Chapter 2 Rebirth

  In the midst of a daze, Mo Shao slowly opened his eyes to find himself under a snow-white ceiling with old-fashioned skylights. As he regained consciousness, the pungent smell of disinfectant wafted up to his nostrils.

  He shook his somewhat dizzy head, and waves of pain came from the front, he couldn't help but reach out to touch what was a thick layer of gauze.

  Mo Shaokun sat up with a hint of confusion in his eyes and looked around, this seemed to be a hospital room.

  Was it after he lost consciousness that someone saved him? He thought so in his heart.

  "Ka-chunk..."

  A soft sound, the hospital room door was pushed open from outside. A long-haired woman in a blue dress walked in with her eyebrows tightly locked, and when she saw Mo Shaokun staring at her with his eyes wide open on the hospital bed, the woman hesitated for a moment before a hint of joy appeared on her face and quickly stepped forward.

  "Mo Shaokun, you've finally woken up, how are you feeling? Is there anywhere uncomfortable?"

  "Miss Huang... Miss Huang? What are you doing here?" Mo Shaokun stared blankly at the woman, muttering to himself. She was his high school class teacher, and the last time they met was at a class reunion two years ago. Later, he heard that Miss Huang had gone abroad to accompany her daughter's studies, so how did she end up here?

  "Huang Laoshi heard this and sighed, saying: 'You, this time you really scared me to death.'"

  Before Mo Shao could say anything, she said: "You rest first, I'll go find a doctor to come and check on you."

  Looking at Huang Laoshi's receding back, Mo Shaokun slightly furrowed his brow. He always felt that something was not quite right, but for a moment, he couldn't think of what it was.

  "Hello teacher."

  Huang Laoshi had just stepped out when a voice that sounded very familiar to Mo Shaokun rang out from outside.

  "Fang Dakui? Long Yufei? What are you two doing here instead of attending classes at school?"

  "Heh heh, the last class is self-study, we were worried about Mo Shaokun's injury so we came over to take a look." A cheap-looking voice said.

  "Hmm! I'm warning you two, the college entrance exam is just around the corner. Don't let me down at this critical moment."

  "Don't worry, I've been reviewing every day until midnight recently, it's gotten to the point where my dad thinks I'm possessed by an alien."

  "Smooth talker! Come on in."

  The sound fell, and the hospital room door was pushed open again. Two young people walked in one after another. One of them had a sturdy build and slightly dark skin, standing there like an iron tower. The other had fair skin and a handsome face, obviously the type that girls would fall for.

  "Madam, how come you got caught red-handed by Teacher Huang?" said Fang Dakui with a robust build, somewhat disapprovingly.

  Long Yufei smiled lightly and pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up the bridge of his nose, saying: "As long as I'm with you, there's no such thing as bad luck."

  Jian Fang Da Kui's eyes widened in preparation to retort, but Long Yu Fei chose to ignore him and took two steps forward, sitting down on the bed with a self-satisfied expression as he sized up Mo Shao Kun: "Tsk tsk, I'm saying you're really too clumsy, aren't you? You can fall off just from wiping a window? Luckily our class is on the 2nd floor. If it were the 5th floor, you'd probably be meeting Marx by now."

  "Is there anyone who speaks like you?" Fang Da Kui glared at Long Yu Fei fiercely, chuckled and walked to Mo Shao Kun's side, saying: "But Yu Fei didn't say anything wrong, you're indeed quite stupid!"

  These two are Mo Shaokun's best friends, and they helped him a lot when he was in his most difficult time. Even the details of holding a birthday party for Milan and proposing to her were planned by these two guys.

  But at this moment, he didn't respond to their teasing, his eyes were filled with incredulity.

  Wipe windows? Fall from building? 2nd floor?!

  He remembered that he had a similar experience when he was about to graduate from high school. That day was the school's big cleaning day, and he and two other classmates were in charge of wiping windows, but accidentally fell off the window sill.

  Is this a coincidence? Or...

  Looking at the two of them again, Mo Shaokun's face turned slightly pale. He finally remembered why he felt something was off when he saw Huang Laoshi earlier - it was because Huang Laoshi had become younger! Just like the two in front of him, their faces didn't have any signs of aging, and Fang Dakui was even still wearing his school uniform from Anping City No. 8 Middle School at this moment!

  How did this happen? Mo Shaokun only felt a dull hum in his head, and he quickly searched around to find what he was looking for on the medical record hanging at the head of the bed.

  All I saw was the date column at the top of the medical record, clearly written: June 6th, 1994!!!!!

  Mo Shaokun stared blankly at the medical record, his body trembling slightly. Suddenly, he raised his arm and slapped himself hard, the searing pain indicating that this was not a dream!

  "Ah! This guy won't have been knocked silly, will he?" Fang Dakui couldn't help but exclaim.

  Long Yu Fei beside him also furrowed his brow and looked at him with a hint of worry in his expression.

  "Shao Kun, are you alright?" Long Yu Fei asked.

  Mo Shaokun stared blankly at his good friend.

  At this moment, Mr. Huang brought in a middle-aged doctor.

  "Doctor Liu, thank you." Teacher Huang said to the doctor, then looked at Long Yufei and Fang Dakui and continued: "You two go out first, don't disturb the doctor's examination."

  "Oh." Long Yufei responded with a single word, and then the two of them exchanged a somewhat worried glance at Mo Shaokun before leaving the hospital room.

  Mo Shaokun lay on the bed, letting Dr. Liu examine his body. At this moment, his mind was in a mess. Although he didn't want to admit it, the fact was right in front of him - he had been reborn, back to 1994, the year he graduated from high school!

  The corners of his mouth slightly curled up, revealing a hint of bitter self-mockery. Mo Shaokun's heart was filled with mixed emotions. Others' rebirths were all about transforming from poor nerds to high-rich-handsome evolutions, while he himself had fallen from being a high-rich-handsome back to being a poor nerd! After struggling for over a decade, he hadn't even had time to enjoy it before returning to the starting point overnight. His heart was filled with desolation.

  But thinking again, Mo Shaokun soon let it go. After all, being reborn as a poor loser is still much better than going to report to King Yama, right? In the past, he was able to start from scratch and make a name for himself without any advantages, so why not now? What really troubled him was still Milin - she was five years younger than him, probably still in middle school now.

  "It's all right, just a slight concussion, nothing else. Go back and rest for a few days and you'll be fine." Dr. Liu said straightening up.

  Ms. Huang visibly breathed a sigh of relief, and after seeing Dr. Liu off, she smoothed out her bangs and said to Mo Shaokun: "You don't have to go to school for the time being, just listen to the doctor and go home to rest well. Anyway, you've already secured a spot at Anping University, so the college entrance exam doesn't hold much practical significance for you anymore."

  "Thank you, Teacher Huang." Mo Shaokun said softly to Teacher Huang, this was not a polite phrase but his heartfelt thanks. After Wang Nainai passed away, it was Teacher Huang who reported his situation to the school and fought hard for him to get a free education, if it wasn't for Teacher Huang, he might not have even been able to finish high school.

  In his previous life, due to financial difficulties, Mo Shaokun could only reluctantly give up the opportunity to enter university, which was one of his greatest regrets. Now that he has another chance, he naturally cannot afford to let it slip away again!

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