Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 557 Rare Peace

Hou Xiaofeng really achieved his goal and he became valuable to Li Yan.

But Hou Xiaofeng himself didn’t understand what the point of this conversation was and what made it so great.

It seemed quite ordinary, and he also believed that he did not put forward any very valuable understandings and opinions.

But why was Li Yan’s attitude so much better when she sent him away, and even told him to “live the rest of his life with peace of mind”?
In the end, Hou Xiaofeng convinced himself with the four-character Chinese philosophy:
"It's New Year's Day."

"Yan, why are you asking this?"

After Hou Xiaofeng left, Wei Yunzhi immediately asked.

"Everyone has their own views on life and death. How to deal with death is a compulsory course in life."

"But... you are still very young."

"Guess where my time anxiety comes from."

Wei Yunzhi wanted to say something but stopped.

"But now I don't think time anxiety is a bad thing." Li Yan said, "Or rather, it should be a sense of urgency, not anxiety. In fact, if I can feel satisfied during the time I put a lot of energy into, this time is more valuable to me than 'rest and relaxation', and there is no need for me to think that there is a problem with this."

"Ah, then...now?" Wei Yunzhi asked in a low voice.

They didn't take anything with them and stayed in Lin City. Isn't it a waste of time for Li Yan?

"The above statement does not mean that rest is not important." Li Yan smiled, "I am gradually understanding the meaning of 'returning to basics'. If you want to 'return' and 'return', you must first go high enough and far enough, and become complex enough before you need to become simple."

At this point, Wei Yunzhi probably knew that Li Yan must have some special insights.

Since she met Li Yan, she noticed that Li Yan always had a reaction similar to "enlightenment" at some special moments, and then he would feel very happy about it, his whole state would change, and then he would start to get excited or emotional.

Although Wei Yunzhi couldn't figure out the principle, but... this was probably a manifestation of genius.

Enlightenment is the highest state pursued by some religions, and many people spend their entire lives trying to achieve a moment of it.

For Li Yan, it's like eating and drinking, coming every now and then.

"But, Yan, will the research and development conditions be worse in the future? If it restricts you..."

"Yunzhi, don't think too much. It's rare for you to go home, just relax. Maybe we can go out normally this time." Li Yan stretched lazily, "R&D or something... producing results is not a necessity for me. Improving my abilities is. There are many ways to improve my abilities. To this day, I don't need any 'environment that supports me'."

"That's good."

As a result, Li Yan had a period of peace that even he had not expected.

It is a more peaceful day than returning to normal life.

Originally, a lot of relatives were going to leave during the Spring Festival, but now Li Chun didn’t even tell any of them that they were back, so it became a completely free holiday - in a somewhat invisible state.

Li Yan can even go shopping with Wei Yunzhi wearing a down jacket, a hat and a mirror.

Even though there's always someone following me...it won't be so uncomfortable if I just ignore it.

At Wei Yunzhi's request, Li Yan took her to the place where she grew up as a child - the old city of Lincheng.

Walking slowly along the way, Li Yan kept exclaiming, "This store is still there," and finally chose a handmade dumpling shop for lunch.

"The bamboo shoot dumplings here are the best, but... it's probably just a childhood filter. It's not the season yet, so let's eat something else. Let me see if the dipping sauce is still that special..."

Wei Yunzhi looked at Li Yan, who was very down-to-earth, with an expression that was extremely intoxicated.

At this moment, she felt that her love for Li Yan had reached the point of ignoring everything else.

It was her love that Li Yan could not possess when he was invincible.

When people love God, they always do so with respect, but when they love people, they can do so completely.

Li Yan ate a few dumplings and showed a complicated expression.

"What's the matter?" Wei Yunzhi smiled.

"I used to think the dipping sauce was very special, but now I know I just learned the sauce from the north." Li Yan smiled, "Childhood is really only suitable to be kept in memories."

After eating and drinking, the two of them still walked slowly arm in arm.

As they walked, they arrived at an old house that had been sold to someone else - a residential building from the 1990s, where Li Yan had lived for more than ten years.

“Will you feel very emotional?”

"Of course." Li Yan smiled. "I remember my mother was very happy when she heard about the demolition. But the cost of demolishing this part of the old city was too high, so the project was aborted."

He originally wanted to say the second half of the sentence, "I can handle the demolition now," but he didn't say it in the end.

Then he sighed, "Yeah, that's a decade of life. I'm only... twenty-one years old."

Although I lived a second time.

"Do you remember when I told you there was a pond near my home in the old town, with a willow tree and a big rock beside it, where I would lie down in the summer?"

Wei Yunzhi nodded.

Li Yan did say that in Chapter 156.

"I said I wanted to lie down, but every time I went back to Lincheng, I was in a hurry and didn't have much chance to feel it." Wei Yunzhi said, "The main reason is... there is really no condition. You are already a big star."

“Hahahaha, now we have the conditions.”

"Yan, will there be a sense of gap?"

Li Yan certainly knew what Wei Yunzhi was talking about, "As for the sense of gap, it's not really a question of..."

"I know! Let me analyze it!" The beautiful girl was very enthusiastic. "On the one hand, your presence was infinitely suppressed throughout the whole year last year. It was only because of official protection that negative public opinion did not emerge. When you returned to the public eye, all kinds of negative public opinion were rampant. In today's Internet where people only get excited for a short time, you are no longer a hot topic for positive discussion. People have long since left the stage of expecting to see you in person."

Li Yan didn't dare to say anything after hearing this.

"On the other hand, even if a star appears in front of me dressed simply, I probably won't recognize him. At most, I'll say he looks like someone. Oftentimes, identity is derived from the surrounding environment. If you're surrounded by a group of leaders, everyone will know it's Li Yan at a glance. If you take me out for a snack, no one will think it's you."

"Very good, how about learning from me?"

"Hehe, then of course my analytical skills need to be improved."

Li Yan suddenly stopped.

He stood at the gate of the power grid company. In front of him was a small square, and inside the gate were several office buildings.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

“This is the pond.”

Wei Yunzhi was stunned for a moment, "Oh... so close? It seems to be less than 200 meters away from your previous home?"

"I can't go all the way to lie down."

"It's been changed into this... And why is there a pond in the old city that is not being used - if it's not a park."

"It has changed so much," Li Yan jumped on the spot, "I even doubted my memory for a while, thinking that it was too long ago and I had confused some fantasy with reality... Later I asked my dad, and he confirmed that there was indeed a pond, a willow tree, and a stone back then."

"The power of time."

“It’s also the power of people.”

"You've changed a lot too, Yan."

Somehow, Li Yan suddenly thought of the Alchemy God who won the 16 Olympic Games.

"Yeah... I have changed a lot. From the macro level to the personal level, I have changed a lot of things." These words had a heavier power coming out of his mouth.

After all, for Wei Yunzhi, what "changed" was the imagination of "if not", but for Li Yan, what changed was the past that had happened.

"Yan, can we kiss here?" Wei Yunzhi suddenly asked.

"Hmm? Why not?"

"Is there anyone else... watching?"

Of course, we are talking about the people in charge of security.

"Why do you care what others think?" Li Yan smiled, "But first tell me, why is it so sudden?"

"You have a special feeling for this place where we are standing." Wei Yunzhi said, "I hope I can give you a special memory here too."

In fact, she didn't tell the truth. It was mainly because Li Yan, who just showed affection in her eyes, was too down-to-earth.

It is a moment when a god comes down to earth.

She loves it so much.

After the kiss, Wei Yunzhi's face turned red again.

"You're just skimming the surface, and you're still shy?" Li Yan teased.

"Will you marry me, Yan?"

Li Yan was stunned.

What's going on? Should this question be raised at such a moment?
However, it was inappropriate to think and hesitate for too long on this issue, so Li Yan nodded and said, "Since I was with you, I never thought of ending up without getting married."

Wei Yunzhi's tears suddenly came out, and she wiped them away with a smile.

Li Yan touched her head. "What's wrong? Is it so unexpected? Did you always think that I would not marry you?"

"I'm still very moved when I hear a positive answer." Wei Yunzhi quickly controlled her tears, "But..."

Hmm? But? Why did this but come from you?

Now it is Li Yan who is panicking.

"No, no!" The beautiful girl waved her hands quickly, her ponytail swinging back and forth. "What I mean is, I don't think there is any relationship that can bind you with an 'agreement', a 'contract' or even a 'law'."

Li Yan still didn't understand.

"What I mean is that a marriage certificate or something like that, that piece of paper, is not worthy."

"Hmm..." Li Yan obviously still didn't understand, "So what you mean is that you don't want to marry me?"

"Yes, I did! At one point it could be called a dream!"

"That……"

"I feel that the piece of paper cannot match your weight."

"So, you are still willing to spend your life with me?" Li Yan asked with a complicated expression.

"Of course!" Wei Yunzhi looked at Li Yan with burning eyes, "I hope to accompany you for the rest of your life, but I don't need to tie you down with any marriage relationship."

Why does it sound weird?
“I don’t think it’s a constraint…”

Li Yan recalled the pressure Wei Yunzhi felt when she confessed her love. Perhaps she was still worried about similar things.

"Owning Li Yan", or in other words, being tied to Li Yan's future life, is indeed a very stressful thing.

It even involves Wei Yunzhi's self-cognition and self-definition.

This is how Li Yan understood it for now.

But he was wrong.

Wei Yunzhi just loved too deeply, so much so that he even felt guilty about his possessiveness.

Other girls' concerns are "How can I make Crush like me?", but her girlish concerns are actually debating with herself in her room: "Li Yan belongs to all mankind, are you qualified to talk about possession?"

She even thought that using the law to define the relationship between Li Yan and her and directly putting responsibility on Li Yan was a blasphemous act.

Yet she didn't even realize it.

So she couldn't explain it very well, and in the end she could only say something that sounded a little abstract.

Li Yan regarded all this as "the unpredictable thoughts of a girl", but she could still feel the love that had become very strong behind these remarks.

Li Yan, whose emotions had remained calm for a long time, suddenly felt like he was struck.

My heart was filled to the point of even feeling a little palpitated, a strange feeling similar to a sour sensation in the back of my teeth, and everything in the world seemed to have more vivid colors.

Eh? This feeling of returning to the experience of life completely... probably wasn't just due to the touch.

An improvement of the mind?

It is indeed a pity that the first skill to reach 100% is "Mind", which is the most difficult to quantify the level of feeling.

However, its improvement may be the key to improving other skills...

Don't think too much, sometimes you can let your racing brain stop.

Li Yan looked at the girl in front of him, and suddenly he saw a pond behind her. A willow tree was swaying in the wind beside it. The big rock next to the willow tree was very smooth, reflecting some of the afternoon sun.

The temperature around seemed to rise, the sound of cicadas rang in my ears, the tall buildings disappeared again, and a small shop selling sweet and sour candies for fifty cents a handful appeared by the pond. The owner was cleaning the freezer with a squeaking fan.

Little Li Yan was lying on a rock with her feet up and her eyes closed, lamenting that her eyelids were so sunburned that she could see red even with her eyes closed.

He grew up here, dreamed here, and wasted the least precious time of his youth.

He grew up from an outstanding child prodigy, and has been fighting against the "middle class" until he was exhausted both physically and mentally and unable to let go.

On an equally hot summer day, he was forced to admit that he had always regretted it, and he slept back to the summer vacation of the fifth grade.

His 24 years of life...

He started a new life again. From the summer of 07 to the beginning of spring of 17, almost ten years had passed.

He created a whole new miracle.

The girl woke up Li Yan, who was sleeping on a big rock, and brought together millions of scenes of past and future lives.

This is a painting called Life, signed by Li Yan.

"Yan? What's wrong with you?"

Seeing Li Yan in a trance for a moment, Wei Yunzhi was frightened.

"No, it's okay." Li Yan hugged her gently.

Perhaps this moment was the real epiphany for Li Yan.

The most difficult thing in life is to find the meaning of your own life and stick to it.

"Yunzhi, I want to live forever."