Rebirth: Growing Up Together

"No, I can't leave. I have to take advantage of this summer to deal with many things in the company."

"That's it."

"So can you please not go to your grandma's house?"

The girl didn't give a direct answer, but just said it shyly.

"Summer vacation is more than two months, which is quite long."

"Really? Summer vacation is so long. Don't you think that if we separate, there will be less things we can do together?"

Xu Cheng then used emotion (gu) and reason (huo) to persuade her, and Lin Wanzhou became interested and asked curiously.

"whats the matter?"

"A lot of things. We can read books together on the bed, watch movies together on the bed, eat ice watermelon together on the bed, and play flying chess together on the bed..."

The girl's face turned red as she listened. She picked up the broom and gently hit Xu Cheng's butt with the end of the stick.

"Don't use flying chess and reading as a cover for your perversion. You just want to bully me in bed. It sounds so nice..."

The girl thought for a while and shook her head, "I think I should go to my grandmother's house and stay away from you so that I won't be harassed by you."

"Cough cough cough."

Xu Cheng quickly coughed twice to clarify, "How can that be called harassment? Don't make random judgments. You have to know that there are many important moments in the summer vacation. We have to spend some time together, don't you?"

"Ok?"

The girl looked at him doubtfully, "Then what time do you have?"

"For example..." Xu Cheng thought for a long time, and finally slowly uttered the two words "Qixi Festival".

"Wouldn't it be a shame if we didn't spend this kind of holiday together..."

"Qixi?" the girl murmured.

Since childhood, she has celebrated various festivals countless times, such as the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, but festivals like the Chinese Valentine's Day have always been a blank in the girl's memory.

It seems like we have never had this experience before, spending a holiday with such unique meaning together.

Seeing the girl in hesitation, Xu Cheng added at the right time, "Or do you want me to live with someone else..."

"you dare!"

The girl's fur stood up like a mad cat, and she rebuked Xu Cheng in a sharp and loud voice.

"Xu Cheng, if you dare to let anyone else pass by, I will tell your mother everything about you bullying me, saying that you harassed me at school every day and threatened me not to tell the teacher."

"Keep your voice down, keep your voice down."

Xu Cheng quickly covered the girl's mouth. Because his hands had just held the mop and were not very clean, he hugged the girl from behind and covered her mouth with his forearm.

The girl was suddenly hugged by him, and she instinctively struggled in his arms, opening her little mouth and attacking the guy's arm.

Because she was afraid of hurting him, she just used her fangs to gently poke his arm.

Xu Cheng felt pain. "Shh... stop biting, stop biting. There are still people from other classes who haven't left yet. If they knew that I was harassing you in the classroom, we would both be famous. I don't care, but I'm afraid you'll be embarrassed to death."

"Well."

The girl realized the seriousness of the problem, so she stopped moving and patted the outside of Xu Cheng's thigh, signaling this guy to let her go quickly.

"It's not that I don't want to stay at home, but if there's no one at home, my dad will definitely be worried about me being alone at home."

"Um……"

Just as Xu Cheng opened his mouth to say something, Lin Wanzhou interrupted him calmly, "If you're not afraid of my mom breaking your legs, go tell my dad that you're here to take care of me."

"Hehe, how did you know I wanted to say this? But there are other ways." Xu Cheng said, stroking his chin.

The girl looked at him curiously. This boy has always had so many clever ideas since he was a child. She wondered what he had come up with this time.

"any solution?"

"As long as you have something you have to do during the summer vacation, won't your parents be able to send you to your grandmother's house?"

The girl thought it made sense and started thinking about what was the 'thing that had to be done'.

Xu Cheng gave an example in time, "For example, you have found a part-time job and want to work during the summer vacation to earn enough money for the tuition of the next semester. With such a sensible excuse, your parents will definitely have no reason to refuse."

Xu Cheng knew about Lin Wanzhou's family education. It is said that boys should be raised in poverty and girls should be raised in wealth. Although Lin Wanzhou had never lacked food and clothing since childhood, Gao Manman had always advocated that the education she advocated should cultivate her independence.

When Gao Manman heard the excuse of having to work during the summer vacation to earn tuition for the next semester, she must have thought it was a good opportunity to train her daughter.

Lin Wanzhou also thought it was somewhat feasible, but another problem arose.

"Then where can I find a summer job?"

"Let me think about it. I have a vacant position at home. Would you like to come?"

"What position is available?"

"I need a warm bed..."

"Xu, Orange."

Hearing the change in the girl's voice, Xu Cheng quickly became serious and coughed twice.

"Come to my company. You are a member of the company. Although you don't understand the core business, you can still do miscellaneous work that does not require any technical skills."

As he said this, he couldn't help but imagine himself sitting in the office as the boss, and Lin Wanzhou, the secretary, standing beside him in an OL outfit. Then he pointed out her little tricks at work and threatened to fire her, and she cried and begged for mercy, and finally the blinds were closed...

"Xu Cheng, you are definitely thinking about something weird." The girl's voice broke Xu Cheng's fantasy.

"No." Xu Cheng looked calm.

The girl would not believe what he said, but she still had some desire to work part-time in his company as Xu Cheng said.

Two people go to work together, go home together, exchange glances during meetings, and discuss big and small matters at work together. It sounds quite fresh and exciting.

"I can do more than just simple jobs that require no technical skills."

"You agree?" Xu Cheng asked excitedly.

The girl muttered to herself, "I can still do it if it's a little deeper, and I won't complain about the hardship or tiredness."

After reaching a consensus on this issue, the two of them cleaned up the classroom, locked the door and left.

The midsummer sun is somewhat dazzling, and the air is filled with rolling heat waves, which pass through the body silently and invisibly. It feels hot and humid.

Xu Cheng was tall and big. He walked beside Lin Wanzhou. He intentionally stood on the sunny side. The small girl was completely hidden in his shadow, and the heat on her body suddenly cooled down a bit.

Seeing many students in casual clothes on campus, Lin Wanzhou felt strange and poked Xu Cheng's arm and asked him.

"Who are these?"

Xu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "They should be students who have just graduated from high school. The admission results are almost out, and the school will call those students who have been admitted to prestigious schools, take photos of them and put them up on a list to build momentum for the next round of enrollment."

"Oh, like this."

Lin Wanzhou nodded, then glanced at the tip of her shoe, "Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye we will all be in the second year of high school."

"Yes."

Coincidentally, when they passed by the comprehensive building, they saw the newly made list with red background and gold characters lying on the ground, not yet hung up, so the two of them curiously gathered around to take a look.

"She Zongchu, 687, Jinghua University, Liu Bolu, 685, Yenching University..." Looking at these dazzling results, Xu Cheng couldn't help but imagine himself two years later in his mind.

He was not qualified to be on this list in his previous life, but this time, he could write his name at the very first position.

Glancing at the girl beside him, Lin Wanzhou was also staring at the list intently.

Xu Cheng remembered that in his previous life, the person who was written first at graduation was her. That year, Lin Wanzhou was the top student in the city, but he didn't remember which university he went to.

"Lin Wan Porridge."

"Ok?"

"How about a competition? After the college entrance exam, whoever of us can get higher on the list will have the other one grant a wish."

"Competition is a competition."

The girl wasn't afraid of him in such matters.

You know, she was the top student in the grade in the last midterm exam. Although it was because this guy missed two subjects, she was still the top student anyway.

After stretching, Xu Cheng suggested, "How about walking around the school before going back?"

"Take a walk."

"Yes, it's rare to find a school with so few people."

Lin Wanzhou thought about it, nodded in agreement, and strolled leisurely in the empty campus with Xu Cheng.

When it comes to taking a walk, the feeling is completely different when you are alone and when you are with someone.

Walking on the plastic track, the two people shared some trivial things from time to time. In front of them was the dark red track and the green football field.

This feeling is undoubtedly very pleasant.

Xu Cheng quietly grasped the girl's hand, and Lin Wanzhou looked around nervously and reminded her.

"This is a school, Xu Cheng, be careful not to be seen by the teacher."

"no problem."

Xu Cheng openly and gently swung their arms like a swing.

"Anyway, the teachers can't tell whether we are returning seniors or not. Those seniors have already graduated. Even if we kiss on campus to make up for the regrets of not doing it during our three years of high school, no one will care."

"If you dare to kiss me, I will beat you." The girl warned.

But his hands did not loosen, like a swing, swaying gently with the steps of the two.

When they reached the end, they found a cement step in the playground audience seats and sat down. Lin Wanzhou carefully tore three pages of paper from his schoolbag to use as a cushion.

She has a small butt, so one page is enough, but Xu Cheng has a big butt, so two pages are needed.

Sitting on the stone steps, the girl stretched her long legs straight out, then raised her eyes to look up at the sky. The clouds in the blue sky were of various shapes, and the girl caught a glimpse of one that looked like a heart.

"Xu Cheng, look at that cloud."

"I saw it. It looked like a heart."

"You saw it too!"

The girl was very surprised. The two of them really had a tacit understanding. Not only could they see the same cloud, but they also both thought the cloud looked like a heart.

This accidental little tacit understanding made her feel very surprised.

"Xu Cheng, have you ever thought about which university you want to apply to?"

"University……"

Xu Cheng thought about it calmly, and without rushing to answer, he asked the girl, "I haven't decided yet, do you have one?"

"I haven't decided yet."

"Do you want to apply to a university within the province or outside the province? If it's within the province, our University of Science and Technology is also a highly ranked university."

"I don't want to be in the province. I want to be far away from home. What about you?"

"I don't want to either."

He doesn't want to either!

The girl couldn't hide her happiness, and then looked at him expectantly, "Where do you want to go? Yanjing?"

She tentatively mentioned a place name and Xu Cheng shook his head.

"I don't like it there, do you?"

"I don't like it very much either!"

The more she felt that the two of them had a tacit understanding, the more excited Lin Wanzhou became. The heels of her white shoes pressed against the ground, and the toes swayed easily from side to side.

"So where do you want to go? I remember that Jiangda in Hangzhou seems to be ranked pretty high."

"I don't want it. Hangzhou is a food desert. It would be too boring if there is nothing delicious to eat."

Hearing that it was not Hangzhou, Lin Wanzhou felt relieved.

If it is not within the province, not Yenching University, or not Hangzhou, then it seems that there are only a few famous universities left in the country.

Then I won’t ask anymore.

She secretly felt that the two of them should have made the same decision.