Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 283 [281] Is my sister asleep? (Thanks to '花非花月夜' for the generous donation of 810 coins)

"What's wrong with her?"

"I don't know yet, but the vomiting and diarrhea seem quite serious."

Xie Wanqing was a little anxious. "The other teachers took her to the hospital. Should I go and see her?"

"Okay, go and take a look."

Xu Jinhuan definitely couldn't leave, so he instructed her, "Take a taxi there, and call me anytime if anything happens."

"Ah."

Xie Wanqing agreed and left in a hurry.

Because of the advertising fee issue, Xu Jinhuan's booth finally attracted the attention of many students, and soon a teacher also strolled over, asking with the same incredulous expression, "This game makes so much money?"

"It's a matter of luck, but also unpredictable."

Xu Jinhuan didn't want to be labeled a "black sheep," so he quickly stated, "If we want to consistently develop high-quality works and provide users with a good experience, we still need to study diligently. That's the most important thing."

The teacher, whose purpose was unclear, was rendered speechless by the teacher's grandstanding. He played two games on his tablet, quickly died, and probably couldn't understand why such games could make money, so he left.

Subsequently, other teachers arrived one after another, and Xu Jinhuan, as usual, stated that he would resolutely not have any problems with his stance or attitude.

As evening approached and they were closing up shop, Xie Wanqing rushed back from the hospital and said to Xu Jinhuan, "Teacher Tang has acute gastroenteritis, it's quite serious, and she's already a bit dehydrated. The doctor said she needs to be hospitalized for a few days."

Xu Jinhuan asked, "This should be considered a work-related injury, right? Will the school reimburse the medical expenses?"

"You actually care about this?"

Xie Wanqing was both annoyed and amused. "Now that Teacher Tang is in the hospital, what are we going to do?"

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "Just follow the competition rules. Didn't Teacher Tang tell you?"

“She told me everything she knew.”

Xie Wanqing was a little embarrassed, "But I'm not a teacher..."

Xu Jinhuan pointed to her name tag and laughed, "You are now one of the two accompanying teachers for the Suicheng No. 1 Middle School team. Stand up straight... uh, I mean, you can be more confident."

Normally, "standing tall" expresses a confident and high-spirited attitude, but if Xie Wanqing really stood tall, Xu Jinhuan worried that he himself would be the one standing tall.

Xie Wanqing hadn't thought much of it at first, but his sudden change of topic made her a little embarrassed. However, she was getting used to it. She glared at him and said, "Is everything alright today? Tomorrow is the day it opens to the public, and there are also the judges and all that... What should we say then?"

"It's just normal showing off."

Xu Jinhuan said confidently, "Don't worry, I'm good at this."

The stall didn't need to be packed up. When the time came, the two of them returned with the main group and took the opportunity to use their phones to report the situation in the group chat.

"dong dong dong"

Just as Xu Jinhuan arrived at the hotel restaurant, Song Zhiyu called via video. Xu Jinhuan answered and saw her sitting on the living room sofa. She seemed to subconsciously pout and then asked, "Brother, what are you doing?"

"We were just about to eat."

Xu Jinhuan showed her the surroundings and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

"No..."

Song Zhiyu sighed, "You and Sister Wanqing are not at home, and Sister Xingzhu is in class every day. It's so boring."

"Hasn't she come back yet?"

"They should be on their way by now, how come you didn't know?"

"I'm not Zhuge Liang."

Xu Jinhuan knew, of course, that she had just sent a message to Chen Xingzhu, but there was no need to mention it to avoid her causing trouble again. "What did you have for dinner?"

After chatting with her for a while, Xu Jinhuan found a dining table and sat down. Xie Wanqing went to bring the food over, and Song Zhiyu saw it and scolded, "Why are you sitting there like a lord, making Sister Wanqing serve you?"

"How about you come?"

Xu Jinhuan no longer stood on ceremony with Xie Wanqing; she had served her before. Picking up her chopsticks to eat, she asked, "What did Mom make today?"

"Look at it."

Song Xiaohui had finished cooking and was waiting for Chen Xingzhu. She took the phone and showed it to her son.

"Wow, this looks much better than the food in the cafeteria."

Xu Jinhuan was flattering Song Zhiyu when he heard the door open. Song Zhiyu called out, "Sister Xingzhu, come and see!"

Chen Xingzhu soon appeared on the screen as well, her near-perfectly beautiful face showing a slight smile as she softly asked, "Have you eaten?"

"I'm eating now."

Xu Jinhuan chatted with them for a while, and Chen Xingzhu washed her hands and sat down to eat with them. Suddenly, she asked, "I just saw a news report from Xinhua News Agency saying '14-year-old boy brings photovoltaic project to Ningxia.' Has anyone participated in a competition at the age of 14?"

"How could she be 14 years old?"

After inquiring, Xu Jinhuan learned that it was Zhang Yuanzhe's photovoltaic project, and couldn't help but chuckle, "There's a 14-year-old in their team, the real inventor is just like me, he'll be a senior in high school when school starts."

Xie Wanqing heard this too and exclaimed in surprise, "Can Xinhua News Agency make mistakes in its reporting?"

"Things are done by people, so mistakes are bound to happen."

Xu Jinhuan laughed, "The world is just a giant makeshift organization. Even emperors, who don't work with golden hoes, still make mistakes..."

Today is Friday, but the school no longer has a two-day weekend, so Chen Xingzhu has to go back to school for evening self-study. After dinner, she left. Xu Jinhuan and Xie Wanqing finished dinner and went back to their rooms. He had just taken a shower and returned to his lower bunk when he heard Song Zhiyu send a message in the group chat saying that she had seen the report on Ning Province TV.

She took a picture, and on the television screen, the high-ranking official was standing in front of the low-temperature experimental chamber for permafrost testing, giving a speech.

"This is right next to you, isn't it?"

Song Zhiyu asked, "I saw this cabin in the photos that Sister Wanqing posted today, why didn't you guys get in the photos too?"

Xie Wanqing: "Yes, we're right to its right."

Chen Xingruo also chimed in, saying, "I want to go out too; I haven't been out in ages."

Xu Jinhuan: "You've only been home for a few days, how long is 'a long time'?"

Chen Xingruo: "Did you see any of our school's students participating over there?"

Xu Jinhuan: "People from your school participate in this kind of competition?"

Chen Xingruo: "That's really true."

Everyone at their school is focused on going abroad, with their eyes basically fixed on foreign certificates; very few people are actually interested in domestic competitions.

Of course, this doesn't mean looking down on them, but it's very likely that they'll be exposed, like Chen Xingruo herself, who didn't even take the high school entrance exam.

After chatting for a while, students from other rooms came to visit. This time, there were obviously more people taking the initiative to talk to Xu Jinhuan. Xu naturally knew how to lower his posture and chatted enthusiastically with everyone like a social butterfly.

"Hoo—humph!"

"Whoosh—ah!"

“Hoo-ha!”

Everyone went to bed early, knowing they would be busy tomorrow. Xu Jinhuan sent goodnight messages to everyone on her phone before finally lying down to sleep.

Just as he fell asleep, he was woken up by a tractor-like roar. Xu Jinhuan was a little confused at first, but after listening carefully, he realized that it was Wu Yifan from the upper bunk snoring.

He was speechless for a moment. He calmed himself down and prepared to go back to sleep, but found that his meditation skills were obviously not up to par and he couldn't ignore the snoring from the person on the upper bunk.

After trying in vain for a while, Xu Jinhuan simply sat up, checked the time, and realized it was only a little past 10:30. He couldn't help but sigh.

"You weren't asleep either?"

Across from him, Hu Xiaoyang asked in a low voice, "I can't sleep either. This guy's snoring is so loud!"

"I wasn't asleep either."

Zhang Yuanzhe, who was in the bunk above Hu Xiaoyang, sighed, sounding utterly hopeless. "I'm wearing noise-canceling headphones and playing music, but I still can't block out his snoring..."

"I've never seen anyone snore like that before."

Xu Jinhuan also sighed, suddenly remembering that Song Xiaofeng snored like that the night Song Zhiyu returned to China, but it seemed to be a little quieter than Wu Yifan's.

However, it was that very night that he couldn't sleep because of her snoring, and that's when he accidentally discovered that Song Zhiyu was secretly crying, unlike how optimistic and strong she seemed during the day.

'Perhaps the misunderstanding started that night...'

Xu Jinhuan thought of the lipstick on Bright Summit again, and became even more agitated.

After struggling with his feelings for a while, and with Xie Zhanpeng's "guidance," he has gradually made up his mind about Chen Xingzhu and Xie Wanqing, but he is still at a loss about how to deal with Song Zhiyu.

This was too strange for him.

He wasn't sure if his current situation was a result of his rebirth, and he was more inclined to believe it. However, when he thought of Song Zhiyu's anger and heartache when he fell into depravity in the mortal world after Chen Xingzhu's death in the original history, he wasn't entirely confident.

But no matter what, whether it was in the past life or this life, whether it was the relationship that broke down after they grew up in the original history or the more harmonious and natural relationship between the two in this life, he cared about it very much and cherished it. At the same time, he also liked and loved this younger sister very much.

In this situation, the only decision he could make was:

No matter what happens in the future, at least we can't distance ourselves from Zhizhi because of this, and we still have to treat her well.

If anything goes wrong with Xie Wanqing or Chen Xingzhu in the future, we'll have to rely on Zhizhi to save the day...

Well, not the kind of person who comes to the rescue. She's definitely not a backup option, but rather someone who can help mediate and reconcile the situation.

“Hoo-ha!”

"Whoosh—hah—hoo!!"

Xu Jinhuan was lost in thought and was feeling drowsy when he suddenly felt the bed shake. Wu Yifan on the upper bunk seemed to have shuddered in his sleep, and his snoring suddenly became louder, like a roar from the ground, instantly shattering all his sleepiness.

"I can't take it anymore..."

Xu Jinhuan sighed and got out of bed.

"I wonder if it's still possible to pay for your own accommodation now?"

Zhang Yuanzhe also sighed, "I really can't sleep..."

Hu Xiaoyang said quietly, "I was almost asleep, but you two woke me up."

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything."

Zhang Yuanzhe was a bit arrogant, but he was still quite reasonable, so he stopped talking.

Xu Jinhuan originally wanted to go to the bathroom for a while, but upon hearing Zhang Yuanzhe's words, a sudden idea flashed into his mind:
Hey!
You have nowhere to sleep, but I have somewhere to sleep!
“There’s a teacher at my school who has her own room, so I’ll go stay at her place for one night.”

He greeted Zhang Yuanzhe and the others, then tiptoed out of the room and took out his phone to send a message to Xie Wanqing:
"Is my sister asleep?"

(End of this chapter)