Reborn: I'll Never Fail My Childhood Sweetheart Again

New Year’s Day.

The dawn’s faint light penetrated the dormitory window for the boys.

Su Zelin opened his eyes.

Hello, 2002!

On the first day of the new year, New Era had big plans.

The grand opening of three stores at the University of Technology, the Normal University, and Electronic Technology, with imposing momentum. They even paid for local newspapers and TV stations to do interviews.

My goal is to make New Era famous in Lin’an this year!

This first shot must be fired successfully.

Su Zelin clenched his fist, his eyes flashing with sharp light.

But then he noticed something, and his brows furrowed.

Hmm, this sticky feeling...

Damn, I really fired the first shot of the new year.

But unfortunately, it was a blank shot!

Realizing such a thing when setting goals is indeed a bit awkward.

He quickly found a clean pair of Three Gun briefs and tiptoed into the bathroom to change before the others in the dorm woke up.

A little while later, coming out of the bathroom, he discovered when brushing his teeth that his Black Sister toothpaste was almost gone, leaving just a shriveled shell.

But that’s okay; toothpaste is like a breast, squeeze it, and there’s still some left.

Folding from the bottom of the toothpaste tube upwards, when he rolled up to the top, a creamy substance oozed out of the tiny hole.

Speaking of which, this skill was taught by Qin Shiqing. Once, when the toothpaste ran out at home and he was about to throw it away, Qin Shiqing came over and showed him how to squeeze it, almost extracting all the remaining paste without waste.

He turned on the faucet, filled a cup of water, and started brushing.

Black Sister is quite nice; his mouth soon filled with foam, and the taste is pleasant, a refreshing mint aroma spreading in his mouth, very comfortable.

While brushing his teeth, he pondered in his heart.

Counting it up, it’s been a year and a half since the rebirth. Time really flies!

The career is developing quite well, the snowball is rolling.

Yet, I’ve been eating vegetarian, haven’t tasted meat yet.

How about taking the chance this year to fire my personal first shot, and not in vain?

Su Zelin found that possibly due to the scum he was to Qin Shiqing in the past life, in this life, he became a bit timid regarding male-female issues.

If it were before, though he wouldn’t randomly eat the grass by his nest, he’d likely look elsewhere, like among the accounting girls he met in sophomore public courses, a few of which were quite nice.

For someone like Tao Min, he would actively seek opportunities for deeper communication.

Or perhaps find a girl from a further outside school, saving a lot of trouble.

If it truly came out that he’s got a foot in several boats, Su Zelin was quite experienced and confident in placating any upset girl.

First, find a reasonable excuse.

For example, "I’m sorry, I just made the mistake every man makes!"

A classic entry in the handbook of jerks, who knows which predecessor invented it, but all the benefiting juniors would gratefully like it: "666, role model!"

Or, "Oh, I was drunk that night, muddle-headed, it just happened with her, and I didn’t even remember what happened after waking up."

Liquor is a great thing, a universal scapegoat.

"I know I’m bad, but I swear you are the one I love most!"

Yes, that’s what he’d say to every girl.

Of course, having just reasonable excuses isn’t enough.

The girl’s just been hurt and typically won’t forgive you immediately, she’ll still cry and whimper.

But they generally don’t want to break up, because the jerk is handsome, good in bed, humorous, considerate, generous, understands romance, and knows how to make her happy—such a boyfriend is hard to find.

So they’ll find themselves in a dilemma.

This is the time when you don’t rush things.

Time will wash everything away.

While apologizing, send her a bouquet of flowers every day, but don’t show up yourself, just order a service at the flower shop, and occasionally send a small gift.

After sending flowers for a while, use a big gift to impress her, like the latest flagship phone, famous skin care products, limited edition bags, then take the chance to ask her out.

After so long, under the daily floral offensive and occasional gifts, the girl’s anger has mostly disappeared, and even if there’s a bit left, she misses you more than resents you. At this point, she’s likely to accept a date.

Be romantic that night, have some Western food, see a movie, go to a nightclub, then take her to a hotel and have a bath together in a tub filled with rose petals; she’ll pretty much forgive you.

The situation being exposed isn’t entirely bad; girls usually come to terms with such events, and they’ll turn a blind eye to the jerk in future.

If she really can’t accept it, there’s nothing to be done.

"You’re great, you deserve better, I’m not worthy of you!"

No need to force it, part ways kindly, just say goodbye and look forward.

In fact, in his past life, Su Zelin managed to placate most of his lovers.

Qin Shiqing was one of the rare few he couldn’t appease, or maybe he didn’t really try.

He dealt with other lovers with a mentality of deception, having thick skin, and didn’t feel guilty.

However, in front of Qin Shiqing, he had a heavy sense of guilt, always feeling he deserved to die and couldn’t forgive himself for wronging his childhood sweetheart.

So after Qin Shiqing left, he used no tricks, and even intentionally let go, implying letting the childhood sweetheart search for a better life.

He never said "You’re great, you deserve better, I’m not worthy of you" to Qin Shiqing, but that was genuinely his inner attitude.

It’s just that the jerk himself never thought that letting go this time would be so difficult for both him and Qin Shiqing.