Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

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'Damn, learned something!' Guo Kunnan, who witnessed everything, secretly noted down, ready to try it out when there's a chance in the future.

After class.

Yu Wen went to the back row to chat with Lu Qiqi.

Liu Chuandao crossed the podium, ran to the corridor outside, and found Shang Caiwei who was relaxing her eyes.

He moved closer with a smile: "Weiwei, I've found that I kind of like you, do you like me?"

Shang Caiwei panicked, speaking rapidly: "I don't want to date in the three years of high school..."

"Why?" Liu Chuandao said, purposefully tossing his hair, his round face brimming with confidence: "Am I not handsome?"

Next to him, Yang Sheng mocked: "Not handsome."

Liu Chuandao was unfazed, he said: "You're just lying, probably drooling behind my back, and yet you're being stubborn?"

Yang Sheng was disgusted to the point of speechlessness.

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"The DR diamond ring is so beautiful." Yu Wen exclaimed, "Yanan, Qiqi, look."

She showed the screen, and Jiang Yanan's exclamation followed. The diamond ring on the screen, with its six-petal branch-like snowflake design, looked incredibly pure and romantic. The twisted-arm design made the diamond ring's aesthetic particularly striking.

"Qiqi, isn't it prettier than the gold ring on your hand?" Yu Wen suddenly said.

Last time, Lu Qiqi's prospective boyfriend bought her a gold ring, and he often flaunted it in front of her, which made Yu Wen uncomfortable, what's so great about it?

Lu Qiqi's face was slightly unnatural, she could only nod: "It is pretty."

Yu Wen: "Moreover, there's a rule with DR diamond rings: a man can only custom order one in his lifetime, symbolizing a lifetime of loving just one person."

This had a significant impact on many teenage girls.

Lu Qiqi retorted: "It only says a man can only order one in his lifetime, it doesn't say a woman can only receive one, so it's logically flawed."

Yu Wen was momentarily speechless, then said: "Anyway, diamond rings are prettier. When I get married, I'll definitely make him buy me a diamond ring."

Guo Kunnan, being a farmer's child, didn't have much appreciation for diamond rings. He said: "Diamond rings aren't really necessary, they don't retain value, they lose half their price immediately after buying, better to buy gold."

Originally having an opinion against diamond rings, Lu Qiqi's face shifted when she saw a boy joining the conversation, and her stance immediately changed:

"How are diamond rings not necessary?"

Guo Kunnan: "You should know from chemistry that diamonds and coal are the same element, they're valueless."

Lu Qiqi: "Haha, the meaning of diamonds isn't in their material, we girls just want an attitude."

Dan Kaiquan stood up for his good brother: "Brother Nan is right, diamonds aren't a scarce resource. More and more synthetic diamonds exist now, they're essentially just carbon."

Yu Wen sneered: "Quan Zhilong is the same human as you, why is he a star, richer, taller, and more handsome than you?"

Quan Zhilong is a Korean pop star, extremely popular in this era, the dream of countless young women.

Guo Kunnan wanted to argue back but couldn't find the words. Even though he didn't agree with Quan Zhilong, thought he was trash, but in reality, the guy was indeed taller, richer, and more handsome than him.

Dan Kaiquan said: "We are discussing diamonds, a simple material."

Dan Kaiquan gave various examples, illustrating the uselessness of diamonds, but Yu Wen held her chin high, condescendingly: "Quan Zhilong is the same human as you."

She kept repeating this line.

The voice grew louder, attracting the attention of many classmates in the classroom.

Dong Qingfeng walked to the back row, seeing Guo Kunnan's unpleasant expression, he waved his hand, signaling to stop debating.

He smiled and said: "Diamonds indeed have no actual value, but they're a token of love, just like flowers or luxury bags. We don't buy diamonds to pawn them, they're a symbol of love."

"One day in the future, if the girl you like marries you, and she asks for a diamond, you have two choices. One is to agree and buy the diamond; the other is to refuse her, saying diamonds are a waste of money, while watching the light in her eyes fade. Which would you choose?"

Lu Qiqi timely interjected, speaking slowly: "So you boys are caught in a trap, always asking us to be rational, but if we girls actually become rational, would we choose you?"

Yu Wen pouted, returning to her original argument:

"It's funny, saying diamonds are the same as coal, Quan Zhilong is the same human as you!"

With this, both Dan Kaiquan and Guo Kunnan felt an inexplicable sense of frustration.

In this atmosphere, Ma Shicheng raised his head, gazing at Yu Wen, and he uttered a sentence:

"So you're not worthy of Quan Zhilong, nor are you worthy of a diamond."

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The break after the second period in the morning.

Guo Kunnan went to the playground to relax, accompanied by Dan Kaiquan, Ma Shicheng, Wang Longlong, Cui Yu, Meng Gui, and Liu Chuandao, who was trailing Shang Caiwei.

"Brother Quan, I'm really upset inside!" Guo Kunnan was pent up with frustration.

After the blow from pretending to chat with Huang Zhongfei and Manman, his confidence in his looks took a severe hit, and today Yu Wen used Korean pop star Quan Zhilong to put him down again.

Guo Kunnan was starting to develop appearance anxiety now.

"Guys, am I really that ugly?" Guo Kunnan asked.

Ma Shicheng: "Not ugly, actually you're quite okay."

Wang Longlong: "Brother Nan isn't just dark, actually has a bit of a rugged handsomeness."

Dan Kaiquan: "That's right."

Although he was a bit happy with the answers, Guo Kunnan still felt insecure. He said: "The main thing is, I don't know how my appearance would be rated by girls over there."

"Like Quan Zhilong's face, I find it too feminine, but girls love it." He gave an example.

Ma Shicheng swept his gaze over the students on the red track, suddenly noticing a girl. The girl's face was quite pretty, but more importantly, she exuded a fox-like allure.

As the saying goes, you can judge a lot by a person's face...