No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 6: Just a childhood sweetheart, a childhood sweetheart

The evening self-study in the second year of high school, especially at the beginning of the school year, is quite comfortable.

Although it is also evening self-study.

But there is no late self-study as in senior year of high school.

Especially at the beginning of the school year, there are four classes in one night, and at most only one or two classes are taught by dedicated subject teachers.

Like tonight, it is purely free time after four classes.

In addition, the class had just experienced a "server merger" and everyone still had the novelty and social enthusiasm they had at the beginning of their second year of high school, so the classroom soon became a mess.

Not to mention those who read miscellaneous books or eat snacks.

Just in terms of chatting and talking about everything, it can be divided into sections such as [Campus Gossip], [Ancient and Modern History], [Fashion and Trends], [Surfing the Internet], [Games and Digital Products], etc.

"...Hey, I heard that Gu Youli used to be the class belle of Class 8, and now she's in Class 7. Is she the class belle of our class 7?"

"...Which do you think is better, "Scarlet Heart" or "Palace Lock and Jade Heart"...?"

"...Really? You don't even know what diaosi means? Then do you know [Li Yi Bar]?"

"...Gentlemen, listen to me. Unofficial history records that Cao Cao and Lu Bu actually had an affair..."

Everyone, regardless of gender, including the top students who usually love to study, chats happily in this environment. It can be said that the scene is full of vitality and everything is flourishing.

But Guan Ren is an exception.

It would be fine if students like Gu Youli were excluded, as they are obedient and sensible.

But as one of the three mythical gods, Guan Ren seems quite uncharacteristic when he is honest.

So much so that Zhang Chi, who was in front, felt a little uncomfortable because he had never been kicked in the buttocks by Guan Ren. But when he turned his head and saw that Guan Erye was playing with his mobile phone, he didn't find it strange anymore.

But Zhang Chi didn’t know that Guan Ren was not playing with his phone.

"A mortal son-in-law... a member of the Great Xia royal family... an all-round master... hiss! How come he has all kinds of books?"

Guan Ren, who was researching the current state of online literature in 2011, frowned more and more the longer he looked at the content on various platforms.

……

He forgot one thing. Although 2011 was a year of flourishing online literature, it was not a holy land for pioneers.

Because all the great gods have begun to stabilize their godhood this year, the road to becoming an immortal in this life is almost blocked. The next life will have to wait until more than ten years later, when the Five Whites of the Central Plains decline.

Take Qidian Chinese website for example, the monthly ticket list at this time is full of things like "Xian Shun", "Swallow the Starry Sky", "Golden Eyes", and "The Evil Lord from Another World".

Doupo Zhatian is also among them.

As Guan Ren recalls, he originally thought these books would be released later, but he didn't expect that they would be available this year.

Even the book he had been dreaming of, "The Master of Flirting," which he'd been dreaming of for the rest of his life, was published five months ago! What a loss!
“So what should I write…”

In fact, if it were a year or two earlier, the online literature market at that time was quite wild. Readers would read everything and authors would write anything. Guan Ren would have achieved success even if he had just started with "My name is Long Aotian", not to mention "The Third Stage of Fighting Power".

Fortunately, although the environment is now more standardized and there is more competition, it is not yet the era when short videos emerge and strongly squeeze the online literature market. Instead, the cake is still getting bigger.

Among them, the one with the highest ceiling is fantasy and fairy tales.

So Guan Ren decided to start with fantasy as the first book.

In addition, he is a newcomer, so it is important that the subject matter is novel.

But while it is novel, you should also be careful not to be too advanced. Don't take the risk of doing something like Chinese Cthulhu these days.

You know, the Aura Revival trend hasn't even appeared yet, and few people know what Cthulhu is. Not only is it likely to fail if you write about it, but even if there is a promising future, it will be terribly slow to warm up.

After much deliberation, Guan Ren finally opened his QQ mailbox and wrote an introduction in the form of an email. When he felt it was almost done, he sent it to a file transfer station and saved it, and would continue writing when he got home.

……

There's no way around it, typing on a mobile phone can never compare to typing on a computer keyboard.

What's more, Liu Xiong's crappy phone has a physical keyboard.

The only advantage of this thing is that you can type blindly in the nine-square grid.

And this "blind typing" is not the traditional kind of blind typing that does not require staring at the characters.

But once you get familiar with it, you can type blindly without even looking at the screen!
It's the blindest of the blind!
In the past, when Guan Ren cheated in English exams, he would stuff a feature phone like this into his sleeve.

From unlocking the computer, to opening the browser, and then blindly typing the first few words for the reading comprehension test, all you need to do is feel the physical buttons in your sleeves, and rely on memory to judge how many times each button needs to be pressed.

After finishing all the work, you just need to take out your phone when the teacher is not paying attention, and the ready-made answer will be displayed on the screen.

Every time I successfully cheat in this way, I even have an inexplicable sense of accomplishment, feeling like I am playing the role of a hacker in a movie.

However, if you use it for writing, the physical buttons are not very suitable.

……

Guan Ren also pressed his fingers until they were painful, so he had to stop temporarily.

"Hmm? Sister Gu, why are you peeking at me?"

"I do not have."

"There's none?"

"You've been looking at your phone for too long, and your eyes are blurry."

Gu Youli denied it and turned around to continue studying.

This weird deskmate...

What does peeking mean?
At most, it was just a glance.

The reason why she took this glance was because Guan Ren played with his mobile phone for two classes tonight, which made Gu Youli a little concerned.

After all, wasn't he studying math very seriously in the afternoon...Gu Youli could also feel when she was teaching him that Guan Ren was not stupid. He could understand many knowledge points at a glance and apply them to other situations.

Who knew he would work hard for a while in the afternoon and then be idle again in the evening...

Of course, learning is your own business.

Gu Youli doesn't owe this person anything. She can't just start to care about his study problems just because he told her a few boring jokes, right?
She just hoped that Guan Ren could "turn over a new leaf" for the sake of their deskmate, but it was fine if he couldn't.

……

You know what, although Gu Youli just thought about it casually, in the third class, after Guan Ren returned the phone to Liu Xiong, he actually took out the math book again and started studying seriously.

Gu Youli was concentrating on learning her own things at the beginning and hadn't noticed it yet.

It was not until her elbow was poked by the end of a pen refill and her strange deskmate came to ask questions again that she was somewhat surprised to find that Guan Ren was not only studying again, but also studying "Mathematics Compulsory Course 1" in a unique way, which was the content of his first year of high school.

"Sister Gu? Why did you choose B for this question?"

"Because raising 0 to a positive fractional power equals 0, raising 0 to a negative fractional power has no meaning."

Although Gu Youli answered Guan Ren's doubts, Guan Ren still left Gu Youli with doubts.

Seeing that he was so focused on his studies, Gu Youli didn't want to interrupt him, so she waited until the third evening self-study get out of class was over before asking:
"Why are you looking at high school stuff?"

"Is it weird?"

Guan Ren spread his hands:

"My foundation is so poor. If I want to improve it now, I have to start from the first year of high school, especially since it's math and science."

"Well... you're studying freshman year, and the teacher is now teaching sophomores. Aren't you worried about being out of sync?"

"Why are you following the teacher's rhythm?"

Guan Ren grinned, revealing his neat white teeth:
"Learning is my own business. I know what I'm doing and I just need to follow my own pace."

……

In the last class after this, Guan Ren continued to cram for high school mathematics at his own pace, but he didn't ask Gu Youli too many questions.

Sometimes, even if I have a question, I choose to turn around and ask the person at the back table.

At first, Gu Youli thought that she had not explained it clearly to him, but she soon found the real answer from his conversation with the person sitting behind her.

……

"Brother Ren, why do you keep asking about the freshman year? I've forgotten some of them myself. Why don't you ask Gu Youli?"

"She's busy studying, and I don't want to bother her all the time just because I'm busy with my own studies."

……

Let’s be honest, your deskmate shouldn’t be disturbed, but does the student sitting behind you want to be disturbed?
Although he had a good relationship with Guan Ren, the person sitting behind him was not very knowledgeable and was busy reading "Novel Painting". He was indifferent and said a few perfunctory words, which was not enough to solve Guan Ren's current confusion.

Just as Guan Ren was frowning and scratching his head, his deskmate pointed a slender finger at Guan Ren's book quietly:
"Here is a+ab+b. Give me your draft paper and I'll write the process for you..."

Guan Ren waved his hand:
"It's okay, Sister Gu, don't bother me, someone just told me about it."

"other people…"

Gu Youli lowered her head when she said this, so Guan Ren couldn't see her expression clearly. She seemed to be completely focused on Guan Ren's book, and only the movement of twirling her hair by her ear was a little stiffer than usual:
“Others don’t speak well…”

"?"

"Tsk...where's the draft paper..."

"oh oh."

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So, during the fourth evening study session before school was about to end, Gu Youli still spent her own time helping Guan Ren a lot.

The atmosphere between the two of them was filled with unity, friendship, mutual help and a very positive energy.

However, there are still some minor incidents.

For example, when they were explaining a big question at the end and the two of them were together for a long time, Guan Ren's back of the head would be hit from time to time by small paper balls of unknown origin.

And the other party was obviously well prepared. Whenever Guan Ren looked for the murderer, he could never find any clues.

Until the last paper ball hit him, Guan Ren prepared himself mentally in advance. He turned around suddenly in an instant and saw Liu Xiong, who was in a group far away, staring at him and grinning.

Damn, it turned out to be this guy.

Guan Ren opened the book, tore off a corner of the paper from the already tattered title page, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it hard at Liu Xiong.

……

But in fact Liu Xiong is innocent.

He just accidentally discovered someone hitting Guan Erye and was watching the fun with gloating, but who knew that Guan Erye suddenly glared at him with anger, and before he could explain, a paper ball hit him in the nostril.

"屮!"

Liu Xiong grinned at Guan Ren and mouthed "It's not me". Only then did Guan Ren realize that he had hit the wrong person. He looked in the direction of Liu Xiong's finger and met a girl with two ponytails hanging behind her head, who was trying to hold back a smile.

"Luo-Xiao-Bei..."

Guan Ren also mouthed the name of the culprit in a fierce voice.

As a result, the other party obviously did not take it seriously. Not only did he show no remorse, but he also gave Guan Ren a sidelong glance and turned away.

"Humph...~"

It's just a Guan Ren, why is it so fierce?

And no matter how fierce he is, what can he do to me?
Luo Xiaobei still didn't believe it. How dare a mere childhood sweetheart bully his childhood sweetheart?
(End of this chapter)