Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 178: Returning Alone

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Returning Alone

"Zhen Yu couldn’t help but remind her mother, ’We still owe the restaurant more than 10,000 yuan! We need to sell the house to pay the final payment!’"

"Oh my God! Indeed!" Mrs. Zhen slapped her hands realizing this, "Sigh! If Shoe City can make some money, we won’t need to rush to sell the house!"

Shoe City making 15,000 in six months? Zhang San and Li Si secretly smacked their lips, is selling shoes really that profitable?!

"No rush to sell, but we still need to sell!" Zhen Yu said with a helpless smile to her mother, "If we don’t sell it, are you expecting me to live in the house by myself after you move to Qi City?"

Mrs. Zhen immediately shook her head vigorously like a rattle-drum, "That’s not ok! Not ok! Absolutely not ok! You’d better stay in the dormitories where it’s safer!"

"So, I’ve been saying! I will have to move into the dormitory sooner or later!" Zhen Yu concluded the topic with this statement.

When Mrs. Zhen thought about it, indeed! It seemed inevitable that Zhen Yu would move into the dormitories, so she accepted it peacefully.

"Do we have anything else to do? If not, let’s go back to the hostel! Mom wants to rest for a while." Mrs. Zhen called out to her daughter.

Zhen Yu: "...I actually do have something else to do; you go back first."

"You still have things to do? Haven’t we finished checking everything?"

A daily sigh.

"Alas! It’s the National Day renovation, I need to check out the building materials and prices in advance at the market, and I need to find a suitable decorator."

"Oh!" Mrs. Zhen probably had too many new things on her mind these past two days, and her brain wasn’t keeping up. She blankly agreed, then asked, "Don’t you need me to come with you?"

"No need, I’m just looking around and asking questions, I’m not buying today!"

"Alright then! Be careful."

——

Mrs. Zhen left alone and went downstairs to the hostel, while in the inner room, the conversation continued.

"Now that it’s just the three of us, I’ll speak openly," Zhen Yu, not one for beating around the bush, directly said, "After the computer room opens, I plan to operate it 24 hours a day."

"?!?!" Zhang San and Li Si were both startled.

In the 90s, in this remote northern small town, there were almost no shops that stayed open all night.

Even in summer, the barbecue stands, where eating and drinking lasted until half-past midnight, would typically wind down as people dwindled.

Based on this, Zhang San skeptically asked, "Will there be people playing?"

"Let’s just give it a try and see." Zhen Yu could only answer this way, then shifted the focus of the conversation onto the two, "So if you guys are really planning to work here, you’ll need to do shifts! Can you handle that?"

The two glanced at each other, understanding each other’s thoughts. Without ties to worry about, they had one word, "Go for it!"

"No problem!" they said in unison.

"Then let’s talk about salary! You’ll need to learn the skills on the job here, so I won’t start with a high salary," Zhen Yu spoke while taking a sip of tea, observing their expressions.

Noticing they had no dissatisfaction, at least not visibly outwardly, she continued, "But I won’t pay too low either! We’ll go with the market rate, whatever you make monthly at another job, that’s what I’ll pay. How about that?"

"Deal! No problem!" The agreement from both was simultaneous, and they secretly sighed in relief, suddenly feeling ’finally settled.’

Previously, working for others always left them hanging. They felt it wouldn’t last and couldn’t tell when the day working for others might end.

But with Zhen Yu, they didn’t feel that way, as if her calm and composure could influence people around her. Once you settle on something with her, you’d have a feeling of ’It’s stable!’

Now that the employment relationship had been established, Zhen Yu planned to step out for a while.

"I need to go to the building materials market." Zhen Yu stood up and said.

"Should we go with you?" Zhang San’er asked tentatively.

Zhen Yu shook her head, seriously saying, "Really, no need! I’m just going to look around."

"Alright then, shall we meet during the National Day?"

"Um!"

"If you need anything from us, just call Old Xu here, and he can relay the message to us."

"Okay. Thanks a lot!"

"Hey! Don’t be so formal! We’re off."

——

Zhen Yu spent most of the afternoon at the building materials market, scouting for renovation materials and contractors, taking down two contacts to ensure she had everything in order.

In this era, renovations are quite cheap and convenient. All it takes is buying the materials and hiring people to work.

Though the bathroom and kitchen are a bit more troublesome, for other places, it’s just about tearing down walls and laying tiles and whitewashing to finish the job!

Across from the building materials market is a furniture mall, and Zhen Yu also went inside for a round, checking the prices of computer desks and chairs to budget when she gets back.

By the time she returned to the guesthouse, it was already past five o’clock. Mrs. Zhen casually complained a few words, then took her to find Zhen Yan, and the three of them went out to have dinner.

"Mom! I’ll go back early tomorrow." Actually, Zhen Yu could have taken the last bus this afternoon, but she was worried her mother would be concerned, so she thought about it and decided not to.

"I still need to handle the property transfer and notarization on Monday. Can you manage by yourself tomorrow night?" Mrs. Zhen worried, "Why not have Aunt Fu stay with you for the night!"

"Sure!" Zhen Yu agreed readily; though she felt she could handle it, she decided to listen to her mother. "Don’t forget to pay the fees for my brother tomorrow!"

"I know! I won’t forget!"

"Little sister!" Zhen Yan suddenly seemed reluctant to let his sister leave, asking with a bit of grievance, "Are you leaving so early?"

"I’ll be back during National Day." Zhen Yu’s voice was gentle, and she suddenly reached out and touched her brother’s head.

"Alright then, I’m going back to school!" Zhen Yan’s voice was drawn out; obviously, he wanted Zhen Yu to accompany him a bit.

He’s still a child... Zhen Yu thought, amusedly. She and Mrs. Zhen walked him to the gate of First High School.

"School starts tomorrow, remember to bring your alarm clock!" Zhen Yu said threateningly before parting: "I’ll have mom record your rank in school, and if you fall in rank later on..."

"I won’t! Absolutely not!" Even though Zhen Yu hadn’t specified what would happen if he fell in rank, Zhen Yan knew it would be a punishment hard for him to endure!

He better bring that alarm clock and study hard! After all, he was able to get into First High School thanks to his sister; he couldn’t let her efforts go to waste!

Zhen Yan stubbornly believed that the miraculous alarm clock and the precise prediction of exam topics were all due to his sister’s ’adventures’. But as all the books by Jin Yong indicated, every adventure comes with great risks!

His sister must have paid a high price... He must cherish it.

The next morning, Mrs. Zhen sent Zhen Yu off on the earliest bus to Laha Town, and even the breakfast was bought and taken on the bus.

After getting off the bus, Zhen Yu first went to Shoe City.

Li Li had just arrived at the store, opened the door, and was cleaning.