Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

Chapter 1810 - 996: In the Present Moment

The stuffy bus couldn’t contain the enthusiasm of the classmates, and the chatter filled the air.

"Students, fasten your seat belts, we’re about to..." Teacher An Chan’s voice rose above the noise.

Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong casually picked a seat, Bai Yuxia led Chen Siyu and sat behind them.

In the front row, Jiang Yanan was holding up his phone for a selfie, smiling joyfully. His already small eyes were almost squinted into slits: "Okay, it’s 7:40 AM, we’re setting off for our school trip."

"Jiang Yanan, why are you so excited you wet your pants?" Cui Yu shouted.

All the classmates transformed into Doraemon.

Jiang Yanan quickly put down his phone, discovering it was the cup leaking, he cursed, "Are you sick, Cui Yu!"

Wang Longlong was giving a speech: "What caused Fourth Middle School to mysteriously lose two thousand people? Why are those who disappeared overjoyed, and those left behind in pain? Welcome to the grand mystery theater..."

"Everyone, fasten your seat belts," An Chan reminded again.

The bus was constantly filled with the ear-piercing "beep" sound, Yu Wen, wearing a golden bracelet, stood up and asked, "Teacher An, why is there a sound constantly going off in the bus? Can we turn it off!"

An Chan glanced at her and said, "Someone hasn’t fastened their seat belt, so that’s why there’s this alarm sound."

Yu Wen accused, "Who exactly hasn’t fastened their seat belt? Do you not have any manners? Can’t you consider everyone else?"

After saying this, she sat down and fastened her seat belt, alright, the sound disappeared.

People around stared at her, Cui Yu grinned, "Clown."

Zhang Zhaodi covered her face, feeling embarrassed for Yu Wen.

Lu Qiqi played with her nails, unfazed: "Minor problem, just her usual antics."

The bus was finally sorted out, An Chan reported to the school trip group, and the bus slowly started.

On one side of the main road in the campus, several teachers waved to the bus, and the students inside saw this ceremonial gesture, then also waved goodbye to them.

The bus faced the morning sun and headed to the train station, stopping at the square in front after a dozen minutes.

Xue Yuantong awoke from his sleep with a start: "Is it over?"

Jiang Ning: "It’s just getting started."

Xue Yuantong realized: "Oh, then let’s continue."

Jiang Ning pulled her up from her seat: "Let’s change places."

Jiang Ning carried his luggage off the bus, switching to the train.

At the waiting train platform, Zhong Huai, a transfer student from the town middle school, looked at the train sign welcoming Yu Zhou Fourth Middle School teachers and students aboard the Yun City school trip train.

He was shocked: "Is our Fourth Middle School really this remarkable?"

Xiao Shaoxiong was equally shocked, but he liked to flaunt and said with a nonchalant tone: "What’s this? Last time, I saw a passenger plane with a welcome banner, now that’s impressive."

Zhang Zhaodi glanced at him more than once.

Xiao Shaoxiong felt secretly pleased.

Ma Shicheng, hearing this, was amused and said, "That’s nothing. Last time I saw a warp-speed spacecraft with a banner."

Lin Zida from Class 1 passed by, clicking his tongue in wonder, "You guys are truly creative."

Xiao Shaoxiong took note of Ma Shicheng, just wait!

The school arranged everything smoothly; students directly boarded the train, the carriage was quite large, so one class couldn’t fill it, hence there were students from other classes—Class 1, Class 2, Class 9, etc.

Once the students settled, Teacher An Chan put on a loudspeaker: "Students, this train ride will last 1 hour and 15 minutes, feel free to enjoy the scenery midway..."

In the middle of the carriage, a somewhat handsome boy spoke with concern:

"Jiayi, I bought you your favorite konjac jelly."

"Don’t worry about rinsing your mouth afterward; I’ve brought four bottles of purified water, two bottles of grape juice... tissues, wipes, I brought them all."

Dong Jiayi: "You’re really considerate."

Wei Xiu Yuan was delighted by the approval of Dong Jiayi, whom he loved, and responded joyously, "Of course, I’m definitely careful!"

Thinking that during this school trip, he might conquer the 0.02% progress, reaching a favorable level of 100%, and formally become a couple, Wei Xiu Yuan was filled with excitement.

The future was so beautiful, it was beautiful to the point of being unbelievable!

Jiang Ning looked away, he couldn’t help but envy Wei Xiu Yuan in his past life, but to think that this guy turned out to be such a sycophant was truly disappointing.

Opposite, Chen Siyu took out a deck of playing cards, gesturing to the table in the middle of the seats: "Jiang Ning, let’s play cards on the train!"

Jiang Ning hadn’t tried this before.

"Alright," he agreed.

"Yuxia, Tongtong... Oh well, Tongtong fell asleep." Chen Siyu’s words paused for a moment, but obviously, it was better this way, so they played cards in front of Tongtong!

With a deck of cards, soon three people were playing the card game of Landlord.

Jiang Ning drew the Landlord, Bai Yuxia teamed with Chen Siyu, the cooperation fell apart, and they both lost miserably.

Bai Yuxia was speechless.

Chen Siyu lamented: "If only I had some skills, it wouldn’t be like having none at all!"

Nearby, the little beauty Dong Jiayi watched them play cards with grace, feeling quite envious.

Wei Xiu Yuan inwardly regretted not having brought a deck of cards; it could have turned the situation around!

Besides the playing cards, Dong Jiayi also noticed the accessory on Chen Siyu’s wrist, it was a jade red koi fish, curved perfectly at the tail, seemingly swimming through the air.

The love for beautiful things is universal, Dong Jiayi leaned forward curiously: "Chen Siyu, can I ask where you bought the Jade Pendant on your wrist?"

Hopefully, she could get a link or something.

Chen Siyu and Dong Jiayi were acquaintances, she was outgoing by nature, so she proudly displayed the koi fish: "Nice, isn’t it? Jiang Ning helped me with this handiwork!"

She raised her wrist, the sunlight outside the carriage reflected in, and the jade immediately glistened, the fish-scale textures gleaming brilliantly, mesmerizing all.

Even the surrounding Meng Zi Yun and Fang Qiuyue from Class 2 were drawn to look.

In contrast, Yu Wen’s large gold bracelet seemed dull, and she couldn’t help but think: "If I promise a large sum, would Jiang Ning help me carve a Jade Pendant?"

Dong Jiayi admired the koi, her eyes almost overflowing with envy. She glanced at Jiang Ning quietly playing cards but eventually gave up the idea.

Chen Siyu boasted for a while before stopping and continued playing poker.

Dong Jiayi shifted her gaze and suddenly noticed that Bai Yuxia also wore a wrist bracelet, with beads in a deep, cold color like smoky purple, adorned with a pure, innocent white jade tiger, eye-catching.

It made her instantly captivated.

Dong Jiayi was a bit puzzled; do the girls from Class 8 have such high-end aesthetics? Are the jewelry pieces so beautiful?

Wei Xiu Yuan heard the conversation between Dong Jiayi and Chen Siyu, but he didn’t think much of it; jewelry and such, he would pick out a couple of pieces to give to Dong Jiayi later.

In comparison, caring deeply in everyday life is the ultimate weapon in relationships!

Wei Xiu Yuan handed over a konjac snack, trying to curry favor: "Eat."

Dong Jiayi: "..."

"Sorry, I don’t have much appetite," Dong Jiayi politely declined.

Jiang Ning happened to glance over.

Wei Xiu Yuan felt that Jiang Ning was pitying him, but he had no evidence.

Wei Xiu Yuan thought to himself: "Jiang Ning, I must thank you, thank you for letting me find Dong Jiayi’s preferences!"

Catering to their preferences is bound to succeed!

Chen Siyu received recognition from a little beauty; her frustration from losing cards vanished in an instant. She took out snacks, lactic acid drinks, pickled pig skins, preserved fruits, small spicy strips... a pile of them.

Bai Yuxia also unpacked her prepared dried shrimp, red tea cookies, green apple juice.

All to share with Jiang Ning.

Wei Xiu Yuan witnessed this and felt displeased: "...I’m starting to dislike Jiang Ning a bit."

Chen Siyu glanced at Tongtong, who was sleeping, puzzled: "She really didn’t wake up!"

Jiang Ning glanced at Tongtong and kept maintaining the Spiritual Power: "Let her sleep a bit longer."

Sitting on the train, eating snacks, playing cards, Yuzhou gradually became distant, while Yun City drew closer.

As Teacher An Chan passed by Jiang Ning’s spot, she was offered a piece of dried shrimp.

An Chan was surprised: "Wow, I’ve eaten this brand before; the taste is quite good."

Chen Siyu, with high emotional intelligence: "Yuxia bought it, which shows that preferences sometimes align with those of a great beauty!"

An Chan laughed, but truth be told, this student named Bai Yuxia was really attractive, carrying a unique aura only found in families with high intellectual backgrounds.

"Student Bai will definitely be prettier than me in the future." An Chan generously praised; after she enters university, her life will surely be quite exciting.

She took another look at Jiang Ning, who was playing games with Bai Yuxia, recalling the scene of him setting up a stall at the river dam to make money; some barriers were destined to be hard to break.

All that can be said is wishing him a joyous youth.

An Chan walked a few steps forward, with the energy and enthusiasm unique to young teachers, organizing: "Students, we still have twenty minutes before we arrive at the station; how about we play some games?"

The group of students chimed in together, talking over each other, and ultimately decided to perform songs.

Yu Wen encouraged Jiang Yanan, Shen Qing’e, Zhang Chi, Wang Longlong, and others to nominate Huang Zhongfei to sing first.

Xiao Shaoxiong eagerly signed up; he had some talent unfortunately subdued, demoted to sing third.

"No rush, I’ll make my move eventually." Xiao Shaoxiong didn’t give up, "Performing last is the grand finale."

"What to sing?" Huang Zhongfei asked.

"Xu Song Xu Song!"

"Which song?"

"Why Not?"

"Alright." Huang Zhongfei agreed.

Then, Huang Yuzhu contributed his small speaker; the sound quality of the cheap speaker wasn’t great, capturing the essence of youth.

"It feels like it’s going to rain; wanna live next door, stand foolishly below your apartment~"

Although the stage was quite rudimentary, Huang Zhongfei’s voice was quite remarkable, and he was very handsome, singing with focus, the scenery outside the window continuously receding, mountains and lakes complementing each other, creating a perfect atmosphere.

"You actually understand my feelings, singing this song for you, it doesn’t have any style, it only represents the happiness I want to give you~"

Wei Xiu Yuan initially was smiling, then stopped, experiencing an exceptionally vivid expression after hearing Dong Jiayi’s cheers.

How to describe it? Like a guy secretly watching the girl he secretly admires cheering for another guy.

The girls from a distance even got up and ran over to surround Huang Zhongfei, merely wanting to hear him sing, including some guys’ girlfriends.

Shanghai’s small businessman Shen Xu, who once created a mobile empire, clenched his fists, face green.

The rural schoolmate he’s been recently pursuing, peeked at Huang Zhongfei, face flushed.

Shen Xu felt powerless!

’Damn it, Teacher, didn’t you agree to sightsee together?’

Preparing for the final performance, Xiao Shaoxiong felt numb inside, ’How the hell am I supposed to compete with this?’

After the song concluded, the carriage fell silent for a few seconds, followed by applause.

No one else sang.

After a while, Tongtong woke up naturally; her eyes met Chen Siyu playing poker with Jiang Ning.

Chen Siyu felt a horror and thrill of being caught red-handed.

Chen Siyu suddenly felt guilty and immediately said: "Sorry, Tongtong."

Xue Yuantong noticed the snack packaging on the tray, furious: "Don’t do anything to upset me in the future!"