Rebirth Must Be Happy

"Haha, I'm here!"

The two waited in the car for a while before Song Zhiyu jogged over, opened the car door, and sat in the back. She asked in surprise, "Sister Xingzhu, why did you go to the front?"

Chen Xingzhu said, "Let me see how to drive, and then I'll take the driving test after I finish the exam."

"You're going to take a driving test too?"

Song Zhiyu pouted, "Do you dare to drive after you get your driver's license?"

The high school uniforms have been distributed, and she is wearing one. She has a pure and innocent first-love face, and is well-behaved and sweet. Wearing the classic skin, she is definitely a heartbreaker for straight men.

Even Xu Jinhuan had to admit that the little girl looked unexpectedly good in her school uniform, even though she was already quite pretty.

Chen Xingzhu laughed and said, "You can use it to deduct points even if you don't open it."

Xu Jinhuan suspected she was implying something about him, so he pursed his lips and didn't say anything. A couple of days ago, when he was off work, he accompanied Chen Xingzhu and Xie Wanqing to the mall to buy Song Zhiyu a birthday present.

As a result, while driving, I was so focused on chatting with the two of them that I didn't pay attention to the lane and didn't want to take a detour. I changed lanes across a solid line at the intersection and got caught on camera. I was fined 200 yuan and had 3 points deducted from my license. Sister Xie also laughed at me because she had never been fined before when she started driving.

When did you start looking at my Weibo?

Xu Jinhuan, of course, wouldn't expose his own shortcomings, so he pretended not to hear and asked Song Zhiyu while starting the car, "You've been secretly watching me for so long, and I didn't even know."

Song Zhiyu said with a grin, "I was bored and just searched your name, and that's how I found you."

Xu Jinhuan immediately realized that she had been looking for news reports about herself, which was why she accidentally found her real-name account.

"Hey,"

He suddenly remembered something, "I heard that some of you freshmen are spreading rumors about me, saying that someone claims to be my fiancée and that we were betrothed since childhood... Have you heard about it?"

"what?"

Song Zhiyu subtly shifted her body, observing his expression, then blinked blankly: "No, who would say that?"

"I find that strange too."

Xu Jinhuan glanced at her through the rearview mirror. "Could it be you?"

"Can you please stop being so narcissistic?"

Song Zhiyu said with disdain, "You're not some hot commodity, why would I go out of my way to propose marriage to you since childhood, and even call you my fiancée... Ugh! That's disgusting!"

"Not you?"

Xu Jinhuan overheard Wang Yuan and his friends teasing him during a break between classes. They said something like, "It seems like there's a girl in the first year of high school who claims to be Huan-ge's betrothed since childhood in order to become famous."

As they entered their senior year of high school, the speed at which gossip circulated slowed down, and with the grade gap, they didn't know the details. Xu Jinhuan only knew this much, and suspected it was Song Zhiyu, but he also felt that it was unlikely.

Although in a way the two were indeed "arranged from birth," it was too shameful to talk about such a thing, and it didn't seem like something a young girl would do.

"It definitely wasn't me!"

Song Zhiyu rolled her eyes at him, "Besides, I've never heard of such a thing before... I'll go back and ask."

"Fine, it doesn't matter."

Xu Jinhuan didn't seem to care much. "You should study hard. Midterm exams are coming up soon."

"How can I not care?"

Song Zhiyu said indignantly, "If she's your fiancée, isn't that my sister-in-law? Someone's trying to take advantage of me! I'll find out and make her pay..."

Chen Xingzhu just smiled and didn't say anything.

"My birthday is coming up soon, have you prepared a birthday present for me yet?"

Once downstairs, Song Zhiyu, seemingly worried they'd forgotten, gave them a special reminder, then added threateningly, "I'll be angry if there aren't any gifts~"

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "What's the rush? There are still two days left."

Song Zhiyu stared at him and asked, "You haven't prepared it for me yet?"

Xu Jinhuan mumbled, "Soon, soon."

"I don't believe it."

Song Zhiyu blinked, then smiled sweetly, and took Chen Xingzhu's arm as they went upstairs. She asked coquettishly, "Sister Xingzhu, what gift did my brother prepare for me?"

Chen Xingzhu shook her head. "I don't know either."

Song Zhiyu immediately understood her meaning and asked happily, "So that means you know he has already prepared a gift for me, but you just don't know what it is, right?"

Chen Xingzhu smiled and said, "Probably." Her birthday is the fourth day of the tenth lunar month, which is November 3rd in the Gregorian calendar. She is a Scorpio. In previous years, she celebrated her birthday according to the Gregorian calendar at Mi Lai Jian. This year, she plans to celebrate according to the lunar calendar, on November 17th, which happens to be a Saturday.

Unfortunately, Xu Jinhuan and Chen Xingzhu still had to attend classes.

Xu Jinhuan had naturally made preparations long ago, and he got up early on Saturday morning to place the gift at her door.

"buzzing"

He was brushing his teeth in the bathroom with an electric toothbrush when he heard a surprised "Ah!" from outside. He opened the door and saw that Song Zhiyu had already picked up the gift box.

To the best and most beautiful little sister in the world~

The gift was exquisitely wrapped, adorned with a colorful paper flower and a ribbon with a sentence written on it. Song Zhiyu softly read it aloud, a smile spreading across her face: "Happy Birthday!"

She forced a smile, and when Xu Jinhuan came out of the bathroom and looked at her, she gave him a shy, reproachful look and asked, "What's in there?"

Xu Jinhuan mumbled, "See for yourself."

Song Zhiyu then took it to the living room, carefully opened it, and saw that there was an inner packaging inside, which was printed with the English words "Kindle Paperwhite".

"what is this?"

She quickly opened the package and saw that it contained something resembling a tablet. She then took it to Xu Jinhuan.

"E-reader".

Xu Jinhuan rinsed her mouth and replied, "Don't you often use a tablet to read books? Your eyes get tired if you use that thing too often. This is an e-ink screen, specially designed for reading books. It's better for your eyes, so you don't have to wear glasses someday when you become nearsighted, which would ruin your good looks."

"Hmph, you think I'm ugly~"

Song Zhiyu happily went back to study how to play this thing, and when he came out, he asked again, "Is this the American version?"

"Yes, it's not sold in the country yet."

Xu Jinhuan had done his homework beforehand and said with a smile, "But I checked, the latest version of the system supports Chinese."

"It's okay, I can read English too."

Song Zhiyu was very happy, "Then I'll put all the e-books in there later..."

"Happy birthday."

Chen Xingzhu came down quickly as well. When Song Zhiyu saw that she was carrying two gift boxes, she exclaimed in surprise, "Sister Xingzhu really loves me the most. She even prepared two gifts for me."

"The other one is mine!"

Suddenly, a voice, clearly not Chen Xingzhu's, came from her pocket, yet sounded very similar to hers. The tone was slightly displeased, as if it were coming from a phone speaker rather than a live voice: "I even prepared a gift for you in advance and called to wish you well..."

"Sister Xingruo, you're so kind!"

Song Zhiyu, receiving a gift, was very well-behaved. "I didn't expect you to give me a gift... What did you give me?"

She accepted the gift, and Chen Xingzhu took out her phone from her pocket, watching her unwrap the gift.

Two gifts: Sennheiser headphones and a canvas bag. Chen Xingruo asked on her phone screen, "Guess which one I gave you?"

"earphone!"

Song Zhiyu replied sweetly, "These headphones look very expensive; they must have been a gift from Sister Xingruo."

He then said to Chen Xingzhu, "This bag is so beautiful, it's obvious that Sister Xingzhu spent a long time choosing it... Thank you, Sister Xingzhu!"

"You're such a sweet talker."

Chen Xingruo was quite satisfied. After chatting for a few more minutes, she hung up the phone. Song Zhiyu took all the gifts she could carry, preparing to show them off at school.

When Song Zhiyu returned from morning self-study, Xie Wanqing's gift was still at home. It was a silver bracelet, not very expensive, but exquisite and beautiful. Song Zhiyu liked it very much and wore it on her wrist without taking it off.

"When you're in class, remember to have lunch with my classmate, and we'll celebrate at home tonight..."

She was planning her birthday celebration when she said, "Wanqing and I will go first at noon, and then you can drive Xingzhu there, brother."

She has a lively personality and has been quite popular in her class since the start of the semester. For her birthday, she invited three or four female classmates, plus Xu Jinhuan and a few others, so there were quite a few people. They planned to have stewed chicken for lunch.

After school at noon, Xu Jinhuan drove Chen Xingzhu to the place. Just as Song Zhiyu had told them to go up to the second floor and find the private room, they saw a very tall girl, who looked to be about 1.7 meters tall, walk out of the private room.

The three women met face to face. The tall girl seemed startled, her eyes widening. She then turned around and blurted out into the private room, "Song Zhiyu! Your fiancé is here!"

She paused, then lowered her voice and added, "And a rival in love!" (End of Chapter)