My girlfriend was reborn.

Chapter 153 My favorite ship has been resurrected!

“Ah Qian, that night, in the town hospital, I took the initiative to kiss Cheng Shuangjiang.”

Zhou Heming looked at Lu Qian, who was silently looking at him.

Even with his extensive knowledge of literature, he couldn't find a single accurate word to describe Lu Bai's gaze at that moment.

"Heming, do you still like Cheng Shuangjiang?"

Lu Qian pursed her lips, but finally asked the question that went straight to the heart of the matter.

"I have never forgotten."

Zhou Heming said in a deep voice.

"I will never forget that I once loved her deeply. Every little thing we did together will be etched in my mind until death takes my life."

He spoke very frankly, earnestly, and honestly, without hiding anything in the slightest.

Lu Qian listened to his words in silence.

"But the person I love now is you, A-Qian, Lu Qian."

Zhou Heming took her hand, and Lu Qian did not pull away.

"You once asked me, if you and the reborn Cheng Shuangjiang stood together, and both of you expressed your love for me, would I firmly choose you?"

He recalled his conversation with the girl on New Year's Eve, on a bus with its drowsy heating system, bathed in sunlight.

"I couldn't answer that question back then. Some questions are answered as long as you don't answer them."

Lu Qian slightly raised her eyes and looked at Zhou Heming.

She let Zhou Heming hold her hand, but did not reciprocate.

Just like that night many years ago when the boy found her in the ruins, a sense of unease emanated from the girl's eyes.

"But now, I can answer that question."

Zhou Heming paused, about to speak.

Lu Qian raised her other hand and gently placed two fingers on Zhou Heming's lips, stopping him from saying anything more.

"Heming, I understand."

She gestured to the boy that he did not need to answer with words.

“I know your feelings for her. I’ve seen the happiest moments of the two of you. I understand. If you can forget her, if you see her standing in front of you again and don’t feel the slightest bit moved, then you are not yourself.”

Lu Qian lowered her fingers and gently squeezed Zhou Heming's hand.

"It is precisely because Heming still loves Cheng Shuangjiang that I like you as you are."

"A-Qian."

Zhou Heming was a little confused, but he quickly came to his senses.

If the young man is someone who can easily forget the past, even discarding a deeply unforgettable love, and remain indifferent upon seeing the other person again, then if he can forget Cheng Shuangjiang so easily, he can forget Lu Qian in the same way.

Lu Qian loves the cheerful boy who pulled her out of the ruins eight years ago. She also loves the boy who did his best to bring happiness to Cheng Shuangjiang. What she loves most is this boy who, even though he cannot completely forget the past, still decides to move forward with his pain and pour all his love into her.

“If it weren’t for Cheng Shuangjiang, you wouldn’t be the way you are now, and I wouldn’t be able to be with you as A Qian. She saved herself, saved you, and saved me. So, I understand what you did, and I understand what you want to do. More importantly, I also hope that you, her, and I can all find our own happiness.”

She smiled.

"So, this time, let's go together to save her."

Lu Qian said with certainty.

".Um."

Zhou Heming nodded.

A burning emotion welled up from within: the joy of being understood, the certainty of confirming their love for each other, and the vow to hold her in his arms and never be apart again.

He knew it very well.

He will protect this girl for the rest of his life.

Is there anything better than this?
*
Wednesday.

Ningjiang University.

Jiang Rui returned to his dormitory feeling somewhat exhausted; his military training uniform was already soaked with sweat.

"Damn, this is much more tiring than high school military training."

Back in high school, their military training was just sunbathing on the school playground for a week, nothing like the scale of this now.

"We're sunbathing here, while Zhou Heming is playing around in Altay. Is that reasonable?"

Su Hong was also exhausted and collapsed on the table, her voice no longer as lively and cheerful as before.

"Speaking of which, his variety show aired tonight."

Du Ruo took out her phone.

The second episode of "If I Had Never Seen the Sun" aired today. Judging from the preview, it seems that in addition to the usual volunteer teaching activities, there will also be weekend solo activities for the two of them.

Zhou Heming's partner is Cheng Shuangjiang, and the two are going to town to buy things.

As Zhou Heming's honorary roommates, the three of them naturally paid close attention to Zhou Heming's movements.

However, the first episode's popularity was completely stolen by those two guys discussing the meaning of teaching in rural areas, and not many people paid attention to the pairing of Zhou Heming and Lu Bai.

But then again.

Jiang Rui has always been a big fan of the Shenzhou CP.

"Look, look! Let me tell you, I feel like this round has a big one!"

Jiang Rui took out his laptop, plugged in the network cable, opened the old video website, and started playing variety shows with practiced ease.

"Wait a minute, I need to go to the restroom."

Su Hong pressed the space bar and hurriedly grabbed some tissues and ran to the restroom.

"Tsk, tsk."

Du Ruo scoffed, but she still moved a chair over and sat behind Jiang Rui, scrolling through her phone for a while.

"The online arguments are really fierce."

The debate between Liu Xunzhu and Xiang Yunlang has been raging these past few days, with each side having its own reasons.

After all, it's no longer an era where studying alone can change one's destiny. Many people study hard for years but are still trapped in the mire of their original family. In addition, with the development of the internet, all kinds of true and false information emerge endlessly, which can easily change people's mentality.

"Controversy generates buzz, but I feel that since it's a variety show about teaching in rural areas, it will probably have a happy ending in the end."

Jiang Rui muttered.

"I guess later on, something will change Liu Xunzhu, making him realize that his understanding is one-sided, and in the end he will cry and say goodbye to his students."

"Here's the pen, you write."

Du Ruo joked and pulled out a bag of potato chips she had bought at the education supermarket after dinner.

Jiang Rui also opened a can of chilled cola.

Su Hong arrived late at this time.

"Ten minutes, and you fell into a pit?"

Du Ruo glanced at the time.

"Hehe, last time someone was in there for fifteen minutes, and I have no idea what he was doing in there."

Su Hong moved a chair over and urged Jiang Rui to start playing the game quickly.

Jiang Rui pressed the space bar.

"This Liu Xunzhu says that teaching in rural areas is meaningless, but he's actually quite serious in class."

"I have to say, all three girls are very beautiful. Since Lu Bai is Zhou Heming's girlfriend, I'll vote for Cheng Shuangjiang."

Is it possible that Cheng Shuangjiang is Zhou Heming's ex-girlfriend?

"Damn it, Zhou Heming, you deserve to die!"

"Hey, the Lu Bai people are so much fun, they even play with the little lambs."

"This family doesn't seem to be really poor; they just think that education is useless for their child, and it's hard to persuade them otherwise."

"I think the scenery here is also very beautiful, so why hasn't anyone developed it for tourism?"

"Here it comes, here it comes, Zhou Heming's shot."

The three chatted and ate at the same time, and finally saw the scene between Zhou Heming and Cheng Shuangjiang.

They were separated by the crowd as soon as they arrived at the market, and Zhou Heming had no choice but to take Cheng Shuangjiang's hand.

They've held hands!

"Nonsense, do you need to remind me? It's such a close-up!"

"Grabbing the wrist and holding hands are two different concepts, okay?"

"Holy crap, they're really holding hands this time!"

"I'm curious, what will Lu Bai think of Zhou Heming's actions?"

"I don't care, I've already bumped into it."

Jiang Rui was very excited.

Although he felt that Zhou Heming and Lu Bai had great chemistry now, his true love was still Chen Zhou and Lu Bai.

Moreover, he didn't know if it was just his imagination, but Cheng Shuangjiang now seemed to have the same feeling as when the two of them first got together.

During the period when Zhou Heming and Cheng Shuangjiang broke up, Jiang Rui occasionally saw Cheng Shuangjiang and felt that she had become the indifferent and aloof high-and-mighty flower she was at the beginning, completely different from the person she was with Zhou Heming before.

And now, it's all back, everything is back.

Cheng Shuangjiang will return like lightning!

"Indeed, love is the greatest force that can change a person."

Jiang Rui couldn't help but sigh.

"But I feel that Zhou Heming only held her hand simply so that they wouldn't get separated."

"I don't care, once I've held hands, I've held hands."

"Oops, how did you twist your ankle?"

"Wow, Zhou Heming is reciting Cheng Shuangjiang from memory, who can stand that!"

"Wait, what happened? It's over. What about the next episode? When will it be served?"

When the episode ended abruptly with Zhou Heming carrying Cheng Shuang to the hospital, all three of them stood up and angrily denounced the "broken chapter dog" (a derogatory term for someone who cuts off the episode).

After sitting back down, Jiang Rui, still feeling unsatisfied, took out his phone and searched for related terms.

Thanks to the previous controversy, the second episode of the variety show was much more popular than the first, with the overall viewership rising from seventh to fifth, and the popularity of various related keywords also increased significantly.

He quickly came across two entries related to Zhou Heming.

Unsurprisingly.

#A thousand sails pass by the sunken ship

#Porridge
One is the pairing of Zhou Heming and Cheng Shuangjiang. Without a doubt, Jiang Rui strongly suspects that the person who created this entry was someone from the long-disbanded pairing group at Jiangcheng Middle School.

One is the pairing of Zhou Heming and Lu Bai. Because the name is so misleading, some people actually discuss how to make congee taste good.

The hashtag for "Chenzhou CP" is trending tonight.

Jiang Rui clicked on it immediately, wanting to see what fellow enthusiasts had to say.

Although the show says Zhou Heming and Lu Bai are a couple, I think Cheng Shuangjiang and Zhou Heming get along very well. Their interactions are very comfortable. Could there be a breakup scene between Lu Bai and Zhou Heming later on?

I feel like there's probably nothing between them, and the chemistry we see is just from the editing. But who cares? Eating everything will just make me nutritionally balanced!

I heard that these two were a couple back in high school, but they broke up for some reason. So, are they rekindling their romance?

[I can vouch for you, I was a student at Jiangcheng Middle School. Back then, the whole school, even the teachers, were shipping them. I don't know why it ended badly, but now it seems like my favorite couple has been resurrected?]

[What about Lu Bai? I'm such a big Lu Bai! No way, Zhou Heming is such a scumbag, let me handle this.]

[This is probably all just scripted hype. Lu Bai hasn't said anything, so why are you all worrying? If Zhou Heming were really a scumbag, given Lu Bai's personality, he would have torn him apart long ago.]

Even if we don't consider them a couple, their friendship is so sweet! The scene where Heming carried Shuangjiang on his back after she was injured was just so good, I'm totally shipping them!

[Just a reminder to everyone, let's keep our shipping private and enjoy it ourselves. Please don't go around spamming the actual celebrities' feeds!]

Sure enough, because it was a variety show, everyone shipped them, but they all assumed it was scripted.

Only Jiang Rui chuckled inwardly.

You all think it's scripted, but only I know it's real!!!

*
at the same time.

In the classroom of Hanhai Township.

After watching the episode together, the classroom became somewhat quiet.

Ji Yanshi glanced at Zhou Heming and Cheng Shuangjiang, then looked at Lu Bai.

Although she roughly knew that the director seemed to want the three of them to have a love triangle, she didn't expect them to act so realistically.

Anyway, if he were Lu Bai, seeing his boyfriend holding hands with another girl while strolling through the market, eating and drinking, and then carrying her to the hospital after she was injured, Ji Yanshi would definitely be unhappy.

Liu Xunzhu was on duty with Lu Bai last week. His impression of Lu Bai was that he was straightforward and cheerful and spoke his mind. He was also curious whether the production team had informed Lu Bai about the editing, and what Lu Bai thought about it.

Xiang Yunlang was still thinking about his argument with Liu Xunzhu and didn't pay any attention to Lu Bai, Zhou Heming, and Cheng Shuangjiang. If he had to say who to support, he might support Lu Bai, since the two of them had done chores together, and besides, Lu Bai was his official girlfriend.

Seeing this, director He Youwu, who was sitting in the back, also had some doubts.

"Everyone."

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

Lu Bai suddenly stood up.

She left the classroom without saying a word, under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"It seems like he's really angry."

Liu Xunzhu glanced at Zhou Heming.

"Shuangjiang, why don't you explain this? This must be arranged by the director. Just make it clear."

Ji Yanshi looked at Cheng Shuangjiang with a bit of trepidation.

"It wasn't the director's arrangement."

Cheng Shuangjiang smiled gently.

"However, I didn't expect someone to break through so easily. It seems they still lack confidence."

She stood up leisurely and walked out of the classroom.

Are you serious?

Ji Yanshi was immediately at a loss.

The main problem is that she has to share a room with these two.

If they really start fighting at night, will she still be able to sleep?

"Zhou Heming, say a few words?"

Ji Yanshi looked at Zhou Heming.

"Director, I have something to discuss with you."

Zhou Heming forced a smile and looked at He Youwu.

"Okay, okay, come with me."

He Youwu wiped the sweat from his forehead and went to the corridor with Zhou Heming.

It was already very cold outside, and the wind was howling across the fields, as if a heavy snowfall could fall at any moment, turning the world into a blanket of white.

Once the two found a windless stairwell, He Youwu immediately asked.

"Is your relationship with Cheng Shuangjiang real?"

"This is a bit complicated to explain, director."

Zhou Heming looked troubled.

"Actually, Cheng Shuangjiang is indeed my ex-girlfriend. I didn't expect her to participate in the variety show."

"Damn, why didn't you say so earlier? I thought I had a sudden inspiration to make you guys have a love triangle, but it turns out I just happened to guess the truth?"

He Youwu slapped his forehead.

"So what are you planning to do now? It looks like the two of them are about to start fighting."

"Um, director."

Zhou Heming hesitated for a moment before speaking in a low voice.

"Didn't we have a forest ranger hut experience activity scheduled for this Saturday?"

"Yes."

Why did the crow nod?

This is one of the weekly outings, where two people are arranged to visit the ranger's hut to experience the ranger's life. The hut is used by the rangers for wintering and is currently unused. It is more than ten kilometers away from the school, and it takes some time to get there and back.

“I was thinking, could we arrange for the three of us to go together, and instead of a cameraman, let us use action cameras to record some scenery ourselves, and then I can talk to the other two and resolve this matter?”

Upon hearing Zhou Heming's words, He Youwu subconsciously took a breath.

This requires adjusting the arrangements, which is a bit troublesome.

Under normal circumstances, he definitely wouldn't agree.

But given the current situation, it's uncertain whether the variety show will even be finished filming. Lu Bai might just explode with the production team tomorrow.

Are you sure it will work?

He asked He Youwu for confirmation.

Anyway, it certainly won't be worse than it is now.

Zhou Heming said helplessly.

"Okay, I'll arrange it for you."

He Youwu immediately agreed.

"Thank you for your help, Director."

Zhou Heming expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the director for helping him complete the first act of the script.

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