Rebirth to Save Myself

At the start of the second year of high school, a major adjustment was made, with many friends being separated into arts and science classes. The experimental class was also expanded from one to two, with Su Xia and Lu Jingnian unconditionally choosing science. Chen Yuan was still hesitant because her science grades had worsened in high school, and even Chen Chunqi wanted her to choose science. However, seeing that Su Xia and Ye Lingling had both chosen science, Chen Yuan's competitive spirit kicked in, and she also chose science.

Su Xia and Lu Jingnian stayed in their original experimental class, while Chen Yuan and Ye Lingling went directly to Class One. Class One and Class Two were key science classes, and Class Three was a key humanities class. Since there were two experimental classes, the comparison became even more stark.

"Don't relax just because they're in a humanities class. They're no worse than you," the homeroom teacher said.

"Teacher, has the competition schedule for this year been released yet?" a student suddenly raised his hand and asked.

"The results are out. Perfect timing, let's talk about this. The national physics and chemistry competitions have released their results. Those who need to register should contact their academic representative. I want to emphasize that winning first prize in these competitions guarantees direct admission to Tsinghua University." The homeroom teacher finished speaking and glanced at Su Xia.

Su Xia didn't plan to participate in the competition; it took too much time and would neglect her other subjects. Besides, there was no guarantee of winning first prize, and second and third prizes only came with cash, which wasn't worthwhile for Su Xia. However, unexpectedly, her homeroom teacher directly signed Su Xia up for the chemistry competition, citing her poor chemistry skills as the reason.

"Teacher, I'm bad at chemistry, how can I participate in the competition? It's a waste of this spot," Su Xia said to her homeroom teacher.

"It's precisely because you're not good at chemistry that you need to gain experience, there's no question about that. I originally wanted to enroll you in physics, but considering you participated in it in junior high, I didn't," the homeroom teacher said to Su Xia.

"Teacher, I want to participate in the chemistry competition," Lu Jingnian said to his homeroom teacher.

"No, if you participate, other students won't have a chance." The homeroom teacher also refused Lu Jingnian.

Lu Jingnian originally went to the class representative to register, but the class representative said that the homeroom teacher had specifically instructed him not to accept Lu Jingnian's registration, so Lu Jingnian came to the homeroom teacher instead.

The homeroom teacher looked at Su Xia and Lu Jingnian for a while before saying, "Lu Jingnian, you tutor Su Xia in chemistry. You two tutored together in the first year of high school, so I don't want to find anyone else."

Su Xia wanted to say something, but the homeroom teacher waved her hand, indicating that he wasn't listening. He told them to go back to class, and Lu Jingnian pulled Su Xia out of the office, then said to her, "The usual procedure?"

"No, I don't need it." Su Xia was still annoyed by Lu Jingnian's previous pity for her and directly refused him.

"Please give me a chance to save this," Lu Jingnian said with utmost sincerity.

"I'll think about it." Su Xia didn't directly refuse him, but compromised.

"it is good."

In Class 8, a girl walked up to Xia Tian and said, "The teacher asked Lu Jingnian to tutor her in chemistry."

Upon hearing this, Xia Tian smashed the small mirror in her hand on the ground and said, "Why is it always her? Who does she think she is? I tolerated it back in the first year of high school, but she still does it now."

"Yes, that's how they became friends. They even had lunch together last semester."

"Have you found out who she is?" Xia Tian asked the person next to him.

"Yes, he comes from a small mountain village. If he hadn't won an award in the competition, he wouldn't have been able to get into No. 1 Middle School at all."

"Hmph, stop her after school and teach her a lesson."

"it is good."

After school, Su Xia lingered for a while before slowly walking out of the classroom, and unsurprisingly, she was stopped by someone.

"Su Xia, right? Our boss is looking for you," said girl A.

"Your boss? Who is he? And is it alright for you to block me like this?" Su Xia asked calmly.

“You don’t need to know who our boss is, just go over there,” girl B said.

"Okay." Su Xia followed them to the door of Class 8 and saw a girl inside wearing the school uniform of No. 1 Middle School, but with beautiful legs. She thought to herself, "She's really beautiful."

"You must be Su Xia. You're just average-looking." Xia Tian looked down at Su Xia.

"You're really beautiful," Su Xia said.

"Is that so?" Xia Tian was caught off guard by Su Xia's direct question, and his momentum suddenly weakened.

"Boss, don't let her fool you," Girl B warned Xia Tian.

"Don't think you can get away with this by praising me. What's your relationship with Lu Jingnian?" Xia Tian asked.

"Classmate, what's your name?" Su Xia was always patient with pretty girls.

"Summer," Summer answered honestly.

"What a coincidence! My name is Su Xia, and we both have the character 'Xia' in our names. But you're prettier and thinner than me, and your legs are so white and straight!" Su Xia silently added in her mind, "I really want to touch them."

"It's not as good as you say!" Xia Tian felt embarrassed by the direct praise and said shyly.

“How could that be? You probably don’t realize how beautiful you are. If I were a boy, you would be the first one I pursued. But I’m a girl, and I don’t think any of the boys who pursued you are good enough for you,” Su Xia said.

"Really?" Xia Tian asked incredulously.

"Really? You're so beautiful, those stinky boys are no match for you." Su Xia nodded without hesitation, indicating that she meant it.

"Don't think I'll let you off the hook just because you're praising me like that. Let me tell you, I like Lu Jingnian, and he will definitely become my boyfriend," Xia Tian said, pointing at Su Xia.

"Huh? Whether you like Lu Jingnian or not has nothing to do with me. I'm not very familiar with him; my teacher just asked him to tutor me. Can you dance?" Su Xia was more interested in beautiful women; Lu Jingnian could go to hell.

"Yes, I will! I even have a solo dance at my school's anniversary gala." Xia Tian proudly lowered his chin to look at Su Xia.

"Really? Then I'm really looking forward to the school anniversary celebration. I'll buy you a bouquet of flowers then." Su Xia was also very happy.

"Hehe, no need for flowers."

"Then why not? It's because I like you."

Su Xia and Xia Tian chatted for a while longer, then happily went home from school together. Their subordinates were left speechless. Who said they were going to teach Su Xia a lesson today? Who said they would act superior and intimidating? Who said they would leave Su Xia with psychological trauma so she would avoid Lu Jingnian?

So what's going on now? It feels like the boss is going to become good friends with Su Xia, but wait, didn't the boss see Su Xia as a rival in love? What kind of move is it to become good friends with a rival in love?!

The next day, Xia Tian waited at the door of the experimental class during the long break. The beautiful young woman stood there, and everyone guessed she was there to see Lu Jingnian, since she had been pursuing him for some time. Lu Jingnian's deskmate patted him, gesturing for him to look outside, and leaned close to him, saying, "She's definitely here to see you."

Lu Jingnian didn't recognize Xia Tian as the person who had stopped him in the cafeteria during their first year of high school. He thought she was there to confess her feelings. When the teacher announced the end of get out of class, Lu Jingnian was about to get up and reject her when he saw Su Xia running towards him.

When Xia Tian saw Su Xia, she called out, "Su Su!"

"Have you been waiting long? The teacher took a while to explain a problem," Su Xia said as she approached Xia Tian.

"No, no, I just arrived recently." Xia Tian waved his hand, indicating that it was okay.

The girl standing next to her was speechless. Who was it that didn't concentrate in class and rushed over as soon as get out of class ended? How come it's now said she just arrived? And why is she called Su Su? What did the two of them talk about after school yesterday?

"Then let's go."

"Mmm." Xia Tian happily took Su Xia's hand and walked away together.

The group of students who remained in the experimental class looked at the door and then at Lu Jingnian. Like his deskmate, they all thought that Xia Tian had come to see Lu Jingnian, but it turned out that she had come to see Su Xia? Moreover, Lu Jingnian was also puzzled as to when the two of them became so familiar. However, it would be extremely awkward for him to go back to his seat halfway through.

So he pretended to be calm and went to the restroom, making everyone think he wasn't going to see Xia Tian. Anyway, he hadn't told anyone he was going to reject Xia Tian's confession, so who knows? Calm down, calm down.

Yesterday, Su Xia and Xia Tian arranged to go together to see what Xia Tian should wear to the school anniversary gala. Xia Tian was a bit conflicted and didn't know how to choose. Her female colleagues all blindly praised Xia Tian, ​​saying she looked good in everything, without offering any helpful advice. Xia Tian was already in a highly competitive art class, and besides those few female colleagues, she had no friends; everyone was jealous of her. So, after chatting with Su Xia yesterday, she decisively asked Su Xia to help her pick out an outfit.

The two arrived at the prop room next to the dance studio, which was filled with dance props. Further inside were dresses of all sizes. There were evening gowns with long trains, sexy and glamorous halter dresses, and in summer, they were going to show her a white ethnic dress similar to that of Xiang Fei, and a black feather dress.

"So, which one suits me best?" Xia Tian looked at Su Xia expectantly, hoping she could give him an answer.

"What kind of dance did you perform at the school anniversary celebration?" Su Xia asked in return.

"It's a dance adapted from the story of Yang Guifei from the Tang Dynasty," Xia Tian said, then added, "Wouldn't white suit it better?"

Su Xia could tell from her words that she preferred the black dress, but was torn because the white one was more suitable for dance. However, Su Xia felt that neither dress was suitable for her dance, so she asked, "Can I only choose from the clothes provided by the school?"

"No, I can provide my own clothes if I have them." Xia Tian shook her head. She originally wanted to wear her own clothes, which are cleaner and more hygienic, but she didn't have any suitable ones.

"I can tell you don't have anything suitable either. Have you considered buying something new?" Su Xia asked, thinking that people who can learn to dance must come from well-off families.

"Hmm, but I don't know what kind to buy." Xia Tian was very troubled. Even if she could buy it and had the money, deciding what to buy was a big problem.

Su Xia understood immediately. Hanfu wasn't very famous yet, so many people didn't even know it existed. There were very few manufacturers making this type of clothing, so costumes for dancing, like those worn in summer, often leaned towards those used in film and television. So she said, "Then I'll go with you to look at some clothes online after school. These two aren't suitable for you."

"Okay, sure." Xia Tian happily gave up agonizing over between the two outfits. It was almost time for class anyway, so they could look at them together during lunch.

At lunchtime in the cafeteria, Su Xia's little team grew once again. It started with just Su Xia, Chen Yuan, and Ye Lingling, then Lu Jingnian joined in, and now Xia Tian brought her little followers along. The group took up most of a long table, and Chen Yuan was quite unhappy with Xia Tian's immediate affectionate behavior towards Su Xia.

We've now entered the era of touchscreen smartphones, and online shopping has quietly taken off. Everyone has noticed that things bought online are cheaper than in physical stores, and you only need to wait two or three days to receive them, with generally good quality. At Su Xia's suggestion, Chen Jianguo became one of the first merchants to join an online shopping website. Chen Jianguo, citing future frequent collaborations, negotiated ultra-low-cost shipping with the courier company. This propelled Chen Jianguo's business to new heights.

With a wave of his hand, he gave each member of the family a Banana brand phone. At that time, Banana was considered a top-of-the-line product among domestic mobile phones. When Su Xia received it, she felt a little unreal. In her previous life, she had envied others who had Banana brand phones, but she also knew that her family couldn't afford to spend several thousand yuan on one.

Her parents refused to buy her a phone before she went to university, citing the reason that she shouldn't use a phone while in school as it would affect her studies. Back then, high school teachers would sometimes send announcements via QQ groups, but since she didn't have a phone and they wouldn't give her the computer password, she often missed them. She remembers a typhoon day in middle school when she didn't want to go to class and asked her mother to call the teacher to ask for leave.

But her mother woke her up early in the morning, telling her to leave early because of the wind and rain, and to ride her bike slowly. Forced to wear a raincoat and ride her bike, she arrived at school and waited a long time for a teacher or classmate to open the classroom door. Finally, her homeroom teacher climbed upstairs and found her, exclaiming in surprise, "Didn't I announce in the group chat that today is a holiday?"

Su Xia was extremely upset. She told the teacher and then put on her raincoat and went home. As soon as she got home, her mother saw her and said with a smile, "You just left, and Auntie went to call the school to say that classes were suspended. But you had been gone for a while, so I couldn't stop you."

Su Xia found her mother's smile extremely irritating. She had asked for leave early that morning, but her mother insisted she leave as soon as possible. With such a strong typhoon and heavy rain, wasn't her mother afraid she'd be blown away or unable to get to school? Was asking for leave really that difficult? Yet she still had the audacity to say she couldn't fall behind in her studies, that being absent would cause her to fall behind the teacher's pace.

Back in the present, Su Xia was searching for Hanfu-related shops on her phone, preferably the Tang Dynasty style with a strapless design. Xia Tian was also leaning in beside her, looking at the clothes Su Xia was searching for and thinking they were so beautiful. Compared to them, the two outfits she wore at school suddenly seemed ugly.