Rebirth Begins with Rejecting my Childhood Friend - Chapter 175

Yang Baishan’s mind is entirely focused on Xu Xiuwen.

He hesitated for a moment, then asked, “Xiuwen, when you took Cheng Lu back just now, did she say anything?”

Xu Xiuwen looked at Yang Baishan in surprise, not understanding his intention behind the question.

“Nothing,” he replied.

Hearing Xu Xiuwen’s response, Yang Baishan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the muscles on his face relaxed.

He smiled at Liu Zhihao and said, “I was right, wasn’t I?”

Xu Xiuwen didn’t continue to pay attention to Yang Baishan and Liu Zhihao.

He noticed that Jin Haonan had been writing something all along, so he turned and asked, “Brother Hao, what are you writing?”

Jin Haonan felt Xu Xiuwen’s gaze and quickly covered the paper with his arm, saying, “Nothing.”

“I don’t believe you. You come back every day and write something, but I haven’t seen what you’re writing. Come clean, are you writing love letters to someone?” Xu Xiuwen teased.

Blushing, Jin Haonan said, “Come on, it’s the modern age, how could I be writing love letters? Stop making things up.”

Liu Zhihao and Yang Baishan’s attention was also drawn to Jin Haonan.

The two of them quietly approached him from behind, and when they saw the text on Jin Haonan’s desk clearly, they exclaimed in surprise, “Brother Hao, why are you writing in Korean?”

Jin Haonan turned around and saw the two of them, immediately covering the paper with his hand.

But Yang Baishan and Liu Zhihao had already seen what he was writing, and they asked with curiosity, “Brother Hao, it seems like you’re keeping something from us, huh?”

Upon hearing that Jin Haonan was writing in Korean, Xu Xiuwen also became interested.

He stood up from his seat and walked over to Jin Haonan.

The three of them stared at Jin Haonan with the look of interrogating a criminal.

Jin Haonan thought since they had already seen it, he might as well not hide it anymore, so he admitted openly, “Yes, I am writing a letter to someone, but it’s not a love letter, so don’t misunderstand.”

Jin Haonan took the initiative to hand a piece of paper with Korean writing to the three people.

Liu Zhihao and Yang Baishan didn’t know Korean, so they couldn’t make anything out of it.

Xu Xiuwen took it and read the beginning, “?——” (Translation: How have you been lately, Jin——)

Before he could read further, the letter was snatched away by Jin Haonan.

Jin Haonan nervously asked, “Xiuwen, do you know Korean?”

Xu Xiuwen chuckled, “I studied Korean phonetics for a while before.”

Jin Haonan was completely embarrassed!

Xu Xiuwen quickly reassured, “Brother Hao, don’t worry, I only know how to read it, not what it means.”

Jin Haonan breathed a sigh of relief.

But the change in his emotions didn’t escape the notice of the three.

Liu Zhihao asked, “Brother Hao, come clean, who is the recipient of the letter and what’s your relationship with them? You seem so nervous.”

Jin Haonan knew he couldn’t hide it anymore, hesitated for a moment, and finally confessed.

“She’s my childhood sweetheart.”

Jin Haonan spilled the beans.

Yang Baishan and Liu Zhihao’s eyes widened with excitement.

Wang Juncai also put down his game, and Shi Xiangming put down his novel.

Jin Haonan continued without beating around the bush, “She’s also Korean, but her family moved to South Korea after junior high school. Sometimes we keep in touch by writing letters.”

Yang Baishan wasn’t interested in South Korea, he was more interested in how she looked, so he asked, “Brother Hao, is your childhood sweetheart beautiful?”

Jin Haonan smiled and said, “Very beautiful.”

“How beautiful? Compared to Xiuwen’s childhood sweetheart?” Yang Baishan inquired.

Jin Haonan thought for a moment, compared the two in his mind, and then honestly replied, “Xiao Youran is still more beautiful, but she shouldn’t be less beautiful than Song Siyu and Bai Yue’er.”

“Wow!” Liu Zhihao exclaimed, “Brother Hao, your childhood sweetheart is so beautiful! You really keep your treasures hidden!”

Yang Baishan looked at Jin Haonan with resentment in his eyes, “It’s just me and Old Liu who don’t have childhood sweethearts or girlfriends. Everyone else either has a girlfriend, a fiancée, or a childhood sweetheart. It’s really enviable.”

Liu Zhihao also wore a mournful expression, he quickly put his arm around Yang Baishan’s shoulder and said insincerely, “Yeah, sigh, we’re the most pitiful ones here.”

Jin Haonan blushed at the mention of two people. He waved his hand and explained, “There’s nothing between us. We haven’t seen each other for three years.”

Yang Baishan and Liu Zhihao thought about it and felt better.

Wang Juncai interjected, “Brother Hao, since your childhood sweetheart is in KR, aren’t you worried? What if someone else pursues her?”

Jin Haonan shook his head. “She said she’s not dating now, and her company doesn’t allow it either.”

“Her company?” Everyone in the dorm except Jin Haonan was surprised.

“Yeah, she’s a trainee in an entertainment company now,” Jin Haonan explained.

After Jin Haonan finished, without giving the others a chance to ask further, he ended the topic. “Alright, enough, let’s not talk about it anymore. Go do your own thing.”

Back at his seat, Xu Xiuwen took a shower and then went to bed.

Although he had taken a nap in the afternoon, the day had been exhausting, and Xu Xiuwen quickly fell asleep.

In the blink of an eye, it was Tuesday.

There were no classes on Tuesday morning, but Xu Xiuwen still had to get up early to stamp his morning exercise card.

After stamping it, he went to the cafeteria for breakfast and then returned to his dorm to catch some more sleep.

The afternoon was full of classes, and the six people from Room 412 arrived at the classroom on time.

When they got to the classroom, their classmates were chatting animatedly.

But there were exceptions, like the girls who have boyfriends majoring in computer science were looking rather glum.

Dong Jun was already there, enthusiastically recounting yesterday’s competition to the girls in the class who didn’t know about it.

Speaking of excitement, he gestured wildly, extremely thrilled.

Just as Xu Xiuwen entered the classroom through the back door, Dong Jun, upon seeing him, immediately stopped bragging and loudly exclaimed, “Xu Xiuwen is our class’s great hero. Thanks to his performance, we managed to win a medal. Let’s applaud him!”

The classroom erupted into applause.

Xu Xiuwen preferred to keep a low profile, although sometimes he had to be high-profile.

He gave Dong Jun an annoyed look, waved his hand, and said, “Winning the competition the other day wasn’t just because of me, but because of everyone in our class. So, I can’t take all the credit.”

His words resonated with the male students in the class.

The girls admired his modesty and refusal to take credit.

Xu Xiuwen’s gaze fell on Tang Weiwei and Su Yanyan, who were still sitting in the front row.

Bai Yue’er and Shen Minyao seemed to be influenced by them and also moved to the front row.

Among the entire front row, there were only the four of them, creating a unique sight.

At this moment, except for Tang Weiwei, the other three girls turned to look at him.

Xu Xiuwen waved to the three girls, greeting them with a smile.

Su Yanyan was very happy, showing her big teeth.

Bai Yue’er snorted and turned away.

Shen Minyao quietly withdrew her gaze and looked ahead.

Xu Xiuwen was stunned, wondering, “Where did I upset them?”