Only After I Was Reborn Did I Realize That I Had Childhood Sweethearts Chapter 274: Driving Lessons

After attending their annual friends gathering, i Fang, Xia Yuan, and Lin Youxi were on their way ho when Youxi suddenly brought up the matter of their profit-sharing again.

“Not this again! I’m absolutely not giving out wish coupons this year.”

The trauma from last year was still fresh in i Fang’s mind. Xia Yuan clung to his arm, giggling. “Hehe, Ah Fang’s scared~”

“No wish coupons are fine,” Lin Youxi said calmly. “But have you thought about what you’ll give Yuan Yuan and instead?”

“I don’t even know what to offer anymore. Money doesn’t excite you two, and I’ve already bought all the gifts possible…” i Fang sighed. “Just tell your wishes directly. I’ll figure out how to make them happen.”

Xia Yuan knew exactly what she wanted:

“That! What we talked about before… Since I’ve already faced your parents with you and officially announced we’re dating, shouldn’t you co et my family properly too?”

i Fang frowned slightly. “Didn’t we see them when I brought you ho this year?”

“That was as childhood friends! This ti has to be as a couple.”

Xia Yuan tugged at i Fang’s collar, pouting. “Youxi and I have stayed over at your place so many tis. This ti, you’re definitely spending the night at my house!”

“Uh… is Youxi coming too?”

i Fang looked to Lin Youxi for help, but she only smiled and shook her head. “I should spend more ti with my parents. With the money you gave , Ah Fang, I want to renovate our ho properly.”

Xia Yuan tilted her head. “Wouldn’t it be better to just buy a new place? That old house has been around forever. My family just moved when we wanted an upgrade.”

Lin Youxi’s smile softened. “That house was left to Dad and Mom by my grandparents. I feel more at peace keeping it… and Mom is more familiar with it too.”

(Nowadays, Lin Youxi called Liang ijuan “Mom,” but when she said “Mom,” she was usually referring to her birth mother.)

“……”

Xia Yuan suddenly looked guilty and grabbed Lin Youxi’s hand. “Sorry… I wasn’t thinking. I didn’t realize—”

“Hah… it’s fine.”

Lin Youxi pinched Xia Yuan’s cheek. “This is just my personal preference. It has nothing to do with you, Yuan Yuan.”

“So, Youxi, what’s your wish?”

“Hmm… let think.”

As Lin Youxi pondered, a sudden beep beep from an electric scooter interrupted them. Turning around, i Fang and Lin Youxi’s eyes lit up.

“Teacher Li!”

“Hello, Teacher Li!”

Riding the scooter with a little boy in front was i Fang’s middle school horoom teacher, Li Shibing. “What a coincidence… out for a stroll?”

“You’re i Fang… and you’re Lin Youxi? You’ve changed so much, I wouldn’t have recognized you without i Fang here as reference.”

“Teacher Li! I’m Xia Yuan from Class 8 next door! Rember ?”

“Of course! You’re a big star now—who wouldn’t rember you?” Li Shibing laughed, scratching his head. “Though what stuck with most was that ti you and that… Peng Xue, was it? Stood up to your horoom teacher…”

He gave Xia Yuan a thumbs-up. “It was brave of you to defend your friends like that. I still tell my current students about it sotis.”

“Ehehe… that was so long ago. It’s kind of embarrassing…”

Xia Yuan hid shyly behind i Fang.

“How are you all adjusting to life at Jiangcheng No. 1 High?”

“It’s been great!”

“Lin Youxi, what about you? Still class president?”

Lin Youxi nodded. “I’ve applied many of the class managent skills you taught us, Teacher Li. They’ve been very useful.”

“Good… that’s good.”

“Mr. Li, why are you only talking to them and not asking about ?”

i Fang teased Li Shibing from the side. Li Shibing narrowed his eyes and gave i Fang a once-over. “You little rascal… What else do I need to say to you? You seem the sa as ever, always surrounded by girls. Have you been focusing on your studies?”

“Yeah, yeah, I’ve been studying hard! Really!”

i Fang lied without a hint of guilt.

The three of them chatted with their forr horoom teacher, Li Shibing, by the roadside for a while. Eventually, the little boy sitting in the front seat grew impatient and kept tugging at his dad’s sleeve, urging him:

“Dad, Dad! You promised to take to the amusent park! Let’s go already! Co on!”

“Alright, alright… I know, just a second.”

Li Shibing smiled and waved at the trio. “My son’s nagging to take him out, so I’ll have to cut this short.”

i Fang and the others waved back. “We’ll co visit you during New Year’s.”

“Sure, sure! See you then!”

They watched as their forr teacher walked away.

“Old Li looks like he’s doing well,” remarked i Fang.

Lin Youxi shot him a glance. “It’s barely been two years since graduation. What kind of changes were you expecting?”

i Fang chuckled and shook his head. “Yeah, you’re right… It really has only been two years. Feels like middle school was ages ago.”

Though only two years had passed since graduating from middle school, to i Fang, it felt like a lifeti. He, Xia Yuan, and Lin Youxi had grown from awkward kids into more mature teenagers, experiencing countless things along the way.

It was more than just physical growth—it was a shift in mindset, from childishness to adolescence.

Even with his mories of a past life, i Fang had changed in ways he hadn’t expected.

Growing up together like this was truly wonderful.

Just as i Fang was lost in thought, Lin Youxi poked his arm.

“After seeing Mr. Li, I know what gift I want now—”

Lin Youxi’s expression carried a hint of mischief, as if she wanted to devour i Fang whole. The familiar look instantly put i Fang on edge. Xia Yuan, sensing the implication in Lin Youxi’s words, quickly waved her hands in protest.

“Youxi, calm down! A child as a gift is way too early—”

“…”

Lin Youxi blinked, then burst out laughing. “What are you two thinking? I was talking about Mr. Li’s electric scooter.”

“Electric scooter?”

“Yeah… Since we don’t live together now, it’s not easy for to see Xia Yuan. Biking is too far, and it’s hard to carry soone. Plus, it’s freezing in winter. So…”

“Sure, we can buy an electric scooter,” i Fang said, relieved it was such a simple request. “You don’t know how to ride one yet, right? I can teach you.”

“I have my own personal chauffeur. I don’t need to learn.”

Lin Youxi poked his shoulder. “You buy it, you drive.”

Xia Yuan nodded eagerly. “And if we’re buying one, let’s get a big one—one of those large scooters so all three of us can ride together.”

Now that they had money, spending it was no big deal. After making their decision, the trio headed straight to an electric scooter shop—coincidentally, the sa one where they’d bought Lin Youxi’s father his scooter. They picked out the highest-end model available.

Though legally, electric scooters and motorcycles were only supposed to carry one extra passenger, their small town didn’t enforce such rules. Without hesitation, Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi both climbed onto i Fang’s new scooter.

Xia Yuan, being shorter, sat in the front, nestled between i Fang and “Little i Fang.” Lin Youxi wrapped her arms around i Fang from behind, pressing close—just like old tis.

As i Fang rode down the street, passersby couldn’t help but stare enviously, so even pulling out their phones to take pictures.

After dropping Xia Yuan off at her house and then Lin Youxi at hers, i Fang rode his new scooter back ho.

Even though he’d spent his own money, his mother, Xiang Xiaoxia, still chased him around with a clothes hanger, scolding him for being wasteful. i Fang didn’t even try to fight back.

Moms were truly invincible.

That’s all for today. The rest?

Forgotten.