Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

"Mathematics isn't my strong suit, and this time the questions were a bit difficult..." He Ningqiu said softly, her head down.

He Lianghan dislikes it most when people make excuses, no matter who it is.

"Even if the questions were difficult this time, it's a fact that your score was lower than A-Yu's. This isn't your usual level. Stay behind for a bit, I want to talk to you."

He Ningqiu nodded, "Okay..."

When He Ziyu left the room, he saw He Ningqiu's dejected appearance and couldn't help but sigh, "This idiot really doesn't know how lucky she is."

The stricter a father is with a person, the higher his expectations for that person are. However, He Ningqiu doesn't understand this principle and even feels wronged.

He Ziyu shook his head helplessly, went upstairs, and returned to his room.

Half an hour ago, he sent Jiang Chengyu a WeChat message, asking how his conversation with his parents went. Jiang Chengyu didn't reply, and he didn't know if he was still talking to them or if he hadn't seen the message.

He Ziyu sat on the edge of the bed, feeling a little uneasy.

Jiang's parents definitely need to give Han Zhiruo an explanation for his sudden transfer to No. 8 Middle School, but once this matter is brought to the forefront, conflict may occur.

He Ziyu didn't want, nor could he bear, for Jiang Chengyu's emotions to be affected by this matter.

……

At that time, next door.

"It was a bit sudden for Ruoruo to transfer to No. 8 Middle School, but Chengyu, you have to believe that your mother didn't mean to make you unhappy."

"The person has already transferred here, what's the use of saying this now?" Jiang Chengyu sat at his desk, writing an English essay in a long and flowing manner, without ever looking up at Shen Murou.

Shen Murou stood by the desk, her brows slightly furrowed.

This fait accompli was not her intention.

Originally, she and Jiang Guosheng planned to send Jiang Chengyu abroad to study after his college entrance examination, so that he could slowly develop a relationship with Han Zhiruo there. However, her aunt suddenly recorded a short video saying that Jiang Chengyu and He Ziyu had a problem, which made her very anxious and forced her to resort to this desperate measure.

Recalling the slightly intimate actions between the two in the video, Shen Murou finally couldn't resist and snatched the pen from Jiang Chengyu's hand, placing it on the table.

"I'm doing my homework," Jiang Chengyu said.

The implication is: don't bother me.

Shen Murou ignored him, turned Jiang Chengyu's shoulders, and made him face her.

Jiang Chengyu: "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Shen Murou hesitated for a moment, then parted her red lips slightly, "You and Ayu..."

Upon hearing He Ziyu's name, Jiang Chengyu's heart skipped a beat.

During this period, he and He Ziyu became very close, and because they were in the throes of a passionate relationship, they didn't try to avoid each other.

Could it be that some of their inappropriate little actions behind the scenes have been discovered?

Shen Murou stared at him for two seconds and asked, "When are you going to take me to see that studio you and Ayu started?"

So it turns out they were asking about the studio...

Jiang Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There are people working over there, so it's not convenient to visit."

"Isn't it just that spark? Let him draw it, I won't interfere with him."

"But he lives there now, and it's strange for an outsider like you to come and go like that."

"How am I an outsider?" Shen Murou rested her left hand on the table, looking down at Jiang Chengyu. "You guys are wasting so much time setting up that studio. How am I supposed to know if you're using work as a cover for something else if I don't check it out?"

The room fell silent the moment the words were spoken.

The air was thick with tension.

Jiang Chengyu was silent for a moment, then looked at Shen Murou: "I promised you that I wouldn't let the studio's affairs affect my grades, and I did keep my promise. But I'm increasingly feeling that what you care about isn't my grades at all, but rather the process of controlling me, isn't that right?"

From the student council to basketball games, and then to the studio...

Shen Murou blocked every step he took.

Even though he had already ranked first in his grade and become a "freakish academic genius" in the eyes of his teachers and classmates, the shackles binding him continued to increase, almost suffocating him.

He's human too; he gets tired too.

A life so meticulously planned out like this is nothing short of an ordeal.

"Who taught you to talk to your elders like that?" Shen Murou's tone suddenly turned cold, raising her voice instinctively like a superior addressing a subordinate. "I think you've been spending too much time with He Ziyu and caught his bad habit!"

Jiang Chengyu had been restraining herself, but when she heard her mother speak ill of He Ziyu like that, she couldn't help but stand up and look her directly in the eyes.

"What does this have to do with A-Yu? He's very ambitious and hardworking now, while you're becoming more and more unreasonable."

Jiang Chengyu, whose resentment had been suppressed for a long time, lost control and spoke such harsh and barbed words to his elders for the first time in his life. Shen Murou was shocked and even suspected that her usually mature and steady son had been possessed by a demon.

"I'm unreasonable? Who am I doing this for? Isn't it all for you?" Shen Murou was furious, her chest heaving. "You wanted to join the student council, and I let you. You wanted to run that lousy studio with He Ziyu, and I let you. What more do you want?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengyu couldn't help but chuckle. "You did let me join the student council, but do you think I didn't know that you had the teacher encourage me to quit during the parent-teacher conference? You did allow me to run a studio, but on the condition that I agree to go abroad after graduation to cultivate a relationship with Han Zhiruo."

"You may appear to have accommodated me, but your plans to manipulate me have never changed."

"I've really had enough of this kind of life..."

Before Jiang Chengyu could finish speaking, Shen Murou raised her hand and slapped him across the face.

After a crisp sound, Jiang Chengyu's left cheek immediately burned.

"Have you had enough?" Shen Murou's voice trembled. "Even if you've had enough, you still have to keep going. From the moment you were born into the Jiang family, your life was already written."

"..."

Jiang Chengyu stood motionless, his gaze cold and indifferent.

"You're not going to school this week. Stay home and don't go anywhere. Reflect on your actions." Shen Murou raised her chin slightly, her demeanor domineering. "Also, we have a dinner appointment with Uncle Han and the others this weekend, and you must attend."

Jiang Chengyu, "What if I don't go?"

"You're welcome to try," Shen Murou sneered. "Anyway, I have plenty of ways to make your studio go out of business."

After uttering those harsh words, Shen Murou turned and left, slamming the door shut with a "bang".

Jiang Chengyu stood there, staring blankly at the ground.

He couldn't resist after all...

He Ziyu once told him that he should control his emotions in front of his parents, not push them too far, and wait until he was truly strong before negotiating with them.

But when his mother questioned his lack of ambition and even pointed the finger at the innocent He Ziyu, he still chose to explode.

Jiang Chengyu sat down in the chair, pinched the bridge of his nose, picked up a pen, and then put it down again.

I can't continue with my homework.

Suddenly, I heard a crisp "snap" sound.

Jiang Chengyu frowned, got up and walked to the balcony, opened the window and looked down.

As far as the eye could see, He Ziyu was standing downstairs at his house, tossing small pebbles into the air.

The window opened too quickly, and He Ziyu didn't have time to react. The pebble in his hand flew out in an arc and hit Jiang Chengyu squarely.

Jiang Chengyu caught the stone with quick reflexes.

Perhaps because He Ziyu had warmed them, the pebbles, which should have been cold, were actually warm.

"Brother Yu!" He Ziyu cupped his hands around his mouth and spoke to him in a whisper.

He sent many WeChat messages to Jiang Chengyu from home, but didn't receive a reply. Worried that something had happened, he grabbed a coat and rushed out, picking up a few pebbles from the ground and throwing them at Jiang Chengyu's window.

"Brother Yu, why aren't you replying to my WeChat messages?" He Ziyu took out his phone and waved it. Because it was so cold, the tip of his nose was red from the cold, and his legs were hopping around in place, which was so funny that it made people feel sorry for him.

Jiang Chengyu didn't dare to speak too loudly and went straight back to the bedside to pick up her phone.

There are many missed calls and text messages on the screen, all from He Ziyu.

He quickly called He Ziyu.

The call connected, and He Ziyu's anxious voice came from the other end, "Brother Yu, Brother Yu, why aren't you answering me? I thought something had happened to you, it scared me to death..."

Jiang Chengyu held his phone, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping himself.

He Ziyu quickly sensed something was wrong. He took a few steps forward, looked up at Jiang Chengyu by the bedside, and asked, "What's wrong? Did you have a fight with your aunt?"

Jiang Chengyu remained silent for a long time before finally uttering three words: "...I'm sorry."

He Ziyu was startled when Jiang Chengyu apologized to him out of the blue, and a bad feeling immediately arose in his heart.

His eyes widened, his voice tinged with barely concealed fear: "Why are you apologizing? You wouldn't...you wouldn't want to break up with me, would you? Has your mother found out about us? Is she pressuring you?"

Seeing that He Ziyu was on the verge of tears, Jiang Chengyu quickly said, "Of course not, how could I possibly break up with you? That kind of thing would never happen..."

"Then why apologize?"

"Because..." Jiang Chengyu pursed his lips, "because I couldn't control my emotions."

He Ziyu was slightly taken aback. "So you really had a fight with your aunt?"

"Hmm." Jiang Chengyu nodded slightly, knowing that he had acted inappropriately today, and was even prepared to be scolded by He Ziyu.

however……

"I really want to hug you..." He Ziyu said, "Don't apologize to me for things like this in the future. You didn't do anything wrong. If I were you, I might not have done better than you. I might have already run away from home."

"..."

"Also, a sudden apology is really scary, okay! I thought you were going to break up with me, and I was all ready to burst into tears."

In the darkness of night, He Ziyu was bathed in moonlight, his eyes sparkling with starlight.

Jiang Chengyu stared at him for a while, her grip on her phone tightening.

"Ayu".

"Um?"

"Wait for me."

He Ziyu was completely confused. Just as he was about to ask what they were waiting for, Jiang Chengyu hung up the phone and disappeared from the balcony.

……

After a while, a tall figure appeared in the dark doorway.

Before He Ziyu could react, he bumped into a warm embrace.