Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

On the evening of September 7, 2014.

In Class 8 of Year 2, on the south side of the classroom, next to the wall, Geng Lu hadn't come to school yet. At the moment, the person sitting in her seat was Chen Siqing from Class 10.

In front of the twin sisters was a math test paper and a piece of scratch paper, but their pens were already down.

Chen Siyu sighed deeply: "Sigh, inequalities are so hard, I simply can't do them."

A problem stumped the two sisters, rendering them unable to move forward.

Chen Siyu looked forward, at the unfamiliar setup of the desk where Bai Yuxia usually sat next to her, and sighed: "Sister, we must take back what we've lost."

Chen Siyu had once been too complacent, leading to her seat being taken by the transferred Chai Wei, leaving her homeless and ultimately ending up sitting next to Geng Lu.

But in her heart, she still longed to return home, back to Bai Yuxia's side in her homeland...

Her sister Chen Siqing: "I can't do it either."

While the two girls were fretting, Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong entered the classroom.

Chen Siyu, seeing a savior, quickly asked for help when Jiang Ning sat down: "Jiang Ning, can you teach me this problem during the night self-study?"

Jiang Ning: "No problem."

It was just a small effort.

Seeing this, Chen Siqing closed the test paper, and Chen Siyu looked at her with distress:

"Sister, I have Jiang Ning's help, but you don't. Aren't you solving your problems? Isn't math your strong point?"

Chen Siqing said: "Once he teaches you, you can teach me."

Hearing this, Chen Siyu was even more distressed: "Sister, it's only Year 2 now, there might be even stronger students in the class vying for Yuxia in the future. The competition will be fierce then. If you keep thinking about giving up and not thinking when you encounter difficulties, how can we sit next to Yuxia in the future?"

"Don't you feel a bit of urgency?" Chen Siyu hit the nail on the head with her words.

For a moment, Chen Siqing was at a loss and a bit ashamed.

Reflecting a little, indeed, her grades used to be slightly better than her sister's, but ever since her sister had Yuxia and Jiang Ning to tutor her, her grades gradually caught up.

Chen Siqing couldn't think of a reason to rebut and spoke with a weakened tone: "Sister, don't you have me?"

Hearing this, Chen Siyu was angrier, her eyes widened: "You still count on me? I'm not as good as you!"

Sister Chen Siqing: ...Not surprised, sister.

Jiang Ning hearing this, said to Tongtong by the window: "Are you tired of cooking every day?"

Xue Yuantong, her arms leaning on the table, soaring mentally, replied without thinking:

"I cook all the meals at home, of course I'm tired!"

Jiang Ning realized: "No wonder I'm not tired at all."

...

The bell for the night self-study preparation sounded, and except for the boarding boys, almost everyone in the class was there.

Chen Siqing also returned to her Class 10, and Chen Siyu spoke to Jiang Ning:

"Hey, the holidays have become so short. Clearly, we only have night self-study and Saturday mornings added, but this little time makes me feel the weekends fly by."

Xue Yuantong: "Because before you could sleep in twice, now only once."

Jiang Ning: "That's why after graduation, we need to find a job with double weekends."

Chen Siyu: "You're thinking too far ahead."

The boy in front, Chai Wei, heard them and laughed: "Who thinks of working after graduation? I can't stand being told what to do at work, the thought of being bossed around is annoying."

After he finished, Chen Siyu spoke into the air: "You need a great skill to not have to work, right?"

Compared to the high school boys' adolescent fantasies, the girls were relatively more realistic. Chen Siyu was thinking about finding a job paying five thousand yuan a month after graduation so combined with her sister, they would just break ten thousand.

Chai Wei: "There are so many opportunities now, in the internet age, it's the best time to start a business in college. I'll start a business when I go to college so that by graduation, the company will have reached a certain scale, and I'll retire at 25, and play every day afterward."

"I've planned many schemes. Do you know about VR? By then, I'll start a VR company."

Chai Wei spoke confidently, full of dreams, only occasionally glancing at Bai Yuxia, revealing his inner unease.

Bai Yuxia listened without a trace of emotion on her face, as if nothing could pique her interest.

With her slender, delicate fingers, a pen danced swiftly, mesmerizing onlookers.

Chai Wei used to hate people who twirled their pens. In his impression, it was those showy boys in class, and they always dropped their pens on the ground with a loud "clack," which was very annoying.

However, Bai Yuxia's pen twirling was entirely different. Just watching it was a pleasure to the eyes.

Chai Wei, having failed to capture Bai Yuxia's attention with his grand plans, tried a new topic:

"Bai Yuxia, your pen twirling is really impressive."

Xue Yuantong said: "It's okay."

Chai Wei glanced at Xue Yuantong. He now knew that this little one napping in class was the top student in the entire school.

But top students often specialize in one area, and in other aspects, they're not talented.

Chai Wei defended: "You might not understand Bai Yuxia's pen twirling skills, but according to those I've seen, it's no exaggeration to say her skill is top-notch."

Xue Yuantong used Summoning Technique: "Jiang Ning."

Jiang Ning had bought a can of Red Bull and was leisurely sipping it. Tongtong's summon failed.

Bai Yuxia, seeing this, quietly stopped twirling her pen. She had once seen Jiang Ning's pen-twirling skills and was deeply impressed.

Once yearning in her heart, Bai Yuxia had tried to learn it when she got home but failed to master it.

Feeling the atmosphere turning awkward, Chai Wei continued to find topics, sharing his point of view: "Pen twirling requires dexterity in the hands, the looser the hand, the better the twirl. My hands are very stiff, so I can't twirl."