Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

He Ningqiu quickly covered the pendant that had accidentally slipped out of her collar, pursing her lips: "This isn't a chrysanthemum..."

"Not a chrysanthemum?" Jing Ran leaned closer, pried He Ningqiu's hand aside, picked up the pendant and examined it repeatedly. "This definitely looks like a chrysanthemum, and honestly..."

He Ningqiu: "?"

"I'm being blunt, so please don't take offense." Jingran swallowed hard. "For some reason, this chrysanthemum looks a bit ominous, like... kind of like the wreaths at my great-aunt's funeral."

After he finished speaking, the air was silent for a few seconds.

Just as Jingran was wondering if she had said something wrong again, He Ziyu couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing, clutching his stomach.

"Jingran, how come I never realized you were so funny before? Hahaha, I can't take it anymore, my stomach hurts..."

"Well……"

Jingran stood there, scratching his head in confusion.

It's just the truth, is it really that funny?

He Ziyu seemed to have been tickled, and couldn't stop laughing. In the end, he was hanging on Jing Ran, patting his back repeatedly while praising him for being so damn talented.

Jing Ran felt a little flustered by the praise, especially when he saw He Ningqiu's tearful expression, which made him even more uneasy.

Perhaps that pendant is a family heirloom left to He Ningqiu by his biological mother?

"Well, I was just saying it offhand, don't take it to heart. After all, everyone has different tastes; some like black, some like white; some like fragrant, some like foul..."

He Ziyu laughed even harder upon hearing this.

Then look at He Ningqiu, who is biting her lip with her head down, looking extremely aggrieved.

With his aesthetic sense, it was absolutely impossible for him to wear such a thing. If it weren't for He Ziyu's tyranny, he would have wanted to smash that broken chrysanthemum... ptooey, that broken lotus flower on the ground and crush it to pieces.

He Ningqiu grew angrier the more he thought about it and decided to stop hiding the pendant's origin. Just as he was about to explain, Jiang Chengyu appeared at the classroom door.

Seeing He Ziyu, who was laughing so hard he could hardly breathe, with his arm around Jing Ran's shoulder, Jiang Chengyu's eyes darkened slightly.

"Brother Yu, you're back?" He Ziyu relaxed his grip on Jingran, unaware of the fleeting jealousy in Jiang Chengyu's eyes.

Jiang Chengyu concealed her displeasure and walked over, asking, "Haven't you all eaten yet?"

"I've been waiting for you!" He Ziyu wiped away the tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes, grabbed Jiang Chengyu's arm, and said, "Come on, let's go eat."

Seeing that He Ziyu had no intention of introducing He Ningqiu, Jingran was overcome with affection and pulled He Ningqiu in front of Jiang Chengyu: "Um, this is Ayu's younger brother, He Ningqiu."

Jiang Chengyu met his gaze for two seconds and gave a faint "hmm".

He has never been interested in anyone other than He Ziyu. If it weren't for his duty as class monitor, he wouldn't even want to remember the names of the other students in the class.

He Ningqiu, on the other hand, didn't mind Jiang Chengyu's somewhat indifferent response at all. Instead, she was a little shy, and even the grievances she had just suffered vanished.

He Ziyu was disgusted by He Ningqiu's affected expression and tightened his grip on Jiang Chengyu's arm.

"The cafeteria probably doesn't have much left right now, so I'll just go to the convenience store and buy some instant noodles."

"Going to the convenience store again? Did your family invest in it?" Jingran protested. "Let's eat out. There are plenty of good places to eat near No. 8 Middle School. We can just climb over the back wall and get out."

In junior high school, he and He Ziyu often skipped classes. Sometimes they would climb over the wall and bump into the principal, but the principal was too lazy to care about them.

However, this time, He Ziyu rejected him.

"I'm not going, you go if you want. Don't drag me into climbing over the wall anymore, I want to study hard and improve every day."

Jingran twitched her lips and cast a pleading look at Jiang Chengyu: "Brother Yu, can you do something about Ayu? He's become terminally ill after this summer vacation."

Jiang Chengyu glanced at him and said, "You're the kind of person who 'misjudges others while being upright'."

"Huh? What?"

"The school library has an idiom dictionary; you can look it up if you don't understand something."

Jingran scratched the back of his head, instinctively feeling that this wasn't a good word.

and……

Why did he detect a hint of confrontation in Jiang Chengyu's tone?