After rebirth, I gave up Bai Yueguang

Jiang Yi took out the wrapped gift, handed it to her, shook it in front of her, and then immediately put it back in front of himself without handing it to Su Jing immediately.

"What? Are you reluctant again?" Su Jing spread one hand in front of him and looked at him with bright eyes.

Jiang Yi smiled dotingly, and spoke in a magnetic voice: "I bought it for you in the first place, how could I be reluctant to part with it?"

He just saw the embarrassment in Su Jing's eyes and suddenly didn't dare to give the card that was already inside the gift. He hesitated, thinking about how to take the card back in front of her.

Just when he was having a headache, Wu Wanqiu's voice came from outside: "Oh, what's wrong? It's so dark at home, isn't there electricity outside? Did the circuit breaker trip?"

Jiang Yi immediately walked outside, "Mom, no, I closed the gate."

"Why? It's so dark! Open it quickly." Wu Wanqiu said angrily, "What are you doing at home again?"

She was still groping in the dark on the ground looking for her slippers. Jiang Yi had already walked over to her side and squatted down to help her get the slippers: "Wait a few minutes. It's Su Jing's birthday. Turn on the lights after she blows out the candles."

"Oh, that's fine." Wu Wanqiu asked her son to help her sit on the sofa in the living room. "I'll wait and share the cake."

Jiang Yi tore off the card stuck to the bottom of the box and placed it on the coffee table before returning to Su Jing's room. "Come on, blow out the candles first, make a wish, and then I'll give it to you." His voice had the texture of an adult, a rustling, dense texture, like stroking a piece of fine gold velvet.

Su Jing blinked and stared at Jiang Yi for a moment. She was overwhelmed by so many emotions that she couldn't comprehend them all. The scenes she'd longed for in her past life seemed to be coming true bit by bit. She didn't understand if this life was truly possible. Would she and the man before her repeat the same mistakes, or would they rekindle their past relationship?

She looked earnestly at the handsome, smiling boy before her, her eyes slightly raised in curiosity and happiness. Her family had always prioritized their son, and no one, past or present, had ever celebrated her birthday so seriously. This was the first time someone had given her such a surprise, wanting to make her happy, and this person was the one she had loved her entire life. She felt a happiness she couldn't describe.

Jiang Yi, who was being stared at by her, felt a sense of anxiety. Su Jing's slender eyes, with slightly upturned corners, always revealed a kind of allure when she looked at people seriously, which made people unable to control their thoughts.

Jiang Yi swallowed, moistened his slightly dry throat, and said slowly, "Make a wish. Are you so happy that you're stupid?"

"Oh," Su Jing came back to her senses and looked at the cake covered with white roses in a panic. She clasped her hands together into fists and closed her eyes.

If I could be reborn, then it would be possible for my wish to come true. Su Jing told herself that if her faith was strong enough, her wish would probably come true. She thought silently and made her wish:

I hope to live up to this rebirth and work hard to get the life I want.

I hope that the person in front of me can also change the fate of his previous life and live a safe and healthy life.

Su Jing opened her eyes and looked at the flickering flame on the candle that marked her 18th birthday with tears in her eyes. She took a deep breath and blew it out reverently. The flame jumped twice and went out completely, leaving only a spark on the candle wick that flickered again.

Su Jing turned to look at Jiang Yi and asked him seriously, "All my wishes will come true, right?"

"Yeah!" Jiang Yi only answered with one word, his tone very firm.

Both of them smiled. Although they were thinking different things, they both felt a warmth in their hearts because of each other.

Final exams are coming up after New Year's Day, but high school seniors don't really feel anything about them anymore. They have exams and tests every week, just at different times. Nothing else changes.

On the last Friday of the semester, which was also Su Jing's last art class before the Lunar New Year, she hurried out of the school gate to catch the bus. Jiang Yi had gone to his father's house that day and wasn't sure if he could pick her up after class. So he specifically told her to take a taxi, but she still didn't want to spend the extra money. She figured the bus would be in time.

After walking a few steps out of the school gate with the crowd, Su Jing heard someone calling her name from the side. The voice was extremely familiar.

"Su Jing, Su Jing."

It’s…Mom.

Su Jing felt a bitter taste in her stomach. She didn't want to see her family; even the thought of them filled her with an immense disgust. This disgust was a carryover from her past life; the anger and hatred had faded. Now, all she felt towards that family was disgust and helplessness. Blood ties couldn't be changed; she could only avoid them. But since they lived in the same city, it wasn't easy to avoid them.

She stopped and followed the sound, finding her mother in the crowd. She hadn't seen her for a year, and while her appearance hadn't changed significantly, she looked very tired today.

Su Jing hesitated and said to her classmate Qi Xuan, who was about to go wait for the bus together, "Someone at home is looking for me. You go first."

Qi Xuan agreed and walked quickly towards the station. When she passed by Su's mother, she took a curious look at her.

Su Jing walked slowly towards Su's mother reluctantly.

Seeing her coming over, a trace of relief flashed across Su's mother's eyes, but only for a moment, and then it immediately turned into a cold indifference tinged with resentment.

When Su Jing was still a few steps away from her, Su's mother began to question her in a harsh voice: "Hey, you still recognize me, you still recognize me as your mother?" She snorted coldly in her throat, and her deliberately raised voice attracted the attention of all the passing students.

Su Jing looked around and forced a smile and nodded to a few classmates she knew passing by.

She walked up to Mother Su, her tone calm but with obvious impatience: "Mom, what are you doing here?"

Mother Su was immediately furious when she heard her tone, which was obviously not friendly at all. Her eyes widened as Su Jing finished speaking, and her voice was even higher than before: "I came here for something? How dare you ask me if I came here for something? I'm your mother, what's wrong with me coming to see you? Do I have to have something to ask you? Huh? You haven't been home for more than a year and have ignored your parents. You still have the nerve to ask me if I came here for something?"

A series of questions exploded in Su Jing's ears. Mother Su, always loud, deliberately raised her voice, her voice sharp and full of momentum. The students passing by couldn't help but slow down and stop to look at them.

Seeing so many people stopped, the anger on Su's mother's face became more obvious. "You haven't been home for over a year. Where on earth have you been fooling around? Huh? A girl in her teens, not going home, do you have any shame? Who are you hanging out with? The school doesn't care about it, and they let people like you come to school every day. Aren't they afraid of corrupting others?"

Su Jing's helpless look gradually turned cold under Su's mother's sharp criticism. She glanced coldly at the classmates who were watching around her before turning her gaze back to Su's mother's face.

"What trouble has your family gotten into again? How much money do you want?" Su Jing said coldly.

Mother Su was taken aback by her question. She didn't understand why her daughter would ask so directly, nor did she understand why she knew her son was in trouble and that she had come to ask her for some money. Mother Su froze for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Su Jing thought about what kind of trouble that guy had gotten into around this time in his past life. Oh, now she remembered. He'd been caught stealing someone's things, and when he was chased, he'd pushed them down the stairs. It seemed like his family had paid him over 10,000 yuan in compensation, and he'd borrowed half of it from a few classmates to make up the difference.

It was just over 10,000 yuan, which was all I had now. That was my tuition and living expenses for one year of university. This time, I couldn't possibly give it to them, and finding someone to borrow it from was even more impossible.

Several classmates came over and asked, "Su Jing, why haven't you left yet? Aren't you going to art class today?"

"Someone from my family is looking for me. I'll just say a few words and then leave." Su Jing smiled at them. A few people looked at Su Jing and her mother Su sitting opposite her with questions and quickly walked away.

"Come home with me and talk." Mother Su saw Su Jing's cold face and knew that her deliberate shouting at the school gate had made her angry. She knew her daughter's temper well, and if she really wanted to go against her, she wouldn't be afraid of anything.

When Su Jing was little, she and her younger brother often fought. Every time her mother caught her younger brother crying, she would beat her or make her kneel on the washboard as punishment. At first, Su Jing would argue, but her mother never cared whether it was her brother's fault or not. She would only say to her, "You are the older sister, so you should give in to your younger brother."

But in fact, every time, it was the younger brother who deliberately provoked her before his mother came, snatched things from her hands, or secretly took her things out and broke them. Then when Su's mother appeared, he burst into tears and acted like he had been beaten badly.

At the beginning, Su Jing didn't know what that guy was thinking. She had been taught to give in to her brother since he was born, so at the beginning, she never hit that guy. She just pushed him away, or scolded him and walked away.

But later, she found that every time she was beaten and scolded, the guy would run to her kneeling on the washboard with a smug look on his face to demonstrate and provoke her. After a few times, she started to really teach him a lesson, and then, Mother Su's beatings became heavier each time.

As time went on, Su Jing began to not cry even when she was beaten. No matter what her mother hit her with, she remained silent. Sometimes she looked at the ground, sometimes she stared at her mother with a cold expression, without even a trace of emotion on her face.

No matter what Su's mother hit her with, Su Jing's face would not show any expression of pain, let alone a tear. Therefore, every time Su's mother was furious, her face would turn blue, and she would hit her harder than the last time.

Once, after beating her, Su's mother made her kneel all night long, until she fainted from exhaustion and pain, but she refused to bow her head and admit her fault. Later, Su's mother even laughed and told relatives that this girl must be a member of the local underground party because she didn't say a word despite being beaten.