After being reborn, I gained a childhood sweetheart who appeared out of nowhere.

Lin Chuan and Chen Xiyu walked down the street. The shops along the way were all lit up. Whether it was because the weekend was approaching or because of Christmas, the street was crowded with people, including office workers in suits and students in school uniforms.

"Hey, there's a Christmas tree over there," Chen Xiyu said.

Lin Chuan looked in the direction she was pointing and saw a Christmas tree more than two meters tall in front of a coffee shop, with small fairy lights twinkling.

"There are no presents on the Christmas tree, so why are you so happy?" Lin Chuan said.

"But it's rare to see this here." Chen Xiyu took out her phone, turned on the camera, pointed it at the Christmas tree, thought for a moment, and then seemed to think it wasn't very nice.

"Come over here, I'll take a picture of you," she said.

"No, I'm not a little girl, standing under a Christmas tree taking pictures or anything like that." Lin Chuan refused. Actually, he didn't really like taking pictures because having to make expressions in front of the camera was a bit of a hassle for him.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Chen Xiyu pushed Lin Chuan over directly.

Lin Chuan was "forced" to stand under the Christmas tree. Chen Xiyu raised her phone, and passersby would cast their gazes, not knowing whether they were looking at Chen Xiyu or at Lin Chuan, the boy taking pictures under the tree.

After taking the photos, Lin Chuan quickly left.

"Hey, wait for me." Chen Xiyu caught up. "Why are you walking so fast?"

"Let's go home for dinner," Lin Chuan said, actually because he didn't want to be stopped for photos anymore.

"Hehe, the photos I just took of you are pretty good," Chen Xiyu said with a smile. "Want to take a look?"

"I won't look at it. As long as I don't look at it, this photo doesn't exist."

"Then I'll send it to you."

I'll delete my QQ friends when I get back.

"You dare!"

…………

The next day, in the morning.

Lin Chuan knocked on the door of the house in front of him. After a while, the door opened, and behind it stood a boy with droopy eyes.

"Huh? You're here?" Wang Xu yawned.

"Just woke up?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Um."

"Don't you know what time it is?"

"What time is it?"

It's ten o'clock.

"Huh?" Wang Xu exclaimed in surprise.

Last night, they agreed to go out together at ten o'clock. Lin Chuan was going to buy a phone, and he was also going to get his own phone repaired, as well as pay for the meal he had promised to treat.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm going to brush my teeth now, come in and sit down for a bit." He quickly opened the door and let Lin Chuan in.

Lin Chuan walked into the house, which was a spacious and bright living room, but it looked a bit empty. There was a blanket on the sofa and an unfinished drink on the table in front of him.

"Are your aunt and uncle not here?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Um... I probably won't be back this week." Wang Xu stood at the bathroom door, brushing his teeth as he spoke, his words somewhat indistinct.

After Wang Xu brushed his teeth and washed his face, the two of them went out together. Although they were going to buy a phone, they didn't go to the computer mall they had visited before, since that place was obviously a rip-off.

Lin Chuan led Wang Xu around the city for a while and found a mobile phone store that looked relatively "legitimate".

As soon as they entered the store, the owner, ignoring them because they were children, greeted them with a smile and asked, "Young men, are you looking to buy a phone or get your phone repaired?"

"Fix his phone first, then recommend a few phones to me," Lin Chuan said.

Wang Xu gave his phone to the shop owner, who glanced at it briefly and said the battery was faulty and could be replaced for around a hundred yuan, which was neither expensive nor cheap. Wang Xu told the shop owner to replace it.

While repairing the phone, the shop owner asked Lin Chuan what kind of phone he needed.

Lin Chuan thought for a moment, "Two are for my parents, mainly for making calls and sending text messages. They just need to be easy to use and have big batteries. The other one is also for calls and text messages, but it needs to be able to access the internet."

"Okay, all done." The shopkeeper fixed the battery with practiced ease and then went to find his phone.

"Old Lin, why did you buy so many phones?" Wang Xu asked.

"Get a new one for my parents."

Wang Xu was taken aback. Buying things for his parents was something so far away for him. He was only fifteen years old and had just started high school. He said "Oh," and then, as if remembering something, he continued, "Where did you get so much money?"

"It was saved before," Lin Chuan said casually.

The shopkeeper recommended Nokia to Lin Chuan. Lin Chuan looked at it and, finding no problems, paid for it, spending a total of over two thousand yuan. Wang Xu, who was standing next to him, was a little stunned when he paid, as it was quite rare to see a high school student take so much money.

The boss also specifically asked Lin Chuan if the money was his own. Lin Chuan smiled and said of course it was, money from a legitimate source, and he could write a guarantee if needed.

After paying, the two of them had lunch at a nearby "Shaxian Hotel," and that was the end of it.

Stepping out of the restaurant, the two walked along a street on the outskirts of the city, surrounded by residential buildings and shops, with people coming and going at the intersection. Wang Xu rubbed his stomach and burped. "Old Lin, wanna go to an internet cafe? Let's play a few rounds together, it's been so long!"

"Never mind, I have things to do this weekend."

"What's up? It's been so long since I called you." Wang Xu put on a sad expression, looking as pitiful as Lin Daiyu.

"Okay, I'll go with you. I won't change the script Zhao Jiajia mentioned. If she asks later, I'll just say you asked me to play games?" Lin Chuan asked.

"Just kidding, just kidding." Wang Xu grinned.

"So, you like her, right?" Lin Chuan asked.

Wang Xu couldn't help but cough. "No, don't talk nonsense."

"Hehe." Lin Chuan smiled without saying a word.

"Hey, isn't that Zhou Yun?" Wang Xu said.

"Change the subject?"

"No, it really seems to be her," Wang Xu said.

Lin Chuan looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a girl in a sky-blue school uniform and an elderly man with gray hair standing together in front of a department store, each carrying a stack of waste cardboard boxes.

"Is that Zhou Yun?"

"Hmm." Lin Chuan nodded. The profile was correct, and so was her grandfather. He had met him once at the parent-teacher conference. He looked like he was picking up scraps of paper.

"Should we go over and say hello?" Wang Xu asked.

"I'm not going," Lin Chuan said.

"Why?" Wang Xu asked.

"Don't disturb them while they're working," Lin Chuan said.

"Old Lin, you're not bothered that people are picking up scrap paper, are you?"

Lin Chuan glanced at him. "We don't mind, but do you think Zhou Yun would mind?"

Wang Xu was taken aback, but then he understood.

They didn't really mind, but who would want to run into their high school classmate while collecting scrap paper with their grandfather?

Not far away, Zhou Yun and her grandfather left together. She looked very thin from behind, carrying a waste paper bag in her hand.

"Let's go back." Lin Chuan called out and walked in the opposite direction, which was much farther from the bus stop they needed to take.

"Oh, wait for me." Wang Xu quickly caught up.