My girlfriend was reborn.

Chapter 183 My Girlfriend Has Been Reborn

At night, the Spring Festival Gala was playing on TV, and the sound of scattered firecrackers could be heard outside. Everyone sat around the table, making a lot of noise and having a lively time.

For Lu Qian, this kind of occasion was like a fish in water.

As for Cheng Shuangjiang, the last time she celebrated the New Year like this was when she was very young, so she felt a little awkward. Fortunately, Lu Qian and Zhou Heming took care of her and didn't let the girl sit alone on one side.

After dinner, Zhou Jianjun drove the three of them home.

Back in the house, Cheng Shuangjiang took off her scarf and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Aren't you getting used to it yet?"

Zhou Heming took the coat she had taken off and hung it in the closet along with Lu Qian's coat.

"Yeah, there's always this feeling that I'm causing trouble for Ahe."

Cheng Shuangjiang nodded.

"How could that be? It's pride! Everyone envies me for having such a beautiful girl with me for the New Year."

Zhou Heming laughed.

"Yes, after all, we are family."

Lu Qian also took her hand.

"family."

Cheng Shuangjiang pondered the word, then nodded solemnly.

Because it was New Year's Eve, all three of them had to take a shower and change into new clothes. Lu Qian played the Spring Festival Gala on her tablet as background noise. The three of them took turns washing up in the room, and by the time they finished, it was already 11:30.

"If I buy a house in the future, I'll have to buy a bigger one, with at least two bathrooms."

Seeing Zhou Heming come out last, Lu Qian said casually.

"Then it would usually have to be a large three-bedroom apartment."

Zhou Heming dried his hair and casually turned on the hairdryer.

Because of his parents' work, he had some knowledge about apartment layouts.

"Three rooms seem a bit too many. We three can sleep in one room, leaving the other two empty?"

Lu Qian seemed to be genuinely considering how to allocate the rooms.

"We won't sleep together every day, right? Asahi, you're an adult now, you need to learn to sleep on your own."

Zhou Heming gave a wry smile.

"No, we want to sleep together, until we're twenty, thirty, forty, until we're too old to walk."

After hanging the freshly washed clothes on the balcony to dry, Cheng Shuangjiang returned to the living room.

"Okay."

With a score of two to one, Zhou Heming had no choice but to agree.

"Besides, when we have children in the future, they will definitely need their own rooms."

Cheng Shuangjiang said matter-of-factly.

"A little...child?"

Zhou Heming was stunned when the video suddenly sped up to this point.

“That’s right. If Shuangjiang and I each have one, then we’ll have two kids. When they grow up, they’ll need their own rooms, so a three-bedroom apartment will barely be enough.”

Lu Qian continued, picking up where Cheng Shuangjiang left off.

Zhou Heming didn't complain about why the two children had their own rooms while the three adults had to squeeze into the same room.

"We also need a study; um, three bedrooms really aren't enough."

Cheng Shuangjiang took out her phone and searched for housing prices in Jiangcheng and Ningjiang.

"If I use the money here to help Ahe pay off his family's debts, it should be enough to make a down payment. Then the three of us can pay off the loan together, so the pressure shouldn't be too great."

She quickly calculated a number.

"It's okay, I have savings too. And after the variety show, I've been getting more work and my income is higher. Maybe I won't even need to take out a loan after graduation."

Lu Qian nodded, and then she and Cheng Shuangjiang looked at the location of the house.

Seeing the two of them so earnestly planning their future, Zhou Heming pursed his lips.

He had previously read that there are many ways a person can like you, one of which is to include the other person in their future plans.

Therefore, seeing the two girls planning their future lives touched him, and his chest felt a little warm.

What are you two talking about?

Zhou Heming sat down next to them.

"I'm looking at houses. Although it might be a few years before I actually buy one, it's good to check out the locations in advance, right?"

Lu Qian replied, and showed Zhou Heming the location they had just chosen, which was near Ningjiang University.

"It looks pretty good. The first phase should be completed by now. We can go and take a look when we get back to school."

Zhou Heming carefully read the information on it.

Actually, there was a long period of time before that.

He would subconsciously resist these things.

Because his family had actually fallen apart when he was in the third year of junior high school, Zhou Heming had never expected that he could have a complete family again.

Therefore, he never pays much attention to the future, housing, or the city he wants to live in—things that are more practical.

But now.

Zhou Heming really wanted to have a home.

He didn't want his relationship with the two girls to be limited to romantic love; he wanted the three of them to face the world together and spend every day together, dealing with the mundane realities of life.

"Speaking of which, what name should we choose for a child?"

Cheng Shuangjiang then brought the topic back to what happened before.

"Do we need to consider this so early?"

Zhou Heming felt it was too early to say.

How about calling me "No Regrets"?

Lu Qian slapped her forehead.

"This meaning isn't very good."

Zhou Heming didn't say he had a clear conscience.

"If only we could decide on the day of birth, then, for example, if Bailu is born, we could name her Zhou Bailu."

Cheng Shuangjiang seems to be preparing to pass on her parents' naming habits to the next generation.

"Wouldn't someone born on New Year's Eve be called Zhou New Year's Eve?"

Lu Qian muttered something.

"Let's call her Zhou Xixi."

Cheng Shuangjiang took a compromise.

"If we follow this naming method, we need to prepare in advance."

Lu Qian said thoughtfully.

"what to prepare?"

Zhou Heming didn't react for a moment.

"Yeah, like, ten months in advance or something."

Lu Qian suddenly looked away, feeling a little embarrassed.

"If it's New Year's Eve, then we might get heavy snow or the winter solstice."

Cheng Shuangjiang quickly calculated the corresponding solar term.

"Zhou Dongzhi or Zhou Daxue don't seem to be suitable."

Zhou Heming scratched his head.

"Call her Zhou Dongdong, or Zhou Xuexue!"

Lu Qian began to repeat words.

"We also need to consider whether it's a boy or a girl, so we have to come up with several names."

Cheng Shuangjiang truly lives up to her reputation as a top student; she is very thoughtful.

“Or we can take names from the Book of Songs and the Chu Ci. There’s a saying that ‘girls are from the Book of Songs and boys are from the Chu Ci.’”

"What, what, what?"

Lu Qian was puzzled.

“Girl names like Jianjia, Zijin, and Nanjia, or my father’s and uncle’s names, come from the Chu Ci.”

Cheng Shuangjiang explained patiently.

At this time.

The countdown notification sounded from the tablet playing the Spring Festival Gala.

It's almost midnight.

Zhou Heming stood up and gestured for the three of them to go to the bedroom.

They went out onto the balcony. Outside, a cold wind howled, and the biting wind occasionally rattled against the windows with a dull thud.

The countdown notifications came from the tablet.

Occasionally, the sound of firecrackers could be heard in the distance, growing louder and closer as the countdown approached.

Fireworks were set off in Wuhan this year, so many families bought firecrackers, hoping to relive the "New Year's flavor" of their childhood on this Lunar New Year's Eve.

Zhou Heming vaguely remembers that when he was in the lower grades of elementary school, he could set off firecrackers during the Spring Festival. Back then, the neighborhood would be incredibly noisy starting around 11 p.m., and he would fall asleep to the sound of firecrackers all night long.

He was quite disgusted with it back then.

nowadays.

"Open the window?"

Lu Qian listened to the muffled sounds outside and looked at Zhou Heming and Cheng Shuangjiang.

"Uh-huh."

Cheng Shuangjiang nodded.

Zhou Heming opened the window.

A cold wind carrying a faint smell of gunpowder blew into the room, followed by a continuous series of firecrackers.

The countdown to the Spring Festival Gala could be faintly heard from other TVs in the neighborhood, but it was drowned out by the crackling sounds.

Zhou Heming didn't feel cold. He gazed into the distance at the commercial plaza hidden by buildings.

Beside him, two young girls quietly took his hands.

next moment.

The countdown is over.

The sound of firecrackers reached its peak.

The world is noisy, yet it is as if all is silent.

immediately.

In the distance, at the edge of the horizon.

A ray of light rose into the night sky.

Like the sleepless crabapple blossoms, colorful fireworks bloom in the night sky.

None of the three spoke.

I just quietly watched as fireworks lit up the long night.

Until the last firework faded into the night.

Zhou Heming looked at the two girls beside him.

"Happy Spring Festival!"

He was the first to offer his blessings to the two of them.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Lu Qian responded with a smile.

"From now on, I want to spend every year this happily!"

Cheng Shuangjiang will transform the present into an eternal promise.

"Ah."

Zhou Heming nodded and took the hands of the two girls.

"Every year from now on, the three of us will spend it together at home."

He called the place where the three of them were "home".

*
April.

Spring is warm, flowers are blooming, grass is growing and orioles are flying.

In a movie theater with a giant screen near Ningjiang University.

The College Student Film Festival is in full swing, and in addition to works by many emerging directors, genuine student films are also being promoted and screened during the festival.

In the past, university students' amateur works were generally submitted to short film sections of less than an hour.

However, this year, a film entirely shot by college students participated in the formal feature film category.

My Girlfriend Has Been Reborn.

This is a film where everyone from the actors to the production staff is a college student, some even freshmen.

In other contexts, many people might compare it to poorly made personal hobby projects, since it could just be a way to fill time.

However, the fact that the film was selected for the College Student Film Festival and had a preview screening in theaters indicates that it had undergone careful review by the festival's jury, which means that the film's quality is comparable to other feature films that were also selected.

Meanwhile, many industry insiders also forwarded relevant film festival promotional information, such as director Lu Ban and screenwriter Cui Ming, who became popular because of the web series and are preparing for a new film.

In addition, the lead actors Zhou Heming and Lu Bai were a popular on-screen couple in a previous web series and variety show, so the movie generated a lot of discussion even before its release.

Today is the premiere of this movie.

During the film festival, there are three screenings every day, and university students can purchase tickets at half price with their student ID.

Because it wasn't a big-budget film, the premiere was held in a small screening room, and there were no presentations or roadshows by the main creators.

Most of the people attending the movie premiere were film enthusiasts from universities in Ningjiang, who obtained free tickets through events or movie tickets distributed by their clubs.

The screening room was rather dimly lit.

Zhou Heming and the two girls entered the screening room, which was not full.

Because there weren't many people, they got the best viewing seats, located in the middle to the back.

"Although I've seen it several times before, this is the first time I've seen it in a movie theater."

Lu Qian on the left seemed quite interested.

"The screening room doesn't seem to be full."

Cheng Shuangjiang, on the other hand, was more concerned with whether the movie would be popular.

"It's okay, this is definitely to reserve the best seats for us."

Zhou Heming offered a reassuring remark.

The screening room went completely dark and fell silent.

He looked at the big screen.

He saw.

In the lingering twilight of the funeral home, a young girl who had traveled from afar smiled and told the hesitant boy her story of rebirth.

A boy who doesn't care about humanity, a girl who leaves behind photos of her treasured possessions, and two people striving to achieve their dreams.

On the riverbank covered with dandelions, frozen fireworks burst forth, illuminating the long night and shattering the future of separation.

The final year's sports meet, a long-distance race with all our might, a cake symbolizing forgiveness in the gentle sunset.

During the long vacation, the girl's treasures and the boy's golden moments, things that were unattainable in their youth, were held in the palm of their hands.

The moon in her window, the road he took home—these are the memories etched in his life's photograph, stories born from her.

A boy living in certain moments, a night he will never forget, the beginning of the letter, the content of the poem, the ending of the fairy tale.

The first kiss, the night we slept together, even without saying a word, was incredibly beautiful.

On the stage under the spotlight, in a world just for the two of them, the love on both sides of the scale finally reaches its equal.

Then, towards tomorrow.

He knew the movie's story ended there, but people eventually have to grow up and spend their entire lives experiencing love and pain.

There is no clock that goes backwards in this world. As the first snow falls in Jiangcheng, the two people dancing together cannot forget their initial love.

After the college entrance examination, she did not return as scheduled because of the farewell that was meant to be a reunion, which is precisely the meaning of parting.

The story begins in the midsummer with the incessant chirping of cicadas, a belated confession, and a seven-year-long game of hide-and-seek.

Whether it's a long-awaited reunion or an instant connection, it all comes down to one sentence: I've found you.

On Qixi Festival, the moonlight is so beautiful, it feels like we're on a date. The tree we planted when we parted is now growing tall and spreading out.

Whose truth is being told, and who is taking a daring gamble? She says the price is insignificant.

After the last lesson, the remorseful boy saw sparrows perched on the stone lions, and he knew that he had never forgotten.

Like a family, tonight, the boy could no longer care about humanity; he knew that the daily life of the three of them would continue forever.

then.

When a story ends, people always remember its beginning, as if everything has gone back to the way it was before.

Zhou Heming saw it.

On the big screen.

The boy, determined to keep moving forward, sat at his desk and typed words on his old laptop.

My Girlfriend Was Reborn

Episode 1, Scene 1.

Jiangcheng City Funeral Home, lingering in the twilight years.

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