Rebirth Must Be Happy

"dong dong"

"dong dong"

With one last step, Chen Xingzhu lightly leaped over two steps to the fourth-floor platform. After slightly suppressing her lighthearted mood, she skillfully knocked on Xu Jinhuan's door.

Footsteps soon came from inside, then the door opened. Song Zhiyu opened the door, saw it was her, and turned back to the living room with a stern face.

Chen Xingzhu didn't mind and followed her into the house. She saw the woman mopping the floor and asked while changing her slippers, "Is Auntie home?"

"No."

The mop was a tub-in-one model that Song Zhiyu bought last year. Xiao Guai was originally spinning around with the tub, but when she saw Chen Xingzhu coming, she meowed and came over to greet her.

Seeing this, Song Zhiyu became even more annoyed, muttered "They have no conscience," and then picked up the mop to continue mopping the floor.

Chen Xingzhu changed into slippers, carefully led Xiao Guai to sit down on the sofa, and smiled, "This is your home, you don't need my help, do you?"

"Need not!"

Song Zhiyu took a mop into the kitchen, slowly dragged it out, put the mop in a bucket to wash and wring it dry, and then said, "You just wait here for my brother, don't talk to me."

Chen Xingzhu gently stroked Xiao Guai's soft fur and casually said, "When he's not around, you can say... This cat food is pretty good, Xiao Guai's fur has been so smooth lately."

I don't want to talk to you.

Song Zhiyu continued mopping the floor with a stern face, completely ignoring her.

Chen Xingzhu continued to stroke Xiao Guai, making it purr softly, and said casually, "Last year when we came back from Hangzhou, when we went to school for evening self-study, I told him that Xingruo asked me if I would be jealous since he was so close to his older sister and younger sister."

Song Zhiyu hesitated for a moment, then decided to talk to her anyway and asked, "And then?"

"That's all."

Chen Xingzhu skipped the Q&A session, but then said somewhat contradictorily, "Then I told him: if he makes a mistake in the future, I can forgive him twice."

"what do you mean?"

Song Zhiyu blinked, stopped mopping the floor, and asked her while leaning on the mop, "What did you do wrong?"

Chen Xingzhu continued petting the cat, casually saying, "It's exactly what it sounds like."

"If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. I don't want to ask anyway."

Seeing her putting on airs, Song Zhiyu snorted and continued mopping the floor, "Anyway, it has nothing to do with me..."

After mopping the floor a few times, I finally couldn't help myself and asked her again, leaning on the mop, "Was what happened to Sister Wanqing this time considered a mistake?"

Chen Xingzhu nodded: "Yes."

"..."

Song Zhiyu stood there for a moment, then asked, "What about the second time?"

Chen Xingzhu fell silent.

"..."

Song Zhiyu stood there for a while, then continued mopping the floor, passing by Chen Xingzhu. Chen Xingzhu lifted her feet to avoid getting in the way.

"I don't care..."

Song Zhiyu dragged her past her, mopped the living room, washed the mop again, and then muttered under her breath, "Why..."

Chen Xingzhu did not speak.

Of the three girls, she was the first to start thinking about this, and judging from all indications, she felt that she might have had this idea even earlier than Xu Jinhuan.

Even so, she was merely suppressing her emotions with reason; how could she possibly accept it so easily and calmly?
"I'm done playing, I have to go."

Inside the internet cafe, Xu Jinhuan and Xie Zhiqiang played games together, personally investigating the details of the "first overseas projects". Seeing that it was already past three o'clock, they quickly ended the investigation.

"What time is it?"

Xie Zhiqiang was still angry about Xu Jinhuan lying to him, and hadn't spoken to him much lately. However, after playing a few games, he found that Xu Jinhuan was winning much more easily. After a few rounds of fun, he finally forgave him and was the first to speak up to persuade him to stay, "Chen Xingzhu didn't rush you, play a couple more games."

Li Hang, Wang Yuan, and the others also spoke up. Xu Jinhuan thought for a moment and said, "Then let me ask."

Wang Yuan laughed and said, "Brother Huan, you're not even married yet, and you already have henpecked?"

"You guys don't know anything!"

Xu Jinhuan texted Chen Xingzhu, asking, "What are you doing?"

Chen Xingzhu didn't reply, so he accepted the invitation and continued to the next game. He only received a reply when he was selecting a hero: "Chatting with Zhizhi."

Xu Jinhuan: "Are you in a hurry to leave?"

Chen Xingzhu: "No rush."

Xu Jinhuan: "Shall I play one more round?"

Chen Xingzhu: "Mm."

Xu Jinhuan continued typing on his phone while selecting a hero:

"Didn't you already start replying with just two words, like 'uh-huh' or 'okay'?"

"Why are you starting to 'hmm' again?"

Chen Xingzhu didn't reply.

'Well, it was intentional after all...' Xu ​​Jinhuan continued playing the game. It was completely understandable. From another perspective, it was better for the little girl to express her dissatisfaction in this way than to show nothing at all.

"I really have to go this time."

After finishing the game, Xu Jinhuan decisively logged off, saying, "Wishing you guys a pentakill and godlike streak, I'm outta here!"

Bye-bye!

This time, Xie Zhiqiang and the others didn't try to persuade or joke with him anymore. To be honest, if anyone had a girlfriend like Chen Xingzhu, they wouldn't be playing League of Legends here. Wouldn't it be better to play with your girlfriend?
"I'm going back now."

Xu Jinhuan sent another message to Chen Xingzhu, then rode his bicycle home. Just as he locked the bike downstairs, he saw his mother strolling over with the groceries she had just bought.

"You're only getting back now?"

"Hmm, Mom went to buy groceries?"

"Now that Wanqing is gone, there's no one to go grocery shopping with me anymore."

Song Xiaohui sighed, "Has Xingzhu left?"

"No, I'm just here to pick her up."

Xu Jinhuan responded and took the bag from her mother. "Isn't it usually just Zhizhi who accompanies you when you go grocery shopping?"

"With Zhizhi's personality, she only has a three-minute attention span for everything, so how can we expect anything from her?"

Song Xiaohui found it a bit funny and said as she went upstairs, "I've noticed that Wanqing and Xingzhu seem a little unhappy these past two days? Zhizhi also seems unhappy today... What's wrong with you now?"

"What you're saying doesn't necessarily mean they're blaming me for being unhappy!"

"If you can't blame yourself, who can you blame?"

"Alright, thank you for your kind words. I can make them angry, and I can also make them not angry."

Xu Jinhuan accompanied his mother upstairs. When they opened the door and entered the house, they saw Chen Xingzhu sitting in the living room, holding a phone in one hand and Xiao Guai's favorite shoelace in the other, which she casually waved around, causing Xiao Guai to chase after her everywhere.

"Auntie~"

Hearing the noise, Chen Xingzhu stood up lightly. "You're buying groceries?"

Song Xiaohui asked with a smile, "Why are you home alone?"

Chen Xingzhu laughed and said, "Zhizhi is in her room, probably sleeping."

When did I go to sleep?

Just then, Song Zhiyu opened the door and came out with her tablet. "I'm playing in my room."

Song Xiaohui said, "Xingzhu is in the living room, what are you doing hiding in the room?"

"She's waiting for my brother, not coming to see me."

Song Zhiyu puffed out her cheeks, "It has nothing to do with me..."

"It's okay, I was just using my phone."

Chen Xingzhu smiled and said, "Then, Auntie, I'm going home now."

"You're leaving already?"

Song Xiaohui sensed that something was off between Song Zhiyu and her, and advised, "Eat here, and Huanhuan will take you home after you finish eating."

"No need, I'll go home to eat."

Chen Xingzhu changed her shoes and went out. Xu Jinhuan glanced at Song Zhiyu and saw that she was just playing with the cat with the shoelaces. She didn't say anything, took her car keys, and went out to take Chen Xingzhu home.

"Did you two have a fight?"

As they went downstairs, Chen Xingzhu went first, followed by Xu Jinhuan, who asked somewhat curiously, "Why?"

Chen Xingzhu shook her head and said, "We didn't argue."

"I'm not blind."

Xu Jinhuan scoffed, finding it a bit strange. If they were really going to argue, they should have argued yesterday, but they seemed quite harmonious this morning. "Did you two say something again?"

Chen Xingzhu didn't say anything.

"It can't have anything to do with me, can it?"

Xu Jinhuan pondered for a moment, then asked somewhat uneasily. He had always intended to guide Chen Xingzhu and the others to get along harmoniously, and did not want to see them at odds with each other, otherwise dealing with this matter alone would be a headache in the future.

Chen Xingzhu remained silent.

"Then it seems to be related to me."

Xu Jinhuan was quite sensible. He sighed. This was something he had been worried about all along. However, considering Xie Wanqing's gentle nature, Chen Xingzhu's calm and rationality, and the fact that he had coaxed Song Zhiyu last night, he felt that this situation would not happen again.

But in hindsight, we were too optimistic and underestimated the intensity of their reaction to this matter.

Of course, from another perspective, it also means underestimating one's own charm...

"Zhizhi didn't say anything, did she?"

Xu Jinhuan got into the car and sighed, "Of the three of you, she's the youngest and the most willful, always doing whatever she wants..."

Chen Xingzhu listened quietly to him finish speaking before staring at him and asking, "Three people?" (End of Chapter)