Rebirth Must Be Happy

"I saw it."

Xu Jinhuan had a small gathering with several heads of the investment department. Because of the significant age difference—they were mostly Xu Haiguang's peers, they didn't have many common topics, so they didn't get together privately very often.

However, as the performance of "Honor of Kings" improved and the status of Zhiyu Studio within Tencent rose, people naturally started to match Xu Jinhuan's topics and interests. Therefore, the recent exchanges were still quite pleasant, although the frequency was not very high, mainly because Xu Jinhuan was the one declining.

This time, they came to play billiards and even hired a sparring partner. Xu Jinhuan was resting on the side when he saw Chen Xingzhu's message and replied.

In fact, he had been keeping an eye on the box office all day, but after replying, he still checked it again and was pleasantly surprised.

Historically, the box office for "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" started to rise on this day, reaching 2600 million. Based on today's trend, there is no doubt that the box office for the second day will be much higher than historically.

"I recommended it in our class group today, and some students have already checked it out."

After lunch, Xu Jinhuan returned home. Song Zhiyu and Xie Wanqing had also returned. Upon seeing him, Song Zhiyu immediately came over happily to boast, "And they said it looked good too."

"So touching."

Xu Jinhuan patted her head, intending to give her another kiss, but Sister Xie was there too, so he had to stop. However, he then realized this was a good opportunity, so after a noticeable pause, he leaned in again and said with a smile, "A reward."

He hugged the little girl's head. Song Zhiyu knew Xie Wanqing was there and was a little embarrassed. She tried to dodge, but she couldn't and was hugged by him. Fortunately, Xu Jinhuan didn't go too far and only kissed her forehead.

"Humph!"

In the past, Sister Xie would probably have pretended not to see it, but now that they have been together for a long time, although her personality is still gentle, some of her actions have changed slightly. She no longer "swallows her anger" but snorted, "All you do is act like a hooligan all day long."

"Don't worry, I won't show favoritism."

Xu Jinhuan had already figured it out, so naturally he wouldn't let go of this opportunity to slowly boil the frog in water. He walked over and wanted to hug and kiss her, but Xie Wanqing was on guard and stepped back, scolding, "Don't touch me, Xiaoqiang said..."

She tried to change the subject with something serious, but Xu Jinhuan didn't listen at all. He came over and hugged her, and as she was being interrupted, he said nonchalantly, "What did Xiaoqiang say?"

Xie Wanqing struggled for a moment, then saw Song Zhiyu staring at her with her big, bright eyes. She felt a little shy, but then she saw Song Zhiyu give a sly smile, quickly run to the sofa, pick up her phone, and hold it up in her direction, looking like she had caught a classmate in the act of dating.

However, this made Xie Wanqing feel shy, but also embarrassed to struggle. Moreover, she was somewhat aroused by her competitive spirit. After all, the person who took the photo was Song Zhiyu, and it was right after Xu Jinhuan kissed her. If she avoided Xu Jinhuan at this time, wouldn't that show that she was guilty and that her relationship with Xu Jinhuan was more fragile and improper?
She treated Song Zhiyu like a younger sister, and was always very tolerant. But in this kind of matter, even if you are sisters, you still have to be careful about what you say!

Seeing this, she stopped hiding and let Xu Jinhuan hug her. She was still a little shy and said, "He said that recently he saw a lot of people on the Internet talking about whether Qingfang is good or not, attacking the products, and suspecting that they are paid trolls... I don't know how to verify it."

"Just treat it as a case of online trolls for now, and then check yourself to see if there are any quality or after-sales issues."

Xu Jinhuan was already experienced with this. For a company and brand, the facts are not so important. What is important is to maintain the brand's reputation. In many cases, this reputation is not the truth, but what the public thinks.

"Now that Qingfanghao is gradually gaining some recognition, there will definitely be more and more of these kinds of things in the future."

Seeing that she did not resist, Xu Jinhuan took the opportunity to hug her tightly, then leaned in and kissed her lips, passively experiencing the huge difference in scale between her and Song Zhiyu—although it was not the first time he had felt this difference, it was still very intuitive and clear every time.

He asked her privately, and Xie Wanqing said that when Song Zhiyu was her age, she already had a similar figure. She was ridiculed by her classmates and felt inferior because of it.

Of course, things have basically turned around now. After all, compared to Song Zhiyu, Sister Xie and her other beauties have given her several completely different ways to play. Even though Chen Xingzhu's figure is already very attractive, surpassing the vast majority of girls, it is still impossible to replicate.

"What should I do?"

Although Xie Wanqing was a little embarrassed, she was already used to it and didn't hesitate. She gently pushed him and then asked with some concern, "Should we call Xiaoqiang to have a meeting or something? He doesn't know anything about these things."

"It's okay, he'll come to me if he really can't handle it."

Xu Jinhuan smiled and patted her head. Although Xie Wanqing had been with him for so long, she was still a little conflicted because she was older and he treated her like a little sister. She enjoyed it but was also a little uncomfortable. She glanced at him and then nodded and said, "Okay."

"Dogs and men."

Song Zhiyu, who was standing next to them, put down her phone, looked at the two of them with a cold gaze, and uttered three words.

Xie Wanqing retorted angrily, "What did you say?"

I said, "You two are a dog!"

Song Zhiyu raised her chin, indicating that she would never take back her previous assessment, looking quite arrogant. However, she immediately added, "Three... no, four adulterers!"

It's clear that Chen Xingzhu, who wasn't even present, has been included, but whether she's the third or fourth is hard to say.

In the afternoon, having nothing to do, I played games with Chen Xingzhu and Chen Xingruo at home for a while. Afterwards, the two siblings accompanied Sister Xie to the supermarket to buy groceries and then cooked dinner when they got back.

Chen Xingruo saw Song Zhiyu showing off her cooking in the group chat, so she dragged her sister and brother over as well. Since there wasn't enough steamed rice, Xu Jinhuan put her brain to work and made a not-so-authentic flatbread in the stewed meat. Surprisingly, it tasted pretty good.

"It's already 3100 million!"

After dinner, everyone was leaning back in their chairs patting their stomachs, and even Chen Xingyu started imitating him. Xie Wanqing picked up her phone, glanced at it, and then exclaimed in surprise, "So tall?"

"is it?"

Chen Xingruo was a little skeptical, but leaned closer to take a look. "It really is."

"If it's 30 million every day, then it'll be almost 100 million in three days?"

Song Zhiyu blinked, then did some simple math problems, "It's almost a billion in a month..."

At this point, she chuckled and glanced sideways at Chen Xingruo: "Someone's about to call me 'husband'!"

Chen Xingyu leaned back in his chair like his older sisters. Seeing this, he thought Song Zhiyu had mistaken him for someone else and said seriously, "Sister Zhiyu, this is my second sister."

He pointed at Chen Xingruo, then at Chen Xingzhu, "This is my eldest sister. My eldest sister calls her husband, and my second sister should call him brother-in-law."

"Hahahaha!"

Song Zhiyu and Xie Wanqing both burst out laughing, and Chen Xingzhu smiled wryly, but she didn't find it that funny.
"It's not like we can make 30 million every day. How could a domestic animated film possibly gross 1 billion?"

Chen Xingruo was a little embarrassed and annoyed, but strangely enough, even though it was Song Zhiyu who was making fun of her, she stared at Xu Jinhuan and saw a hint of a smile on Xu Jinhuan's lips that she couldn't hide. She said angrily, "What are you laughing at? You haven't won yet! When the time comes, I will definitely lock you in a dark room and make you write songs for me without eating or drinking!"

Xu Jinhuan said speechlessly, "Are you being reasonable? It was clearly the two of them who were laughing, okay?"

Chen Xingruo said, "Then you laughed too!"

"I……"

Xu Jinhuan was speechless and could only get up and leave angrily.

Xie Wanqing laughed and asked, "Where are you going?"

"shit!"

Xu Jinhuan went to the bathroom in a huff, only to hear Song Zhiyu muttering behind her, "Vulgar!"

"If it's thick, I'll take a picture and show it to you."

Xu Jinhuan went all out to be disgusting, since he himself was disgusted by Chen Xingruo. "I took a look, and many people have given it very positive reviews, and they've even spontaneously promoted it on various platforms."

Chen Xingzhu glanced at the comments and said thoughtfully, "I saw several comments saying that friends around me strongly recommended watching it."

Xie Wanqing said, "So you're saying that today's high box office is due to positive word-of-mouth?"

"should be."

Chen Xingzhu nodded, "It seems that many dark horses that achieved box office success in the past all did so in this way."

"That movie probably isn't that bad, is it?"

Chen Xingruo suddenly became a little worried, afraid that before she could lock Xu Jinhuan in the dark room, she would have to call her husband first. Although this was not difficult to solve, she could just have her sister pretend to call him that, but that would still be in her name, and she would still be impure.

"Someone's starting to worry~"

Song Zhiyu chuckled beside her, making no attempt to hide her schadenfreude. She chuckled twice and then lowered her voice, saying, "It's okay. Even if you lose, you can just ask Sister Xingzhu to pretend you're calling him 'husband.' It's not a big deal if she calls you 'husband.'"

"You think you're the only smart one?"

Chen Xingruo rolled her eyes at her, even more dissatisfied, "Do you need to tell me? I already thought of it, otherwise why do you think I dared to make a bet with him?"

"I really didn't realize you had this level of intelligence?"

Song Zhiyu became even more arrogant, "If you're so smart, why would you dare to bet with my brother? Don't you know my brother is best at creating miracles? What things has he done before that no one else could do?"

The little girl spoke with exceptional pride, raising her chin: "But just because others can't do it doesn't mean my brother can't!"

"Yo yo yo!"

Chen Xingruo, of course, wouldn't stay on the defensive forever, and began to fight back, "With that arrogance, I'd think that was your husband!"

"No, yes!"

Although Song Zhiyu was the last to join the game, she was probably already quite knowledgeable on the other side of the ocean. On the contrary, she was the one who was more open about this matter. Even though she knew that Chen Xingruo was joking about her nominal brother-sister relationship with Xu Jinhuan, she was still confident and even a little proud of it. "And it's more interesting this way. You can't learn it even if you want to."

"I bother!"

Chen Xingruo spat in disdain, "Stop being so smug. Your brother hasn't won yet... If you're so confident, how about we make a bet?"

"Okay!"

Song Zhiyu was not intimidated at all, "What should we bet on?"

Xie Wanqing, Chen Xingzhu, and Chen Xingyu watched the two bickering. Xie Wanqing and Chen Xingzhu were already used to it, but Chen Xingyu seemed a little nervous and whispered to Chen Xingzhu, "Big sister, shouldn't we stop them?"

Chen Xingzhu smiled and said, "It's alright, ignore them."

Chen Xingyu glanced at Chen Xingruo and Song Zhiyu, then asked in a low voice, "If they start fighting, should we help them?"

Hearing this, Song Zhiyu glared at him and said, "Have I been bad to you? Why are you going to hit me?"

"No."

Chen Xingyu felt a little wronged, "I told my older sister I would help you."

"Really?"

Song Zhiyu was a little skeptical, "Aren't you going to help your second sister?"

"My second sister is a very good fighter; you can't beat her."

Chen Xingyu said very seriously, "What if my second sister hurts you? She'll go to jail..."

"So that's why you want to help me, right?"

Song Zhiyu found it somewhat amusing, then glanced at Chen Xingruo and said, "It's hard to say who can beat whom."

Xie Wanqing glared at her, "Don't talk nonsense... Xingyu, don't worry, the sisters won't fight."

"That's right, we're a battle of wits."

Chen Xingruo brought the topic back, "If the box office doesn't reach 1 billion, you'll have to serve me tea and water."

Song Zhiyu pouted and said, "You don't live with me anyway!"

"Then while I'm here."

Chen Xingruo is very adaptable; "she even helped me massage my shoulders and legs."

Song Zhiyu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, if the box office reaches one billion, you can call me 'sister' from now on."

"Row."

Chen Xingruo thought for a moment and agreed, "It's a deal, no one is allowed to go back on their word."

"If you lose, you're not allowed to let Sister Xingzhu shout... Fine, okay."

Song Zhiyu said halfway through, then seemed to realize something and withdrew the condition, "If Sister Xingzhu calls me 'sister,' then it's the same as you calling me 'sister,' and there's one more person calling me that, so it's even better."

Chen Xingzhu said irritably, "You guys bet you won't drag me into this."

"Anyway, the bet is settled."

Song Zhiyu said smugly, "I'm just waiting to be the older sister."

Before Chen Xingruo could speak, Chen Xingzhu's phone rang. Yu Peishan called to urge him to come home, laughing, "It's so late, aren't you coming back? Xingyu should go to sleep."

Chen Xingyu muttered from the side, "I'm not sleepy yet."

"Okay, we'll head back now."

Unfortunately, children have no rights, especially younger brothers. Chen Xingzhu agreed, hung up the phone, and got up to help pack things.

Xie Wanqing said, "No need, you guys go first, Zhizhi and I will pack it up slowly."

"Ok."

Chen Xingzhu didn't stand on ceremony and left with Chen Xingruo and Chen Xingyu without even calling out to Xu Jinhuan. (End of Chapter)