Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

Chapter 700 Back to School
"The college entrance exam is tomorrow, and you're still sleeping. Do you even remember the vocabulary?" Lin Yuehua pulled Li Zhuangsheng's ear and said quietly.

Li Zhuangsheng immediately opened his eyes in terror, his heart pounding wildly.

"Phew... If you scare me to death one day, you'll be a widow!" Li Zhuangsheng looked out at the dark sky and let out a long sigh before speaking fiercely.

“If that day ever comes, I will be your widow,” Lin Yuehua laughed.

"I'm telling you, I actually dreamt about taking an exam just now," Li Zhuangsheng said, reaching out to turn on the light. "But it wasn't the college entrance exam; it was my first exam ever!"

"First exam?"

"...It was the first exam of my second year of high school." Li Zhuangsheng thought to himself, "It was the first exam I took after I traveled back in time. It was really scary. I was completely lost, and I couldn't even understand the questions in my dream."

"Don't worry, you haven't gone back to the past." Lin Yuehua's tone was enigmatic.

The two quickly got dressed. Li Zhuangsheng then pulled out their old school uniforms from the wardrobe, and the two put them on over the clothes, looking at each other's bulky appearance, and smiled.

A long-awaited outfit. Both rustic and adorable.

After washing up, the two tiptoed downstairs. Li Zhuangsheng pushed out his electric scooter, yawning sleepily.

"Come up!"

Li Zhuangsheng called out to Lin Yuehua, who smiled and got on the back of the electric scooter. The two set off for school under the stars.

The cold wind howled, and Li Zhuangsheng tried his best to straighten his back. Because he hadn't been back for a long time, he hadn't installed gloves or a windproof blanket on his electric scooter.

At the school gate, the lights in the security room were already on, but the gate was not yet open.

"Master, please open the door for me!" Li Zhuangsheng called out.

"Why are you here so early?" The master opened the door a crack.

"I'm catching up on my homework, and I haven't finished it yet!" Li Zhuangsheng said with a bitter expression.

Perhaps afraid of being recognized, Lin Yuehua pressed her face slightly against Li Zhuangsheng's back. Fortunately, the security guard didn't ask any further questions, glanced at their school uniforms, and let them pass.

Li Zhuangsheng parked the electric scooter in the shed with practiced ease, and said with a smile, "How's it going? No problem, right?"

"You lie so easily, you're really dishonest," Lin Yuehua scoffed lightly.

"But you didn't correct me, so we're accomplices!" Li Zhuangsheng chuckled and took Lin Yuehua's hand. "Let's go, let's go see our class!"

"It's so cold," Lin Yuehua said.

"Without gloves, I'm freezing!" Li Zhuangsheng said.

The two walked briskly through the campus, under the dim streetlights. It was just past five o'clock, and the sky was far from bright. A silver crescent moon hung faintly in the sky, hazy and indistinct, with a few cool stars twinkling around it.

Lin Yuehua held Li Zhuangsheng's hand tightly and suddenly asked, "Won't taking you out of the company interfere with your work?"

Li Zhuangsheng waved his hand: "It's alright, it doesn't matter whether I'm here or not. The company only has about fifty people, as long as Hu Mengdie and Li Xiuyu are here, there's nothing major that I have to handle personally!"

Li Xiuyu studied computer science and started her internship at the company early on, now working as a programmer in the game department. Relying on Li Zhuangsheng's connections, Li Xiuyu wields considerable influence in the game department and even the entire company; Rong Hongguang and Qian Feishu both treat her with respect. Of course, this is also because she rarely interferes in other people's business, and she has the appearance of a cool and aloof young woman… Seriously, can someone over 20 still be called a young woman?
Li Zhuangsheng always thought that a girl's age should start with "1".

"Will you stay in Nanjing in the future?" Lin Yuehua asked again. "More or less...where else can I go?" Li Zhuangsheng chuckled. "I've received quite a bit of subsidies from the Nanjing municipal government. They're so supportive of promoting Chinese culture and telling Chinese stories. Wouldn't it be a bit unethical for me to move the company somewhere else?"

"That's not what I asked."

Li Zhuangsheng was silent for a moment, then sighed softly: "...Now that the company is all in Nanjing, I'll definitely be in Nanjing for the next few years. I plan to buy a villa in Nanjing soon and move in after graduation. I've already found a house. It's very expensive."

"Is it expensive?"

“Yes, it’s expensive, tens of millions. It’s a detached house with a garden, near Zijin Mountain. After all, there are a lot of people, and a certain degree of privacy is definitely necessary.” Li Zhuangsheng chuckled softly, “But… I’m actually a little apprehensive.”

Lin Yuehua blinked: "If it's too strenuous, you can buy a cheaper one."

Li Zhuangsheng shook his head: "It's not that I can't afford it, it's actually not that bad. I'm much richer than you think now. To put it arrogantly, I should be the richest man in the county now. There are probably no more than 10 people in Nanjing who are richer than me. It's just that I'm afraid. How can I live in such a nice place? I'm just an ordinary person. If I enjoy such a nice place, will I become someone else? I'm a little uneasy. I feel that enjoying things beyond what is normal is a sin."

Are you afraid of being corrupted?

"Yes, people change. I'm worried that I'll become the kind of person I used to hate the most."

Lin Yuehua looked calmly at Li Zhuangsheng, then suddenly chuckled: "So, do you need me to keep an eye on you all the time? If you start to fall into depravity, I'll beat you awake?"

“Yes, by taking others as a mirror, we can know our own gains and losses!” Li Zhuangsheng held Lin Yuehua’s hand. “Can you be my mirror, Master?”

Lin Yuehua licked her lips: "Why me?"

"You are the most suitable one."

"Is your subtext that I won't change or be corrupted?" Lin Yuehua smiled and lowered her head. "Your words put a lot of pressure on me."

"Damn, it's snowing in the county too." Li Zhuangsheng touched his face and then looked up.

"Yes, it's snowing. Let's hurry up." Lin Yuehua smiled.

The two quickened their pace, entered the teaching building, and walked to the outside of their original classroom.

"Wasn't it Class 13 before? How come it's Class 14 now?" Li Zhuangsheng turned on his phone's flashlight and shone it on the class sign at the door, looking puzzled. "Did we... go to the wrong place?"

“No mistake, this is the place.” Lin Yuehua chuckled softly, “Silly boy.”

"Sigh, things have changed." Li Zhuangsheng sighed, pushed open the window, and shone a flashlight around inside.

"Go in?" Li Zhuangsheng looked at Lin Yuehua.

"How do you want to get in?" Lin Yuehua asked.

“Go inside!” Li Zhuangsheng said matter-of-factly.

"I won't go through it," Lin Yuehua shook her head. "Their things are all in the classroom. This isn't your classroom anymore; it's not right to go through someone else's window."

Li Zhuangsheng scratched his head: "Then what do you suggest we do? We can't just take a look and go back, can we?"

Lin Yuehua took a folder out of her pocket, placed it on the windowsill, and said seriously, "Anyway, I only use the main entrance."

(End of this chapter)