Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

"Your aunt said she's taking you and Ruoruo to a business dinner." He Ziyu repeated the WeChat message.

Jiang Chengyu stopped typing, picked up her phone and glanced at it, her expression unchanged.

Organizing business dinners is a routine practice for business tycoons, supposedly to expand their networks, but in Jiang Chengyu's view, it's more like providing them with a stage to compete and show off.

While showcasing themselves, they secretly observe.

They would spend the whole night analyzing who was on good terms with whom, who was competing with whom, and some even openly displayed their sycophancy, clinging to powerful figures and refusing to let go.

Jiang Chengyu dislikes those kinds of occasions and always acts aloof when he attends them, so not many people dare to talk to him.

"It seems the organizers have collaborated with the He family before. If all goes as expected, He Ningqiu and I should receive invitations as well," He Ziyu said, popping a strawberry into Jiang Chengyu's mouth. "I'll have to keep an eye out for them and try to get to know some big names in the comics industry to help our studio grow."

Jiang Chengyu swallowed the strawberry, his pupils reflecting He Ziyu's serious expression.

In the past, He Ziyu would have complained to him about how annoying business dinners were, but now, his focus has shifted to how to meet more valuable people.

Jiang Chengyu suddenly realized that he was falling behind He Ziyu again.

"By the way, since you're attending with Ruoruo this time, quite a few people will probably come up to you and try to get close. Make sure to exchange contact information; you never know when you might need it."

Jiang's mother's intention in bringing the two people to the event was quite clear.

The marriage between the Han and Jiang families is a powerful alliance. Once it is made public, it will not only instill fear in competitors but also attract more resources, making it a win-win situation.

"Okay, I got it." Jiang Chengyu nodded. "I'll take a little notebook and write down all their phone numbers."

……

Two hours later, the PowerPoint presentation was successfully completed.

Jiang Chengyu sent the document to Bei Yao, turned off the computer, and looked at He Ziyu.

"How's your homework going?"

"I haven't finished the Chinese homework yet, but I'm almost done with the others." He Ziyu stretched, closed his workbook, and said, "It's getting late, let's hurry home."

The two of them put on their backpacks and walked out of the computer room.

Upon arriving at the playground, I could see a pink figure running around the rubber track in the distance.

"Xiao Jing!" He Ziyu called out.

Jingran made a sharp turn and ran in front of them.

"Are you all done with your work?"

"Yeah, why aren't you home yet?"

"I'm going back to the track and field team, and I don't want to hold everyone back." Jingran's face was flushed, and her chest was rising and falling. "I'm too fat, and my speed has dropped too much. I need to lose weight quickly."

He Ziyu lifted his sleeve to wipe the sweat from Jingran's forehead, and mercilessly complained, "You want to lose weight but you still eat a lot of junk food? I saw you secretly eating potato chips again this afternoon, and you even ate two bags."

"I wasn't sneaking food," Jingran retorted, sticking her neck out. "Quitting snacks should be done gradually. Quitting too abruptly can easily lead to illness. So I ate openly and legitimately, with clear reasons..."

He Ziyu: "This is the first time I've seen someone describe being unable to control one's mouth in such a refreshing and elegant way."

Jing Ran made a face at him.

A moment later, he suddenly remembered something and took out two lollipops from his pocket.

"Seeing how hard you've worked, I can't really help, so here are these two lollipops that I've been saving for you."

"Private collection?"

"Yes," Jingran nodded, "it was kept in my back pocket for two hours."

He Ziyu was stunned for two seconds, then realized that Jing Ran was teasing him, and immediately raised the lollipop to start a deadly chase.

Jiang Chengyu watched the two people frolicking freely and a smile curled at the corners of his lips.

He used to hope that he could grow up quickly and break free from his parents' control and the cage of his family of origin.

He changed his mind after being with He Ziyu.

Time flies, and youth fades quickly.

Their youthful years were actually very short.

Therefore, every minute spent with He Ziyu became incredibly precious.

……

The second version of the PPT was very humorous.

On the first day of Bei Yao's trial lecture, the students of Class 1 of Grade 1 did not complain about the lunch break being taken up. Instead, they listened with great interest. Half an hour later, they were still not satisfied and asked Bei Yao all sorts of questions, treating him as a confidant.

"Senior, my parents always say I was picked up from a garbage dump, which really bothers me. I often dream that I'm a piece of garbage..."

"Senior, I like boys, but sometimes I think girls are cute too. Am I bisexual?"

Faced with a barrage of questions from his juniors, Bei Yao remained patient until the class bell rang before finally stepping down.

I thought the next few days would go just as smoothly.

Little did they know that trouble would strike the very next day.

Class 2 of Grade 1 is the class where Liu Wen and Lan Yuan are located.

Lan Yuan was alright, after all, he used to be on the same basketball team as Bei Yao and had been beaten up by He Ziyu, so he didn't dare to provoke these people easily.

But Liu Wen is different.

Liu Wengang, emboldened by his newfound success, found a sense of purpose on the court and became incredibly arrogant. He didn't even respect Lan Yuan, let alone Bei Yao.

"Why are you, a gay man, talking about heterosexual things?"

Liu Wen sat down below with his legs crossed, chewing bubble gum as usual, with a disdainful expression.

Bei Yao ignored him, calmly looked around the classroom, and asked, "Are there flies in this room?"

Upon hearing this, the students in the class all looked up and started searching.

However, the classroom was spotless, without even a trace of a small flying insect.

Liu Wen frowned and said, "Brother, didn't you see the little flag for hygiene model student hanging at our classroom door? How could there be flies?"

Bei Yao: "If there are no flies, why do I keep hearing a buzzing sound?"

Liu Wen: "?"

The little fangirl of Bei Yao, sitting in the front row, pursed her lips, but finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Liu Wen, are you stupid? The fly your senior was talking about is you!"

"Haha, how silly~"

In this class, there are people who like Liu Wen and people who dislike him. Those who usually don't like him are now all coming out to speak up for him.

Liu Wen's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and even the chewing gum in his mouth no longer tasted good.

"What nonsense are you spouting! What's wrong with what I said? He's gay, and it's ridiculous to have a gay man talk to us about relationships between men and women!"

"I think you're pretty funny!" the fangirl retorted mercilessly. "So what if you led the basketball team to an award? Look at you acting all high and mighty. If Senior Beiyao hadn't been absent, would you have had a chance to steal the spotlight?"

"Exactly, exactly! When Yao-ge touched the basketball, you were still wriggling in your mom's belly!"

After the female fans finished laughing, Liu Wen's buddies immediately joined in the fray.

The classroom erupted in a cacophony of noise.

Sex education had to be cancelled, and Bei Yao was summoned to the academic affairs office by Tang Yuan'er again.

"The principal sent you to educate everyone, not to lead them in causing trouble and making a mess! You've already been disciplined, why haven't you learned your lesson?"

Tangyuan was really anxious. Without asking any questions, she pushed all the blame onto Beiyao. It didn't sound like a lecture; it sounded more like she was venting her anger.

The various things that happened at school recently have been giving him a headache, from fights to early romantic relationships, and his superiors are increasingly doubting his work ability.

If things continue like this, not only will he be demoted and have his salary reduced, but whether he can even stay at No. 8 Middle School is also uncertain.

Bei Yao stood in front of Tang Yuan'er, expressionless, and made no attempt to explain.

He knew that Tangyuan was upset and wanted to vent her anger, so there was no point in saying anything more now. He might as well just listen to him finish cursing.

"You students are such a worry..." Tangyuan muttered, then gave Beiyao an ultimatum, saying that if something similar happened again, he would be placed on probation.

After leaving the academic affairs office, Bei Yao squatted on the stone steps and teased the ants on the ground.

In the past, he would never have put up with it. If Tangyuan had been nagging him, he might have even threatened her.

But not anymore.

He is not alone now; he still has Jingran.

As a high school sophomore, he could only spend a little over a year with Jingran. During this time, he didn't want anything uncontrollable to happen, and he didn't want Jingran's studies to be affected because of him.

After all, he had promised Jing's mother.

I advised Jingran to turn back from his misguided path and apply to a sports school, but at least I had to ensure that he wouldn't get into trouble; otherwise, it would all be just empty talk.

……

Bei Yao didn't tell Jing Ran what happened at noon, only that everything went smoothly and that he shouldn't worry.

But Jingran remained worried.

When you spend a lot of time with someone, it's easy to notice changes in their emotions. Take Bei Yao, for example. He's always smiling, but his eyes are unfathomable, like a deep well with unspoken thoughts.

So Jingran went home and told her mother about it.

After hearing his story, Jing's mother was furious. Without saying a word, she asked him for the USB drive and threatened to report the principal to the education bureau.

"Isn't this a bad idea?" Jingran was a little apprehensive. "What if the Education Bureau doesn't intervene, and he takes his anger out on Yao-ge..."

"He dares to take his anger out on someone and see what happens!" Mrs. Jing's loud voice nearly lifted the roof off. "I treat Yaoyao like my own son. If he dares to bully Yaoyao, he's bullying the Jing family. Your father and I won't let him get away with it!"

Jingran was so frightened by her mother's furious expression that she took a half step back.

"Mom, calm down..."

"Stop it my foot! It can't be stopped! Give me the USB drive right now, I refuse to believe I can't deal with that bastard!"

Two minutes later, Jingran trembled as she handed the USB drive to her mother.

Jing's mother gripped the USB drive and snorted coldly, saying that she would take care of it and told Jing Ran to go back and do her homework.

Jingran returned to her room with a feeling of unease.

He didn't know how his mother planned to resolve the matter, but one thing was undeniable: the destructive power of his mother when confronting the "enemy"...

Very strong.

……

Two days later, the principal of No. 8 Middle School was indeed summoned for a meeting by the education bureau leaders, and Jingran's parents also came to the scene.

Two pieces of evidence were placed on the table:

One is a USB flash drive.

The other one is the principal's computer.