Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 489 [479] Go, you beast!

Song Zhiyu tiptoed in like a little mouse stealing oil, then quickly turned around and closed the door, her movements fluid and seamless.

However, she probably knew that Xie Wanqing was still awake and was afraid of being seen by her sister Xie. She seemed very nervous during this process. After closing the door, she obviously breathed a sigh of relief, and her big, bright eyes looked at Xu Jinhuan, who was sitting on the bed with her phone in her hand.

She was wearing a white spaghetti strap nightgown, revealing large expanses of fair and delicate skin on her shoulders and calves, which shimmered alluringly under the light, giving the impression of snow-white skin.

Xu Jinhuan felt both excited and expectant. She subconsciously wanted to ask, "Are you so impatient?" but then worried that the little girl would run away shyly, which would be a loss. So she changed her question to, "Is Sister Xie asleep?"

"do not know."

Song Zhiyu blushed a little, and when her eyes met his, she immediately looked away shyly. "But I saw that the light was still on in her room... Xiao Huang just found me and tried to chase after me, but I locked him out. Luckily, he didn't bark."

She used words to cover her shyness, came to the bedside, stared at Xu Jinhuan, looking both shy and sweet yet fierce: "Where's the gift you prepared for me?"

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "How did you know I prepared a gift for you?"

"My guess."

Song Zhiyu slightly raised her chin, displaying a hint of pride, which, combined with the girlish charm and liveliness in her bones, made Xu Jinhuan's heart flutter.

He had already planned to give it to them, so he didn't delay any longer, got out of bed, and took out the iPad Air packaging box that had been sitting there for a while from the cabinet.

"A tablet?"

Song Zhiyu blinked her big eyes with a look of surprise and walked over, saying, "Let me see... is it the same as theirs?"

"Bought together."

Xu Jinhuan smiled and handed her the box. "You probably saw it in the group chat before. They both bought one. I thought it looked pretty good, and I figured you'd like it too, so I bought one for you... Do you like it?"

Song Zhiyu took the tablet but didn't answer. Instead, she looked at him and asked, "Did you buy it together with the other two?"

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "Yes, I bought three at once."

"Uh-huh."

Song Zhiyu nodded, looked down at the tablet image on the packaging box, nodded again, and smiled sweetly with dimples, saying, "I like it, I really like it."

Xu Jinhuan could guess the reason from her expression. While her liking for the gift was one reason, the more important reason was probably his answer just now.

To be precise, the gift that was bought for Song Zhiyu in front of Xie Wanqing and Chen Xingzhu was what truly made Song Zhiyu happy.

Because it means that he didn't prepare the gift secretly, that he didn't deliberately hide her existence from Xie Wanqing and Chen Xingzhu, and that he valued her.

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "Let's open it and take a look."

"Hmm~"

Song Zhiyu took the packaging box, sat down on the bedside, tore open the plastic seal, took the tablet out, and exclaimed in surprise, "It's so thin, so beautiful! The bezels are so narrow..."

Compared to later tablets that are often five or six millimeters thick, the 7.5-millimeter-thick Air was hardly considered thin and light, but it was truly unmatched in 2014. Even by today's standards, this tablet is considered to have a high aesthetic appeal, especially the white front panel, which is very classic and timeless.

"nice! You love it."

Xu Jinhuan leaned forward and put his arm around the little girl's slender waist. Song Zhiyu glanced back at him, then put the tablet back into the box and set the box aside.

Xu Jinhuan hugged her and asked, "Why don't you try it first?"

"Try the tablet later,"

The little girl turned around, her big, watery eyes looking at him, "Let's try something else first..."

"Okay, go ahead and try it."

Xu Jinhuan naturally understood, and just like Bao Yu, he accompanied her to try it out.

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"It seems I did forget to ask."

Inside the room, Xie Wanqing was sitting on the bed, watching a drama on her tablet while chatting on her phone. When she saw Chen Xingruo tagging Xu Jinhuan in the group chat to ask about the release of the animated version of Journey to the West, she suddenly remembered it and typed in the group chat: "Didn't they say it would be released during the summer vacation? Shouldn't they be promoting it by now?"

Chen Xingruo: "That's right, they don't respect me, the original singer, at all."

Chen Xingzhu: "Then you can ask again next time."

Chen Xingruo: "Are you already asleep?"

Xie Wanqing looked at Chen Xingruo's message and didn't know how to reply for a moment, because she wasn't even sure how to find out.

Given Chen Xingruo's personality, this "slept with" likely has another meaning and is not simple.

After thinking for a moment, she typed back: "I was planning to go out and have fun tomorrow, so I'm going to go to bed early and get up early tomorrow."

Chen Xingruo: "Okay, then you guys ask for me in person tomorrow."

Xie Wanqing stopped checking the messages and watching TV. Instead, she suddenly fell into deep thought, feeling that something was amiss, but she didn't dwell on it.

It was only a little past ten o'clock. Even if nothing was wrong, based on her understanding of Xu Jinhuan, he was most likely still playing on his phone or reading a book, and probably hadn't gone to sleep.

She then sent Xu Jinhuan a private message: "Check the group messages."

After sending the message, she didn't wait. She took her phone, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom. The living room lights were already off, but as soon as she stepped out, the bedroom door was open, and light streamed out, so she could still see what was happening nearby.

Xie Wanqing had no suspicions and was about to go to the bathroom when she suddenly caught a glimpse of something at Xu Jinhuan's door. The quick glance startled her, but she quickly realized that it wasn't anything scary at the door, but rather Little Yellow, who was lying at Xu Jinhuan's door.

It squinted its eyes, as if it were sleeping, but it was clearly not sleeping. Its two front paws were stretched out flat, its head resting on its paws, and it was tilting towards the door, as if it wanted to enter the room but couldn't, or as if it was very interested in what was happening inside.

In short, the dog looks a bit gossipy at this moment.

Xie Wanqing found it amusing and let out a soft chuckle, which was almost inaudible even at night. But dogs have incredibly sensitive ears, and Xiao Huang immediately turned around and looked over, its ears perked up, its eyes shining as it stared at her, and its tail, which had been drooping on the floor, began to wag.

However, it didn't run over; instead, it remained lying in place, only shifting its position slightly to face Xie Wanqing.

Xie Wanqing waved at it, expecting Xiao Huang to run over with its tail in its mouth as it always had, but Xiao Huang instinctively stood up, stretched its head towards her, and didn't run over.

Instead, it just went around in circles!

It went around in circles...

Xie Wanqing found it both strange and amusing, feeling as if it were guarding something, and with a very clear goal, faithfully fulfilling its duty and never leaving its side, so she tiptoed over.

Seeing this, Xiao Huang was clearly even happier. It wagged its tail more frequently, took a few steps toward her, and rubbed against her calves in circles.

"What are you doing?"

Xie Wanqing asked softly, squatted down, and just as she touched its head, the little yellow dog rubbed against Xu Jinhuan's door, seemingly trying to guide Xie Wanqing to open it.

Xie Wanqing patted it, puzzled but not taking it seriously. Just as she was about to get up and leave, she suddenly heard a strange, unusual girl's voice coming from Xu Jinhuan's room through the door.

The voice trailed off, a tone that was both very familiar and strangely unfamiliar to her—familiar because she was certain that she had made a similar sound at some point, or even many times.

But it was also genuinely unfamiliar, because she had only ever heard her own voice like that, never anyone else's. So when she heard that distinctly clear and crisp call, she immediately felt very uncomfortable. But it wasn't entirely unfamiliar either, because even though she had never heard that voice call like that before, she could immediately recognize—with a certain degree of subjective judgment—that the voice belonged to the person making it.

Xie Wanqing held her breath, not feeling angry, but rather surprised and incredulous.

Although she had realized to some extent that this was bound to happen sooner or later, she still didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Only she...

Xie Wanqing quietly moved to the doorway and got closer. Finally, she could vaguely hear rhythmic sounds coming from inside. These sounds would occasionally stop, accompanied by voices, and then be replaced by the rhythmic sounds again.

"Ok?"

"Sit up..."

"..."

"Yes, that's it..."

"Hate!"

"..."

"Um……"

Xie Wanqing squatted there listening. Xiao Huang was initially puzzled and circled around her wagging its tail, seemingly urging her to open the door. Later, seeing that she had no intention of opening the door, it squatted down beside her, looking like a loyal dog standing guard for its master, completely unaware that it was the one who led the "Japanese devils" there.

"..."

Xie Wanqing listened for a while, unsure how to react, but she just found it...quite amusing...

She didn't know how much time had passed when she felt her legs getting a little sore and numb. She then stood up, holding onto the door frame. As usual, she felt a little dizzy, but it wasn't serious. After a short while, she recovered.

She listened again, and hearing the noise continuing inside, she finally gritted her teeth and spat out two words: "Beast!"

After cursing, he realized he hadn't gone to the toilet yet. But his legs were still numb, so he leaned against the wall and moved with some difficulty step by step to the toilet next door.

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"call!"

Xu Jinhuan quickly washed up and returned to bed. Song Zhiyu was still lying next to her, staring blankly, blinking her eyes, looking a little dazed.

"Are you sleepy?"

Xu Jinhuan leaned over and kissed her. "Go to sleep if you're sleepy."

"No."

Song Zhiyu shook her head and blinked, as if slowly waking up. Then she sat up, looking limp, and pointed to the packaging box that had almost been knocked to the ground and was now on the bedside table. "Bring me my tablet."

"Are you going to play again now?"

Xu Jinhuan found it a little funny, but still took the box. "Alright, play with it."

Song Zhiyu picked up the tablet, started activating and setting it up, and then logged back into her account. She exclaimed with delight, "This screen is so clear! Will you watch a movie with me?"

"Row."

Xu Jinhuan was actually a little sleepy, but the reactions of men and women were completely opposite afterward. Many girls were more clingy than usual at this time. In order not to leave any reason for gossip, he forced himself to stay awake and accompanied Song Zhiyu to watch the movie.

As I watched, his period of deep sleep finally ended, and then, by nuzzling him, I managed to wake him up again, and so we started rubbing against each other and getting all restless once more.

After this, Xu Jinhuan was no longer sleepy, but Song Zhiyu couldn't resist. She tidied herself up, then asked him to turn off the light. She snuggled into his arms and mumbled, "I'm sleepy, I want to sleep... Don't send me away."

"Row."

Xu Jinhuan sighed. He had prepared in advance and set an alarm. He could change rooms tomorrow morning if needed. So he held her smooth and delicate body and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

"Ding Ding Ding"

It seemed like she had just fallen asleep when the alarm clock went off. Xu Jinhuan couldn't even open her eyes. She reached out to grab her phone, barely managed to turn off the alarm, and then patted Song Zhiyu, saying, "Zhizhi, go back to your room."

"Um...no."

Song Zhiyu gave a muffled reply, then hugged him again, "I'm sleepy, I want to sleep..."

"Ok."

Xu Jinhuan was afraid that she would overthink things, and he was also very sleepy, so he stopped talking and immediately fell into a deep sleep again as soon as he relaxed.

When he woke up again, he was jolted awake. He was already fully conscious almost before he opened his eyes. After opening his eyes, he quickly glanced at the window and saw a faint light coming from between the double curtains. He hurriedly picked up his phone to take a look.

8:24 AM!

‘Fuck! ’

Compared to rest time, getting up at this time is not too late, and for some people it is even considered early. However, Xu Jinhuan had made plans with Chen Xingzhu and Xie Wanqing to go out today, so he was undoubtedly late.

Moreover, and most importantly, Song Zhiyu was right there beside her!
Xu Jinhuan subconsciously turned her head, but was stunned, because the bed next to her was empty, and there was no one there at all.

However, she could still smell the lingering sweet fragrance of Song Zhiyu. Last night was definitely not a dream; it was just that she had gotten up earlier than her and left ahead of time.

'I wonder when they left, and whether Sister Xie found out...'

Xu Jinhuan muttered to himself, forcing himself to calm down. He first went to the master bathroom to look in the mirror to make sure there were no obvious hickeys before opening the door and going out.

The house was quiet. Song Zhiyu's door was closed, while Xie Wanqing's door was open, but no one was inside. The living room was also empty, but fortunately, there were faint sounds coming from the kitchen.

Xu Jinhuan walked over in his pajamas and arrived at the kitchen door. Xiao Huang seemed to hear the noise and ran out from inside, wagging its tail and rubbing against his legs, as if it was sniffing something.

Xu Jinhuan touched it, feeling slightly guilty, and went to the kitchen door. As expected, he saw Xie Wanqing wearing an apron and kneading dough.

Good morning, sister.

Xu Jinhuan greeted him with a smile, looking slightly embarrassed, "I overslept... I'll get ready now, get up right away, and we'll set off after breakfast."

"No need, I've already told Xingzhu."

Xie Wanqing glanced at him, her eyes subtle, a mixture of sneer, disdain, and a hint of curiosity. "It's fine to go anytime, it's not like you're going to come with us."

"Let's go together."

Xu Jinhuan felt a little relieved. It seemed that Sister Xie hadn't discovered Song Zhiyu's matter, otherwise she wouldn't have been so nonchalant about it. So she turned around and prepared to wash up. "Sister, you've worked hard. I'll wash my face and come help you."

"Go."

Xie Wanqing nodded, her tone still gentle, but as Xu Jinhuan turned to leave the kitchen, she heard Xie Wanqing's still gentle voice behind her: "...beast."

Put together, it means: Go away, you beast!
(End of this chapter)