Reborn in 2006, I met Mr. Zhou from the past.

Fang Shangyi knew that she worked very hard to learn vocal music. She would get up early every day to practice her breath control. At first, she was too shy to speak when practicing her voice, so on weekends she would go to the woods behind the school to practice alone. Once, she almost got bitten by a snake.

"Oh, there's nothing to regret, it's just that I feel I'm not suited for it." Su Fengnan pursed her lips slightly and said with a smile, "I know what I'm doing."

Fang Shangyi clearly didn't believe it. He didn't believe Su Fengnan would give up so easily and continued to press for answers:

"Are you having some kind of trouble? Can you tell me the truth?"

Su Fengnan really didn't have anything to say. She got up and tidied up the things she had bought on the table.

Just as Fang Shangyi thought she wouldn't answer, he heard Su Fengnan's self-deprecating voice:

"How many opportunities do people like us, born into poverty, have to get ahead? Money, power, connections—which of these are we capable of? Can we rely on our abilities? But there are always mountains beyond mountains, and people beyond people, senior."

Hearing Su Fengnan say this, Fang Shangyi felt a little sorry for her.

Why should you belittle yourself?

Fang Shangyi wanted to say something, but the words caught in his throat because he knew Su Fengnan was right. He was also from a poor family, and coming from a single-parent household, he was powerless to refute her.

In his past life, Fang Shangyi was not given a chance and was suppressed, wasn't he? But now Su Fengnan will not crush his hopes.

"Hmm... I'm different from you. I'm a girl, and I don't have anything, so I'm at a disadvantage." Su Fengnan said calmly.

It's unclear whether Fang Shangyi understood what Su Fengnan meant by "suffering a loss," but she didn't intend to explain further.

"Why are you so pessimistic?" Fang Shang understood what she meant and said softly, "Thinking too much will make you lose your hair. Don't worry unnecessarily. Just do your best and leave the rest to fate."

"You should know that there are still more good people than bad in the world."

"..." Su Fengnan smiled awkwardly and said nothing more.

Fang Shangyi sensed that Su Fengnan seemed to have changed somewhat in the month they hadn't seen each other. The purity and liveliness in her eyes were gone, replaced by a hint of vicissitude, and she spoke much less.

Previously, whenever they talked about art-related topics, Su Fengnan always had endless things to say, and the light in her eyes was impossible to hide.

Fang Shangyi was very puzzled, but dared not ask any further questions.

Su Fengnan didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so she quickly changed the subject. She picked up a piece of rough-edged paper and placed it on the table. She took a small bowl, poured some ink into it, and took her newly bought calligraphy brush to the sink. She turned on the tap and gently rinsed the brush, rubbing it lightly with her fingers. Soon the brush softened.

Back in her room, Su Fengnan saw Fang Shangyi flipping through the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Calligraphy that she had bought. Ignoring him, she walked to the table, sat down, opened the Yan Zhenqing calligraphy book, dipped her brush in ink, and began to write.

If someone were to pass by their window at this moment, they would see this scene: at the desk in the room, one person is reading and the other is writing, a rather disharmonious sight.

Before long, Su Fengnan finished writing on the first sheet of paper and was about to change to another when Fang Shangyi, who was standing next to her at some point, spoke up.

"The handwriting is fluent and natural, relaxed yet powerful; it's really well written," Fang Shangyi said admiringly.

Fang Shangyi suddenly spoke, and Su Fengnan abruptly turned her head and looked up at him, momentarily dazed, as if she had gotten used to the feeling of Fang Shangyi being by her side.

That's how they were in their past life. In the days and nights before the child arrived, or during the day when they didn't go out, as long as they didn't have social engagements, Su Fengnan would mostly read books while Fang Shangyi would draw. Su Fengnan would share and discuss anything special with Fang Shangyi.

After a moment of confusion and silence, Su Fengnan stammered a reply:

"Ah... thank you."

After saying that, Su Fengnan stood up and took two steps back.

Su Fengnan thought to herself: Brother, this is what you and your master taught you in your past life! Your master was a famous teacher; you'd be embarrassed to call yourself his student if you didn't learn well.

In her past life, Su Fengnan always called Fang Shangyi "Brother Yi," and it seems she never called him "husband."

Su Fengnan quickly composed herself and said with a calm smile, "I just wanted to test how well the pen worked and write a few words to see."

Su Fengnan handed the pen to Fang Shangyi.

"Hey, you should try it too."

Fang Shangyi took the pen, and Su Fengnan changed to a new sheet of paper.

Fang Shangyi dipped his brush in ink again and wrote eight large characters on the paper: "Academic success, promising future."

Su Fengnan looked down at those words, her eyes welling up with tears, and she spoke softly with a hint of a smile:

"Thanks……"

See, no matter what, Fang Shangyi is such a warm person. He won't embarrass you, he won't be aggressive, he will only encourage you.

Su Fengnan and Fang Shangyi's interactions were always very natural. Their acquaintance stemmed from their neighbor, Du Qingqing. Du Qingqing was Fang Shangyi's classmate, and the two often interacted.

Once, Fang Shangyi came looking for Du Qingqing, but she wasn't there. So he went to the pool and asked Su Fengnan, who was washing clothes, if she knew when Du Qingqing would be back. Su Fengnan's smile as she turned around touched Fang Shangyi's heart.

After that incident, Fang Shangyi inquired about Su Fengnan's situation and often used the excuse of looking for Du Qingqing to visit Su Fengnan. At first, they corresponded, communicating as pen pals and fellow art students. Later, they became acquainted.

In her past life, Su Fengnan was slow to warm up to feelings, or rather, she didn't understand them very well. When Yan Yun pursued her in junior high school, she would avoid him whenever possible, because she was terrified.

Since fifth grade, she and her younger sister had been left-behind children. Entering middle school and adolescence, she often kept to herself. Feeling insecure, she didn't even know how to keep warm during her period, and she had no one to talk to about her inner turmoil. It wasn't until one day during a physical education class, when too many girls were absent, that the female PE teacher gathered them together and explained the importance of protecting oneself. Only then did she realize that girls need to take care of themselves.

Perhaps because she caught a chill when she first started menstruating and didn't protect her body properly, she experienced severe menstrual cramps every time afterward. After dropping out of school, the pain would even cause her to vomit and have diarrhea, and in more severe cases, she would faint from the pain.

When Fang Shangyi got along well with her, occasionally treating her to meals and giving her small gifts, Su Fengnan only thought this senior was a nice person and respected him greatly, but she never thought of him as someone who liked her. It wasn't until Fang Shangyi confessed his feelings that she belatedly and tactfully rejected him.

In fact, Su Fengnan had just accepted Yan Yun's confession at that time, and the two confessed their feelings only one day apart.

She agreed to Yan Yun's offer not because she liked him, but because she was deceived by the future he painted for her. She just wanted to drop out of school, earn money to ease her family's burden, and have someone take care of her.

Su Fengnan, who was naive and inexperienced in her past life, was too simple-minded and too easily fooled.

Now that she's been given a second chance at life, all she wants is to live the life she desires and provide a good life for her family. Everything else, everyone and everything else, is no longer important.

Fang Shangyi, who was standing to the side, naturally had no idea what Su Fengnan was thinking, nor did he see the strangeness in Su Fengnan's eyes. He just vaguely felt that Su Fengnan had indeed changed a little.

"Study hard, I'll be waiting for you at university." Fang Shangyi put down his pen, turned to look at Su Fengnan and said.

Before Su Fengnan could answer, Su Fengxia pushed open the door and entered, instantly breaking the atmosphere between the two.

"I'm back." Su Fengxia smiled mischievously.

Although Fang Shangyi really wanted to spend more time with Su Fengnan, he knew it was not a good time to stay after seeing Su Fengxia return.

"Well then, I'll head back now. I don't know when we'll have a chance to meet again. Su Fengnan, see me off!"

Fang Shangyi stared at her face, a hint of anticipation flashing in his dark eyes. He still wanted to talk to Su Fengnan.

Su Fengnan hesitated for a couple of seconds, then calmly nodded, "Um... okay, let's go."

"It's still early! Senior Fang, are you leaving already?" Su Fengxia asked, trying to persuade him to stay.

"Alright, I'll see Senior Fang out. Stay home and do your homework." Su Fengnan glared at her younger sister.