Rebirth begins with an arranged marriage

Chapter 77 Collision

A small diagnostic test has just passed, and the students are probably a little more relaxed. Less than half of them stayed after evening self-study to study for a while longer last night.

When the school janitor shouted to turn off the lights and shut off the power, Tang Huaiyi and Li Xiujuan closed the doors and windows, and the campus was quieter than usual.

The two walked out of the classroom and onto the dimly lit campus path when Li Xiujuan suddenly called out, "Tang Huaiyi."

"Hmm? What is it?"

Tang Huaiyi had barely finished speaking when Li Xiujuan suddenly appeared in his arms as if she had bumped into someone, bringing a sudden and unexpected force.

Tang Huaiyi was stunned for a moment with his hands outstretched, then realized what was happening and reached back to hug her.

"What's wrong?"

Li Xiujuan kept her head down, sniffing his scent, without saying a word.

"What happened?" Tang Huaiyi asked softly again, "Why did this happen so suddenly?"

Li Xiujuan whispered, "I want to be with you... I don't want you to leave."

"Where am I supposed to go?" Tang Huaiyi asked.

Li Xiujuan explained in a low voice, "It's a love letter."

"Oh, you're afraid I'll receive love letters and start dating someone else?" Tang Huaiyi said with a smile.

"Um."

Tang Huaiyi gently pressed his palm against the girl's slender body and slowly explained, "Didn't I already tell you? Those love letters without names or surnames might not even be some kind of trick. I didn't take them to heart, but you still do."

Li Xiujuan was very slender and light, like a fragile porcelain vase in Tang Huaiyi's arms.

"I'm scared."

She whispered, suppressing her embarrassment, uttering a name she had never used before: "Huaiyi, I'm afraid..."

"From now on, you'll treat me like any other classmate, never eating with me again, never sitting next to me again, never going to and from school with me again..."

"You're overthinking it. Nobody can predict what the future holds," Tang Huaiyi said. "You're thinking like this now, but after our college entrance exams, maybe you'll get into university while I don't. If I try to contact you then, I'm afraid I'll drive you crazy. Ugh, Tang Huaiyi, why are you so annoying..."

No, it won't.

Li Xiujuan immediately raised her head, her tone resolute: "Huaiyi, no way!"

"Only if you despise me will I be unable to be with you... As long as you don't despise me, I will stay with you... It doesn't matter whether I get into university or not."

Holding the girl's light and soft body in his arms, and feeling the firm determination in her words, Tang Huaiyi said nothing more, but simply held her quietly.

After a short while, Tang Huaiyi heard the sound of wings flapping, so he gently patted Li Xiujuan and said, "You go back first, I have something to do."

Li Xiujuan hugged him tightly again and whispered, "Huaiyi, I will definitely follow you. Please don't despise me."

After saying that, she suppressed her embarrassment and hurriedly left.

After she left, Tang Huaiyi walked to the tree where he used to stay every night, stretched out his arm, and three birds—two crows and an owl—fell down from above.

Then, each bird gave him a silver dollar.

Tang Huaiyi wasn't surprised that there were still silver dollars left—the crow had told him last night that there were still silver dollars left, but they were quite far away.

He was surprised that the crow, which Guan Xiaolin was raising, had only just recovered from its injuries and hadn't fully healed yet, but it had already flown so far.

"Why did you fly so far? Your injury hasn't healed yet, you can't keep going like this, understand?"

The crow didn't make a sound, just kept letting him preen his feathers.

The birds were very sensible and helped him a lot, which made Tang Huaiyi feel a little sorry for them.

While grooming its feathers, I repeatedly told it not to do that and to let the injury heal first.

After being told what to do by Tang Huaiyi, the crow finally responded with two crows, indicating that it understood.

After grooming the other two birds and watching them fly away, Tang Huaiyi pondered for a moment.

It seems the two crows recovered faster after being injured?

Generally speaking, a week ago, the crow was so badly injured that it could barely fly and fell from the sky, but now it can fly so far to help me get the silver coins—this is certainly due to the crow's good intentions, but if the injury had healed slowly, it definitely wouldn't have been able to do this.

Is it because of the connection between me and them?

If that's the case, then their lives will be much safer.

Tang Huaiyi wasn't entirely sure either, and planned to pay more attention in the future.

Originally there were three silver dollars, and now there are three more, making a total of six silver dollars. Adding them up, it would be at least forty or fifty dollars. Only now can Tang Huaiyi say that he will definitely not need a single penny from his family for living expenses this semester.

When I got back to the dormitory, the lights were just turned off, but He Genbao still hadn't returned.

After a while, the dormitory supervisor, holding a flashlight, led He Genbao, who reeked of smoke and alcohol, into the dormitory.

"You little brat, you went out smoking and drinking again today... and you even asked me to open the door for you... Is this how you come to school?"

"If I tell your teacher... your teacher will have to talk to you again tomorrow. You can't do that again..."

"Please, sir, please don't tell the teacher..." He Genbao pleaded softly, "I have no choice, I didn't want to learn this..."

The dormitory supervisor sighed, "Forget it, I won't concern myself with your business."

"If you don't do anything productive again, don't knock on the door and ask me to open it for you. Just stay outside the dormitory."

"Thank you, sir, thank you..."

He Genbao expressed his gratitude, but the dormitory supervisor had already turned and walked away with his flashlight on.

He Genbao quietly got into bed without saying a word.

The next morning, all the students got up for class. He Genbao struggled to get up and go to school too. After carefully washing himself under the tap, he went to the classroom for morning reading.

As soon as he sat down, the classmate next to him frowned and looked at him.

But because of the bad relationship, I didn't say anything to him.

When Teacher Tian entered the classroom, walked over to He Genbao, sniffed him carefully, and said with a grim expression, "Smoking again? Your clothes reek of smoke!"

"Teacher Tian, ​​I..."

He Genbao stood up, his face pale, never expecting that Teacher Tian would still notice.

Zhao Weimin smokes and drinks, then washes up and takes a shower when he gets home, and changes into clean clothes the next day. He Genbao, on the other hand, has no clothes to change into, and since it's only been seven hours since last night, the smell is still very noticeable.

Teacher Tian looked at He Genbao, her impression of him extremely poor. She didn't even let him speak outside, but instead began to scold him in front of the whole class: "Last night I specifically looked at a few students' papers. This time, your Chinese score was terrible, and you still have the nerve to smoke and drink?"

"He Genbao, what exactly are you trying to do?"

"If you really don't want to study, hurry home now and save your family some food!"

He Genbao trembled slightly, his whole body swaying precariously, unable to utter a single word.

"This Sunday, when you come to school from home, please have your parents come with you!"

With a cold face, Teacher Tian left a message in front of everyone, then gestured for the whole class to continue their morning reading before leaving without looking back.

He Genbao stood straight like a tree, neither reading nor making a sound, his face pale. He didn't even go to eat until the morning reading session ended.