Rebirth Must Be Happy

"Murder mystery game?"

The next morning, Xu Jinhuan had just sat down to eat when he heard Xie Wanqing across from him mutter something. He didn't hear it clearly and thought he had misheard, so he repeated, "What murder mystery game?"

"Xingzhu said in the group that we're going to play a murder mystery game tomorrow afternoon."

Xie Wanqing seemed a little confused and surprised by the result, but she quickly realized, "It was Xingruo who said it. She said it using her sister's phone."

Xu Jinhuan chuckled and asked, "How did you know?"

He opened his phone as he spoke, and then realized how Xie Wanqing knew, because he saw Chen Xingruo's profile picture in the group saying, "Xingruo used my phone to say that she wanted to play."

This aligns with common stereotypes, so without much thought, Xu Jinhuan, like Xie Wanqing, believed it.

That's what word-of-mouth is all about!
Do you want to go out and have some fun?

Xu Jinhuan didn't rush to reply in the group chat. Instead, she looked up and asked Xie Wanqing, "I don't think I've ever played this before. Have you?"

"No, but I've heard about it from my classmates, but I don't think it's interesting,"

Xie Wanqing shook her head, then said, "It's not that it's boring, it's just a little awkward. Doesn't everyone have their own role? I feel like my acting isn't very good..."

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "Then why don't you give it a try?"

"Why not give it a try? It's their birthday anyway, so let them go out and have fun if they want."

Xie Wanqing smiled and said, "Actually, it's quite interesting to think about. I just don't know what kind of script it is. I hope it's not too difficult or scary. I don't think those are fun at all."

"It's alright, Xingzhu's personality definitely wouldn't like this."

Xu Jinhuan smiled and comforted them, then sent a message in the group while eating: "If you want to go, then go. My acting skills finally have a chance to shine."

Song Zhiyu suddenly appeared and asked, "Have you guys played this before?"

"No."

"No."

"I don't have any either."

The answers from the group were remarkably consistent, but their reactions to the situation were noticeably different. Chen Xingruo and Song Zhiyu were very expectant, Xie Wanqing also chimed in for a few words, while Chen Xingzhu did not say much.

"By the way, @Xu Jinhuan, could you call a few more boys? Otherwise, we're all girls, and there aren't enough people for the fun."

Chen Xingruo, who almost never interacted with Xu Jinhuan in the past, surprisingly tagged Xu Jinhuan, saying, "It would be best if they were a little timid, so we can see them scared out of their wits [grinning face]".

Xu Jinhuan replied with an emoji, and Xie Wanqing immediately tensed up, looking up at Xu Jinhuan: "Is she the scary type? What should I do?"

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "Don't worry, how scary can it be? Don't forget that Xingzhu is here, and there won't be any real ghosts or anything. Don't worry, I'm here for you."

Xie Wanqing looked at him but didn't say anything. She didn't know if he had been comforted, but she asked again in the group chat.

Chen Xingruo quickly assured her, "I asked, it's not scary. Mi Yuxuan even said she met the screenwriter, who said he was a coward. People asked him to write something scary, but he himself was too scared to write it."

Song Zhiyu: "Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter!"

Song Zhiyu: "Then I feel like I could write horror scripts too, since I'm not scared anyway."

Chen Xingruo: "You should finish writing your essay first."

Song Zhiyu: "Oh my, how dare you, a cultural worker, mock students from 985 universities for being uncultured?"

Song Zhiyu: "Believe it or not, I'll give you a little dimensional reduction attack?"

Last year, Xu Jinhuan invested in the production of the animated film "Ne Zha". When he was chatting with Chen Xingzhu and others, he remembered the jokes on the Internet in later years and also threw out the sentence "Cultural workers must be cultured", which was ridiculed by Song Zhiyu and others.

Using this phrase to mock Chen Xingruo at this moment also carries a hint of teasing Xu Jinhuan.

"I rely on my looks, not my talent."

Chen Xingruo retorted defiantly, "I'm blessed with natural talent, unlike you, who isn't good-looking and can only study hard."

Song Zhiyu: "@Sister Chen Xingzhu, someone called you ugly."

Chen Xingruo: "My sister is the top-of-the-line version, I am the flagship version, and you are the youth version."

Song Zhiyu: "It's good that you know I'm younger than you."

Chen Xingruo: "The youth version is a downgraded version, didn't you know that?"

Song Zhiyu: "Pah! You're the one who's downgraded!"

Xu Jinhuan didn't get involved in their verbal battle and focused on eating. But when she saw Xie Wanqing eating and laughing, she couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at? Why are you so happy?"

"Look at those two arguing, it's so funny." Xie Wanqing laughed as she watched, and ate more breakfast than usual. Xu Jinhuan found her behavior even funnier and was in a good mood. After finishing his meal, he cleaned up and washed the dishes, while Xie Wanqing prepared the cats' and dogs' food and water. Then they went out together.

Xie Wanqing drove to work at Myth Auto alone, while Xu Jinhuan went to Weaving Rain Games.

After the company became more formalized, it was no longer possible to bring others to play house like before. Therefore, Chen Xingruo did not come along. Chen Xingzhu went to the office as usual, washed her cup, and then made a cup of Yunnan black tea. Just as she sat down behind her desk, she noticed that the office door was pushed open. Xu Jinhuan smiled and held the door, saying, "Drinking tea so early in the morning? You didn't even make me a cup."

Chen Xingzhu saw through his guilty conscience at a glance, and that he was deliberately trying to strike up a conversation with her. She ignored his self-righteous guilt and asked calmly, "Is this cup for you?"

"That's it."

Xu Jinhuan came in and closed the door. "What have you been busy with these past few days?"

"I mentor newcomers, and I also draw myself."

Chen Xingzhu blinked her clear, bright eyes gently. For some reason, she seemed to suddenly feel deflated. She leaned back in the wide chair, staring at him with her beautiful eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "I feel like painting isn't as interesting as it used to be."

Do you feel like you've become a factory worker on an assembly line?

Xu Jinhuan had originally intended to take advantage of the situation, but seeing that she was talking about serious matters, he had no choice but to stop. He sat halfway on her desk and asked with a smile, "Is it because you've lost interest?"

"do not know."

Chen Xingzhu shook her head, a hint of confusion flashing in her eyes, then looked at him and asked, "If I want to take on more responsibility for the company's operations, do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing?"

"I've already achieved my goal of developing the Rain Weaver game. I can just let it continue on its current trajectory. Besides, Tencent is managing it now. As long as Honor of Kings doesn't collapse, it won't get too bad. You don't need to worry about whether it's good or bad. Just focus on your interests and ideas."

After thinking for a moment, Xu Jinhuan advised, "If you feel that what you're doing here is meaningless, you can resign directly. I can also sell some more of my shares. Tencent would love for both of us to leave as soon as possible. If you want to do something, we can do it together."

"Let me think about it some more."

Chen Xingzhu sighed, paused for a moment, and then said, "I want to design clothes."

"what?"

Chen's jump in thought was too abrupt; Xu Jinhuan couldn't keep up for a moment. "A designer?"

"No, it's about opening a clothing store."

Chen Xingzhu stared intently at him and said, "I was very happy when I first started drawing these original skins, but later I realized that I actually like drawing clothes, not people, and I'm not good at drawing people, especially body types and stuff..."

She stared at Xu Jinhuan, her eyes clearly showing dissatisfaction: "I don't know why you guys like showing skin."

"It's the market that likes it, not me."

Xu Jinhuan retorted with a smile, "So you mean, open a Hanfu shop?"

"Uh-huh!"

Chen Xingzhu nodded vigorously, "In the past two years, I have mainly drawn ancient costumes. I have also read a lot of materials. The more I study, the more I feel that Hanfu is beautiful. But I don't like the ones I buy that much. So I want to make my own. I will make what I like. I don't care whether I make money or not."

"Don't worry, as long as you don't want to make money, you won't lose much."

Xu Jinhuan joked with a smile, "As long as you don't expand, your annual income will be enough to make you lose money for a lifetime, so just go for it."

Chen Xingzhu asked, "What about this side?"

Although she doesn't have much influence at Zhiyu Games, she still holds the title of vice president. With Xu Jinhuan having semi-withdrawn from daily management, she is the highest representative of the original startup team centered around Xu Jinhuan. Once she leaves, Xu Jinhuan's control over Zhiyu Games will further decrease.

“I haven’t resigned, and I still have your brother and the others.”

Xu Jinhuan smiled and comforted them, saying that although Kong Wenbo and Dong Ruiyang had sold their shares to Tencent, they were still founding team members and, thanks to Xu Jinhuan, still had a certain influence within the company. In addition, Xu Jinhuan was only in a semi-retired state, so he was unlikely to be really ostracized.

Ultimately, Xu Jinhuan is still in a cooperative relationship with Tencent, including Tencent's shares in Myth Auto. As long as this relationship remains unchanged, there won't be any major changes at Zhiyu Games.

"We work hard to earn money so that we can do what we love after we achieve financial freedom, right?"

Xu Jinhuan leaned over openly, pulled Chen Xingzhu up, sat on her chair, and then hugged her. "Now that you have the means, go do what you like. I do it, and so do you. Don't put the cart before the horse."

"Ah."

Chen Xingzhu thought for a moment and nodded slightly, "Then I'll think about it some more, and I'll resign after I make a decision."

"it is good."

Xu Jinhuan's hand was pressed down by her. Knowing that she was neither as bold as Song Zhiyu nor as passive as Xie Wanqing, she did not continue to act recklessly. She just stared at her and asked, "You just said that you bought a lot of Hanfu? How come I haven't seen you wear many of them?"

"I won't let you see it."

Chen Xingzhu rolled her eyes at him, blushing slightly, because she knew very well what he wanted to do. Even when he cosplayed a hero from "Honor of Kings," he would still mess around with it, so he definitely wouldn't let go of other costumes.

It might even be changed into various "seductive versions," which is embarrassing to even think about. (End of Chapter)