Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 230 [229] You Want to Be My Brother-in-Law

"bang bang"

Registration was handled by the school teachers. Fu Qingxuan sent a phone call, and Xu Jinhuan called the participating teacher directly to explain the situation. After learning that the teacher had WeChat, Xu added the teacher as a friend and sent the information to her.

Just as he finished, there was a soft knock on the door. Xu Jinhuan looked up and saw Chen Xingzhu standing gracefully at the door, her eyes clear as water, quietly gazing at him.

Xu Jinhuan gestured for her to come in with her eyes and chuckled, "What's wrong?"

He was quite busy today and didn't interact much with Chen Xingzhu. He thought she was a little resentful, but then he heard her say, "I'm going to the capital with Xingruo tomorrow."

Xu Jinhuan was somewhat surprised, but immediately realized: "Go see your dad?"

"Ah."

Chen Xingzhu nodded and said softly, "Xingruo wants me to call my dad, but I haven't... After thinking about it, I think it would be better to go."

"Yes, we should go."

Xu Jinhuan nodded, then sighed and asked with a smile, "When are you coming back?"

"It's not confirmed yet."

Chen Xingzhu shook her head, seemingly reluctant, "I might have to stay for a few days."

"That's how it should be."

Xu Jinhuan smiled and said, "It's alright, I'll be back soon. After all, there aren't many days left before school starts..."

"Ah."

Chen Xingzhu nodded again and smiled, "Then you go ahead and get busy."

"It's okay, I'm not busy."

Xu Jinhuan followed her out of the room. Xie Wanqing was helping to cook in the kitchen. Chen Xingruo and Song Zhiyu had somehow found a chess set and were playing a novice game of chess.

Xu Jinhuan made a few skillful moves, but Song Zhiyu had only just understood the rules, and he still lost after being silenced.

"You're so worried, oh dear!"

Song Zhiyu stood up to give up her seat and said in her newly learned Chinglish, "If you lose, don't blame me for teaching you a lesson!"

"Ah pfft, ah pfft!"

Xu Jinhuan showed no fear and utterly defeated Chen Xingruo in the first round. Unfortunately, Chen Xingruo lacked sportsmanship and enlisted her sister's help in the second round. The two sisters joined forces, and Xu Jinhuan narrowly lost two rounds.

"It's time to eat!"

Xie Wanqing called from the kitchen, and Xu Jinhuan, seeing that the situation in the third round was not good, decisively ran to the kitchen to help.

"Uncle, Auntie,"

During the meal, Chen Xingzhu told Xu Haiguang and Song Xiaohui about her trip to Beijing, saying, "I'll be there for a few days and then I'll be back."

She was very grateful to Xu Haiguang and Song Xiaohui, and felt the warmth of a family that was close to what she had imagined. She truly treated them as kind elders.

Xu Haiguang and Song Xiaohui gave each other some instructions, and then Song Xiaohui asked Chen Xingruo, "Will you come back with your sister in a few days?"

"Not coming back."

Chen Xingruo shook her head. "I have to go to tutoring. Otherwise, after the college entrance exam next year, my sisters will all go to good schools, and I will be the only one who won't get into any schools. How embarrassing would that be! I have to study hard."

No system in the world is perfect, but the national college entrance examination in China does guarantee fairness to a great extent, which is one of the reasons why most second-generation rich kids go abroad to study.

In some people's minds, fairness is "unfair" to them.

Chen Xingruo was originally going to take this path as well. Historically, this might have greatly reduced the probability of the two sisters meeting. Now, because of the changes brought about by Xu Jinhuan, Chen Xingruo has decided to study at a university in China, so she has to find another way.

Xu Jinhuan asked, "How do you plan to get into university?"

There will always be loopholes; it's impossible to completely block them. He didn't believe Chen Xingruo would honestly take the college entrance exam and go to university.

"you guess."

Chen Xingruo deliberately kept everyone in suspense, saying, "You guessed right, I'll pay for someone to bring the car over for you to drive."

"I'd rather believe in ghosts than believe your words."

Xu Jinhuan pursed her lips, but still asked, "An art student?"

Chen Xingruo scoffed, "There are plenty of art students out there."

"Xingruo wants to develop her career in music."

Chen Xingzhu explained on behalf of her sister, "She used to study vocal music and piano. Her teacher said she has great natural talent and could give it a try."

"I really didn't expect that."

Xu Jinhuan chuckled and said, "Why not choose something that makes it easier to gain control of the discourse, like painting? After all, there are objective standards for whether you sing or play the piano well or not. If you study Impressionism or Modernism, you can scribble whatever you want and the teacher will still say you're good at it... Wouldn't it be easier to get into university?"

"I've always been good at playing the piano and singing."

Chen Xingruo rolled her eyes. "I'm going to get into university based on my own abilities, not through connections... Your thinking is so twisted, it's not positive at all."

Although Xu Jinhuan had never heard her sing, given Chen Xingzhu's example, she didn't doubt it and stopped contradicting her. She smiled and said, "Then you should work hard so that when we meet in Beijing next year, you won't be the worst student in the school." "I'll definitely do better than you on the exam."

When Song Zhiyu heard them say they would meet in the capital next year, she pouted and said, "When you all leave next year, I'll be all alone... How boring!"

Song Xiaohui comforted her, "There's still a holiday to go, two years will pass quickly."

Song Zhiyu tilted her head and thought for a moment before asking, "Can I take the college entrance exam early?"

"It's a bit difficult to take the college entrance exam early, but you can skip a grade."

Xu Jinhuan laughed, "As long as your grades are good enough, you can skip directly to the second year of high school, take the high school graduation exam, and then take the college entrance exam a year earlier..."

"forget it."

Song Zhiyu sighed dejectedly. She knew that she had not inherited her parents' academic genes. Although she was quite smart, her overall learning ability was not top-notch. It would be good enough if she could keep up with the pace of No. 1 High School.

Skipping grades and taking the college entrance exam early is something you can only dream about; actually doing it will only lead to trouble and be a waste of time.

There are still three winter and summer vacations left…

She secretly calculated that by the time she finished her college entrance exam, Xu Jinhuan and Chen Xingzhu would have already finished their second year of university.

It shouldn't be anything... right?
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In the evening, Chen Xingzhu and Chen Xingruo went back to Kong Lingyu's place and did not have dinner at Xu Jinhuan's house. Afterwards, Kong Lingyu escorted the two sisters back and then went to Xu Jinhuan's house for a while.

Li Yunxue also came, but with Chen Xingruo around, she was not as lively as last time, giving people the feeling of being suppressed by an invisible aura.

After sitting for a while, Kong Lingyu and Li Yunxue said goodbye and left. Chen Xingzhu and Chen Xingruo also went upstairs to pack their things. The next morning after breakfast, Kong Lingyu drove over and took the two sisters to the station.

"Bye~"

Xu Jinhuan originally wanted to get closer to Xiao Nizi, but unfortunately there were always other people around, so he never had a chance. After seeing her downstairs, he watched the two sisters get into the car together with a sense of melancholy.

"Bye-Bye."

Chen Xingzhu smiled faintly, waved to him, and then got into the car with her sister.

"You'll miss it, won't you?"

Back upstairs, Song Zhiyu smiled and said, but it wasn't her usual sarcastic or mocking tone. Instead, it sounded more like she was concerned. She then said considerately, "It's okay. Sister Xingzhu and Sister Xingruo have left, but Sister Wanqing and I are still here!"

'This dialogue is terrible...'

Xu Jinhuan inwardly cursed her for her bluntness, and replied casually, "Yes, that's right, it's so good to have you, it's even better to have all of you..."

Xie Wanqing blushed slightly and stood up, saying, "I'm going back to study."

She was still preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam, and Xu Jinhuan didn't stop her. She went back to her room to do her work.

"Ding Dong"

Around noon, my phone rang. Xie Zhiqiang, after a two-day delay, finally came to my door: "Are you free at noon?"

Xu Jinhuan: "Time and place."

Xie Zhiqiang: "I'll treat you to dinner at the restaurant next to Xiyuan Internet Cafe."

Xu Jinhuan rode his bicycle to the location and saw Xie Zhiqiang waiting at the door from afar, still smoking. When he saw Xu Jinhuan coming, Xie Zhiqiang threw the remaining half of his cigarette on the ground and stomped it out.

"Wow, that's impressive, they've even learned to smoke."

Xu Jinhuan parked his bicycle next to him. "Are you planning to go for the melancholic look, or the roguish cool look?"

Xie Zhiqiang didn't reply. He squatted down by the roadside and waited for Xu Jinhuan to squat down as well before saying somewhat dejectedly, "Am I really that useless?"

"It's a good thing that boys feel powerless at this age."

Xu Jinhuan laughed, "But the fact that your sense of powerlessness is because of your sister is unusual. I originally thought it would be because of that 'Tao Tao'."

"She doesn't seem to be paying much attention to me lately."

Xie Zhiqiang grew increasingly melancholy, "I don't even know what the meaning of my life is anymore..."

"Never underestimate a young man's potential, have you heard that?"

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "If you haven't heard of it, I recommend a novel to you called 'Battle Through the Heavens.' That way, you'll find the meaning of life: just keep urging those idiot authors to update."

This sentence was not original to the novel, but it did have a significant impact on a large number of people within the novel.

"I've seen it!"

Xie Zhiqiang finally couldn't maintain his melancholy state. He scratched his hair in frustration, then turned his head. His face, which had become much thinner, showed a rare serious and earnest expression as he stared at Xu Jinhuan: "You asked me before if I wanted to go mountain climbing. Was it Huangshan?"

Xu Jinhuan nodded: "Yes."

Xie Zhiqiang continued to ask, "Did you go with my sister?"

"Yup!"

Xu Jinhuan continued nodding, "And my parents, and Chen Xing... Holy crap!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xie Zhiqiang reached out and grabbed his neck, demanding, "Are you trying to make a move on my sister? Do you want to be my brother-in-law?"

(End of this chapter)