Rebirth Must Be Happy

When Song Zhiyu called out "sister-in-law," the three people at the table, plus Xu Jinhuan standing next to her, all froze in place.

Xie Wanqing and Chen Xingzhu were both astonished, while Chen Xingruo was completely dumbfounded—her mind went completely blank! However, even in this mental blank, she could feel her face burning up rapidly.

From Xu Jinhuan's perspective, it was even clearer, because Chen Xingruo's face had become like a cooked lobster.

"You let go...you..."

In the silence, Chen Xingruo subconsciously answered, but stammered and couldn't get the words out. She then looked guiltily at the reactions of the people around her.

First, I looked at my older sister. I saw that her expression still held surprise, but when she looked at me, there seemed to be a hint of a smile in her eyes.

Then, glancing at Xie Wanqing again, Chen Xingruo didn't care much about Xie's reaction. Xie Wanqing's expression was simply one of smiles and helplessness—helplessness stemming from Song Zhiyu's teasing behavior of still trying to "compete" with Chen Xingruo, and smiles simply the effect of this teasing behavior.

This is different from the faint smile in Chen Xingzhu's eyes.

Xie Wanqing isn't my biological sister, okay?

A hint of annoyance flashed through Chen Xingruo's blank mind. Then, with no one else to observe, she "had no choice" but to look at the person she had subconsciously wanted to avoid, namely Xu Jinhuan.

When her eyes met Xu Jinhuan's, she only caught a glimpse of his astonished and staring gaze. Before she could even feel or interpret the emotions conveyed in his eyes, she felt her face burning and quickly looked away.

"Uh……"

In the silence, it was Song Zhiyu, who had caused this farce, who spoke first. As she drew everyone's attention, Zhizhi, who was usually quite shameless, surprisingly showed a slightly embarrassed expression and tentatively explained in a low voice, "If I said that I mistook someone for someone else and didn't mean to tease Chen Xingruo, would you believe me?"

Xu Jinhuan stood, basically looking Song Zhiyu straight in the eye; Chen Xingzhu and Xie Wanqing sat, looking up at Song Zhiyu with their heads slightly tilted back; Chen Xingruo, who was still blushing, was sitting with Song Zhiyu's hand on her shoulder, so she could only tilt her head back even further, staring at Song Zhiyu.

No one spoke.

Song Zhiyu could only look at Xu Jinhuan and ask again, "Brother?"

Xu Jinhuan shook his head: "I don't believe it."

Song Zhiyu wasn't surprised by the answer, but she still gritted her teeth, looking a bit vengeful. Then she smiled again, dimples appearing on her cheeks, and asked Chen Xingzhu, "Sister Xingzhu, do you believe me?"

Without pausing, she quickly explained, "I originally meant to call you sister-in-law to deliberately annoy Xie Wanqing, but I mistook Xingruo for you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Jinhuan and the other three subconsciously looked at Chen Xingzhu and Chen Xingruo's outfits for the day: Chen Xingzhu was wearing jeans and a light gray knitted cardigan, while Chen Xingruo was wearing jeans and a light blue cashmere sweater, both of which were light-colored outfits that Chen Xingzhu would wear.

From this perspective, Song Zhiyu's mistake of the person is theoretically justified.

However, meeting Song Zhiyu's hopeful gaze, Chen Xingzhu calmly and without hesitation shook her head: "I don't believe it."

Song Zhiyu's pure and pretty face immediately fell. She pouted and looked at her only hope: "Sister Xie, you're the best person. You'll definitely believe me, right?"

"wrong!"

Xie Wanqing rarely put on a stern face. "I'm the best person, so you call me Xie Wanqing to my face? I'm the best person, so nobody believes you anymore, and you're the last one to ask me?"

She snorted, seemingly infected by Xu Jinhuan's whim, and quoted a famous movie line: "Should good people be held at gunpoint?"

Song Zhiyu pouted, then suddenly remembered there was still one last hope, so she lowered her head and asked Chen Xingruo again, "Sister Xingruo, you will definitely believe me, right?"

Chen Xingruo felt inexplicably flustered when she was asked this question. She subconsciously looked at Xu Jinhuan and saw that he was also looking at her. She became even more flustered and avoided his gaze while stammering, "I... um, ah... I believe you!"

She finally managed to give a smooth answer, but then felt her face burning even hotter. So she reached out and pulled Song Zhiyu's hand away from her shoulder, saying with a slight reproach, "Okay, okay, I believe you. You should sit down now." As if she had only said "I believe you" because Song Zhiyu had pestered her and she was forced to believe her.

"Hmph, fine, if you don't believe me, then so be it."

Song Zhiyu huffed angrily, sat down next to Chen Xingruo, and scanned a QR code with her phone: "Order some food, eat more, I want to turn my grief into appetite."

Xie Wanqing was, after all, the one who was most easily moved to pity. Afraid that she might really be unhappy, she said with amusement, "Come on, nobody said anything to you..."

Song Zhiyu immediately looked up and smiled sweetly, "Hehe, I knew Sister Wanqing was the best."

Xu Jinhuan sat down next to Chen Xingzhu, but Chen Xingzhu ignored him and asked Song Zhiyu instead, "If what you said is true, then why did you deliberately call me sister-in-law?"

When Xie Wanqing saw Song Zhiyu acting like this again, her smile, which had been on her face, froze when she heard Chen Xingzhu's question.

Song Zhiyu deliberately calls Chen Xingzhu "sister-in-law," which serves only one purpose besides intentionally seeking stimulation in certain special situations to satisfy someone's inner darkness:

This made her other sister-in-law, Xie Wanqing, unhappy!
As for why Song Zhiyu deliberately made her unhappy, Xie Wanqing was too lazy to think about it, because there were just too many possibilities, and she couldn't possibly think of them all. After all, even the same girls' dormitory could have a palace drama unfold, let alone their kind of relationship.

On a larger scale, the fact that no one has bothered Xu Jinhuan these past few days, and that he's been keeping her company, could be a reason for Song Zhiyu to be unhappy and want to cause trouble.
On a smaller scale, the fact that she, Chen Xingzhu, and Chen Xingruo arrived early but deliberately separated the two empty seats so that Song Zhiyu and Xu Jinhuan wouldn't sit together could be a reason for her to cause trouble, right?

Although separating the empty seats wasn't my idea, I was just too easy to talk to.

To put it more simply, a few days ago she was filming a video while holding her baby, but when she went over, the baby couldn't stand her torment and ran into her arms on its own. Could that be considered a valid reason?

To put it more simply, Song Zhiyu sometimes has a sudden lapse in judgment, and she doesn't need a reason at all; she just finds it fun.

Thinking about it this way, and considering the words she had just used to comfort her, Xie Wanqing wanted nothing more than to pour the drink in her glass onto Song Zhiyu's face. She glared at Chen Xingzhu and said irritably, "Don't try to sow discord."

"That's right, they're trying to sow discord between us sisters."

Upon seeing this, Song Zhiyu immediately hugged Xie Wanqing's arm tightly, "We are not blood sisters, but we are closer than blood sisters. Our relationship is much better than that of you two twins who are only superficially close."

"You get out too."

Xie Wanqing pushed Song Zhiyu away, got up and walked out.

This action really startled the other four people, who thought that Chen Xingruo, Song Zhiyu, and Chen Xingzhu's series of mischief had really angered this good-tempered older sister.

Song Zhiyu panicked a little and quickly got up to grab Xie Wanqing's hand. Xie Wanqing then turned around and said irritably, "I'm going to the restroom."

"Then I'll go with you."

Song Zhiyu was relieved and chuckled, but she didn't let go. She got up and left, still holding Xie Wanqing's arm. Her voice followed, "Hey, did you change your shampoo?"

Xu Jinhuan looked at Chen Xingzhu, about to speak, when he saw Chen Xingzhu stand up as well and say, "I'll go too."

Like Xu Jinhuan, Chen Xingruo was clearly stunned for a moment, then glanced at Xu Jinhuan and stood up, looking somewhat flustered: "Then I'll go too."

In the blink of an eye, the table was empty except for Xu Jinhuan. Turning to watch the two sisters leave together, she muttered to herself the question she had just wanted to ask: "At such close range, Chen Xingruo felt awkward. Did you sense it?"

He was genuinely curious, and it was a pure curiosity without any lewd connotations. (End of Chapter)