Cultivation Shura Field

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Chapter 14 014 Song in the Rain

2023-09-06

It rained on Friday evening.

It was time to go home from school, and the increasingly heavy rain kept many students inside the teaching building.

Some parents came to the building gate with umbrellas and took their children away, but some parents did not come in time or were busy, so the children had to find a way out on their own.

Xu Zhe was the one who could only think of a solution on his own. But what he was thinking about at this moment was not just how to get home without getting wet in the rain.

Noticing that his deskmate Song Xingye hadn't left either, he asked, "Didn't your mother drive over to pick you up?"

The girl shook her head.

Seeing her lost look, Xu Zhe thought there might be something else to come, so he waited quietly.

After waiting for a while, Song Xingye finally glanced at him and asked in a low voice: "What else do you want to say?"

Xu Zhe: "I just want to ask, how do you plan to go back?"

The rain outside the window was getting heavier, and thunder could be heard faintly in the distance.

Song Xingye shook her head gently and lay down again. As was common in the past few days, her little face was buried in her arms, making it impossible to see her expression.

Anyway, it's impossible for him to be smiling.

"Then you wait here for a while."

After Xu Zhe finished speaking, he quickly left the classroom, walked out of the teaching building, and rushed to the canteen at the school gate as fast as he could.

He bought three umbrellas at one time.

Although he hadn't taken on any new programming outsourcing work recently, he still had a few hundred dollars left after deducting the money he spent on the laptop. Even this little bit of money made him much more wealthy than other students.

Then Xu Zhe returned to the entrance of the teaching building holding an umbrella and saw Tang Lingfei.

Since the beginning of the school year, these childhood sweethearts usually go home together, unless one of them has to do duty. After all, they have known each other for a long time and their families are so close, so it is most convenient for them to go home together.

Xu Zhe walked over and handed her the umbrella, saying, "Use this, go back first."

Tang Lingfei took the umbrella and asked, "You're not coming with me?"

Xu Zhe shook his head: "I need to stay for a while, I have something to do."

Tang Lingfei: "What's the matter? It's not like you're on duty today."

Xu Zhe casually found the simplest excuse: "I want to read a book before I leave. Do you want to read with me..."

The girl interrupted hastily, "No, no! I don't even have enough time to watch TV."

Just like that, Tang Lingfei walked away alone holding an umbrella.

Xu Zhe still has two umbrellas left.

When he returned to the classroom, he saw that nearly half of his classmates were still there, including Wenhao. It was normal for this kid to be unable to walk. Xu Zhe knew that just like him, Wenhao also walked to and from school alone every day.

Seeing Xu Zhe coming back with an umbrella, Wen Hao immediately put on his schoolbag and went to meet him.

"That's great, come with me?"

However, Xu Zhe shook his head: "You and I are not going the same way."

Wen Hao was stunned: "Then why did you come back..."

Xu Zhe handed over the umbrella.

Only then did Wenhao realize that he was holding not one umbrella, but two.

"Thanks, buddy!"

Xu Zhe: "Shave off the extra words and call me brother."

Wenhao smiled a bit scoundrelly: "That's not necessary, we're all brothers...Okay, let's go."

However, Xu Zhe shook his head: "You go first, I'll be there in a while."

Wenhao was a little confused: "Why? Are you busy in the classroom?"

Of course Xu Zhe couldn't say that this was an opportunity to get closer to someone, so he simply explained, "It's too noisy outside, I want to read a book."

Wen Hao was amazed: "Is this the good habit of being the top student in the class?"

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Big raindrops hit the ground, making a distinct granular sound.

But when the raindrops become dense enough, the sound of the rain becomes one, and the graininess of the sound disappears. It seems that there is only a very monotonous noise in my ears, like the echo of the world's cry.

Song Xingye lay on the table with his eyes closed, focusing all his energy on hearing.

Suddenly, she heard a gentle boy's voice: "I have an umbrella, do you want to come with me?"

The girl raised her head subconsciously.

As soon as he opened his eyes, a bright light flashed, and the boy's handsome face also glowed. After two or three seconds, the rumbling thunder was heard.

Song Xingye seemed to be frightened by the thunder. He shrank his neck and asked in a low voice: "Where did you get the umbrella?"

Xu Zhe: "Of course I went out and bought it."

Only then did she notice that the boy's short hair was a little wet and there were many traces of raindrops on his blue and white school uniform.

The two were silent and looked at each other for a long time.

Song Xingye suddenly thought of a question, turned his head and looked around, making sure that no one was paying attention to him, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Zhe: "Jiang Wenyi and the others left a long time ago. Besides, I don't think you need to be afraid of them."

The girl subconsciously argued: "I'm not scared, it's just... I don't want to cause trouble. And I don't want you to get into trouble because of me."

Xu Zhe laughed: "Just relying on those girls? What kind of trouble can they cause me?"

Song Xingye stared at him and felt that his smile revealed a kind of confidence.

There are even fewer people in the classroom.

From time to time, parents would come with umbrellas to pick up their children, and the students in the class would crowd around the windowsills - the view from the windows here was great, as they could just see the school gate and check if their parents had arrived.

Xu Zhe and Song Xingye walked out of the classroom.

There was more than half a meter between them, and the girl lagged behind by half a step. Her steps were also smaller and more fragmented, unlike Xu Zhe's long and steady steps.

Since his rebirth, after saving a car full of people including himself, Xu Zhe's walking posture has become much more majestic than before. But Song Xingye certainly didn't know this, she just felt that the boy next to her was like the occasional lightning outside the window, so bright that she could hardly look directly at it.

Walking out of the teaching building, Xu Zhe opened an umbrella.

The umbrella had a limited shielding area, so Song Xingye could only move closer, with their shoulders almost touching. However, no matter how thin the first-year junior high school students were, as long as they moved closer, they would basically not get wet by the rain.

From the teaching building to the school gate, neither of them spoke. But now that they were out of the school gate, it was impossible to remain silent.

Xu Zhe asked, "Where is your family going?"

Song Xingye pointed to the south.

Xu Zhe's home was on the north side of the school, but he didn't say anything. He just nodded and walked in the direction the girl pointed.

He then asked, "Why didn't your parents drive to pick you up today?"

Song Xingye: "My parents take turns picking me up. It was supposed to be my dad's turn today, but he seems to be very busy recently... My mom is busy too, but she definitely doesn't know that my dad didn't come today."

Xu Zhe: “So that’s how it is.”

Song Xingye: "By the way, you bought this umbrella, right? Do you want me to pay for it..."

Xu Zhe: "No need. I'm just sending you home, and then I'll go back to my own home with an umbrella. I didn't give you the umbrella, why should I ask you to pay for it?"

Song Xingye: "I feel a little embarrassed."

Xu Zhe: "Then just say thank you."

Song Xingye: "Ah? Uh, thank you, thank you very much."

Xu Zhe: “It’s okay.”

It's still raining heavily.

The two walked on the slightly puddled sidewalk, and soon their sneakers became a little wet - it certainly didn't feel comfortable, but Song Xingye wasn't thinking about that at the moment.

She suddenly asked, "Are you really not afraid of being implicated by me and having them hate you? I don't have any friends in the class, but they..."

Xu Zhe smiled: "What's there to be afraid of? They have nothing to do with me. If you have to care about other people's opinions all the time, then your life will be too tiring. It's just adding burden to yourself. It's totally unnecessary."

The girl clutched the straps of her schoolbag with both hands and lowered her head.

The two walked side by side for a while, and Song Xingye suddenly asked again: "Do you think... am I doing the right thing?"

This question was a bit childish, but it really made Xu Zhe think seriously. He was mainly thinking about how to say it in order to play a role in psychological counseling.

His rebirth plan is very full, so he tries to get it done with Song Xingye as soon as possible so that he can make money seriously.

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Chapter 15 Rainbow Smile

2023-09-06

"Do you think I'm doing the right thing?"

Someone copied my answers in the exam, but I didn't cooperate. Instead, when I failed to resist, I sued the teacher - is this right or wrong?

In response to the girl's question, Xu Zhe gave an answer that didn't quite match his apparent age: "It depends on what kind of values ​​you have."

"Values?"

"Many things in life require weighing and making choices, because they imply different values. If you think fairness and principles are the most important, then you should report it. But if you think interpersonal relationships are more important, then you should turn a blind eye."

Song Xingye stopped and looked thoughtful.

The girl whispered, "Jiang Wenyi said that it was a monthly exam, not the college entrance exam or the high school entrance exam. Why can't we let her fool the parents? It won't interfere with me anyway... I've been thinking about it these past two days, and what she said seems to make sense."

Xu Zhe: "Different values, each of which is a truth. She would think that reporting the teacher is worse than cheating because it is disloyal. You attach great importance to the principle of fairness, while she attaches great importance to interpersonal relationships and loyalty. People have different values, and that's the fact."

Song Xingye suddenly raised her head, stared at him, and asked, "So who do you think is more right, her or me?"

Xu Zhe: "In the long run, both of you will suffer. You may suffer in interpersonal relationships, and she will suffer in lack of principles."

Song Xingye: "No, I just want to ask you, what do you think..."

Xu Zhe: "Of course I admire you more. But you have to understand that you are principled and you can't expect others to think the same way as you do, and you can't expect others to admit their mistakes. Not everyone is as obedient as you."

Song Xingye lowered her head, her mouth slightly pouted, and there was visible grievance on her little face.

Although Xu Zhe had almost no interpersonal communication in his previous life, he still read some discussions about men and women on the Internet. He remembered that many people had concluded that girls are often more emotional than boys. What they want is not to be reasonable, but for you to stand on her side and support her. He felt that it was not just girls, but boys were also like this in many cases. Emotional feelings are more important than logical perfection.

So he said, "Anyway, in the final analysis, what Jiang Wenyi and the others say and think is their business. I think you are great, and your teacher and your parents think you are great, isn't that enough..."

However, the other party's reaction was beyond his expectations.

Song Xingye was not comforted. Instead, she bit her lower lip and her eyes became even redder.

She said: "But my mother didn't think I was great. She said that I was doing something wrong because Jiang Wenyi's grandfather was an old leader of some hospital..."

Xu Zhe was stunned for a while and asked, "What about your father?"

Song Xingye: "My dad thinks I'm right. But because of this, my dad and mom started arguing..."

Then she talked a lot about how her parents quarreled, how harmonious they were before, how peaceful and warm their home was, but now...

Xu Zhe was listening and thinking at the same time.

He realized that the reason why this girl was depressed in her previous life was not only because of her interpersonal relationships at school, but also because of family problems. Unlike himself and Tang Lingfei, Song Xingye's parents were much more serious. They didn't quarrel easily, but when they did, it was a big rift that was difficult to heal.

After the girl finished speaking, Xu Zhe concluded: "So the main problem with your parents is that they are too serious."

"Too serious?"

"Yes, there is no need to be so serious in life. Take a long-term view. The obstacle you can't get over may just be a small ditch. For example, you and your mother don't need to care too much about Jiang Wenyi. No matter how good her family background is, she is her elder, and she is just a junior high school kid who has no say in front of the elders. She won't get in the way."