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

"You can play the guitar?" Lin Chuan asked the girl curiously.

"I know a lot more," Chen Xiyu grinned at him, "Want to sing a duet together?"

"You have to pick one that I can sing."

"I know a song that you can sing," Chen Xiyu replied.

"What song?"

Liu Hao watched Chen Xiyu and Lin Chuan discussing things and was filled with regret. Damn it, if he had known he could sing a duet with Chen Xiyu, he wouldn't have rushed to perform! Or he could have done something even if he didn't know how to play the guitar.

Chen Xiyu did not answer, but walked directly to the center of the crowd. The class monitor of Class 7 also tactfully gave up the microphone.

Seeing this, Lin Chuan had no choice but to go on stage. He took the microphone, and while Chen Xiyu was holding her guitar, someone brought her a stool. She sat on the stool, her long, slender fingers gently plucking the guitar strings, as if she was familiarizing herself with the instrument.

Lin Chuan asked again, "Which song do you want to sing?"

Chen Xiyu smiled at him but did not answer. Then she gently plucked the guitar strings.

As the familiar melody began to play, Lin Chuan paused for a moment.

Chen Xiyu is right, he does know this song, and he is familiar with the intro, which is from Jay Chou's "Sunny Day".

Lin Chuan remembered that Chen Xiyu had her own e-reader when she was in elementary school. Back when mobile phones still used memory cards, you had to find someone to download songs for you, or take your memory card to an internet cafe to download them yourself.

When Lin Chuan secretly went to an internet cafe once, he downloaded several songs for Chen Xiyu. The first song on the download list was "Sunny Day". He had never heard the song before, but he thought the title sounded nice. Later, Chen Xiyu often listened to the song on repeat.

As the gentle, soothing melody of the acoustic guitar played, Lin Chuan felt time rushing backward, returning to that summer many years ago. In Chen Xiyu's living room, he sat on the sofa reading the borrowed "One Piece" manga, while Chen Xiyu was doing her homework with her head down. The e-reader was playing Jay Chou's "Sunny Day," and it was a sunny day outside the window.

"The little yellow flower of the story has been floating since the year I was born, and the swing of my childhood has been swaying with my memories until now..." Lin Chuan sang the first line of the lyrics.

The students who were initially making a fuss gradually quieted down.

"Hey, the class monitor has a nice voice," Zhao Jiajia said.

"I never knew Lao Lin could sing!" Wang Xu said.

Liu Hao was a little stunned. A male voice came from the speakers. The tone was clean and surprisingly pleasant. It was actually Lin Chuan's voice.

After the first verse ended, Lin Chuan handed the microphone directly to Chen Xiyu.

As Chen Xiyu strummed her guitar, leaning slightly forward, she softly began to sing, "Playing the intro and gazing at the sky, I remember the petals trying to fall, the day I skipped class for you, the day the flowers fell..."

The girl's voice came from the speakers again, like playing a zither in the rain, and the students who had been whispering to each other fell silent instantly.

A few seconds later, they erupted in another burst of loud cheers, like a tidal wave.

Some students even took out their phones, turned on the lights, and swayed to the music, like a surging tide. The lights also illuminated the two singers, and students from other classes came over to look, just like a grand concert.

On this windy day, I tried to hold your hand, but then the rain gradually grew so heavy that I couldn't see you anymore. How much longer until I can be by your side? Maybe I'll feel a little better when the rain stops...

After singing that line, Lin Chuan handed the microphone back to Chen Xiyu.

She didn't respond immediately, and Lin Chuan assumed she had forgotten her lines, so he subconsciously turned his head.

Their eyes met for a fleeting moment, then Chen Xiyu slowly closed her eyes, "Once upon a time, there was someone who loved you for a long time, but unfortunately, the wind gradually blew the distance so far, and it was so hard to love you for just one more day..."

The girl's clear and melodious singing voice was like a whisper, a confession, and a warm and lingering spring breeze, echoing in Lin Chuan's ears, leaving him stunned for no reason.

So much so that when it was Lin Chuan's turn, he was a beat behind in the rhythm, only then catching up with the lyrics, "The day I skipped class for you, the day the flowers fell, that classroom, why can't I see it..."

In the crowd, Chen Xueting was just looking down at her phone, listening to a song. At first, she just thought the singing was nice, but when the male voice came on, it felt somewhat familiar.

She looked up at the center of the playground, at the boy's profile standing in front of the microphone. He looked somewhat familiar yet strangely unfamiliar, making her unsure of what he was doing.

Because in my memory, the boy I knew always seemed somewhat gloomy and unkempt, while the boy in the center of the light looked so bright, like a bamboo shoot in the wind.

"Do you know who the male singer is?" Chen Xueting asked the girl next to her.

"Oh, you're interested? Weren't you only interested in our class monitor before?" the girl next to me said with a grin.

"no."

"That's Lin Chuan, the class monitor of Class 5. People have even seen him playing basketball," the girl said.

Chen Xueting was stunned. Was it really Lin Chuan, whom she had known in junior high school?

The girl next to him couldn't help but say, "It would be great if I could get her contact information."

Chen Xueting said, "I know him, I can help you get it."

"Do you know him?"

"Yeah, he used to chase after me a lot in junior high, but I wasn't interested," Chen Xueting said.

"Really? You don't even like something like this?" The girl asked, somewhat surprised.

Chen Xueting thought to herself, "I never realized Lin Chuan was like this before. He can play ball and sing. That guy used to be so quiet."

However, she still deliberately put on an indifferent expression, saying, "I think he's just alright."

"Xueting, can you really get my contact information?" another girl next to her asked excitedly, "I'll treat you to milk tea!"

"Sure, I have his contact information, both his phone number and QQ. Otherwise, I can introduce you to him after military training is over," Chen Xueting said casually.

"Okay, okay!"

"You absolutely must introduce it."

"Okay, I understand." Chen Xueting said casually, but her gaze was fixed on Lin Chuan in the center of the field.

He sang softly, and everyone spontaneously used their phones to shine light on him. Lin Chuan's profile changed in the light, as if he were being coated with a layer of shimmering light. Before she knew it, Chen Xueting was somewhat mesmerized.

As the song came to its final part, which should have been Lin Chuan's part, Chen Xiyu suddenly leaned closer to him. Lin Chuan understood what she meant and moved the microphone a little to the side.

The two began to sing together, "On this windy day, I tried to hold your hand, but then the rain started to fall..."

So big that I can't even see you anymore, how long will it take before I can be by your side again?

I think I'll feel better when the sun comes out.

Once upon a time, there was someone who loved you for a long time, but the wind gradually blew the distance between you two far away.

It's so hard to love for just one more day.

But at the end of the story, you still seemed to say goodbye...

As the music and singing faded into the cool night, the two people in the room smiled at each other.

The surrounding students were silent for more than ten seconds before bursting into the loudest applause and cheers. Even students from several nearby classes were clapping. They couldn't see the two singers, but they could still hear the beautiful singing clearly.

"One more song! One more song!" everyone cheered.

Once the volume had decreased, Lin Chuan waved his hand, "Time is limited, one song will suffice, thank you everyone."

After the two singers left the stage, no one else went up to sing. After all, they had learned from the previous example. The guys who had prepared a performance saw how badly the other singer sang and thought, "Why bother going on stage? We can't compete at all."

These two have such good looks—no, I mean their singing voices. Instead of releasing music albums, they're holding a concert in this tiny school playground. Isn't that bullying?

Not long after, the evening military training ended.

Lin Chuan stretched, ending his busy day. He briefly said goodbye to Wang Xu and the others, and then went back with Chen Xiyu.

In the noisy crowd, someone seemed to call his name, but Lin Chuan thought he must have misheard and ignored it. The two of them walked towards the school gate together.

"How was it? Did I sing well?" Chen Xiyu asked.

"You missed a beat in the middle, and during the final chorus, you forgot to sing the 'bye-bye' at the end," Lin Chuan commented.

"I did it on purpose. I don't like saying goodbye at the end of a story," Chen Xiyu said, turning to look at Lin Chuan and pursing her lips. "Is that not allowed?"

"Fine, if Miss Chen doesn't like it, then we won't sing it."

"You still haven't answered my question?"

"It sounds nice," Lin Chuan said.

Chen Xiyu then smiled with satisfaction.