Chapter 11: The Familiar Faces of Rebirth

“Today’s assembly has concluded. All class teachers, please organize your students and lead them back to your classrooms in an orderly fashion.”

The deans of instruction from various grades rose from their seats below the stage. They began arranging for the thousands of students in the auditorium to return to their classrooms in an orderly manner.

Bai YuYang felt that despite being late, his timing was surprisingly perfect. He had arrived just in time to catch Tang Qihuang’s speech.

If he remembered correctly, everything before this would have been a series of dull, templated speeches from the school leadership.

This way, it seemed, he hadn’t left Bai YuXi with any regrets on her first day of school.

“Xiao Xi, I’ll take you back to your class first. As for you, Lin QingYu… go find your class’s line on your own.”

“Hey, what kind of preferential treatment is this?!”

Facing the ‘Lin loli’ whose cheeks puffed out in indignation, Bai YuYang shook his head helplessly. “Xiao Xi is a freshman starting her first day. Haven’t you been here for a year already? Besides, we’re in the same class. Come on, I’ll find you later.”

“Don’t bother! I was going to leave anyway, hmph, you’re infuriating me… Not only were we late, but now you’re making me go first…”

Bai YuYang knew Lin QingYu too well. Despite her incessant grumbling and chattering, what she truly wanted was for him to escort Bai YuXi and then for her to return to the classroom with him.

His little childhood sweetheart, fearless of everything, was only afraid of being left behind and ignored by him.

Just as Bai YuYang was about to suggest taking her along to the freshman building, Bai YuXi spoke.

“Brother, you really shouldn’t spoil me so much. I’m a high school student starting today, you know.”

Honestly, it was just a few steps. Yet, her brother insisted on escorting her. Bai YuXi had been on the verge of graduating from university in her previous life, and even after being reborn, Bai YuYang’s treatment of her like a child still made her feel rather uncomfortable.

‘Hmm… I don’t want Brother to treat me like a little kid.’

As if seeing through Bai YuXi’s thoughts, Bai YuYang chuckled, “In my eyes, no matter how old you get, you’ll always be my child.”

Even in a few more years, it would be the same.

“Oh, while I’m really happy that Brother is willing to see me off, I actually have my own considerations…” Bai YuXi took another step closer to Bai YuYang, looking up and winking mischievously.

“Brother, think about it. It’s my first day of school, and everyone in my class is a new classmate I don’t know. If my first appearance is with you escorting me, wouldn’t that be strange?”

“What’s so strange about that?”

Even Lin QingYu couldn’t stand it this time. She jumped up and slapped Bai YuYang’s shoulder heavily.

“And you ask?! Bai YuYang, have some self-awareness! You’re famous in this school! It’s fine for you to escort your sister, but if her classmates see it, who knows what rumors might spread? Do you want her first day of school to be unsettled?”

“!”

‘Oh, damn it, I forgot about that!’

He had been so preoccupied with Tang Qihuang’s matter that he hadn’t considered this angle. Indeed, Bai YuYang was a well-known figure at Qifeng No. 1 High School.

During his freshman year, some idle fellow had brazenly launched a ‘School Belle and School Hunk’ voting competition on the school’s official website.

Bai YuYang hadn’t even known about it until his classmates told him that he had won the ‘School Hunk’ title by an overwhelming margin.

‘No, no, no… it’s fine for you to praise my looks, but the ensuing public attention and troubles had plagued Bai YuYang throughout his high school days for quite some time.’

‘Right, returning to sophomore year, I’ll have to face this issue again.’

Unwilling to let this annoyance affect Bai YuXi, Bai YuYang could only compromise on a plan.

“Alright, you both have a point. How about this, Xiao Xi? We’ll wait here with you for the Class 3 freshmen’s line. You’ll go back to the classroom with your classmates and teacher, and I’ll feel more at ease.”

“Got it… But actually, Brother, if you really want to walk me to class, we have an even better solution.”

“Tell me.”

“You could just publicly announce that you’re my boyfriend, and then there won’t be any rumors!”

“Stop! Absolutely not! That’s enough!”

‘I instantly rejected that collaboration, alright!’

‘What is going on?! At this stage, Xiao Xi shouldn’t know that she and I aren’t blood relatives, right? Yet, what she just said was so utterly shocking!’

Even Lin QingYu wanted to hit someone!

Bai YuYang sighed, “Don’t think about anything else. It’s better for us to just wait here obediently for the class lines to pass.”

“Fine…”

Bai YuXi remained composed, making it seem as if she had only been joking. In reality, she had been quite serious. If her brother had agreed to her proposal, Bai YuXi would have hit the jackpot! Even if he didn’t agree, like now, seeing his flustered reaction wasn’t a loss, was it?

The student groups leaving the assembly hall departed in order, with seniors going first and freshmen last.

While Bai YuYang and the others were talking, all the senior classes had already left. Now, the sophomore classes were passing by.

From a distance, Bai YuYang spotted the sign for Class 4 of the sophomore year. ‘Wow… they’re all familiar faces. The sense of being reborn felt even stronger now, and he also felt a wave of nostalgia.’

“You two wait here for a bit. I’m going to snag someone.”

“Okay, I’ll keep an eye on Sister Lin QingYu.” “Who needs you to watch them, you little brat!”

After instructing them not to quarrel, Bai YuYang strode out of the corner. He circled to the side of the sophomore Class 4 line, swiftly reaching out and pulling someone from the group.

“Ouch! Who dares touch this lord… Ah… it’s Brother Yang!”

“Haozi, you’ve gotten bold, daring to call yourself ‘this lord’?”

Indeed, it was Luo Hao whom he had just spotted. At this moment, Luo Hao still had normal hair, unlike the buzz cut he would sport a few years later.

That’s why Bai YuYang found rebirth so difficult to adapt to. Just yesterday, he had been eating barbecue and drinking with Luo Hao, and today he was back to being a high school student.

However, only Bai YuYang knew about the events of the previous life; Luo Hao was completely bewildered.

“No way! Brother Yang, how would I dare to challenge you, haha… Never mind that, Brother Yang, were you late today?”

“I overslept.”

“As expected of Brother Yang!” Luo Hao gave a thumbs-up. “Abusing your class monitor authority! Impressive, impressive! I bet you won’t even have to write a self-reflection for oversleeping?”

At this, Luo Hao became more animated. He wasn’t in a hurry to follow his already distant class; he could just return to the classroom alone later.

“Of course, there’s no such thing as a self-reflection when it comes to me.”

After these few exchanges, Bai YuYang’s gaze suddenly sharpened. “Haozi, honestly, from yesterday to today, have you felt anything abnormal? Any unusual changes?”

This was Bai YuYang’s real reason for pulling him aside. Asking one more person meant one more source of information; he needed to gather as much as possible right now.

“Unusual changes?”

Luo Hao thought for a moment, then simply shook his head. “Brother Yang, why are you suddenly asking this? Oh, right! Our old class teacher suddenly doubled our homework. Does that count as abnormal?”

“Sigh… Haozi, our homeroom teacher failed at her blind date for remarriage. She’s just taking it out on us. It’s not the first or second time, so don’t make a fuss.”

Luo Hao agreed, and after thinking for a while longer, he spoke again. “Then there’s nothing abnormal, but there is something that puzzles me greatly.”

“Puzzled?” Bai YuYang urged, “Hurry and tell me.”

“I’m just very puzzled why I still don’t have a girlfriend today.”

“……”

‘Haozi, that’s not what you should be puzzled about. Really, I truly don’t have the heart to tell you that in a few years, you still won’t have a girlfriend. Keep going, Haozi.’

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