Rebirth Must Be Happy

The benefits mainly included personal income tax rebates and living expenses. The only things he could use normally were the VIP lounges at train stations and airports. Xu Jinhuan wanted to take advantage of the convenience to buy a house, since it wasn't expensive. Unfortunately, he didn't have much money, and his parents disagreed, so he gave up on the idea for the time being.

He did this simply to improve his living conditions, because real estate in Suicheng has almost no investment value. It's only four or five thousand now, and even at its peak, the average price didn't break ten thousand. It's not as popular as the county towns below.

A new studio called "Hangzhou Zhiyu Game Studio" was also registered in Hangzhou, headed by Kong Wenbo. Currently, he only has his unlucky classmate working under him, and the two of them have officially taken over the development of "Subway Surfers".

Xu Jinhuan has already built the framework, including the numerical system, gameplay, and track generation algorithm. The remaining work will be done by the two of them. Xu Jinhuan certainly can't just sit back and do nothing; he still has to help out. As for character concept art, Xu Jinhuan plans to hire college students to do it part-time.

Cut out middlemen and reduce their profit margins!

Flappy Bird was registered under the name of Suicheng Zhiyu headquarters. He was responsible for the entire development of the game, so he didn't need to receive any dividends. He would only receive his share of the profits once Subway Surfers was completed and launched.

After much inquiry and careful consideration, Xu Haiguang finally quit his job and prepared to follow his son's previous suggestion to take over the remote shop next to the community and try setting up a courier station.

Firstly, the investment is not high, and secondly, Xu Haiguang can handle things by himself when he is not busy. He won't let his children in school miss meals because of the shop, which is the most important thing to them.

Even if it doesn't work out, he doesn't plan to go back to work. He will definitely find something else to do. Firstly, his son can earn money now, so he has fewer worries. Secondly, his horizons have broadened recently, and his mind is not as conservative as before.

The couple didn't have many connections in this area, but Li Gaoyuan and Xie Zhanpeng helped them a lot. Xu Haiguang and Song Xiaohui originally planned to treat both families to a meal, and since Xu Jinhuan and his family had two days off near the end of the month, they decided to have the meal at the end of the month and also invited Cong Miaoyin's family along.

Yongzhen was planning to open a small shop next to a nearby elementary school. She heard that Xie Zhanpeng was in the food processing business and was looking for a way to source his goods, which would be a way to help him make connections.

The restaurant was a self-service barbecue restaurant that Song Zhiyu found during her exam preparation break. It was a newly opened restaurant, and the price wasn't too expensive, 69 yuan per person.

Unfortunately, there were too many people. The four families had a total of 15 people (4+4+4+3), and the meal would cost over 1000 yuan. So Xu Jinhuan made a phone call to negotiate and managed to get a 10% discount, which made it a little cheaper.

After the meal, the two-day holiday was over, and it was time for school to start. On the official registration day, Song Zhiyu went to take the entrance exam. Xie Wanqing drove her there. Xu Jinhuan had originally planned to cheer her on, but after class, she saw Song Zhiyu showing off in the group chat:

"So easy!"

"It made me so nervous for so long, but it was much easier than the test papers I've done before."

“I’m so awesome!”

Clearly, the school reduced the difficulty level; otherwise, if it were a regular exam, not to mention the difficulty of the questions, just completing the questions wouldn't be possible in two hours.

The school doesn't have any so-called key classes or experimental classes. Song Zhiyu was assigned to Class 3, and coincidentally, Li Yunxue was in the neighboring Class 2. Neither of them are ordinary people.

Have you finished writing your speech?

The school held an awards ceremony on the 3rd. Zhuang Cheng'an had informed Xu Jinhuan two days before the holiday. He had clearly learned from his wife's mistake with Xu Jinhuan's speech last time, and this time he insisted that Xu Jinhuan write out the speech.

Xu Jinhuan delayed once, but seeing that his teacher was serious, he had no choice but to write a draft casually. Zhuang Cheng'an then carefully revised it for him before it was considered approved.

"set off!"

The school uniforms for the first-year high school students hadn't been ordered yet, so Song Zhiyu didn't have to wear one. On the morning of the 3rd, she specially wore a pretty pink puff-sleeved dress and excitedly followed Xu Jinhuan out the door, saying, "From today onwards, I'll be hitching a ride with you two every morning..."

This was the second day of the official start of school, and it was her first time attending morning self-study.

"Sister Xingzhu, are you still wearing school uniforms?"

Just as she stepped outside, Song Zhiyu saw Chen Xingzhu coming downstairs in her school uniform. She smiled happily and said, "Aren't you envious? You can wear whatever you want..."

Chen Xingzhu didn't answer, but smiled and said, "You look beautiful in this dress."

"I feel so too."

Song Zhiyu was indeed delighted and said happily, "I bought three of the same style: pink, white, and purple... Sister Xingzhu, would you like the white one? I feel it suits your temperament very well."

Chen Xingzhu smiled and shook her head, saying, "No need, you can wear it."

Why don't you give it a try?

Song Zhiyu took her arm as they went downstairs, pleading sweetly, "If we wear the same dress, we can tell who's prettier. Later, I'll give the purple one to Sister Wanqing, and we can compare our looks..."

Chen Xingzhu chuckled and said, "You're the prettiest."

“But I asked my aunt, and she said that if we only look at your face, you are the prettiest.”

Song Zhiyu said angrily, "Let's wait until we wear the same clothes, and the clothes that best match our personalities, then let her take a closer look..."

Chen Xingzhu laughed and said, "But you're the cutest."

Song Zhiyu asked, "What if Sister Wanqing is here too?"

"My sister is the most gentle, the most dignified, and the most virtuous."

The two chatted idly as they went downstairs, seemingly forgetting that there was a driver behind them.

"As expected, three monks have no water to drink..."

Xu Jinhuan muttered a complaint to herself, but when she went downstairs she found that the two of them had gone to sit in the back row. Too lazy to complain, she drove them to school and they went to their respective classrooms.

"Let's go to the playground."

Halfway through the morning self-study session, Zhuang Cheng'an lingered in the corridor for a while, and only after seeing that the other senior classes had started moving did he call the students downstairs, fearing that if his students left even a minute early, they would lose a minute of study time.

"Sister Zhiyu!"

Li Yunxue wasn't very tall and was assigned a seat near the front of her class. She specially asked someone to switch seats so she could find Song Zhiyu in a more back seat and whispered, "Have you seen my sister and Brother Jinhuan?"

"No." Song Zhiyu pouted habitually. "Their senior year students are right at the entrance of the playground. They arrived late, so they'll probably leave early too..."

"Ok."

Li Yunxue tiptoed to look, but couldn't see it, so she gave up.

"Li Yunxue, you have an older sister?"

The girl in front of her turned around curiously and asked, "Are you at our school too? What grade are you in?"

Li Yunxue said, "She's in Class 9 of the senior year."

A boy from the same class next to me asked, "What class are Xu Jinhuan and Chen Xingzhu in?"

"You know those two?"

Li Yunxue was a little surprised, not expecting Xu Jinhuan and her sister to be so famous at school.

"Of course I know."

The girl in front of her said, "Xu Jinhuan has even been on CCTV, that's amazing. Chen Xingzhu is even more so. Many people say she's the school beauty, and she's even dating Xu Jinhuan. The school knows but doesn't care..."

Li Yunxue blinked, suddenly not wanting to speak anymore.

Another girl said, "I also heard that Xu Jinhuan and Chen Xingzhu drive to school every day, to that Mercedes next to the bike shed. I heard it's very expensive, a million or two."

Li Yunxue was young after all. Hearing her classmates talking, it seemed that they all envied and admired Xu Jinhuan and Chen Xingzhu. Finally, she couldn't help but say, "My sister is Chen Xingzhu."

"what?"

"real or fake?"

Students from all around, both classmates and students from different classes, were somewhat startled and all turned to look in their direction.

"Of course it's true."

Li Yunxue enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention, a privilege she had never experienced at her previous school. She raised her chin slightly and said, "There's no point in lying about this kind of thing; it'll be exposed very easily."

The girl in front of me asked curiously, "Then why is your surname Li and hers surname Chen?"

Li Yunxue didn't want people to know about her family situation, and argued, "Can't I take my mother's surname?"

"Oh, no wonder."

Everyone suddenly realized, and the girl in front asked curiously, "Do you know Xu Jinhuan?"

"We know each other."

Li Yunxue said, "I was just talking to Sister Zhiyu, wasn't I looking for Brother Jinhuan?"

……

“Song Zhiyu,”

A boy next to Song Zhiyu overheard Li Yunxue talking to someone, glanced at Song Zhiyu discreetly, and finally mustered up the courage to strike up a conversation with her.

Seeing Song Zhiyu looking over, the boy asked with a curious expression, "Do you know Xu Jinhuan?"

"We know each other."

Song Zhiyu nodded, her bright eyes scanning the other person before asking, "Is there something you need?"

"No, I was just curious and wanted to ask."

The boy chuckled dryly, then couldn't help asking, "What's your relationship with Xu Jinhuan? Could you introduce me to him...?"

Song Zhiyu looked him over again: "What do you want with him?"

"I heard that Xu Jinhuan is very good at pursuing girls and is willing to teach others. He has already helped many people win over the girls they like."

The boy said somewhat awkwardly, "I'd like to ask him for advice... is that alright?"

"Okay, no problem."

Song Zhiyu readily agreed, with a very relaxed and confident demeanor, "I'll introduce you when I have time."

Another boy said, "Can I join?"

"no problem."

Song Zhiyu continued to vouch for him, almost to the point of patting her chest in assurance.

"What's your relationship with Xu Jinhuan?"

Seeing this, a girl in front of them couldn't help but ask, "Are you very familiar with him?"

Song Zhiyu smiled sweetly: "He's my betrothed since childhood, do you think we're familiar?" (End of Chapter)