This person really knows how to be reborn!

Chapter 8 Black Man with a Question Mark

As Xia Ning uttered that perfectly rounded "Get lost," Qi Jiahao completely shut down.

He gave a sullen laugh, turned and left, his steps even a little unsteady.

Seeing this scene, Mu Jiajia couldn't help but laugh.

Both were suitors of Ningning, but compared to Zeng Cheng, Qi Jiahao was clearly the more humble and undignified one.

Although Ningning hasn't learned how to truly love someone yet, Zeng Cheng still holds a place in her heart, while she only feels physical aversion towards Qi Jiahao.

The two sisters started chatting.

Mu Jiajia started the conversation: "Ningning, you've been in such bad shape these past few days, is it because of Zeng Cheng?"

Xia Ning hummed in agreement.

After a few seconds of hesitation, Mu Jiajia tentatively suggested, "How about... you go apologize to Zeng Cheng and admit your mistake?"

Xia Ning frowned immediately: "Jiajia, didn't you tell me not to apologize to him? You even said something about a dog knowing to turn back when it's hungry..."

"this--"

Mu Jiajia choked for a moment, thinking to herself that she had indeed said those words, but her dear lady, there's also a saying: "Plans can't keep up with changes."

First of all, Zeng Cheng is 100% really angry this time; he hasn't spoken to you for almost five days.

Then, somehow, this guy managed to hook up with Yu Baiwei...

Sister, I admit you're amazing.

She has excellent grades, comes from a prestigious family, has a great physique, and is extremely good-looking.

But compared to that unattainable beauty suspended in the clouds, sister, you really don't deserve it.

Of course, Mu Jiajia definitely wouldn't dare to say such a thing.

"Ningning, I take back what I said. Zeng Cheng still has a lot of self-respect. He's not Qi Jiahao..."

"I did think about apologizing to him sincerely, but what's his attitude now? Especially the way he looks at me, it's like I'm something he hates!"

Xia Ning became increasingly angry as she spoke, her already quite well-endowed chest heaving violently beneath her light blue school uniform.

"If he's really that capable, he should just go and like Yu Baiwei from Class One, and see if she even pays him any attention!"

Mu Jiajia: "..."

My dear lady, don't make such bold predictions. If they come true, you'll be crying your eyes out.

The lunch break at Dezhou No. 1 High School is about two hours long.

Besides eating, most students choose to catch up on sleep.

Boarding students usually go back to their dormitories, while day students stay in the classroom at their desks.

So the grove behind the teaching building is quite quiet during the midday period, with almost no one around.

A single guy followed the two human heroes to a grove of trees and watched Yu Baiwei explain a problem to Zeng Cheng for a while. He thought the scene was very magical realism.

What's going on? This is Yu Da's campus belle! And she actually hooked up with Cheng Ge?

Unable to contain himself any longer, Li Xingzhi asked directly, "Brother Cheng, I don't understand—how exactly did you meet Yu, the campus belle?"

Zeng Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "Cicada, why are you so curious? Let me tell you, some melons taste like chocolate. They're fine for people to eat, but dogs might die from them."

Li Xingzhi didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

Yu Baiwei got it—her family has a Border Collie named "Dou Dou".

However, she didn't have the leisure to explain to Li Xingzhi.

Aloofness is ultimately her true nature.

Only Zeng Cheng received a tiny bit of special treatment from her.

The other boys—like Li Xingzhi—were all on the side of the road.

"It's terrible to be uncultured," Zeng Cheng said, shaking his head as he explained to Li Xingzhi, "Chocolate is actually poisonous. The main toxic component is theobromine, which humans can metabolize, but dogs can't metabolize at all."

Li Xingzhi: "..."

Cheng Ge is clearly making a veiled criticism, implying that he is a pitiful single dog!

Cheng Ge is definitely pointing him out too, so don't fucking be a third wheel here!

[Damn it—they've forgotten all humanity when it comes to the opposite sex!]

After cursing under his breath, Li Xingzhi, realizing he was superfluous, told Zeng Cheng that he was going to play basketball at the nearby court for a while.

He left after saying that.

if not?

Dog food can be that delicious!

Yu Baiwei continued explaining the problem to Zeng Cheng.

As expected of the sect's holy maiden, with just a few concise tips, she helped Zeng Cheng understand a problem that had been troubling him greatly—how exactly did Mendel's peas grow?

Zeng Cheng gave a thumbs up: "Yu, I've discovered that you're quite impressive, almost half as good as me."

Yu Baiwei: "..."

After rolling her eyes, her expression turned from cute to fierce, and she said sternly, "Zeng Cheng, if you want me to continue explaining the problem to you, shut your stinking mouth!"

Zeng Cheng was somewhat surprised: "Yu, so you can be fierce to people too?"

It's not surprising that girls from Sichuan and Chongqing can be fierce; many can even transform into tyrannical monsters, frequently spouting phrases like "I'm from the Shu Road," "I'll give you two slaps," or "Parisian Rose Carslan."

But Zeng Cheng couldn't connect Yu Baiwei with the Sichuan-Chongqing Tyrannosaurus Rex no matter what he said.

Yu Baiwei said expressionlessly, "What's so strange about that? I also scold DouDou when it misbehaves."

"Dou Dou?" Zeng Cheng asked curiously, "Is she your younger brother or your younger sister?"

Yu Baiwei explained, "It's a Border Collie that my family raises."

Zeng Cheng: "..."

So you're treating me like a dog?

Happy times are always short-lived—especially when you're practicing dual cultivation with a certain sect's holy maiden—Zeng Cheng felt that not long had passed before the preparatory bell rang.

There were only five minutes left before class started.

The two quickly packed their things, parted ways at the fork in the road, and headed to their respective classrooms.

As Zeng Cheng passed by the basketball court, he noticed that Li Xingzhi was still there and waved to him.

The kid didn't respond, but stared at the rubber track, laughing incessantly with an incredibly smug expression.

Zeng Cheng leaned closer and asked him, "Zhi Liao, what's wrong?"

"Brother Cheng, see for yourself."

Li Xingzhi smiled and pointed in a certain direction.

Zeng Cheng looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was Qi Jiahao, who was running laps on the playground under the scorching sun.

He ran and shouted.

"No--"

"Why? Why is this happening?"

Zeng Cheng was at a loss and bumped into Li Xingzhi.

"Hey, what's wrong with this guy? Has he gone mad?"

"How would I know—"

Li Xingzhi stroked his chin.

"But then again, Cheng-ge, don't you think the way this guy runs and barks is just like a dog?"

"this--"

I sincerely want to know how you could talk such nonsense about our Jiahao behind his back?

You know, Jiahao will be a deputy director of the provincial government in his early thirties, and given more time, he might even become Director Qi. I know that you are being extremely disrespectful. In ancient times, you would have been punished with caning!

So he criticized him righteously and sternly.

"Zhi, you're a student in the top class of a national key high school, why can't you be a little more confident?"

"What?"

Let's remove the word "like"!

Several days have passed in the blink of an eye.

More than 500,000 high school graduates in Sichuan Province in 2009 are about to face an important day: the third mock exam organized by the Provincial Department of Education.

The specific times are this Friday and this Saturday.

As it was the last military parade before the college entrance examination, Dezhou No. 1 High School took it very seriously.

These past few days in class, the teachers have been mentioning it from time to time, which has made the atmosphere in the class more serious.

Students, apart from the geniuses who excel no matter what exam they take, and the slackers who never excel no matter what exam they take, who isn't afraid of exams?

Li Xingzhi has been very nervous these past few days.

Then this kid has a bad habit: he shakes his leg when he's nervous, which annoys Zeng Cheng a lot.

As a native of Sichuan, Zeng Cheng already suffers from PTSD. He feels like there's an earthquake whenever someone around him shakes their leg.

Because of this, he has been cursing Li Xingzhi a lot these past two days, saying that he will break his legs sooner or later.

Li Xingzhi was puzzled and asked Zeng Cheng why he wasn't nervous. He said, "To be honest, Cheng-ge, your grades aren't even as good as mine."

I sincerely thought that even if I had a cheat code, I might not necessarily tell you.

And I have two cheat codes!

The small perk of being reborn is like a built-in cheat.

The sect's holy maiden, who ranked third in the province's college entrance examination this year, is an external cheat code.

These past few days, Zeng Cheng has been having lunch with Yu Baiwei at the cafeteria.

After dinner, we went to the grove for a "Sweet Duo" game, where Yu Baiwei helped him with his homework.

With the combined blessing of the two abilities, Zeng Cheng's cultivation level has advanced by leaps and bounds during this period.

He's likely to make headlines in this third mock exam, climbing from the bottom of the class to the top ten.

With this score, a 211 university is almost guaranteed, and a 985 university is also a possibility; it's practically a step towards the Golden Core stage.

Because Zeng Cheng had been having lunch with Yu Baiwei for the past few days, rumors gradually began to circulate—schools are the easiest places for gossip to spread.

[Could Yu Baiwei and that bastard Zeng Cheng be dating?]

After a few days of fermentation, this big gossip, which could have made headlines at the school, finally reached the teachers' ears.

The homeroom teacher of Class 1, Grade 9 was Liu Jifen.

[Yu Baiwei is dating, and with that lousy student Zeng Cheng from Class 6? How is that possible!]

Upon hearing this rumor, Liu Jifen initially found it absurd. After careful consideration, she realized that the absurdity was tinged with ridiculousness, and the ridiculousness with absurdity, to the point that she wanted to laugh.

Despite her disbelief, she still took it seriously and went to Zeng Cheng's homeroom teacher, Ye Qiong, with a stern face to bring up the matter in a very serious manner—this is called nipping a problem in the bud.

Which teacher wouldn't cherish a student like Yu Baiwei, who has a chance of becoming the top scorer in the province?

The college entrance exam is just a month away, and we absolutely cannot afford any mishaps at this time.

After exchanging a few words about the matter, Liu Jifen immediately lost her temper.

"Ye Qiong, what kind of class is that Zeng Cheng from your class? How dare he be rumored to be dating our class's pearl?"

"I don't care if it's true or not, you have to control this kid and keep him away from Yu Baiwei, or I'll go to the school leaders and send him home to study!"

These words were undeniably heavy.

Ye Qiong frowned more and more as she listened.

She felt that Liu Jifen was making a mountain out of a molehill.

Is it worth bringing up something based on mere rumors without any concrete evidence?

However, Ye Qiong did not choose to argue with Liu Jifen.

Although Liu Jifen's threat to send Zeng Cheng home to study was unreasonable, there aren't that many principles to be found in this world.

Zeng Cheng, a Foundation Establishment cultivator whose chances of even passing a single exam are slim, could potentially influence a sect's holy maiden like Yu Baiwei, which is the greatest original sin of all.

If this matter were to reach the school leaders, they would absolutely side with Liu Jifen unconditionally.

So, during evening self-study, Ye Qiong asked someone to call Zeng Cheng to her office.

"Teacher Ye, is something the matter?"

Zeng Cheng had a big smile on his face.

As Xun once said, girls who love going to bars are more likely to have good fertility, while boys who love to laugh are more likely to have good luck.

"Zeng Cheng, stop grinning at me. Tell me, what's going on between you and Yu Baiwei from Class One? Teacher Liu even came to see me today!"

Ye Qiong's expression was very serious.

Zeng Cheng pretended to be confused, knowing the truth: "Teacher Ye, what's going on?"

Ye Qiong tapped the table, putting her under pressure: "Tell me honestly, are you dating Yu Baiwei?"

Zeng Cheng quickly shook his head: "How could that be, Teacher Ye? This is slander! Someone is slandering me!"

After careful observation, Ye Qiong's tone softened slightly: "Alright, the teacher still believes this one, after all, Yu Baiwei isn't blind!"

"..."

Zeng Cheng's cheek twitched.

Teacher, are you really being so honest? Can't you consider my self-esteem?

Aren't you afraid that I'll end up like Jiahao, running laps on the track after being provoked?

Zeng Cheng later learned the reason why Qi Jiahao went crazy on the playground—it was because of Xia Ning.

"Zeng Cheng, your teacher believes this is just hearsay, but there's no smoke without fire, so what really happened?"

"Teacher Ye, it's like this..."

Zeng Cheng figured there was nothing to hide—he and Yu Baiwei had never been in a relationship.

So he gave a summary of the story.

"Just explaining the questions?"

"Oh, we eat lunch together every day, and chat after we finish discussing the problems. Teacher Ye, eating and chatting have absolutely nothing to do with dating, right?"

"That's true, but Teacher Liu insists on making a mountain out of a molehill, and there's nothing I can do—" Ye Qiong said earnestly, "I've been there too, and I know that it's natural for young people to admire each other, but at your age, you should be learning from the virtuous. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understand!"

Having lived two lives, Zeng Cheng was certain he understood immediately.

Ye Qiong may seem to be scolding him, but she is actually protecting him.

In other words, you can forget about eating in the cafeteria with Yu Baiwei anymore.

It's likely that Yu Baiwei will no longer be able to help him with his studies.

High school students are like this; there are too many rules and regulations they need to follow.

"Knowing is useless," Ye Qiong glared at Zeng Cheng, "You need to put it into action!"

"Okay," Zeng Cheng nodded. "Teacher Ye, I'll talk to Yu Baiwei about it later—while it's natural for a young girl to admire someone, she should learn from the good and focus all her energy on her studies, just like me, instead of becoming overly immersed in friendship!"

"..."

Ye Qiong's lips twitched.

Where's that confused guy? Come out here for a moment, Teacher Ye needs to talk to you.