No one understands rebirth better than me

Chapter 60 An Shuirou

The sun is shining brightly, but it is only warm, not very hot.

It was late summer and early autumn, and it was another afternoon full of food and wine.

The guardhouse of an old residential area.

Guan Ren, who was stopped just as he was about to leave the gate, was playing chess with the bald Uncle Lin.

……

"Hey? Xiaoguan, don't tell me you've read Kuinai's book?"

"No, I just know that he admires Confucius just like Voltaire."

"Yeah."

Uncle Lin smiled and waved a chess piece in his hand:
"At that time, Quesnay was called the Confucius of Europe."

Guan Ren yawned and nodded:

"Well... Quesnay advocated 'ruling by doing nothing', translating 'wuwei' into laissez-faire, which became a popular term for a time and was even the direct source of Adam Smith and Bentham's 'liberalism'."

"Um... Guan Ren..."

Uncle Lin looked at the chessboard and nodded:

"How do you learn all this stuff every day? Why do I feel like you've been to France?"

"Oh, you're overthinking it. Besides, so many tourists have been to France. I'm just a scatterbrained reader. I usually like to read some random stuff... Okay, you narrowly won this time. Let's fight again some other time."

"A narrow victory? Are you not convinced? If not, come again!"

"Goodbye, sir!"

Guan Ren ran away again.

Uncle Lin always felt that Guan Ren's moves in running away after playing chess with him were becoming more and more flexible.

It's not actually a feeling.

Guan Ren just wanted to run away.

After lunch, he couldn't take a nap, so he came out to collect some information and think about the subsequent plot of "The Supreme Confucianism" and the plan for explosive updates after it was released.

It just so happened that the old gatekeeper didn't take a nap today, so when they caught him, they physically pulled him over and started playing chess and chatting with him.

You can see that this old man is really lonely.

When he was young and serving as an arts soldier, he must have been a handsome guy, right?

How come I’m so old and don’t have a partner around me?

And since the National Day, Uncle Lin didn't talk about anything else but French literature and art, and even philosophy with Guan Ren.

I guess Uncle Lin has been holding back on these topics for quite some time.

After all, it’s just a small county town, how many people can you find to talk about these things?
On the one hand, Guan Ren had good intentions and it was not that he couldn't accompany him.

But on the other hand, even if you accompany someone, you should stop when it’s due.

Slip away as soon as you're done.

Anyway, when there was no one to accompany him before, Dr. Francis would come occasionally, and wasn’t Uncle Lin living well?
So, instead of having boring conversations with Uncle Lin, Guan Ren would rather play with crickets while he is still young.

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"what?"

Guan Ren was standing with his hands behind his back, thinking about playing with crickets. When he looked up, he suddenly found that the crickets were coming.

wrong.

It’s An Guoguo who is here.

Not bad at all.

Anyway, Cricket and An Guoguo are both easy to amuse.

Guan Ren hadn't reached Liuxing Road yet. He was just strolling along the road behind the community when the little girl appeared around the corner, running and shouting:

"Jiu Mia! Ji Mia——!"

Guan Ren was still wondering who he was going to say "kiss" to, but after she ran a few steps and got closer, he could hear clearly whether it was "kiss" or not.

"Help! Help—!"

An Guoguo suddenly discovered Guan Ren, so her originally crooked steps straightened towards Guan Ren.

Coming for me?

Guan Ren was immediately delighted. When she ran up to him and stretched out her short arms, he grabbed her and picked her up.
"Why are you shouting for help?"

"Guan Ren, help me!"

Guan Ren looked at the plastic golden hoop she was holding tightly in her hand, and the "golden hoop" tied on her head:
"Have you ever seen the Monkey King cry for help?"

"Even the Monkey King is afraid of the golden hoop curse!"

"Is Guanyin Bodhisattva chasing you?"

"Ok!"

An Guoguo sat in Guan Ren's arms, nervously turning her head around, looking sadly:
"Mom is Guanyin Bodhisattva!"

"..."

It turned out to be the case.

Guan Ren then understood that this guy had obviously committed a crime and was hiding from his mother.

"What did you do?"

"My golden hoop...my golden hoop was found by my mother."

"?"

Guan Ren was puzzled.

Doesn’t An Guoguo often wear this “golden hoop”, tied around her head with a handkerchief or towel, leaving only a triangular tip exposed?

But An Guoguo still had a look of resentment on her face:
"Mom discovered... discovered that my gold hoop was made of panties..."

"???"

for what?
Guan Ren was stunned, then took a closer look at An Guoguo's forehead, and his mouth twitched. Apart from anything else, there really was a bow on the triangular tip of her golden hoop.

The style and size are similar to the one Guan Ren chose at Luo Xiaobei's house not long ago.

"..."

So Guan Ren let An Guoguo go.

An Guoguo was horrified and hugged Guan Ren's sleeve:
"help!"

"Save your head."

Guan Ren knocked her on the forehead with an upright attitude:
"You deserve a beating for using your panties as a golden hoop."

"Woooo..."

An Guoguogan thundered but did not bring any rain, and whimpered twice:
"I didn't use my own, I used my mother's..."

"Then you should be beaten!"

What if you use your sister's?
But there’s something to say…

Mother An's taste is quite girly...

“An An——!”

An Guoguo was still playing the victim when a woman's pleasant but extremely anxious voice came from behind the corner.

Guan Ren immediately stopped An Guoguo who was about to escape and called out:
"This way!"

“An An…An An!”

The next moment, Mother An, who had heard the noise, appeared in front of him. Judging from the metal clip in her hand, she had obviously left the stall in a hurry.

When she saw An An hiding behind Guan Ren, her mother, who was out of breath, had red eyes:
"An Guoguo! Come here!"

"Woo..."

An Guoguo immediately hid behind Guan Ren again:
"Guan Ren saved me... My mother was so angry that she cried..."

"Why are you crying?"

Guan Ren bent down, grabbed the little thing and asked her to stand in front of Mother An:

"Look where you've gone all by yourself? Your mother isn't crying out of anger, she's crying out of anxiety because she can't find you. Do you understand?"

Hearing these words, and the gentle yet serious tone, Mother An, who had originally looked anxious, couldn't help but relax her brows slightly, and looked at Guan Ren in front of her twice with a little surprise.

Only then did An Guoguo realize that she was in an unfamiliar environment.

Then he looked at the strangers who were watching the excitement, and his eyes suddenly became red like his mother's. Finally, he cried out "Wow" and threw himself into his mother's arms:
"Mom... woo woo woo... I'm lost woo woo..."

"You...you are such a..."

Mother An was about to punish An Guoguo, but when she saw how quickly her expression changed, she was at a loss for words and pinched the back of her head a few times in anger.

She immediately raised her head slightly, looked at the young and handsome face smiling at her, was slightly startled, then wiped the corner of her eyes, and said a little embarrassedly:

"I'm sorry, kid...this has caused you trouble."

"Oh, no problem, I like children."

Guan Ren said this very naturally.

When Mother An first heard this, she felt very natural.

But soon he couldn't help asking:

"Um...you're not very old this year, right?"

“Oh, I’m a sophomore in high school.”

"Second year of high school?"

Mother An was stunned for a moment, then she couldn't help but smile with her hands covering her lips.

Only then did Guan Ren notice that Mother An's face, which looked very pretty when viewed from a distance, was even more exquisite and charming when viewed up close. Her skin was delicate and fair, showing her youthfulness. It was hard to imagine that she was the mother of two daughters.

"Uh…"

Guan Ren also knew why An's mother was laughing and felt a little embarrassed.

Because he is a sophomore in high school and is still a child.

But he said something like "I like children".

It really seems like he is pretending to be mature.

"Sister, actually I'm eighteen, not young anymore."

He also explained it in detail.

But Mother An didn't really care about this. Instead, she was stunned for a moment, and then a faint blush appeared on her cheeks:

"Don't call me sister... At my age... just call me aunt."

"Auntie An?"

"Well, my last name is An too... sorry to bother you... my name is An Shuirou."

An Shuirou...

Well, the name suits the person.

"It's nothing to be ashamed of."

Guan Ren understood An Shuirou's meaning and shook his head:

"It's amazing to raise a child alone, I understand that, but to be honest, judging by her appearance, she doesn't really look like an aunt. Calling her aunt is a bit awkward, but calling her sister is fine."

Guan Ren said this, and An Shuirou didn't know what to say. One of her delicate hands kept pulling at the back of An Guoguo's hair out of shyness.
"Well... I see you often play with An An, and I don't know if you..."

"Oh, my name is Guan Ren."

"Guan Ren..."

What a gentle, kind and sunny guy...

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