Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

Chapter 659 Old Friend
"This is a long story..." Li Zhuangsheng sighed softly.

"Actually, Sister Mengdie is quite nice, at least better than that Cow Girl," Qin Luanyu said.

"Cow Girl?" Li Zhuangsheng raised his eyebrows. "She's older than you, so you should call her Cow Sister!"

"So what if she's older than me? It's not like bigger is better! Pah, you're so vulgar!" Qin Luanyu suddenly retorted angrily. "Does it really have to look like two watermelons hanging from a pen in an animation? Does that really look good in real life?!"

"Huh?" Li Zhuangsheng was taken aback. "I was talking about age, what are you talking about?"

Qin Luanyu snapped out of her daze, her face flushing, and turned her head away: "No, it's nothing... I was just talking about age!"

"Don't be too stressed, actually your figure is the best!" Li Zhuangsheng laughed so hard he almost choked when he realized what was happening.

Qin Luanyu could see through Li Zhuangsheng's mockery and couldn't help but feel angry and embarrassed: "Hmph! I can't be bothered to talk to you, you're just a vulgar person!"

Li Zhuangsheng waved his hand, his smile fading, and praised, "No, no, I didn't mean to look down on you. Your figure is the most beautiful!"

If we're talking about perfection, Hu Mengdie is perfect enough. Her face and figure are perfectly proportioned, with beautiful curves, smooth, delicate skin, and slender, taut muscles. Her proportions are flawless.

However, Qin Luanyu was equally stunning, and she was even taller with incredibly long, artistic legs. In some ways, her figure might even be more attractive than Hu Mengdie's.

The reason for using "perhaps" is that Li Zhuangsheng had never actually seen what Qin Luanyu's body looked like.

Just now, when Qin Luanyu was sitting on him wearing hot pants, he had to frantically recite the Pure Land Sutra in his mind to barely suppress the evil thoughts he had about the child.

"Really?" Qin Luanyu asked, still somewhat skeptical. "Which one do you prefer?"

"Someone like Zhu Zhixue!" Li Zhuangsheng said without hesitation.

Liking Zhu Zhixue is fine, but liking Qin Luanyu is a serious matter, requiring at least three years of effort. Besides, Zhu Zhixue is truly amazing.

"You say one thing and do another, don't you! Hypocritical! Vulgar! I know that when you were with Sister Mengdie, I was thinking that your taste had finally improved!"

Qin Luanyu's face flushed slightly with anger. She hadn't expected this person to be so incredibly vulgar! There really were people in real life with figures like those in anime!
Qin Luanyu was confident that she was no less beautiful than Hu Mengdie, but what she didn't have, she just didn't have, which was really infuriating!

"Your physique is undoubtedly more athletic, but have you ever experienced the feeling of 'I can't breathe'?"

"I can't what?"

"Breathe means to breathe. Sports are one thing, but don't neglect your studies... Oh well, you don't need to get into Peking or Tsinghua University, so never mind."

"I can't breathe?" Qin Luanyu thought for a moment, finally understanding what he meant. She couldn't help but punch Li Zhuangsheng and angrily shouted, "Pervert!"

"I'm an adult; it would be abnormal for me not to be!"

"You, you, you've corrupted the children!"

"Didn't you bring it up first...? Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

Li Zhuangsheng thought to himself, "You've discussed this a lot in the group before, and now you're pretending to be a complete novice, huh?"

Since Qin Luanyu was so unhappy with Zhu Zhixue's figure, Li Zhuangsheng kept quiet about it.

"By the way, do you still paint?" Li Zhuangsheng asked.

"I draw occasionally, but I've been busy training for sprinting lately, so I haven't been drawing much..." Qin Luanyu muttered. "I bought a drawing tablet a while ago, but I haven't used it yet!"

Li Zhuangsheng laughed and said, "Why don't you come and check out my animation studio? I'll introduce you to a teacher, the head of our art group, an outstanding graduate of Nanjing University of the Arts, who is incredibly talented at drawing!"

Qin Luanyu nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes!"

She certainly loved the "Huabiao Millennium" series, and visiting Li Zhuangsheng's animation studio was one of the reasons she came here.

"Okay, I'll take you there this afternoon!" Li Zhuangsheng patted Qin Luanyu's head, picked up his phone and sent a text message to Li Xiuyu, informing him that Qin Luanyu had suddenly come to visit and asking her what she wanted to eat later.

Qin Luanyu rolled lazily on Li Zhuangsheng's bed: "Where should we eat for lunch?"

"Let's go eat downtown. We'll take a taxi."

"Are there any good foods in Nanjing?" Qin Luanyu asked doubtfully.

"As a Hangzhou resident, you can question whether Nanjing's economic development can catch up with Hangzhou's, whether Nanjing's population can exceed ten million, and whether Nanjing is qualified to become the fifth largest city in China... but don't question Nanjing's food!"

Qin Luanyu stuck out her tongue and said with a grin, "We have a lot of delicious food in Hangzhou, like West Lake Vinegar Fish! Next time I'll take you to West Lake to eat the most authentic West Lake Vinegar Fish, and I'll definitely change your preconceived notions about it!"

"I saw someone online say that someone ate a fish in vinegar sauce by West Lake and then vomited it all into the lake."

"Nonsense, this is pure fabrication!"

"Oh my, so you're really defending your hometown!"

"It's impossible for anyone to finish eating a whole fish in vinegar sauce before vomiting!"

Li Zhuangsheng laughed so hard he almost fell over.

It's really strange that, despite rarely meeting and having a big age difference, the two get along really well, like close friends, laughing and joking, always on the same wavelength.

This must be what "friendship across generations" means! Li Zhuangsheng thought to himself.

As his laughter subsided, Li Zhuangsheng noticed that Qin Luanyu was staring straight at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Although I've become more handsome, I still feel that I'm a little bit short of being as handsome as Pan An or Song Yu," Li Zhuangsheng raised an eyebrow.

"You seem to be in good spirits, so I'm relieved!" Qin Luanyu patted Li Zhuangsheng's shoulder in a condescending manner and said to herself.

"Huh?" Li Zhuangsheng was stunned.

"You updated so frequently last month, I almost thought you'd been possessed!" Qin Luanyu blinked.

"Oh... damn it, is it wrong to write more? It's not because you guys are constantly urging me to update in the group!" Li Zhuangsheng laughed and scolded.

Last month was the most depressed time for him. He didn't want to deal with company matters, playing games was meaningless, and he couldn't even stand watching anime... So, he had no choice but to write novels.

When people are depressed, they want to do something serious that they don't usually want to do, which is a kind of self-torture.

Qin Luanyu's expression was strange: "But your novel is full of pessimism. I thought something had happened to your family!"

"Really?" Li Zhuangsheng blinked, thinking that not many people would complain about this.

"Of course! Your writing style has changed!"

"You could even tell that..." Li Zhuangsheng chuckled. "Alright, I won't lie to you, I wasn't feeling well last month. But it's nothing serious, just periodic low spirits, and I'm completely fine now!" "Men have periods too?"

"Yes, of course! Girls have periods too, and so do boys, it's just that boys don't show any outward signs during their periods!"

Qin Luanyu looked at Li Zhuangsheng with some skepticism, but she didn't question him.

"I knew it, you were so perfunctory in replying to my messages..." Qin Luanyu muttered, "I really thought something had happened to your family!"

Li Zhuangsheng suddenly came to his senses: "You didn't come here suddenly just because of this, did you?"

Qin Luanyu touched her face and gave a soft hum: "Otherwise... Hmph, but I originally wanted to come to Nanjing for fun!"

Li Zhuangsheng smiled but remained silent.

Perhaps out of shyness, Qin Luanyu couldn't sit still and went out for a stroll, wandering around Li Zhuangsheng's house. Li Zhuangsheng followed behind her.

"Oh my, you have a garden in the back?" Qin Luanyu teased as she opened the back door, revealing a small courtyard. Li Zhuangsheng had it cleaned up yesterday, spending a considerable amount of money, and the results were excellent. The stone table and benches were clean and tidy, and the vegetation under the small pavilion was neatly arranged.

"Oh, let me sit down!" Qin Luanyu plopped down on a rock under the tree, squinting her eyes slightly.

Li Zhuangsheng chuckled and patted Qin Luanyu on the shoulder: "There's a chair right here, why are you sitting on the rock?"

Qin Luanyu shook her head and said, "I think you really don't understand. 'Sitting on the rock in front of the door, the willow shade is cool at midday!' This kind of mood is beyond the comprehension of you common folk!"

Li Zhuangsheng couldn't help but laugh again. It wasn't surprising he liked Qin Luanyu; the two really had endless topics to discuss, after all, they were even equally prone to chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur). This stone wasn't originally here; he had someone move it to the tree yesterday.

"I never realized it, but you really are a chuunibyou girl!" Li Zhuangsheng said with a smile.

"You're the one who's immature, your whole family is immature!" Qin Luanyu immediately denied.

"Stop pretending, you chuunibyou, I've seen through you!" Li Zhuangsheng grinned.

If you weren't a bit of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur), you wouldn't do something like borrowing a Ferrari to show off in a small county town.

"Go away, I think you're really just being a chuunibyou!" Qin Luanyu retorted stubbornly. "Come on, let's have a poetry contest. This time, I'm going to get my revenge!"

"Okay, what should the topic be?"

"Let's use alcohol as the theme! Each person says one sentence, and whoever can't say one in three consecutive sentences loses!"

"Sure, but since this was your suggestion, to prevent you from preparing in advance, I'll add one more rule: no word 'wine' in the sentences, and you can only say one line from each poem!"

"Stingy!"

"I knew you'd cheat! You're punished by starting first!"

"Hmph!" Qin Luanyu grumbled, "Drunk, I knew not the sky reflected in the water, my boat full of sweet dreams pressing down on the Milky Way!"

“A miscalculation. We should have banned the word ‘drunk’ as well.” Li Zhuangsheng shook his head with a smile. “In my drunken stupor, I pick up my sword by lamplight; in my dreams, I hear the bugles echoing through the camps.”

"That sounds nice, but I was still 'drunk' myself! I often remember the sunset at the stream pavilion, so intoxicated that I forgot the way home!"

"Alright, then I won't use 'drunk' for this part. I've already heard that purity is likened to sainthood, and turbidity to the virtue of a sage! What do you think?"

"That's a good line!" Qin Luanyu's eyes lit up slightly as she praised, "Then I won't use the word 'drunk' in my line either. Hmm... the two of us drink together as the mountain flowers bloom, one cup after another!"

"Haha, not bad, we're repeating the same sentence over and over again!" Li Zhuangsheng chuckled. "Let me think, this sentence doesn't even contain the word 'drunk': No need to lament parting, drinking heartily has always had a different meaning."

The two exchanged words, taking longer and longer to think, but before a winner could be decided, Li Zhuangsheng's phone rang.

"Okay, okay... I understand." Li Zhuangsheng hung up the phone.

"Let's call it a draw for now. Let's go have lunch and continue when we get back." Li Zhuangsheng reached out and pulled Qin Luanyu up.

"Hmph, you took so long to think about the last sentence. Looks like you've gotten weaker!" Qin Luanyu grinned.

"Just because I've become weaker doesn't mean you've become stronger!" Li Zhuangsheng chuckled sinisterly. "You paused for quite a while! I'm afraid you won't be able to continue the next sentence!"

The two bickered all the way to the roadside and soon hailed a taxi.

Feeling the cool air conditioning on the bus, Li Zhuangsheng hesitated for a moment, then nudged Qin Luanyu's arm: "Hey, can I ask you something?"

"Just say what you have to say, why are you beating around the bush?" Qin Luanyu glanced at her sideways.

"You were feeling really sad before, weren't you?"

Qin Luanyu was taken aback, and her voice lowered slightly: "You mean, after my mother died?"

"Oh, right, you must have had depression back then, right?"

"I don't know what depression is like, maybe..." Qin Luanyu gently bit her lip, "Back then, I guess I had a bit of it."

"So, how are you now?" Li Zhuangsheng asked softly.

"I'm much better now! I even listened to you and started running. Now I'm training all day long and I'm exhausted. I don't have time to be depressed!" Qin Luanyu said, pretending to be relaxed.

"Okay, I'll introduce you to a lady in a bit. She's my classmate, and she also has depression. Why don't you talk to her and see if you can offer her some help?"

"Huh?" Qin Luanyu was a little dumbfounded. "What can I talk to her about? I'm not depressed. I'm super sunny and outgoing right now. What could I possibly talk to her about?"

"Are you an extrovert? Aunt Song told me that your relationship with your classmates is just so-so! You don't have many friends at school!"

Li Zhuangsheng is good friends with Aunt Song, and the two chat occasionally. It's usually Aunt Song who contacts Li Zhuangsheng first, asking him to help persuade Qin Luanyu. Qin Luanyu is currently going through a rebellious phase, often ignoring advice and arguing with her elders; only Li Zhuangsheng can convince her.

According to Aunt Song, although Qin Luanyu was a bit outgoing, she was still quite solitary and didn't make many friends. In her spare time, she would be on her phone chatting in group chats or gossiping with Li Zhuangsheng.

"That's because...they're too childish!" Qin Luanyu's eyes flickered. "Can you imagine, they're middle school students, and there are still people who like Balala the Fairies! Liking Balala the Fairies is one thing, but they also read those third-rate fanfics like Ran falling in love with Conan!"

"Hey sis, you're riding an electric scooter and singing about Armor Hero, so don't look down on others for being childish!"

"So what if it's Armor Hero? You sang along too!" Qin Luanyu glared at her. "And you were off-key!"

"Let's not talk about singing off-key today!" Li Zhuangsheng immediately coughed. "I just hope you can share some experience with her, how you got through it, how your mindset changed, and talk to her about it properly!"

Li Zhuangsheng thought that if you wanted someone to be less miserable, you should find someone even more miserable. For example, Qin Luanyu, whose mother had passed away and whose father, the chairman, was always focused on his work and rarely gave her any care beyond money. Could there be anyone more pitiful than her? If Qin Luanyu could just confide in Yi Yunshui, Yi Yunshui would probably be able to empathize.

"A change in mindset?" Qin Luanyu shook her head and scratched her head, her eyes narrowing slightly. She said, "I don't know either... I was just brought out by you, and I didn't have any particular thoughts about it. I just naturally got much better! Maybe you could chat with them more, or maybe you could have them practice sprinting?"

(End of this chapter)