Rebirth: Striving for a Better Life

At 32 years old, Chi Chan, single since birth, lived a struggling life, exhausted every day just to survive.

At 16 years old, Chi Chan was spirited and full of confidence, ready to enter a ne...

Chapter 60 Completely Drained

"Sister Chan, what's up? I'm doing my math homework!"

Go ahead and pretend—

One second they're watching the fun, the next they're engrossed in studying?

Even a monk can't enter meditation as fast as you!

After pulling Shu Jia out of the classroom, Chi Chan asked, "What does Ji Siyuan like?"

"Clam?"

Shu Jia was completely bewildered.

"Why—why are you suddenly asking about this?"

Chi Chan briefly explained the whole story of what happened last night to Shu Jia, expressing that she urgently needed Ji Siyuan's forgiveness.

Shu Jia frowned: "Sister Chan, let's not think about this anymore. Let's go back right now and study hard to improve ourselves!"

Chi Chan asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Shu Jia: "If you want Ji Siyuan's forgiveness, you'll have to wait until your next life!"

Chi Chan: "Can you say anything useful?"

Shu Jia: "..."

"Sister Chan, everyone in the school knows about this guy!"

Not only is she good-looking, academically gifted, from a wealthy family, but she's also highly intelligent...

People always chase after him and try to please him; when has he ever suffered a loss at someone else's hands?

A true prodigy, a prodigy—do you know that?

Chi Chan: "So?"

Shu Jia: "So you've never been taken advantage of before, but now you've taken advantage of your crush. What are you going to do?"

Chi Chan reflexively replied, "Then let him take it back!"

Only after saying that did he realize, "What do you mean by taking advantage of him? Speak properly!"

Shu Jia waved her hand: "Don't worry about the details. In short, you've completely drained your idol, and you still don't want to admit it!"

Now she wants to win back her crush's forgiveness and act like a close classmate. Think about it, who could stand that?

Chi Chan: "...What do you mean by 'squeezed dry'? Shu Jia, you're getting more and more ridiculous!"

"It means the same thing!"

Chi Chan: "So now I'm asking you what Ji Siyuan likes? I'll give him anything, he'll forgive me eventually, right? After all, it's not a big deal and it won't affect him much."

Shu Jia shook her head upon hearing this.

Chi Chan: "Forget it, let's go back to the classroom!"

Chi Chan took two steps and found that Shu Jia was still standing in the same place.

"What's wrong?"

"Sister Chan, our idol is the host of this year's New Year's Day performance, and he also has a duet performance. He goes to the performance studio to practice one day a week at noon, and today is this week's practice day!"

"Tell me what this is for—"

Chi Chan was puzzled.

"He plays the piano, and his backup dancer is Amy Yip from the arts class!"

Shu Jia winked and made faces.

Chi Chan suddenly realized.

It seems there is such a thing.

I've been so busy lately that I completely forgot about the New Year's Day performance.

"With Ye Zijing right in front of him, Ji Siyuan wouldn't have the nerve to give you the cold shoulder, would he?"

"That's true!"

Ye Zijin and Ji Siyuan's romance became the talk of the town's No. 1 High School from the moment they enrolled.

A plan suddenly came to Chi Chan's mind.

At noon, Chi Chan rushed out of the classroom as soon as get out of class ended. In addition to her own lunch, she also borrowed two cups of milk tea from Chi Ming and bought a large bag of snacks from a nearby convenience store.

They were all brought to the performance room.

Pushing open the door to the performance room, you can see Ye Zijing already doing warm-up exercises.

With each rise and fall of her legs, the girl's slender, long muscles flowed smoothly and gracefully, conveying a sense of lightness and elegance.

"Brother Siyuan, you're here!"

Ye Zijing stopped what she was doing upon hearing the sound, turned around, and found that the person who came was Chi Chan, whom she did not recognize. Her expression instantly turned blank.

"Excuse me, have you come to the wrong place?"

Chi Chan: How come you can change your expression even faster than Ji Siyuan?

In her past life, the Ye Zijing she knew was clearly a gentle, elegant socialite.

Do you two have mastered the art of face-changing?

Ye Zijing felt a surge of irritation when she saw the unchanging smile on Chi Chan's face.

There have been so many girls trying to find Brother Siyuan lately, and the one who came today is quite shameless; she doesn't look like someone you can easily deal with.

Chi Chan had no idea what Ye Zijin was thinking. She put on a smile and placed the milk tea and snacks on the table next to her.

"Ye Zijin, I'm Chi Chan from Class 7. Our class's arts and culture representative learned that Ji Siyuan trains here every day and works very hard, so we sent me to bring you some refreshment!"

"Oh! Then you can leave it there. You can go now!"

Chi Chan: Are the rumors that Ye Zijing is gentle, generous, well-behaved, and harmless all false?

"The arts and culture committee member also asked me to keep an eye on the details of your performance!"

Chi Chan continued to fake a smile, completely unaffected by Ye Zijin.

"fine!"

After replying with three words, Ye Zijin ignored Chi Chan and continued stretching her legs to warm up.

Chi Chan didn't want to be rude to Ye Zijing, so she stopped paying attention to her and sat down to wait for Ji Siyuan, feeling bored.

After waiting a while, there was another sound of the door being pushed open.

Chi Chan turned her head, and sure enough, it was Ji Siyuan.

Upon hearing the sound, Ye Zijing ran up enthusiastically, her tone affectionate: "Brother Siyuan, why are you late today?"

Chi Chan: So Ye Zijin really has two faces.

Ji Siyuan looked at Chi Chan with disgust: "What are you doing here!"

It's like a persistent ghost.

I don't know what else there is to say between the two of them!

Chi Chan: "I'm here on Shu Jia's orders, representing Class Seven to bring you some refreshing refreshments!"

Chi Chan used Shu Jia's name to make a big splash.

Better to die for your fellow Daoist than for me.

Shu Jia might as well make the most of her position as the arts and culture committee member.

"You've finished delivering, you can go now!"

No wonder they're the rumored couple from No. 1 High School; their tone and lines are exactly the same.

"Ji Siyuan, may I take up a little of your time? I have something to tell you!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Zijing looked as if she were facing a formidable enemy, her face full of vigilance, and she even reached out to take Ji Siyuan's arm.

"Is there something you can't say here?"

Ji Siyuan frowned slightly, turned to the side and released Ye Zijin's arm, putting distance between them.

"Zijin, you practice here for a while, I'm going out for a bit."

Ye Zijing nodded aggrievedly, but when she turned to look at Chi Chan, her gaze was full of probing and anger.

Chi Chan met Ye Zijing's gaze head-on, fearless.

Then he got up, patted the wrinkles off his clothes, and went out.

"Ji Siyuan, it was wrong of me to release and sell the 'Genius Series' products without your permission. I formally apologize to you!"

All products related to the "Academic Prodigy" series have now been removed from my bookstore. Regarding this incident, I'm willing to give you 30% of the profits from the sales of these products; I hope you can forgive me!

Chi Chan's expression was very sincere, but she didn't mention Ji Siyuan's style at all, only referring to the "genius series".

Ji Siyuan became even angrier after hearing this, feeling that Chi Chan's tone was full of sarcasm.

In his mind, Chi Chan had done nothing wrong; he was the one making a fuss, and Chi Chan was willing to forgive him and pay him to settle the matter.

Did she come here on purpose to disgust him?

It would have been better not to come at all.

Do you think I'm short of that little bit of money?

Chi Chan clenched her fists and endured.

How could Ji Siyuan, with a mouth temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, say things at -20 degrees Celsius?