It Seems I’m Not The Only One Who Reincarnated

Afterward, Shi Hai entered the girls’ dormitory to help Shi Meng carry all her luggage downstairs.

The heaviest items were mainly textbooks and the piles of reference materials distributed since the beginning of high school.

First High School is a prestigious high school, so from the first year, it’s already a high-pressure study environment.

However, in return, students with good grades are given more freedom.

As long as their grades are good enough, they can apply to skip evening self-study sessions or even take a leave of absence.

Shi Hai helped with the heaviest suitcase while Shi Meng walked beside him.

Jian Sichun and Zhu Lingjie tactfully walked behind them, giving the siblings some space to communicate for the first time.

Shi Meng was still troubled by what had happened earlier.

“Brother… you really didn’t need to bother with those three fools.”

Although Shi Hai stood up for her, she didn’t want to cause him any trouble.

Only I can take care of my brother!

It doesn’t work the other way around!

If Shi Hai hadn’t intervened, she was ready to drive those three away and ignore them forever.

“Indeed, if it were just me, I could ignore them. But you still have to be classmates with them.”

Shi Hai felt that if there was a chance to avoid the worst-case scenario, he should try to avoid it.

“If I act tough and drive them away, making them lose face, they might turn around and bully you.”

“They wouldn’t dare do anything to me.”

“Even if they don’t dare bully you outright, if they cause you little troubles here and there, it would still bother you, right?”

Three years in high school, with classmates seeing each other every day, having someone you dislike around would feel like a thorn in the side, affecting your mood.

“Many times, small conflicts can become the start of grudges. What if the other person holds a grudge over such trivial matters…”

“I also don’t want any potential threats to remain around you.”

“So why not settle things peacefully from the start, isn’t that better?”

Shi Meng silently listened, feeling a wave of emotions in her heart.

As expected, her brother was still her brother…

Even though in her memories, Shi Hai always said their mother was foolish, always being kind but never enjoying any rewards herself, and would often tell her never to be a ‘saint.’

But in reality, her brother had inherited some of their mother’s traits.

He would try to avoid actions that could create enemies.

Peaceful coexistence was better than anything.

But he would always say, “I just hate trouble.”

“Those three only like you, that’s why they wanted to keep you around. There wasn’t much malice in their intentions.”

“After all, they’re just starting high school, and they’re not mature yet. Their requests weren’t overly excessive.”

“In a few years, when they look back on this, they’ll probably think it was a cringeworthy moment, a total embarrassment that they would never bring up ever again, haha.”

Shi Hai laughed.

“After all, youth without a bit of foolishness is not youth! Who hasn’t been impulsive when they were young?”

You haven’t.

Zhu Lingjie muttered silently from behind.

“Or are you saying you want me to be tougher and just kick them out?”

Shi Hai thought for a moment, then put on a fierce face and said, “Who do you think you are? Get lost!”

It wasn’t something he couldn’t do.

In fact, he just wanted to use this opportunity to see if he could remember anything from the future, which was why he agreed.

Shi Meng shook her head and said.

“…No, this is fine.”

Indeed, those three were just fools, not really bad people.

Shi Meng knew her brother’s character; he would protect his sister but wouldn’t blindly do so.

For people he could communicate with, he would use a gentle approach.

But if the other party was truly unreasonable, like a thug, he wouldn’t mind showing a tough and domineering side, making sure they wouldn’t dare think of revenge again.

It’s just a matter of using different strategies for different people.

“Thank you, brother.”

“This is nothing, you don’t need to thank me. I’m your brother, I’ll protect you.”

Shi Hai replied with a smile.

“From now on, we’re family.”

That familiar smile, those familiar words, brought back memories for Shi Meng.

She remembered the first time Shi Hai came to pick her up.

That day, snow was falling.