Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 134 The Strategy of Delaying Troops

Chapter 134: Chapter 134 The Strategy of Delaying Troops

Zhen Yu says what she does! First, she takes two people with her to the Four Merchants Store to mail out the manuscript. Then, straight home to start tutoring mode.

She pulls out the English exam papers from half the semester, explaining them one by one, starting with the second year of junior high, since Zhen Yan’s foundation is not that solid, and she can explain the third year to him alone at night.

This explaining lasted until dinner time, when Han Mingyue finally took her leave.

The next day, Zhen Yan was not allowed to go out, instead, Zhen Yu pushed his head down, and he studied English with Han Mingyue for the whole day.

On Monday, the moment to test the students’ learning results of the past half year arrived, the final exams began.

Like the mid-term exams, they were even stricter, as the exams nearly skinned everyone alive.

By Wednesday, the big red list was already out, showing how the teachers really worked overtime to grade the exams.

Zhen Yu, as usual, took first place in the grade.

But this time, the second place in the first year group was taken by the class president of the second class, Lu Wei, Qiao Xian was third, and Qian Duoduo fourth.

Shen Qi was still the first in second year; Han Mingyue, who crammed last minute for a day and a half, still couldn’t match Shen Qi’s day-by-day efforts.

The same went for Zhen Yan, who, as expected, did not maintain a position within the top forty, but still, he did not fall off the red list and was just dangling at the end of it.

—

Everyone gathered around the red list early in the morning, then dispersed.

Upon entering the class, Zhen Yu felt a gaze upon her.

Looking over, she discovered it was Qian Duoduo. At the moment, her eyes were red and swollen, clearly from crying.

Falling out of the top three was probably a huge blow for her at this moment.

But actually, Zhen Yu wanted to tell her, ’Child, life is a 99-step journey, and you’re still just at the starting point. A fragile heart won’t do.’

After all, human energy is limited; investing in a singing competition means your studies will be impacted, which is normal.

Her thoughts were many, but she made no outward sign, simply silently returning to her seat.

Following her cues, Qian Duoduo turned her head, waiting until she sat down, then said, "I will work hard during the winter vacation!"

Zhen Yu nodded at her but didn’t express any opinion.

For two whole days, the discussion was all about the exam papers and the questions.

Finally, on Thursday morning, each class head teacher announced that a parent-teacher meeting would be held early on Friday.

This meant the winter vacation was beginning, as the parent meeting day is always the start of the children’s winter vacation.

It was pain accompanied by joy.

—

Thursday noon, while Zhen Yu was eating, Zhen Yan suddenly came looking for her.

"Little Sister! Little Sister!" he shouted through the doorway of the first-year first class.

As a group looked over, Zhen Yu also saw, got up, put on her coat, and walked over.

"What’s wrong?" Zhen Yu stood not far from the classroom door and asked.

"Grandpa came to school to find me, he told me to go with him as soon as the winter vacation starts! To his place!"

Zhen Yu pondered for a moment; this was unusual! If he wanted to pick up his grandson, he could have just waited until the winter vacation started and then came to their house.

Coming to the school earlier, seemed somewhat anxious. It must be... Ju Zhen has given birth!

"Go then! I’ll come to pick you up in a week." Zhen Yu said.

Zhen Yan asked nervously, "Really?! Don’t forget about me!"

"Don’t worry! It’s just a delaying strategy." Zhen Yu patted her older brother’s arm, "Go back now."

"Alright! I’m going back then, Little Sister!"

Zhen Yan came quickly and left just as fast, spending only two minutes, yet he left Zhen Yu facing a difficult problem.

Although after a couple divorces, child custody can be negotiated, when there are two children, it is mostly the case that each parent gets one!

At that time, it was Zhen Halong who was at fault, that’s why he didn’t argue. But he never said he didn’t want his son, nor did he sign any written agreement relinquishing his custody rights over Zhen Yan.

The reason Zhen Yu dragged out the problem was because Zhen Yan was already fourteen, and his opinion was very important in this custody battle.

Moreover, there was another critical factor, which was that the other party having more children!

Zhen Yu was waiting for her younger half-sister to be born. Once that happened, Mr. Zhen would have other children. If he filed a lawsuit, there would be an 80% chance he would lose!

Furthermore, what if the child and the stepmother had irreconcilable differences? It was obvious how the court would rule at that stage!

Zhen Yu tasked her brother to delay the proceedings while she decided to take the initiative to gather evidence proving Ju Zhen’s daughter was the result of an extramarital affair!

On Friday, Mrs. Zhen went to school alone to attend parent-teacher conferences for both her children.

Zhen Yu had already spoken to Teacher Cao beforehand, so Mrs. Zhen would first go to see Zhen Yan, and after the conference, she’d go to the office to talk to Old Cao about her daughter.

Zhen Yan was also gently sent off to the car by Zhen Yu, who then took a ride to their grandfather’s house.

Zhen Yu hid the recorder in her backpack and went to Han Mingyue’s house.

"Xiao Yu? I thought you’d be busy today, didn’t dare to disturb you." Han Mingyue was somewhat surprised, as it was just the start of the winter vacation, and he was organizing books and papers from the past six months.

"It is busy! I just came to ask, do you know where Zhen Halong is hospitalized?"

Han Mingyue paused and then realized, "I don’t know, but my dad might."

"Then I’ll go ask at the clinic."

"I’ll come with you!" Han Mingyue immediately began to put on his coat.

Zhen Yu: "..."

Together, they went to the clinic, where business had picked up in winter, with many people having colds and fevers.

Zhen Yu waited whilst, during a brief lull from his busy schedule, Mr. Han casually mentioned, "He’s at the town’s First Hospital! He should be getting discharged soon!"

"Thank you, Uncle Han!" Once she got the information, Zhen Yu was ready to leave and Han Mingyue wanted to follow, but she stopped him.

"I have a private matter; you wait for me in the clinic!"

"...Okay."

After finding out the room number, Zhen Yu activated the recorder before entering the ward.

The process of initiating conversation... well, it’s a bit complicated.

Originally, given that Ju Zhen was a new mother, Zhen Yu did not want to upset her too much, fearing postpartum depression.

But what happened? The moment Ju Zhen saw Zhen Yu enter, she became incredibly defensive.

It was as if, having finally had Zhen Halong’s daughter, she felt truly superior to Zhen Yu, the previous daughter, flaunting her own daughter excessively.

Then, inevitably, she fell into Zhen Yu’s trap. Discussing her full-term pregnancy, she showed disdain and strong aversion towards both Zhen Yan and Zhen Yu.

Zhen Halong sat silently beside the bed the entire time; although he tried to hide it, Zhen Yu easily saw through the disappointment beneath his act.

Before leaving, Zhen Yu confronted him, "You divorced my mom right after Ju Zhen got pregnant with this child, you should be happy now that she’s given birth!"

"How do you know?" Mr. Zhen asked instinctively, and then covered up by saying, "Of course I’m happy!"

"I’m happy too! If it weren’t for this child born out of an affair, I really would have had a hard time!" Zhen Yu dropped this statement and turned to leave.

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