Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 145 [144] Don't want my kindness

Xu Jinhuan hung up the phone, considered for a moment, and then sent a message to Chen Xingzhu: "Where are you?"

Chen Xingzhu was a little confused, but still replied, "Didn't we just set off?"

Xu Jinhuan: "I can't wait!"

Xu Jinhuan: "There's something I need to tell you."

Chen Xingzhu: "Go ahead."

Xu Jinhuan: "Do you remember Xie Wanqing? She's the Sister Xie who came to see the cats."

Chen Xingzhu: "I remember."

Xu Jinhuan: "I just borrowed her car. When she heard that you moved out, she probably thought I was incredibly resourceful and found you a place so easily. She asked me if I could find another place. Then I asked her, and she said she didn't want to stay at home during the summer vacation and also wanted to find a place to stay."

Xu Jinhuan: "I was thinking that you might not be used to living alone. She's only staying for the summer vacation, so why don't you keep her company?"

"That's ridiculous!"

On the bus, Chen Xingruo leaned over and saw her sister chatting. She glanced at the message Xu Jinhuan had sent and couldn't help but snort, "Isn't he just trying to say that he's doing this for your sake, not to help another woman find a house? What a petty person!"

She then asked, "Sister, who is this Xie Wanqing?"

Chen Xingzhu said, "One of his classmates' older sisters also likes Xiaoguai very much and often buys things for Xiaoguai."

Chen Xingruo said "Oh," and then asked, "Is she a good person? Is she pretty?"

Chen Xingzhu said, "It's quite pretty."

"You're quite pretty again."

Chen Xingruo was a little confused, "How come Xu Jinhuan has so many pretty girls around him? His sister is pretty too..."

Chen Xingzhu hesitated for a moment, then said to his sister, "That's not his sister."

"what?"

Chen Xingruo blinked. "Wasn't she supposed to be his sister?"

Chen Xingzhu said, "She's my cousin, and we're not related by blood."

"No way?"

Chen Xingruo tried to guess what her sister meant, "You mean by this, you think..."

Her eyes widened, a mixture of disbelief and curiosity, "Really?"

Chen Xingzhu didn't speak, but typed a reply to Xu Jinhuan: "Okay."

She was indeed a little scared living alone. Although she wasn't very close to Xie Wanqing, they were acquaintances, and living together would at least give her some company.

Xu Jinhuan: "Could you please send me a voice message? I want to confirm if you only agreed because you were too embarrassed to refuse me."

Chen Xingzhu felt somewhat helpless, so he pressed his phone against her and whispered a voice message: "Okay, I have no objection."

After sending the message, she typed again: "Living alone, I might actually be scared."

You'll definitely be scared, and you might even...

Xu Jinhuan muttered to himself, then said, "If I'm sure, I'll reply to her?"

Chen Xingzhu: "Mm."

Xu Jinhuan then sent another message to Xie Wanqing: "Sister, I've made arrangements with Xingzhu."

Xie Wanqing: "Yes, thank you."

Xu Jinhuan: "She's planning to move in this afternoon. Sister, you can come and take a look at the house this afternoon."

Xie Wanqing: "Okay."

Xu Jinhuan didn't press her for why she suddenly wanted to move out, but she could vaguely guess that it must have been a conflict with her parents. Given Xie Wanqing's docile nature, the fact that she wanted to move out of the house clearly indicated that it wasn't an ordinary conflict.

'Could it be because of Ding Wenjie?'

Xu Jinhuan muttered to himself that this seemed to be the only conflict between Xie Wanqing and her parents. The fundamental conflict lay in their thoughts and beliefs, and the Ding Wenjie incident was its outward manifestation.

But Xie Zhiqiang had already bravely stood up for his sister's happiness and "took the blame" for Ding Wenjie's harassment of her. Logically speaking, Xie Wanqing and her parents shouldn't be having conflicts at this time...

Did Xie Zhiqiang's feelings go to waste?

Xu Jinhuan put down his phone and continued tinkering with Subway Surfers until lunchtime before leaving the house.

When is Chen Xingzhu moving?

Xu Haiguang also returned, having just washed his face. He asked Xu Jinhuan, "Do you need help moving things?"

"No need, she doesn't have much stuff. I'll just ask two classmates to help." Xu Jinhuan laughed. "Mom already said it once today. Actually, I feel like we don't even need to ask anyone. Just bring Zhizhi along."

"whispering sound!"

Song Zhiyu, holding her iPad, scoffed on the sofa, "Why should I help?"

Xu Jinhuan said, "Because you're good-looking, kind-hearted, cool, and helpful..."

"Ok."

Song Zhiyu seemed very pleased and snorted, "Since you're so good at talking, I'll reluctantly agree to cheer you on when you're all sweaty from climbing the stairs."

"..."

Xu Jinhuan didn't want to talk to her anymore.

"dong dong"

"dong dong"

On the other side, Kong Lingyu arrived at her daughter's door, gently knocked, and when the door opened, a beautiful and refined face was revealed inside.

Kong Lingyu looked at her daughter, unable to recognize her at first glance, and smiled, saying, "It's time to eat. Let's clean up after we finish eating."

"Oh."

Chen Xingruo opened the door. Upon hearing this, she responded and opened the door completely. Kong Lingyu then recognized her younger sister by her clothes. She smiled and looked inside, where she saw Chen Xingzhu stuffing clothes into her suitcase. She then called out, "Xingzhu, let's eat first."

"Ah."

Chen Xingzhu responded softly without saying anything more. She washed her hands with her sister and then sat down in the restaurant.

Li Yunxue was a little afraid of Chen Xingruo, so she deliberately avoided her and didn't go home for lunch. Li Gaoyuan, on the other hand, made a special trip back.

"Let's eat first."

Seeing the two sisters arrive, Li Gaoyuan quickly greeted them, then sighed, "Since Xingzhu is determined to move out, I won't try to persuade her any further. Your mother and I have not done many things well over the years, and you are about to enter your senior year of high school. You do need a quieter environment."

Chen Xingzhu and Chen Xingruo sat down. The aunt knew there was something going on today, so she didn't eat with them. It was just the four of them.

"No matter what, your mother and I will take you there later. Firstly, we'll know where you are; secondly, we'll make an extra key and give it to your mother so that if anything unexpected happens, we can get there easily."

Li Gaoyuan poured drinks for Kong Lingyu and the two sisters, poured himself a beer, and said to Chen Xingzhu, "I discussed it with your mother. Living alone outside, not to mention other things, living expenses will definitely be high. From now on, I will give you an additional 2000 yuan for living expenses every month."

“I know a little about your father’s situation. You reunited with Xingruo and wanted to move out, but you didn’t say you didn’t want me or your mother’s money anymore. Your mother and I are very grateful for that.”

Li Gaoyuan meant that their father was not short of money, and since Chen Xingzhu had reunited with her sister, she could take money from her father. If she wanted, she could stop taking their living expenses altogether, which would be equivalent to severing all ties.

By not doing so, some leeway was left, at least indicating a willingness to acknowledge the years of care and support.

"I will apologize to your father when we have the chance to meet again."

Li Gaoyuan raised his wine glass and gestured to the Chen sisters. Chen Xingruo pouted, but after seeing her sister raise her glass, she followed suit.

"Uncle Li, I'm young and ignorant, and I don't know my place. You are my elder, please don't hold it against me."

Chen Xingruo raised her glass, but then put on a sweet smile. "I'd like to toast you. I wish you good health and a prosperous career. And when you meet my dad in the future, don't tell him about me."

In middle age, health, career, and family are the three most important things. Chen Xingruo gave her blessings to both, but deliberately ignored her family. She put on an apologetic act, but refused to admit a single mistake.

As for the last sentence, "complaining," it was clearly barbed.

Li Gaoyuan was caught between anger and laughter. Fortunately, it wasn't the first time he'd witnessed this girl's sharp tongue, so he could only wave his hand and say, "We're family, let's not talk about these things."

Kong Lingyu then said, "If you need anything, remember what your mother told you."

Chen Xingzhu nodded insincerely.

Kong Lingyu looked at Chen Xingruo again. Before she could open her mouth, Chen Xingruo picked up a piece of pork rib with her chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth, saying indistinctly, "You don't need to apologize to me. Legally, you have no obligation to me, and you have already given up your rights. Neither of us owes the other anything."

Kong Lingyu was immediately speechless.

"Besides, I came to see my sister, not you. You can just live your good life."

The ribs were a bit of a struggle to eat, so Chen Xingruo boldly picked up the bone with her hand and tried to gnaw the meat off the other end, not caring that her fingers were covered in grease. After thinking for a moment, she put the bone on the table and said, "Okay, actually I felt like I still owed you, since life is more important than anything, but now I don't feel like I owe you anything. If I do owe you anything, it's that I haven't thanked you for not wanting me back then..."

"Xingruo!"

Chen Xingzhu was still soft-hearted and couldn't help but stop her sister when she saw that her sister's words were too hurtful.

"She was the one who wanted to talk to me."

Chen Xingruo pouted, "Okay, I won't say anything, I'll just focus on eating... Oh, right, I also have to thank your housekeeper, she worked hard to cook for me this time, and it was quite delicious."

Li Gaoyuan hesitated, then stopped talking and said nothing more.

(End of this chapter)