Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 250 - 216 Youve Been Hanged

Guo Kunnan had just come back from eating outside. He sat on a stool while Ma Shicheng and Wang Longlong discussed games beside him.

Guo Kunnan didn’t understand what they were talking about, nor was he interested.

His hearing seemed to have shut down, his eyes unfocused, his gaze passing over his classmates in the classroom towards the blackboard.

That afternoon, he had splurged on a meal of braised chicken.

It was so delicious that Guo Kunnan got hooked, always eating every bit of chicken, not to mention the potatoes, mushrooms, and even the green peppers, finishing everything.

Today, after he had eaten the last piece of chicken, he still found the taste lingering.

Searching the bottom of the pot, he found another piece of meat.

What is bliss, if not this!

He was thrilled, only to find many hairs on that piece of meat.

It took Guo Kunnan two minutes to pluck them all off, only to discover it was ginger, nearly causing him to break down.

However, he was, after all, Guo Kunnan, who had cultivated his Dao Heart over the years and now possessed an extremely stable mindset, impervious to being upset by anything!

Guo Kunnan was now countless times stronger than before.

Now, he truly was invulnerable, regardless of how others joked with him or tried to humiliate him, he wouldn’t feel any emotional fluctuations.

He could achieve such a state, all thanks to that woman.

That woman named Manman.

Thinking back, Guo Kunnan’s heart fluttered, he sighed.

It had been a week since he last contacted Manman.

“Just a week ago…”

Guo Kunnan felt as if it were a lifetime ago.

After all, it had been too long since he last thought of Manman, too long since he last chatted with Manman.

Remembering the days when Manman was by his side, those were truly happy times.

This week, he had felt much alone and indeed lonely.

“Let bygones be bygones.”

“Love helps a man grow, and I have grown.”

Guo Kunnan decided not to dwell on these insignificant matters anymore; one must look forward in life.

Dan Kaiquan, after finishing his chat up front, came to play with Guo Kunnan.

Seeing Guo Kunnan’s calm demeanor felt boring to him; he had enjoyed watching Brother Nan cry on his dorm bed after his confession failed.

Now Brother Nan was back to normal.

Dan Kaiquan came over and tugged at Guo Kunnan’s neck.

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“Brother Nan, Brother Nan, what’s wrong?”

Guo Kunnan, lost in thought on life’s philosophies, had no time to bother with him.

But Dan Kaiquan’s antics grew more exaggerated: “Brother Nan, move a bit.”

Guo Kunnan stopped him, “Stop it, stop it, I’m thinking!”

Only then did Dan Kaiquan let go.

Suddenly, Cui Yu came running over with his phone, panicked and shouting:

“Brother Nan, Brother Nan, someone’s hung you out to dry!”

Upon hearing this, Dan Kaiquan’s face turned serious:

“Nonsense, your Brother Nan is sitting right here, fine and dandy, when did someone hang him up!”

Guo Kunnan also looked at Cui Yu with confusion.

Seeing he was misunderstood, Cui Yu quickly shook his phone:

“I mean Brother Nan got hung up inside a phone!”

This statement confused them even more.

Instead of explaining, Cui Yu simply placed his phone on the desk:

“Just see for yourself, Brother Nan, it’s important!”

Upon his serious tone, not only Guo Kunnan and Dan Kaiquan but also Wang Longlong and Ma Shicheng looked over.

The screen displayed a page from the Fourth Middle School forum; a pink avatar had posted something.

The content: “Dogs are out here scamming people now, sisters, check out this trash, he’s Guo Kunnan from Class 1 Grade 8.”

“First off, I must say, this guy’s character is awful, and besides being ugly, he pretended to be Huang Zhongfei from our school to start an online romance with me.”

“The story goes like this…”

The poster detailed the situation, casting Guo Kunnan as a disgusting, repulsive person.

“Sisters, remember this name, remember this trashy face!”

There were several images attached, the first three screenshots of their chat, the last one a photo of Guo Kunnan.

This photo was particularly unflattering, showing Guo Kunnan in just shorts, standing in the boys’ dorm hallway, perhaps because he was making some move, his back bent, and his face contorted, completely unlike his usual appearance.

Lastly, the person urged everyone to spread the word, exposing Guo Kunnan’s true face to all the students of Fourth Middle School.

At this point, the post had over 50 comments, filled with various kinds of remarks.

“What kind of spotted dog is this?”

In reply to the above, “Don’t insult dogs, they’re so adorable.”

“Dying of laughter, no girl pays attention to him in real life, so he has to go online to scam people by pretending to be someone else. He must be a sewer rat in reality.”

“Girls at Fourth Middle School, remember his face. If you encounter him at school, make sure to spit on him.”

“Ugh, ugly on the outside, even uglier on the inside.”

“Class 8 of freshman year, isn’t that a trash heap?”

“It figures. Guys who do this kind of thing all look just like this (shows teeth).”

“Everyone, help get the word out, let’s kick this trash out of Fourth Middle School.”

Guo Kunnan scrolled through his phone, continuously looking at the comments. His arm trembled as he swiped, his back chilled.

Looking at the comments insulting him, his heart clenched, feeling dreadfully cold, so very cold!

Could this school ever mend its ways?

He admitted his mistake and had been punished last week.

Manman had specifically reconnected to punish him. He had taken his punishment dutifully.

Why did this have to happen again?

Guo Kunnan slowly turned his head.

The looks on several boys’ faces there were extremely grim.

Even Dan Kaiquan, who usually enjoyed spectating, began to worry about him.

This matter was definitely not minor. The girl who posted wanted to make Guo Kunnan’s life at Fourth Middle School impossible. She was ruthless.

The people present understood, not to mention Guo Kunnan himself.

Guo Kunnan turned to Ma Shicheng, pleading earnestly,

“Brother Ma, can you save me?”

Guo Kunnan and Dan Kaiquan were close, but he knew when it came to trouble, the most reliable person was Ma Shicheng.

Ma Shicheng took the phone, refreshed it, and the number of comments had increased.

The spread of this forum post could no longer be stopped.

“You know who posted it, right?” Ma Shicheng asked.

Even if Guo Kunnan was a fool, he knew Manman was behind it. He hadn’t expected her to be so malicious.

He nodded.

Dan Kaiquan said, “Damn it, Guo Kunnan, do you know which class she’s in?”

“What a piece of work. I’ll take you to get her. I never lay hands on women, but she’s forcing me to break that rule!”

Cui Yu calmly cautioned, “Do you want to get expelled?”

At the beginning of the school year, when everyone was new to Fourth Middle School and acting on impulse, they might have done it. But now, having been there longer, such actions would definitely risk expulsion.

They were ordinary students, not Wu Xiaoqi.

Dan Kaiquan was stumped by the remark and said nothing further. If it weren’t for Bai Yuxia being around, his temperament might have led him to actually hit the girl. Now it was different; Bai Yuxia was his weakness.

His crush on her had made him more cautious.

Besides, she was a girl. Fighting her would be too humiliating for a guy.

Ma Shicheng said, “Kun Nan, you first add that girl and ask her if she could delete the post.”

He added, “Longlong, you find someone to confirm the poster’s identity, as well as the information of the person who commented most harshly, like their class and name.”

“This post isn’t right. Someone is setting the pace. Dig them out.”

As he spoke, Ma Shicheng handed the phone to Wang Longlong.

“Alright, Brother Ma.” Wang Longlong quickly logged onto his QQ and entered the forum to start searching.

Guo Kunnan sent a friend request to Manman, but his request sank like stone to the sea.

…

It was 2014, during some of the most explosive years for online forums.

How popular were forums then?

There’s a term known in later years as “breaking out.” It means becoming so popular that it breaks the barriers among different platforms, drawing countless netizens to discuss.

If that term existed during this period, it’s no exaggeration to say:

Forums were the circles themselves.

Even a forum like Yu Zhou Fourth Middle School’s was buzzing daily with activity from students. For instance, the nickname “Dual Heroes of Fourth Middle School” came from such forums.

Just like this forum for Yu Zhou Fourth Middle School warmly set up navigation posts for new students, introducing various areas such as the cafeteria, sports field, and dorm environment, to help them.

The battle originating from the Fourth Middle School forum stirred up huge waves in the back rows of Class 8.

However, the front rows remained untouched, still enjoying peace and quiet.

Chen Siyu still had a smile on her face.

“I heard that the freshman class has exams in early April.”

Many students were looking forward to it, each exam a chance to gauge their recent educational accomplishments, whether they had regressed or improved.

Plus, during exam periods, classes were more relaxed compared to regular days.

“If I can maintain my current grade ranking, I can get into a Tier-II university,” said Chen Siyu.

“A Tier-II university saves much more money than a Tier-III one,” Bai Yuxia commented.

Her father was a university professor and she knew universities well.

“Right, my cousin goes to a Tier-III university. Her tuition fees are eighteen thousand yuan a year!” Chen Siyu exclaimed.

If she and her cousin both went to a Tier-III, the annual tuition alone would amount to more than thirty thousand yuan.

Whereas for Tier-II and Tier-I universities, a student’s annual tuition fees were around five thousand yuan only.

“Yuxia, with your grades, you could go to a prestigious university, right?” Chen Siyu asked. Currently, Bai Yuxia was ranked thirty-sixth in the entire grade at Fourth Middle School.

Bai Yuxia was not modest. She said, “I should be able to get into a prestigious one, but only the lower-tier ones.”

“Only the top ten in our grade can get into the best prestigious universities,” said Bai Yuxia.

Of course, typically even the top student of Fourth Middle School wouldn’t make it into those two elite universities. Now with Xue Yuantong, holding the city’s top score, those two prestigious institutions would undoubtedly be within her reach.

As for Jiang Ning’s citywide top fifteen score, it still fell short of those two elite universities.

Education in Yuzhou was lagging. Throughout the city, the number of students these two universities accepted each year was probably around ten.

“The college entrance examination feels so far away,” sighed Chen Siyu.

She felt as if each day passed agonizingly slow. Sometimes during a single class, her mind would wander several times, and when she would check the time, less than twenty minutes had passed. She really didn’t know how to pass the time.

Weekends, on the other hand, seemed to flash by in the blink of an eye.