Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 755 Another Day of Victory for Xixi

"A scholarship?" Li Guoru raised an eyebrow in surprise upon hearing this term, looking at Li Luo with curiosity. "You have this idea?"

"Well... I guess it was just a whim of mine." Li Luo thought for a moment and then gave a brief explanation. "I had this idea before, so I asked Uncle Xu about it."

"You're still a student yourself, why are you thinking about providing scholarships to others?" Lin Xiuhong said, frowning. "How much money would that cost?"

"Well... a few million a year, I guess."

"So much?!" Lin Xiuhong was startled and immediately felt a pang of heartache. "Don't treat money like it's nothing."

"It's just an idea for now." Li Luo said helplessly, knowing that her mother would definitely disagree if she told her.

But it doesn't matter, since it's his own money, Lin Xiuhong's objections are useless.

Fortunately, Li Guoru was also present. After thinking it over carefully, he stroked his chin and began to ponder. Then he asked Li Guohong and Li Luo, "I remember Li Luo mentioned Uncle Xu, who is a professor in the Faculty of Arts at Qian University, right?"

“Yes, Xu Rongsheng, and he’s also the vice dean of the School of Humanities,” Li Guohong added.

"Oh right." Li Guoru nodded knowingly. "I remember he came to our village for a meal during the Spring Festival and we chatted together."

“Yes, that’s true.” Li Guohong nodded. “It’s Yu’s father.”

"Hmm." Li Guoru thought for a while, then said, "There's still a lot of room for maneuver in this matter. The key is whether Li Luo and Xu Rongsheng have any deeper motives."

"I don't really have any ulterior motives, I just had this idea." Li Luo shook his head. For him, providing scholarships was more like a simple way of giving back.

Rebirth was a blessing from heaven for him. Now, after a second chance, Li Luo has basically fulfilled all the regrets in his life that he wanted to make up for.

After that, he could never spend all the money he earned thanks to his forward-thinking abilities gained from his rebirth.

It would be better to do something meaningful for society.

Those students from impoverished families who are capable of getting into Qianjiang University are clearly the most suitable group to receive the scholarship.

Li Guoru clearly has a different opinion on this.

He considered it for a moment, then looked at Li Luo and reminded her, "Of course you can have a purer purpose, and that's a good thing."

"But your Uncle Xu might not be the same."

"Has he been in the position of vice dean for several years now?"

"Now that I'm in my forties, if I want to advance further in the future, I need to achieve good results in all aspects."

"If your scholarship could be credited to him, or if he were to lead and promote it, it would certainly be of considerable benefit."

Li Luo listened to Li Guoru's remarks and suddenly seemed to be deep in thought.

He hadn't thought that much about it before, but after Li Guoru reminded him, he immediately realized that there seemed to be quite a bit of room for maneuver in this matter.

He himself didn't care, but if it could really help Xu Rongsheng, that would be the best outcome.

"You can find out when you have some free time," Li Guoru said simply. "For example, how often is the dean of the School of Humanities elected, and what are the selection criteria?"

"If possible, provide some assistance, and your Uncle Xu will naturally appreciate it."

At this point, Li Guoru glanced meaningfully at Ying Chanxi, who was eating obediently beside him.

Li Guoru spends every year of the Spring Festival in the countryside, so he naturally sees some things for himself.

Li Luo has been bringing home three girls during the Chinese New Year for several years now.

Judging from the expressions of those three little girls, they all seemed to have quite a bit of interest in their nephew.

Moreover, Li Luo has been living with three young girls all along. Li Guoru doesn't believe there's nothing fishy going on.

In his early years, he traveled all over the country and built up a considerable business. He can be said to be the most knowledgeable person in the Li family of his generation.

What kind of scenes and people hasn't he seen?

Li Luo, who juggles three relationships, is just so-so.

Young girls are actually quite easy to fool; the key is how to persuade their parents.

Didn't Li Guoru just hand Li Luo a perfect opportunity?
However, Li Luo hadn't thought that far ahead. He never thought that helping Xu Rongsheng become the dean would make Xu Rongsheng agree to his relationship with Xu Youyu.

The mere fact that she could help Xu Rongsheng was enough to get Li Luo's mind racing.

Thinking of this, Li Luo nodded vigorously, raised his wine glass to Li Guoru and said, "I really have to thank you, Uncle, today."

"Hehe, I'm glad it's helpful to you." Li Guoru raised his wine glass and clinked it with his nephew's.

After several rounds of drinks, Li Guoru had finished explaining everything he needed to, and in a good mood, he chatted for a while after dinner before getting up to say goodbye.

Li Luo escorted him downstairs, called a designated driver for him, and took him home safely.

When they went upstairs and returned home, Ying Chanxi had already helped Lin Xiuhong clean up the living room and kitchen.

"Xixi said you two are staying here tonight?" Lin Xiuhong asked Li Luo as she came out of the kitchen.

Li Luo paused for a moment, then nodded hesitantly: "Yeah, right, since we're already back, it's fine to stay one night before going back."

"Okay, I'll change your quilt," Lin Xiuhong said. "You still have the thick cotton quilt you had in the middle of winter."

Li Luo rarely comes back to stay now; the blankets in the bedroom were changed when he temporarily came back to stay last year for the Spring Festival.

It's only mid-to-late October, and the weather in Yuhang City is far from warm enough to warrant a thick quilt, so Lin Xiuhong still needs to change it.

"Then Aunt Lin, I'll head back to the apartment across the hall first." Ying Chanxi followed her out of the kitchen and said this in a pretentious manner. Then she tiptoed and whispered in Li Luo's ear, "I'll sneak over later."

Upon hearing this, Li Luo immediately grabbed her wrist and said with a smile, "Why are you still leaving? Just stay here."

"This..." Ying Chanxi blushed instantly upon hearing his words and quickly whispered a reminder, "What did you say? Aunt Lin is still here."

"Ahem..." Lin Xiuhong glanced at her son, not expecting the kid to be so shameless. "Xixi, sit a little longer. We'll go back later. It's still early."

After saying that, Lin Xiuhong went to get a quilt for Li Luo and helped him change. Li Guohong, who was taking a shower, also finished showering and came out in his pajamas.

So Lin Xiuhong immediately went to the bathroom to take a shower. After she finished, she went back to her bedroom, closed the door, and pretended that she knew nothing.

Ying Chanxi, who was pulled into the bedroom by Li Luo, heard the noise outside and quietly opened the door a crack. She found that all the lights outside were off, leaving only the light leaking from the crack in the master bedroom door.

"Did my mom go back to her room?" Li Luo, who was lying on the bed doing nothing, asked Ying Chanxi at the door.

"Hmm..." Ying Chanxi nodded gently, her cheeks slightly flushed, and asked Li Luo in a low voice, "Then, should I go back first? And then sneak back later?"

"What are you trying to fool yourself with?" Li Luo chuckled as he stood up and ruffled Ying Chanxi's hair. "My parents probably already know, but you're still pretending to be clueless."

"Oh dear, I'm just shy," Ying Chanxi muttered, her face flushed. "It's all your fault. You said those things just now. It was so embarrassing."

"What does it matter?" Li Luo put his arm around Ying Chanxi, opened the door, and led her toward the bathroom.

"W-what are you doing?"

"Take a shower."

"Wait a minute..." Ying Chanxi was pulled into the bathroom by him, and watched helplessly as he closed the door. Her cheeks flushed red, and she hurriedly asked, "We, we...why don't you shower first? Or I can go back across the hall and shower first..."

"What does it have to do with anything?" Li Luo chuckled and grabbed her. "Back in elementary school, didn't someone sometimes come over to bathe with my mom? My mom even helped you scrub your back."

"Stop talking." Ying Chanxi leaned against Li Luo's chest, her face flushed with embarrassment, feeling a strange emotion rising from the bottom of her heart.

This is completely different from when we were at Bihai Lanting.

That place was a private spot exclusively for Li Luo and his friends. Although Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng were also there, everyone kept quiet about it.

But here...

In this place where I grew up. In this home filled with childhood memories of myself and Li Luo.

Ying Chanxi pursed her lips, looked at the familiar bathroom, and was surprisingly overcome with emotion.

By the time she came to her senses, Li Luo had already stripped her naked.

Actually.

Li Luo was also quite excited at this moment.

This was a completely uncontrollable emotion, just like when he first won over Xu Youyu.

The stark differences from his previous life, along with the overlapping and entanglement of past memories, gave Li Luo an extremely unreal feeling at this moment.

But the moment he held Ying Chanxi tightly, the incredibly real touch constantly reminded him of this.

All of this is really happening right now.

Right there in the home where he and Ying Chanxi grew up, in the bathroom he had been in and out of countless times, he was holding Ying Chanxi, preparing to take a bath.

Even back at Bihai Lanting, the two of them had showered countless times.

But it's different here.

The two stayed in the bathroom for a long time.

It wasn't until Ying Chanxi was a little dizzy from being washed that Li Luo dried her off and carried her out of the bathroom.

She was still wearing Li Luo's short-sleeved shirt, the hem of which almost covered her knees.

Since it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, Ying Chanxi didn't bring any pajamas back, nor did she go to the apartment across the hall to get her own change of clothes. She was simply carried into the bathroom by Li Luo.

So we had to make do with Li Luo's clothes.

But it is precisely because of this that Ying Chanxi is so charming at this moment.

Li Luo carried her back to the room. Ying Chanxi lay on Li Luo's single bed, her face flushed with shyness, but her eyes were filled with happiness as she looked at Li Luo with shimmering eyes.

The thought that Aunt Lin and Uncle Li both knew she was sleeping in Li Luo's room filled Ying Chanxi with both shyness and excitement.

I couldn't contain that indescribable feeling at all.

After all, she had slept in Li Luo's room before, and even sneaked into Li Luo's bedroom to sleep together during the Chinese New Year.

But in any case, those were things that Lin Xiuhong and Li Guohong didn't know.

But Lin Xiuhong and the others knew that she was sleeping here tonight.

Thinking about this, Ying Chanxi felt as if he had gained some kind of recognition.

I felt much more at ease and at ease.

"What are you thinking about?"

Li Luo lay down, pulled Ying Chanxi into his arms, and chuckled softly, "You seem very happy. What good news have you got to share with me?"

"There's no such thing as a good thing." Ying Chanxi muttered to herself, then snuggled into Li Luo's arms, happily hugging and rubbing against him like a little kitten.

Li Luo turned sideways and half-pressed her down, smiling as he lifted her chin before lowering his head to kiss her.

As Li Luo pressed her down onto the bed in this bedroom, Ying Chanxi's eyes were glazed and unfocused, and her whole body seemed to be trembling slightly.

Li Luo's bed is the one he's slept in since he was a child.

Ying Chanxi actually slept there when he was a child.

But things were different then than they are now.

The scenes that Ying Chanxi had once imagined in his mind are now coming true one by one.

Especially at this moment, being kissed by Li Luo on his bed like this, Ying Chanxi had fantasized about it more than once.

I probably started fantasizing about it back in junior high school.

Unfortunately, Li Luo was too immature back then. He only knew how to play basketball and video games and didn't understand girls' little thoughts at all.

Thinking of this, Ying Chanxi couldn't help but become even more emotional, hugging Li Luo's neck tightly and offering her soft lips.

The two of them rolled around on the bed.

It wasn't until Li Luo's phone started vibrating that she finally snapped out of her daze.

"There's a phone call." Ying Chanxi whispered to Li Luo, her face flushed, as she lay on top of him.

"Ignore it."

“That won’t do.” Ying Chanxi had already picked up Li Luo’s phone and saw the caller ID. A smile even appeared on her face. “You can ignore the others, but you have to answer this one.”

"Huh?" Li Luo thought Ying Chanxi had changed her personality and wouldn't say such a thing, but when she saw the caller ID, Li Luo couldn't hold back anymore.

"I'll answer it for you, here you go." Ying Chanxi pressed the answer button and handed the phone to Li Luo's ear.

Li Luo raised her hand to catch the phone and heard a cold voice from the other end.

"Li Luo, where are you guys?" Yan Zhusheng asked on the other end of the phone. "Your senior said you went back for dinner, why aren't you back yet?"

"Well... it's rare for me to come back here, so Xixi and I will just sleep here and go back tomorrow." Li Luo explained to Yan Zhusheng on the other end of the phone, "After all, my parents don't come here often these days, so I want to spend more time with them."

Hearing Li Luo's explanation, Yan Zhusheng reluctantly accepted it, but she was a little unhappy: "Then what am I going to do tonight?"

"Can't you sleep without me around?" Li Luo said with a chuckle.

"I can't sleep." Yan Zhusheng was straightforward and never hid her thoughts.

At this moment, Ying Chanxi seemed to feel that this was not enough, so he picked up Li Luo's phone again and clicked the speakerphone button.

In this way, she could also hear Yan Zhusheng's voice.

"Anyway, it's just for today, I'll go back tomorrow." As Li Luo said this, she noticed that Ying Chanxi was acting strangely.

This girl actually crawled under the covers and reached in to grab something.

The next second, Li Luo's eyes widened, and she subconsciously gasped.

"What's wrong with you?" Yan Zhusheng sensed something was off about Li Luo's voice and asked in confusion.

"N-nothing." Li Luo held her breath, then said, "If there's nothing else on your end, I'll hang up now."

“There’s one more thing,” Yan Zhusheng said, shaking her head. “Huanhuan asked me if we’re free tomorrow so we can go to her house to play.”

"Why are you going again?" Li Luo's breathing became slightly rapid, but he held it back, trying to maintain a calm state.

"It seems she got an advertising job on Douyin," Yan Zhusheng said, "but she doesn't know how to film it well, so she wants us to come over and give her some advice."

"Oh? So you got an ad." Li Luo was a little surprised, but then she understood. "Okay, I don't have anything to do tomorrow, it's Sunday, so I'll go."

"Then I'll tell Huanhuan."

"Yes." Li Luo nodded. "Is there anything else?"

"I miss you so much."

"Yeah, I miss you too," Li Luo replied. "Okay, I'll hang up now. You should go to sleep early too."

"Oh."

(End of this chapter)