Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 268 - 229 Preparation for the Spring Outing_2

“Zhang Chi, what’s wrong with you?”

Zhang Chi’s gaze was blank, his eyes lifeless, having lost all hope for the future, and he was questioning his life.

Hu Jun was clearly speaking right next to his ear, but Zhang Chi seemed oblivious, still numbly sitting there.

Was he deceived?

No, he wasn’t deceived!

Everything was a mirage, all was an illusion in water!

Fake, all of it was fake, haha!

Suddenly, he caught sight of the water cooler at the front of the classroom. A chill ran through his heart, as he felt the water cooler glance at him twice.

Zhang Chi shivered and came to his senses.

The others noticed his abnormality. Ma Shicheng asked: “What’s up with you?”

Guo Kunnan also looked on with concern.

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But Wang Longlong and Hu Jun, with an air of nonchalance, seemed indifferent; one was not close to Zhang Chi, while the other had a poor impression of him.

Zhang Chi had just been scammed, his heart fragile. His money was not his own, it was borrowed, and now it was all lost, yet even so, he couldn’t admit he had been cheated.

That was his last shred of pride.

“I’m fine,” Zhang Chi forced back his sorrow.

Wang Longlong was adept at reading people, and he pressed:

“You’re really okay?”

To prove he was fine, Zhang Chi laughed heartily:

“I’m fine, why wouldn’t I be!”

His laughter faltered midway, and the others saw that the corners of his mouth, initially curled up, drooped down bit by bit. Thus, his expression unexpectedly turned to one of pity.

The laughter from his chest turned into indistinct mutterings:

“I’m so miserable…”

Wang Longlong was speechless. This is what you call ‘fine’?

Ma Shicheng, seeing his pain, said: “If you’ve got unsolvable troubles, tell us brothers.”

For the sake of his dignity, Zhang Chi stubbornly kept silent.

He had already been duped out of his money; he couldn’t afford to lose face as well, or else he’d have nothing left.

…

School was out in the afternoon.

The usually sleeping Xue Yuantong exceptionally stood up, eliciting a surprised look from Chen Siqing in front.

Chen Siqing had switched seats with her sister many times and had never seen Xue Yuantong get up at the end of the school day.

She felt something was amiss: “Are you going out to eat?”

Xue Yuantong replied: “I’m going home to eat.”

After speaking, she deliberately glanced at Jiang Ning.

In order to save money for a tablet computer, Xue Yuantong decided to eat at home this week. It was a decision she had made quietly, without ever notifying Jiang Ning.

She didn’t want to depend on Jiang Ning anymore; she had grown up, she wanted to be independent.

Jiang Ning was unmoved. The self-serving little schemes of Yuantong, he had long seen through.

“Is Jiang Ning going back with you?” Chen Siqing asked.

“Ah him, he’s eating out, I’m going home alone.” Xue Yuantong crossed her arms, don’t think she could only rely on Jiang Ning, she was an independent girl indeed.

“How are you getting home?” Chen Siqing knew, usually Jiang Ning would give Xue Yuantong a ride on his bike and expressed envy. How nice it would be if Jiang Ning could give her a ride on his bike too.

She had never been given a bike ride by a boy!

But as soon as this thought occurred, Chen Siqing was conflicted again. The back seat of Jiang Ning’s mountain bike could only fit one person. If he took her, what about her sister Si Yu?

Would they ask her sister to sit on the handlebars?

Wouldn’t that be unfair to her sister?

Chen Siqing was troubled and didn’t know how to solve this problem.

As she was worrying, Xue Yuantong said: “My mom has come to pick me up.”

Afterwards, Xue Yuantong left her seat and headed out of the classroom.

She exited the classroom door, went down the stairs, and headed towards the bike shed of the Fourth Middle School.

When she arrived at the bike shed, she suddenly realized she didn’t need Jiang Ning to pick her up anymore!

Why did she come to the bike shed, silly her!

Thus, Xue Yuantong, following the flow of students leaving the campus, headed towards the school’s exit. To not keep her mother waiting too long, she quickened her pace.

Walking all the way to the intersection outside the school, she stood on the corner searching for her mother.

But her mother wasn’t there.

“Didn’t she come, or did she go somewhere else?” Xue Yuantong wondered.

She took out her phone to call her mother.

“Mom, where are you?” Xue Yuantong asked, fearing her mother’s tardiness might delay her evening self-study.

Aunt Gu: “Jiang Ning and I have agreed that he will take you home, he told me not to come.”

“Ah?” Xue Yuantong couldn’t believe it. How did Jiang Ning know?

She had kept it so secret.

And just then, as if by telepathy, she turned her head and saw Jiang Ning coming on his mountain bike.

Jiang Ning pulled on the handlebars, performed a drift, and the bike glided in a stylish arc.

He put his foot on the ground and said:

“Get on.”

Xue Yuantong in surprise: “My mom told you?”

“Yeah, Aunt Gu invited me to your house for dinner this afternoon, didn’t you know?”

Xue Yuantong: …Does my mother not love me anymore?

…

Time passed, exactly as the students anticipated, half a month went by in a flash.

March 21st, the Spring Equinox.

Half of spring had passed.

In Yuzhou during this season, the daytime temperature was around 10 degrees Celsius, no longer requiring heavy cotton clothing. The attire of the girls bloomed like spring flowers.

Today, the boys of Class 8 were excited because it was the day for an outing in nature.