I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 162 Deja Vu
Li Yan and Mei Mengqian returned to the classroom with their milk tea. Mei Mengqian continued reading her book while sipping her milk tea, looking quite content, which made others envious.

Meanwhile, Li Yan observed the people in the classroom as they cultivated their divine senses daily.

Without a teacher, the classroom was a little noisy.

Most people were talking, some were playing games, some were making "leg-stretching and eye-glaring pills," and some were seducing good students.

On the other side of the corridor, Yang Xiong was explaining mathematics to Liang Xueyi.

"Well, did you understand?" Yang Xiong asked.

"Yang Xiong, you spoke very well." Liang Xueyi praised him generously, and Yang Xiong felt a sense of satisfaction upon hearing this praise.

He had made up his mind. Since Ye Hui didn't want his repayment, he would repay someone else.

Liang Xueyi, who was standing next to Ye Hui, was much better than her; at least she knew how to praise people.

Just then, Liang Xueyi said with a slightly aggrieved expression:

"It's just that I might be a little too stupid. Yang Xiong, you explain it so well, but I can never quite understand it. Every time you explain it, I think I understand, but after you finish explaining it, I don't understand it anymore."

“It’s alright, if there’s anything you don’t understand, I’ll continue explaining it to you,” Yang Xiong said without hesitation.

"Yang Xiong, you're so kind, but isn't this a bit much? Half of the evening self-study session is already over, and you haven't done your homework for any of your subjects today."

"What's the big deal? I can make it when I get home tonight." Yang Xiong patted his chest.

Although there was a lot of homework, he had explained most of it to Yang Xueyi today, so he would definitely write it down in a flash when he got back.

"You're so helpful, but doing homework is such a waste of time. You probably have things to do tonight, right? You can copy mine."

"Really? Thank you!"

After Liang Xueyi finished speaking, Yang Xiong was inexplicably moved, feeling that his efforts to explain knowledge to her over the past few days had indeed been worthwhile.

If it were Ye Hui, she definitely wouldn't even look at herself!
Yang Xueyi's notebook smelled nice, and he felt that if he took it home to copy, he could copy it faster than usual.

"You've helped me so much, what's this?!" Liang Xueyi said.

"Let's continue with the problem. The main concept in this problem is functions. I'll list the important parts for you. See where you don't understand so we can focus on those areas."

"Okay, sure!" Liang Xueyi nodded cutely, her eyes sparkling.

In the third group, Zhou Haiyang, who had become Cheng Yuan's deskmate, was watching Liang Xueyi and Yang Xiong's interaction with gritted teeth.

Damn it, their heads were almost touching!

Liang Xueyi, do you know what you're doing?
You have a boyfriend!!

No, I must talk to her after evening self-study!

Zhou Haiyang thought to himself, looking at the workbook in front of him, but he had no mood to write anything.

Beside him, Cheng Yuan, deliberately bringing up a sore spot, said:
"Haiyang, why is your girlfriend standing so close to Yang Xiong?"

"Xuexue is getting Yang Xiong tutored. Don't be fooled by their proximity; Yang Xiong is being used. Once Xuexue has drained him of all his knowledge, she'll definitely leave him behind!"

Cheng Yuan glanced at him, thinking to himself, "So you knew."

“Once Yang Xiong gets dumped, Xuexue will definitely come back to me.”

"What kind of loser's statement is this?" Cheng Yuan couldn't help but say, while thinking to himself, "It seems he doesn't know."

"If you can't speak properly, then don't speak!" Zhou Haiyang's face darkened.

"Facts speak louder than words."

“You…” Zhou Haiyang glared angrily at Cheng Yuan.

"What's up, want to practice?" Cheng Yuan shook his arms, his broad body standing up like a wall.

Zhou Haiyang's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at Cheng Yuan's roguish demeanor, and he remained silent.

Guo Cailing, who was closer to them, said to Yu Qingya, "Ya Ya, it seems that Zhou Haiyang's wife has been cheated on by the neighbor Huang Mao Niu, but he is still pretending not to know that he is a husband with a happy family."

"Don't talk to me."

"..."

In the back row, Ma Liang excitedly looked at a message on his phone.

He turned to Yu Bin beside him and said, "Brother Xiao, look! A girl texted me! This is the first time a girl has ever texted me!"

Yu Bin was playing duo queue with Hu Weiwen when he heard this, and took a moment to glance at his screen.

"Sure, Ryoko, this profile picture is really cute."

"Hehe, right? This is my junior high classmate. She's in Class 3."

Ma Liang smiled, then looked at the message screen, which read, "Are you there?"

He quickly replied, "Yes, I've always been here!"

Yu Bin glanced at his reply and felt a bit uneasy.

Just then, Ma Liang said nervously, "Brother Xiao, she said she broke up with her boyfriend last night! Does that mean I have a chance? Is she hinting at something?"

"How would I know? Why don't you ask her why she broke up with him? What if she asked you to help her get back together?"

Ma Liang nodded, agreeing that it made a lot of sense, and then sent out the message.

Why are we splitting up?

"No, I meant ranking up! I reached the King rank. Don't you guys play King?"

Ma Liang's expression froze. He scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. He glanced at Yu Bin, saw that he was still playing games, breathed a sigh of relief, and typed a reply.

"Oh, you're pretty amazing. I'm only at the diamond level."

"I'll take you there sometime. I want to buy a skin, but I'm short ten yuan. Do you have that kind of money?"

Upon realizing that the person wanted to borrow money, Ma Liang's face fell. He hesitated whether to lend it or not. He didn't have much pocket money, but it was only Tuesday, and he could still come up with 10 yuan.

Yu Bin glanced over and warned, "Liangzi, she didn't deny being in a relationship just now. Maybe she asked you for money to buy skins for her boyfriend?"

"No way?!"

"I'll ask for you." Yu Bin took his phone directly.

He replied to the other side, "Ten yuan is no problem, who did you buy the skin for?"

“A classmate of mine helped me rank up last night. Let’s play three-man squads sometime,” the other side replied.

"Are you going to give it to me or not? My old classmate wouldn't be so stingy, would he?"

Ma Liang looked at the news with a frustrated expression.

Yu Bin scoffed, "Judging from the situation, she's not planning to pay it back. It's not a loan, it's a demand."

Ma Liang didn't say anything, took his phone back, clicked delete, feeling a little dejected. Why couldn't any girl like him?

He remembered that Li Yan was very popular with girls, so he couldn't help but ask:
"Li Yan, I feel like a lot of girls like you. Do you have any tips?"

Li Yan's brow twitched; he realized he'd been caught up in the gossip himself.

Feeling several gazes cast his way, he turned to look at Ma Liang, his expression unchanged, and calmly said:

"I don't know. I'm just an ordinary student. They all took the initiative."

Across the aisle, Xiao Yaya looked at Li Yan's profile as he turned around. His features were well-defined, his nose high and straight, his eyes deep-set, and his skin fair and clean. She instinctively said:
"Li Yan, you're so handsome, you're anything but ordinary."

Everyone around her looked at her in surprise, including Hu Die. She felt that her best friend's words were a bit too blunt.

Ye Hui nodded as well, "And your grades are very good."

Ma Liang fell into deep thought. He felt that his looks were not much worse than Li Yan's, but what he lacked was good grades.

If he improves his grades, wouldn't he become like Li Yan, someone even Xiao Yaya would willingly call him handsome?

"Brother Bin, I understand! I'm going to work hard to improve my grades."

"Okay, then try your best not to get beaten up during the final exam."

Upon hearing this, Ma Liang shuddered, and the abundant motivation in his heart was suddenly overshadowed by fear.

He started reading and studying, and stopped talking.

In ten minutes, he felt a continuous stream of knowledge being absorbed.

After twenty minutes, he felt like a wise man, but he was mentally exhausted.

Forty minutes later, Ma Liang looked up and felt that after studying for so long, it was time to take a break.

So he took out his phone, opened the chat app, and started awkwardly chatting with people, promising to only chat for ten minutes. However, ten minutes passed, and Ma Liang had messaged hundreds of girls and sent dozens of greetings, but still hadn't received many decent replies.

When the time was up, he told himself to watch for another ten minutes.

But this time, he hadn't even seen five minutes when he heard a curse in his ear.

"Damn it, Liangzi! You're really useless, how come you can't even stay until the end of evening self-study!?" Zhang Wei said with a pained expression.

"I told you so, Wei-ge, let's go roast chicken legs during evening self-study!" Yu Bin laughed.

"You actually used me as a bet!" Ma Liang was a little angry, feeling looked down upon.

He was going to try again, but first he needed to fill his stomach. Ma Liang asked, "Where can I get some roasted chicken legs? It's not the three sisters, is it? There are too many people with them at night."

"No, there's a new stall on the right side of the school gate that specializes in selling roasted chicken legs and roasted duck legs," Yu Bin said.

He's been doing it every time he gets home from evening self-study these past few days. It feels so good!

Zhang Wei nodded, feeling a little heartbroken; a chicken leg cost 5 yuan, which was equivalent to his breakfast.

Hearing the words "roasted chicken legs" behind them, Li Yan noticed that Mei Mengqian's ears twitched.

So he asked, "How does it taste?"

"It's alright, about the same as the three sisters'."

"Then we'll go after evening self-study too."

Li Yan said to Mei Mengqian.

"Okay!"

After evening self-study ended, Li Yan, Mei Mengqian, and Jiang Yingzhu met up. They each bought a roasted chicken leg and a duck leg outside the school and ate them as they walked.

"I didn't even know a new stall had opened here!" Jiang Yingzhu exclaimed in surprise, then looked at Li Yan.

"How did you know?"

"My classmate said so."

……

Back home, Li Yan took a shower and then dried Jiang Yingzhu's and Jiang Yingzhu's hair.

On a whim, I checked my Douyin and Bilibili accounts.

The majority of them were urging for more updates.

His current source of funding mainly comes from Qiqi Company.

Whether it's a self-media account or a novel on a certain platform.

The income he earns each month is not enough to buy medicinal herbs for body refinement, pill refining, and precious materials such as agate, jade, gold, etc. for weapon crafting.

Now, he treats these things purely as hobbies to pass the time.

So, on a whim, Li Yan recorded another song and posted it.

Friday arrived in the blink of an eye. Two or three days had passed, and nothing major had happened in the class.

Zhou Haiyang had an argument with Liang Yangxueyi, and then with Yang Xiong. Just before they were about to fight, Li Ping arrived and stopped them.

Hu Die showed off her newly acquired iPhone to her girlfriends.

Not many people in the class use iPhones; only Ye Hui does.

Even Li Yan and Mei Mengqian didn't use it.

Holding the apple in her hand, Hu Die felt that she was now above Li Yan and Mei Mengqian, and her status was equal to Ye Hui's.

As for her girlfriends, they could only look enviously at the phone watermarks on the photos in their QQ spaces.

Li Yan doesn't have many requirements for mobile phones; he doesn't play games much.

Mei Mengqian and Jiang Yingzhu were playing games, but the little classmate had no competitive spirit or vanity.

Little Green Plum is competitive, but not in this area.

Therefore, even though Hu Die was showing off there, they didn't react much.

This made Hu Die feel that the pleasure of showing off had suddenly vanished by more than half.

Li Yan was scrolling through short videos, mainly looking at the comments on videos posted a few days ago.

Aside from comments about a large number of missing people returning to the public eye, not a single person praised his looks. This generation of netizens has rather poor taste.

Suddenly, a message popped up.

Tree: [Do you have time after school to come to my house with me? I need to put some things away.]

Yan: [Yes, what is it?]

Tree: [It's the one you gave me. It was a bit too conspicuous in the dorm, and I'm afraid I'll break it.]

Hua Junshu typed this line, pursed his lips, and felt that the reason was still a bit far-fetched. After all, it was such a small thing that he could carry it by himself.

So she added another sentence.

Winter is coming, and I need to take my summer clothes back home to store; I can't carry them all by myself.

【no problem】

Upon seeing this reply, a smile spread across Hua Junshu's face.

The student sitting next to him saw it by chance, rubbed his eyes, and thought he had seen it wrong.

After school, Li Yan pushed his bike to the girls' dormitory building, where he immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Beside him, Jiang Yingzhu, who was also holding onto the car, curled her lip.

"What are those people looking at! Haven't they ever seen someone waiting for someone before?"

Having lingered in front of the businessman dozens of times, hoping to get a firsthand look at the gossip, Gan Tiantian thought to herself upon hearing this:

"I've seen people waiting for each other before, but I've never seen a boy waiting for two pretty girls downstairs at the girls' dormitory."

Not long after, Hua Junshu came down carrying the potted plant, put it in Li Yan's car, and then went back to get her clothes.

"Put the clothes in my car, senior. You can use the potted plant as Zhuzhu's car."

Hua Junshu pursed his lips, using personal belongings as an excuse to put the clothes in Jiang Yingzhu's car, and then sat in the back seat of Li Yan.

The four of them set off immediately.

"Where does my senior live? I haven't been there yet," Jiang Yingzhu asked on the way.

"The section of road just inside the river is not far from the school."

"Oh, I understand."

The four of them hadn't walked far along the main road when they saw a row of low-rise buildings, with a large "demolish" sign written on each of them.

"This area is going to be demolished!" Jiang Yingzhu exclaimed in surprise. "Then, senior, where will you live afterward?"

"I don't know, these characters weren't there when I came back last month." Hua Junshu looked at the large characters, even more surprised than she was.

Mei Mengqian chimed in from behind, "It should take some time, it can't be dismantled just like that."

Jiang Yingzhu nodded. "Yes, that's how it was when my house was demolished."

Hua Junshu remained silent, his gaze leisurely sweeping over the houses.

Actually, she would rather this place never be demolished. She grew up here, and the house was left to her by her parents.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived at her building. Hua Junshu got out of the car and was about to invite Li Yan and the other two to come upstairs for a chat.

Suddenly, I looked up and saw two people standing in front of my second-floor door.

Meanwhile, three burly men and two women emerged from the mahjong parlor in the shadows on the other side.

The five people quickly surrounded the group.

"Uncle? Second Aunt, what's going on here..."

Hua Junshu looked at the group with some hesitation, not understanding why these relatives, whom he hadn't contacted for several years, would appear downstairs at his house.
Looks like they came specifically to wait for me!

Standing on the periphery of the three women, Li Yan narrowed his eyes, feeling that this scene was somewhat familiar.

(End of this chapter)