Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 1635 - 892: The Observer_2

The elementary school student left crying.

Guo Kunnan looked bewildered, what was going on?

The anime had finished playing, and no magical girl had descended from the sky. Guo Kunnan took a bite of spicy strips, pulled out his phone, and prepared to send some messages to nearby girls. Suddenly, he saw Mr. Guo posting on social media. Normally, students don’t have teachers’ WeChat contacts.

But Guo Ran was just too beautiful, too popular, so everyone scrambled to add her.

Guo Kunnan was shocked: "Wow, she’s really good-looking, and these earrings were gifted by Jiang Ning?"

Next to him, Cui Yu was gaming, didn’t even turn his head, "Isn’t this normal? That Barbecue Princess is pregnant, they say it’s related to Jiang Ning."

Guo Kunnan: "That’s a fake pregnancy!"

Cui Yu shook his head: "Fake or real, why care? Does anyone care about the truth?"

Guo Kunnan slapped his thigh: "Oh my, we need to manage this, otherwise if the rumors keep spreading, Pei Yujing’s reputation will be gone!"

Having once experienced cyberbullying because of Manman, Guo Kunnan deeply understood that pain, so he could empathize. He was just a guy; if he were a girl, the rumors could destroy him.

Cui Yu controlled the mouse: "Longlong will deal with it, but it’s tough!"

...

Guo Ran is very popular, her social media post got tons of comments, way more than Jiang Ning.

In a past life, Jiang Ning got caught riding a scooter without a helmet and struggled for ages to get 30 likes. If it were Guo Ran, she’d get them in five minutes.

Facing all kinds of inquiries from her network, Guo Ran commented on her post: "No money spent, it was a prize for grabbing a gold brick at the gold shop, everyone is welcome to try."

Le Qin snarked: "Your comment just sounds like bragging."

She could imagine acquaintances trying the gold grab and feeling powerless.

Guo Ran smiled radiantly: "Has nothing to do with me!"

Just as she was about to put away her phone and take Jiang Ning out for a feast, she received a WeChat message.

"Did someone gift you a gold chain?" came from a man whose profile picture was a close-up selfie.

Guo Ran glanced over, remembered him, he was a blind date introduced by relatives last year.

Le Qin’s eyes lit up: "Oh wow, isn’t this that guy?"

She remembered well; this guy knew she was Guo Ran’s friend and sent gifts hoping she’d speak well of him. Le Qin was quite surprised, found the guy rather earnest.

Upon unpacking the bag, she discovered it contained a few packs of off-brand chips... She was speechless, transferred 100 yuan to him.

Regretted immediately, those snacks weren’t even worth 5 yuan!

Later, unsurprisingly, the cringeworthy guy didn’t win over Guo Ran.

The guy would tell everyone he spent lots of money and time pursuing Guo Ran, which left Le Qin speechless.

"You haven’t deleted him?" Le Qin asked.

Guo Ran: "I generally don’t delete people."

Soon, another message from him: "Just gold earrings, not worth much. Today, to celebrate the New Year for you, I specially bought myself a car, giving this car meaning, it’s my New Year’s gift to you."

Le Qin was first stunned: "Gift you a car?"

Guo Ran: "You’re a fake lawyer?"

Le Qin looked closely again and finally realized, the guy meant he bought himself a car...

The man sent several photos of his beloved car from various angles.

Then he messaged: "Miss, may I take you for a spin in my 1.8T DSG elegant Passat?"

Guo Ran: "Sorry, I’m busy."

Man: "What are you doing?"

Guo Ran’s finger hovered over the screen, debating how to reply.

Jiang Ning: "Hmm?"

Seeing this, Guo Ran hesitated and said: "Don’t laugh!"

Then showed the phone to Jiang Ning, who glanced at it and said: "I’ll teach you how to reply, say ’kissing my boyfriend now’."

Guo Ran struggled to hold back laughter.

Le Qin excitedly said: "Great, great, just like that."

She took over the phone and sent a message for Guo Ran, the man on the other side was provoked, and directly deleted Guo Ran.

Le Qin relished the moment: "These people are so annoying, not handsome themselves, unwilling to spend money, and not willing to make an effort, yet love to dream foolishly."

Then she shifted the topic: "Ranran, speaking of which, what if someone really gave you a car?"

Guo Ran’s expression didn’t change. Many good-looking women meet a few wealthy men in their lifetime, she’s no exception, including some big bosses, but so what?

Money can buy many things, but love is hard to buy.

Guo Ran simply said: "Being with someone you don’t like, no amount of money can make you happy, but enduring hardships with someone you love is a blessing."

Le Qin looked at Guo Ran’s understated manner, feeling inexplicably melancholic; her best friend never pursued material things from a young age, nor had much ambition, she just wanted to teach and nurture people ordinarily.

She vaguely remembered that Guo Ran might have had this thought because she encountered a very bad teacher when she was a child.

Le Qin didn’t think too much, she smiled and argued: "Not necessarily, I think money is more important than love."

Guo Ran: "Hm?"

Le Qin: "If you don’t love someone, you’d choose to let go, right?"

Guo Ran: "Yes."

Le Qin smiled with her eyes: "Then why do you keep going to work every day if you don’t like it? This shows that you can’t bear the hardships of life; money is enough."

Guo Ran firmly said: "No, I love working."

At noon, Guo Ran took Jiang Ning to dine at Tianmu Lake, hailed as the ’Jiangnan Pearl,’ where they enjoyed fish head tofu soup, the fish was tender, the tofu was flavorful, soaked in rice, it was very delicious.

In the afternoon, Guo Ran went to Tianning Temple to listen to the bell chimes, they climbed the pagoda and overlooked the beautiful sunset scenery in Zhongwu.

Finally, Le Qin drove Jiang Ning to the High-speed Railway Station.

"Next time you come to the river dam, I’ll host you," Jiang Ning said with a smile.

Guo Ran nodded emphatically, with butterfly earrings swaying beautifully on her ears.

Until Jiang Ning’s figure disappeared into the station entrance.

Le Qin patted her best friend: "What are you daydreaming about, let’s go!"

"Oh, okay," Guo Ran replied.

Looking at her daughter appearing uneasy, Le Qin was speechless; she wanted to say: ’Ranran, wake up, he’s still a kid!’

But when the words reached her lips, she said instead: "There’s a big difference between 16 and 23, but 26 and 33 are just right."

Jiang Ning spent most of the day in Zhongwu, with Guo Ran accompanying him, it was fulfilling and joyful, a life he had never experienced in his past life.

The places he longed for when young couldn’t be embarked upon due to being short of money, even when he had money later, the mindset was completely different upon visiting again.

The gaming console he couldn’t get as a child, when obtained as an adult, was hardly thrilling.

On the return journey, he was in a good mood, watching the scenery flying by quickly outside the car window, Jiang Ning silently thought: ’Don’t say the evening sun is bad, for the sunset is still splendid.’

After thinking, he felt it wasn’t quite right, for in this life he is still young.

So he changed it to: ’A roc once takes flight with the wind, soaring up ninety thousand miles.’

...

After musing for a while, Jiang Ning pulled out his phone, casually playing.

He opened an app, found Tongtong playing a game, ever since she had demonstrated her strong gaming skills to impress the twins, she fell in love with live streaming.

She found a screen recording app, which live-streamed her gaming screen, so when Jiang Ning felt bored he could watch her play games, it was a private live stream.

Jiang Ning clicked in to see, Tongtong was playing Little Fishman again.

Whether he was there or not, Tongtong seemed to really enjoy gaming... oh wait, she still likes gaming when he is there.

He watched for a while and found Tongtong returning to base.

Jiang Ning messaged her: "I’m watching you play, did Aunt Gu hit you again today?"

Tongtong from the River Dam Bungalow was a little shocked: "She dares hit me?!"

Jiang Ning laughed, questioning her: "Then why didn’t you spin around in the spring when you returned? Didn’t you always spin around every time before?"

Tongtong: "Silly, because I was eating pistachios."