After rebirth, I gave up Bai Yueguang

Rao Jian slowly ate the steaming buns, his brow furrowing as he listened to Su's mother's words. He had never imagined that this always outgoing and lively girl's family would be so strapped for cash. When he'd been visiting her house often before, her circumstances seemed quite good. How come she was now forced to pay her own tuition? So where did she live now? How did she survive and pay the rent?

Rao Jian didn't intend to comment on what Su Jing said about the trivial matters at home. It had nothing to do with him. He just wanted to find Su Jing as soon as possible, find out her current situation, and see if he could really help her.

She wanted to go to college, but she also had to worry about making money, which must be very tiring. He believed that Su Jing would eventually achieve her goal, but what if she collapsed from exhaustion, how would she go to school? She must be in need of help the most right now, so he had to find her as soon as possible.

Rao Jian pondered, and seeing that Mother Su's bowl was empty, he casually asked, "So you came to see her today to persuade her to move back home, right?"

"Huh?" Mother Su was visibly stunned. It was clear she hadn't considered the question at all. Her daughter had always been stubborn, and her temper had only gotten worse as she grew older. She rarely listened to what she said, and even after being away for so long, she hadn't shown any interest in returning home to apologize. She probably couldn't get her to come home either. So before she arrived today, she hadn't even considered whether to ask Su Jing to come home.

After regaining her composure, Mother Su shook her head helplessly and said, "Oh, she's very stubborn. Even if I tell her to go back, she won't listen."

"So, are you here today to get her tuition or living expenses?" Rao Jian nodded thoughtfully and said, "If you trust me, I can help you give it to her."

"Ah, no, no..." Faced with Rao Jian's kindness, Su's mother's eyes were a little flustered, with embarrassment and difficulty on her face.

"No?" Rao Jian felt strange. Since they didn't intend to send him home, nor did they intend to give him living expenses, what was the point of making this trip? Judging from Su Jing's expression and attitude just now, she left in anger.

"So you came here just to get angry and quarrel with her?" Rao Jian couldn't help but blurt out.

"Well, I came to her to find a solution." Mother Su said slowly, looking troubled. She was always reluctant to let others know about the bad things happening at home.

Seeing this, Rao Jian asked with concern: "Is there something serious happening at home? Don't worry, tell me slowly."

Rao Jian's love for Su Jing was similar to Su Jing's love for Jiang Yi. In their previous lives, they both had secret crushes on people who didn't like them, and he didn't even have the chance to confess his feelings. Furthermore, he often went to be with Su Jing just to see her, pretending to accidentally tell her about Jiang Yi.

Maybe it was because of this unspeakable love, he would always unconsciously care about the person he liked. Now seeing Su's mother's sad face, he couldn't help but want to do something for Su Jing.

Su's mother ultimately told him that her son had argued with someone and accidentally pushed someone down the stairs of an overpass, breaking their bones. He was now incarcerated at the police station and owed over 10,000 yuan in medical bills. The family was worried that her father had been ripped off by a business partner, not only losing money but also owing money, and now they simply couldn't afford the compensation. She had come to Su Jing to see if she could find someone she knew at the police station to get her son out first. Furthermore, since Su Jing was able to pay her own tuition and rent, she must have some money, and she wanted her to use it to help compensate the other party for her brother, so that they wouldn't pursue the matter.

"She's a high school student, and you want her to take the money?" Rao Jian asked in disbelief.

"She can earn money. Of course she should give the money to her brother. The family situation is not good now. Otherwise, I would not come to find her. Let her go wherever she wants." Mother Su thought his question was even more strange. Isn't it normal for a girl to give money to her family?

"Then how much money do you need now?" Rao Jian felt a little annoyed and felt sorry for Su Jing.

"Medical expenses? We paid 5,000 yuan to the hospital the day before yesterday, and now we need at least 10,000 yuan." Mother Su sighed, "And we don't know if we can get Cheng Ye out. If they insist on pursuing the matter and put him in jail for a year or six months, that would be troublesome."

"What I mean is, ten thousand is not enough?!" Rao Jian said.

"Ten thousand is just paid to the hospital, but if I want to get my son out, I have to spend some more money. So, who else can I turn to if not her?" said Su's mother.

Rao Jian suddenly felt...indescribable towards Su Jing's mother, but he just felt uncomfortable.

He suppressed his irritation and said to Mother Su, "I will definitely help with Su Jing's matter. Let me call you a taxi now. You go back first. I'll go find her and ask her clearly."

"Oh, then do you know where she lives now?" Mother Su's eyes lit up.

"Uh..." Rao Jian had just learned from Maomao that Jiang Yi had a classmate who had been pursuing him for a long time and was living at his house. He had heard about this and had come to the school specifically to find out about it. If Jiang Yi and Su Jing were already together, he probably shouldn't have considered anything else.

But he had stopped studying long ago and had no idea that school would end earlier on Fridays, so he came late. If it weren't for Su's mother making a fuss, he wouldn't have seen anyone at school today.

After hesitating for a moment, Rao Jian finally said, "I don't know now. I'll ask a few people who used to be close to her. I should be able to find her. If that doesn't work, I'll come to school next Monday to look for her. She always has to come to school."

"Well, hurry up," Mother Su said timidly, still a little embarrassed. "Her brother is in the police station, and it's cold, and he has nothing good to eat."

"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible." Rao Jian said as he stood up. "I'll go out and get you a taxi. You can come out later."

"Okay, okay." Mother Su agreed and stood up and walked out.

After helping Su's mother get on the bus, Rao Jian gave the driver fifty yuan because he didn't know how far the car was. He said, "Just take Auntie back and give her the change."

The driver agreed and drove away.

"Thank you. Please find her as soon as possible. Her brother is so pitiful." Before leaving, Mother Su opened the car window and gave instructions to Rao Jian.

Rao Jian reluctantly agreed, shook his head, walked to the door of a grocery store, picked up the public phone on the counter, and called Jiang Yi's home.

"Hello?" It was Su Jing who answered the phone. Rao Jian knew it was her voice as soon as he heard it, and his heart sank. She actually lived in Jiang Yi's house!

"Hello, are you...Su Jing?" Rao Jian hesitated, with a little expectation, expecting that this was just a girl with a voice very similar to Su Jing's.

"Uh...it's me. Who are you?" Su Jing was very surprised as to why the person who called Jiang Yi's house knew her name.

Few people knew his home phone number, but they knew he lived here. The only people who knew he lived here were basically his classmates, but he hadn't left his phone number with anyone at No. 9 Middle School. After all, it wasn't his home, so leaving his number to his friends wasn't convenient. Even if Jiang Yi doted on him now, he couldn't lose his composure.

"Oh, we just met, and now you can't remember who I am?" Rao Jian said with a smile, but he felt really uncomfortable in his heart.

"Oh, Rao Jian, why are you calling? Are you looking for Jiang Yi? He hasn't come back yet." Su Jing said.

"Are you at his house? He hasn't come back yet?" Rao Jian asked with doubt. He wanted to ask but didn't know how to ask, so he was hesitating.

Su Jing said, "Ah, I'm staying at his house now." She had no intention of hiding anything from this classmate and good brother.

"You, you guys..." Rao Jian hesitated, not knowing whether to ask, "Did you catch up with him? Or are you two together?"

"Hehe, don't think too much. I'm not with him, and I'm not pursuing him anymore. I'm just staying here temporarily." Su Jing knew what he wanted to ask, so she told him everything directly.

"Oh, oh, oh..." Rao Jian felt like the heavy weight that had been hanging in his heart for two days had finally been lifted. He breathed a sigh of relief, but Su Jing on the other end of the phone could still hear the change in his tone from nervousness to relaxation. She couldn't help but curl her lips upwards. Of course, she was happy that someone liked her.

In her previous life, Rao Jian never confessed his feelings to her, and she never noticed it. She just thought he was just like everyone else, with a good relationship and liking to play together. It was not until later, when they were all very old, that Su Jing learned from other classmates that Rao Jian had liked her for a long time.

At that time, she always asked him about Jiang Yi, and in a roundabout way, asked him who Jiang Yi's current girlfriend was. Rao Jian always smiled and talked vividly about those girls, and Jiang Yi.

Then, watching the light in my eyes gradually fade, he took me to find something to eat and play games for fun. But he never expressed his love for me. Although I would definitely not accept it even if he did, I think he must have been in a bad mood at that time.

"Why don't you go find him? When he comes back, should I ask him to call your house?" Su Jing asked

"Ah? You said you don't pursue him anymore?" Rao Jian asked suddenly, as if he had just heard Su Jing's words.

"Yes, now we are brothers, just like him and you, haha." Su Jing's voice was cheerful.

Su Jing's words, confirming she was no longer pursuing Jiang Yi, had just lifted him up, but her words, "We're all brothers," brought him crashing to the ground. Was she hinting at no chance? Rao Jian's mood suddenly went through the motions of a roller coaster.

"I'm looking for you." Rao Jian said.

"Looking for me? Who told you that I live in his house?" Su Jing felt strange.

"Maomao said that. I didn't believe it at first. I just called him to confirm it, but I didn't expect it to be you. I almost thought you had achieved your goal." Rao Jian's tone was a little bitter. "How about you come out now and we can talk in person?"