Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

"I...I wanted to say..."

He Ziyu's throat was dry, and his heart was pounding with nervousness.

Just as he composed himself and prepared to press on with all his might, something suddenly bumped into his foot.

Looking down, I saw a red remote-controlled car.

Before He Ziyu could even react to where the little car came from, a little boy ran over, sweating profusely, holding the remote control for the car in his hand, and said sorry to him in a childish voice.

"Brother, I'm sorry. Little Red lost control just now. It didn't mean to bump into you."

"Ah, it's alright..."

The confession was unexpectedly interrupted, leaving He Ziyu both amused and exasperated. He squatted down to pick up the toy car, but the moment his fingertips touched the car body, he recalled something that happened in his past life.

Although he was reborn, he still retained all his past memories. Whenever he encountered something that triggered his emotions, the floodgates of memory would involuntarily open. This feeling was very uncomfortable, yet unavoidable. For example, when he was facing Jiang Chengyu, he would still occasionally recall the scene of Jiang Chengyu holding him and singing in the sea of ​​fire—it felt so real, so heart-wrenching…

The remote-controlled car in front of him reminded him of his past pursuit of Lan Yuan.

At the time, in order to win Lan Yuan's favor, he racked his brains to come up with many romantic ways to pursue her, such as driving a remote-controlled car to Lan Yuan's classroom to hand her chocolates and love letters.

He remembered it clearly; it was an afternoon in the third year of junior high school when he dragged Jingran to skip class and go to Class 2 to find Lan Yuan.

The two of them crouched at the classroom door, maneuvered the toy car through the window to drive in through the back door, circled around, and finally stopped next to Lan Yuan's seat.

The class immediately erupted in commotion.

Lan Yuan was being relentlessly pursued by He Ziyu at that time, so he naturally knew that this was another of his little tricks. Without thinking, he picked up the toy car and threw it into the trash can in the corner.

He Ziyu felt a pang of sadness upon seeing that scene, but he comforted himself, thinking that perhaps Lan Yuan didn't know the car belonged to him.

After that, he did countless stupid things for Lan Yuan, putting himself in an extremely humble position. Even Jing Ran suspected that he was under some kind of spell, which made him so crazy that he didn't even care about his self-respect.

"Brother, can you give Xiaohong back to me?"

The boy's voice brought He Ziyu back to reality, and he realized that he was still holding the other person's toy car.

He Ziyu felt a little embarrassed and quickly returned the car to the little boy. The little boy said thank you and skipped away.

He looked away and turned to Jiang Chengyu, only to find that Jiang Chengyu was also looking at him, seemingly waiting for him to finish speaking.

He Ziyu pursed his lips, the courage he had finally mustered completely dissipated by the memories evoked by that toy car.

Having been given a second chance at life, he should have cherished this young man who was willing to give his life for him, but instead, taking advantage of Jiang Chengyu's affections, he rushed to confess his feelings before even having a chance to properly pamper and love him...

Especially when he thought about the heartfelt sacrifices he had made for Lan Yuan in his previous life, he felt even more that Jiang Chengyu had been treated unfairly.

Perhaps if he beckoned with his finger, Jiang Chengyu would come over, but in He Ziyu's eyes, such an action would be more like a desecration, a desecration of Jiang Chengyu's sincerity towards him, and a disregard for Jiang Chengyu's importance in his heart.

Besides, he couldn't possibly fall for someone else in such a short time, and Jiang Chengyu would never believe it.

"Ayu, didn't you have something to say to me?" Jiang Chengyu looked at him. "Now that no one is bothering us, you can continue."

Even though he had given up the idea of ​​confessing his feelings, He Ziyu still couldn't help but want to test the waters.

Just for a moment.

He took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly: "Brother Yu, if I said I like you, I like you so much, would you believe me?"