see the embarrassment on his face did Luo Xiaobei mutter softly:

"Do you remember what you said to me when we were in kindergarten...?"

"kindergarten?"

Guan Ren and Luo Xiaobei spent so many days in kindergarten, how could he possibly remember everything?
"specifically is?"

"It was...it was when I first started kindergarten..."

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Little Bei, who has just started kindergarten, is quite young.

They didn't even know Guan Ren yet.

Not only did Xiao Bei not know Guan Ren, but he didn't know any of the other children in that place called kindergarten.

But all the children know Little North.

Because back in the very early days, Xiao Xiao Bei was actually a notorious crybaby.

She was very scared and confused as it was her first time away from her parents.

Whether it's other children coming over to greet her out of curiosity, or tall, imposing teachers walking by, even when Xiao Xiao Bei herself wants to bravely approach other children, she can't help but shed tears.

When she cries, the children around her often get caught up in the crying, which used to be a real headache for the kindergarten teachers.

Soon, no other children wanted to get close to Little North.

The teacher noticed that Xiao Xiao Bei stopped crying after this, so she tacitly agreed not to interfere further.

Only Xiao Xiao Bei herself knew that she wasn't immune to crying.

She just didn't want her parents to be said bad things about her by the teacher.

So after that, whether she missed them or felt lonely because she was afraid to interact with other children, she would cover her little mouth, cry secretly, and then secretly wipe her tears on the cushion of a bench.

Little Bei spent several days, or perhaps several weeks, alone in kindergarten.

Then one day, after she had finished crying secretly and wiped away her tears, a little boy grabbed her wrist.

"Oh, it's you."

He spoke in a childish voice, his bright eyes fixed on Xiao Xiao Bei's red-rimmed eyes after crying:

"So it was you who wet my cushion! I told you I didn't wet the bed, but the teacher didn't believe me."

At this moment, Xiao Xiao Bei was probably experiencing being caught red-handed doing something wrong for the first time in his life.

Although she only then realized that the cushion was not actually shared by the class.

"Right...right..."

Xiao Xiaobei wanted to say sorry, but tears welled up in her eyes first.

She already had no friends to play with, and now she's done something bad to other children. Little Bei is extremely upset.

This made his speech even more unclear:

"Yes...yes...woohoo..."

This time, Xiao Xiao Bei didn't have time to cover her mouth. Just as she was about to cry out, the little boy in front of her whispered:
"Sh-!"

Little Bei is four years old now and already knows what "shh" means.

When the kindergarten children are noisy, the teacher will put her finger to her lips and say "shh" to them.

However, this boy was a little different.

When he shushed, his little finger didn't touch his own mouth.

Instead, it was pressed onto Xiao Xiao Bei's mouth.

This was the first time Luo Xiaobei's lips were touched by a boy.

"I see."

The little boy said:
Are you that crybaby?

"…Um…"

Little Bei nodded blankly, her voice as childish as a little boy's.

Then the little boy grinned, revealing his white little teeth:
"I used to be a crybaby too, but Mom has turned me into a little prince!"

"prince…?"

"Uh-huh…"

The little boy scratched his head and looked at Little North:

"You're so pretty! Are you a girl?"

Little Bei was stunned, unsure how to answer.

I just feel like crying again.

She's wearing a pretty dress, doesn't she look like a girl?
"Boys stop crying when they become princes, and girls stop crying when they become princesses. Has your mother turned you into a little princess?"

Little Bei was completely captivated by the boy's words, and shook her head blankly:

"No…"

"Oh, I see. Hmm, hmm..."

The little boy thought for a moment:
"How about I turn you into a princess?"

Princess…

The princess who doesn't have to cry...

Little Bei blinked her big eyes and nodded.

Then, the little boy in front of her leaned closer, put his two little hands on her shoulders, stood on tiptoe in his little shoes that could sparkle, and kissed her on the corners of her eyes.

"That's good enough~ You're a princess now, not a little crybaby anymore~"

"Really?"

"Hmm! Don't believe me? Try smiling!"

Little Bei only smiled a little bit.

As far as I can remember, my smile must have looked really awkward.

But the little boy had a very nice smile:
"Yes, yes! You look even prettier than my mom when you smile~ That's how princesses are! Princess, what's your name?"

"I...I'm called Luo Xiaobei..."

"Luo Xiaobei, you can call me Guan Ren~"

"Guan Ren... am I really not going to cry anymore?"

"Of course!"

"But what if... I can't help myself?"

"Um…"

Hearing Xiao Xiao Bei's worries, Xiao Guan Ren was also very troubled.

But soon, he patted his still-youthful chest:
"Then you'll stay with me from now on!"

"Together..."

"Yes! I am the prince, and you are the princess. Princes and princesses are always meant to be happy together. As long as we are together, we will be happy. A happy princess will never cry!"

……

Princesses and princes are happy together.

A happy princess never cries.

……

On this day, four-year-old Luo Xiaobei looked at her little hand being held tightly by Guan Ren, and at the pile of toys that he had "snatched" from other children for her. She suddenly realized that as long as she was with this boy, there was nothing in kindergarten worth crying about.

A few days later, after Luo Xiaobei discovered that Guan Ren lived in the same neighborhood as her, she gradually solidified an idea in her mind:
Luo Xiaobei will always be that princess who is happy with Guan Ren and never cries.

……

Perhaps in the years that followed, Luo Xiaobei herself forgot the specifics of that vow.

But the beliefs that "I can't cry in front of him" and "he thinks I look good when I smile" have unknowingly become ingrained in Luo Xiaobei's heart.

And all of this was fine at the time.

Until that day of summer vacation...

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"Holy crap... hiss..."

After listening to Luo Xiaobei's recollection, Guan Ren felt somewhat bewildered.

He had forgotten these things, but as Luo Xiaobei narrated them, he remembered them all again.

Upon recalling it, Guan Rencai suddenly realized that his childhood was actually quite... well... quite... indescribable...

"Bei, in your memory, was I as handsome as I am now when I was a child?"

"Do not."

Luo Xiaobei remained expressionless:
"They're all the same pig's head."

"..."

Guan Ren didn't quite believe it.

While it's true that I might have some talent for doing this at the age of four, the fact that I was able to do it so successfully is definitely related to my excellent modeling skills.

"Ahem... Now I hereby declare again, Princess Xiaobei, from now on, whether you cry or laugh, you will still be happy!"

"Oh."

"..."

"..."

Well, Guan Ren assessed the size of the girl in his arms; she was no longer four years old, so she wasn't so easy to fool anymore.

"So what are you going to say now...?"

"How do you say what?"

Guan Ren's heart skipped a beat. So she still hadn't given up on the important matter?
"Stop playing dumb."

Luo Xiaobei stared intently at her childhood sweetheart in front of her:
"Between her and me, which one will you choose...?"

"..."

Guan Ren fell silent.

Is it really appropriate to tell Qingmei his true thoughts at this stage?

"Bei, actually I..."

Guan Ren was stunned into silence before he could finish speaking, as if petrified.

Because right there in the hallway below the stairs, Gu Youli, carrying a stack of exercise books, was casting surprised glances at herself and Luo Xiaobei beside her.

(End of this chapter)