Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

"Ji Xuan?"

Upon hearing this name, Geng Lu thought about having breakfast during early study.

She finally found a chance to be alone with Jiang Ning, without the interruptions of Xue Yuantong and the twins.

But as it turned out, Ji Xuan, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, wanted to catch up, and Geng Lu wasn't willing to waste her time since she and Ji Xuan were just regular classmates before.

"If he comes, he comes." Geng Lu didn't care much.

He Qingtang said, "I was planning to take a nap at noon, and he privately messaged me in our junior high group. He transferred from First Middle School to Fourth Middle School. "

In their junior high class, the relationships among classmates were very harmonious and pleasant.

Yet, since entering high school, the once harmonious class has developed subtle social circles, like between First, Second, and Fourth Middle Schools, and those who couldn't attend urban high schools and had to go to vocational schools, these groups sliced the once pleasant class into many parts.

Now, the ones who still speak in the group are mostly students from First and Second Middle Schools, with Ji Xuan being a standout among them.

He Qingtang, being a student of Fourth Middle School, found herself, in terms of status, a layer lower than them, but she occasionally chats in the group due to a fondness for former friendships.

Geng Lu completely gave up on the small group. For the past year, after being guided by Jiang Ning, she focused on drawing, started taking personal commissions from forums to hone her skills.

It was tough; she didn't make money and often got ditched after work. Later, thanks to Jiang Ning's introduction, she got in touch with some companies' marketing departments, which allowed her to have stable work.

Drawing, studying, and yoga took up all her time, so Geng Lu didn't care about former junior high classmates.

He Qingtang: "He asked us to take a walk on the playground after self-study to help him get familiar with Fourth Middle School. Are you going?"

Geng Lu shook her head: "No, I'm not."

She glanced at Jiang Ning playing next to her, with joy written across her brows: "I have plans tonight."

He Qingtang heard this and said, "Well, if you're not going, you're not going then."

But He Qingtang knew well; if it's just getting familiar with Fourth Middle School, they could also chat over the phone, why specifically choose the gap after self-study to go to the playground?

She lowered her voice: "I actually don't really like their crowd."

Their intentions seemed far from pure.

The two girls exchanged a knowing smile.

Back in junior high, He Qingtang wasn't noticed by the brilliant boys in the class due to her rustic looks, but now in high school, as she grew prettier, those boys were now starting to pursue her.

She understood their motives very well.

After they agreed to decline Ji Xuan's invitation, they saw a familiar figure walking from the podium.

After finishing his meal after school in the afternoon, Ji Xuan took a stroll through the corridor with nothing to do; since he was in Class 9, quite near Class 8, he stopped by to see Geng Lu.

Only to be told she went to play ping pong.

Ping pong, huh? Although Ji Xuan's skills were average, it didn't stop him from joining in the fun, so he roamed his way to the playground.

Upon arriving, he sharply noticed that the boy who was with Geng Lu in the morning was now playing ping pong with a slender girl with quite a stunning face?

Could she be a senior in the third year?

Ji Xuan speculated, then turned to look at Geng Lu, as well as the girl playing ping pong with her.

Ji Xuan looked for a while before recognizing that the girl was He Qingtang, that rustic girl from their junior high class, and now, she turned out to be so pretty.

He quickly walked to the side and raised his hand to say hello: "Geng Lu, you guys are playing ping pong!"

He Qingtang was slightly surprised: "Old classmate, what brings you to the playground when we used to ask you to play ping pong and you never wanted to?"

Ji Xuan let out a dry laugh and didn't reply.

Nearby the ping pong table, Guo Ran caught the ball with a gasp: "I'm done, I'm done, heading back to the dormitory for a shower."

She looked at Geng Lu, then at Jiang Ning, and asked, "Heading back together?"

Jiang Ning: "Geng Lu, I'm leaving first."

Having said this, Jiang Ning and Guo Ran left the playground together.

After they left, Ji Xuan felt pleased; he always found that boy to be somewhat annoying, and now his departure made him much more comfortable.

Now, left with only him and two beauties on the field, isn't this wonderful?

After playing ping pong, he planned to boast about today's experience to Ye Mengchen, praising his connections, surely to make Ye Mengchen envious.

Ji Xuan was a greedy person; he clearly wasn't satisfied with just getting closer to two girls.

He watched Jiang Ning's distant figure, with a particularly alluring, slender girl by his side, he deliberately teased:

"Aren't you classmates? You walked together this morning, why didn't he ask you to leave together just now? Not very considerate, huh?"

Geng Lu furrowed her brows, ready to refute, but the next moment, Jiang Ning turned around from afar and waved at her.

Geng Lu's furrowed brows instantly relaxed, replaced by gentleness: "Bye-bye."

She held He Qingtang's hand in one, with the other holding a ping pong paddle, she quickly ran towards Jiang Ning.

Leaving Ji Xuan standing where he was, looking at the empty ping pong table, feeling like he could slap himself.

In the distance, Jiang Ning waited quietly, thinking: 'Meddlesome, aren't you? I'll give you what you asked for.'

...

During the large break in the evening self-study.

Chai Wei, leaning on crutches, found Dan Xiao to discuss the missing gold ring and the plan to prosecute the gold shop owner.

After their discussion, Chai Wei once again leaned on crutches to find Liu Chuandao, discussing strategies to jointly confront Jiang Ning, and the plan to catch Pang Jiao at night.

Throughout the discussion, Chai Wei came up with brilliant ideas, leading both parties to constantly agree, giving him thumbs-up.