Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

"It's been three days, sir." Li Xiuyu walked into the study and lay down next to Li Zhuangsheng. "How much longer are you going to be so downcast?"

“I’m not depressed…” Li Zhuangsheng turned to the side and silently scrolled through his phone.

“I’m not dead…” Li Xiuyu imitated Li Zhuangsheng’s gruff voice, then punched his shoulder, “Hey, what exactly did you say that day? Now Hu Mengdie is like a walking corpse, she doesn’t go to work, she’s become a shut-in.”

"nothing."

"You're such a good imposter. When people actually get to know you, they're completely dumbfounded."

Li Zhuangsheng remained silent.

"I'm really fed up. Before, there was only Xuanxuan to take care of at home, but now there are two more!"

"I don't need you to take care of me."

"You lie in bed all day long, don't you need someone to take care of you?"

"I can eat and drink."

"I'm so tired!" Li Xiuyu said irritably. "Why didn't you answer your mother's calls? She's even calling me now!"

"what's up?"

“It’s nothing. I just wanted to invite you home for dinner. I told her that you’ve been working on your novel day and night lately, and she also reminded me to take care of your health and make sure you get a balance between work and rest.”

"Oh."

Li Xiuyu lay silently next to Li Zhuangsheng. After a while, he saw Hu Mengke walk in, and after thinking for a moment, he left.

"Please apologize to me," Li Zhuangsheng said.

"With your sister?"

"Just say I was talking nonsense the other day, don't take it to heart."

Hu Mengke gave a wry smile: "Even if I told her, she wouldn't believe me... I'm afraid you'd have to tell her yourself..."

However, Hu Mengke felt that even if Li Zhuangsheng spoke up now, it would be useless. Things had developed far beyond her expectations, heading in completely the opposite direction.

Her original intention was to provoke Hu Mengdie, hoping that Li Zhuangsheng would offer her warmth during her lowest point, thereby creating a sense of competition and crisis within her. This, she hoped, would then prompt Hu Mengdie to reconcile with Li Zhuangsheng. At that point, by working with her parents, she could achieve the perfect ending.

But to her utter surprise, while everything was going according to plan on Hu Mengdie's side, Li Zhuangsheng, whom she hadn't paid any attention to, messed things up!
Logically speaking, there was no reason for Li Zhuangsheng to have an accident!

According to Hu Mengke's plan, Li Zhuangsheng might hesitate because of Hu Mengdie's initiative to approach him, but as long as she herself shows that she doesn't care, then what problem is there?

To everyone's surprise, Li Zhuangsheng would actually reject Hu Mengdie. He wouldn't even take her for free!

The plan completely failed, and Hu Mengdie was transformed back into a grotesque, inhuman creature, just like when she returned home from Nanjing.

This time, however, there was no second Li Zhuangsheng who could pull her away.

Hu Mengke was not happy about this. Even though she sometimes hated Hu Mengdie, she still felt that her pain stemmed from Hu Mengdie. But Hu Mengdie was her sister, the best relative in the world to her.

This is definitely not what she wanted to see.

She stayed by Li Zhuangsheng's side for a while, then got up to go find Li Xiuyu:

"Sister Xiuyu... what would you like to eat tonight?"

"Anything is fine." Li Xiuyu glanced up.

Hu Mengke bit her lip and said, "Sister Xiuyu, do you know what exactly happened...? I know that you are the most special person to my brother-in-law, and the only one who understands him, so, can you help me?"

She recalled the look in Li Xiuyu's eyes when she knelt down and begged him, as if he had seen through the entire outcome.

Li Xiuyu smiled, clearly pleased with Hu Mengke's words, and lazily asked, "What do you want me to help you with?"

"Why...why won't my brother-in-law accept my sister, and why is he so angry...even though he was so nice before..." "What kind of person do you think he is? Gentle and considerate? Kind and forgiving?"

"Is not it?"

"Hahahaha!" Li Xiuyu laughed. "Completely the opposite. His help to others isn't entirely out of kindness, but rather out of top-down arrogance. He thinks he should be a savior of the world. He's not tolerant either; he's arrogant and vengeful. The only reason he seems tolerant is because he doesn't respect you. You and your sister don't understand him at all. Do you really think he's a muddle-headed lump of dough?"

Hu Mengke paused, her expression shifting: "Then, please tell me, what should he do?"

"Then, is there any way to make them reconcile?"

"Yes." Li Xiuyu nodded.

"What method?" Hu Mengke asked with delight.

"Let him lose his memory again, so that Li Zhuangsheng will forget all the unpleasant things that happened before."

Hu Mengke's face fell again. She knew Li Xiuyu was teasing her, but she could only smile wryly: "How can this be done? Isn't there any other way?"

Li Xiuyu spread his hands: "Then there really aren't any."

……

"Hey, are you alright?" Xie Jiangqing knocked cautiously on the study door.

"I'm fine," Li Zhuangsheng said expressionlessly.

"Hmm, I brought some jade mangoes with me today. Would you like some?"

"No thanks."

"Oh, don't do that! Have some! This mango is delicious. I'll peel it for you!"

As she spoke, Xie Jiangqing strode towards the kitchen, grabbed a fruit knife, and peeled two large mangoes, placing them on two plates. She wrapped one in plastic wrap and presented the other to Li Zhuangsheng.

"Come on, come on, I peeled these myself, have one, have one!" Xie Jiangqing smiled ingratiatingly.

Li Zhuangsheng was a little annoyed, but he still took the plate and started eating the mango slices.

"Is it delicious?"

"Yes, that's good, thank you."

"Hehe, it was a gift from a relative of mine. He went to the bank to do some business... Oh, by the way, you don't have any issues with me, do you?"

Li Zhuangsheng looked up and glanced at Xie Jiangqing for no apparent reason.

"No objection," he said.

"Is it really true that you have no objections, or are you just pretending? You're not like Mengdie, who seems to have no objections on the surface but actually has a lot of objections, are you?"

"I have absolutely no problem with you... Oh, if I had to say, I do have one problem."

Xie Jiangqing immediately tensed up: "What is it?"

Li Zhuangsheng sighed: "Don't kiss randomly next time."

"Oh, oh..." Xie Jiangqing breathed a sigh of relief and muttered softly, "But it'll only happen once."

"It was twice."

Li Zhuangsheng held up two fingers.

Xie Jiangqing was stunned for a moment, her eyes darting around in a panic, her cheeks flushing red: "You, you must have remembered wrong?" (End of Chapter)