No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 314 People Around Me

"Tsk, can you hurry up?"

After closing the door, Gu Wancheng noticed that Guan Ren was lingering at the door, not coming in.

"Um... Ms. Gu, I remember the shoe covers are in the shoe cabinet, right?"

"no need."

"Use it."

Guan Ren still vividly remembered his last visit here, and nodded vigorously:
"It's not good to get it dirty."

So he excitedly opened the shoe cabinet, and sure enough, there were rows and rows of high heels with different styles, such as the classic red-soled dark chocolate mousse, the dark blue blueberry cheesecake, and the off-white milky coconut...

Guan Ren rummaged around for a while amidst the fragrant aroma, and finally found shoe covers to put on.

To be honest, this is my second time visiting Gujia, and I feel a little bit of warmth and familiarity with them.

"Teacher Gu, is Gu Youli... studying in her bedroom?"

"No."

Gu Wancheng sat down at the dining table and poured herself a glass of hot water.

Of course, she didn't pour it for this carefree student; she took a sip herself.
"Youli isn't here right now; she went to pay the water bill."

"what?"

Guan Ren scratched his head:

"Then what did you say when I asked you earlier...?"

"What did I say?"

Gu Wancheng frowned slightly and glanced at Guan Ren indifferently.

"..."

Guan Ren thought back for a moment, and was speechless.

Because it seems that he asked Gu Youli if she was there.

Gu Wancheng simply asked herself why she wanted to see Gu Youli.

There was no answer to the question of whether or not they were there.

This woman…

They even started playing word games with the students, using questions to answer questions and stuff...

Hmm, she really is a Chinese language teacher...

……

Actually, Gu Wancheng was a little worried while drinking water.

Because she didn't know why she had called Guan Ren in...

He was just here to deliver something; he could have just dropped it off and left. Why... tsk.

All I can say is that she was just speaking in the heat of the moment.

At that time, I don't know what I was thinking, but I suddenly had this idea.

Anyway, as soon as I saw him come to the house, and since my sister happened to be away, the two elements combined were like a chemical reaction, and I couldn't help but invite him in.

But what happens now that we're inside?
I can't possibly let him teach me how to make sausages in such a short time today, can I?
"..."

"..."

There was a brief silence in the room.

Gu Wancheng was drinking water at the dining table.

Guan Ren placed a package of cured meat and sausages on the table, still holding the other package in his hand, and stood dumbly by the table.

While standing there, he unconsciously stared blankly at Gu Wancheng drinking water.

To be precise, it was watching her rosy lips lightly touching the rim of the cup as she drank water.

The water her lips had drunk…

It might also smell like oranges...

Guan Ren's thoughts drifted aimlessly, sometimes back to the night he spent in Gu Wancheng's bed, and sometimes to the unforgettable sweet scent on his lips when he woke up the next day...

"Guan Ren."

"?!"

What are you standing there for?

"oh oh!"

Guan Ren suddenly came to his senses and then sat down.

Gu Wancheng glanced at the two large bags he had brought:
“Youli and I can’t finish all of this, so you can take a bag back with you.”

"No, Teacher Gu, the other package was for Luo Xiaobei."

"..."

Gu Wancheng's delicate hand holding the water glass paused almost imperceptibly:
"Oh…"

After taking a slow sip, she calmly said:
"I heard that you and Luo Xiaobei are childhood sweethearts and have a very good relationship."

Guan Ren's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this.

What do you mean?
Is this... to "stand up" for his sister?
No way...

But you secretly did that kind of thing that night without saying a word...

Wow, so it turns out... the Gu family doesn't let their wealth go to outsiders?
However, since Gu Wancheng asked...

Guan Ren naturally answered honestly:

"Yes, Xiao Bei and I have been together since we were little, and we've always had a very good relationship."

"..."

Gu Wancheng fell silent upon hearing this.

Guan Ren was a little nervous, wondering how she would warn him next and how he should respond. But after a while, he only heard a soft "snap" as the cup was put down.

"Yeah."

Gu Wancheng lowered her eyelashes slightly, looking down at her cup with a calm expression: "It's good... This kind of relationship is rare, you should cherish it..."

"?"

Guan Ren was taken aback and glanced at Gu Wancheng, whose pretty face remained aloof and indifferent.

what?
What... is going on?

My girlfriend's older sister told me to cherish my childhood sweetheart?
To be honest, it's a bit of a brain teaser.

Guan Ren couldn't help but wonder if there was some kind of intellectual battle involved.

For example, entrapment.

But I still can't figure out the specific logic behind it for the time being.

So I decided to steel myself and follow my heart for now.

"Ah."

Guan Ren then took a deep breath and replied firmly:

“Teacher Gu, I don’t have many merits, but I cherish the people around me more than anyone else.”

Whether it's Gu Youli or Luo Xiaobei

Guan Ren couldn't say the second half of that sentence.

After all, the very veiled statement mentioned above is bold enough.

Gu Wancheng did not directly express her opinion in response to Guan Ren's reply.

He simply straightened his chest slightly, let out a soft breath, glanced at his phone, and said:
"You should go home first today."

"Hmm? Teacher Gu... would you like to learn how to make sausages?"

"another day."

"Uh…"

Guan Ren thought to himself that he hadn't even had a sip of hot water since he came in, and somewhat resentfully glanced towards Xiao Lihua's bedroom:
"What about Gu Youli...?"

"..."

Snapped!
The cup was placed back on the table.

However, the noise wasn't as light and quick as before.

"What do you mean, 'she'?"

Gu Wancheng's eyebrows furrowed, and a strange irritation flickered in her cold gaze:

"You absolutely must see her today?"

"Neither...nor..."

"If you don't see her for a day, will you lose a piece of your body?"

"No, well..."

“Youli needs to study as soon as she gets back, what are you waiting for her for? By the way, have you finished the worksheet I assigned the day before yesterday?”

"Teacher Gu, I..."

"Go back and do it if you haven't done it yet. I'll be checking yours first during evening self-study tonight."

After saying her last words, Gu Wancheng took the cured meat and sausages to the kitchen by herself.

"..."

What could Guan Ren do?

no way.

As a student, handing in assignments to the teacher is indeed his duty.

As the saying goes, milk... ptooey! ...a higher-ranking official can crush you!

This is a suppression based on status!
"Ugh."

Guan Ren sighed, guessing he'd only be free to hand in assignments to this woman after graduation...

"Teacher Gu, I'm leaving now."

"…Um."

Gu Wancheng responded from the kitchen.

Then the sound of the door closing came from outside.

"..."

People around you...

If a childhood sweetheart is someone who accompanies you, then that person is considered a close friend.

So… what about teachers who have spent two years with their students…?

After Guan Ren left, some dangerous topics that couldn't be discussed openly also surfaced in Gu Wancheng's mind.

Then Gu Wancheng turned her attention to the sausages and cured meat that Guan Ren had brought.

The cured meat looks pretty good.

The materials used are a beautiful five-layered, multi-colored variety.

However, this sausage was slightly different from the ones Gu Wancheng had seen in supermarkets or farmers' markets.

"Why is it so thick? It's so ugly..."

Gu Wancheng frowned, realizing that she couldn't even fully grasp the contents of her hand.

I don't know if they used too much seasoning and stuffed too much into the sausage casing.

It immediately reveals its unique personal style, unlike mass-produced commercial products.

Anyway, Gu Wancheng had never seen a sausage as thick as Guan Ren's before.

However, appearance doesn't tell the whole story, and we still don't know how it tastes...

Gu Wancheng thought for a moment, then cut off a piece, about 20 centimeters long, and decided to eat it with her sister that night to find out.

(End of this chapter)