Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4

Port City was a small place and life moved at a relatively slow pace. People got off work on their bicycles in twos and threes on the streets. Chen Hansheng and Wang Zibo walked slowly in the afterglow of the sunset. The evening sky was illuminated by a mesmerizing light as the shadows of the duo stretched out long before them.

Chen Hansheng had been looking at the scenery with great interest. Some of these buildings would not exist anymore in the future. So, it was best to appreciate them now.

As he was enjoying the scenery, he suddenly heard a bell behind him. Chen Hansheng looked back and could not help but grumble in his heart, “Why do I keep getting entangled with them on the first day of my rebirth?”

Since the duo had been walking so slowly, Xiao Rongyu and the group of students easily caught up with them on their bikes.

Wang Zibo even waved politely to show his respect. But Chen Hansheng found them to be a nuisance as he turned back around and pretended not to see them. In the end, Xiao Rongyu had to stop him.

“Chen Hansheng, Wang Zibo, only the two of you haven’t left a message in my notebook.”

Xiao Rongyu took out an exquisite hard-cover notebook from her bag and said, “Write something casual. Just treat it as if you’re giving me a souvenir.”

Chen Hansheng was not very interested at first, but he got distracted by Xiao Rongyu’s sweet and beautiful soul reflected in her beautiful oval face.

When Xiao Rongyu smiled, the dimples on her cheeks were faintly discernible. How could any guy not be smitten? She was the school belle for a reason.

“Chen Hansheng, come on, write in my notebook. Where are your eyes looking at?”

Gao Jialiang couldn’t be bothered with the duo initially. But when Xiao Rongyu said that, he noticed Chen Hansheng checking out Xiao Rongyu.

This made Gao Jialiang so angry that he started cursing. Even Wang Zibo was puzzled. Chen Hansheng could be quite carefree. But no matter how much he liked Xiao Rongyu, he still respected her as a person and would never check her out in such a way before.

But Xiao Rongyu was not an easy girl either. She noticed how Chen Hansheng was looking at her and glared at him. “If you look at me like that again, I’ll gouge your eyes out. You know what, I’m going to tell Mrs. Chen too.”

Chen Hansheng could not deny that Xiao Rongyu was starting to become a woman. Nevertheless, he took the notebook. When he opened it up to write his message, he noticed a message from a girl:

[No matter what happens in the future, please cherish every bit of our time together. No matter how many reincarnations we have gone through, I will still be your friend.]

Someone had also written a poetic message:

[Graduations do not end friendships. Separations do not stop fate. The end of the world will never remove our blessings for and memories of each other.]

There was a simpler message from someone else:

[I wish Xiao Rongyu will forever be happy in university.]

Someone else had written a short poem:

[Green hills and clear water of youth,

we have been together for several years.

No other gifts,

just a blessing as a souvenir.]

Then, Chen Hansheng saw Gao Jialang’s love poem:

[My love, how I wished we were as white birds on the foam of the sea!

The meteor’s light, fleeing and faded, has us tired;

As the blue star of twilight’s flame hung low in the sky;