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

Wednesday, December 30, 2009, afternoon.

"It's actually quite simple to pick up students from other schools. Just pick them up at the school gate, take them to the small auditorium, and if they arrive early, take them for a tour of the school," Sun Yan said to Lin Chuan and the others. "So just think of it as picking up a friend."

"Yes, we understand, Minister," the department members responded in unison.

Seeing that it was almost time, Sun Yan told everyone to prepare to receive the students from other schools. Lin Chuan, Tang Xiaoying, and Cheng Xue, in a group of three, also walked towards the school gate.

"Which school's students are we going to receive?" Tang Xiaoying asked.

"Experimental High School," Lin Chuan said.

Experimental High School isn't considered a top-tier high school; its admission scores are significantly lower than those of No. 1 High School. However, its campus happens to be only a few kilometers away from No. 1 High School, making it a "neighbor." Whenever No. 1 High School has an event, it invites members of the Experimental High School's student council to attend.

The group arrived at the school gate and waited quietly. Lin Chuan had already contacted his classmates at the high school there and checked the time; they would arrive in about ten minutes.

On the highway bathed in the slanting rays of the setting sun, a bus sped along the road.

Wang Luo sat on the bus next to the head of the external relations department of his high school. As the student council of the Experimental High School who were invited, they only had three spots to participate in the New Year's Eve party of the No. 1 High School in the city.

Besides the minister and him, there was only one other girl who was quite sweet and cute. As a new student council member, he had the opportunity to represent the school at another school's New Year's Eve party.

That took a lot of effort; to put it simply, it involved treating the minister to several meals before it was obtained.

Therefore, he cherished this opportunity and took the opportunity to visit the No. 1 High School in the city to "broaden his horizons" and see what the best high school in the area was like.

"Minister, when will we arrive?" the girl asked.

"There's one more stop, about ten minutes away," the man with slightly flowing hair said with a smile.

"Will someone come to pick us up?"

"Yes, we've already contacted the student council over there."

"Male or female?" The girl seemed to have many questions.

"It's a man named Lin Chuan."

Wang Luo was slightly taken aback, then turned to look at his minister. "Minister, what did you just say was the name of the person from No. 1 Middle School?"

The minister glanced at him. "Lin Chuan, do you know him?"

Wang Luo's expression was strange. "I have a cousin named Lin Chuan, who also attends the No. 1 Middle School in the city."

"You also have a cousin who attends the No. 1 High School in the city?"

Wang Luo nodded. He did have a cousin named Lin Chuan, or a relative, his aunt's family, but his aunt's family was very poor, so they didn't have much contact with each other.

As for his cousin, he remembered that his studies weren't great and he lacked energy. In short, he was inferior to him in every way. When he heard that his cousin had gotten lucky and gone to the city's No. 1 High School, he was extremely envious.

How could someone like that represent the student council of the No. 1 Middle School to receive them?

"There are so many students at the No. 1 Middle School in the city, it's probably just a coincidence of names. He's not good at studying, he got into the No. 1 Middle School through the quota system, and he's not a very good person either," Wang Luo said casually. "However, I might go to the No. 1 Middle School next semester too."

"You're going to the No. 1 High School in the city?" The girl looked at him with a surprised expression.

"My family has asked someone to help me transfer to another school next semester." Wang Luo said casually, and seeing the envious look on the girl's face next to him, he couldn't help but feel smug. Although there was no chance of anything happening, he still couldn't help but say these things.

After all, if he doesn't say it, how will others know that his family also has the ability and strength?

A dozen minutes later, the bus slowly came to a stop, and as the rear door opened, Wang Luo got off the bus with the minister.

The first thing he saw was the entrance to the No. 1 Middle School. In the center was a huge foundation stone, and on both sides were automatic doors that opened and closed. For some reason, Wang Luo felt that it looked much better than the advanced-looking school gate of his own school.

This must be what is called "foundation". Wang Luo thought that it would be great if he could also come to the No. 1 Middle School of the city, but his middle school entrance examination scores were not good enough.

"Are you from the External Relations Department of the Experimental Middle School Student Union?" Someone spoke, and Wang Luo felt that the voice was somewhat familiar. He turned his head and saw several students wearing the uniforms of the No. 1 Middle School of the city walking over.

"It's me." The minister greeted him with a smile. "You must be Lin Chuan from the student council?"

"Mm." Lin Chuan nodded.

"Hello, hello, I'm Qin Yu, the Minister of External Relations at Experimental High School." Qin Yu smiled and extended his hand.

Wang Luo stared blankly at the person in the school uniform, because this person looked a bit like his cousin, especially in the voice.

But they hadn't seen each other for many years. In the past, when he rarely visited relatives, he didn't want to stay in that old and dilapidated house any longer, so he always insisted on going back. Therefore, he didn't have much of an impression of his cousin.

But it just felt somewhat familiar.

Besides, in his memory, his cousin always had messy hair and gloomy eyes. How could he be so different from the tall, handsome boy in front of him?

"Wang Luo?" Lin Chuan called out.

When he heard the other person call out his name, Wang Luo was slightly taken aback, thinking to himself, "Could this really be his cousin?"

"Are you really Lin Chuan?" After saying this, he realized that his question was somewhat pointless, since the other person had already introduced himself. What he really wanted to ask was whether the other person was really his cousin.

"Yes," Lin Chuan understood what he meant. He wasn't particularly happy to see his cousin. They didn't keep in touch with relatives anyway, and his aunt's family rarely came to visit. When they did, they would just casually mention how much money they had made this year or which good high school their child had gotten into.

So Lin Chuan casually greeted him and then looked at Qin Yu.

"There's still some time before the party, let me show you around the school," Lin Chuan asked.

"Okay, okay, I'd also like to see the No. 1 Middle School in the city," Qin Yu replied.

Wang Luo stood at the back, watching the backs of the group, and clicked his tongue. He never expected to actually run into his cousin, whom he hadn't contacted for hundreds of years, especially at this time.

"Is that really your cousin?" the girl in the group asked in a low voice as she walked over.

"Um."

"He's quite handsome, and he has a lot of charisma. He doesn't seem like the guy you said is bad at studying," the girl said.

"You can't judge someone by their looks?" Wang Luo clicked his tongue.

He was clearly better off, but Lin Chuan was just lucky to get into the top high school in the city. What was there to brag about? When visiting relatives in the past, the elders would always praise Lin Chuan for his good looks, but he just thought he was so-so.

I was just bragging to the girl that I might be going to the No. 1 High School in the city, but I didn't expect to actually run into my cousin here. I'm still far from getting into the top school, while he's already been studying for a semester and even joined the student council. I feel like I've been outdone again, and I'm incredibly annoyed.

"Does your cousin have a girlfriend?" the girl asked directly.

"I don't know, I'm not familiar with him," Wang Luo said. He had never really liked his cousin, and now that he was being asked this question, he felt even more annoyed.

"Oh, okay, I'll go ask myself then," the girl chuckled.

Wang Luo really wanted to say that he was going to the restroom, since he didn't really want to follow Lin Chuan, but when he realized that no one seemed to be waiting for him, he scratched his head and followed.