Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

As the student council president, Jiang Chengyu received the student council member list before the start of the semester.

As is customary, senior high school students who previously served in the student council are required to nominate a successor before graduation. If they decline to nominate, the position will become vacant.

Coincidentally, there are currently two unclaimed positions.

One is the Vice Minister of Culture and Sports, and the other is the Minister of Discipline Inspection.

Actually, Jiang Chengyu hesitated for a moment when choosing between the two options. After all, Jing Ran was quite athletic, and it would be more suitable for him to go to the arts and sports department. However, in order to make his reasons seem more convincing, he chose the latter.

"Wow, class monitor, you're awesome! Can you get me a department head position too?"

Although they looked down on the class officers, the student council was different, especially those people in the publicity department. During the morning exercise break, they would take a small notebook and go from class to class checking the bulletin boards. They were so happy.

Jiang Chengyu glanced at the man, smiled, and asked in return, "How about I step down and you become the chairman?"

"Uh, I was just kidding." The boy was a little embarrassed, and then he ran away and disappeared.

……

As they descended the stairs, the crowd thinned out slightly. Jingran, who had learned of her unilateral appointment, seized the opportunity to dart to Jiang Chengyu's side and looked at He Ziyu next to him: "Ayu, can I borrow Brother Yu for two minutes? I'll return him right away."

He Ziyu nodded, thinking to himself that this kid was quite sensible, having already accepted Jiang Chengyu as his "private property" so quickly, and even needing to ask for his opinion before speaking.

Having received approval, Jingran pulled Jiang Chengyu aside. "Brother Yu, are you kidding me? I don't want to join the student council, let alone the disciplinary committee. People will laugh at me to death if word gets out!"

Jiang Chengyu said calmly, "You can stay here for now. If you don't like it, you can be transferred to another position."

"It's not a matter of getting used to it or not," Jingran said with a conflicted look. "I just... I just don't want to get involved in student council matters. You know I'm a complete academic failure, I'm always doing nothing, it would be a waste of resources for me to go."

Jingran was telling the truth.

He doesn't like studying; in fact, you could say he hates it. It's not just simple rebellion; he simply can't learn anything.

Humans are creatures that crave a sense of accomplishment; if they remain stagnant, they are prone to feelings of frustration.

Clearly, Jingran has given up entirely on her studies.

"When you were on the track and field team, I didn't try to persuade you much, after all, athletes have their own paths." Jiang Chengyu's tone softened. "But now that you've left the team and don't plan to run anymore, why not use these three years to give it your all?"

"But……"

"Don't worry, the work in the Discipline Inspection Department isn't much. Also, there's A-Yu, who is the vice class monitor. He'll be automatically included as a student council member, so you can keep each other company."

Jingran looked miserable and couldn't help but think to herself: He Ziyu's eyes are only on you now, why would he need him to keep him company?

……

Upon arriving at the playground, the students of Class 7 automatically formed a line according to their height.

Gao Lingfei stood at the front of the line, gave a series of instructions after standing at ease and attention, and then had everyone run laps around the playground.

He Ziyu initially followed the group obediently, but as he ran, he ended up next to Jiang Chengyu.

The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

"What did Xiao Jing just say to you?"

"He said he didn't want to be the head of the Discipline Inspection Department."

"Oh, as expected..."

"But I still hope he can seize this opportunity."

Jiang Chengyu knew very well that having Jingran join the student council wouldn't change the fact that he was a poor student. But he still wanted to bring Jingran—He Ziyu's most cherished friend—to his side, so that he could interact more with outstanding students, even if it was just a little bit of influence.

Jiang Chengyu used to think that he and He Ziyu were destined to take two different paths in the future. But then He Ziyu suddenly changed his mind and said he wanted to study hard. A glimmer of hope seemed to rekindle in Jiang Chengyu's heart. He thought that after the college entrance examination, perhaps he could still attend the same university as He Ziyu and work for the same company after graduation...

It would be even better if Jingran could come along too.

"I'll try to persuade him then. That kid's easily swayed. If we hadn't fallen out in my past life, he would have been tricked into going to that lousy university by now..."

Jiang Chengyu was slightly taken aback. "In your past life?"

"Uh..." He Ziyu chuckled awkwardly, then pointed his index finger to the sky, "Brother Yu, look, there's a bird in the sky!"

"..."

……

Looking at the two people chatting and laughing in front of her, He Ningqiu felt increasingly unhappy.

He Ziyu isolated him, but he didn't mind. At worst, he would find an opportunity to humiliate him to his father.

What he feared most was that Jiang Chengyu would be influenced by him and join him in isolating himself.

I really don't even want to think about that kind of situation.

As the two men's bright smiles became increasingly irritating, He Ningqiu could no longer bear it and decided to take action to divert Jiang Chengyu's attention to herself.

So at the next turn, he deliberately slipped and fell to the ground.

"what……"

With a gasp, the people in the queue all stopped in their tracks.