Do you believe in love?

As Chen Guiliang and Bian Guanyue were talking, several boys walked towards the back rows.

But they were too embarrassed to reveal their true intentions, so they only stopped at their respective friends' desks. While pretending to chat with their friends, they secretly stole glances at Bian Guanyue.

Xie Yang was the same, but he could get closer because he was good friends with Chen Guiliang.

"Chen the Great Hero, you've changed seats."

Xie Yang, this guy, was making small talk. He walked past Bian Guanyue without looking sideways, acting as if he had no interest in her at all.

But when he was only a step away from Bian Guanyue, Xie Yang suddenly raised his hand to brush his hair, swinging his head rhythmically with his body.

The hair hanging over his forehead was precisely flicked behind his ear.

He thought this move was particularly cool and handsome, and it would definitely attract the attention of the female students!

Unfortunately, from beginning to end, Bian Guanyue didn't even look at him.

Instead, Chen Guiliang was amused by his showy appearance.

Under Xie Yang's extremely disappointed gaze, Bian Guanyue picked up her schoolbag and walked out of the classroom.

Zheng Feng seized the opportunity to follow her. He also didn't dare to get too close, always staying a few meters behind Bian Guanyue. He fantasized about squeezing onto the same bus as Bian Guanyue, where countless coincidences could happen.

For example, if there were too many students getting on the bus and the space inside was crowded and narrow, he would bravely shield Bian Guanyue, using his body to protect her from harassment.

Zheng Feng followed her all the way out of the school gate and indeed saw Bian Guanyue walking towards the bus stop.

Then, he was dumbfounded.

He saw several taxis parked by the roadside. Bian Guanyue opened the door of one of them, sat in the back, and said, "Driver, to Back Street."

Watching the car drive away, Zheng Feng comforted himself: Taking a taxi is expensive, she can't possibly take a taxi every day.

Only four or five students were left in the classroom.

Xie Yang lowered his voice and said excitedly, "Holy crap, I got closer and looked again, this Bian Guanyue is so beautiful. Chen the Great Hero, don't you dare compete with me."

"Don't you like Zhou Jing?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Xie Yang made an excuse for himself: "Zhou Jing loves studying too much. She's reading and doing problems all day, she has no time for dating at all, maybe she's not very suitable for me."

Chen Guiliang teased, "You only know how to have a crush. If you dared to say a few more words to the girl you like, I'd respect you as a real man. What, you still want Bian Guanyue or Zhou Jing to chase after you?"

"Get lost, get lost, what the hell do you know!"

Xie Yang immediately became angry and embarrassed, feeling like his underwear had been stripped off.

Don't I have any dignity?

In fact, wasn't Chen Guiliang the same when facing girls in high school?

He was extremely proud and arrogant deep down.

But his childhood experiences and his straitened financial circumstances also gave Chen Guiliang a deep sense of inferiority.

He couldn't even afford to treat a girl to a meal, so what kind of dating could he talk about?

Therefore, Chen Guiliang never had a girlfriend throughout his student days. After graduation, he was busy making a living and had even less time and energy to consider relationship issues.

It wasn't until he was over thirty, when his living conditions improved and his income was considerable, that he started going on blind dates to solve his marriage problem.

The woman was quite satisfied with him. She only asked for 66,000 yuan in bride price but brought a car worth over 200,000 yuan as a dowry. The wedding house was also purchased with money from both sides – this situation is very common in Sichuan and Chongqing.

His wife was a teacher at a key primary school, a local of Rong City, with a decent appearance and a well-off family.

She seemed well-behaved and reasonable before marriage but revealed her personality flaws after marriage. She would nitpick about every little thing and argue about every insignificant issue. And she loved to compare her husband with the husbands of her best friends, colleagues, and relatives, always saying, "Look at so-and-so's husband."

Chen Guiliang felt like he wasn't a husband but a primary school student who was constantly being scolded by his teacher and always being compared to other people's children.

It wasn't until Chen Guiliang was fired by his boss that the family conflict finally erupted completely.

Divorce.

The only thing to be thankful for was that housing prices in Rong City soared in those two years, and selling the wedding house actually made them a profit.

After becoming single again and later achieving financial freedom, Chen Guiliang also dated young models. At first, he was quite excited, but after a few times, he found it boring.

His parents urged him to remarry, and he went on a few more blind dates reluctantly.

None of them were satisfactory.

He had not only lost the passion for dating but also the interest in settling for marriage.

As for physiological needs, they could be completely solved with money. With a wave of his hand, young girls would flock to him. What was there to talk about family and feelings?

"Chen Guiliang, Xie Yang, turn off the lights when you leave!" the class monitor, Li Rui, shouted from the classroom doorway.

Xie Yang said impatiently, "Got it."

The classroom was empty, with only the two of them left.

Chen Guiliang said, "While the school gate isn't closed yet, I'll go out and buy something."

Xie Yang flicked his hair stylishly, no longer dwelling on what had just happened. With his hands in his pockets, he walked side by side with Chen Guiliang.

Chen Guiliang quickly went to the store outside the school and bought daily necessities like shampoo.

It's hard to go from luxury to frugality; he had to wash his hair again, as he really wasn't used to using soap.

Returning to the school gate, the security guard had just locked up.

The school security guard, like the cafeteria aunties, was also Chen Guiliang's "enemy."

The 40-year-old Chen Guiliang wouldn't hold a grudge against the security guard: "Teacher, could you please open the door?"

The security guard was a little flattered.

This crazy student who always caused trouble was actually calling him "teacher" for the first time?

"Come in," the security guard held a cigarette in his mouth, took out the key, and unlocked the iron gate.

Actually, it didn't matter if he didn't open the door; Chen Guiliang could just climb over the wall.

"Thank you."

Chen Guiliang entered the school gate and didn't go directly back to the dormitory. Instead, he walked towards the artificial lake.

He came to the lakeside, found a stone bench to sit on, and stared blankly at the dark lake surface.

This young body felt wrong!

During self-study tonight, Bian Guanyue sat next to him, and the faint scent of shampoo and body wash drifted over. Chen Guiliang felt restless, like he was in heat.

Damn it, with the vigorous secretion of adolescent hormones, his brain was actually a little out of control.

"Xie Yang, do you believe in true love?" Chen Guiliang asked without warning.

Xie Yang tossed his hair and said, "I do."

Chen Guiliang said, "What do you think about me having a relationship in the remaining time of high school?"

"Chen Daxia actually wants to fall in love?" Xie Yang's curiosity was instantly piqued. "Which female hero do you like? The most beautiful in our class is Zhou Jing, and now there's Bian Guanyue. Ou Yafei from Class 12 next door is also very pretty, but there's not much chance to talk to her."

Chen Guiliang said disdainfully, "You idiot, you only know how to look at faces. The most 'well-endowed' in our class is Zhu Xiaoya."

Xie Yang disagreed: "Zhu Xiaoya just has big breasts; she's not very pretty."

Chen Guiliang was too lazy to argue with a virgin.

He suddenly realized what he should be doing.

It didn't matter whether he won the New Concept Writing Competition or not.

Dropping out of the college entrance exam was no big deal.

Reborn, he should make up for his biggest regret.

What was his biggest regret?

Of course, it was living half his life without ever having a pure relationship unrelated to money.

So, who should he look for?

Chen Guiliang's crush in high school was precisely Ou Yafei from the class next door.

She had a pretty face, dressed well, and was like a little vixen.

When he was studying, every time Chen Guiliang passed by Class 12, he would secretly peek into the classroom. As long as he could catch a glimpse of Ou Yafei, even if it was just her back, he would be satisfied.

But the filter of this "white moonlight" had shattered long before his rebirth.

After achieving financial freedom, for some reason, he deliberately contacted some alumni and inquired in detail about Ou Yafei's situation.

It would have been better not to ask!

In the descriptions of those alumni, Ou Yafei was full of scandals.

It turned out that the goddess Chen Guiliang had a crush on had quietly had an abortion during the summer vacation of her second year of high school.

During university, Ou Yafei, in order to secure a spot for postgraduate study, went to seduce a professor and was slapped in public by the professor's wife.

After graduation, it seemed she was kept by someone, but the news was unconfirmed.

Later, she married a boss. There was a saying that she became the mistress who took the main wife's place, and her husband was over 20 years older than her. She quit her job to be a full-time housewife and frequently posted luxury goods on her Moments.

Chen Guiliang felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly after hearing all this.

Xie Yang tossed his hair stylishly and said without any self-awareness, "We are friends, we can compete fairly and see who can win over Bian Guanyue first."

Chen Guiliang said, "How about we compete to see who can get into Tsinghua University or Peking University?"

"Can you even have a conversation?" Xie Yang was very unhappy.

Chen Guiliang thought Bian Guanyue was quite good.

But in his previous life, they didn't have much contact and stopped communicating after graduating from high school.

There was a rumor that Bian Guanyue got married and went abroad.

There was also a rumor that Bian Guanyue came out of the closet, had been living in Modu, and had adopted a child.

The two statements were completely opposite, and he didn't know which one was true.

Chen Guiliang sighed dramatically, "Ah, in this vast No. 2 High School, I can't find a single girl worth pursuing. Maybe I'm just too outstanding, drawing my sword and looking around, my heart is lost!"

Xie Yang tossed his hair again and retorted, "You're even better at showing off, damn it."

Chen Guiliang strolled along the lake. Past the wisteria trellis ahead and through a camphor forest was the dormitory.

Xie Yang followed silently, his mind still comparing Zhou Jing and Bian Guanyue. He realized he was a person of deep affection; after all, he had a crush on Zhou Jing for so long. Although he was starting to shift his affections now, he still couldn't let go of his "old flame."

The two got closer and closer to the wisteria. Rustling sounds came from under the wisteria trellis.

They could even faintly hear gasps.

It must be a pair of wild ducks having a tryst. They definitely wouldn't dare to go all the way, but hugging and fumbling around would satisfy their cravings.

Xie Yang lightened his steps and chuckled in a low voice, "Heh heh, something's going on."

"Are you going to peek? Be careful you don't get a sty," Chen Guiliang said.

Xie Yang said, "I'll just take a look."

"Cough cough!"

In the dark, Chen Guiliang suddenly coughed twice and roared in a rough voice, "Which class are you from? Get back to your dorm!"

On the quiet night, this roar was like a clap of thunder.

The couple under the wisteria trellis thought it was a teacher and were so scared they immediately ran in different directions.

One ran towards the boys' dormitory, the other towards the girls' dormitory.

When disaster strikes, everyone fends for themselves.

Chen Guiliang stood there, grinning happily, "I don't even have a girlfriend yet. Anyone who dares to date in school deserves to die."

Xie Yang found it very amusing. He also stomped his feet in place, making heavy sounds to simulate chasing footsteps, "Stop, don't run! If you're caught dating early, you'll be expelled!"

The wild ducks were so scared they sped up again.

"Hahahahaha!"

The two lunatics laughed triumphantly by the lake.

They returned to the dormitory in a good mood. As soon as they entered the room, they heard Li Yulin from bed number 5 say, "Holy crap, you guys are finally back. I was just on a date with Wang Yu by the artificial lake and almost got caught by a teacher. Damn, that was close, luckily I ran fast!"

(Thanks to the great masters Tarot Society Cleaner and toydemon for their Alliance Leader rewards.)

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