Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Reborn 20 Years Ago?

Since he could remember, Mei Fang had never felt so embarrassed as he did today.

Why were other people’s stories about rebirth or time travel set during the golden summer when they finished the college entrance exams, while his story started in kindergarten?

This was 20 years ago!

Moreover, when he woke up, he found out that he had wet the bed while taking a nap and had to wash himself in front of all the kids.

This incident did happen in kindergarten and was a childhood trauma for Mei Fang. However, after so many years, the memory was just a blurry fragment, and he originally didn’t have much psychological burden.

But experiencing this again and being watched by so many children was like public humiliation!

The teacher intended to teach him a lesson, but it affected his mental and physical development too much! Fortunately, it was 20 years ago…

While Mei Fang wiped his body with a bitter heart, he sorted out the current situation. In summary, no matter what happened, stay calm and face it with a smile.

2002 AD… This was the golden era at the beginning of the 21st century!

In 2002, the country had just joined the World Trade Organization and was preparing to become one of the most important world factories in the global market;

In 2002, jobs in the system came with housing assignments, and house prices were incredibly low, almost requiring no effort to buy;

In 2002, the internet was just beginning to flourish, with the three giants rapidly rising, and Bitcoin was still a legend yet to be written;

In 2002, the Mandarin music industry was producing hit after hit, and future king Alun had just released his third album, “X Degree Space,” with songs like “Whole Island Copper Box” and “Tiger Legs” still sung today.

Although this rebirth node was somewhat unreasonable, at least there was hope for the future.

Last life, he suffered so much to earn money, and even on the day of his sudden death, he was still working overtime for the company.

But this life, he wouldn’t be treated like a beast anymore!

“Sit properly!”

“Sit properly!”

“Mei Fang! Sit straight! What are you smiling about? Are you proud of wetting the bed? You should be with the younger class.”

“…”

Amid the laughter of the children, Mei Fang unwillingly learned to sit like the others, placing his hands on the small table and hanging his head to listen to the teacher.

“Keep your back straight!”

“I know.”

Well…

Mei Fang looked around; he couldn’t call out the names of any of the faces.

His current memory was almost identical to before his sudden death, and he had no recollection of kindergarten.

He endured the time, waiting for the teacher to leave the classroom for something. Then the big class kids started playing their own games. After all, they had been in kindergarten for several years and got along harmoniously.

Mei Fang was lying on the desk, lost in thought, when the girl next to him, a pony-tail girl, poked his arm and whispered to him.

“Mei Fang, it’s okay. Wetting the bed isn’t anything to be ashamed of. My mom said she used to do it too when she was little. Don’t be too upset.”

Does a five-year-old also say such things…

Mei Fang couldn’t help but laugh dryly, “I’m not upset.”

As he spoke, he couldn’t help but look at the girl more. She had fair skin and big, watery eyes.

Her eyelashes were especially long, and when she smiled, she had chubby dimples. Her mouth would pout when she talked, making her sound cute.

If it were 2022, she would definitely be a child star网红-level cutie, and she wouldn’t be unattractive when she grew up.

The pony-tail girl didn’t avoid Mei Fang’s gaze; she stared at him with her watery eyes.

Mei Fang couldn’t hold it, and he glanced away.

“Yay, I win!” The girl was very happy.

“Childish.”

Who’s playing games with you…

Mei Fang was pondering his future plans when the girl started poking his arm again, which made him very annoyed, “Go play somewhere else. Why are you always clinging to me? Aren’t you annoying?”

Mei Fang’s words seemed to deeply hurt the girl, and soon her eyes started to turn red.

Then, tears started streaming down her face.

“Why don’t you want to play with me anymore… I didn’t say anything bad about you… Sniff… I didn’t laugh at you wetting the bed… Don’t stop playing with me… Sniff…”

The pony-tail girl rubbed her eyes and cried loudly, then looked up to the sky and wailed, as if she had suffered great injustice, attracting the attention of many other children.

Did we get along well in kindergarten?

“Okay, okay, I didn’t say anything, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

Mei Fang didn’t expect this girl to be a crybaby. Just as he was about to comfort her, other children started stirring up trouble, “Mei Fang made Xia Yuan cry, Mei Fang made Xia Yuan cry, let’s go tell the teacher!”

“Hey, I didn’t, I didn’t!”

Mei Fang watched as a few tattletales slipped out of the classroom, and the little girl named Xia Yuan beside him continued crying.

Reluctantly, Mei Fang approached and gently patted Xia Yuan’s shoulder, comforting her softly.

“I didn’t say I don’t want to play with you. Please stop crying, okay? I’ll buy you a lollipop tomorrow!”

Xia Yuan’s crying stopped, but she still sniffled.

“Really… really?”

“Yes! More real than pearls.”

Children in this era hadn’t eaten many snacks, so they were easy to please.

Mei Fang stretched out his hand, only raising his pinky finger, “If you don’t believe me, shall we make a pinky promise?”

Facing Mei Fang’s invitation, Xia Yuan tilted her head, looking puzzled.

This should be popular now…

Mei Fang reached out and wiggled Xia Yuan’s pinky finger gently, suddenly feeling a strange sense of guilt, and he felt a bit embarrassed.

“That’s right… right… pinky promise, a hundred years, no changing!”

“A hundred years… no changing…”

Xia Yuan repeated the cheerful nursery rhyme with Mei Fang, her mood slowly calming down.

Just then, Mei Fang felt a hard push from behind, and he stumbled, falling face-first.

The girl who pushed him was a short-haired girl with a watermelon hairdo. She pushed Mei Fang aside and ran into the crowd.

In this era, many facilities were still underdeveloped, and the county kindergarten still had cement floors. Mei Fang felt a stinging sensation in his nose and immediately started bleeding from the nose after standing up.

The sight of Mei Fang’s nosebleed scared the children, and everyone gathered around to check on him, including Xia Yuan, who had been taken away, her eyes full of concern, “Let me help… Mom taught me how to stop a nosebleed. Tilt your head back…”

Isn’t tilting your head back to stop a nosebleed wrong?

But Xia Yuan gently supported Mei Fang’s head, making him tilt his head back, then splashed water on the back of his neck, and Mei Fang felt somewhat comfortable and didn’t complain.

When the teacher arrived, she took over from Xia Yuan to continue handling the situation, grumbling all the while,

“Mei Fang, why are you always causing trouble, can’t you stop?”

At this moment, a child came forward to speak up for Mei Fang, “I saw it, it was Lin You Xi who pushed him!”

“Lin You Xi! You’re causing trouble again.”

Lin You Xi?

This name… seems familiar…

Mei Fang watched as the teacher dragged the short-haired girl with the watermelon hairdo, Lin You Xi, out from behind Xia Yuan. Lin You Xi stood quietly in front of the teacher, lowering her head and saying nothing.

Her clothes were dirty and looked a bit unkempt, like a wild child.

“Did you push him?”

Lin You Xi nodded.

“Why did you push Mei Fang?”

Lin You Xi ignored the teacher, only lowering her head, making it feel like communication was difficult.

Lin You Xi… Lin You Xi…

In Mei Fang’s mind, the image of Lin You Xi gradually became clearer.

But he couldn’t connect this rude girl in front of him with—

Lin You Xi… Isn’t this the name of the super female prodigy who was the top student in the entire school throughout high school?

So it turns out she and I were classmates in kindergarten!

This is Cao Manjun’s first book on NetEase Cloud Reading. If you have any suggestions, please share them! For the next few days, I will post one chapter per day, and later, I will increase it to two chapters per day!

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