Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation

Before Jiang Ning took a seat, Chen Siyu enthusiastically wanted to share something, but just as she was about to speak, she suddenly forgot what she wanted to say.

She opened her little mouth, looking confused yet adorable.

Jiang Ning tentatively asked, "You?"

Chen Siyu remembered again and spoke quickly:

"Jiang Ning, I've figured out a way to not have to line up for meals at the cafeteria!"

Jiang Ning: "Do you even need to line up for meals?"

Chen Siyu was dumbstruck: "Of course you need to line up! There are so many new freshmen this year, the number of people at the small dining tables will definitely increase, and the queue time will surely get longer."

Jiang Ning: "No problem, Teacher Guo Ran will help me get meals."

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Duan Shigang got free breakfast, though it tasted a bit bad, he took it as Liu Chuandao's offering.

Thinking back, Duan Shigang never lacked breakfast; in comparison, things now felt incredibly dull.

"Oh, you're back Chuandao?" Duan Shigang greeted him.

After Liu Chuandao took a seat and put down his book, Duan Shigang glanced at it and noticed the book cover was titled [Nutritional Meal Planning].

"Chuandao, what's this?" Duan Shigang couldn't believe it, wasn't he actually making progress!

Liu Chuandao: "Wherever you fall, you must rise up!"

Beaten by Dong Qingfeng today, in front of the pretty girls, Liu Chuandao was unconvinced.

Duan Shigang saw a subordinate willing to improve for the first time and immediately encouraged him:

"I support you in challenging him."

Liu Chuandao stroked his beard and lowered his voice: "My target is not just Jiang Yanan alone."

He was actually aiming for Shen Qing'e, Yang Sheng, and the others too.

Duan Shigang: "Ambitious."

While the two were chatting, classmates gradually arrived.

With glasses on, Qiang Li joked: "I almost went to the wrong class this morning!"

"Habit is a frightening thing." Xin Youling: "Class 6 is now a humanities class."

While they were talking, the homeroom teacher Shan Qingrong appeared at the classroom door, and everyone looked expectantly.

Shan Qingrong saw everyone had arrived and announced: "Today we will rearrange the seating."

Immediately, the classroom was filled with uproar.

The four-seat cluster: "Brother Nan, are you planning to leave us?"

Hu Jun and Wang Longlong looked at Guo Kunnan with reluctance. After a year together, their bond was deep.

"Why suddenly leave without a proper farewell." Wang Longlong didn't understand.

Guo Kunnan sat upright, replied concisely: "For love."

Ma Shicheng listened on the side.

Hu Jun knew he had ideas: "Brother Ma, try persuading him!"

Ma Shicheng: "No worries, he'll be back."

Guo Kunnan steadfastly replied: "By then, I'll bring someone back with me."

Ma Shicheng: "Brother Nan, do you still have wine?"

Meanwhile.

Upon hearing about the seat change, Duan Shigang clenched his fists, looked around the mountain-like surroundings, trembling slightly, finally, finally leaving here!

He signaled Liu Chuandao with a distant glance.

Liu Chuandao wrote a little note: "Gangzi, when the time comes, let's sit with the pretty girls, Jiang Yanan, Shen Qing'e, and the particularly gorgeous girl from the south."

Duan Shigang replied after receiving the note: "Never mind, I just want to find a peaceful place and retire now."

He had been tormented too much by Pang Jiao, long gone were the days of ambition, just hoping to escape the sea of suffering early.

Liu Chuandao deeply empathized: "Hahaha, brother you're too miserable, your seat's feng shui is pretty good, I laughed."

Duan Shigang gloomily said: "Fooled by someone back then, sigh, just hoping to escape quickly."

Liu Chuandao taught: "I understand why you're despairing, but if living, one must pull themselves together, right?"

...

Chen Siyu said to Bai Yuxia: "We'll still be desk mates."

Bai Yuxia: "Barring any surprises, we'll remain desk mates."

Most of the students in the class wouldn't be so oblivious, but it was uncertain with students from outside classes. Despite Bai Yuxia not being conceited, she knew her own level of attractiveness.

Shan Qingrong let the class chaos continue for a while, allowing them to discuss among themselves. Five minutes later, he spoke:

"Choose seats based on grades, those with better grades choose first."

"Alright, everyone head outside the classroom."

He clapped his hands, instantly mobilizing the entire class as Guo Kunnan left through the back of the classroom filled with excitement.

The sounds of tables and chairs echoed from the front.

The whole class had left, and finally only Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong remained in their seats.

Qiang Li, not understanding, complained to Chai Wei: "Are they just pretending? Could it be they're waiting for the head teacher to invite them?"

Cui Yu glanced at him. For some reason, he found the glasses-wearing boy increasingly annoying: "At least they're still sitting in their original seats."

Qiang Li scoffed: "I wish I could sit by the window too!"

Cui Yu: "Haha, are you the top of the class?"

Qiang Li was taken aback, then looked at the skinny guy in front of him, warning: "Watch your mouth!"

Just as he finished speaking, Meng Gui appeared, standing at a height of 1.9 meters (with hair adding 15 centimeters).

Qiang Li felt an oppressive aura, sizing up the other guy and realizing it was just a facade.

Shan Qingrong obviously noticed Xue Yuantong and Jiang Ning but didn't bother with them and instead called out: "Chen Qian."

Chen Qian stepped into the classroom and sat in the first row.

"Bai Yuxia," Shan Qingrong announced.

As Bai Yuxia walked in, many boys turned their heads: Qiang Li, Liu Chuandao, Chai Wei, Cao Kun, along with their old classmates, Dong Qingfeng and Dan Kaiquan.

Bai Yuxia sat in her original spot, still in front of Jiang Ning.

Next was the fifth: "Dong Qingfeng."

Dong Qingfeng also chose the first row, sitting near Chen Qian.

Then came Huang Zhongfei, who opted for the third row.

Seventh was Miao Zhe, choosing the last row on the south side.

Before the seating was arranged, Lu Qiqi greeted him, and Miao Zhe managed a rare smile, albeit stiffly.

Ma Shicheng chatted: "What's up with you and Zhezi?"

Lu Qiqi mysteriously said, "Guess."

Ma Shicheng wasn't interested.

Then came Song Sheng, who wore a stern face, exuding a 'keep away' aura and surrounded by hostility, choosing the second row.

Zhao Qianqian, with light makeup, bit her lip and giggled: "He's so fierce, I like it."

Zhang Chi shuddered, sneaking away quietly.

Yang Sheng sat at the single seat north of the podium.

One by one, classmates came in to choose their seats. Chen Siyu waved to Bai Yuxia through the window, smiling.

Then, under her gaze, new classmate Chai Wei brazenly became Bai Yuxia's seatmate.

Chen Siyu: 'Huh?'

In her despair, Geng Lu took in the homeless Chen Siyu. They both sat behind Jiang Ning.

Xin Youling was sitting in the third row by the river, previously Dan Kaiquan's exclusive seat.

Meanwhile, Dan Kaiquan, after months away, returned to the back four seats.

Guo Kunnan didn't have the courage to be Xin Youling's seatmate. He feared others would notice his ulterior motives.

So, he chose to sit behind Xin Youling, allowing him to always see the back of her head, and Guo Kunnan was content.

The seating selection reached its final stage.

Due to an improvement in his English grades, Ma Shicheng made a slight comeback in the finals, no longer at the bottom, yet still among the back four seats.

Duan Shigang ran to the last row, sitting with Zhang Chi.

Pang Jiao, Zhang Yifei, Li Shengnan, and Wang Yanyan chose spots on the north side of the classroom.

"Last one, Liu Chuandao," Shan Qingrong announced.

Liu Chuandao walked to the classroom door, looking around, his eyes lingering on the pretty girls as he searched for an empty seat.

Shan Qingrong, lacking patience for the class's bottom student, frowned: "Isn't there a seat over there?"

Liu Chuandao looked, realizing it was among Pang Jiao, Li Shengnan, and Zhang Yifei's cluster of desks.

Frightened, he quickly declined: "Head teacher, do I have any other options?"

Shan Qingrong replied: "Yes, there is."

Liu Chuandao's face lit up with joy: "What options?"

Shan Qingrong: "Transfer classes."

Liu Chuandao: "..."

He dragged his face, walking slowly, like a prisoner on his way to execution, savoring the last rays of sunlight in his life.

He looked back, the sunlight outside was beautiful and dazzling.

He trudged past Pang Jiao into that corner, blocked by the three large mountains of flesh; the light was gone.

Duan Shigang slipped a note: "Brother, don't despair. To live, one must find strength, right?

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PS: The seating chart for Class 8 will be released later as a bonus page.