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

The next day, at noon.

After finishing training as usual, Lin Chuan headed to the cafeteria. As the team leader, he always had to train a little longer, so when he went to the cafeteria, only he and Cheng Xue remained in the class.

Obviously, it's impossible for the two of them to eat in the cafeteria together. The last time they ate together, Cheng Xue was dragged there by Zhao Jiajia.

As soon as I arrived at the cafeteria entrance, I saw that many people had already finished eating and were heading out.

"Hey, Lin Chuan." Suddenly someone called out.

Lin Chuan turned his head to look in the direction of the sound. Several girls were standing not far away. The girl in front was wearing a military training uniform. Her fair face was somewhat delicate. He subconsciously looked her over because she looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite remember her.

"What? Pretending not to know me?" the girl asked, looking into his eyes.

"Chen Xueting?" Lin Chuan said.

It was only then that he remembered who the other person was. Of all the people from junior high school, the only one whose face he still remembered was Wang Xu. He only remembered the names of the others, or the names and appearances didn't necessarily match.

Chen Xueting hummed in agreement, then said casually, "You sang quite well yesterday."

"Oh," Lin Chuan replied in a similarly indifferent manner.

This made Chen Xueting a little embarrassed. She coughed lightly and said, "Did you change your phone number? I tried calling you yesterday, but I couldn't get through."

"Because I blocked you," Lin Chuan said bluntly.

Chen Xueting was taken aback. "Are you angry? Because I came to No. 1 Middle School? Actually, I wanted to tell you that I came to No. 1 Middle School, but I couldn't reach you by phone."

Lin Chuan didn't even need to think about such a clumsy lie, since he hadn't blocked the other party in his previous life, nor had he seen the other party call or text him.

Of course, Chen Xueting had her own "reasons" at that time, saying that her family wouldn't tell her, and that it was dishonorable to use money to go to No. 1 Middle School.

However, Lin Chuan was too lazy to expose him, since he had long since stopped caring about it.

"If you have nothing else to say, I'll be going now," Lin Chuan said.

"Hey, are you angry with me?" Chen Xue asked. If so, she knew it meant Lin Chuan still cared about her, so she continued, "I didn't do it on purpose. How about this, I'll buy you a bottle of water as an apology."

Chen Xueting felt that this was already a big "concession". After all, back in junior high school, it was already good enough that she was willing to accept the water that Lin Chuan gave her. This was the first time she had asked him for water.

"You seem to have misunderstood something. We were just classmates before, and we'll remain classmates in the future. So where you go to school has nothing to do with me, and I don't really care," Lin Chuan said with a smile. "Is that answer acceptable?"

"How could you do this!" Chen Xueting was choked and pointed at Lin Chuan.

I thought to myself, I brought my friends here out of kindness, and they don't even give me any face, saying such hurtful things. How could this guy be like this?

"Hey hey hey, what are you guys talking about?" the girl's cheerful voice rang out.

Lin Chuan turned around and saw a girl standing at the top of the steps, tilting her head to look down.

The girl winked at Lin Chuan, then greeted Chen Xueting beside her, "You're Chen Xueting, right?"

"Who are you?"

"Chen Xiyu, Lin Chuan's elementary school classmate," Chen Xiyu said with a smile.

Chen Xueting was taken aback. Because she had always been praised and favored for her appearance since she was a child, she was used to enjoying everything as a matter of course, so she was quite confident in her appearance.

But the girl standing in front of her was so beautiful, and when she smiled, she was so bright and even dazzling that she felt inexplicably suppressed.

Chen Xiyu turned to look at Lin Chuan, "You're so slow, I've been waiting for you for ages."

"Oh, sorry, sorry, but it's not my fault. The instructors wanted me to stay for training." Lin Chuan shrugged.

"It's all your fault anyway," Chen Xiyu said, then looked at Chen Xueting and the others, "We're about to go eat. If there's nothing else, we'll be leaving."

It looked like a question, but the tone was more like a notification. Without waiting for Chen Xueting and the others to answer, Chen Xiyu had already turned and walked towards the cafeteria, with Lin Chuan following behind her.

Soon, their figures disappeared together at the cafeteria entrance.

"Was that girl from Class 5 who sang last night?" the girl next to Chen Xueting whispered.

"It's her, she's really pretty, and she sings so well too," another girl replied with a laugh.

Chen Xueting remained silent, staring at the direction of the cafeteria entrance, feeling inexplicably irritable and sad, as if something that should have belonged to her had been taken away.

Lin Chuan and Chen Xiyu stood at the back of the line for food in the cafeteria.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Lin Chuan asked, even though Chen Xiyu seemed lively and energetic in his presence.

However, she is actually a very quiet and polite girl in front of strangers. She doesn't talk much, at least not in front of Zhao Jiajia and the others. But just now she greeted several people enthusiastically, as if she was doing it on purpose for them.

"Yes," Chen Xiyu didn't deny it, "that guy even points at people when he talks."

Lin Chuan smiled and asked, "Then how do you know Chen Xueting? Do you know her too?" They didn't go to the same school in junior high, and Chen Xiyu transferred schools a long time ago, which is why he was surprised that Chen Xiyu knew Chen Xueting.

"I don't know him."

"Then how do you know her name?"

"I overheard it by accident; it was probably Wang Xu who said it."

Hearing such a far-fetched reason, Lin Chuan couldn't help but grin. Before he could ask anything else, Chen Xiyu spoke first.

"She's the girl you used to like, right?" Chen Xiyu narrowed her eyes slightly. "No wonder she came looking for you. You don't have some unresolved romantic debt from middle school, do you?"

"I was completely innocent in junior high school, and I had nothing to do with her," Lin Chuan said.

"Oh, I see. If you don't study hard in high school and secretly date, I'll tell your auntie," Chen Xiyu said with a smile.

"How could that be?" Lin Chuan said seriously, "I only love studying."

"whee."

After finishing their meal, the two parted ways at the entrance of the cafeteria, and Lin Chuan went back to the classroom to rest for a while as usual.

The classroom was nearly empty at lunchtime, with only a few students sitting there playing on their phones or reading novels.

My deskmate was also engrossed in reading a book called "Illustrated Novels," and there were two bottles of drinks on the table.

"Are you tired of living? Now you're buying two drinks?" Lin Chuan walked over.

"Old Lin, you're here," Wang Xu looked up, put down his novel, and said, "I have something to tell you. You've been quite popular lately."

"Sunbathing every day can really cause internal heat," Lin Chuan said.

"No, no," Wang Xu took out his phone, opened a photo in his album, and handed it over, "Look at this."

The photo on Wang Xu's phone was clearly a candid shot. The background was a nighttime playground, with students in military training uniforms sitting on the ground, holding up their phones with flashing lights, like a starry sea of ​​fireflies.

At the very center of the starry sky, a boy and a girl looked at each other sideways, their eyes meeting, and smiles on their faces.

"Who took this picture?" Lin Chuan asked curiously. It was obvious that someone had secretly taken this picture last night when he and Chen Xiyu were singing together.

"I don't know," Wang Xu shook his head, "but the filming is really good."

"It's pretty good, like a promotional video for a youth movie." Lin Chuan, the protagonist in the photo, also gave an objective evaluation.

"This photo has been circulating among our class group several times, and even among other classes," Wang Xu said. "You're as famous as Chen Xiyu now."

"Oh." Lin Chuan's expression remained calm.

"Hey, hey, hey, so aloof?" Wang Xu was taken aback, thinking to himself that his deskmate was too indifferent to fame and fortune?

If this happened to him, he would be overjoyed for a long time. This guy was as meditative as an old monk. Wang Xu scratched his head and continued, "Actually, a girl just asked me for your contact information."

"You gave it to me?"

Wang Xu gave an awkward laugh and pointed to the two bottles of drinks on the table. "Didn't you buy me water? I felt bad not giving you any."

"I was wondering why strangers were adding me on QQ," Lin Chuan said, his expression finally changing as he looked at the drinks on the table. "Betraying your brothers for two drinks?"

"Brother, don't be angry, this bottle was saved for you." Wang Xu quickly handed over the unopened drink on the table.

"I don't drink beverages." Lin Chuan waved his hand. "I'll let you off this time, but don't give me your contact information so easily next time."

"Yes, yes," Wang Xu nodded vigorously.

Lin Chuan stopped arguing with him and lay down on the table to take a short nap. About half an hour later, he got up. This was a habit he had developed from working; he never lay down for too long during his lunch break.

The classroom remained silent, and Wang Xu was lying down next to him. There was still more than half an hour before the afternoon military training started.

Lin Chuan didn't wake him up. Instead, he walked out of the classroom and went to the playground. As the class monitor and team leader, he always arrived earlier, usually about half an hour early.

When they arrived, the other team leader was also there. Cheng Xue sat there alone. Although they had trained together for quite a while, the two of them really had nothing to talk about. Lin Chuan sat down next to her, glanced at the time again, and waited quietly for the instructor to arrive.

Out of the corner of my eye, I glanced at the side and saw Cheng Xue sitting there, her body slightly curled up. Even though military training hadn't started yet, a fine sweat was already beading on her forehead, and her originally pale skin now looked bloodless.

"Are you feeling unwell?" Lin Chuan asked again.

Cheng Xue glanced at Lin Chuan and replied briefly, "No."

"You're on your period, aren't you?" Lin Chuan said casually. "You seemed a little strange this morning."

Cheng Xue was clearly taken aback. "I told you, you don't need to worry about me, and I don't need to either."

"Actually, I don't really want to interfere, but I'm the class monitor and team leader," Lin Chuan shrugged. "If I don't care about you, I'll be the one getting scolded and running laps when something happens to you."

He continued, "If you're not feeling well, take a rest. I'll ask your instructor, Liu, for leave."

"No need, I can manage, I won't miss any training," Cheng Xue said stubbornly.

"Your spirit is commendable, but if you collapse halfway through training, wouldn't that be even more of a delay?" Lin Chuan said.

Cheng Xue lowered her head and did not answer.

Lin Chuan looked up and around, and just then saw Instructor Liu walking over to prepare for training. He got up and went over to him.

Cheng Xue looked up and saw Lin Chuan and Instructor Liu whispering to each other in the distance.

After a while, Instructor Liu came over and said, "Cheng Xue, if you're not feeling well, you don't need to train anymore. You don't need to sit here in the wind. Just go back to your dorm and rest. Here's the order."

Cheng Xue was silent for a moment, then finally nodded, "Okay."

"Squad leader, could you escort her to the dormitory building?" Instructor Liu said.

"Oh." Lin Chuan nodded, glancing down at the girl. "Cheng Xue, do you need help?"

"No need," Cheng Xue said, bowing her head. She stood up and walked towards the dormitory.

Lin Chuan didn't say anything, and just silently followed behind.

The two didn't exchange a single word the entire way. He simply escorted them to the girls' dormitory building, and once they arrived, Lin Chuan said, "We're here. I'm going back now," before turning and leaving.

Cheng Xue stood at the dormitory entrance, watching the boy's departing figure until it completely disappeared into the distance...