Rebirth Must Be Happy

"Pah! You spoils of war..."

Chen Xingruo instinctively objected, but then felt that the description "spoils of war" was not quite right, so she changed her words to: "Failures... You sit in the back, my sister and I will sit in the front."

Chen Xingzhu asked him, "Where would you like to sit?"

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "She sits in the front, and I sit in the back. You can choose who you want to sit with."

Chen Xingzhu rolled her eyes at him, carefully boarded the boat, and then sat down in the front with her sister.

"Let's go!"

The boat was electric, so Song Zhiyu didn't need to pedal. She gripped the steering wheel, gave it a boost, and then "whoosh—" the boat sailed away.

“It’s so fun!”

Chen Xingruo quickly followed, and as soon as the boat started moving, the two of them burst into laughter, overjoyed.

"Let's row our oars, the little boat churning up the waves!"

Chen Xingruo started singing, and Chen Xingzhu and Xie Wanqing quickly joined in. Only Song Zhiyu looked confused: "What are you singing?"

She can't sing.

Chen Xingruo laughed and said, "Haha, you wouldn't believe it, would you?"

Xie Wanqing said, "You can just sing with us."

After spending an hour playing around the lake, Chen Xingzhu checked the time and asked, "Should we go to Binjiang?"

"Go."

Xu Jinhuan considered it for a moment, "It will take time to get there. I'll go and see them, and then we can have a meal together after they get off work. That should be about it."

Song Zhiyu asked, "Are we still going to Garbage Street?"

Garbage Street was a snack street in Binjiang. It was later closed and renovated due to a fire and became "Laxi Street", which can be considered a popular spot for internet celebrities to take photos.

"After the dinner, you can go wherever you want."

They were there to have fun, but the company employees weren't. The food street was nothing special to them, and it was definitely inappropriate for them to have a meal there.

After driving across the river and arriving at Binjiang, Xu Jinhuan called Kong Wenbo. When he arrived at the park, Kong Wenbo was already waiting downstairs.

"Finally met you, Mr. Xu! You're so young!"

Kong Wenbo was 26 years old, about the same height as Xu Jinhuan, but more handsome. He wore black half-rimmed glasses and had a refined and cultured air. He smiled and shook hands with Xu Jinhuan upon meeting him, saying, "It's been so long, I'm finally meeting you."

Xu Jinhuan joked, "You realized you couldn't compliment his good looks after meeting him, so you complimented his youth instead, right?"

"No, he's still very handsome."

It was the first time the two had met, but they had communicated frequently online before, so it wasn't too awkward. After exchanging a few pleasantries, several girls got out of the car.

"Brother Wenbo,"

Chen Xingruo greeted them first, but her demeanor and temperament had clearly changed to that of aloofness and indifference. If Xu Jinhuan hadn't recognized the clothes, he would have almost been fooled.

"Xingzhu is here?"

Kong Wenbo greeted her, then saw Chen Xingzhu getting out of the car as well. He paused for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "Xingruo is here too?"

"Ah."

Chen Xingzhu didn't expose her sister and nodded in agreement.

Xu Jinhuan introduced Xie Wanqing and Song Zhiyu, Kong Wenbo greeted them, and then led them upstairs.

"806, Weaving Rain Games Studio..."

Upon arriving at the office door, Song Zhiyu saw the sign for "Hangzhou Zhiyu Game Studio" and the raindrop logo she designed herself. She was both surprised and delighted. She took out her phone and snapped two photos. Then, standing at the door, she asked Chen Xingzhu to take a group photo and posted it in the group chat to show off.

The office wasn't big, but fortunately there weren't many people either, only six at the moment. Xu Jinhuan just looked around, mainly to make a show of it and check on the progress. When it was almost time, he would let everyone leave work and go out for dinner together.

Xu Jinhuan and his group followed local customs and chose a seafood buffet according to Kong Wenbo and the others' wishes. Xu Jinhuan was already stuffed, but Song Zhiyu and Chen Xingruo still wanted to go to the garbage street for a stroll.

"Even if I don't eat it, I still want to go and see it, smell it, otherwise it would be a waste!"

Kong Wenbo had his own car, and he and his classmate went for a stroll. They didn't eat anything, they just smelled the things, and then went back to the hotel to sleep.

We had originally planned to take a stroll in the evening, but we were all exhausted after a day of playing, so we unanimously decided to cancel it and go back to shower and sleep.

"I'm so sleepy~"

After showering, the two sisters helped each other dry their hair. Chen Xingruo, still in her nightgown, sprawled out on the bed in a perfectly spread-eagle position, head down, and mumbled, "I want to sleep. Sister, you can leave now. Don't disturb my rest..."

"I'm sleepy too."

Chen Xingzhu smoothed her hair, got into bed from one side, and struggled to pull the blanket out from under her sister. "Sleep well if you want to."

"Hmm~"

Chen Xingruo rolled over, waiting for her sister to cover her with the blanket. She then shuffled over, put one leg over her sister, and wrapped her arms around her. She said with a grin, "It feels like you're hugging me. It's so comfortable... I really envy our future husbands, who can hug us while we sleep."

"Stop talking nonsense."

Chen Xingzhu impatiently pushed her hand away, turned off the light, and said, "Go to sleep."

"I'm talking about two people, not one person."

Chen Xingruo muttered something, then said with a grin, "Sister, are you afraid I'll try to steal Xu Jinhuan from you too?"

Chen Xingzhu said reproachfully, "Are you going to sleep or not?"

"I'm not sleepy anymore."

Chen Xingruo propped her head up in the darkness and asked curiously, "Sister, I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I really can't figure out what you're thinking... Xu Jinhuan, Xie Wanqing, and Song Zhiyu are together every day, aren't you jealous?" "Of course I'm jealous."

Aren't you angry?

What's the point of getting angry?

“If you’re angry, he won’t be so close to Xie Wanqing and Song Zhiyu.”

"and then?"

"What then?"

"If I did that, Xu Jinhuan would also distance himself from Xie Wanqing and Song Zhiyu. We could go to university in Beijing together, he could start his own business and become successful, and we could get married and have children..."

Chen Xingzhu described this enviable future scenario in a very calm, even indifferent, tone, paused, and then asked, "And then?"

"What then?"

Chen Xingruo was very puzzled, "Sister, are you crazy? This is just like the perfect plot in an idol drama."

"But TV dramas only have 40 episodes before the finale, and my marriage to Xu Jinhuan isn't ending right after we get married."

"I do not understand."

Chen Xingruo nuzzled her sister's head, intending to rub it against her chest, but was pushed away. So she grumbled, "You know I'm not very bright... Of course, I'm a little smarter than Xie Wanqing, since my chest isn't as big as hers... Say something I can understand."

"I mean, will this ensure that he and I will always be happy?"

Unable to see each other's expressions in the darkness, Chen Xingzhu sighed softly, "Isn't this the kind of script our parents follow?"

Chen Xingruo fell silent.

"They met in college, and two couples from their two dorm rooms both got married. That must have been considered a great story among their classmates at the time, right?"

Chen Xingzhu said softly, "Dad wasn't as rich as he is now back then, but he was still doing well. To outsiders, he seemed happy and content... Did they ever think about what would happen later?"

"Nobody could have predicted this."

Chen Xingruo advised, "You can't doubt love just because your parents are divorced. There are still happy and fulfilling relationships."

Chen Xingzhu didn't respond to that question, but instead asked, "Do you think there's love between Dad and Aunt Shan?"

"There must be."

Chen Xingruo answered without hesitation, "Before Dad married Sister Shan, there were several women around him, all of them flirtatious... but Dad didn't marry any of them, and over the years he and Sister Shan have had a very good relationship and have never had a single argument."

Chen Xingzhu paused for two seconds and asked, "If we've never argued, does that mean it's love?"

"Isn't it?"

Chen Xingruo retorted, "Isn't it better than arguing every day?"

"I've chatted with Sister Wanqing."

Chen Xingzhu changed the subject again, "She said that when she was little, her parents often argued. Her father had other women outside. Later, as she and her brother grew up, the arguments decreased..."

"Men are not good people."

Chen Xingruo snorted, "You should also be careful of Xu Jinhuan; he's no good either."

"I've met Wanqing's mother a few times; she's a very shrewd woman."

Chen Xingzhu chuckled softly, "She's so smart, she must be very careful, right?"

"What do you mean?"

"you say……"

Chen Xingzhu's words sounded like a sigh, yet also like a simple question: "After Sister Wanqing said that her parents started arguing less, has her father ever looked for other women outside?"

"Then how do I know?"

Where is our father?

"..."

Chen Xingruo was silenced again. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I definitely did it when I was a child, and more than once. I even went with Sister Shan to fight against mistresses."

She paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Those years were actually quite fun. Back then, I thought I was the smart one, that I was the one coming up with ideas and leading Sister Shan to fight against the bad women. But as I grew up, I realized that she was actually guiding me on what to do. After all, I love to stand up for justice, and Dad spoils me and is afraid of me, so of course, the same words would have a greater effect if I said them..."

She stopped talking midway through her speech.

Chen Xingzhu turned her head, looked at her sister in the darkness, and smiled as well: "And then?"

"This kind of situation became very rare later on."

Chen Xingruo thought for a moment, "Dad probably thinks Sister Shan is great too. Besides, he's already so old, and the girls throwing themselves at him are still around the same age as before. In a few more years, they'll probably be younger than us..."

Chen Xingzhu asked, "When Aunt Shan didn't tell you and you didn't notice, was Dad very well-behaved?"

"I do not know then."

Chen Xingruo shook her head, "Anyway, it doesn't affect me, so I can't be bothered to care... Why are you saying all this, sis?"

"Xu Jinhuan hasn't graduated from high school yet."

Chen Xingzhu sighed softly, "When I met him, I never imagined he would be so outstanding. I just thought he was a nice person, and sometimes I felt quite sorry for him..."

“I heard you say that his allowance isn’t even enough to buy him a meal.”

Chen Xingruo pouted, "So when you met him he was just a poor boy, so you could say he was your wife through thick and thin, right?"

Chen Xingzhu ignored her sister and continued, "Do you think Xu Jinhuan will be richer than Dad in the future?" (End of Chapter)