Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation-Chapter 35 Chemistry

At noon, Jiang Ning took Xue Yuantong home.

Lunch was settled at Xue Yuantong's house. Since Aunt Gu wasn't there, the two had to cook for themselves. After a friendly discussion, they reached a division of labor agreement.

Xue Yuantong tied on a child-sized apron, crossed his arms, and stood in the kitchen, giving directions.

"Not bad, you washed the vegetables quickly and pretty clean. I give you a 9.9."

"How do I get a perfect score?"

"You'll have to figure that out yourself," Xue Yuantong said with a straight face.

Jiang Ning started cutting vegetables. His knife skills were exquisite, and his movements were clean and sharp, pleasing to the eye, making Xue Yuantong internally exclaim in admiration.

"All done," Jiang Ning said, putting down the knife.

The meat slices were uniformly thin, as if each had been meticulously measured; the vegetables were equally well-prepared and neatly arranged.

"So fast?" Xue Yuantong was incredulous; cooking, washing vegetables, and cutting were the most troublesome and time-consuming parts.

Jiang Ning glanced at him, "You go ahead and stir-fry."

"Got it," Xue Yuantong replied as he began.

With Jiang Ning's help, their cooking efficiency was significantly improved, so much so that they finished eating before twelve-thirty.

Class didn't start until two-twenty in the afternoon. The two of them went back to their respective rooms, Xue Yuantong took a nap, while Jiang Ning went back to hone his Divine Sense.

Before setting out, Jiang Ning rested for twenty minutes.

At exactly two, he pushed his bike out, where Xue Yuantong was waiting at the door.

"Let's go," he said.

The asphalt road to the river dam had no traffic and no traffic lights.

They arrived at Fourth Middle School at two-twelve and were in the classroom by two-fifteen, just five minutes before class started.

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After the class bell rang, Guo Kunnan and a few other boarding students slipped into the back row.

As they entered, a young female teacher walked in.

The students felt their eyes light up. The female teacher was in her early twenties, nearly five foot seven, wearing a light red T-shirt and blue wide-leg jeans that accentuated her long, straight legs.

Her look was pure, still carrying a touch of student-like innocence, looking as if she had just graduated.

She wrote on the blackboard: 'Guo Ran.'

"My name is Guo Ran, and I'll be the chemistry teacher for Class 8," she said.

She wore a faint smile on her face, and applause thundered through the class, particularly from the boys, who were visibly excited.

Who wouldn't like a good-looking female teacher?

Just looking at her was a pleasure.

Jiang Ning gazed at Guo Ran, and the mix of her student-like innocence with the distinct seriousness of a teacher gave him a unique feeling.

During the school days, it seemed there would always be one or two stunning female teachers, like English teachers or music teachers. Years later, when dreaming of the past, they would still be unforgettable.

For the students at Fourth Middle School, Guo Ran, this chemistry teacher, became someone they would remember for years after graduation and talk about during conversations about school days, marveling at how beautiful their chemistry teacher was back then.

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However, after talking about Guo Ran's beauty, there would always be a twist, like, one day she suddenly left, and it was said she had an accident off-campus.

Guo Ran only taught Jiang Ning for one semester, mysteriously disappearing in the second semester, and he never saw her again after that.

Seven years after graduating high school, he and his classmates went back to their alma mater to visit their former teachers.

During a chat, a classmate asked the teacher about Guo Ran's whereabouts, and the old teacher recounted the events of that year.

Guo Ran was dating a boyfriend outside of school, supposedly introduced by her family for a temporary relationship.

One day, while Guo Ran and her boyfriend were walking down a street, a group of people suddenly rushed up and started beating them. In the chaos, Guo Ran's face was slashed by a woman's knife, she had several ribs broken, and a lot of her hair was pulled out, leaving her in a very miserable state.

Her boyfriend fared worse, with a broken leg, a concussion, and several teeth knocked out.

It wasn't until the police arrived that things became clear; it turned out that Guo Ran's boyfriend had been involved with a vocational school's young girl, who got pregnant and was dumped by the guy.

The girl's family couldn't take it and gathered a group of relatives, and in a fit of rage, they did this.

Unfortunately, it brought disaster to Guo Ran, who suffered an undeserved misfortune.

When the old teacher recounted those days, he sighed repeatedly, lamenting at the irony of fate.

Now, Guo Ran stood on the podium, graceful and poised.

Jiang Ning thought, 'If there's a chance, let's try to stop it.'

For others, such an event could be nearly catastrophic, but for him, a few bouts of Sword Qi would suffice.

If one's cultivation was deep enough, they could even use Divine Sense to erase someone's memories and alter reality.

Faced with the enthusiastic students, Guo Ran was a bit at a loss.

This was her first semester officially transferred to Fourth Middle School, handling two classes, with Class 8 being one of them.

She adjusted her mindset and said to the students,

"For today's first class, let me tell you about my story with chemistry."

As she spoke, the applause gradually subsided.

Though she didn't have much experience, Guo Ran had rehearsed her first lesson several times in advance.

In class, she told the students many things, sharing why she became a chemistry teacher and her own days as a student.

Although her delivery wasn't very smooth, since it was her doing the talking, the male students were supportive, often chiming in unexpectedly, which made the classroom atmosphere very harmonious.

Even after class ended and Guo Ran left, Ma Shicheng and a few others still seemed excited.

Jiang Ning expanded his Five Senses, listening for a moment, hearing several corners of the classroom buzzing with discussions about Guo Ran.

Geng Lu turned her head, elbow propping on Jiang Ning's desk, blinked and asked him,

"Jiang Ning, is having a beautiful chemistry teacher making you happy?"

Jiang Ning replied, "Of course it makes me happy."

Geng Lu pouted, feeling a bit sour inside.

Jiang Ning sensed her mood. It's like when a handsome male teacher joins the class, and the girls have their eyes on him, the boys might feel upset.

He understood but was too lazy to comfort her, and comforting in this situation was tricky. What was he supposed to say, "Actually, Teacher Guo Ran doesn't look that special"?

Such hypocritical words?

Jiang Ning's Divine Sense circled Geng Lu, and indeed, she did have some attributes better than Teacher Guo Ran.

Jiang Ning tried to recall some details about Geng Lu, but memories were sparse. They hardly interacted, and he only knew she chose to be an art exam candidate in sophomore year, studying fine arts. Later she got into a second-rate university in Hui Province.

Jiang Ning wasn't in the mood to chat, so he took out his phone to search for herbal information to understand the current market situation.

Seeing this, Geng Lu said, "Jiang Ning, you haven't added me on QQ yet, right?"

She gave him her QQ number and asked Jiang Ning to add her.

Jiang Ning logged into QQ.

"Give it to me, let me log into QQ and accept your request," Geng Lu said, putting her phone on the desk, tapping it with one finger, logging into her QQ account, and carefully adding him to the classmates group.

Ma Shicheng saw the two adding each other as friends and, thinking Geng Lu looked good and had a nice figure. Despite having previously had some spats, he wasn't one to hold grudges.

"Geng Lu, let me add you on QQ too!" Ma Shicheng grinned.

Geng Lu glanced at him, "Sorry, my QQ friends list is full."

Ma Shicheng's smile froze, his expression changed:

"If you don't add, you don't add. Am I supposed to care?"

Ma Shicheng felt quite humiliated. Was that necessary?

He had argued with Geng Lu a few days before, but she wasn't even willing to add him on QQ—seriously? He's so good-looking, does he still need a girl's QQ?

Ma Shicheng didn't spare Geng Lu another glance, taking out his phone to play a game, starting a round of 'Plant Defense.'

Guo Kunnan craned his neck, looking at his phone screen plastered with gold coins and diamonds.

He exclaimed, "Brother Ma, where did you find this cracked version?"

Ma Shicheng replied with an air of superiority, "It's not cracked. This is the official version."

"Are you that rich to have paid so much?"

"You don't get it, do you?" He glanced sideways at Geng Lu, raised his voice, and casually said,

"You can get gold coins and diamonds through 'Plant Defense' if you know how to do it. The payment method for this game involves sending recharge SMS to the official service.

My phone has root access, and I've installed the Cheetah Security Master, disabling the 'Plant Defense' SMS permissions.

So, during game recharge, the security app blocks 'Plant Defense' from sending SMS to the operator, so your phone won't be charged. But a bug appears in the game, showing recharge success, giving you as many coins and diamonds as you want."

Ma Shicheng exuded a sense of knowledgeability, speaking eloquently, feeling that he was incredibly suave at the moment.

"Any game with SMS recharges can be cracked with this trick."

Guo Kunnan was dumbfounded and exclaimed, "You can really do that?"

"What's so hard about it? If you have any questions about Android phones, just ask me," Ma Shicheng said proudly, thinking Geng Lu must be regretting refusing his friend request.

Geng Lu couldn't care less; she only thought Ma Shicheng was showboating, coldly saying,

"In the end, aren't you still playing a pirated game?"

Ma Shicheng was puzzled.

"What do you know, this is called reasonably using the rules!"

Geng Lu didn't understand, but did girls need a reason to dislike someone?

No, they didn't.

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PS: Thanks for the reward, 'Wind Stops at Autumn Water'~