Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

Chapter 664 Sima
"You are... Qin Luanyu?"

Even with the groundwork laid, Zhu Zhixue was still taken aback when she recognized Qin Luanyu.

"Hello, Sister Xue." Qin Luanyu's face was gloomy. "You guys have really been here a long time..."

She's extremely annoyed. The main reason is that because she waited for half an hour and didn't have time to apply mosquito repellent before leaving, she's now covered in mosquito bites!
She's never been bitten like this in her entire life!
It's all the fault of that despicable couple!

"What are you doing here?" Li Zhuangsheng asked in surprise.

"Passing by."

"Can you please stop lying so obviously?"

"Okay, I was curious what you were doing out so late at night, so I followed you!"

Qin Luanyu glared fiercely at Li Zhuangsheng. Perhaps because Zhu Zhixue was present, she would have cursed him as a scumbag. Being a scumbag was bad enough, but he also made her suffer from mosquito bites for so long!
"Are you really that self-righteous?"

"If I hadn't followed you, how would I have known you were with Sister Xue!"

Li Zhuangsheng coughed twice, somewhat embarrassed: "Ahem, you go back first, I'll take her back to school and then go back."

Qin Luanyu huffed and snorted, "No way! I want to visit your school too!"

"What's so interesting to see at night? I'll take you during the day tomorrow..."

"It's not hot during the day!" Qin Luanyu raised her head. "Besides, I forgot the way back!"

"Alright, then I'll take you to see our school." Zhu Zhixue put her hand on Li Zhuangsheng's waist, stepped forward and smiled, "Long time no see, Xiaoyu, you've grown so much!"

"Hmm, Sister Xue, you're quite big too!" Qin Luanyu couldn't help but steal a glance.

To be honest, the first time she met Zhu Zhixue, she wanted to try burying her head in her hands, but she was too embarrassed to say it. At that time, Zhu Zhixue was taller than her and was the "big sister" in every way. Now, she was taller than Zhu Zhixue, but she still really wanted to bury her head in her hands.

It must be very soft and fragrant!
Zhu Zhixue paused, realizing what Qin Luanyu was talking about, then just smiled and straightened her back. She then tightened her grip on Li Zhuangsheng's hand.

What do you mean by this? How did Qin Luanyu become so beautiful? She has a slim waist and long legs, and she's almost as pretty as Hu Mengdie. You must have fallen for her, right?

Li Zhuangsheng inwardly groaned. "My dear, I really didn't lay a hand on her. I don't deny that I had a little bit of impure thought due to physiological instincts, but from beginning to end, I acted with propriety and treated her like an old friend! Besides, she's at the age where even if she's willing, it takes at least three years!"

That wretched Qin Luanyu, why did you grow up so fast!
"Let's go then. Thank you for your hospitality during my last trip to Hangzhou!" Zhu Zhixue gave a soft hum, then smiled at Qin Luanyu and took her hand.

"It's alright, you're all my friends!" Qin Luanyu glanced at her chest, thinking that this might be an opportunity. "Next time we go, I'll treat you to authentic West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce!"

"Yeah!"

Zhu Zhixue, unaware of the details, assumed that West Lake Vinegar Fish was definitely a specialty of Hangzhou. The combination of West Lake and Vinegar Fish is quite poetic, reminiscent of Su Dongpo; perhaps he too had enjoyed it by West Lake.

“Li Zhuangsheng also said he really likes to eat them; he can eat three by himself!” Qin Luanyu said.

"Just say you want to poison me..."

The two girls ignored him, holding hands and chatting away. Qin Luanyu didn't mention Hu Mengdie in front of them, and Zhu Zhixue was unaware of Qin Luanyu's thoughts.

Li Zhuangsheng followed behind the two dejectedly. He wasn't afraid of Qin Luanyu revealing anything, since he was a scoundrel openly and honestly.

"Ah, the moon is bright and the stars are few tonight, and at this moment, I'm suddenly inspired to write poetry," Qin Luanyu said. "I have no choice but to compose a poem!"

"Oh, what poem?" Zhu Zhixue asked with a smile. "I remember you and he both like poetry."

"You are the North Star, unmoving for a thousand years..." Qin Luanyu shook her head and turned to look at Li Zhuangsheng, "What were the last two lines again?"

"I don't know," Li Zhuangsheng shook his head.

"You don't even know the Midnight Song of Wu?" Qin Luanyu glanced at her sideways.

"Never heard of it." Li Zhuangsheng shook his head vigorously, pretending to be ignorant.

The last two lines are: "Joyful in the daytime, I travel east in the morning and return west in the evening."

The gist is that a woman is accusing a scumbag boyfriend. She says, "My heart is like the North Star, unchanging for millennia. But you're like the sun; you're in the east during the day, but by evening your heart has already gone west!"
He knew Qin Luanyu was mocking him, so he simply ignored her.

"Looks like there are things you don't know either." Zhu Zhixue was still unaware, but she teased Li Zhuangsheng.

Although she had been reading poetry and classical Chinese literature, it was mostly Tang and Song poetry, so she naturally didn't know about "Midnight Song of Wu" from the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

"So sad, so very sad, no need to weep at weddings." Qin Luanyu sighed again, "What came after that?"

"Never heard of it." Li Zhuangsheng shook his head vigorously.

"You don't even know 'Ode to White Hair'?" Qin Luanyu exclaimed, her eyes wide. "Such a famous poem!"

"Oh—I remember now!" Li Zhuangsheng exclaimed suddenly. "The Ballad of the White-Haired Woman, of course I know it! Let me tell you, my favorite two lines are: 'I have seen pines and cypresses felled for firewood, and heard of mulberry fields turning into seas. How long can those delicate eyebrows last? In an instant, white hair is as disheveled as silk!' Alas, time is like a wild donkey, it runs and never stops. Before I knew it, I was almost twenty... Twenty years have passed in a flash, and I have accomplished nothing in either scholarship or swordsmanship!"

Qin Luanyu was taken aback and was about to speak when Zhu Zhixue corrected her, "You must have misremembered. You recited 'Lament for an Old Man with White Hair'."

"Besides, Meng Haoran's is 'thirty years of wandering,' don't misuse it, okay! Twenty years old is the time to study, it's normal not to have achieved anything by then!" Qin Luanyu corrected, glaring at her.

"You know 'Lament for an Old Man with White Hair' too?"

Li Zhuangsheng ignored Qin Luanyu and looked at Zhu Zhixue with surprise and delight.

"Do you think I'm stupid? I learned it in high school, I can't have forgotten it all!" Zhu Zhixue pouted. "Is 'The Ballad of White Hair' a poem by Zhuo Wenjun?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Qin Luanyu nodded repeatedly, somewhat pleased.

“I remember there was a very classic line in it…” Zhu Zhixue looked at Li Zhuangsheng with deep affection in her eyes, “I wish to win one heart and stay together until our hair turns white.”

"Yes, we will definitely be together forever!"

Li Zhuangsheng also grasped Zhu Zhixue's hand, which made Qin Luanyu roll her eyes in anger.

"I remember now, so sad, so very sad, no need to weep at weddings. I wish to find one heart to share, to stay together until our hair turns white." Qin Luanyu said, then sighed, "What a great love! What a pity, Zhuo Wenjun met that scoundrel Sima Xiangru!"

"Pah, you scumbag!" Qin Luanyu slapped her thigh. "I meant Sima Xiangru!"

No, could you be any more obvious in your veiled criticism? Li Zhuangsheng's lips twitched slightly.

At this point, even the slow-witted Zhu Zhixue sensed a hidden meaning in Qin Luanyu's words, a hint of dissatisfaction towards Li Zhuangsheng. She instinctively looked at Li Zhuangsheng: So you really did attack him?
Li Zhuangsheng quickly shook his head. No, absolutely not!

“Speaking of which, Sister Xue, did you know that Li Bai also wrote a poem called ‘Ode to White Hair’?” Qin Luanyu continued.

“Li Bai? I really don’t know that.” Zhu Zhixue shook her head.

"Listen to me recite it!" Qin Luanyu cleared her throat. "At this moment, A Jiao is jealous and envious, sitting alone in Changmen Palace, sorrowful as the sun sets. I only wish for the emperor's favor to deepen my affection, I would not hesitate to spend gold to buy poems and essays. Sima Xiangru earned gold for composing poems, but husbands are fickle and fickle. One day, he was to betroth a woman from Maoling, and Wenjun presented him with the 'White-Haired Song'!"

She swayed her head and spoke with great emotion and intonation.

Li Zhuangsheng turned his face away. Although he was shameless, he still felt a little embarrassed to be criticized to his face.

Zhu Zhixue listened carefully; her Chinese language skills were also quite good, and she vaguely understood the meaning of the poem.

Ajiao, Changmen Palace, buying poetry with gold, Sima Xiangru, Zhuo Wenjun… these are not obscure stories. The poem's gist is that Chen Ajiao, abandoned by Emperor Wu of Han, sought out Sima Xiangru and offered him a large sum of money to write an essay for the emperor, hoping to win him back. Sima Xiangru, however, changed his mind after receiving the gold and instead married a woman from Beijing's Second Ring Road. Zhuo Wenjun, also abandoned, then wrote "The Ballad of the White-Haired Woman."

The Poet Immortal is indeed a Poet Immortal; he effortlessly connected the two scumbags and the female victim, starting from the grand and ending with the small. Thus, Zhu Zhixue's gaze towards Li Zhuangsheng became even more suspicious and resentful. "You definitely made a move on that little girl!"
"The eastward flowing water does not return westward, fallen flowers leave the branches, ashamed of their old forest. The dodder is indeed heartless, tossed about by the wind. Who sent the dodder vine to forcefully embrace it? Even two blades of grass have one heart, but the human heart is not as good as grass!" Qin Luanyu sighed heavily, then opened her eyes, a hint of disappointment in her expression, and repeated, "Even two blades of grass have one heart, but the human heart is not as good as grass!"

Li Zhuangsheng rubbed his forehead; he fully understood Qin Luanyu's meaning.

However, at this moment, Qin Luanyu's blatant veiled criticism was a minor matter; what truly troubled him was Zhu Zhixue's resentful and questioning gaze.

No, I really didn't lay a hand on her. Am I really that untrustworthy?
Li Zhuangsheng awkwardly walked to the dormitory building and breathed a slight sigh of relief, then Zhu Zhixue pulled him aside.

"What did you do to her?"

"I didn't!" Li Zhuangsheng was on the verge of tears, wishing he could swear an oath on the spot, "Just because she's a pretty woman, does that mean I have to do something to her?"

"Tell me the truth, I'm not angry..." Zhu Zhixue coaxed deliberately, "I know what you're going to do, but it has nothing to do with me anyway, I didn't agree to it."

"No, it's not that. Actually, it's because she had lunch with Hu Mengdie today. She always thought that I had broken up with you and was now with Hu Mengdie... So now that she sees us together again, she thinks I cheated on her, so she feels a kind of simple indignation towards me, like seeing a scumbag."

"Didn't you cheat on me?"

“Um…that’s true in principle…” Li Zhuangsheng was speechless.

"So, she came to Nanjing to meet Hu Mengdie first..." Zhu Zhixue drawled, "So, she went to see her first. She's your empress, isn't she?"

"No, it's because the two of them have been in contact. She found out about it from Hu Mengdie last month, so it's hard to explain now."

After listening to Li Zhuangsheng's explanation, Zhu Zhixue reluctantly believed him, and she remained silent for a moment:
"You mentioned it to Hu Mengdie as well?"

"Um……"

"She agreed?"

"She should be considered... not to have agreed yet."

"Tch!" Zhu Zhixue lightly punched Li Zhuangsheng, grinding her teeth as she said, "No normal person would agree to that!"

“But you are different!” Li Zhuangsheng stared into Zhu Zhixue’s eyes.

"What makes me different? I'm easier to fool!"

"You love me more, so you're more willing to grant my wishes!"

"Don't just flatter me at this time!"

Zhu Zhixue was both ashamed and angry.

Li Zhuangsheng kept chuckling.

"And what about her?" Zhu Zhixue's eyes flickered slightly.

"Who?"

"There's one more, who are you talking about?"

"Lin Yuehua?"

Zhu Zhixue remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.

She resented Hu Mengdie, but always felt somewhat inferior to Lin Yuehua. After all, even a fool could see the subtle, ambiguous relationship between them before they started dating.

Even if Hu Mengdie disagrees, Lin Yuehua would probably agree. Someone as aloof and arrogant as her might even slap Li Zhuangsheng in the face.

In this way, Li Zhuangsheng's harem will definitely not be able to open, so wouldn't I be able to steal the chicken and win big?
"Well... she didn't refuse."

"What?" Zhu Zhixue exclaimed in surprise.

"Really? If you don't believe me, I'll give you her phone number, you can ask her yourself."

"No, how could she agree?" Zhu Zhixue said in disbelief.

This is probably what a motherly girlfriend is like... She's the youngest, but also the most tolerant. She practically spoils her.

……

After escorting Zhu Zhixue back to her dormitory, Li Zhuangsheng and Qin Luanyu returned the way they came.

"Didn't you want to take a walk around our school? Would you like me to show you around?" Li Zhuangsheng coughed and asked.

In a fit of anger, Qin Luanyu showed no mercy in her discrimination against the school: "What's so great about your lousy school? My home is right next to Zhejiang University, and I'm tired of both the Xixi and Yuquan campuses! You scumbag!"

Li Zhuangsheng chuckled: "Alright, let's go back then."

"Hmph! You scumbag! I misjudged you! You men are all the same!"

"I'm just a scumbag, don't stereotype all men!"

"Hmph, you men are all the same!" Qin Luanyu said angrily. "Are you cheating on me?!"

"Yes," Li Zhuangsheng readily admitted.

"Do you believe I'll tell Sister Mengdie and Sister Xue?"

"Please don't tell!"

Li Zhuangsheng clasped his hands together. He was certainly not afraid of what Qin Luanyu said, after all, he had said what he needed to say. However, at least for now, the girl's reputation was very important, especially since neither of them had agreed yet.

Rather than subjecting them to strange looks, it's better to take the blame upon ourselves. That way, they'll just be innocent girls deceived by scumbags.

"Now you know fear!" Qin Luanyu snorted, gritting her teeth.

Her father had several women on the side, and her closest cousin was also a scumbag who cheated on his wife with several women. It's infuriating! Men really aren't all good!

"I'm scared, I'm scared, please let me go!" Li Zhuangsheng begged for mercy.

"Hmph, you know you're scared, yet you still cheat on me!" Qin Luanyu snorted.

“I didn’t want to either…” Li Zhuangsheng sighed, “but I have my reasons?”

"Tch, every jerk makes excuses. What's your excuse? Who held a knife to your throat?"

"Ahem, let me ask you something. Answer honestly, what do you think of Hu Mengdie?"

"Sister Mengdie is intelligent and kind-hearted, with a beautiful face and a lovely appearance. She is very good."

Where is Zhu Zhixue?

"Sister Xue... her tolerance is great, that's good too."

Li Zhuangsheng's expression was serious: "So, if you were a man, which one would you choose... which one would you be willing to give up?"

(End of this chapter)