Reborn, Who Needs Romance?
Chapter 36

Dad, Let's Start the Class

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"You said, what kind of background does Old Jiang have that makes two campus belle-level girls fight to the death for him? I really can't figure it out."

"I can't figure it out either. Isn't he just a bit handsome, a bit fair-skinned, spends money like water, and has a lot of smooth talk? Besides these, what else does he have? What does he have to compare with good boys like us?"

School of Finance, Men's Dormitory 302.

After Ren Ziqiang and Zhou Chao returned from the restaurant, they had been studying this matter as if they were studying a Martial Arts Manual.

They really couldn't imagine how those campus belle-level girls, who should be as aloof as moonlight, could be so aggrieved in front of Jiang Qin, while Jiang Qin ignored them, looking annoyed, so cool that their tongues went numb.

Shouldn't such girls be held in your hands for fear of dropping them, and kept in your mouth for fear of melting them?

But Old Jiang could just get up and leave, not showing any consideration, while those girls cried and chased after him, begging him not to go.

If they could learn this trick, wouldn't they be able to walk sideways in the school?

Cao Guangyu thought they were just being stupid. They hadn't even learned the Internal Energy Cultivation Method, only saw those three or two moves. They could study it for eight lifetimes and still not figure it out. He hadn't heard that getting beaten a lot could make you a Martial Arts Expert.

"Old Cao."

"What?"

Zhou Chao looked over with burning eyes: "You're a rich second generation, you've seen a lot, tell us why?"

Cao Guangyu had been looking dejected all afternoon, still half-dead, speaking weakly: "You guys already figured out the reason, why are you still asking me?"

"When did I figure out the reason?" Zhou Chao looked at Ren Ziqiang, puzzled.

Ren Ziqiang also looked confused: "What reason? I don't know about it?"

"He's handsome, fair-skinned, spends money like water, and has a lot of smooth talk, isn't that enough? Four things, do you guys have even one?"

Zhou Chao was silent for a moment: "But I think I have all four."

Cao Guangyu's mouth twisted: "Get lost."

"No, Old Cao, you're acting strange."

"What's strange about me?"

Ren Ziqiang carefully sized him up, becoming more certain of his judgment: "We lost, so we lost, but you never accept Old Jiang, how come you're like a fart today, not even daring to brag? Encouraging others' ambitions and destroying your own prestige?"

Cao Guangyu looked annoyed when he heard this, saying Get out, get out, get out (gǔn gǔn gǔn, get lost), then turned around, got into bed, and covered his head with the blanket.

In fact, the lunch today didn't cause much damage to Ren Ziqiang and Zhou Chao. At most, it just let them experience the unevenness of life in advance, but they would feel this sooner or later, it wouldn't kill them, so it didn't matter.

But Cao Guangyu was different. What he felt was not unevenness, but a fatal blow.

Even if Jiang Qin won over Song Qingqing, won over Jiang Tian, or even won over both of them, he wouldn't accept it. He was a rich second generation, how could he not be better than him?

But Hong Yan was different, because Hong Yan was once the dream of all the boys in Hangcheng No. 1 High School.

This was no exception for Cao Guangyu.

Hong Yan was his most beautiful secret love, the only pure white jasmine in his heart, the beautiful vision when his mind was not fully developed but his love was budding in his youth.

In the three years of high school, Cao Guangyu never had a girlfriend. He was actually a little chick who only dared to say hello to Hong Yan on QQ, so when he learned that Hong Yan liked Jiang Qin, he had a heartbroken feeling of a pure love warrior falling to the ground.

Since the beginning of school, Jiang Qin had been one step ahead of him in everything, but Cao Guangyu refused to accept it no matter what, but this time he was really a bit stunned by the hammer.

"Old Cao, what's wrong? Did Jiang Qin, that dog thief, undermine your confidence?"

"Old Cao, don't be sad, when Jiang Qin comes back, we'll teach him a lesson!"

As soon as the words fell, the door of 302 was suddenly pushed open, and Jiang Qin stepped into the room. As soon as he looked up, he saw Ren Ziqiang and Zhou Chao walking over with serious faces.

Then they pulled chairs, handed slippers, and were just short of helping Jiang Qin take off his socks.

"Dad, when are we having class?"

Cao Guangyu lifted the blanket, looked at his two roommates, and was furious: "Old Ren, Old Zhou, has your ambition been eaten by dogs?"

Zhou Chao looked up at Cao Guangyu sitting on the bed: "How can ambition be as sweet as a wife?"

"Old Ren, are you worthy of your name?" Cao Guangyu changed his target of attack.

Who knew that Ren Ziqiang would directly stick out his chest and raise his head: "I didn't agree when my dad named me, but I didn't have the right to speak."

In fact, Jiang Qin didn't even need to ask to know what they were thinking. They were just awakened, couldn't accept this loss after waking up, kept questioning others, and then began to question themselves.

"Alright then, everyone grab a chair and come over here. Since I'm in a good mood today, I'll give you all a good talking to."

Zhou Chao and Ren Ziqiang hurriedly went to get chairs, while Cao Guangyu, after putting on airs for half a day, couldn't resist anymore. He jumped off the bed and leaned against the wardrobe, but he didn't move a chair because not moving a chair was the last bit of dignity he had left for himself.

Then Jiang Qin sat down and directly recounted how he had liked Chu Siqi for three years in high school, but was rejected on the spot after confessing.

Honestly, there's nothing to be embarrassed about.

What's the most powerful thing about a man approaching forty? It's knowing how to reconcile with himself.

Reconcile with his younger self, saying it's not your fault for loving the wrong person; reconcile with his middle-aged self, saying it's not your fault for not making money; and even reconcile with his elderly self, saying it's not your fault for leaving so many regrets.

Life is full of disappointments, but few can be shared with others. If you can't reconcile with yourself and admit your mediocrity and failure, then you simply can't survive in this rotten world.

In an instant, Cao Guangyu's eyes came alive.

"Old Jiang, you've also had unrequited love?"

Jiang Qin curled his lips: "Why do you sound so gleeful, you bastard?"

Cao Guangyu suddenly felt his back straighten and smiled with a hint of cheapness: "You should have said so earlier! So you also liked someone for three years. We're all brothers in misfortune!"

Jiang Qin wondered, could there be gossip even in this remote corner?

"Old Cao, the way you used 'also' is very subtle. Do you have a story too?"

"Alright then, I'll tell you mine."

Because of Jiang Qin's lead, Cao Guangyu didn't hide anything this time. He thoroughly explained his feelings for Hong Yan, even admitting that he had never had a girlfriend. When he finished, he was even a little proud, feeling that he finally had something to compare with Jiang Qin.

He didn't know what was so proud about being on par with Jiang Qin, but he just felt very proud.

After he finished speaking, Zhou Chao and Ren Ziqiang glanced at him, their expressions suddenly becoming very strange.

"What's wrong?" Cao Guangyu was a little confused.

"That's it? You think you're worthy of being brothers with Old Jiang? I'm embarrassed for you!"

"Why am I embarrassing?" Cao Guangyu directly refused to accept it.

Ren Ziqiang curled his lips: "Although you both had unrequited love for three years, look at Jiang Ge. He can make that Chu Siqi so angry she wants to die with just a few words. What about you? You sat in the restaurant for two hours, and Hong Yan didn't even know who you were."

Zhou Chao also came over and patted him on the shoulder: "Although Jiang Ge didn't get together with Chu Siqi, he has Hong Yan who likes him. What do you have?"

At this moment, Jiang Qin added a fatal blow: "Old Cao, I look down on you a little."

"?????"

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