Classmate Li Zhuangsheng doesn’t want to be reborn

“It hasn’t been that long, how could I be wrong? Do you think I’m seventy or eighty years old?” Li Zhuangsheng raised his eyebrows.

"Then you must have misunderstood!" Xie Jiangqing blushed and hurriedly said, "That time was just an accident!"

"I didn't say it wasn't an accident..."

"Yeah, you know that!" Xie Jiangqing said, then gave a soft snort. "You're not being honest either, you were just pretending to be asleep to fool me, weren't you?"

Li Zhuangsheng was taken aback: "Pretending to be asleep?"

What is this guy talking about? Is he saying the same thing as me?
Xie Jiangqing pouted: "Isn't that right?"

"Huh?" Li Zhuangsheng tilted his head. "What are you talking about? I'm talking about what happened a few days ago when you got drunk at the barbecue restaurant."

"...Why didn't you say so earlier!" Xie Jiangqing was furious!
I thought you were tired from playing at my house on the weekend during elementary school and fell asleep on my bed, and then I was caught stealing a kiss from you!

After all, for Li Zhuangsheng, sixth grade was not a long time coming.

"When did you kiss me again? While I was asleep?" Li Zhuangsheng reacted quickly, asking in surprise.

"No! I was just talking nonsense!" Xie Jiangqing waved her hand and immediately changed the subject, "Are you sure I haven't offended you in any way like Mengdie has, right?"

"Yeah, I'm sure." Li Zhuangsheng lazily ate a mango. "How could you have offended me? You're so good to me, you even brought me mangoes to eat."

"Hmph, it's good that you know!"

Li Zhuangsheng glanced at Xie Jiangqing: "Go ahead."

Xie Jiangqing asked, "Where are we going?"

"Didn't you come to see Hu Mengdie? She's in the room."

"...I, I... well, how should I put it..."

Xie Jiangqing hesitated, her eyes darting away.

She is most afraid of seeing Hu Mengdie now, because if she hadn't gone crazy that day, the conflict between Li Zhuangsheng and Hu Mengdie would not have erupted, and might never have erupted at all... She feels deeply guilty and is too ashamed to face Hu Mengdie!

"Is Hu Mengdie alright?" Xie Jiangqing asked.

"This isn't good. Go and comfort her."

"I'm afraid she'll blame me..."

"It's not your fault."

After hesitating for a long time, Xie Jiangqing went anyway. She went to the kitchen and picked up another plate of mangoes. After a long while, she came out again, her face even more pale.

"I think, to be honest, what you said that day was a bit too much!" Xie Jiangqing said cautiously, her anger barely concealed.

"Ok, I know……"

Li Zhuangsheng lowered his head, looking ashamed.

"She looks almost exactly the same as she did two or three years ago... She's completely broken down."

"Because Qi Haoyu broke through his defenses?"

Xie Jiangqing's expression changed slightly: "Well, it can't be entirely considered that..."

Brother, please let me go! What am I supposed to say to this?

“It’s my fault that she’s become like this. Please come and see her more often when you have time,” Li Zhuangsheng sighed. “Or do you know any psychologists?”

"How could I possibly know any psychologists..." Xie Jiangqing scratched her head. "I'll try to find out, but psychologists aren't very useful."

Li Zhuangsheng remained silent.

“I feel that you might need to see a psychologist now,” Xie Jiangqing added.

"I'm fine."

Li Zhuangsheng said with his head down.

"Sigh, don't think too much about it," Xie Jiangqing said, squinting her eyes to comfort her. "What happened between you and Mengdie isn't really your fault. Even a wise judge can't settle family disputes. Your emotional entanglement... there's really no right or wrong... sigh!"

“Actually, she didn’t do anything wrong…it’s my fault,” Li Zhuangsheng said, his eyebrows drooping. He regretted that his extreme words and actions had hurt Hu Mengdie, but he was feeling listless right now, only talking and not wanting to do anything, wanting to lie around forever.

He felt a vague sense of shame, as if he were ashamed for having let his guard down like that, as if he cared a lot about it.

Xie Jiangqing patted Li Zhuangsheng's shoulder silently. Perhaps Li Zhuangsheng was being a little sensitive, but at this moment, Xie Jiangqing couldn't say that Hu Mengdie was right.

However, she also realized that her previous understanding of Li Zhuangsheng seemed to be somewhat wrong. He had his own opinions and was not entirely the kind of pushover.

Xie Jiangqing was worried about Hu Mengdie, but secretly she couldn't help feeling a morbid sense of smug satisfaction. Hu Mengdie was out of the running, and it seemed unlikely that Hu Mengke would actually take her place, so…

Just then, Li Zhuangsheng's phone rang softly; someone had sent him a QQ message.

Village Chief Chu: [Where are you?]

Li Zhuangsheng replied listlessly: 【I'm at home】

In the county town?

Hmm, otherwise what?

I'm almost there, come pick me up!

Li Zhuangsheng was startled: "You've come here again?"

Village Chief Chu quickly replied: [Yes, two hours, see you at the usual place.]

Where is the usual place?

[The place where we last met, the bus station]

"You seem to be from Hangzhou, what brings you here again?"

[Never mind that for now, just hurry up and pick me up. I'm in Nanjing right now. If you arrive at the station after me, I'll show you the power of a minor who's been spoiled by their benefactor! You can check how much money I've tipped you over the years.]

Li Zhuangsheng was stunned.

Village Chief Chu added, "By the way, you damn loser, tidy yourself up. Don't come to see me looking all disheveled just because you're heartbroken!"

"Huh?" Li Zhuangsheng tilted his head.

Xie Jiangqing asked curiously, "Who are you chatting with?"

Li Zhuangsheng plugged his phone into the charger, got up to wash up: "One of my old readers, although we're not close now, he came to see me before the Lantern Festival... He was my number one fan, and he tipped me a lot of money."

Are you going out in a little while?

"Hmm, it seems he's coming to visit again. He asked me to pick him up."

"Are your readers male or female?"

"Probably a male author. I've only written male-oriented novels before, so I doubt any women read them."

Li Zhuangsheng quickly finished washing up, shaved, and couldn't help but sigh, his face full of worry.

Xie Jiangqing teased, "What, you don't want to see your number one fan?"

"I've been feeling a bit down lately and really don't want to go out... Besides, the key issue is that I'm not familiar with him yet, and I wouldn't know what to say if we met. It would definitely be awkward!"

"Haha, after all, you're just a shut-in..." Xie Jiangqing laughed, but her expression suddenly froze. "Wait a minute, that top-ranking sugar daddy you mentioned, he came before the Lantern Festival this year?"

"I think so, I've seen our chat history."

"I'll go with you!" Xie Jiangqing slammed her hand on the table and stood up.

Li Zhuangsheng was both surprised and delighted: "Great, but it won't take up your time, right?"

Xie Jiangqing grinned through her teeth: "What kind of relationship do we have? We're buddies! It's too formal to say such things!"

Li Zhuangsheng nodded and bowed happily: "Thank you, thank you, you've been a great help! Haha, the top-ranked person must be a rich second-generation. With your good looks, you might even catch his eye and marry into a wealthy family... Haha, just kidding, just kidding!"

"Heh, I'm just afraid the wealthy families won't be interested in me..." (End of Chapter)