Who would still play tennis after being reborn?

Chapter 20 You're Awesome (4.2K)

Monday morning, just as dawn was breaking.

Although Ningbo in late October wasn't sweltering like summer, the temperature was still quite high.

However, it was still a bit chilly in the morning.

Gu Cheng casually grabbed two meat buns from the table, and under his mother's instructions, he ate them while riding his bike out the door, heading towards school.

I rushed as fast as I could and managed to make it to the morning reading session.

In high school, morning reading is something every student hates because it requires getting up very early. Morning reading starts at seven o'clock, which means that many day students have to get up before six o'clock, otherwise the possibility of being late is very high.

For boarding students, those who live further away have to arrive at school a day in advance.

The better the school, the more rigorous the academic requirements.

When Gu Cheng entered the classroom, it was almost full. The high-achieving students didn't need the teacher's supervision; they had already taken their English textbooks and started memorizing English words.

As for the students sitting in the back row, at this time, they were either still playing around with each other or listlessly lying on their desks catching up on sleep.

However, the vast majority of students are catching up on sleep. For students who have slept in for two days, suddenly getting up early is an extremely painful experience.

In the past, Gu Cheng had been late for school many times because he slept in. At first, his homeroom teacher, Lao Zhang, would just give him a few words of advice, saying that studying was very important. But after a while, the process of "calling his parents" was basically initiated.

At this point, the situation of "calling parents" is not very serious, and the vast majority of teachers are still very responsible.

Teachers will handle, criticize, and educate students about things that happen at school.

The homeroom teacher would even patiently lecture you on a long list of well-known principles that you've almost memorized.

In later generations, if a student has any issues at school, the educational process will almost always be skipped, and the process will go straight to "calling the parents".

High school is a bit better, but the situation is most serious in elementary and middle school when parents are called in.

Misbehaving will get your parents called in, poor academic performance will also get you called in, and tutoring homework has become the parents' responsibility. It seems that the role of teachers is just to help parents take care of their children during the day.

Of course, there are also more responsible teachers.

However, such teachers are extremely rare in later generations.

As a key high school, No. 1 High School has its share of students like Li Yang who struggle academically, but overall it is quite good.

Those who can get into high school in Ningbo, especially a key high school, actually have a good foundation. Those with really bad grades have basically already been streamed during the high school entrance exam.

Students like Li Yang, even if they don't do well in their studies, can still get into a second-tier university with a little effort.

If they can catch up, they have a good chance of getting into a top university, and with good luck, they might even get into a 211 or 985 university.

After all, No. 1 High School is a key high school with an undergraduate admission rate as high as 95%.

I wonder if Li Yang went to play games over the weekend. Right now, there's a book standing on his desk, and he's muttering something under his dark circles, like he's reciting English words, but it's all very unclear.

As soon as Gu Cheng arrived, Li Yang immediately put on a look of relief, as if he had seen his own father. He stared at Gu Cheng like a lapdog, flattering him, "Brother, you haven't forgotten what I told you the day before yesterday, have you?"

Gu Cheng pulled out a 100-yuan banknote from his pocket and slapped it on his desk. The bastard's eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly grabbed the money, calling out "Brother, Brother" repeatedly, almost kneeling down to kowtow to Gu Cheng.

"Brother, have you done your homework?"

Gu Cheng thought he hadn't done his homework and hadn't even put his schoolbag down yet when he turned around and heard the other person grin and say, "If you haven't done it, I'll copy it for you. I haven't returned the class monitor's homework that I borrowed before."

"Done."

"Oh."

Li Yang was slightly disappointed, but quickly leaned closer and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"To be honest, I thought it would be good enough if you could give me twenty or thirty. I was prepared to ask others for more later. I didn't expect you to be so generous and give me 100 directly. I would feel embarrassed to accept this money if I didn't do something for you."

The dog was all talk and no action, but the hand holding the money quietly slipped it into its pocket.

"But are you good enough yourself?" Li Yang asked in a low voice.

He knew about Gu Cheng's family's financial situation; it was similar to his own—not the rich, but not the poor either. They weren't short of money, but their families were quite strict, and their weekly allowance was limited.

Gu Cheng gave him a hundred at once, how much did he have left?
"At least he still has some conscience." Gu Cheng feigned heartache.

"How about I break it open and give you back thirty or forty?" Although Li Yang was reluctant, he thought that this money was saved up by his good brother and given to him by him, so he gritted his teeth and thought about it.

Seeing Li Yang's expression, Gu Cheng was too lazy to play with him anymore and waved his hand, "No need, I still have some."

Li Yang immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, not long after, as Gu Cheng was packing his schoolbag, Li Yang suddenly tugged at his clothes: "Lin Huaiman is here."

Gu Cheng subconsciously looked up and saw a girl in a floral dress standing in front of him.

"Gu Cheng, it's been a long time."

Lin Huaiman stood with her hands behind her back, a faint smile on her face.

"Long time no see." Gu Cheng said indifferently.

This cold attitude made Lin Huaiman's eyes widen slightly. The usually proud girl immediately bit her lip: "Gu Cheng, we're all old classmates, there's no need to be like this because of what happened back then, is there?"

“I didn’t want to either, but my mom insisted on transferring me to a school in Shanghai, which is why I refused you.”

"Besides, we're still young, it's not the time for us to be dating."

"I can't believe that more than a year later, you're still angry about that."

"It has nothing to do with that." Gu Cheng didn't want to pay attention to the other person. It wasn't because of the confession he made in the second year of junior high school, but because after he went to college, Lin Huaiman contacted him and often used ambiguous words to keep him hanging, but then rejected him with various reasons when he confessed.

It's one thing to refuse, but Gu Cheng never intended to be fixated on one person.

Three-legged toads are hard to find, but two-legged women are everywhere.

But who would have thought that the year he graduated from university, Lin Huaiman would suddenly approach him and agree to be his girlfriend.

Gu Cheng didn't think much of it at first. After all, his goddess from junior high school, the class beauty from his youth, suddenly confessed to him. Plus, he didn't have a girlfriend at the time, so he was overjoyed and agreed to date her.

But who could have imagined that just a few months after Gu Cheng found a job, Lin Huaiman suddenly approached him, heavily pregnant, and said she wanted to talk to him about marriage.

Gu Cheng was completely stunned.

The two of them had only ever held hands at most, and had never even kissed. After he went out to look for a job, Lin Huaiman went home. It wasn't until he found a job and rented a place that Lin Huaiman came over.

But upon arriving, he was given a huge "surprise"—he became a father unexpectedly.

Upon asking, it was discovered that the boy Lin Huaiman had dated in her senior year of college had dumped her. After the breakup, Lin Huaiman discovered that she was pregnant. Unable to contact the boy, she went to Gu Cheng, who was still single at the time.

Upon hearing this, Gu Cheng almost slapped the woman. He thought to himself, "No wonder she suddenly agreed to be my girlfriend; she's brought something with her."

Gu Cheng was about to kick her out, but Lin Huaiman's shamelessness exceeded his expectations. She actually said that even if it wasn't his child, couldn't he make an exception for her?
She doesn't want a large dowry, just 188,000 yuan as a token.

Gu Cheng was lucky he didn't have a knife at the time, otherwise he would have definitely chopped this shameless woman in half.

Having been a living turtle for three or four months, Gu Cheng was already being very civilized by not directly cursing at people; he certainly wasn't going to give anyone a pleasant look.

If it were just some trivial matter from the second year of junior high, he wouldn't be that petty.

In life, everyone will have one or two girls they really like, and they'll be rejected once or twice. That's perfectly normal.

If you don't like it, you will naturally refuse it.

These are all minor matters, not even worth mentioning.

But what Lin Huaiman did was so terrible that now, just seeing her makes him feel nauseous and vomit.

Seeing Lin Huaiman looking so aggrieved, as if he had done something against the heavens, made Gu Cheng even more furious.

But Lin Huaiman hadn't done those things yet at this time, so Gu Cheng's feelings were incredibly complicated. He could only say coldly, "It has nothing to do with that. It's time for morning reading. Please don't block the way here, otherwise it won't be good if Old Zhang sees you and misunderstands."

As a homeroom teacher, Zhang Xiantu cares about his students' studies and lives, even if he can't be all-encompassing.

But there's one thing: you can't be in a relationship.

At the very least, they can't openly date in the classroom, otherwise they'll definitely be facing a "parents being called in" situation.

If Old Zhang really saw Lin Huaiman looking like this, he would probably be called to the office for a chat after morning reading.

When it comes to matters of dating, teachers rarely talk to female students; in most cases, they only talk to male students.

At that point, it will truly be like mud falling into your pants—even if it's not excrement, it will still look like excrement.

how to explain?

Whether you admit it or not, Lao Zhang will assume you're in a relationship. In Lao Zhang's eyes, denying it is just a stubborn act of resistance.

Having finally returned from the world of Prince of Tennis, Gu Cheng only wanted to study hard, get into a good university, preferably Tsinghua, Peking University, or Zhejiang University, find a job he liked after graduation, marry a virtuous wife and loving mother, and live a simple life. That was all.

If I really get entangled with Lin Huaiman, my future days will probably be anything but peaceful.

Lin Huaiman felt a slight pang in her heart. Gu Cheng had liked her so much back in the second year of junior high school, writing her so many love letters. How could his attitude towards her have changed so much after only a year?
Did I say something too harsh at some point?
Lin Huaiman didn't leave, but explained, "Gu Cheng, I really just want to study hard, I don't mean anything else. If you really like me, I'll definitely consider you first when we get to university."

Gu Cheng couldn't help but glance at her, and almost threw up the meat buns he had eaten that morning.

Are you considering letting me become a father unexpectedly?
Gu Cheng was thinking that he must have been out of his mind to like Lin Huaiman so much, until he became a father unexpectedly and finally saw through her ugly heart.

You think I'm the first person you'll ever consider? You're fucking awesome.

"You might have misunderstood. I don't like you, really. Please go back to your desk and don't let the teacher see this and misunderstand. Otherwise, I won't be able to clear my name no matter what."

Lin Huaiman was rejected by the same boy again and again. The key point was that Gu Cheng's gaze towards her was not just dislike, but even a little... disgust?
For a moment, Lin Huaiman's mentality also collapsed.

What do you mean by "afraid the teacher will misunderstand"? Am I, Lin Huaiman, that bad-looking? You wouldn't even take me if I offered myself to you?

All I did was say that you'd be my first choice for college. What's wrong with that?

To be honest, Lin Huaiman really couldn't understand it. She had thought about it a lot at home last night and decided to talk to Gu Cheng as soon as she came to school. Based on her understanding of Gu Cheng, she thought that if she just used a basic attack, Gu Cheng would probably be so excited that he would hand over both of his skills all at once.

But reality was completely different from what she had imagined.

Gu Cheng not only didn't use any double moves, but he even tricked her into revealing all her skills by simply moving to a lower position.

I'm not bad looking, am I?
When Lin Huaiman entered the classroom, she glanced around. There were pretty girls in Class 2, but in terms of looks, none of them could compare to her. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her the class beauty.

Even if she were ranked among the top ten in the entire school, she wouldn't be bad; she would definitely be in the top ten for looks.

Countless boys would like her, but somehow she became a suspect in Gu Cheng's eyes.

A teenage girl's self-esteem is being severely damaged for the first time.

She was in a very bad mood, extremely bad, and still unaware that the problem lay with her. She braced herself against Gu Cheng's desk with both hands: "Playing hard to get?"

"Gu Cheng, is this how you're trying to get my attention?"

"You're fucking shameless." Gu Cheng had completely lost patience with Lin Huaiman. This girl was simply unreasonable. He had made it clear that he didn't want anything to do with her, yet she could still imagine that he was playing hard to get.

"who do you think You Are?"

"Vivian Chow!"

Lin Huaiman, who had been suppressing her anger, immediately erupted like a volcano upon hearing this: "Gu Cheng, you fucking bastard."

This was probably the first time Lin Huaiman had ever sworn at a boy like that. Her voice was loud, and the whole classroom fell silent because of that "bastard."

Everyone turned to look in their direction.

Even the students in the front row who were still studying diligently, regardless of gender, all looked at Gu Cheng and Lin Huaiman, who had run back to her seat in the front row, with the fire of gossip burning brightly in their eyes.

Lin Huaiman was a student at the High School Affiliated to Ningbo No. 1 Middle School. At the end of the second semester of her second year of junior high school, she transferred to a school in Shanghai. For some reason, she returned to Ningbo.

Many students in the class had come from the affiliated high school and knew something about how Gu Cheng was rejected when he confessed his feelings to Lin Huaiman.

Now that Lin Huaiman has transferred back to school, she immediately went to find Gu Cheng. The two chatted for a short while before it ended with Lin Huaiman launching into a tirade of abuse.

What happened is something everyone wants to know.

Instead, they were very curious.

But it was morning reading time, so even though they wanted to ask questions, they didn't dare leave their desks.

Outside the window, Zhang Xiantu, who had just been patrolling, heard the commotion inside the classroom and shifted his gaze from Lin Huaiman, whose face was filled with shame and indignation, to Gu Cheng.

He went to the window and said, "Gu Cheng, come out for a moment."

Gu Cheng, who had finally managed to get rid of Lin Huaiman, hadn't even had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief when his body tensed up.

(End of this chapter)