Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 117: Pen Name for Submission

Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Pen Name for Submission

"Sure!" Zhen Yu realized what he wanted to ask; he was just worried about turning out like those writers and painters in the novels after graduation.

Zhen Yu spoke with an alluring tone, "Trust me! Being a writer has great prospects."

"I can’t see that," Han Mingyue muttered, "Getting paid so little for an article. If I rely solely on writing after university graduation, I might not even be able to support myself."

"Hahaha~ You can always work part-time~" Zhen Yu couldn’t help but laugh.

"If you’re not sure about this path now, keep writing and see! Stick with it until the college entrance exam, then decide whether to choose a major related to writing."

Han Mingyue stopped in his tracks, pondered with his head down for nearly a minute before slowly turning around and staring into Zhen Yu’s eyes, "Is this your plan?"

Zhen Yu looked into the young man’s clear eyes and nodded seriously, "Yes! That’s exactly what I plan!"

"Then let’s do it together!"

It wasn’t a question, it was an assertion.

Zhen Yu slowly smiled, "Alright!" After a pause, he added, "I submitted a manuscript to ’Selected Novels’ today."

"!" Han Mingyue was startled, "A novel? A short story?"

He was still writing essays, but Zhen Yu had already started writing novels?

"Yep~ Just wanted to give it a try." Zhen Yu’s tone was calm, showing little hope.

"Keep it up!" Han Mingyue encouraged Zhen Yu, then pursed his lips, "What pen name did you use for your submission?"

Zhen Yu’s lips curved slightly, hinted side-long, "Guess~"

"...Any hint?" At a loss, Han Mingyue asked.

Zhen Yu crisply replied with two words, "None."

You didn’t even give a range, how am I supposed to guess?! Damn it!

"Really?"

"Old-fashioned!"

"A proverb?"

"No Zhen Yan."

"Wang Yuyan?"

"...You’ve got wild imagination."

"Brain hole?"

The topic drifted off as they both, tacitly turning around, walked towards Zhen Family’s house.

-

"Crazy girl! Why does it take so long to use the bathroom? Are you constipated?! If it weren’t so late at night, I’d think you had gone out!"

Zhen Yan had just entered the house when he heard Mrs. Zhen’s nagging.

Before Zhen Yu could speak, Mrs. Zhen turned around, saw Zhen Yan, and started nagging her son, "Stinky boy! Where did you run off to? In and out the whole evening! Did you fall into a pit? Don’t tell me you went to look for your sister!"

Zhen Yu froze momentarily when she saw her brother entering from outside, but within a second, calmly turned back to her small bedroom.

Leaving the machine-gun-like Mrs. Zhen to Zhen Yan.

Zhen Yan rolled his eyes, "I was at Fu Yu’s house for a while!"

Mrs. Zhen’s eyes never left the TV as she continued nagging, "What were you doing at someone’s house so late?! No more going out late, hear me?! Every single day! Have you finished your homework? Or did you just go out to play? The scores at First High School are very high! With your grades, you should be studying hard..."

Blah blah blah...

Resigned to his fate, Zhen Yan returned to the small bedroom. He hadn’t really finished his homework; he had followed his sister out earlier because he was worried about her.

When he saw Han Mingyue, Zhen Yan felt helpless.

The first thing he thought was not to let Han Jiayang know about this; otherwise, he would brag about it every day.

Secondly, he thought, is my sister in a puppy love? Or is it puppy love?

Today, no way he could let mom know about this! Otherwise, both of them would be dead! Even he couldn’t escape!

-

After closing the door of the small bedroom, Zhen Yan grabbed his sister from the desk and pulled her directly to the small kang bed in the corner.

"Spill it! When did this start?" Zhen Yan, with a wary face, watched the door of the small bedroom and asked.

Zhen Yu inexplicably looked at her brother, "What?"

Zhen Yan curled his lips and declared, "Han Mingyue!"

Zhen Yu immediately understood, her brother had seen them together?

"I had something to discuss with him," she explained.

"Stop lying! When did this start? You’re barely old enough to be in love so early!"

"..." Zhen Yu was speechless, can’t you stop presuming things? I’m not even there yet.

Seeing his sister silent, Zhen Yan continued to rant, "That stinky Han Mingyue usually looks like a nerd, I really didn’t expect..."

"Brother~ We’re not in a relationship!" Zhen Yu interrupted.

"Not in a relationship but calling you out late at night,"

"It was really something important!" Zhen Yu emphasized, "He didn’t have time during the day, so he came to see me at night."

Zhen Yan skeptically said, "No time? Why didn’t he talk after school?"

Zhen Yu spread her hands in resignation, "Bai Xue was going on and on, how could he get a word in?"

Zhen Yan recalled, "Ah, indeed...Bai Xue was so excited today after being selected for the show!"

"Exactly~ she grabbed me just to make me listen."

"So what did Han Mingyue want from you?"

Zhen Yu thought it over a bit—her brother was quite strict, so she mentioned, "It’s about a submission he made to a magazine."

"Wow~ Han Mingyue wrote a book?" Zhen Yan was surprised.

"No~ just got an article published."

"That’s still pretty impressive," Zhen Yan genuinely admired, "So what did he talk to you about?"

"I submitted an article too."

Zhen Yan was impressed, "Alright, alright! I am going to do my homework now, as long as it’s not puppy love, all good! I can’t meddle in the world of the scholarly."

The siblings returned to their desks and continued their studies.

-

Back at home, Han Mingyue didn’t face any questions since he went out with the reason of "feeling dizzy and needing a walk."

Today, he couldn’t focus on his studies. After washing up, Han Mingyue went to bed early, and lying there, he still wondered about Zhen Yu’s pen name.

"What kind of pen name would she pick? Isn’t it supposed to contain her name like mine does?"

After pondering for a long while without any clue,

He raised his hands and rubbed his face, "Ah! This is too hard to guess!"

Bang—

The door suddenly burst open, and Han Jiayang rushed in energetically.

"Brother! Brother!" Han Jiayang initially didn’t see anyone at the desk and called out twice before realizing the person was in bed.

Surprised, he asked, "Why are you going to bed so early? It’s only what time and you’re already sleeping?"

Isn’t brother usually studying until after nine o’clock? Is it that the moon has been swallowed by the heavenly dog today?

From childhood, Han Mingyue had become accustomed to his brother’s surprises. In a calm tone, he said, "Get to the point."

"I heard from mom that you went out late night, what were you doing?"

Han Mingyue bit the corner of his lip, avoiding the main topic, "Do you need something?"

"I want to listen to your Little Tiger Team cassette!"

"Go ahead and take it."

"Sure thing!"

After Han Jiayang took the cassette and left, Han Mingyue put on headphones, listened to the soothing saxophone music, and turned off the lights.

In the darkness, listening quietly, Going Home—

Zhen Yu was right, this instrument truly is miraculous, soothing, melodious, touching to the core.

It somewhat resembles, the feeling of being with her, not intense, but filled with warmth.