Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

After the district leaders finished their review, Tang Yuan'er immediately took Jing Ran and Bei Yao to the principal's office.

As the principal brewed tea, he sized up the two of them, his calm eyes concealing a sharp edge.

After a long pause, he put down the teapot and asked calmly, "Are you the young couple who came out as gay?"

Bei Yao nodded, readily admitting, "Yes."

Jingran stood to the side, not daring to speak, like a small animal hiding in the shadows before a storm, cautiously observing every rustle of wind.

Logically, he and Bei Yao had already been disciplined and written self-criticisms, so the matter should have been forgotten. However, the principal specifically called them over by name...

Is he dissatisfied with the outcome?

"I heard from Director Tang that your parents not only don't object, but are actually very supportive?" The principal picked up his teacup, blew on it twice, and said, "No wonder you're so arrogant at such a young age, and don't care about the school's reputation at all."

Tangyuan: "..."

Why bring him into this when you're just saying what you want to say?

Tangtang felt bitter inside.

Bei Yao sensed the sarcasm in the principal's words and couldn't help but retort: ​​"We didn't know the parents' views on this matter before we came out. There was no sense of being fearless. The parents' support was only for our feelings of homosexuality, not for our act of coming out publicly."

Upon hearing this, the principal's hand, which was holding a teacup, froze in mid-air.

"With your quick wit, you could certainly give some sex education to your classmates."

"Here's what we'll do: for the next month, you'll spend half an hour every day at lunchtime giving lectures to them, covering all grades from 10th to 12th grade, making sure no class is left out."

After the principal finished speaking, Jing Ran frowned slightly.

Sex education and popular science?

Shouldn't this kind of thing be done by the physiology teacher?

Besides, they're just coming out of the closet, what does that have to do with sex education?

"Principal, I think..."

"This is not up for discussion," the principal said. "Director Tang, I'm entrusting the supervision work to you. Don't let me down."

"Ah, okay..."

Although this task was somewhat redundant, it was the principal's order after all, so Tangyuan had no choice but to obey.

……

Back in the classroom, Jingran pressed her pen, feeling uneasy no matter how she thought about it.

Although Bei Yao seems carefree, he is actually quite proud. Just thinking about having him go from class to class to give sex education to strangers is incredibly embarrassing.

"Jingran, can you do this problem?" Lu Chengzhang turned around after finishing writing on the blackboard and saw Jingran resting her chin on her hand, lost in thought.

Jingran sighed, suspecting that Squidward had fallen in love with him.

Even though he was sitting in the second-to-last row, which was far from the podium, how did Squidward always manage to spot him slacking off?

Just as Jingran was at his wit's end, a small piece of paper was thrown onto his desk.

"The answer..." He Ziyu said softly.

Jingran was moved to tears, quickly hid the small piece of paper in her palm, and walked up to the podium.

Due to time constraints, He Ziyu only wrote the first few steps, but that was enough for Jingran to get by.

"Wow, you've gotten this far?" Lu Chengzhang looked at the answer on the blackboard, somewhat surprised.

Jing Ran chuckled awkwardly, hiding the small paper ball behind her back. "Zhang... no, Teacher Lu, I've been paying attention in class the whole time."

"You think you're paying attention in class?" Lu Chengzhang glanced at him. "Your eyes are as empty as a dry well. If you don't look closely, you'd think there was a wax figure in the class."

Jing Ran: "..."

After being scolded a few times, Jingran was put back in her seat.

He Ziyu threw him another crumpled piece of paper and asked him what he had been doing.

Jingran: "We'll talk about it after class!"

……

"Sex education?" He Ziyu's lips twitched twice. "Do kids these days really need this kind of education...?"

If we go back ten years, He Ziyu would have thought this was necessary, but things are different now. With the internet so developed, students may know more than their teachers.

"Who knows what he's thinking?" Jingran sighed. "If he really wanted to strengthen sex education, he could have gathered all the students in the auditorium to do it, instead of having Yao-ge lecture one class at a time. Our No. 8 Middle School has more than 20 classes in total, and half an hour every day is so annoying."

He Ziyu: "What about Yao-ge? Did he agree?"

Jing Ran: "How could he possibly disagree with the principal's request, unless he didn't want to stay at this school anymore?"

Upon hearing this, He Ziyu exchanged glances with Jiang Chengyu, their eyes seeming to say: The thing we were worried about has finally happened.

Jingran and Beiyao both made mistakes, but the principal only focused on Beiyao, which is a typical case of picking on the weak.

Ironically, this punishment is disguised as education, making it impossible for people to refuse.

Jiang Chengyu: "If all else fails, I'll speak on his behalf. I also bear some responsibility for this."

He Ziyu: "If it's your responsibility, then it's also my responsibility."

"Oh, you two stop arguing," Jingran said. "The principal specifically named him for the position, and no one can replace him. I'll see if I can get Mom to put in a good word for him."

Mom likes Bei Yao so much, she can't bear to see him being bullied, right?

Thinking about it this way, Jingran felt a little better.

Regardless of the circumstances, he was the one who initiated coming out. Bei Yao had warned him before that there were risks involved, but he didn't listen. Now that something has gone wrong, he can't let Bei Yao bear the consequences alone.

……

At noon, Tangyuan called Beiyao to her office and handed him a USB drive.

"This is a PowerPoint presentation on sex education. Take a look at it when you get back, and use it as a guide for your presentation tomorrow."

"Hmm." Bei Yao tossed the USB drive around in his hand a couple of times before putting it in his pocket.

Sensing the inexplicably low atmosphere in the office, Tangyuan cleared her throat and said, "Well... I'm all done here, go back and rest!"

"OK."

Bei Yao didn't want to say another word and turned to leave the office.

In the corridor, the three people saw Bei Yao and quickly surrounded him.

Jingran: "What did Tangyuan say to you?"

"It's nothing, they just gave me a USB drive." Bei Yao took out the USB drive and waved it around. "They told me to bring this to the presentation tomorrow."

Jiang Chengyu was visibly taken aback when he saw the USB drive.

"Has our school already opened up to this extent?"

"what?"

"Isn't this USB drive...?"

Jiang Chengyu hesitated, unsure whether to continue, until He Ziyu burst out laughing, at which point Bei Yao belatedly realized what Jiang Chengyu was asking.

He equated this USB drive with the USB drive he gave him.

Clearly, He Ziyu also grasped this point.

"Brother Yu, you don't actually think all USB drives contain that kind of stuff, do you?!"

He originally thought Jiang Chengyu had grown, but now it seems that he is at most a novice driver who just got his license, and is not on the same level as Bei Yao at all.

"Of course that's not what I meant..." Jiang Chengyu tried to explain, "It's just that the teacher always sent files via email before, and when Yao-ge suddenly pulled out a USB drive, my brain short-circuited for a moment..."

"Okay, okay, no need to explain, we understand~"

Jiang Chengyu's silly and cute behavior quickly eased the atmosphere. Seeing that it was still early, the group decided to go to the computer room to see what was on the USB drive.

"I guess it must be the origin of life in that vast universe."

"Yes, yes, and there's also fertilized egg, embryo... Sex education in our country is no different from biology class."

The four of them complained as they went to the computer lab, found a computer, and plugged in their USB drives.

A few seconds later, a folder popped up on the computer.

Bei Yao double-clicked to open it and saw a PPT on "Sex Education for Adolescents".

Jingran: "I can't wait!"

He Ziyu: "No need to expect anything. If you want something exciting, you can ask your husband. He has plenty of material, everything you could want."

A moment later, the PowerPoint presentation opened.

Bei Yao used the mouse to flip through the PowerPoint slides one by one, and the more the four of them looked, the more serious their expressions became.

The PowerPoint presentation is titled "Sex Education for Adolescents," but it contains very little content about gender relations and almost entirely focuses on homosexuality.

Furthermore, they engage in various forms of smear campaigns against homosexuals, claiming that they violate the laws of nature, harm society, are prone to disease, and have personality defects...

"Do I have a personality flaw?" Jingran looked at He Ziyu, feeling weak, pitiful, and bewildered.

He Ziyu shook his head and asked in return, "What about me?"

Jingran pondered for a moment and said, "You seemed to have been a bit... before."

"What?!"

"Don't rush me, I'm just telling the truth. You used to be a bit arrogant, and you always liked some weird people..."

Although Jing Ran did not mention Lan Yuan's name, everyone present knew perfectly well who he was.

He Ziyu was a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject: "This is ridiculous. What does it mean that homosexuals are prone to personality defects? Could this discrimination be any more blatant?"

Bei Yao frowned and closed the PowerPoint presentation, unable to help but rebuke, "How dare you spread such morally questionable content? Aren't you afraid of making the news?"

Jiang Chengyu: "If the school had gathered us together and indoctrinated us with this kind of thing, it might have actually made the news. But obviously, the principal has considered this and found a way to avoid it."

"He might not necessarily be trying to brainwash everyone," He Ziyu said. "In my opinion, he's just deliberately trying to disgust Yao Ge and make an example of him."

After he finished speaking, all four of them fell silent.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Chengyu finally broke the silence.

"I'll go back and make another PowerPoint presentation and change this one."

Jingran: "Will this... work?"

Jiang Chengyu: "Things with distorted values ​​should not be spread. If anyone asks, just say that I asked them to change."

……

After school, Jiang Chengyu didn't rush home, but went to the computer lab to work on a new version of his PowerPoint presentation.

He Ziyu bought some food from a convenience store near the school and brought it back to keep him company while he worked.

"Let's eat first, then we'll get back to it."

"You eat first, this page will be finished soon."

Jiang Chengyu is always exceptionally focused when he is working hard. He Ziyu was afraid that he would go hungry, so he simply fed him bite by bite from the side.

Suddenly, Jiang Chengyu's phone, which was on the table, vibrated.

He Ziyu: "Someone sent you a WeChat message."

Jiang Chengyu: "Could you take a look at this for me?"

He Ziyu picked up Jiang Chengyu's phone, unlocked it, and found that the WeChat message was from Jiang's mother.

There's a business dinner at the beginning of next month, and you and Ruoruo will attend together.