Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

There are actually people who don't like Hu Mengdie... Even though she is his wife in name, they don't have the slightest thought of trying to please her or pursue her.

Xie Jiangqing tilted her head and stared at Li Zhuangsheng.

“…Why are you looking at me like that?” Li Zhuangsheng said timidly.

"No...how did I see you?"

"Anyway, something's weird... Sigh, Xie Jiangqing, could you please not tell anyone about this for now?"

Xie Jiangqing raised an eyebrow: "Who else knows about your divorce from Hu Mengdie?"

Li Zhuangsheng didn't hesitate: "No one else knows, only Xiuyu and Mengke!"

"Then who knows about the two of you being together?"

"Only Xiu Yu knows, Hu Mengdie doesn't!"

Xie Jiangqing glared at him: "Of course I know Hu Mengdie doesn't know!"

Li Zhuangsheng shrank back, saying, "So, so... could you please not tell anyone?"

"Hmph! Now you know fear!"

"I didn't actually intend to keep it from Hu Mengdie, but I wanted to tell her after I got the divorce certificate. Otherwise... wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

Xie Jiangqing snorted again: "You know it's not a good idea!"

Li Zhuangsheng nudged Xie Jiangqing and coughed lightly: "You knew before that Hu Mengdie wanted to go find Qi Haoyu, but you didn't tell me, did you?"

"That's because... I... she didn't actually go to see Qi Haoyu! I didn't even give Qi Haoyu his WeChat!"

"Oh—so Hu Mengdie asked you for Qi Haoyu's contact information. You kept that from me, didn't you!"

Xie Jiangqing couldn't help but slap herself. She hadn't expected Li Zhuangsheng to be so perceptive!
"She was just curious about her lost memories, she didn't have any other intentions... and besides, it was just an unsuccessful attempt!"

"Since only the two of you know, you can say whatever you want!"

Xie Jiangqing's face flushed, but women are naturally inclined to reason, so she immediately retorted fiercely, "So what? It's not like I did anything to wrong you! I still have my first kiss!"

"Eh?"

Li Zhuangsheng was taken aback, thinking, how did this suddenly come up with the topic of first kiss? But Xie Jiangqing is so beautiful, does she still have her first kiss? That's quite virtuous.

"Hmph, you want me to keep this a secret? You'll have to agree to three conditions!"

"What are the conditions?" Li Zhuangsheng asked.

"I haven't decided yet, I'll tell you when I do!" Xie Jiangqing scoffed. "If you promise me, I'll promise to keep it a secret!"

"Okay, but it can't be illegal... and it can't be too morally wrong."

Littering is something that can still be done.

"With your cowardly appearance, would you dare to commit a crime?" Xie Jiangqing chuckled and poked Li Zhuangsheng's head. "If it were anyone else, they would have already climbed into Hu Mengdie's bed!"

Li Zhuangsheng muttered, "Isn't that a crime...?"

"Alright, since that's the case, I'll reluctantly agree to keep it a secret! Ugh, what a mess!"

Doesn't this resemble the three agreements between Zhao Min and Zhang Wuji? Xie Jiangqing thought to herself.

"Hehe, thank you, thank you!" Li Zhuangsheng nodded and bowed, thinking that he had finally resolved the matter. It seemed that Xie Jiangqing had grown up and become reasonable.

"You're not a bad person; you didn't push Meng Ke out to take the fall at this time." Xie Jiangqing raised an eyebrow, her tone enigmatic. "You do have some sense of responsibility!"

"It's nothing, is it..."

"So what are your plans for the future?" Xie Jiangqing clicked her tongue. "Are you planning to marry Meng Ke?"

“Let’s not get married…” Li Zhuangsheng scratched his head. “My sister and my parents don’t agree, and Meng Ke doesn’t want me to get married either… To be honest, I have absolutely no concept of marriage. Getting married in high school… It’s really too much for me.”

"So you were just playing around with her?"

"No, no... I think we can just continue dating like this," Li Zhuangsheng said with a wry smile. "Anyway, we won't get a marriage certificate, so it doesn't make any difference."

"To be in love for a lifetime?"

“Yes, that’s right… I’m worried about how to tell Xuanxuan. When she grows up, how should I educate her?” Li Zhuangsheng sighed.

"You're thinking pretty far ahead!"

"Yeah, I was wondering whether to have her call me Dad or Uncle... Should I keep her from her about her biological father? I was really torn."

Xie Jiangqing's eye twitched slightly: "You... you're overthinking things."

“Actually, I originally wanted to keep it from her and let her call me Dad from now on, so she could have a healthy and happy childhood… But I met Zhang Xu today, and I suddenly thought that if a white lie can’t continue, it might cause even greater harm. After all, Zhang Xu is Xuanxuan’s biological father. What if he comes to Xuanxuan to acknowledge her as his father in the future? What should I say then…” Li Zhuangsheng muttered to himself, then sighed, “Actually, I’m still annoyed. If Xuanxuan still acknowledges Zhang Xu in the future, it’s really unpleasant!”

"This is too specific..." Xie Jiangqing's eyes grew increasingly unsettling. "You're a good person, but a gentleman should act with integrity. You shouldn't become someone's stepfather. Besides, Mengke can't have any more children, right? You definitely can't live without your own child!"

"How do you know she can't..."

“I often visited Mengke when she was hospitalized, that’s what she told me.”

"Oh...you didn't tell anyone, did you..."

"Do you think I'm stupid? I'm not as dim-witted as you think!" Xie Jiangqing said angrily, giving Li Zhuangsheng a light punch. "I definitely won't say anything about this, but you need to think it through!"

"Think clearly about what?"

Xie Jiangqing asked seriously, "What are you planning to do in the future? You said it yourself, Xuanxuan has her own father, blood is thicker than water. What if she recognizes her own father but not you in the future? You are with Mengke now, and she can't have children. Are you planning to let your Li family line die out?"

"You, don't get excited..." Li Zhuangsheng said softly, "You, a person from the future, are even more feudal than me, a person from the past."

"I'm doing this for your own good!"

“I know!” Li Zhuangsheng muttered.

However, the term "extinction of offspring" is a bit too... extreme. In the past, the most vicious insult was "to cut off one's lineage."

However, with such a low birth rate now, there must be quite a few people who die childless, right?
"So, have you thought about it?" "Well... I haven't thought about it yet..."

“You are an adult now and need to consider everything. You may not care, but what if in the future, Xuanxuan recognizes her biological father and you are lying in a hospital bed with no one to take care of you? What will you do then? If you are bullied in a nursing home, who will stand up for you? If you encounter trouble in life and cannot move, who will help you?”

"Li Xiuyu..."

"Your sister..." Xie Jiangqing was speechless for a moment, not knowing whether this was an insult or just a simple third-person pronoun.

"You're old, so she must be old too. Do you think she's immortal?!" Xie Jiangqing angrily poked his head. "How come you're sometimes smart and sometimes stupid!"

“Yes, yes, don’t get excited…” Li Zhuangsheng quickly said, “Actually, we could also adopt one.”

"Adopted children are never as good as biological children."

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

"Hmph, you'd better think this through. It's unrealistic for you and Mengke to spend your whole lives together like this..." Xie Jiangqing snorted. "Although she is pretty, you're definitely not with her because of that, right? Otherwise, why don't you choose Hu Mengdie? You and Mengke have no future either."

Li Zhuangsheng lowered his head and remained silent.

"And we should prepare for the worst, because your Li family could be wiped out in the future! Li Xiuyu doesn't like men either, right?"

Li Zhuangsheng opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to explain something, but then felt there was nothing to explain, so he chose to remain silent.

"But what do you want me to do?" Li Zhuangsheng muttered.

"You should break up with Hu Mengke, find someone new, and have your own child... Actually, I know that Mengke seduced you first, right?"

Xie Jiangqing raised an eyebrow and smiled. It wasn't surprising that Hu Mengke liked Li Zhuangsheng, so she guessed that the other party must have taken advantage of Li Zhuangsheng and Hu Mengdie's amnesia.

Although I was annoyed, perhaps because I was already mentally prepared, I wasn't surprised.

"It wouldn't be so much seduction... it's more like, well, mutual affection..."

"Meng Ke is indeed virtuous, but don't you feel that you're with her not because of love, but out of pity... or rather, you just want to help her? You're just doing it for fun, so you can't abandon her?"

Li Zhuangsheng stared at Xie Jiangqing in surprise, thought for a moment, and still didn't know what to say.

"Actually, I can understand you a little bit now." Xie Jiangqing cleared her throat. "You're still such a pushover, you can't just leave Mengke like this, right? But Mengke is an adult now, I think you should find her a proper job so she can be independent... Don't worry about Xuanxuan, her parents wouldn't really abandon their granddaughter, would they? Then you can be free to pursue your own happiness!"

“I don’t want to,” Li Zhuangsheng said.

"Huh?" Xie Jiangqing was taken aback. "Why? You can't bear to part with Meng Ke, such a beautiful girlfriend?"

Why should I break up with her?

"But didn't I make it very clear before that there's no future for you two? Your family agrees to your relationship now, but they only think you're just playing around with her; they won't really approve of you two being together! Haven't you thought about this a long time ago and understood this principle? You brat, don't be so love-struck!"

“That’s not what I meant. If Mengke herself doesn’t want to continue the relationship, I can accept that. But I don’t want to break up with her… She likes me. If I break up with her, it’ll be no different from abandoning her again, right?”

Xie Jiangqing was stunned. "Damn, brother, your idea is practically saintly! Buddha cut off his own flesh to feed an eagle, and I think you're no less so!"

"Hmph, you don't know how complicated society is... Let's see how long you can keep up this stubbornness!" Xie Jiangqing gently nudged Li Zhuangsheng. "With your family's circumstances, you should find a decent, innocent girl to marry and have children with! Let me tell you, the earlier a woman has children, the better, preferably before 30. 35 is considered an older mother! Look at Mengke, she had a child at 21, and she's recovered so quickly, she's like nothing happened!"

“But I’m a boy.” Li Zhuangsheng blinked, thinking to himself, what does a girl’s age have to do with me?
"What, you don't mean you're 30 and still want to find an 18-year-old?" Xie Jiangqing glared at him fiercely.

"I didn't mean that..."

Li Zhuangsheng quickly waved his hand, thinking to himself, "No way! I'm only 16. In two more years, I'll only be able to find an auntie who's around 30 years old... No way!"

……

Xie Jiangqing walked into the kitchen, the sound of chopping vegetables was rapid yet steady.

She gazed at Hu Mengke's profile; the woman's increasingly radiant complexion was a stark contrast to her appearance at the hospital. Could it be that doing *that* kind of thing really nourishes the skin... or is Li Zhuangsheng actually quite remarkable? Hmm, Mengdie had mentioned him before; Li Zhuangsheng must be pretty good, right?

"Meng Ke." Xie Jiangqing coughed softly.

"Sister Jiang Qing," Hu Mengke turned around and smiled, "What's wrong?"

"I actually want to have a proper talk with you."

Xie Jiangqing blinked. She thought that since Li Zhuangsheng's approach was not working, she might as well try Hu Mengke's.

She wanted to persuade Hu Mengke to give up on Li Zhuangsheng. If she truly loved Li Zhuangsheng, she should understand that there was almost no future for them. Even if Li Zhuangsheng could tolerate all her shortcomings, her being a mother with a young child and unable to have children was something that Li's parents could never accept.

Therefore, she hopes Hu Mengke can become more independent and gradually break free from her dependence on Li Zhuangsheng. If the other party wants to be self-reliant, she will do everything in her power to help!
"Okay, go ahead and say it." Hu Mengke nodded with a smile.

Xie Jiangqing was slightly speechless.

She found it hard to say anything harsh to Hu Mengke, who was so pitiful that even though she caught her cheating on her with her brother-in-law, she couldn't bring herself to blame her.

“Mengke, your brother-in-law is immature right now… You’re definitely different from him.” After hesitating for a long time, Xie Jiangqing slowly spoke, “Don’t you have any plans for the future with him?”

“I know you mean I’m not good enough for him.” Hu Mengke smiled with her eyes lowered. “I know I’m not good enough for my brother-in-law, so I’ve never had any improper thoughts.”

Xie Jiangqing was taken aback. She hadn't expected such an unexpected answer. She had originally thought of a gentler response, but now it seemed that it was no longer necessary.
"So don't worry, Sister Jiang Qing, my sister, brother-in-law, and I will be happy together for the rest of our lives."

"What, what are you talking about...?"

Xie Jiangqing was clearly stunned.

"Wasn't I clear enough?" Hu Mengke tilted her head, then grinned. "What I mean is, my brother-in-law will always be my brother-in-law, and my sister, brother-in-law, and I will be together forever and ever, happily ever after."

Xie Jiangqing swallowed hard, her brows furrowing as if she was trying her best to understand some perplexing problem.

"But...you said...you, the three of you?"

"Yes, the three of us."

"This...this...is that really possible?"

"My sister actually loves her brother-in-law very much, but she has never realized it. I will make her truly understand."

"Yes, yes..." (End of Chapter)