[{"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-964":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},549793,797,"Chapter 964 - 558: A Small Act of Revenge","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-964",964,"\u003Cp>Thursday afternoon after school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky is no longer a pure blue, but covered with thick clouds, a mix of white and gray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunlight weaves through the clouds, casting dappled light and shadow onto the campus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Siyu nudged Jiang Ning: \"The big supermarket outside school has opened, and tonight there’s a circus performance at the entrance, with horses and monkeys. I heard if you’re selected from the audience, you can ride the horse and play with the monkeys for free!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Lu: \"At noon, you can enter a raffle when buying something at the supermarket, with a chance to win various prizes, including a coupon to ride the horse and play with the monkeys.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Siyu: \"I know, I know, someone from our class won!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who?\" asked Geng Lu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dan Kaiquan,\" Chen Siyu mentioned the name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such good luck, but unfortunately... the circus has nothing to do with us, we have evening self-study.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh...\" Chen Siyu sighed, \"I hope the circus is still there after school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiang Ning, have you seen a circus before?\" Chen Siyu asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Never seen one, but I’ve watched many troupe performances,\" Jiang Ning said, \"In the past, when there was a funeral in the village, we had to invite a troupe to perform various acts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an ordinary account, but to Chen Siyu, it was astonishing: \"You’ve seen a troupe before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have,\" Jiang Ning answered, what’s so surprising about this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued, \"I’ve watched them often.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their town, troupes are very popular, costing a few hundred bucks per performance. During a funeral, the host often invited two or three troupes to perform alternately, drawing half the village to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watching them often!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young Chen Siyu, on her first trip back to the village for a funeral, saw a troupe featuring a stripper performing pole dance in public, which opened a whole new world for her and her sister!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, she developed a stereotype.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Chen Siyu didn’t know that this was due to some hosts spending extra money to hire such an act to make the event more engaging, which was exceedingly rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling those intense scenes made her cheeks flush, unable to look Jiang Ning in the eye, ’He actually watches that stuff all the time, I must quickly tell my sister to update her opinion of Jiang Ning!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the back row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dan Kaiquan fiddled with the raffle ticket. At noon, seeing the supermarket’s grand opening and discounts, he went to buy a bottle of shampoo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His luck exploded during the raffle, winning the circus ticket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounded by envious gazes, Dan Kaiquan felt like the Child of Destiny, the chosen one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, as the excitement settled and calmness returned, he looked around and found no girl to share his joy with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This must be the greatest loneliness in the world...’ thought Dan Kaiquan in his heart, feeling desolate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unconsciously, he thought again of Bai Yuxia, no, Lan Zichen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quanzi, what’s up?\" Guo Kunnan strolled the back row, and when not flirting, he preferred hanging out with his buddies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Melancholy.\" Dan Kaiquan had a mix of unbalanced emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words revealed his unwillingness to Guo Kunnan, who comforted him: \"We must learn to let go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reflecting on his long dating experience, Guo Kunnan concluded: \"If you can’t have it, let it go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although insightful, Dan Kaiquan couldn’t accept it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dan Kaiquan: \"I just can’t give up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he invested, the higher the sunk cost, feeling like a gambler unable to turn back, torn apart in this gamble of love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dan Kaiquan was wallowing in sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Wang Longlong in the row was browsing QQ Space, where he saw Pang Jiao post a selfie with a peace sign; he instantly liked it and commented:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great photo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is social finesse, and Wang Longlong did it skillfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After posting, he realized someone commented even quicker, it turned out to be Lu Qiqi: \"You’re beautiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiqi, the photo-editing master of class 8 and a trendsetter on QQ Space, made Pang Jiao ecstatically laugh out loud, while her seatmate, Liu Chuandao, reading a book, grimaced in agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pang Jiao replied to Lu Qiqi: \"Thanks, one day you’ll be as pretty as me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiqi’s mouth twitched; should the day come where she’s disfigured, she would still be prettier than Jiaojiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dan Kaiquan was trapped in his sorrowful emotions, unable to shake it off for quite a while, feeling like a fish out of water, suffocating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked Brother Ma: \"Should I give up?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Shicheng was the most decisive figure in their back row. Dan Kaiquan, although rebellious, asked Brother Ma for guidance when stuck at a crossroads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Shicheng: \"Don’t rush, there’s still hope.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a glimmer of hope lit up in Dan Kaiquan’s heart, filled with surprise, his voice even turned timid:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dan Kaiquan’s heart pounded wildly, as even the astute Brother Ma suggested he had hope; did it not mean he still had a chance to turn things around?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at Brother Ma intently, holding his breath, not wanting to miss a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Shicheng pointed to the raffle ticket in his hand: \"Don’t rush, there’s still a chance; tonight the circus has your act, we’re waiting to see you perform with the monkeys.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chuandao escaped the Demon Cave to the back row to breathe some fresh air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Shigang came over to chat: \"Chuan Dao, last time you got a junior girl’s number at the sports ground, how’s it going?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening during self-study, he and Liu Chuandao went girl-hunting at the playground, where Liu Chuandao bet that he’d get any girl in three days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not, he’d owe Duan Shigang a cigarette, and Duan Shigang picked a very wild girl, and now that the three days were up, he was waiting for Liu Chuandao’s cigarette!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chuandao: \"Hey, with my height, standing tall at six-foot-something, how can I not enchant her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Shigang: \"Let’s see your skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chuandao immediately took out his phone, \"I’ll confess right in front of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1015,"2026-05-30T14:40:08.762Z","2026-06-01T04:31:29.709Z",1,"novelbin.me","5949d5359bbe7b0df48a30f38f58c0db07f7bbbd60bc450ba8d9f24984ce917a","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-965","rebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-chapter-963",1809,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frebirth-slice-of-life-cultivation-cover.jpg"]