After being reborn, I raised my childhood sweetheart.

Chapter 17 Memory Reappearance
Hearing Xia Ke's words from behind, Xu Yuan could hardly believe his ears.

You mean, this big, burly man with a fierce face is actually Xia Ke's father?

But after Xia Ke revealed Xu Yuan's identity, the other party immediately grinned:
"Oh, you're the young master who helped Yueyao's mother find a job, right?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan felt utterly mortified.

Xia Ke, you want the whole world to know that I am the young master, right?

Xia Ke's father, Xia Lei, had lost his initial wariness and warmly greeted Xu Yuan, saying:

"It's about to rain, let's go home and have dinner together, young master!"

"Thank you for your kind offer, Dad, but I'm going out for a nice meal with the young master, so I won't be coming back for dinner."

Xia Ke's personality changed in front of her dad; she was so well-behaved!
However, Xia Lei immediately gave Xia Ke a hard rap on the head: "You brat, why are you being so polite to your father!"

He parked the motorcycle on the side of the road and gestured for someone to get on.

"Hurry up and get on the bus, it's about to pour rain and you'll get soaked."

"Is there enough room...?" Xu Yuan asked, puzzled.

"There's room for you all, you're all kids, it's alright! Come on up!"

Xia Lei lifted the children as if they were chicks, placing them one by one into the back seat of the car.

Xia Ke clung to her father, while Xu Yuan was sandwiched between Xia Ke and Lin Yueyao, like a sandwich.

There were no boxes behind Lin Yueyao, and because she was afraid of being pushed off, she clung tightly to Xu Yuan and refused to let go.

Xia Ke's dad's motorcycle looks really cool.

The red and black color scheme, the blade-shaped fairing, the bullet-shaped front end with dual round headlights, and the streamlined saddle in the shape of the number 7 all contribute to a design that remains timeless even by contemporary aesthetic standards.

"So, young master, what do you think of my car?"

"He's...quite handsome."

"Young master, you have excellent taste! This is the rarest Suzuki King GS125 in the county. I modified it myself!"

Xia Lei couldn't help but reminisce about the past. "Back then, your Uncle Xia relied on this Suzuki King to stand out from all the suitors and successfully win your Aunt's heart! How about that, impressive, right?!"

"Um... Uncle is very capable."

not good.

Xu Yuan immediately sensed something was wrong.

Uncle, did you play with will-o'-the-wisps back then?

Xu Yuan felt uneasy because, since Uncle Xia himself was a ghost fire spirit, he would definitely be very wary of the boys around his daughter.

As expected, Xia Lei issued a warning to Xu Yuan:
"So, what I'm trying to say is, if you want my daughter Ake to become your wife in the future, you'd better have a car that's even cooler than her dad's! Do you understand?"

"Uncle, I'm still a child, I don't understand what you're saying..."

"Hmph, you're putting on an act, kid. Do you think I don't know you?"

This old man is indeed quite vigilant.

I'm just a character making my first appearance, why should I be targeted like this by you?
At this moment, Xia Ke retorted from the side: "Dad, you're wrong. I'm already one of our boss's people!"

"It's useless now, it will be useful later!"

"It will be the same from now on!"

Xia Ke pinched her father's waist and said earnestly, "I would never betray our boss!"

Xia Ke's statement left her father speechless, but Xu Yuan felt much more at ease.

Fortunately, my daughter is on my side, so there's a lot of room for maneuver in the future.

There were four people in the car. Xia Ke's father wasn't driving very fast, but soon the sky began to flash and thunder.

Sparse raindrops began to fall on the ground, and soon they became dense and heavy.

"It's raining, hurry home, Dad!"

Xia Ke hummed a song, "Hurry, hurry, hurry, go, go, go! Super Dad is in action!"

"Driving a brave race car, on the journey to become a champion!"

Xia Lei started humming along, turned the motorcycle handlebars, and the motorcycle roared and sped up a bit.

Xu Yuan felt Lin Yueyao clinging tightly to him from behind, looking scared as she leaned against his back, so he took her hand in return.

Although they had rushed home as fast as they could, the group was soaked to the bone halfway there, and when they arrived at Xia Ke's apartment complex, they couldn't even open their eyes.

……

However, when Xu Yuan saw the street scene of the community, he felt as if he had been transported to another world.

Isn't this the building in my apartment complex?
Xu Yuan's family fell into poverty when he was in the third year of junior high school. After his father's business failed, he sold the big villa they used to live in and bought a small, old house here.

Xu Yuan spent his entire high school years living here. Yes... even the exact same building, down to the apartment building.

The memory became clearer and clearer.

That being said...

Did Xia Ke and I have been neighbors in a past life?
The group followed Xia Ke's father up the stairs to the third floor, where the door was open.

"Phew...Mommy, we're back!"

A very gentle voice came from inside the house, "Come in quickly, you're all soaked to the bone."

"I came back with my dad!"

"Did you find this on the road?"

"Oh dear, you're all soaked! Hmm, this child is—"

"It's the young master, the young master who gave the red envelope."

Xia Lei mentioned it briefly, and the latter immediately understood:

"Oh, it's that child... Come in quickly and wipe yourself down, then go take a bath in a bit."

Xia Ke has a very beautiful mother. Beneath her slightly wavy long hair is a full oval face, a delicate nose, and almond-shaped eyes. Her eyes sparkle with a gentle and tolerant aura, giving the impression of a mother with a very good temper.

That's great! It seems Xia Ke's looks are completely inherited from her mother, and it's only a matter of time before she looks like her mother!

"A-Auntie, hello! Sorry to bother you... My name is Xu Yuan, I'm Xia Ke's friend—Ah, achoo!"

"Wipe yourself off first, lest you catch a cold, young master."

Xia Ke's mother found a clean towel and wiped Xu Yuan's face.

"Well……"

At this moment, Xia Ke stood naked at the bathroom door. Xia Ke's mother, Xu Qiuyun, reminded her:
"Hey, your friend is still here. She's a girl, doesn't she have any shame?"

"He's my boss, so it doesn't matter to him!"

Xia Lei immediately became unhappy, "But I care! I won't allow other boys to look at you!"

As he spoke, he blocked Xu Yuan's view, appearing very wary of him.

Xia Ke's cheerful personality must come from her father!
"Yueyao, come in and wash with me!"

Xia Ke pulled Lin Yueyao into the bathroom, while Xu Yuan was led by Xu Qiuyun to the sink on the balcony.

"Come on, let me wash your hair outside first."

"Ah...no need, no need, I can wash myself."

"It's alright, don't be so polite with Auntie."

Xu Qiuyun said with a smile, "You are the first male friend that our Ake has made, so she must value you a lot."

Anyway, I'm not a kindergarten kid anymore, this is so embarrassing!
Although Xu Yuan declined repeatedly, he could not refuse the other party's kindness.

The showerhead connected to the water heater quickly started spraying water, which poured onto Xu Yuan's head.

Xu Qiuyun took a little shampoo, applied it to Xu Yuan's hair, and then gently massaged it in.

As Xia Ke's mother gently rubbed her hair with her fingertips, Xu Yuan's mind began to go blank—

Thunder rumbled outside the window, and rain poured down.

Unlike the scent of shampoo, Xia Ke's mother, Xu Qiuyun, had a pleasant floral fragrance.

It was a very faint but unforgettable woody scent.

That familiar taste evoked a sense of inexplicable warmth.

Suddenly, a fragment of memory flashed through Xu Yuan's mind.

The image of a girl sitting on the steps at the entrance of the building came to mind.

The girl's face was originally somewhat blurry.

However, when Xia Ke came out of the bathroom, and Xu Yuan saw her with her hair down, the image quickly overlapped with the blurry figure in his memory.

Now, the image of the girl in my memory has finally become clear—

At this moment, Xu Yuan finally recalled his memories of Xia Ke.

In her previous life, Xia Ke was Xu Yuan's high school classmate.

A beautiful girl with a cold and world-weary face.

However, her life was forever frozen at the tender age of 16.

(End of this chapter)