Everyone's been reborn, so who would bother finding a wife on their own?

Chapter 16 Little Bear

In the classroom, during lunch break.

Most of the students were sleeping with their heads down on their desks, but two figures were huddled together in the corner.

"Song Huan, do you know how to do this problem?"

Xiao Yunqing pointed to a word problem in the math workbook, her expression calm, like a good student patiently tutoring her.

But what she really thought...

[Hmph, I deliberately chose this question, the hardest one, he definitely won't be able to do it!]

[Once he shakes his head and says he doesn't know, I'll make my grand entrance and explain it to him in no time!]

[At that time, he will definitely admire me to the point of prostration, and be willing to die for me... no, that's not the right word to use...]

[Anyway, from now on you'll listen to me!]

Song Huan looked at her calm little face and remained silent for two seconds.

This girl appears serious on the surface, but her mind is actually playing out a drama.

"How is it? Will you succeed?" Xiao Yunqing asked again, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.

[Quickly say you don't know! Quickly say you don't know!]

Song Huan suppressed a laugh and looked down at the question.

A word problem about chickens and rabbits in the same cage, at a level of difficulty for fourth graders.

Although he wasn't a top student in his previous life, he could still solve these kinds of problems.

But he deliberately frowned, showing a troubled expression.

"Hmm...it's a bit difficult."

Xiao Yunqing's eyes lit up.

[Here it comes! My time to make my entrance has arrived!]

"Then I'll teach you," she cleared her throat, picked up her pen, "Look, if they were all chickens, the number of legs would be..."

She began to explain the problem seriously, her pen scribbling and drawing on the paper.

As Song Huan listened, she suddenly spoke up.

"Thirty-five heads, ninety-four legs. Let there be x chickens and y rabbits. x plus y equals thirty-five, and two x plus four y equals ninety-four. Solving this, we get x equals twenty-three and y equals twelve."

Xiao Yunqing's voice stopped abruptly.

She stared blankly at Song Huan, the pen in her hand hovering in mid-air.

"How...how did you know?"

Song Huan blinked: "Weren't you calculating just now?"

"I haven't figured it out yet!"

"But you've already figured it out in your mind," Song Huan said innocently. "The answer came to you the moment you thought of the second step."

Xiao Yunqing was stunned.

She had indeed quickly gone through the solution in her mind and had indeed come up with the answer...

But that was just what I was thinking!

How did he know?!

From childhood to adulthood, Xiao Yunqing found that Song Huan seemed to know exactly what she was thinking.

[No, no, no! How could he possibly know what I'm thinking?!]

[Coincidence! It must be a coincidence!]

Xiao Yunqing took a deep breath and turned another page.

"And this one?"

Song Huan glanced at it and then said, "One hundred and twenty-three apples, divided among thirty-seven children, three for each child, leaving twelve left over."

Xiao Yunqing: "..."

Unconvinced, she turned the page again.

"This one!"

One hundred and eighty-six divided by six equals thirty-one.

"This one!"

"The perimeter is 48, the side length is 12, and the area is 144 square meters."

Xiao Yunqing closed the exercise book, leaned back in her chair, and stared blankly into space.

"Are you the devil?"

Song Huan smiled.

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore," he said, taking the workbook and starting to do the problems himself. "I know how to do these kinds of problems, I don't need you to teach me."

Xiao Yunqing felt a mix of emotions as she watched him quickly write down the answers.

[I wanted to show off a bit more...]

[But he got away with it...]

[But... he's amazing...]

Upon hearing this, Song Huan paused for a moment, and a smile involuntarily appeared on her face.

……

School in the afternoon.

The setting sun bathed the streets in a warm orange hue.

Song Huan was carrying two schoolbags.

The left side is his own, and the right side is Xiao Yunqing's; it looks like a mobile luggage rack.

Xiao Yunqing walked beside him, holding two grilled sausages in her hand, eating them happily.

"Do you want some?" She held one of the sticks to Song Huan's lips.

Song Huan took a bite.

Xiao Yunqing withdrew his hand and continued eating, not minding that he had bitten into the sausage.

The two ate as they walked, and when they passed a toy store, Xiao Yunqing suddenly stopped.

Song Huan followed her gaze.

A lottery box was placed at the entrance of the store; it was a transparent plastic box filled with rolls of slips of paper.

A poster was pasted on the box: One yuan for one draw! First prize: A giant plush bear!

The prize was placed right next to it: a round, brown plush bear holding a heart, with bright black eyes, looking soft and cute.

Xiao Yunqing stared at the little bear, her eyes wide with disbelief.

So cute...

Seeing her like that, Song Huan couldn't help but laugh.

"like?"

Xiao Yunqing snapped out of her daze and nodded.

"Hmm, quite cute."

But she didn't say she wanted to smoke; she just stared at it.

Song Huan knew what she was thinking; the girl was too shy to ask for it.

"Shall we give it a try?" he said. "What if we win?"

Xiao Yunqing's eyes lit up for a moment, but quickly dimmed again.

"But it costs money..."

"Don't you have pocket money?"

Xiao Yunqing felt in his pocket and took out five yuan.

This is her allowance for the week; she originally wanted to buy stickers.

She hesitated for two seconds, but still walked up to the raffle box.

The staff member, a smiling auntie, greeted them warmly as soon as she saw them arrive: "Little one, wanna try your luck in the raffle? It's one yuan per entry, and the grand prize is a giant teddy bear!"

Xiao Yunqing nodded and handed over five yuan.

Five times.

The aunt took the money and pushed the raffle box towards her.

Xiao Yunqing took a deep breath and reached in.

I took one out, unfolded it, and said, "Thank you for participating."

Another one, thanks for participating.

Again, thank you for participating.

Her brows began to furrow.

This is the fourth time. Thank you for participating.

This is the fifth time. Thank you for participating.

Xiao Yunqing looked at the five "Thank you for participating" slips of paper in her hand and pouted slightly.

There's nothing there...

I'm so sad...

[I wish I hadn't played it, sob sob.]

But she didn't show it; she simply returned the note to the aunt and then tugged at Song Huan's sleeve.

"Let's go."

Song Huan didn't move.

He took a dollar out of his pocket.

"I still have one more chance."

Xiao Yunqing paused for a moment, then shook her head.

"Forget it, I've tried five times already and haven't gotten it. You probably won't either."

The staff members watched with smiles on their faces, without saying a word.

But what she really thought...

[This kid wants to smoke again?]

[No, I have to keep smiling and not give myself away...]

[Anyway, the first prize ticket is at the very bottom left, he definitely won't be able to find it...]

Song Huan's eyes lit up.

At the very bottom left.

He handed a dollar to the aunt and then reached into the raffle box.

He slowly rummaged through the box, deliberately touching the right side a few times to lower the aunt's guard.

The aunt didn't seem to care, and was still thinking to herself:

[Touch it all you want, you can't actually touch it anyway...]

Song Huan quietly moved her hand to the left and reached down to the bottom.

When your fingertips touch a piece of paper, the feel is quite different from other papers.

He pinched it and pulled it out.

Unfold.

The aunt's smile froze.

The note read in large characters: First Prize.

Xiao Yunqing was stunned.

"ah?!"

The aunt was also stunned.

Song Huan handed her the slip of paper with a smile: "Auntie, first prize."

The aunt took the note and read it over and over again three times, her smile becoming somewhat forced.

"Little...little kid, you're really lucky."

She took the plush bear off the counter and handed it to Song Huan.

Song Huan took the teddy bear and turned to hand it to Xiao Yunqing.

"Give."

Xiao Yunqing stared blankly at the fluffy little bear in front of her, then looked at Song Huan, then back at the little bear.

"For...for me?"

"Don't you like it?"

Xiao Yunqing hugged the teddy bear, paused for two seconds, and then broke into a big smile.

That smile was brighter than the setting sun.

[Mine! Mine! Mine!!]

[He gave it to me!!]

She hugged the teddy bear tightly, buried her face in its soft fur, and rubbed against it vigorously.

"Thank you, Huanhuan!"

Seeing her so happy, Song Huan felt a warmth in her heart.

"Let's go home."

Xiao Yunqing nodded, hugged the teddy bear, and walked beside him.

After taking two steps, she held the teddy bear up to him again.

"Look, its eyes are so black and shiny, doesn't it look just like you?"

Song Huan: "..."

"Like me?"

"Yes," Xiao Yunqing nodded seriously, "They're all pitch black."

Song Huan was speechless.

I'm determined to be a gigolo, okay?

But when he looked into her bright eyes, he smiled.

The setting sun cast long shadows of the two small figures.

Xiao Yunqing carried the teddy bear and walked slowly, occasionally looking down at the little guy in her arms, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with a smile.

Huanhuan.

"Um?"

"I'm especially happy today."

Song Huan turned to look at her.

She hugged the teddy bear, tilted her head back, her eyes bright, and her face full of smiles.

"As long as you're happy."

Xiao Yunqing chuckled twice, then suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, did you do this on purpose?"

"What do you mean, intentional?"

"So... when you were drawing lots just now, did you know where the first prize was?"

Song Huan's heart skipped a beat.

Why is this girl suddenly so perceptive?

"Luck," he said without batting an eye, "pure luck."

Xiao Yunqing looked at him, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.

[Really?]

[But how did he manage to draw it so quickly...?]

[Whatever, the teddy bear is mine now!]

She quickly gave up thinking and continued to hug and rub against the teddy bear.

Song Huan breathed a sigh of relief.

The two walked side by side in the sunset.

Xiao Yunqing hugged the teddy bear, humming an off-key song.

Song Huan, carrying two schoolbags, walked beside her.

A gentle breeze blew by, carrying the coolness of the evening.

"Song Huan".

"Um?"

"Are you buying me grilled sausages again tomorrow?"

"Uh...don't you have any money yourself?"

"I'm saving my money to buy stickers."

"Then I won't buy it."

Xiao Yunqing pouted, hugged the teddy bear, and glared at him.

Song Huan looked at her expression and smiled.

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it."

Xiao Yunqing immediately smiled.

"That's more like it."

The setting sun cast their shadows long and thin, the two shadows close together, like two little birds nestled together.

The little bear was held in Xiao Yunqing's arms, its round head bobbing back and forth.

The cries of vendors could be heard from the roadside, and in the distance, parents were calling their children home for dinner.

It was an ordinary evening, nothing out of the ordinary.

But Xiao Yunqing felt that this was the happiest day of her life.