Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 651 - 405: Pretending to Sleep

School Cafeteria.

Guo Kunnan had learned a plethora of love techniques and was ready to strut his stuff. However, when he saw Lu Yaya, the thousand words he held in his heart all poured out in one sentence:

"Long time no see."

His eyes were sincere, radiating with a fervent glow as if he had just met his lover of many lifetimes.

Lu Yaya felt burned by his gaze and couldn’t help but retract her fingers.

She showed an awkward but polite smile.

Tan Meiling fiddled with her chopsticks, poking at the twice-cooked pork and complaining, "This is so greasy!"

Wang Longlong: "A bit of oil is good, a lot of oil shows the cafeteria isn’t stingy."

Lu Yaya had already sat down, but Guo Kunnan kept looking at her deeply, so Lu Yaya could only say, "Didn’t we just see each other this morning?"

Guo Kunnan: "But in my heart, it’s been ten thousand years."

"Splash."

Huang Yuzhu quickly bent down to pick up his chopsticks, apologizing, "I’ll go wash these outside."

Lu Yaya really couldn’t handle it; she dared not make eye contact with Guo Kunnan and had to take a sip of loofah soup to hide her discomfort.

This was the first time Guo Kunnan looked directly into the eyes of the girl he loved without a trace of timidity. Before, he wouldn’t even dare to look at a girl.

At this moment, Guo Kunnan felt something shatter inside him. What was it?

It was his heart, breaking free from its restraints and emerging anew. He had grown.

Those love stories he watched weren’t in vain, Guo Kunnan strongly felt.

While eating, his mind wandered to those deeply touching, tear-jerking love stories.

There was happiness, sorrow, reunions after enduring hardships, and of course, Guo Kunnan’s favorite: the beautiful times they spent together.

Back then they were young, possessing the most beautiful years of youth, just like him, eating in the cafeteria.

They fed each other, dear lovers, one bite for you, one bite for me, affectionate, sappy, sweet...

Unbeknownst to himself, Guo Kunnan got immersed in these thoughts, alternating bites of rice between his spoon and chopstick...

His face was filled with a happy smile.

Everyone at the table was stunned.

...

The afternoon sun was scorching, and the ceiling fan whirred overhead. Gao Heshuai lectured from the podium, but his booming voice couldn’t stave off the drowsiness of the students.

Xue Yuantong lay uncomfortably and turned her head to glance at Jiang Ning.

She noticed Jiang Ning’s arm—she’d pinched it in the past when they fought at home, it was particularly hard.

Suddenly, the idea of sleeping while hugging his arm crossed her mind.

Jiang Ning passed her a neatly folded jacket, so Xue Yuantong gave up the thought; under the clear sky, she was too embarrassed.

Gao Heshuai noticed this scene, his eyelid twitched in anger, but his fury soon dissipated.

Gao Heshuai had two classes that afternoon; he taught one, and during the second, he left the students to do practice papers.

He forgot to bring a stool and had to stand and patrol the classroom.

Standing for a long time was tiring, so Gao Heshuai began to stroll around the classroom. This gave the students in the front row the opportunity to become distracted.

Yu Wen thought of the EXO fan group she’d followed at noon and couldn’t resist sharing with Jiang Yanan. The two star-chasing girls got together and seemed to have endless topics to discuss, temporarily neglecting their surroundings.

Gao Heshuai’s ghost-like footsteps, at some point, had brought him back to the podium. His piercing, bull-like eyes fixed on Yu Wen.

Last time, Yu Wen had talked during class and, because Gao Heshuai had mistakenly punished another student in the past by throwing a piece of chalk into Yu Wen’s mouth, he felt guilty towards her and let her go.

Who knew she would offend again.

Ignore her? Gao Heshuai couldn’t stomach it; the opposition was too arrogant.

After a moment’s thought, Gao Heshuai decided to take action. This time, he resolved to make an example of one to warn the others—discipline Jiang Yanan to deter Yu Wen.

Dong Qingfeng, acting as the Flower Protector, had already noticed Gao Heshuai’s gaze and knew trouble was brewing. He was about to warn Yu Wen and Jiang Yanan, but it was too late.

The wheels of fate began to turn at that moment.

Gao Heshuai picked up a textbook and threw it outright.

"Whoosh" the book whistled through the air, flying straight at them.

Gao Heshuai’s aim was precise, and it looked certain to hit Jiang Yanan in the face.

At that instant, Dong Qingfeng swore, the book was less than half a meter from Jiang Yanan’s face!

Just sit there and wait for doom? No!

Dong Qingfeng would absolutely not allow a girl to cry in front of him!

"Even if it costs me my flesh and blood, I will ensure your lifetime of peace!"

"I pledge my blood to the Xuanyuan Sword!"

Dong Qingfeng made an unexpected move, stretching out his right hand, attempting to block the book’s path.

"Whoosh!"

He blocked it, but not entirely.

Dong Qingfeng’s strike altered the book’s trajectory. It flew off at an angle and hit Zhang Yifei in the face...

After class.

Chen Siyu said, "I think Gao Heshuai is quite pitiable."

Because he hit the wrong person, Gao Heshuai was entangled by Zhang Yifei, and without any choice, he had to call her out to discuss how to apologize.

"He’ll definitely be more careful the next time he tries to hit someone," Chen Siyu chuckled. After all, Gao Heshuai was the kind of teacher the students always found intimidating.

Bai Yuxia clicked her retractable pen: "The law of natural enemies."

Chen Siyu and Bai Yuxia chatted for a while before Chen Siyu leaned in, lowering her voice, "Was the stuff from yesterday good?"

What she gave yesterday was the real deal!

As a proficient internet surfer, Chen Siyu was active on online forums. A whopping two terabytes of materials circulated in the forums, which she had saved to her Baidu Cloud Drive.

What was on yesterday’s memory card was one piece from that collection, considered explosive by her and her sister!

Bai Yuxia maintained her composure: "I didn’t watch it."

Chen Siyu: "I don’t believe you."

Bai Yuxia offered no defense.

Chen Siyu felt as if a little cat was scratching inside her heart; she desperately wanted to know whether Bai Yuxia had watched it, but she wasn’t clever enough to come up with a plan.

She was thinking of asking for advice when she noticed Jiang Ning lying on his desk.

Chen Siyu rubbed her eyes, looked again to confirm it was Jiang Ning, and then glanced at Tongtong beside him, who was doodling on the desk with a pencil.

Bai Yuxia turned around; it was the first time she saw Jiang Ning lying down—usually, he never did this.

"Jiang Ning, what’s wrong?" Chen Siyu asked with concern, "Are you sick?"

"It’s nothing." Jiang Ning sat up. He had just wanted to experience what sleeping in class felt like; after all, for more than a year, it had always been Tongtong sleeping at the desk.

"Are you really okay?" Chen Siyu was skeptical, "You don’t feel unwell?"

As she spoke, she pulled out a small bottle of fruit juice from her desk, "Here, drink this. The sourness can refresh you."

Bai Yuxia also offered her snacks: "Daily nuts, they can boost your immune system."

Simply from sleeping once, Jiang Ning had already received gifts from two girls.

Overwhelmed by their kindness, he begrudgingly accepted and, in front of them, drank the juice and ate the nuts.

His desk mate, Xue Yuantong, was mad with envy. She mimicked Jiang Ning by slumping onto her desk, hoping for some gifts.

But the bell for the next period rang, and still, nobody paid her any heed.

Xue Yuantong lifted her head, preparing to inspect the situation, only to hear Chen Siyu’s surprised remark, "Tongtong actually just slept for a few minutes."