Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

"Bullying someone just because you don't like them? Why doesn't he just gouge his own eyes out?" Jing Ran sneered, then looked at Gu Wang, "Woof woof, tell your cousin to stand up for himself. He's our hot commodity. If anyone dares to mess with him, the school leaders will be the first to object."

Jingran was telling the truth.

Gu Chao consistently ranked first in his grade, by a significant margin, scoring dozens of points higher than the second-place student. Even Jiang Chengyu, a recognized academic superstar, would be humbled by such a level of achievement.

It is precisely because of this overwhelming strength that all hopes are pinned on Gu Chao this year, hoping that he can leave everyone else in the dust and crush the school that has been crushing him, bringing glory to the school.

And Gu Chao, the tool man, did indeed achieve that.

In his past life, he was so extraordinary that He Ziyu once suspected that Gu Chao was a "man-made human" whose brain was filled with sophisticated instruments that could calculate the answer to any question inputted into it.

He Ziyu still remembers that when he told Jing Ran about this idea, Jing Ran only replied with four words:

You idiot.

"He probably won't openly mess with my cousin," Gu Wang said, poking at the cauliflower on his plate with a worried look. "After all, their relationship is a bit complicated..."

Jiang Nanqiao: "Complex?"

Jingran: "What do you mean? Could it be that my cousin is having an affair with him?"

Jing Ran just said it casually without thinking, but Gu Wang fell silent after hearing it.

Not denying it is the same as admitting it.

The answer speaks for itself.

"No way, could it be that your cousin really did have an affair with him..." He Ziyu hesitated, then suddenly remembered what the mysterious man had said when he handed him the enema in the bathroom.

He said it was different.

If Gu Chao = Toilet Guy =

Then wouldn't he and Xin Chuan be...

He Ziyu was startled by his own wild imagination, forgetting to chew the meat he had stuffed in his mouth, until Jiang Chengyu waved his hand in front of his eyes, and he belatedly came to his senses.

"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Chengyu asked.

"I...I think the meat today seems a bit tough and hard to chew."

"Is it tough?" Jiang Chengyu took a bite of the meat on his plate. "Mine isn't tough. Why don't you eat mine?"

"No need, I'm almost full." He Ziyu twitched the corner of his mouth and steered the conversation back on track, "Woof woof, I have a question for you. If it concerns your cousin's privacy, you don't have to answer. It's up to you."

Gu Wang thought for a moment and said, "Go ahead and ask."

"That Xin Chuan..." He Ziyu lowered his voice, "Does he like your cousin?"

As soon as he said that, the people who were eating stopped and looked at him.

Jiang Nanqiao, in particular, had a bright look in her eyes.

This combination seems pretty good?

Lost in thought, Gu Wang nodded and said, "He probably likes my cousin." ... Otherwise, he wouldn't have secretly drugged my cousin and brought him to the hotel, and then come back to make his presence known after such a long time.

Across from him, He Ziyu muttered under his breath, "No wonder he, a school bully, came to ambush someone without any backup."

If Bei Yao hadn't spoken to him, he wouldn't have realized it this morning. He thought that guy was just a low-level hoodlum and started berating him.

Looking back now, the only reason they didn't hold it against him was because of Gu Chao. If they had actually fought, with the opponent's strength of 1v3, both he and Jiang Chengyu would have been finished.

After a long pause, Gu Wang sighed and put down his chopsticks.

"Given Xin Chuan's personality, he definitely won't let this go so easily. If he can find me today, he'll find my cousin's house tomorrow. At this rate, my cousin will also..."

Han Zhiruo said, "Doesn't he like your cousin? He wouldn't be jealous of him doing well."

"That's hard to say," Gu Wang scoffed. "There's a saying that goes, never underestimate a person's bottom line. My cousin getting into a top university in another province isn't a good thing for him. Maybe he wants my cousin to fail the exam and stay in Yuecheng so that it will be easier for him to take advantage of him later."

Jiang Nanqiao: "What should we do then?"

"I don't know," Gu Wang leaned back in his chair and pinched the bridge of his nose. "My cousin is the same. Why doesn't he look a bit more rugged? If he looked like Yao Ge, there wouldn't be so many problems."

Bei Yao: "..."

Over the next few hours, He Ziyu ate while trying to find a solution for Gu Wang.

Based on the course of his previous life, Gu Chao should not have been affected by Xin Chuan. He scored as high as he could and got into a key university in another province.

However, the butterfly effect exists in this world.

The people and things he changed all influenced the course of his destiny.

Whether Gu Chao will achieve the same excellent results in this life is really hard to say.

"Why don't we just find someone to beat him up? Ten people would be more than enough to take him down, right? The bodyguards at my dad's company are all big and strong, beating him up would be a piece of cake." Jingran sucked on a chicken bone, his eyes full of murderous intent.

"You mustn't do that, sister-in-law..." Gu Wang said, both amused and exasperated. "You don't know what Xin Chuan is capable of. He has a lot of brothers. If you ask for ten, he can find twenty. They're all incredibly willing to risk everything. I heard he even has a buddy in a juvenile detention center. He got arrested because he was carrying hidden weapons during a fight and got stabbed a few times."

Jing Ran: "..."

Gu Wang's description startled everyone at the table, including He Ziyu.

He's not afraid of fighting, but the fact that he secretly keeps hidden weapons is, to be honest, quite scary.

After all, fighting might only result in minor injuries, but using hidden weapons is risking your life.

"How about this," He Ziyu straightened his posture, "find someone to pretend to be your cousin's boyfriend and warn him. If he's a decent person, he shouldn't keep bothering you."

Gu Wang: "What if there's a problem?"

He Ziyu: "Why bother talking if there's a problem? Let's just confront it head-on. It's true he has a lot of brothers, but there's no shortage of people in this world who will do things for money. We won't even need to show up; we can just hire a few people to solve it for him."

After He Ziyu finished speaking, he felt that he had inadvertently revealed his wealthy and arrogant nature.

However, others noticed something else...

"Why does it have to be a boyfriend?" Jiang Nanqiao asked. "Is Senior Gu Chao gay?"

"This..." Gu Wang felt that if he continued, his cousin's underwear would really be stripped off.

Bei Yao couldn't stand Gu Wang's dawdling attitude, so he tapped the table with his index finger and said, "We're all on the same side, what can't we say? We won't let him spread it."

Gu Wang thought about it and realized that it made sense. None of the men at the table were straight; straight men were probably the rarest species in this circle.

So he pursed his lips and said, "I think he's probably gay..."

"What do you mean by 'should'?" Jingran pressed.

"It must be... He didn't admit it himself, but I could tell."

Can someone who sleeps with a man when drunk be straight?

It's straight; he twisted his head off and used it as a basketball racket.

After chatting for a while, the topic unsurprisingly shifted to "who can pretend to be Gu Chao's boyfriend."

"Yao-ge and his wife are definitely out of the question. They've officially announced their relationship; everyone knows they're a couple." Gu Wang stroked his chin, analyzing carefully. "As for the president and A-Yu-yao... I think the president has more of that vibe, but according to the law of conservation of energy, will a top student attract another top student?"

Upon hearing this, Bei Yao immediately hooked his arm around Jing Ran's shoulder.

"What are you saying? Xiao Jing and I were both terrible students, but we still attracted to each other, didn't we?"

"But you two complement each other in other ways, like one is tall and the other is short, one is strong and the other is weak..."

"Who are you calling weak!" Jingran straightened his back. "I'm pretty tough."

"Oh? Really?" Bei Yao raised an eyebrow. "How about letting your husband try it sometime?"

Others: "..."

Seeing that the focus was about to veer off course again, He Ziyu simply volunteered: "How about I do it?"

Gu Wang: "You?"

"I'm more talkative, which complements your cousin better."

"..." Gu Wang swallowed hard, his eyes darting around to Jiang Chengyu, worried that he might mind.

In fact, Jiang Chengyu was indeed a little bothered by it.

He had an almost obsessive possessiveness toward He Ziyu.

Sometimes when the two of them were walking on the street, he would feel uncomfortable if a boy looked at him a few times, let alone let He Ziyu pretend to be a couple with other people.

Thinking it over, Jiang Chengyu, who had remained silent, said, "Ayu and he don't have any chemistry. I'm more suitable."

Gu Wang: "..." He knew it!

"Hey, Yu-ge, don't try to take this from me~" He Ziyu patted Jiang Chengyu's thigh under the table. "I'm just going to scare that guy, I'm not going to do anything else. If you're worried, just watch from the side."

"..."

Unable to resist He Ziyu's insistence, Jiang Chengyu eventually gave in.

He knew that He Ziyu, like him, didn't want the other person to pretend to be someone else's boyfriend. Since one of them had to be uncomfortable, he would suffer the consequences.

……

After school.

"I saw him! That tall, thin boy with blue hair..." The little spy, Jiang Nanqiao, ran breathlessly back to the classroom to report to He Ziyu, "He's right at the school gate, riding a big motorcycle!"

"Is he alone?"

"It seems like he's the only one there; I didn't see any of his companions."

He Ziyu nodded and looked at Gu Chao beside him.

"Senior Gu, shall we go?"

"Um……"

Gu Chao pushed up his glasses, his expression a little reserved.

He Ziyu patted his shoulder, "Don't be nervous. Just stand there for a moment, you don't need to say anything, I'll confront him."

"Thank you, He Tongxue."

"Uh..." He Ziyu chuckled awkwardly, "Senior, you've forgotten again. You should call me Ayu. He Ziyu is too formal. It's obviously fake."

"Understood, He...Ayu."

On the way from the classroom to the school gate, He Ziyu kept trying to calm Gu Chao down, hoping he wouldn't be so nervous.

After all, we owe you a debt of gratitude for the enema. Even if we don't repay you with a thousandfold return, we should at least do our best.

"Just in case, senior, let's exchange personal information first."

"A letter, an information?"

He Ziyu nodded.

"Like zodiac signs, birthdays, and things like that..."

"Oh, right, we need to make sure the models are different. I'll be the top and you'll be the bottom, is that okay?"