Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 229 [228] My Brother's Sister is Also My Sister

After replying to the email, Xu Jinhuan actually wanted to go back to the living room to eat watermelon, but if she went to the living room, wouldn't Song Zhiyu have helped bring the watermelon for nothing?

To prevent the little girl from causing trouble, he took the watermelon, pretended to be busy, and continued to eat the watermelon in the room.

Song Zhiyu was very satisfied with the situation. She handed the watermelon to him and left with a sweet smile.

What exactly is going on?

While munching on watermelon, Xu Jinhuan pondered and quickly recalled what she had said to her that night at Bright Summit. Could it be that because of that conversation, the little girl realized her mistake and decided to turn over a new leaf and become a well-behaved, obedient, and sensible little sister?

'It's not a bad thing anyway... I guess so?'

Xu Jinhuan muttered to himself, having almost finished eating the watermelon, he took the rind to the living room and saw his mother and four daughters gathered around the dining table eating it. He joined them and said, "It's quite sweet."

"I chose it!"

Song Zhiyu immediately took credit, saying that the watermelon was brought from her last visit to her maternal grandparents' house. There were only two, and she had to choose one from the two. Both watermelons were chosen by her maternal grandparents. She didn't know what she had to be proud of.

Xie Wanqing asked, "Did you tell your uncle?"

Before Xu Jinhuan could answer, Song Zhiyu smiled and said, "Sister Wanqing, you should call my dad Uncle, because my relationship with you is better than your relationship with my brother, so you should address him from my perspective."

Her real intention in saying this was to subtly point out Xie Wanqing's subconscious intention in calling him "uncle," and that she was addressing him from Xu Jinhuan's perspective.

‘That’s how it feels! ’

Seeing that she was picking a fight, Xu Jinhuan felt relieved and immediately felt at ease. She quickly retorted on Xie Wanqing's behalf, "Is there a problem with the assistant standing from the boss's perspective?"

"嘁~"

Song Zhiyu rolled her eyes, deciding not to argue with him.

"My uncle is having dinner with someone, who happens to be a reporter."

Xu Jinhuan recounted the events of the phone call, "This Chronicle has quite a bit of influence. After the report comes out, let's see if any other media outlets reprint or comment on it. If not, we'll try to find a few more..."

Chen Xingzhu asked softly, "Once the report comes out, the domestic media will probably report on it too, right?"

Xu Jinhuan said, "Let them be. We don't need to worry about them."

He didn't plan to contact domestic media. Firstly, the public opinion environment in Europe and America is relatively more tolerant of games. Secondly, their reports would be more helpful to him. Thirdly, although it is common for journalists to take money to do things, it is not a good thing, and it is better not to encourage it.

Besides, their country is a capitalist society, so they are not afraid of corruption. From a safety perspective, choosing a foreign country is more appropriate.

"Worshiping foreign things and fawning on foreigners."

Chen Xingruo placed the watermelon rind she had finished eating on the table, complaining about him while spitting out a bunch of watermelon seeds with two "pfft" sounds.

Xu Jinhuan looked at her in surprise: "You ate so many watermelon seeds in one bite?"

"No, I just ate watermelon seeds, and I kept them in my mouth before spitting them out."

Chen Xingruo said smugly, "Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to spit them out one by one like you guys."

"How was it saved?"

Song Zhiyu was very curious and leaned over to watch her eat the melon, "Won't you swallow it?"

"Nope."

Chen Xingruo took a bite of watermelon and demonstrated to her, "If you find a watermelon seed, just roll it with your tongue like this... put it aside, and then continue eating the watermelon... spit it all out when you're done..."

"Let me try."

Song Zhiyu tried it, then stiffened her neck, paused for two seconds, blinked, and said, "I think I swallowed it..."

"Hahaha...cough!"

Chen Xingruo laughed twice, then coughed, whether from the watermelon or from saliva. Chen Xingzhu patted her back, amused.

"I can't learn it either."

Xie Wanqing also secretly tried it, but didn't force it. When she realized she couldn't do it, she obediently spat out the watermelon seeds.

Xu Jinhuan tried it himself and was struck by a thought. He felt that doing this required a lot of flexibility in the tongue, which was probably congenital.

If Chen Xing can do it, it means Chen Xingzhu can do it too, or at least has the potential to do it...

In other words, Chen Xingzhu's tongue is also very flexible.

Xu Jinhuan secretly gazed at Chen Xingzhu's near-perfect, delicate face and luscious cherry lips, and couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.

"Ding Dong"

Xu Jinhuan's phone rang in the room. After finishing his melon, he saw several girls helping to tidy up, so he didn't try to take credit and washed his hands before returning to his room. The message was from the dating advice group, sent by the same guy who had asked how to write a love letter—specifically, a love letter to Song Zhiyu—last time.

"Brother Huan, do you know Song Zhiyu?"

"She is your sister?"

"Huan-ge might not remember me. My name is Wei Jialiang, and I'm in the same class as Song Zhiyu."

This guy only just found out about this important news; he must have realized it from the photos of Song Zhiyu's trip to Huangshan.

Xu Jinhuan knew what this guy was thinking, so he didn't hold back and replied with guidance: "I know your situation. We need to analyze the specific situation. Your method is wrong."

Wei Jialiang hurriedly asked, "Brother Huan, please enlighten me. What should I do?"

Xu Jinhuan: "Do you know that some people have a strange mentality? To put it simply, for example, I like someone, but when I find out that person likes me too, I stop liking them."

Wei Jialiang: "What do you mean?"

Xu Jinhuan: "Song Zhiyu is just like that, so you shouldn't have exposed yourself."

Wei Jialiang: "Huh? What should I do then?"

Xu Jinhuan: "Song Zhiyu grew up abroad but returned to China to study. Do you know why?"

Wei Jialiang: "Because of what?"

Xu Jinhuan: "She likes traditional Chinese culture, especially the image of the traditional Confucian scholar, or more elegantly, the gentleman."

Xu Jinhuan: "If you really like her, you need to do two things: First, stop pursuing her to avoid her developing the mindset that if she knows you like her, she won't like you back."

Xu Jinhuan: "Second, study hard, but don't become a bookworm. Instead, strive to become someone with excellent grades, broad knowledge, and preferably a sense of humor and wit, and many talents. In short, become more outstanding and attract her with your brilliance, rather than trying to get her attention through pursuit."

Wei Jialiang: "If I do these two things, will she like me?"

'You only need to do the first one...'

Xu Jinhuan muttered to himself and continued typing a reply:

"You can't have this kind of mentality. Those who are favored are fearless. This lyric actually describes human nature perfectly. The more you care, the less likely you are to get it."

"If you do these two things, I can't guarantee whether you'll win Song Zhiyu's heart, but you'll definitely have a wonderful love story."

"The process of earnestly practicing these two principles is the most difficult stage for you to find love. Once you truly achieve it, you will enter the harvest stage, and you can basically win over any girl with ease."

Of course, the reason he listed the second point was mainly to make things more difficult for Wei Jialiang, so that he would find more things to do and not be idle all day writing love letters to Song Zhiyu.

Song Zhiyu is trying hard to learn how to be a well-behaved and cute little sister, and he also wants to try his best to be a good older brother.

Preventing boys with ulterior motives from harassing their younger sisters is a responsibility that a good older brother should fulfill!

"Thank you, Brother Huan, I will try my best!"

Wei Jialiang sincerely thanked Huan Ge, expressing his gratitude. He felt that Huan Ge was not only guiding him on how to pursue girls, but also taking responsibility for his future.

We must not let Huan-ge down!

After helping Song Zhiyu resolve her worries, Xu Jinhuan called Fu Qingxuan to inquire about the specific arrangements for participating in the competition.

"The teachers at the school who are in charge of the competition arrangements have been busy with the Olympiad recently and haven't had time for you yet. However, once all the Olympiad subjects are over in August, a teacher in charge of the competition will accompany you."

Fu Qingxuan explained the situation, "At most, we can arrange for two teachers to go together. I won't go myself. Let Teacher Zhuang go with you."

"Um... Ms. Fu, since you're pregnant, Ms. Zhuang doesn't need to go, right?"

The teachers from the school participating in the competition are more familiar with the process, and might even know someone there, so it's still necessary for them to go. But compared to Xie Wanqing, there's absolutely no need for Zhuang Cheng'an to go. "Let Teacher Zhuang take care of you at home. You don't need to worry about me here..."

Xu Jinhuan advised, and then simply told the "truth": "The school teachers can handle the competition procedures, and I don't have anything to take care of. If it really doesn't work out, my mom can come along. I saw in the competition rules that a maximum of two people can accompany you, and the expenses of the accompanying persons are to be borne by themselves, right?"

"It's fine if your mother wants to go."

Seeing that he said that, Fu Qingxuan did not insist anymore, and said, "Participating in the competition is the school's business. The school should cover the travel and accommodation expenses... Then you should tell your mother that you need to register."

"Okay, thank you, Professor Fu. You've worked hard, please get some rest."

Xu Jinhuan then explained the current status of the software data to Fu Qingxuan before hanging up the phone.

He planned to tell Fu Qingxuan after he registered, saying that since his mother left, his younger sisters were having trouble getting food, so his older sister would have to accompany him to the competition and take care of him instead.

"As everyone knows, Xie Zhiqiang is my brother, so his sister is also my sister... There's absolutely no problem with that!"

(End of this chapter)