Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 101 [101] He's too amazing!
Chen Xingzhu's cheeks flushed slightly. Not knowing how to answer, she hesitated for a moment and then said, "I don't know."

"I definitely like you."

Xie Wanqing seemed to be a bit of a shipper, saying, "He's great, much more sensible than my brother, tall, and quite handsome..."

Chen Xingzhu didn't know how to answer again. She was too embarrassed to praise Xu Jinhuan, as it would make her feel like Xu Jinhuan belonged to her, and she would never belittle him.

She considered her answer for a moment and replied, "It's alright."

"Anyway, he's much better than my brother, and... I feel like no guy older than him is this mature."

Xie Wanqing originally wanted to say "more mature than Ding Wenjie", but then realized that such an analogy was a bit inappropriate. After all, Ding Wenjie was her suitor, and comparing Xu Jinhuan to him could easily lead to misunderstandings, so she changed her words at the last minute.

This was just a casual remark, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized it was true. Apart from the age difference, Xu Jinhuan was indeed more mature and talented than many of the male classmates.

Needless to say, Xu Jinhuan's academic performance is outstanding. He is now a top-ten student in his class and a true 985 level expert, and even a high-level 985 level expert. Naturally, he is more powerful than students from ordinary first-tier universities like Suicheng Normal University.
In other aspects, Xu Jinhuan is someone who independently created a game in his second year of high school, which is something that ordinary students cannot compare to.

Chen Xingzhu looked at her expression, her clear and bright eyes blinking slightly. As if she had thought of something, she pursed her lips and said softly, "Sister has a very good impression of him?"

"correct."

The light turned green, and Xie Wanqing lightly pressed the accelerator, nodding with a smile as the car moved forward. "He's always been a good person...right?"

"……Um."

Chen Xingzhu nodded, and for some reason, she suddenly thought of Song Zhiyu again.

Ever since she first met Song Zhiyu yesterday, she felt that her cousin Xu Jinhuan was a bit strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

The only thing that was clear was that Song Zhiyu's strangeness had caused him to become strange as well.
To be more precise, when he existed alongside Song Zhiyu and Xu Jinhuan, Song Zhiyu's eccentricity made him a bit eccentric as well.

She didn't know what this strange thing was at first, but after a few casual words with Xie Wanqing, she suddenly understood what it was.

Or rather, what is the strangeness within myself?

That's... a sense of crisis!

It's like something that originally belonged to you has been targeted by someone else and is about to be stolen.

She had experienced this before, and what was taken away was maternal love, which is extremely precious to anyone and theoretically almost impossible to be taken away!

This makes her very sensitive when she encounters similar situations.

However, Xie Wanqing just praised Xu Jinhuan, which might make her feel insecure. Why would Song Zhiyu also make her feel insecure?
She's Xu Jinhuan's sister!

"What are you thinking about?"

After a long silence, Xie Wanqing smiled and asked Chen Xingzhu, "Missing Xu Jinhuan?"

Chen Xingzhu shook her head subconsciously: "No."

"Ok."

Xie Wanqing clearly didn't believe it, but she didn't press the matter. Although social attitudes were becoming more open, especially among students, she herself was a girl with traditional and conservative views, so she could naturally understand Chen Xingzhu's shyness.

"Thank you sister~"

They quickly escorted Chen Xingzhu downstairs. Chen Xingzhu smiled and thanked Xie Wanqing gratefully, saying, "Take care on your way home."

"Okay, bye~"

Xie Wanqing waved goodbye to her and left the residential area before suddenly realizing that Chen Xingzhu addressed her in the same way as Xu Jinhuan.

Xie Zhiqiang calls her "sister". Originally, only Xu Jinhuan called her "sister", but now there's another one, Chen Xingzhu... No, wait!
Xie Wanqing suddenly remembered that when she was at Xu Jinhuan's house, Xu Jinhuan's younger sister seemed to have called her that as well...

It was nothing, she just noticed it but didn't pay much attention to it and quickly put it out of her mind.

Back home, Xie Zhiqiang went out to play, leaving only Xie's mother, Tao Menghua, at home. Xie Wanqing chatted with her mother for a while, then went back to her room to lie down. She was indeed very tired after playing outside for several days, and she didn't sleep well in the car on the way back.

Xie Zhanpeng went home for dinner that evening, but Xie Zhiqiang sent a message saying he wouldn't be coming home for dinner. Xie Wanqing talked to her parents about her travel experiences and suddenly remembered what Xu Jinhuan had said on the way.

"Dad, Mom, I need to talk to you about something, okay?"

Xie Wanqing hesitated for a moment, then thought it was worth a try. At worst, she would be rejected again, and there would be no loss. She said, "I still want to take the postgraduate entrance exam, but I won't go to another city. I'll take the exam at our own university. Universities are constantly expanding their enrollment, and college degrees are becoming less and less valuable. Having a postgraduate degree will definitely make things easier in the future, right?"

She was afraid her parents would object, so she spoke very quickly, finishing her sentence in one breath, and then nervously looked at her parents, waiting for their opinion.

To her surprise, Xie Zhanpeng and Tao Menghua did not immediately object after hearing the story, as they had done before. Instead, they looked at each other and were clearly considering the matter.

"I'll definitely prepare well. My roommates also want to take the postgraduate entrance exam, and they're from the same university. I want to be with them..."

Seeing a glimmer of hope, Xie Wanqing almost instinctively began lying, using her roommate to bolster the legitimacy and justification of her postgraduate entrance exam. "If I were to apply to this university, that would be fine."

After careful consideration, Xie Zhanpeng said, "For a girl, a master's degree is about the maximum she can achieve; it's something to be proud of..."

"I think so."

Tao Menghua agreed and added, "Then take the exam, prepare well... but you can only apply to your own school, don't think about secretly changing your school to apply to schools in other places."

"You agreed?"

Xie Wanqing completely ignored her mother's instructions, feeling both surprised and delighted, even a little incredulous.

She originally thought that her parents were only against her taking the postgraduate entrance exam, and she only accepted Xu Jinhuan's suggestion with a try-it-out attitude. However, her parents' reaction was completely beyond her expectations.

'He's amazing!'

The thought flashed through Xie Wanqing's mind, filled with admiration, gratitude, and amazement. If Xu Jinhuan were there, she felt she might have been unable to resist excitedly giving him a hug.

She treated him like a younger brother anyway, so it wasn't a big deal. She had even seen Xie Zhiqiang change diapers when she was little!

Before she had even finished her meal, Xie Wanqing couldn't resist taking out her phone, wanting to share the good news with Xu Jinhuan, but after typing the message in the WeChat chat box, she deleted it.

Xu Jinhuan has done me a great favor this time, so I should be more formal and thank him in person next time we meet. I can also think about whether to give him a gift...

As for the fact that the two of them, being "the younger brother's classmate" and "the classmate's older sister," would normally have a relationship where they would hardly meet, she hadn't considered it at all, because she was certain they would meet frequently.

She still wants to go see Xiaoguai!

Moreover, Xu Jinhuan's birthday seems to be next month...

"dong dong dong"

"dong dong dong"

In the evening, Xu Jinhuan was having dinner at home when his phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw that it was a voice call from Xie Zhiqiang.

"Hey?"

Xu Jinhuan answered the phone, put it to her ear and said hello. Out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly noticed that Song Zhiyu, who had been staring at the cat wandering in the living room even while eating, was staring at her and was moving closer as if she wanted to eavesdrop. She couldn't help but glance at her.

Song Zhiyu quickly sat up straight, met his gaze, rolled her eyes, raised her chin, and arrogantly looked away to continue watching the cat.

"Xu Jinhuan, wanna play games tonight?"

Before Xie Zhiqiang could finish speaking on the phone, Wang Yuan and Li Hang started shouting from the side: "Brother Huan! Help!"

"Brother Huan, come quick!"

No one spoke in the living room. Song Xiaohui even turned off the TV. Song Zhiyu listened intently and vaguely heard a boy's voice making noise, so she focused on eating and really didn't care this time.

Song Xiaohui glanced at her son, then at her niece, frowned, and then looked at Xu Haiguang.

Xu Haiguang was staring at the TV subtitles when his wife turned off the sound. He didn't dare object, so he could only focus on reading the subtitles.

"We've been losing all afternoon..."

The group was not surprised; they had been losing the game and wanted to ask Xu Jinhuan to help them win. Xu Jinhuan thought of Ding Wenjie's situation and readily agreed.

Seeing him hang up the phone, Song Xiaohui asked, "Who was that?"

"Xie Zhiqiang, he asked me to go out and play."

Xu Jinhuan said simply, "I'll go play for a while after dinner and then go home early, okay?"

Before Song Xiaohui could answer, Song Zhiyu blinked and asked, "Where are you going to play?"

Xu Jinhuan didn't want to go into details, fearing her parents wouldn't agree to her going out, but she was even more afraid that Song Zhiyu would come along, so she said, "I'll be playing games at an internet cafe."

As expected, Song Zhiyu had absolutely no interest in such matters, and simply asked, "Is Sister Xingzhu going?"

Xu Jinhuan said, "She definitely won't go."

"Oh."

Song Zhiyu nodded, took a bite of rice, and just as Xu Jinhuan was about to ask her mother again, she suddenly looked up and said, "Auntie, I also want to go to the internet cafe to play for a while... Can I go with my brother?"

(End of this chapter)