Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 197 [196] This is not a date
"Zhizhi just asked me to go to the movies, but I refused."

Xu Jinhuan briefly explained the situation to Chen Xingzhu, and then instructed, "If they call you, make an excuse to decline."

Chen Xingzhu replied after a while:

"I was just doing laundry."

"I know that Zhizhi hasn't contacted me."

Didn't you look for it?

Xu Jinhuan was a little puzzled. Did the little girl not want to go to the movies with Chen Xingzhu, or was she deliberately testing him?

What did she discover?

Xu Jinhuan opened the drawer and found the two movie tickets, which were still pressed at the bottom. Logically speaking, Song Zhiyu shouldn't have noticed them.

Unable to figure it out, he stopped thinking about it and continued working.

Song Zhiyu played with the cat at home for a while, and then went grocery shopping with Song Xiaohui. There were still a lot of leftover vegetables from yesterday's lunch, so cooking lunch today would be much simpler.

Xie Wanqing didn't go out either; she stayed home to study until noon when Song Zhiyu called her down.

"More than four thousand today!"

Xu Jinhuan came out when she heard the noise and saw Chen Xingzhu and Song Zhiyu brushing Xiao Guai's fur in the living room. Xie Wanqing's voice came from the kitchen, asking her mother how to cook.

Seeing him approach, Song Zhiyu said to him happily, "Sister Wanqing just said that the advertising fee has increased to 4200 today! That's amazing!"

Judging from her appearance, you'd think she earns over four thousand yuan a day.

"so much?"

Xu Jinhuan feigned surprise, "That's awesome! Chicken leg for lunch!"

Perhaps because of her upcoming appointment, Chen Xingzhu seemed a little shy. She exchanged a glance with Xu Jinhuan and then looked away to continue grooming Xiao Guai.

She rarely wore a dress, but she wore a light-colored floral dress with rose prints. It was still her usual style of dressing, where she was afraid of the cold but not the heat. She also wore a light pink knitted cardigan over it, which made her look fresh and gentle, softening her originally aloof temperament.

"You all look so beautiful today!"

Xu Jinhuan looked her over and praised her with a smile.

Chen Xingzhu looked up, her eyes filled with a shy and joyful coquettishness, and put the hair she had combed off Xiao Guai into the trash can.

Song Zhiyu, who had witnessed their subtle interactions, pursed her lips and muttered under her breath, "They just praise whoever they want, and they're both so pretty..."

Xu Jinhuan smiled and said, "You're beautiful too."

Song Zhiyu wore a cute pink and white princess dress, which was indeed very pretty. However, her younger sister didn't need to keep praising her, lest she turn around and slander her again.

He got up and went to the kitchen doorway. He saw Xie Wanqing wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt and a light yellow skirt, and smiled, "My sister is also very pretty, but of course my mom is the prettiest."

All you do is talk!

Song Xiaohui said disdainfully, "I don't know who he learned that from..."

Xie Wanqing smiled with her lips pursed beside her.

"Sister Wanqing, what are you going to do this afternoon?"

Xu Haiguang returned quickly. During dinner, Song Zhiyu asked Xie Wanqing, "Do you want to go see a movie together? Sister Xingzhu said she made plans with her classmates and won't be coming with us."

"I also have plans."

Xie Wanqing laughed and said, "My roommate's birthday is one day later than your brother's. We had already agreed on it beforehand."

"Ok."

Song Zhiyu sighed, "Nobody's here with me..."

Song Xiaohui smiled and asked, "Where are your classmates?"

"They have to take the high school entrance exam."

Song Zhiyu sighed again, then looked at Xu Jinhuan: "Brother, how about I go to the internet cafe with you?"

Xu Jinhuan almost choked to death on his food.

Chen Xingzhu's heart tightened, and she couldn't help but look up at him.

Clearly, although she was a little shy about their first date, she still hoped to be left undisturbed.

If Song Zhiyu, acting as a third wheel, were to follow along, their first date would basically be ruined.

"You've got nowhere else to go, so you finally know to beg me, huh?"

Xu Jinhuan calmly put on an arrogant look and said, "Sure, beg me and I'll take you out to play right away."

"Pooh!"

Song Zhiyu almost couldn't help but spit in his face. "I'm willing to go with you to make you look good, and you don't even appreciate it... Now you're begging me to go, but I still won't go!"

"It depends on who's begging whom."

Xu Jinhuan chuckled coldly, looking calm and collected, "If you're so capable, then don't beg me."

I wouldn't even beg you, Xiaoguai!

Song Zhiyu snorted coldly, "I just happened to be at home with Xiao Guai and Auntie..."

Turning to her head, she said, "Auntie, Uncle, I want to report this. My brother wants to go to an internet cafe, and I'm not letting him go." "If he wants to play, let him go out and play for a while."

Given Xu Jinhuan's recent behavior, his parents are much more at ease with him, Song Xiaohui said with a smile. But she didn't let Song Zhiyu's complaint go unanswered, and scolded her son with a stern face: "Playing for a while is fine, don't stay out all the time once you're out the door."

Xu Jinhuan said, "I don't like going to internet cafes either. They're smoky and noisy. I just don't want to get rusty if we don't play together for a long time. I just want to join in the fun."

Song Zhiyu was still hesitating whether she should be a strong woman who could bend and stretch, let him have his way, and act a little coquettishly. Was she afraid that Xu Jinhuan would not submit?
But when he said it was "a mess," and thinking about what it was like at the internet cafe last time, I hesitated for a moment and decided to give up and stay home to watch TV.

In order to have common topics with her classmates and to avoid being called a foreign devil by Xu Jinhuan again, she has recently been catching up on her childhood, and even watching comedy sketches. She is familiar with older sketches such as "Big Hammer__Small Hammer__" and "Imperial Jade Liquor__One Cup".

"Departing at 1:20?"

After dinner, Chen Xingzhu and Xie Wanqing went upstairs, and Xu Jinhuan quickly returned to her room as well, sending Chen Xingzhu a message: "Do you have enough time?"

Chen Xingzhu: "There's still time."

Xu Jinhuan: "Okay, I'll sleep for twenty minutes, then get up and change my clothes."

Chen Xingzhu: "You're changing your clothes?"

Xu Jinhuan: "Of course. Although I look handsome in any clothes, I have to look even more handsome today."

Chen Xingzhu: "We're not dating, we're not in a puppy love relationship."

Xu Jinhuan: "Of course, we're not dating, so this is definitely not a date."

Xu Jinhuan: "We're like movie buddies. In many big cities, because we're all living elsewhere, we have many study buddies, travel buddies, hot pot buddies, movie buddies... and so do we."

Xu Jinhuan: "It's not a date."

Chen Xingzhu: "Mmm!"

After Xu Jinhuan finished fooling her, he lay down and slept for a while to avoid being listless in the afternoon. When he got up, he originally wanted to wash his face, but ended up taking a shower instead.

"what!"

He hadn't planned to take a shower, and since he didn't bring any change of clothes, he had to go back to change. So after showering, he came out wearing shorts instead of a shirt or T-shirt.

As soon as he came out of the bathroom, he saw Song Zhiyu carrying a cat coming out of his room. The two met face to face. Song Zhiyu blinked her big eyes and stared at him for several seconds at his bare chest, wearing slippers and shorts. Then, she pretended to be shy and let out a scream.

"Even if you're acting, can't you put your heart into it?"

Xu Jinhuan said disdainfully, "Why did you come to my room?"

"Who told you not to wear clothes?"

Song Zhiyu retorted, "Besides, you're so skinny, you don't have much muscle, and you don't look good!"

"fart!"

Xu Jinhuan could not tolerate such slander and corrected, "Isn't my figure standard?"

He hadn't deliberately trained before, but his physique was already quite good. After his rebirth, he frequently ran and trained, making his overall lines more balanced and smooth. Although he couldn't compare to those guys who worked out regularly, he was still quite good.

"Anyway, it's not good-looking..."

Song Zhiyu puffed out her cheeks and carried Xiao Guai back to her room.

"She's still prettier than you!"

Xu Jinhuan pursed her lips and complained inwardly. Because her mother was at home, she didn't dare to say it out loud. Otherwise, if Song Zhiyu complained, she would most likely... no, she would definitely suffer.

He closed the door and picked out a pair of khaki casual pants and a white short-sleeved shirt. He hadn't bought many clothes since his rebirth, and these two pieces were bought for him by his mother when she went shopping with Song Zhiyu a few days ago. They felt pretty good on him.

"I'm ready, call me when you're about to leave."

After finishing, Xu Jinhuan sent a message to Chen Xingzhu and received a reply two or three minutes later: "I'm done too."

Xu Jinhuan: "Let's meet in the stairwell."

He took his phone, wallet, movie tickets, and tissues, and just in case, he also took his ID card before leaving.

"I'm leaving."

Song Zhiyu was talking to her mother in the living room when Xu Jinhuan greeted her and was about to leave. Song Zhiyu looked at him suspiciously and said, "You went to the internet cafe, and even took a shower and changed your clothes?"

"I like to be clean, is that not allowed?"

Seeing her suspicion, Xu Jinhuan quickly left.

"Stop!"

Song Zhiyu stood up and pressed, "Where are you going? Who are you going with...?"

"boom!"

Xu Jinhuan fled the house, slammed the door shut behind her, and held onto the doorknob to prevent Song Zhiyu from chasing after her.

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, he didn't feel that Song Zhiyu was about to break down the door, and then he felt relieved.

Just as I turned around, I saw Chen Xingzhu walking down, still wearing the same rose-patterned dress and pink cardigan she wore that morning. The difference was that her hair was no longer tied up; it was flowing freely over her shoulders, complementing her delicate and pure face and her tranquil and serene temperament. In this old building corridor in the afternoon, she exuded a kind of almost cinematic beauty.

"Shh!"

Xu Jinhuan raised a finger to signal her to be quiet, then walked over, naturally took her hand, and led her downstairs.

Chen Xingzhu didn't know what had happened. When he took her hand at the door, she blushed and tried to pull away, but couldn't. Not daring to speak, she could only let him lead her downstairs.

(End of this chapter)