Why don't you believe I'm a reincarnated person?

Chapter 12: Am I even worse?

"Chen Xiaoyu?"

Ye Kai turned around and saw two girls holding hands standing in front of a shop behind him, looking at him curiously.

One of the girls was strikingly beautiful and had the talent to overshadow the rising stars in the entertainment industry. She was Chen Xiaoyu, Ye Kai's classmate from junior high school. The other unfamiliar girl was equally impressive. Although she was slightly less beautiful than Chen Xiaoyu, she had a figure that made her quite attractive.

Among the senior students at Xinghua No. 1 High School, two school beauties and academic superstars are the most famous, and Shen Jiayi is just one of them.

The other is Chen Xiaoyu from the class next door, who is also a key student in the eyes of the teachers and the only top student in Xinghua City No. 1 Middle School with the potential to be admitted to Tsinghua or Peking University.

Shen Jiayi is just a typical academic high-achieving beauty, with scores around 610. Considering that it would be difficult to guarantee priority for her major at other 985 universities, she focused on the Minzu University of China as her first choice, relying on her artistic talent. This was also to gain more advantageous resources after enrollment, which would be beneficial for her future development.

But Chen Xiaoyu is different. For an ordinary county-level high school like Xinghua No.1 High School, she is the kind of promising student who is hard to come by, and her recent exam scores have been stable at around 650 points.

Anyone who has taken the college entrance examination probably knows that the difficulty of the mock exams is greater than that of the actual college entrance examination. Therefore, Chen Xiaoyu is considered to have one foot in the door of Tsinghua and Peking University.

The only thing that is uncertain now is whether Chen Xiaoyu will choose Tsinghua or Peking University.

It's worth mentioning that Chen Xiaoyu is two years younger than Ye Kai. Before she skipped two grades to become Ye Kai's junior high school classmate, they were childhood friends in the same neighborhood and had a close relationship. She was like a shadow to him when they were young, which is why she was called "Brother Ye Kai".

"Little Fish, what are you doing here?"

"Is there something you want to buy?"

Including the time before his rebirth, Ye Kai hadn't had the chance to meet Chen Xiaoyu face to face for almost fifteen years. Hearing her familiar voice and seeing her standing in front of him, he was filled with emotion.

For a moment, he didn't know how to greet Chen Xiaoyu.

High school life was too stressful, and coupled with the huge gap in their grades, Ye Kai, who was quite proud, deliberately avoided opportunities to meet them. In fact, few of his classmates knew that he and Chen Xiaoyu had once been very close.

"Brother Ye Kai, my classmate and I came to look at the laptops."

"It's said that it's the off-season now, so it's more cost-effective to buy one in advance. You can also learn how to use some commonly used software before starting university."

Chen Xiaoyu smiled sweetly and explained the purpose of her trip to Ye Kai.

"What did Brother Ye Kai buy?"

Then she looked at the shopping bag Ye Kai was carrying and asked a question with some curiosity.

"It's just a few external hard drives used to store some data."

Ye Kai opened the shopping bag, showed her what was inside, and then answered.

"Five?!"

Upon seeing the portable hard drive box inside, Chen Xiaoyu and her female companion were somewhat surprised, and their gazes toward Ye Kai held a hint of suspicion.

"To ensure data security, after all, even portable hard drives can have problems if they store data for a long time. Buying several as backups can reduce the probability of data loss."

"Xiaoyu, what brand of laptop are you planning to buy? Do you need any suggestions from me?"

Ye Kai felt that the two girls' expressions were a little strange after seeing that he had bought five portable hard drives, but he couldn't figure out why. Out of politeness, he asked them one more question.

"That's great!"

Chen Xiaoyu thanked him with a smile.

So the three of them teamed up and stormed back into the electronics city.

Chen Xiaoyu introduced the two of them, and Ye Kai then learned that the girl next to her was named Lin Haiyao, who was the class monitor in Chen Xiaoyu's class and also a top student.

A few minutes later, Ye Kai regretted asking that question.

When girls choose a laptop, they don't consider parameters, performance, hardware, standards, or cost-effectiveness at all; the only thing they care about is its appearance.

Seeing them discussing those laptops that looked fancy on the outside but were actually rubbish on the inside, Ye Kai didn't even bother to offer any advice, because he knew very well that it was a waste of time and might even leave a bad impression on them.

So after Chen Xiaoyu selected a Dell laptop with an AMD processor, a piano lacquer finish, and a special printing process, Ye Kai simply bargained aggressively and made demands on the store, such as ensuring adequate after-sales service.

"Brother Ye Kai, thank you so much today!"

"If it weren't for you, we would have had to spend several thousand more dollars..."

In conclusion, Chen Xiaoyu was very satisfied and grateful for Ye Kai's enthusiastic help.

"It's nothing, I'm glad I could help."

Ye Kai nodded slightly with a nonchalant air, gracefully retiring without any airs, leaving the two girls with a very pleasant impression.

However, he secretly despised this seemingly glamorous laptop. After all, AMD's mobile office processors at that time were still quite poor, and the heat dissipation and noise alone were enough to give people a headache. After a while, it was almost like a tractor chugging along.

Considering that girls like Chen Xiaoyu mainly use their laptops for listening to music and processing text, Ye Kai remained relatively optimistic about the situation. After all, he didn't plan to use it for a lifetime, so as long as she was happy.

As she was leaving, Chen Xiaoyu suddenly grabbed Ye Kai's sleeve.

"Um?"

Ye Kai was somewhat surprised, wondering what Chen Xiaoyu had to say, and he had to avoid Lin Haiyao.

"Brother Ye Kai."

"Winter break is just around the corner, followed by four crucial months. It's perfectly fine to relax a bit during the intense studying, but it's dangerous to become addicted to all sorts of study materials."

"I hope Brother Ye Kai takes good care of himself, makes good use of the study materials on the external hard drive, and strives to get into his ideal university."

After saying these words with a blush on her face, Chen Xiaoyu jumped away like a rabbit, grabbed Lin Haiyao's hand, and ran away.

"What?!"

Ye Kai stood there, bewildered, watching Chen Xiaoyu and the others leave, his expression somewhat dazed. After a long while, he looked down at the five portable hard drives he was carrying and suddenly understood what the other person meant.

"Damn it!"

"It's not what you think!"

Ye Kai covered his face with one hand, saying with a wry smile.

This misunderstanding has blown up quite a bit.

……

School starts at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

After dinner, everyone carried their backpacks back to the classroom and began their early evening self-study.

During this time, teachers usually don't take up the time; it's mostly students who solve homework problems or do practice questions on their own.

"I brought this for you..."

After they sat down, Shen Jiayi suddenly and quietly handed Ye Kai a bag of spicy chicken wings.

"Thank you."

Ye Kai didn't think much of it and accepted it.

"Ahem!"

Suddenly, I heard Wang Fusheng, the homeroom teacher and Chinese language teacher, coughing behind me.

Old Wang walked past the two men through the passage behind him, his hands behind his back and his face grim.

"I have something to tell you!"

Old Wang walked to the podium, tapped the table, placed his hands on the table, and said with a serious expression.

So everyone snapped out of their reverie and looked at Old Wang on the podium with some suspicion, wondering what kind of trouble the teacher was up to now.

"We have entered the crucial stage of the senior year sprint, and every minute and every second is the most precious."

"However, some people do not cherish this precious time, which is more valuable than gold. They procrastinate and are not motivated in their studies, a very few are addicted to games and do not know when to stop, and even worse... they have disregarded school rules and regulations and have shown signs of early romantic relationships!"

When Old Wang said this, his stern gaze swept across everyone, finally settling on Ye Kai.

What?

What are you doing, Lao Wang?

So I'm the one who's even worse?

Ye Kai stared blankly at Old Wang, feeling like a million alpacas were galloping through his mind.