The Reborn Me Doesn’t Need a Heroine 62

Released on December 7, 2025

062 Give Him a Surprise

After finishing dinner with Pei Ningle at the cafeteria, Wang Heng accompanied her to the bar outside the school and then made a quick getaway.

There was still a lot of time before her performance, but Wang Heng didn’t stay for even a minute longer, slipping away quite fast.

So Pei Ningle could only sit in the bar, drinking free warm water, bored out of her mind.

Suddenly, a man with slicked-back hair came over and tried to hit on her. “Little sister, how old are you? You can’t drink, can you?”

Pei Ningle shook the cup in her hand. “That’s right, so this is plain water.”

The man smiled again and said, “You’re already at a bar and you’re still drinking water. How boring is that? How about big brother buys you a drink?”

Pei Ningle retorted, “You just said I’m too young to drink, and you’re still offering me one?”

“Just a small glass. Don’t worry, it won’t hurt.”

The girl shook her head. “No, I have to go on stage later, so Brother Tao won’t even let me drink Coke.”

“On stage?”

Just as the man was confused, he heard a voice from behind him. It was the bar owner, Yan Zitao.

“Friend, you can hit on any other beauty in this place, but this little sister is an exception. She’s our professional singer.”

Singer? He glanced at Yan Zitao and found that he seemed to be the owner of this bar. The last two times he came to pick up girls, he had seen this Brother Tao at the counter, giving orders to the waiters… But looking at this young-looking girl, he really couldn’t believe it.

The man shrugged. “What is the little sister going to sing later? A nursery rhyme?”

Pei Ningle showed no signs of being provoked and just answered calmly, “You’ll know when you hear it later.”

“Then I’ll be waiting to see.” With that, the man turned and walked away.

Yan Zitao glanced at him, then looked back at the girl in front of him and said, “I found a pretty good gig for you.”

After the experience of being sent to a kidnapper from thousands of miles away, and with Wang Heng’s repeated emphasis, Pei Ningle had already become very vigilant.

She asked alertly, “What gig?”

Yan Zitao: “It’s at the nearby University of Electronic Science and Technology. Their school is holding a welcome party for new students at the end of September, and there will be singing and dancing performances. Coincidentally, I know a teacher in their school’s administration office, and I happened to show her the video of you singing here. She said she hopes you can go on stage and sing two songs. They can give you two thousand yuan.”

Pei Ningle was stunned. “Two… two thousand yuan?”

Yan Zitao nodded. “You think it’s a little low, right? I think so too. I told her, you’re a top-tier national key university, don’t be so stingy.”

The girl slammed the table. “Is that considered stingy!”

In her mind, earning two thousand yuan for singing two songs in less than ten minutes was already A-list treatment.

Yan Zitao laughed. “For a party singer, two thousand for one time is considered very stingy. So I helped you bargain a little and got it up to three thousand. You can think about it…”

“No need to think!” Pei Ningle interrupted impatiently. “I’ll take it, no problem!”

Hearing this, Yan Zitao’s smile grew even wider, as if he had been amused by his little niece.

He asked again, “Then do you want to tell your cousin? If I remember correctly, he seems to be a student at the University of Electronic Science and Technology, right? When the time comes, you can have him bring a group of people to cheer you on.”

Pei Ningle thought for a moment and shook her head. “Forget it. I’ll give him a surprise. If I suddenly go on stage during the party and startle him, it will definitely be more interesting, right? I don’t need a cheering squad anyway.”

Yan Zitao’s gaze held a hint of admiration. “That’s true. With your talent, after you sing two songs, many of those students will definitely become your fans. I asked that teacher. It’s not good to advertise on stage, but I can print some flyers first and have someone hand them out at the school gate after you finish singing. I estimate it can bring me a lot of new customers…”

The girl smiled a little embarrassedly, but what shone in her big eyes was undoubtedly the light of confidence.

She thought for a moment and asked again, “Then, do I need to rehearse?”

“I’m not sure about that. You can ask her directly,” Yan Zitao said, taking out a business card. “You can communicate with this teacher. Just say I introduced you. She has already seen your video and is looking forward to you…”

**

When Wang Heng returned to his dormitory, he saw that his desk had been occupied.

Sun Xingsi was sitting at Wang Heng’s desk playing a game, but he was using his own laptop. And his teammates were none other than Tang Hexing and Fu Hanwen.

“Wait a moment, this round is almost over!” Sun Xingsi glanced at the owner of the desk, his hands not stopping.

But Fu Hanwen couldn’t agree. “What do you mean, almost over? This game is far from over!”

Tang Hexing said weakly, “Um, our inhibitor tower is gone…”

“It’s not over!” Fu Hanwen gripped his mouse tightly.

However, two minutes later, their nexus finally exploded.

Sun Xingsi stood up with his laptop and sighed, “Brother Little Fu, you can’t carry us.”

Tang Hexing was also a little melancholic. “We’ve lost three in a row tonight.”

Fu Hanwen stared at his 12-kill, 3-death record, then at Tang Hexing’s 0-kill, 8-death, and Sun Xingsi’s 2-kill, 9-death, and was speechless for a moment.

Seeing this, Wang Heng expressed his deep sympathy. He held down Sun Xingsi and pushed the guy back to the desk. “You guys continue to play. You must break the losing streak tonight. You can use this desk. I’m going to bed to read.”

Sun Xingsi nodded solemnly. “Yes, we must break the curse!”

Tang Hexing: “Brother Little Fu, you have to try harder next game!”

Fu Hanwen: “…”

Wang Heng went to brush his teeth and wash his face, gloating.

There were still two or three hours before lights-out. He finished washing up early and went to bed with a book. The light on the upper bunk was quite sufficient, so he didn’t even need a desk lamp.

Tonight, Wang Heng was reading a book called Advanced Python and Practical Case Studies.

In the first timeline, from the very beginning of his self-study to successfully changing his major, and then joining Lu Qi’s company after graduation… he had always used C language. But now, thinking about the trend seven years later, he also felt the need to learn something new.

Compared to being a code coolie, if he could master fields like artificial intelligence and big data and get himself a title like ‘AI Scientist’ or ‘Data Scientist’, wouldn’t that be even better?

The key was that he could make efforts in this area ahead of others, and it wouldn’t conflict with making a lot of money at all. He could totally study while playing with investment opportunities like Bitcoin. This way, before he even graduated from his undergraduate studies, he would become both an academic genius and a multi-millionaire… As he thought about it, Wang Heng suddenly came to his senses, quickly put a stop to the YY in his head, and opened the book in his hand.

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