After being reborn, I raised my childhood sweetheart.

Chapter 4 I Miss Mom

Reborn back to 2004, there are many business opportunities and chances, but these are not issues that 8-year-old elementary school student Xu Yuan needs to consider immediately.

This is because his family was born rich. He only needs to worry about not having his family fortune taken away by a spendthrift woman, and he can win at the starting line.

Before moving, Xu Yuan lived in a small two-story house with a separate courtyard. The house had a computer, a piano, a game console, a bookshelf full of books, and a bookshelf full of toys.

Xu Yuan's mother passed away when he was six years old. Apart from work, Xu Jingguang tries his best to spend time with his child.

As a child, Xu Yuan was rather introverted and shy, but he greatly admired his father and basically did whatever his father said. This was the basis for Xu Jingguang's trust in Xu Yuan.

On his first night after his rebirth, Xu Yuan lay on his big bed thinking about many things he was going to do, but soon fell asleep.

The next morning, Xu Yuan went to school in his father's Toyota Crown.

The second-grade audio-visual education class is located on the fifth floor of the newly built Yifu Building in the Experimental Primary School. Because it is next to the computer room, curious students from regular classes often look over here.

The elementary school classrooms in 04 were equipped with water dispensers, standing air conditioners, and projectors, and the floors were tiled, making the teaching environment quite good.

Xu Yuan was of course not a good impression on his elementary school classmates. In Xu Yuan's eyes, they were just a bunch of noisy little sparrows, chirping incessantly every day.

The boys and girls played separately but together.

The topic the boys have been talking about lately is "Naruto". You can see them forming hand seals and wrestling together.

"Ninjutsu: Great Fireball Technique! Heh~tui! Ptooey ptooey ptooey—"

"Ninjutsu: Lightning Blade, Chidori! Zzzzzzzzzzz, you've been electrocuted, you can't move!"

"Hey! Didn't I tell you, you're not allowed to use the Thousand Years of Death!"

The girls still prefer to get together and talk about "Cardcaptor Sakura". They will exchange cute Cardcaptor Sakura cards and stickers, and then do crafts such as cat's cradle and origami.

Xu Yuan's deskmate was a chubby boy with a snotty nose named Lu Guang, who liked to doodle.

It's similar to drawing a bunch of tanks, planes, fortresses, and bases on both sides of a blank sheet of paper, and then having Xu Yuan guess which side will win.

After Xu Yuan casually gave an answer, he began his positional warfare.

"Boom-boom!"

He drew a line on one side's tanks and then launched a ballistic trajectory that landed on the other side's position; then the other side took action, sending out fighter jets to launch missiles.

Oops, I missed!
His knowledge base was basically based on the design of "Red Alert", such as the French giant cannon, the Black Hawk helicopter, and the Apocalypse Tank. Therefore, the war was basically a war between the Soviet Union and the Allied forces, and the design of the two sides also corresponded to the technology of the two sides.

They can't play games, so they just enjoy the experience at school.

Xu Yuan watched him immerse himself in his art of command and war scenarios, which Xu Yuan found very boring, but he found it fascinating.

Sigh, this is probably the kind of happiness that belongs to elementary school students. I'm so envious.

But there really wasn't much to learn in the second year, not to mention Xu Yuan, even the students in his own class were the same.

The teacher usually only teaches for half the class period, and the other half is spent on tasks such as writing new characters. After finishing and having the teacher check the characters, you can leave get out of class and go for a walk.

Xu Yuan was the first to finish writing the new characters and leave, giving him a chance to familiarize himself with the school environment and wander around.

The Yifu Building is a new building connected to the entrance of the Experimental Primary School. It is a comprehensive building. As for the teaching building where the primary school classes are located, it is separated from the Yifu Building by a small playground.

First grade is on the first floor, second grade is on the second floor, so there are five classes on each floor, and a total of six floors.

Therefore, although Xu Yuan, Xia Ke, and Lin Yueyao were in the same school, their classrooms were quite far apart.

I wonder what they're doing now...

Xu Yuan did have a strong impression of the name Xia Ke; it seemed like they were classmates or acquaintances, but he couldn't quite recall whether they were classmates from high school or junior high. Perhaps his mind was still a bit muddled after being reborn. Of course, at the moment, this wasn't a big deal.

The real problem is that spendthrift woman.

She probably won't bother her dad while she's at school, right?

Xu Yuan strolled around the school and returned to his classroom, continuing to watch the noisy elementary school students.

Seeing everyone in groups, Xu Yuan suddenly realized a problem:
Come to think of it, didn't I have any close childhood friends in elementary school?

Although I would probably find it annoying if anyone asked me to hang out, it would seem like I'm too unpopular if no one asked me to!

And so, as Xu Yuan waited in boredom, the long day finally came to an end.

Xu Yuan packed his schoolbag and was the first to run out of the classroom. He spotted his father's Toyota Crown in the crowd of people picking up and dropping off students.

Xu Yuan sat in the passenger seat and checked the mirror to see if the mark he had made was still there. There was no perfume smell in the car.

Why did school let out so early today?

"Because I miss my dad."

Although it was quite embarrassing for Xu Yuan to say this given his actual mental age, he still had to say it in order to make his father happy.

Hearing this, Xu Jingguang's face lit up with joy: "Are we going to a hotel for dinner tonight, or are we going home and waiting for Dad to cook for you?"

Xu Jingguang rarely cooks at home. The hotel where Xu Yuan lives is only a few hundred meters away from the primary school, so Xu Yuan usually eats simple meals at the hotel.

"I want to eat Dad's cooking!"

"Then let's drive back directly."

In the car, Xu Yuan asked Xu Jingguang, "Is Dad not very busy today? Uncle Song Ming is your class monitor, and so many of your junior high classmates are back."

"Today is fine."

Xu Jingguang said, "I just treated my old junior high school classmates to a meal. Some of them have been living in big cities and haven't been back to their hometown for a long time."

Xu Yuan immediately became alert: "Was that aunt who scolded me yesterday also there?"

"You mean Aunt He... she did go too."

Xu Jingguang nodded. "She said she really wanted to apologize to you in person."

"But I don't like her at all."

"Your Aunt He said she was angry at the time, which is why she accidentally said some harsh words to you."

Xu Jingguang smiled and said, "Besides, she doesn't know your situation and thinks you're just a troublemaker. After all, you were the one who threw the orange juice first, and you were also wrong. Didn't you slap her in the end? Why don't you give your dad some face and forgive her?"

You old man, playing these tricks on your son...

So this spendthrift woman is your white moonlight, isn't she?
So Xu Yuan didn't reply, but just kept looking at the scenery outside the window. Xu Jingguang was a little surprised by his silence, and gently patted his shoulder while waiting at a red light:
"What are you thinking about? You look so melancholy."

"I miss my mom."

Xu Yuan raised his head, his eyes glistening with what appeared to be tears.

He rubbed his eyes, then looked out the window again. "If Mom were still here... she would never let me suffer like this."

(End of this chapter)