Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

"Hello, amazing voice actor, my name is Cheng Zhu, and I am an amazing... holder of a high school diploma."

It took Cheng Zhu a few seconds to come up with a title for his current self.

He felt like a blank-slate newbie, struggling to even pick a "title."

Lin Lu, upon hearing this, couldn't help but laugh and said, "I know who you are, I also followed Ningning and bet on 0:0, thanks to you I won some money."

Cheng Zhu looked at her and thought again, "A sister with dimples and big eyes really does look cuter when she laughs."

Cute as hell—she was the epitome of cute.

He was getting interested.

At that moment, the conversation started off centered around football.

Although Lin Lu had only watched this one game, she talked about it with more enthusiasm than anyone else.

This left Shen Qingning, the only one who hadn't watched the final, completely out of the loop.

By nature, she was aloof and didn't mind, but she was actually quite good at listening; as others chatted away heatedly, she would quietly listen on the side.

Shen Minglang still found Cheng Zhu's 12,000-yuan bet on 0:0 truly badass, and at that moment, he sincerely asked, "Cousin, what made you bet on 0:0?"

"I was told in a dream."

"Who did you dream about?"

"Myself, a few years from now." Cheng Zhu said earnestly.

Shen Minglang immediately wore a speechless expression, while Lin Lu found this boy with a slick appearance rather amusing when he spoke.

How did that saying go again?

─Humor is a man's best form of cosmetic surgery.

At this time, the dishes began to arrive.

As everyone was of similar age, there was plenty to talk about, ensuring that the meal didn't have any awkward silences.

As they chatted, the topic shifted to university life.

After all, there were two campus goddesses who would be sophomores after the summer break, as well as two prospective university freshmen.

Shen Minglang, who had only graduated two years ago, missed the days when he drove a Panamera to school and the girls sitting in the passenger seat changed frequently.

Suddenly, he remembered something and said, "By the way, Lin Lu, Ningning told me that you two are planning to rent a place outside next year for your sophomore year?"

"Yeah, that's right, we're going to live together, hehe," Lin Lu said with a laugh.

"Why the sudden move out?" Shen Minglang began to probe, trying to learn the real scoop on his sister's university life.

On the side, Shen Qingning listened, fully aware of his ulterior motives, but chose not to call him out.

"It's nothing big, we just want to live together, and there's this girl in our dorm whose way of talking is really annoying; Ningning and I don't like her," Lin Lu said.

"I see. That is quite a hassle, dealing with awful roommates in university," Shen Minglang said, showing understanding.

"Right? You have to see her face every day; you can't argue with her, and it's so annoying!"

After speaking, Lin Lu pouted, still looking upset as she said, "I don't know if there's any way to deal with people like her; I often can't sleep at night because I'm so mad, replaying arguments in my head, thinking I didn't do well in the last fight."

Cheng Zhu, upon hearing this, glanced toward Jiang Wanzhou.

Jiang Wanzhou, noticing his stare, immediately said, "What! What are you looking at me for?"

Cheng Zhu ignored him and kept looking.

Jiang Wanzhou, feeling cornered by his gaze, grumbled, "What's your deal, are you implying that I'm also bad-mouthed!"

Only after everyone's gaze had converged on Cheng Zhu did he slowly say, "How could that be, I just think sometimes the way you speak is something we could all learn from."

"If you want to give a sarcastic comeback, you could add the word 'well' at the end of a lot of sentences," Cheng Zhu said coolly.

"Hm? Like what?" Lin Lu perked up immediately.

Cheng Zhu began with a different intonation, "What you said is really right, well!"

"Truly amazing, well!"

"Thank you for your concern, well!"

Lin Lu's eyes sparkled as she imitated Cheng Zhu's intonation, revealing her small dimples with a smile, and said, "I get it now, well!"

Cheng Zhu nodded and continued eating.

Meanwhile, Jiang Wanzhou wouldn't let it go, eyeing Cheng Zhu with a face full of resentment and saying, "I don't talk like that, well! What are you mocking, well!"

As Cheng Zhu dug into the Golden Sand Hall's famous braised pork, he said, "Mhm, I learned wrong, well."

The frazzled Jiang Wanzhou instantly wanted to tear his mouth apart.

Lin Lu, however, was finding him more and more entertaining.

As they continued, the conversation moved on to attending university classes.

Shen Minglang admitted that he spent most of his time in class sleeping, and the teachers never really cared, a far cry from the strictness of high school.

"Cousin, you guys can sleep all you want without worry," the experienced Shen Minglang put in his piece.

At this moment, Shen Qingning, who rarely spoke up, said, "What nonsense are you teaching them all day long?"

Seizing the topic, Cheng Zhu spoke partly for Jiang Wanzhou to hear, "If it's a decent university, some of the teachers' classes would really be a pity to miss."

"Why is that?" Shen Minglang asked.

Cheng Zhu said, "I've seen a quote that said, the teachers who teach you in university are probably the highest social status individuals you'll ever get to meet. If it weren't for the school as a platform, you probably wouldn't have a chance to interact with people at that level after entering society."

Shen Minglang was about to object, then suddenly let out an astonished "fuck."

"Fuck, that's kind of interesting. I have a friend who studied law and said, although his teacher looked like just a criminal law professor, he was really a living Yama, sentencing over six hundred people to death each year."

For a second-generation rich kid like him, it was not uncommon to meet people of high societal status, so the example he thought of was someone he'd rather not meet in his lifetime.

However, for many ordinary people, it's true; they may talk badly about their teachers in school, yet in society, they wouldn't even have the credentials to speak to them.

Perhaps they are the specialist the patients fight over for an appointment.

Perhaps for a lesson they give outside, they would charge tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

Their consulting fee could be thousands per hour.

They might have even written the textbook you use.

When your teacher is discussing the case they're working on, they might still be waiting on a 2 million payment while sharing the details with you.

And maybe their ideas in your local area are what shape policies.

Cheng Zhu had no intention of not attending classes once in university, nor did he want Jiang Wanzhou to merely waste his time there, so he made a special mention.

This even caused Shen Qingning to glance at him.

Lin Lu, however, found the boy contradictory; sometimes he seemed frivolous, yet at times more mature than the average high school graduate.

The voice actress thought his words made some sense but still sighed, "Ah, it's just too bad that I easily get sleepy whenever I study."

Cheng Zhu looked up at her and said out of the blue, "Is it because you often stayed up late doing homework as a kid?"

"That's right, that's right!" Lin Lu excitedly agreed, "I was so slow doing homework as a kid, others finished quickly, but it took me forever."

"That's it," Cheng Zhu smiled, reminded of a segment he had seen on the debate variety show "Strange Talk" in his previous life.

It was something Chen Ming had said, which just happened to apply here.

And coincidentally, Chen Ming was also a university professor.

"Behavioral psychology tells us that if a person always studies when they're tired, in the future, they'll get tired as soon as they start studying."

"You know about Pavlov's dogs, right? Bell rings, they eat, and they drool. Bell rings, they eat, and they drool. Eventually, just the bell ringing causes them to drool without food."

"This is what we call 'classical conditioning.'"

"Same principle applies here: study, night, sleepiness. Study, night, sleepiness. Later on, studying causes sleepiness regardless of the hour."

"The conditioned stimulus field is thus created."

As he said this, he smiled at Lin Lu, kindly saying, "It's really not your fault, but those late nights during childhood."

Jiang Wanzhou and Shen Qingning: "???"

Shen Minglang inwardly cursed: "Damn, I've learned something new. Why is it that when I talk about this topic with girls, all I can say is that I get sleepy too!"

Lin Lu at first was dumbfounded but the more she listened, the more it made sense, until she was completely convinced, feeling as if she had found a brilliant doctor who had diagnosed her condition.

Watching the voice actress's shocked little face, Cheng Zhu spoke earnestly, "So if you have kids in the future, take this as a warning and don't let them study too late."

"Definitely, definitely!" Lin Lu nodded earnestly, "I'll remember that."

As she said that, she added, "But having kids is still a long way off for me, if I forget about the seriousness of this issue later on, you must remind me."

Cheng Zhu, who seemed like he never initiated conversations but always controlled the pace, chuckled upon hearing this.

—His goal had been achieved.

He grinned, looking at the energetic girl with dimples who looked especially cute when she smiled, and showing his own "fangs," he slowly said:

"I don't have your contact information."