Rebirth Must Be Happy

"Bye-Bye!"

After breakfast on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Jinhuan set off with his parents and Song Zhiyu to visit relatives.

First, we went to my grandparents' house. It had been a while since we last visited. Xu Haiguang didn't want to go at first, but Song Xiaohui persuaded him to agree.

The courier service can automatically pick up packages and is monitored, so you can just sort through the newly arrived packages when you get back; there's no need for someone to be there all the time.

Xie Wanqing and Chen Xingzhu volunteered to help keep an eye on things, but Song Xiaohui and Xu Haiguang rejected their offer.

My parents didn't say much about it, only saying "that place is a bit remote" when they refused.

Song Zhiyu found it strange, but Xu Jinhuan understood what her parents meant:
The shop is a bit out of the way, and the two girls are too pretty, so there might be some unforeseen circumstances.

To be fair, the store's location isn't great, but it's not exactly cheap either. It's just around the corner from the row of shops at the entrance of the residential area. If there's any commotion, you can definitely shout and someone will hear you.

But people's hearts are unpredictable. The environment in which my parents grew up was much worse than it is now. According to my mother's casual conversation, there were more than a few times when local hooligans climbed over walls and assaulted girls in broad daylight. It is only natural that they would be wary of such things.

Xu Jinhuan understood, and then gave the two of them some instructions, telling them to go home.

Xie Wanqing was supposed to go home today, and Chen Xingzhu also planned to go back. Kong Lingyu was supposed to pick them up, but Chen Xingzhu refused and hitched a ride with Xie Wanqing instead.

"If you have any good food, remember to bring me some!"

Upon arriving downstairs, Song Zhiyu waved to Xie Wanqing and Chen Xingzhu before getting into the back seat.

This was the first time the family had visited the grandparents' house since buying the car. Although the S500 was more prestigious, it wasn't their own car, so they drove the Haval back instead.

Driving your own car and talking about it feels completely different.

"Mom, please sit in the front."

Xu Jinhuan didn't move forward, but ran to the back seat with Song Zhiyu. "My dad drives pretty steadily now, he doesn't need me to give him any more pointers..."

"Bunny!"

Xu Haiguang had just sat down when he heard this and didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Do I need your guidance?"

"Oh, Uncle, that's called 'the best comes first,' my brother is indeed a better driver."

Song Zhiyu offered a cheerful suggestion, but then quickly changed the subject, "But my brother can teach you how to drive, and you can spank him too! I can hold his hands down for you!"

"Stop stirring up trouble here."

Xu Jinhuan closed the car door, rolled down the window, and shouted to the A4 next to him, "We're leaving!"

"Bye~"

Xie Wanqing had already started the car, rolled down the window and waved, then drove off with Chen Xingzhu.

"I think this is the first time I've ever been to my grandparents' house here."

Song Zhiyu was indeed visiting for the first time and found it quite novel. "Do I have to call them grandpa and grandma when I get there?"

Song Xiaohui laughed and said, "That's right, just shout it like your brother."

"Uh-huh."

Song Zhiyu nodded obediently, then turned to look at Xu Jinhuan and suddenly called out, "Brother~"

Xu Jinhuan turned her head and saw her leaning closer, closing her eyes and saying, "Let me sleep for a while, wake me up when we get out of the city."

"..."

Xu Jinhuan suspected that she said that on purpose. Judging from her reaction during the last "filming", the little girl was not as "naive" as she seemed.

Speaking of which, back in 2012, students in Mi Lai Jian were probably more open-minded than those in China, right?
Or to put it another way, in 2012, China's level of openness had not yet surpassed that of other countries, right?

She wanted to learn some theoretical knowledge, which was much easier for her than for Xie Wanqing and Chen Xingzhu.

Song Xiaohui glanced back and saw Song Zhiyu sleeping on Xu Jinhuan's shoulder. She didn't say anything and continued to watch the road.

"Oh my, Haiguang bought a car?"

"How much is this?"

"Big trucks like this are better; everyone in your family is tall!"

After entering the village, Xu Haiguang kept opening the window to greet people. He didn't smoke, so he skipped the cigarette-offering ceremony and just exchanged pleasantries.

In short, I'm just announcing that I bought a car.

"arrive?"

Song Zhiyu was only pretending to sleep at first, and didn't even know when she fell asleep. She opened her eyes groggily and found herself lying on Xu Jinhuan's lap.

That was fine, but when she casually touched his pants, she found them to be damp and sticky. At first, she was puzzled and even rubbed them with her fingers. Then, as if she had realized something, she suddenly woke up. Still lying on his lap, she turned her head to stare at him, her face flushed, her almond-shaped eyes wide open, with an expression of embarrassment, annoyance, and curiosity.

"Your saliva!"

Xu Jinhuan could tell from her expression that she had misunderstood, and was a little speechless. "Get up quickly, you're drooling all over me..."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Song Zhiyu quickly sat up, her face still flushed. "Don't slander me! It must have been your own drool!"

Xu Jinhuan pulled out a tissue to wipe his pants and said irritably, "Why would I drool when you're sleeping?"

Song Zhiyu said, "I look so cute when I'm sleeping, so I'm secretly drooling."

"She sleeps like a crab, it's so cute!"

Xu Jinhuan pouted, "If it could be steamed directly, I might actually drool."

"You don't eat crabs."

Song Xiaohui had been hesitant to correct Song Zhiyu, who was making a lot of connections in his speech, but when her son changed the subject, she remained silent, though she couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

'What are we going to do?'

She was so worried about the three girls hanging around the house every day that she had no idea what to do.

"You bought a car?"

"I'm home?"

"This is……"

The family of four got out of the car in front of the grandparents' house. A neighbor passed by on the roadside, and Xu Haiguang got out to greet him. Then Xu Jinhuan and Song Zhiyu also got out of the car.

It was Song Zhiyu's first time visiting, and none of the neighbors had ever seen her before. They were all very surprised to see her and Xu Jinhuan getting out of the back seat together.

"Huanhuan is in love?" An auntie glanced at Xu Jinhuan, then looked at Song Zhiyu and exclaimed, "She's so pretty!"

"where?"

Song Xiaohui was both amused and exasperated, and quickly explained, "This is my niece from my maternal family, Huanhuan's younger sister!"

"Oh oh oh!"

The aunt chuckled, "I thought Huanhuan had started dating someone. I was wondering why she brought him home so soon..."

Hello, Auntie!

Song Zhiyu's cheeks flushed slightly, but she didn't appear too shy. She greeted everyone sweetly, "Hello, Uncle! Hello, Grandpa! Hello, Auntie!"

"Hey, hey!"

After exchanging pleasantries at the door, the two helped carry the things into the grandparents' house.

Grandpa and Grandma are very welcoming these days. The other elderly folks arrived soon after, and when they saw the car, they asked in surprise, "When did you buy this car? How much did it cost?"

"Just over 100,000."

Although Xu Haiguang was concerned about his image, he wasn't obsessed with it. To put it more simply, he explained, "Huanhuan made some money from a game a while ago, and he basically paid for the car."

Xu Jinhuan's money-making activities were not originally mentioned here, but now that Xu Jinhuan has been on CCTV and reported by the province and city, although the information in his hometown is not so readily available, they will find out sooner or later, and it would be inappropriate to keep it a secret any longer.

"what game?"

The whole family was very surprised. They never expected that Xu Jinhuan, who was still in high school, had earned the money, and they never expected that making games could make money.

"Oh, I remembered!"

My cousin, Xu Caiwei, is a year older than Xu Jinhuan, but her college entrance exam results weren't very good last year. She's repeating her senior year in the county town and is home today. Hearing this, she exclaimed in surprise, "I heard that a high school student at your school made a game that earns hundreds of thousands of yuan in advertising fees a month and even appeared on CCTV... Could it be you?"

Because of her father's influence, Xu Jinhuan didn't visit her grandparents' house often and didn't have much contact with her cousin, but she didn't have a bad impression of her uncle's family, including her cousin. She smiled and nodded, saying, "Sister, you've heard of her?"

"Really you?"

Xu Caiwei was extremely shocked. She had always studied very hard, but unfortunately, her aptitude wasn't particularly good, so she studied even harder during her repeat year of high school, almost oblivious to everything else. Although she had heard about this from her classmates, she didn't know who the protagonist in the news was. At this moment, she was even more shocked than a group of elders. "You were on CCTV? And you were admitted to Peking University without taking the entrance exam?"

"It's not a guaranteed admission, it's a reduced admission score."

Xu Jinhuan clarified with a smile, "You have to pass the first-tier university entrance exam cutoff score to qualify."

"Haven't you been getting good grades lately?"

Xu Caiwei wasn't familiar with this cousin, and her impression of him was still that of a dull and honest person—similar to herself. She didn't realize that Xu Jinhuan was subtly showing off, and asked with concern, "Passing the first-tier university entrance exam shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"It should be about the same."

This cousin wasn't particularly pretty, but she was a bit chubby and loved to eat. She was gentle and kind, somewhat like Xie Wanqing. Xu Jinhuan couldn't pretend anymore, so he had to answer honestly, "I'll try my best and hope nothing goes wrong."

"Yep."

Xu Caiwei nodded in agreement, "You must seize such a good opportunity."

Song Zhiyu couldn't stand it anymore, rolled her eyes at Xu Jinhuan, and then chatted with Xu Caiwei: "Sister Caiwei, how are your grades?"

"not too good."

Xu Caiwei was a little reserved in front of this pure and beautiful "younger sister" who had returned from abroad. She smiled shyly and said, "I'm not very smart and I don't have a good mentality. I didn't even get into a top-tier university this year. I don't know if I can do better next year."

"They were on CCTV?"

"And he was even admitted to Peking University?"

Grandparents and other relatives were stunned. They never expected that so many things would happen in just two or three months.

"He went to participate in a competition."

Because of his childhood experiences, Xu Haiguang had always had a bad impression of his parents, but he also harbored a deep-seated resentment. Seeing his parents' reaction now, he felt a sense of triumph and, unusually, took the initiative to answer the question, "Peking University saw that he could create games on his own, so the computer science department admitted him. CCTV was interviewing him about the competition, and he won first prize..."

……

After chatting for a while, the family of four got up to leave. The grandparents still tried to persuade them to stay for dinner, but they didn't try as many times as before. It wasn't that they were distant, but rather that they were more like they were showing respect and awe. In other words, they didn't dare to persuade them any further after Xu Haiguang said he wouldn't stay for dinner.

On the way to his maternal grandparents' house, Xu Haiguang was much quieter than usual, barely speaking. Song Xiaohui knew what he was thinking, so she didn't talk to him much either, only occasionally reminding him of oncoming traffic.

Xu Jinhuan wasn't very good at handling these things, so with Song Zhiyu around, he didn't worry about them. As a result, it was mostly Song Zhiyu who would call Xu Haiguang "Uncle" during their conversations.

At first, Song Xiaohui didn't say anything, but after it happened several times, she smiled and said, "Your uncle is just feeling sentimental, don't mind him."

"What do I have to feel about?"

After Song Xiaohui said that, Xu Haiguang felt a little embarrassed, thinking that he was being too pretentious, so he joined in the conversation, saying, "You only get along well with your sister Caiwei? I've seen the two of you talking the whole time."

"Uh-huh."

Song Zhiyu nodded while cracking sunflower seeds, "Sister Caiwei is a nice person, but she doesn't seem to be very familiar with my brother?"

"We didn't spend much time together growing up, and Caiwei has a rather down-to-earth personality..."

Song Xiaohui explained with a smile, then thought for a moment and added with another smile, "Your brother has changed quite a bit in the past year..."

"It seems that Xie Zhiqiang and the others said the same thing."

Song Zhiyu looked at Xu Jinhuan, "Did you change after you met Sister Xingzhu?"

Xu Jinhuan casually said, "To be precise, it started to change after you returned to China."

"I don't believe it."

Song Zhiyu rolled her eyes at him, but couldn't help asking, "Uncle, Aunt, is that so?"

Xu Haiguang laughed and said, "How can I remember clearly? There's no specific time. It's about right."

Song Xiaohui laughed and said, "That's right, it was around May Day that his grades improved and he became more sensible..."

Song Zhiyu was clearly happy and said with a grin, "Because I call him 'brother' all the time, it makes him sound mature and steady."

We soon arrived at my maternal grandparents' house. The elderly couple knew we were coming and were strolling around waiting at the door. When they saw us, they happily waited by the roadside for us to park our car.

Strangely, Xu Jinhuan and Song Zhiyu got out of the car, but the elderly couple were still looking back at the car, as if they thought there were still people who hadn't gotten out yet.

"Just the four of you?"

Seeing that they were all carrying their things and preparing to go inside, Grandma finally couldn't help but ask, "Where are those two girls from last time? Didn't they come?" (End of Chapter)