Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

Jiang Chengyu hugged He Ziyu tightly, resting her chin on his neck.

He Ziyu was excited to see Jiang Chengyu, but after the initial excitement came a bit of nervousness. "Why are you out here? Where's your aunt? Didn't you two have a fight?"

Jiang's mother is such a domineering person, she definitely wouldn't allow him to run out at night, unless...

"She went to take a shower, so I sneaked out."

really.

"No, no, this is too dangerous." He Ziyu quickly pushed him away. "You go back first, we can talk about it at school tomorrow."

"There won't be another chance tomorrow..." Jiang Chengyu grabbed He Ziyu's hand, not giving him a chance to ask further questions, and pulled him away into the distance.

Biyue Bay is very large, divided into east and west sections. Jiang Chengyu pulled him from the east section to the west section and stopped next to an abandoned GG sign that was about to be demolished.

He Ziyu parted his thin lips slightly, about to say something, when Jiang Chengyu grabbed the back of his head and sealed his lips and tongue without hesitation.

A gentle yet aggressive kiss rained down on him, lasting for a long time with hurried breathing, until He Ziyu was almost suffocating, and Jiang Chengyu reluctantly let him go.

He Ziyu's face flushed red, and his body, which had been trembling just moments before, suddenly warmed up, his heart pounding in his chest.

Jiang Chengyu didn't say anything, just stared at him as if she couldn't get enough of looking at him.

Just as Jiang Chengyu wrapped his arms around his waist, preparing to kiss him again, He Ziyu raised his hand and covered his mouth.

"Give me one more kiss," Jiang Chengyu said softly, with a hint of pleading.

He Ziyu pursed his lips. "Then answer me first, what did you mean when you said 'there's no chance tomorrow'?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengyu's eyes darkened slightly.

"My mom told me to stay home and reflect on my actions; I guess she's already asked for leave for me."

"..."

"We can only communicate by phone these two days," Jiang Chengyu said. "I might miss you a lot, so you should send me more selfies."

He Ziyu was initially quite sad, but when he heard Jiang Chengyu ask him to post a selfie, he was both amused and exasperated.

"What kind of selfie is it? The kind where you're not wearing clothes?"

"I couldn't be happier." Jiang Chengyu tightened his arms, holding He Ziyu tightly in his embrace. "Anyway, I have nothing to do at home, so I might as well use your photo to do some DIY."

The two joked with each other, clumsily trying to ease the atmosphere, but after a few words, they fell silent again.

Their acting skills can fool everyone else, but not each other.

Jiang Chengyu's calm helplessness, He Ziyu's smile concealing his disappointment—every detail was so obvious.

After a moment, He Ziyu rested his head on Jiang Chengyu's chest and said, "Let's take it one step at a time from now on. Anyway, there's still a long time ahead. As long as we don't give up, there will definitely be a turning point."

"Hmm..." Jiang Chengyu nodded, gently stroking He Ziyu's hair with his hand, his eyes revealing an unprecedented determination.

The winter night was bitterly cold.

The two boys, embracing each other, felt no chill whatsoever.

……

After the midterm exams, students generally relaxed, and the tense atmosphere before the exams disappeared.

During math class, Jingran slept soundly to the background music of Squidward's incessant hoarse voice until a piece of chalk hit him on the head, waking him up groggily.

"Jingran, did you stay up late playing games last night?" Lu Chengzhang stood on the podium, his sharp, narrow eyes scrutinizing Jingran through his thick glasses.

Jingran wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth and shook her head blankly.

"Was I being too boring?" Lu Chengzhang raised an eyebrow. "You haven't opened your eyes since the bell rang. If you're so sleepy, why don't you go home and sleep? Your bed at home is big and soft, much more comfortable than sleeping on the table like you are."

"..."

Jingran was still half asleep and didn't listen carefully to what Lu Chengzhang was saying. Only after he finished scolding her did she stand up and say, "Teacher, I'm going to wash my face and wake myself up."

Lu Chengzhang waved his hand impatiently, "Go and come back quickly."

Jingran lowered her head and rushed out of the classroom. She went to the bathroom, turned on the tap, and splashed a handful of cold water on her face.

He did go to bed very late last night, but not to play games; he went on a "date" with Bei Yao.

After school, he first watched Bei Yao play ball for a while, and then had dinner with him. He originally wanted to go straight home after dinner, but Bei Yao insisted that a date couldn't be complete without watching a movie, so he dragged him to a private cinema in the city center of Yuecheng and booked a couple's private room.

When Bei Yao was choosing a movie, Jing Ran was in the bathroom. When she came back, she didn't ask what he was watching and just followed him into the private room. It wasn't until the eerie sound effects started that she realized it was a horror movie.

Jingran took off running, but Beiyao ruthlessly dragged her back, saying that the money had already been paid and it would be a waste not to watch it.

So he had no choice but to grit his teeth, snuggle in Bei Yao's arms, and watch the whole movie.

He couldn't sleep when he got home that night.

The grotesque faces in the movie kept appearing before his eyes, keeping him awake until late at night before he finally drifted off to sleep.

Returning to the present moment, Jingran wiped her face, preparing to settle accounts with Beiyao after class.

Suddenly, the bathroom door was pushed open.

Two sweaty boys walked in, found their spots, and started relieving themselves.

"Teacher Gao is too ruthless. He ran 1,000 meters in less than three minutes. He's practically a lightning bolt!"

"You bet! I was trying my best to keep up with him at first, but I couldn't take it anymore in the last two laps. He was too fast, like a rocket."

"He used to be on the track and field team, a professional athlete, you can't compare..."

The two of them had probably just run a kilometer, as they were panting heavily as they spoke.

Jingran shook the water droplets off his hands and thought to himself, "He can do a kilometer in less than three minutes."

However, that's all in the past.

He's eating well now, and his body is getting rounder every day; he might not even last three and a half minutes.

"Hey, by the way, have you heard about what happened between our school's student council president and their class's vice-president?"

"No, what's wrong?"

The boy cleared his throat and lowered his voice, "Some people say their relationship is inappropriate."

"Something's not right?"

"It's gay dating, where guys date each other."

"Huh? Really?"

Jingran was about to leave when she heard their conversation and suddenly stopped.

"They're always inseparable. They even did a princess carry on the playground at the beginning of the semester. Would a straight man do something so girly? Probably not! Besides, there's no smoke without fire. If gossip has spread, there must be a reason. In my opinion..."

"Look, look, look at your damn ass!"

Before the boy could finish speaking, Jingran slapped him on the back of the head, causing his urination to splatter onto his companion.

His companion let out a wail.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to, it was him..." The boy turned his head, "Hey, where did he go?"

Jingran: "Big brother, are you blind? I'm right to your right."

The boy quickly pulled up his pants, frowned at him, and said, "Who are you? Didn't you see I was in the bathroom? Are you out of your mind?"

"Are you the one with a problem in your head?" Jingran put her hands on her hips, overwhelming the other person with her imposing manner. "They've known each other since kindergarten, they're good friends, is it strange that they play together? And you call yourself a sissy... I think you're pretty sissy yourself, needing your buddies to accompany you to the bathroom, it's not much better than a princess carry!"

"Also, the saying I hate the most is 'flies don't land on eggs without cracks.' Are you a fly yourself, so knowledgeable about your own kind? If I go out and say you two were playing with each other's 'birds' in the toilet and accidentally peed on each other, wouldn't that be perfectly reasonable? When the rumors spread, it will only prove that your and your brother's eggs were cracked, which is why so many flies were attracted to you, haha!"

When Jingran argues with someone, she basically doesn't think before she speaks; she acts entirely on her subconscious. She doesn't even know what she said, but the other person is already dumbfounded by her insults.

The boy was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.

"You're their friend, right?"

"So what if it is!"

"No wonder," the boy chuckled. "You know better than anyone whether something's going on between them. Shouting only proves you're guilty. I won't say much more, just wish you and your gay friends a happy and loving relationship. But you still need to be careful, you never know when you might get sodomized."

"What did you say? Say it again?"

Jingran could tolerate everything except insults to his friends. When he heard the boy say such disgusting things in a nonchalant tone, he instantly turned into a thunderbolt.

He reached out and grabbed the boy by the collar, then kicked him in the back of the knee, knocking him to the ground.

The boy groaned, his face contorted in pain.

Seeing this, his companion rushed over to help.

Soon, the two boys took the initiative and moved Jingran to the bottom.

"Didn't your parents teach you not to meddle in other people's business when you were a kid? Listen to those two gay guys, they dare to lay a hand on me? Don't they know who they are?!"

The boy was a head taller than Jingran and looked down on the short, ugly girl from the bottom of his heart. Now that he had regained the upper hand, he was even more arrogant and didn't even notice that there was an extra person behind him.

"And who are you to challenge me?"

With a deep sound, the boy who was on top of Jingran was thrown to the ground, and his companion was kicked aside.

The two men grimaced and looked up, their expressions immediately turning to terror when they saw that the person who had approached was Bei Yao.

"Bei, Bei Yao?!"

"If you don't want to die, get out of here."

Bei Yao remained expressionless, but his eyes were filled with a strong killing intent.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them rushed out the door in a panic.

Jingran staggered to her feet and was about to ask Beiyao why he was there when he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.

"Did they hurt you?" Bei Yao examined Jing Ran carefully, like an airport security officer, checking every inch of her body. "Is there anything that hurts?"

Jingran shook her head, thought for a moment, then nodded, "My butt... my butt hurts a little..."

I don't know if it was because of the illness caused by the bed collapsing before, but Jingran's tailbone has become a bit fragile. When she was arguing with those two people just now, she unfortunately sat on her butt again.

Bei Yao frowned, and without hesitation, grabbed his buttocks with his large hand. "Is it here?"