Rebirth: At the beginning, the cool school beauty was caught stealing in the supermarket

Chapter 863 Daughter-in-law, please help me out.

"He needs to be truly brave and fearless, able to ignore any difficulties and obstacles, even if it means going against the will of heaven."

After hearing Cao Shuang's words, Ruan Yueru lowered her head slightly. She then raised her hand, snatched the half-empty can of beer from Cao Shuang's hand, and brought it to her own lips.

Cao Shuang watched this scene, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. Ruan Yueru directly drank from the can, gulping down several large mouthfuls before finally setting the empty can aside.

"Brother Shuang".

"Hey."

Ruan Yueru scratched the ends of her long hair, smiled at him, and asked, "Do I look good with long hair?"

Cao Shuang immediately nodded: "It looks great!"

"I……"

Seeing that she didn't continue, Cao Shuang pressed on, "What?"

Ruan Yueru didn't answer. Suddenly, she moved ten centimeters closer to Cao Shuang, as if some impulse was hidden within her. But in the end, she froze, stared at Cao Shuang for a long time, and then turned her head away, her ten fingers curling up in a tangled mess.

"Let's go get something else to eat, haha." Ruan Yue jumped up as fast as she could and headed towards the barbecue stall.

Liu Wangchun and Bai Qingxia were currently embracing and singing the same song, "The Fruits of Summer." The song was not difficult to sing, but the two drunkards made them the noise generators of the scene.

"Perhaps only by giving up can I get closer to you."

Cao Shuang stared blankly back at Ruan Yueru's departing figure. Just a moment ago, he thought Ruan Yueru was going to kiss him.

He was filled with anticipation and trepidation, but thankfully nothing happened. Cao Shuang felt incredibly absurd at that moment; he was actually relieved that Ruan Yueru hadn't kissed him.

If the final step to becoming the Great Sage is to be brave and fearless, some people are brave, but they are always afraid in their hearts; some people are always fearless, but they are not brave enough when it matters.

Becoming the Great Sage is really, really hard.

As Long Liandong listened to the two singing on the other end, her gaze fell on Lu Yuanqiu, who was sitting in a chair, staring at his phone and laughing. Lu Yuanqiu was probably enjoying a video he had just recorded, his fingers constantly dragging the progress bar on the screen, playing it over and over again. Watching Bai Qingxia make a fool of herself in the video, he sat there laughing to himself, like a fool.

Long Liandong stared at the fool for a while, then looked down at the countdown on her phone calendar: 16 days to go. In 16 days, it would be December 23, a day someone had forgotten.

Long Liandong turned off her phone and walked towards Lu Yuanqiu.

“Lu Yuanqiu, I started smoking because I was under a lot of pressure during my time in the entertainment industry, especially from my family.”

Lu Yuanqiu looked up upon hearing this.

After speaking, Long Liandong pursed her lips, wanting to remind Lu Yuanqiu that her birthday in December was coming up and she shouldn't miss it again this year.

But she couldn't bring herself to say those words.

As she turned to go back, Long Liandong paused, ultimately afraid that Lu Yuanqiu would miss her birthday a second time...

So she turned back to look at him and said something that even she herself found incredibly silly:
"Winter is coming, isn't it..."

She tugged at the side of her clothes, revealing an unusually uncomfortable expression.

Lu Yuanqiu quickly put down his crossed legs and replied, "Actually, I used to smoke too, but I've quit. You should quit too, it's bad for your health."

Long Liandong: "Okay."

After she finished speaking, she waited for a while, and seeing that Lu Yuanqiu had nothing else to say, she turned around and went back.

Su Miaomiao, who was sitting and eating skewers, watched the entire mysterious conversation between the two. She stared blankly at Long Liandong's back and leaned over to Lu Yuanqiu, whispering, "Winter is coming, what does that mean? Do you two have some kind of secret code?"

Lu Yuanqiu shook his head, indicating that he was not quite sure.

He opened his calendar, glanced at the birthday reminder he had set, and highlighted December 23rd.

He didn't know if Long Liandong meant that.

He hadn't forgotten. "Slap!" Su Miaomiao suddenly slapped him on the head without warning.

Lu Yuanqiu was truly stunned this time, turning around to look at her with wide eyes in surprise: "What are you doing?"

"You used to smoke?!"

"I didn't... I didn't, please don't tell Xiaxia, please, Teacher Su." Lu Yuanqiu clasped his hands together, pleading.

My mouth is clean now; it hasn't been shoved with a cigarette in a long time.

"I won't tell you, I've quit."

"understand!"

Su Miaomiao smiled and continued eating her skewers. Suddenly, she remembered that she still had a bunch of files in her email that she hadn't processed, so she took out her phone and contacted Mr. Zheng in the United States.

With a skewer in her mouth, Su Miaomiao typed a string of English words and sent it over, roughly meaning that there was a party tonight and the completion of the task might be delayed.

A short while later, Mr. Zheng replied to the message.

Mr. Zheng: Got it.
The two's chat interface was filled with dense English conversations, mostly about work-related matters. Just as Su Miaomiao was putting her phone down, a Chinese sentence suddenly appeared in the all-English chat interface.

Mr. Zheng: Daughter-in-law, do me a favor. This is a crucial time. Tell Zheng Yifeng to stop pursuing me so closely.

Su Miaomiao picked up her phone, her expression even more bewildered than when Lu Yuanqiu had been inexplicably slapped.

『Su』: You...

Mr. Zheng: You don't actually think you got this job by fighting for it yourself, do you? [doge emoji]

Su Miaomiao brushed her hair back and looked around at the people around her with some helplessness. The person closest to her was Lu Yuanqiu, but Mr. Zheng opposite her seemed to have guessed what she was thinking and sent her another message.

Mr. Zheng: Don't tell anyone yet. I'll explain everything when I get back to China. What you need to do now is tell that brat Zheng Yifeng to stop chasing me so relentlessly; he's suffocating me. [Spits blood]

『Su』: Okay.

Mr. Zheng: I love you.

『Su』：……

……

December 8, Lucheng.

The First Municipal Hospital.

At the door of the ward, Su Xiaoya stood with her hands in the pockets of her white coat, looking solemnly at the woman lying on the bed.

When Dai Yidan cast a glance at her, Su Xiaoya couldn't bear to meet her gaze, silently lowered her head, and her eyes stung with tears.

"You two talk first," Su Xiaoya said to Dai Yidan on the hospital bed and Zhang Zhisheng sitting beside the bed.

She went outside and suddenly saw a tall young man walking slowly towards her. Su Xiaoya took out her phone and stepped aside, watching as the young man entered Dai Yidan's ward.

Su Xiaoya dialed the phone and said to the other end, "Son, Dai Yidan was hospitalized today. Should we tell your friend Zheng Yifeng?"

Lu Yuanqiu's voice came from the other end: "It seems Zheng Yifeng has recently found his father. At this point... how much longer can Dai Yidan hold on?"

Su Xiaoya: "I didn't know... half a month?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her eyes suddenly reddened. Su Xiaoya never thought that she would be sad because of a stranger, or even the daughter of an enemy.

Lu Yuanqiu: "Okay, I'll tell Zheng Yifeng that he can decide for himself how to make the decision."

Su Xiaoya: "Mm."

　I'll continue writing the next chapter; those who can't stay up any longer, go to sleep.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)