NOVEL NEXT Chapter 2: Back To Modern Times, Do You Still Think I’m a bitch?:
Chapter 2: Back To Modern Times, Do You Still Think I’m a bitch?:
“Young man, are you okay? It’s just that your confession got rejected. Did you faint all of a sudden?”
“There are plenty of fish in the sea. That girl’s so cold, you don’t need to fall for her like she’s the only flower in the world!”
“Hurry up! There’s a traffic jam behind you!”
“I need to rush home and pull cards for Genshin Impact. Don’t block the road, just get up!”
The sounds of human voices, honking horns, and shouts filled Lin Li’s ears. The noise was overwhelming.
“Am I in hell?”
Lin Li was in a daze. He struggled to open his eyes, and the bright sunlight stung. Tall buildings reached for the sky all around him.
“?”
A big question mark popped up in his mind. He was stunned for a second, and then his heart sank.
Something’s wrong.
Was he really in the underworld?
He had returned to earth, and now his identity was just a regular guy in a small town. Compared to the carefree life of eating and drinking with Qiu Shui in the world of cultivating immortals… if this isn’t hell, what is it?
“Lin Li! Lin Li!!”
A youthful male voice pierced through the crowd.
Lin Li saw a slightly chubby young man struggling to push through, sweat dripping from his forehead as he reached him.
“Lin Li, is it really because your confession was rejected? Why’d you faint? Are you alright?”
Lin Li hesitated. “…Who are you?”
“???” The young man was confused. “Did you forget me? I’m Li Fugui! No, don’t tell me you’re too embarrassed to recognize me. It’s fine, no one here knows you.”
Li Fugui?
Lin Li thought for a moment. In the depths of his memory, the image of Li Fugui slowly lined up with the person standing before him.
He remembered that Li Fugui was one of his best friends back on earth.
And now, this scene… it happened before he traveled through time.
After the college entrance exam, he gathered the courage to confess his love to his childhood sweetheart, Jiang Xueer, who he’d secretly loved for seven years, in front of the entire school.
During the three years of high school—more than a thousand days—he never missed a single breakfast with her.
Tutoring her, carefully picking out gifts, always being there for whatever she needed.
Whenever Jiang Xueer faced any difficulty, Lin Li would step up, always by her side without a second thought.
Then…
After hearing his heartfelt confession, many of the girls around were moved to tears. But Jiang Xueer’s response? Cold words: “Sorry, I’ve always seen you as a good friend.”
…
Memories from the past rushed back.
After being rejected by Jiang Xueer, Lin Li didn’t give up. He chased after her outside the school, confessing his love again.
Naturally, he was rejected again, and he fainted.
When Lin Li fainted, he found himself transported to the world of cultivating immortals.
“So, I’m really back?”
“Was that experience in the immortal cultivation world just a dream?”
Lin Li was a bit disoriented.
But now wasn’t the time to think about it.
“Brother Li, don’t act like this. So what if you were rejected? Don’t push everyone away just because you’re sad!” Li Fugui urged.
Around them, soft laughter rippled through the crowd. Even though the laughter wasn’t directed at him, as a future university student, Li Fugui felt a little embarrassed.
He assumed Lin Li was feeling even worse.
But to his surprise, Lin Li’s expression was calm—eerily calm.
“Brother Li…?”
“I’m fine.”
Lin Li’s voice was steady as he dusted himself off and glanced around like nothing had happened.
After spending time as the weapon spirit for Qiu Shui, beating up countless ancient experts in the world of immortals, and enduring countless insults, Lin Li’s skin had grown as thick as a shield.
Rejected again?
Before his transmigration, that would’ve been a world-shattering event.
But now? Lin Li didn’t even feel bothered. In fact, he almost wanted to laugh.
What was this?
After getting his bearings, Lin Li brushed past the crowd and strode away.
“Brother Li, what’s going on with you? Wait for me!”
Li Fugui hurried after him, looking at Lin Li like he was seeing a ghost. “Are you really okay?”
Before Lin Li could respond, a girl in a white dress with a ponytail suddenly rounded the corner and appeared before them.
“Jiang Xue’er!?”
Li Fugui froze, shouting in disbelief. “Why are you here?!”
“I heard someone fainted after I rejected his confession,” Jiang Xueer said with a frown, looking annoyed. “Lin Li, what are you doing? I’ve told you I don’t have feelings for you. All I did was turn down your confession, and now this? We could still be friends, you know!”
“My boss kept calling me non-stop, begging me to come over and comfort you, so here I am!”
“But let me be clear…”
“I’m never going to accept your confession!”
Jiang Xueer’s frown deepened. She couldn’t understand how rejecting a confession could cause so much trouble.
Was Lin Li’s heart really that fragile?
Sure, they were close, but she didn’t like him! What’s the big deal?
And as for all those so-called sacrifices Lin Li talked about…
Wasn’t that what friends do for each other?
Jiang Xueer firmly believed she’d done nothing wrong.
Even if Lin Li fainted again from her words, she wouldn’t regret it! But…
The imagined scene of Lin Li breaking down didn’t happen.
Not a hint of panic or sadness crossed Lin Li’s face. Instead, all Jiang Xueer got in response was his calm, indifferent words.
“Yeah, I know.”
“Huh?” Li Fugui, who had been worried the entire time, was confused.
He felt uneasy and frustrated on Lin Li’s behalf. Why wasn’t Lin Li reacting at all?
But for Lin Li, this was all expected.
No matter how much pain he’d endured in the past, no matter how much he’d loved Jiang Xueer or resent her coldness…
That was 300 years ago.
Now, in his eyes, Jiang Xueer was no different from any stranger.
“Do you have anything else to say? If not, I’m leaving.”
Lin Li’s voice was steady, as he looked impatiently at Jiang Xueer, whose eyes widened in disbelief.
“What do you mean? Explain yourself!”
Seeing Lin Li’s indifferent expression, Jiang Xueer’s once composed demeanor cracked. She bit her lip, feeling wronged and shouted angrily, “I told you, we could still be friends! Why are you treating me like this? Don’t you think you’re going too far?”
“Don’t block my way.”
Lin Li’s response was direct. His gaze shifted past Jiang Xueer to a ragged woman in the distance, riding a small electric scooter unsteadily down the street, nearly hitting several people.
It seemed like she was riding for the first time and didn’t have control of the vehicle.
From this distance, Lin Li couldn’t see the woman’s face clearly, but something about her felt oddly familiar.
As the woman rode closer, the scooter suddenly sped up, and her face became clearer.
At that moment…
“Lin Li!”
Jiang Xueer shouted again, feeling completely wronged. “Why are you so angry? I’m telling you, I’m really mad now. If you keep acting like this, we’re never going to be friends again!”
“Sorry, I’m in a rush.”
Lin Li brushed past Jiang Xueer without a second glance.
“Lin Li! How can you treat me like this?”
Jiang Xueer was furious, yelling after him, fists clenched tightly.
But Lin Li had no time for her anymore.
His breathing quickened as he jogged after the woman on the electric scooter.
If he wasn’t mistaken…
The woman riding the scooter looked exactly like Qiu Shui!