My girlfriend was reborn.

Chapter 49 Tacit understanding
Zhou Heming didn't sleep well.

Make sense.

Cheng Shuangjiang's words last night were a bit too much for an 18-year-old high school boy.

Especially after she finished speaking, the girl turned her face away shyly, even the tips of her ears were flushed with a beautiful blush. Her shy and charming demeanor would make anyone who saw her feel tenderness and affection.

Zhou Heming's ability to stay focused and continue working on practice problems for over two hours that evening is already a model for senior students at Jiangcheng High School—unreasonably, since he was basically just scribbling nonsense towards the end.

My heart is in turmoil.

"So, this counts as a marriage proposal?"

At 6:30 a.m., Zhou Heming tidied his clothes and walked out of the house, muttering to himself.

Click——

Almost simultaneously, the girl in the school uniform next door opened her door and came out, smiling in the soft morning light.

Good morning, Ahe! Have a happy day today!

"Good morning."

Zhou Heming wasn't sure if he had shown the right smile, but at the very least, it should have been a happy and content expression.

He took the girl's outstretched hand, and they walked downstairs side by side, not one in front of the other.

By mid-October, the ginkgo trees in Jiangcheng had already turned golden. When the cool autumn wind blew, it became a colorful surge, flowing and surging in the air before finally falling to the ground and spreading a thick carpet.

The two of them walked on the carpet, the withered yellow leaves crunching under their feet, creating the only sound between them.

Zhou Heming couldn't help but think of the content in the novels he had read.

Right at this moment.

After buying breakfast and holding the fried dough sticks, Cheng Shuangjiang suddenly spoke.

"Ah He, can you promise me two things?"

A certain unspoken feeling made Zhou Heming, who had just taken a bite of the fried dough, freeze in place.

Then, he swallowed what was in his mouth and said loudly.

"I'll take all three as you wish."

Upon hearing Zhou Heming's response, the girl's expression brightened, and she turned around.

"Ah He, you really do remember this part of the novel."

"of course."

Zhou Heming followed. Although it was a bit incongruous to say these things while holding a fried dough stick in one hand and two cups of soy milk in the other, he was still happy to do so with the other person.

"I hope you can remember me, remember that I lived like this, that I was by your side like this, and maybe you'll always remember me?"

Cheng Shuangjiang skipped the first thing in the novel and went straight to the second thing, since the first thing was a bit inappropriate in this situation.

Zhou Heming, just like the protagonist in the novel, uttered the same lines.

"forever."

Immediately, the girl stuffed the fried dough stick into her mouth and continued speaking in a muffled voice.

"Will you really never forget me?"

Zhou Heming suddenly felt that the words he had read were turning into a bullet, crossing time and hitting him right between the eyebrows.

So, with the same feelings as the protagonist in the novel, he answered.

"I will never forget. How could I forget you?"

Upon hearing this, the girl revealed a smile even more delightful than the clear autumn sky.

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evening.

There was no overtime. When Zhou Heming and Cheng Shuangjiang went downstairs together, they found that the honor roll in the first-floor corridor had been updated.

Many students gathered there, peering over to see who the top 100 students in the grade were.

"Holy crap, 739 points? Is that even possible for a human to score that high?"

"Wow, wow, no wonder she's the Frost God. While other people's grades drop when they're in love, the Frost God's grades actually go up when she's in love."

"Let me see how many points my boyfriend's classmate scored. Wow, 599! He's 79th in the grade! That's amazing!"

"I remember he was in exam room number seven or eight. He has a top student and a school beauty as his girlfriend, and she can also improve his grades. How come he always gets all the good things in life?"

"Hey, there's also the grade improvement award here, it's also Zhou Heming."

"As expected, the Shenzhou CP is the easiest to ship!"

The students were chattering away.

Those who are keen to follow this list have all achieved decent results. People discuss Cheng Shuangjiang and Zhou Heming's relationship, but they don't gossip about it. Instead, their achievements are more enviable.

What is the "Shenzhou CP" (a pairing in the Chinese CP)?

Zhou Heming scratched his head.

“I heard from my classmates that it’s a combination of our two surnames, and it means ‘a thousand sails pass by the sunken ship’.”

Cheng Shuangjiang patiently explained the jokes about the two of them.

"But Cheng has a nasal ending, right?"

Zhou Heming didn't understand. The two of them looked at the honor roll, which, in addition to the ranking of scores, featured photos and mottos of the top ten students in each monthly exam and the recipients of the Most Improved Award.

Everyone immediately noticed Cheng Shuangjiang's photo.

Although the students had seen the photos every day before, this time the photos seemed a little different.

"The Frost Goddess's photo looks like she's smiling?"

"Right? A faint smile, just like Mona Lisa!"

"Don't you think Cheng Shuangjiang looks even more beautiful now?"

"Indeed, love makes you stronger!"

"Zhou Heming, you fucking deserve to die!"

Although Zhou Heming really wanted to remind him that he could hear him, for some reason, listening to those words praising Cheng Shuangjiang gave him a subtle sense of pride.

After all, she was his girlfriend.

Below the photo is the motto that Cheng Shuangjiang wrote down this time.

Serious students will fill this out very seriously, while unserious students can fill it out with anything—abstract quotes, advertisements for rent, recommendations for various games, and so on. In short, they make ordinary students feel that they can't outdo others in either studying or being as crazy as others.

Upon catching a glimpse of this, Zhou Heming's heart skipped a beat, and he realized it somewhat belatedly.

"Oh, I forgot to discuss it with you."

Because it was the first time Zhou Heming had written this, he didn't even realize that it would be shown to all the students in the school, so he sent it to Ding Kai along with the photos.

As for Cheng Shuangjiang, she wrote this every time, and I just gave it to her without hesitation.

But she probably won't come up with any fancy mottos, right?

As Zhou Heming thought this, he looked over.

Once you've seen the vast ocean, other waters seem insignificant; once you've beheld the clouds of Wushan, other clouds seem pale in comparison.

Quiet screams erupted among the onlookers, many of them looking like they'd gone mad, grabbing their friends and shaking them violently.

After all, it is a classic love poem, and it has been repeatedly quoted in romantic TV dramas, making it a household name.

Although it is a phrase similar to "memoirs of a deceased wife," it has long been used by modern people as a universal expression of love.

Moreover, even when used for studying, it's still acceptable, as it's a double entendre.

"That's so direct."

Zhou Heming glanced at the girl beside him. She was curiously scanning the top ten students and glancing at Zhou Heming's photo on the Progress Award page.

The photos taken by Lu Bai did, undeniably, improve Zhou Heming's overall appearance. Under the play of light and shadow, the already fairly handsome young man exuded a melancholic and profound aura, which indeed attracted the attention of some girls.

"So what did you write?"

Cheng Shuangjiang smiled slightly as she looked down at the photo of Zhou Heming.

I'm too lazy to linger among the flowers, half for cultivating the Tao, half for you.

"Five Poems of Parting Thoughts, No. 4" is a poem by Yuan Zhen.

Zhou Heming originally thought that he and Cheng Shuangjiang would both choose a poem as their motto, but unexpectedly, they chose the same one, which happened to be two stanzas.

Zhou Heming certainly knew that the first line was the most famous, but being a reserved person by nature, he would never publicly write such a straightforward poem on the wall of honor.

Therefore, the boy chose the second sentence, which was also full of deep emotion, yet contained a sense of restraint and tranquility.

Cheng Shuangjiang, on the other hand, was direct and enthusiastic, fearlessly using the first sentence.

It is precisely because of the two of them that such an effect can be achieved.

This was a serendipitous coincidence, but also a tacit understanding.

"Where is this poem from?"

"Let me check on my phone. Wow, this is such a public display of affection!"

"Kill me to liven things up for you two!"

"I'm so excited! I'll have material for my dreams tonight."

The other students on the honor wall seemed to become mere foils to the two, as everyone looked at their photos, chattering and discussing endlessly.

But the person involved has already left.

They ate at the cafeteria before returning to the main building.

As soon as they entered the stairwell, Cheng Shuangjiang immediately took Zhou Heming's hand, their fingers intertwined, and they walked upstairs together.

The boy discovered that the school beauty who appeared aloof and cold to outsiders was actually quite clingy.

There was no piano music coming from upstairs today. Lu Bai had mentioned in the WeChat group this morning that she was going to audition at the film studio next door and wouldn't be coming to school today.

The secret base has returned to a two-person operation.

I have to say, it still feels a little strange.

"This is the first act of the script you wrote, Ah He."

The two studied until almost the end of evening self-study, when Cheng Shuangjiang took out a piece of paper from her bag that she didn't know if it was a copy she had made during class or the night before.

Zhou Heming took the manuscript and looked over at it.

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