Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

Chapter 745 IF·0·17
"vomit!"

As Li Xiuyu drove the car off the highway, Li Zhuangsheng let out another soft scream.

He weakly placed the book on his chest and leaned against the car window, half-dead.

"Don't read after you get off the highway," Li Xiuyu teased, taking the book away and turning on the car's music. "Listen to some music; it's all music you often listen to. Maybe it will remind you of something."

The first song is "Cloud Mountain".

I look back on the road I came from.

Whose child is chasing butterflies?
He smiled.
How could it have ended up on my face...?

Li Zhuangsheng leaned back in his chair, listening to the song listlessly.

"How do you feel about this song?" Li Xiuyu raised an eyebrow. "You used to really like this line, does it remind you of anything?"

"It feels... alright..." Li Zhuangsheng said honestly.

The woman's voice sounded familiar, like the voice of Phoenix Legend. After all, back then, you could hear "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Trend" all the time.

But he didn't have any particular feelings about the song or the lyric Li Xiuyu mentioned.

Perhaps it's because he's the same Li Zhuangsheng from ten years ago, not as mature as he is now.

"Let's change to another song." Li Xiuyu decisively switched songs.

"Playing Tricks", Xin Qiji version.

"How's this song? You've been listening to it a few days ago; it's related to Xin Qiji." After playing for a while, Li Xiuyu asked with a sidelong glance.

Actually, there was no need to ask; she knew the answer just by looking at Li Zhuangsheng's expression.

"The melody is alright... but the lyrics are gibberish and I can't understand them..."

Li Zhuangsheng slightly opened his eyes and said with a bitter face.

So Li Xiuyu changed the songs again, several more in a row, all of which were songs Li Zhuangsheng had liked to listen to in recent years. However, although Li Zhuangsheng expressed a somewhat unsatisfactory liking for some of the songs, that was about it.

Li Xiuyu wasn't in a hurry. He would play the music that Li Zhuangsheng liked, and he would cut off the music that Li Zhuangsheng wasn't interested in.

The next song is a love song called "1980".

"Oh my, this song is so old." Chen Lanying exclaimed with a smile upon hearing the melody. "Does Zhuang Sheng like this song? I heard it when I was a child!"

"Yeah, he does like old songs."

“I don’t like it yet…” Li Zhuangsheng shook his head, thinking to himself that his favorite song right now was “In That Faraway Place”.

"Tch?" Li Xiuyu asked.

"Let's listen to it," Li Zhuangsheng shook his head.

He had never heard this melody before, and he was curious about what kind of old song he would like in the future.

"You once told me"

You will always love me

I understand love.
But what is forever?

Girl, don't cry.
We're still together.

......"

"Shouldn't it be sung by Lo Ta-yu?" Chen Lan-ying asked, puzzled, as she listened to the chorus in the music.

“He’s listening to this version with extras.” Li Xiuyu glanced at Li Zhuangsheng.

Li Zhuangsheng listened to the song quietly, his face expressionless, as if deep in thought.

Li Xiuyu did not change the song.

Soon, the song ended, the music automatically switched, and Li Zhuangsheng spoke again: "You, you play it again."

Li Xiuyu raised an eyebrow and played "Love Song 1980" again.

"What's wrong? Did you remember something?" Mrs. Hu asked quickly.

"No... I just think this song is pretty good." Li Zhuangsheng forced a smile.

“I didn’t expect you to like listening to old songs so much.” Chen Lanying laughed. “I remember ‘Love Song 1990’ is much more famous than this one.”

“He won’t listen to that,” Li Xiuyu said. “You two siblings have such a good relationship, you understand your brother so well,” Mother Hu smiled inexplicably.

Li Xiuyu did not respond.

"Xiuyu, Auntie is talking to you!" Chen Lanying frowned slightly.

"Then what should I reply? Oh right, I know Li Zhuangsheng?" Li Xiuyu said somewhat displeased.

"How can you be so rude? You've been spoiled rotten!"

Li Xiuyu said casually, "Oh right, right, but Li Zhuangsheng gets carsick, so why don't you let him listen to some music quietly for a while?"

Chen Lanying then fell silent.

Spring winds

It was raining in autumn.

Spring breeze and autumn rain
How many vows of eternal love have vanished with the wind?

Li Zhuangsheng listened to "Love Song 1980" in silence, and unconsciously pouted, then bit his lip.

"Do I like listening to this kind of music?" Li Zhuangsheng asked.

"Hmm, you've heard of it before." Li Xiuyu raised an eyebrow, a hint of amusement in his voice. "Hey, what are you thinking about now?"

"nothing……"

Li Zhuangsheng turned his face away and quietly gazed out the window.

"Should I set it to repeat on single track?"

Li Zhuangsheng remained silent.

Li Xiuyu still set it to repeat.

Li Zhuangsheng shrank back slightly. Hu Mengdie seemed to have no interest in the music and was just fiddling with her phone.

"Nanjing is so congested," Li Zhuangsheng said.

"It's always like this during the back-to-school season," Mrs. Hu said with a smile.

“Weren’t we also stuck in traffic when we were in school?” Li Xiuyu said.

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

Hu Mengdie looked up and silently glanced out the window. The winter sun seemed brighter than usual, but because Li Zhuangsheng was carsick, the front window was slightly open, letting in a cold draft.

"Just because of him, the whole bus of us are freezing!" Hu Mengdie thought viciously.

"The weather will warm up soon," Mrs. Hu said with a smile. "Then our whole family can come to Nanjing for a visit!"

Chen Lanying sighed, "Great...sigh, as long as they can recover, we'd go to Beijing, let alone Nanjing!"

“I’ve never been to Beijing before,” Li Zhuangsheng said.

“No, you went there a couple of years ago,” Li Xiuyu said. “You just forgot.”

Li Zhuangsheng asked with slight curiosity, "What did I do in Beijing?"

Li Xiuyu said casually, "I went to the Temple of Emperors of Past Dynasties, but when I got there, I found out it was just a dilapidated hall. I took a few pictures, kowtowed to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and then came out. Then I went to the Guan Yu and Yue Fei Temple, but after going through all the twists and turns, I found that it had become the Xinjiang Government's Beijing Office and I couldn't get in at all. I also went to Tsinghua University... but you idiot didn't make an appointment and lingered at the entrance for a long time, but they still wouldn't let you in."

Chen Lanying laughed upon hearing this: "Hahaha, it's rare for me to go to Beijing, but I didn't get to do anything."

"Tsinghua University? Didn't we go to Peking University?" Li Zhuangsheng asked. "Aren't they next to each other?"

“If you can’t get into Tsinghua University, you definitely can’t get into Peking University either.” Li Xiuyu glanced at him. “But you really didn’t plan to go to Peking University. You only wanted to go to Tsinghua from the beginning.”

"It's all because you didn't get into Tsinghua University!" Li Zhuangsheng stopped reading, took a big gulp of water to regain some energy, and clicked his tongue. "Otherwise, wouldn't you have been able to get me in?"

"Why don't you say it's your fault for not getting into Peking University? I remember you went crazy in your senior year of high school, shouting that you wanted to get into Peking University. It's a pity, your final score was only enough to get into Peking University's Beida Jade Bird program."

"What are you doing?"

"Long-standing discontent,"

I'm still in bed and can't get up, so I'll try to write this on my phone for now.

(End of this chapter)