[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation":3,"chapter-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-197":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rebirth: Slice-of-life Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},549276,797,"Chapter 197 178 I'll Teach You a Trick","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-197",197,"\u003Cp>Upon hearing Jiang Ning's words, Yang Sheng looked in the direction he indicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, she saw a surveillance camera pointing this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Sheng felt puzzled, \"The person who smashed my bike, aren't they afraid of the camera?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning replied without pause, \"Maybe the other party simply doesn't care.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward, and as his right foot touched down, a glowing Array Plate emerged on the ground, invisible to Yang Sheng and Xue Yuantong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Tracking Array, the Array that Jiang Ning used most frequently in the present world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on the residual aura on the bicycle, Jiang Ning deduced that the vandal was no longer in the school campus, approximately six kilometers away from the school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just after school let out, which was enough to suggest that if a student damaged the bike, then it was likely a student who flouted school discipline and routinely skipped classes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, judging by the extent of the damage to the bicycle, the act of vandalism probably caused quite a commotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bike shed of Fourth Middle School was somewhat distant from Classroom 8, and Jiang Ning's Divine Sense didn't usually extend very far; his hearing wasn't particularly keen either, only slightly better than an average person if he didn't make a conscious effort to use it, so he hadn't noticed the whole process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on the traces on the bicycle and the surrounding footprints and scents, Jiang Ning could reconstruct the entire event.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning took out his phone, several flashes went off as he took some quick photos of the bike for records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's not move the bike yet, let's go to the security office,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Sheng also took several photos; looking at her damaged bike, her heart felt uncomfortably blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain bike had been given to her by her parents when she moved up to ninth grade, and it had cost a considerable amount of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the spring and autumn seasons, she would often ride through the streets to and from school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She always took care to maintain it well, cleaning it, oiling it, and making simple modifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To her, it wasn't just an ordinary bicycle; it was a record of her past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Yang Sheng was easygoing and carefree, deep down, she had traits of fragility; she was afraid of spicy food and extremely nostalgic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bicycle, which carried her memories, being so badly damaged, one could imagine her rage. If the perpetrator appeared before her, she might actually get physical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Sheng could not comprehend how someone could wantonly damage someone else's bicycle like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong was pulling on Jiang Ning's sleeve, closely following him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although she wanted to go home and enjoy some good food, since Jiang Ning was planning to help a classmate, she would definitely support him wholeheartedly and would not hinder him. Besides, Xue Yuantong was angry too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was worried that someday, someone would treat Jiang Ning's bicycle in the same way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning would be angry, wouldn't he?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad she didn't know how to repair bicycles and couldn't help Jiang Ning fix his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The security office of Fourth Middle School was located in Building 1, around the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was called a security office, it was actually just a small office with only three people in the entire department: a Director and two security guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The windows of the security office were lit, Jiang Ning stepped forward first and knocked on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Yuantong shrank behind him, her little face timid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All students at Fourth Middle School knew that the Security Director was a legendary figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were rumors that many years ago, outsiders had climbed over the wall into the school, acting extremely arrogantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Wang of the security office had stepped forward, unarmed, and chased them away in a humiliating defeat, thus establishing his authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Wang had a strict and rigorous manner, detested evil, and whenever he came across misbehaving students in the school, he would always grab the culprits and take them to a little room in the security office, using his unique methods to educate them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This little room, in the eyes of students at Fourth Middle School, was akin to a dark zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many shuddered at the thought, their minds involuntarily conjuring up all sorts of terrifying images.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door opened, and a burst of warm air greeted them from inside where the air conditioning was on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged man stood at the doorway; he had a buzz cut, his face was wide, just over five foot seven, not very tall but exceptionally strong like an ox, and he stood ramrod straight with a sharp demeanor that made him seem quite unapproachable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning had not encountered Director Wang before, but what he remembered clearly was that Dan Kaiquan had mentioned that Director Wang had a daughter in Fourth Middle School who was quite good-looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning had seen her a few times last semester, and indeed she was attractive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Former athletes in his class had said that Director Wang used to be an athlete himself, responsible for training the school's athletes, holding a versatile position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what lingered most in Jiang Ning's memory was Hu Jun, who often spoke about Director Wang with a sense of admiration, because Director Wang's wife was also exceptionally good-looking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hu Jun had mentioned it many times from the back rows, his words tinged with melancholy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Wang scrutinized the three students before him and asked in a deep voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the matter?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning didn't let Yang Sheng take the lead; instead, he said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Director, hello, it's like this, my classmate and I went to get our bikes after evening self-study, and we found that her bike was severely damaged. Here are the pictures.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ning showed the photos he had taken earlier on his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So we'd like to ask who damaged the bicycle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the bicycle isn't cheap,\" he gestured to Yang Sheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Sheng continued, \"My parents spent one thousand seven hundred on it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Wang, being in charge of such security matters, was a just person; upon hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come inside and take a look at the camera footage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group entered the small office, and Director Wang sat down in his chair, clicking the mouse to bring up the footage of the bike shed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the place, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, that's where my bike is,\" Yang Sheng pointed to her bike that lay on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Wang started reviewing the video, filtering through it, and quickly locked on to a clip where the before and after difference with the bicycle occurred within that time frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the footage played, they all clearly saw what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that around eight in the evening, a bicycle suddenly fell over, knocking over Yang Sheng's bicycle, which in turn fell onto what appeared to be a high-end mountain bike.\u003C\u002Fp>",1159,"2026-05-30T14:39:42.568Z","2026-06-01T04:31:29.709Z",1,"novelbin.me","fdcff359a1011d87fbf2a8f0b345b32bbed6f8d065192a436bf83a6df3142bdd","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-198","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-196",1809,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-cover.jpg"]