Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 194: Heart Like a Drum

Chapter 194: Chapter 194: Heart Like a Drum

"Sorry about that... I’ll definitely discipline the kid when we get back!" The woman who looked like an official awkwardly pulled her son away and left after a quick word. Her departure seemed to be a signal, as the plump woman and the others also promptly followed suit, leaving the Zhen Family home.

In the blink of an eye, only the Han Family Brothers were left in the living room.

Han Jiaoyang immediately approached Han Mingyue and asked, "Bro, is Zhen Yu really asleep?"

"Yeah." Han Mingyue nodded and walked toward the kitchen, "I’ll go make some formula for you, quickly have some snacks and then head off. You’ll be late for class otherwise."

"Oh! Okay!"

After sending off his brother, Han Mingyue locked the front gate and returned to the small bedroom.

Zhen Yu was lying on the bed with her eyes open. As soon as she saw him come in, she asked, "Is everyone gone?"

"They’re gone. They were the parents of those boys from yesterday. They said they came to visit you." Han Mingyue sat at Zhen Yu’s desk, looking at her through the curtain.

"Um, what did you say?" Zhen Yu sounded absent-minded because she was browsing the System Mall, trying to see if there was anything worth saving up her ability points to exchange for.

"I told them that’s enough! Asked them not to come again."

"Good! Better if they stay away." Zhen Yu expressed her satisfaction.

"Since those boys were willing to come over to apologize, it shows that they feel they were in the wrong. They’ll probably keep their mouths shut from now on."

Zhen Yu wasn’t particularly concerned about whether they kept their mouths shut or not; being gossiped about by people wasn’t going to cost her any flesh.

But if those four troublemakers could be dealt with, most of the others in the class might follow suit and shut up as well. Fewer buzzing flies around would be nice.

"That would be great." Zhen Yu replied nonchalantly, then fell silent.

Han Mingyue didn’t speak further either, his gaze fixed on the curtain, seemingly lost in thought.

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After a while, just when Han Mingyue thought Zhen Yu might have fallen asleep, a soft ’huh’ came from behind the curtain.

"What is it??" Han Mingyue promptly looked up from his book and asked.

Zhen Yu fell silent behind the curtain for a moment, then said, "It’s nothing."

Han Mingyue: "..."

At this moment, Zhen Yu was examining an item in the System Mall, [Data Detector, get to know it! Know everything anytime, anywhere. Exchange: 100 ability points, Validity: Permanent.]

It seemed like a good item, she just wondered... could it diagnose human diseases?

Although it was somewhat expensive, Zhen Yu had no urgent need for an exchange at the moment. After hesitating for a while, she decided to save up her ability points for the time being.

As for whether to exchange or not, she would decide based on the situation later on.

After closing the System Mall, Zhen Yu closed her eyes for a while but still couldn’t fall asleep. So she slowly sat up and gradually pulled open the curtain.

Hearing the sound, Han Mingyue turned his head to look, "What’s wrong?"

Zhen Yu let go of her hands and sat with her head lowered in the middle of the bed, "I’m bored, don’t know what to do."

"... How about, I read a book to you?" Han Mingyue asked hesitantly.

Zhen Yu slowly turned her head and glanced at Han Mingyue.

The look lasted longer than expected, leaving Han Mingyue’s heart pounding inexplicably until Zhen Yu finally breathed out a single word, "Okay."

"What would you like to listen to?"

"Um... ’The Little Prince.’"

"Alright." Han Mingyue pulled the book from the shelf and dragged a chair over to the small kang bed. She began reading from the beginning once she sat down.

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Mrs. Zhen returned to town at noon, thinking that her daughter should be at school by then, so she went directly to Shoe City.

She busied herself with work, and before she knew it, it was four in the afternoon.

Because she was concerned about her daughter, whom she hadn’t seen in two days, Mrs. Zhen left Li Li in charge of the shop with instructions to close on time, and then went straight home.

The yard gate was locked. As Mrs. Zhen unlocked and went through it, she thought no one was home. But then she heard a reading voice coming from the small bedroom.

Mrs. Zhen entered the room with a puzzled look and the first thing she saw was her daughter sitting against the wall on the kang bed, and that striking bandage wrapped around her head.

"Xiao Yu!" Mrs. Zhen’s heart suddenly tightened. She rushed over and started inspecting her daughter, "What happened? Is it serious? How come something happened just two days after you came back?

"Mom, it’s okay now!" Zhen Yu quickly comforted her mother, "It was just an accident! Someone threw a stone, and it happened to hit me. Oh right! That family even brought things to visit me today."

Han Mingyue did not expect Zhen Yu to explain her injury in this way and it was too late to stop her. She just stood there, dumbfounded, with her mouth agape.

"Who cares about their little things!" Mrs. Zhen spat, "Are things more important than your health! You child! I should have taken a few more days off; it would have been better for you to come back with me today!"

"Mom! I’m hungry!" Zhen Yu quickly found something for her mother to do, or else who knows how long she would go on for! With her current headache, she couldn’t bear her mother’s nagging skills.

"Are you hungry? What did you eat for lunch? Was it just a makeshift meal? I’ll go cook right away! It’ll be ready soon!" Mrs. Zhen got up and headed out. She remembered Han Mingyue was still there only when she reached the doorway, so she turned around and politely said, "Ming Yue, you should also stay for dinner here."

Then, without waiting for Han Mingyue to respond, she went straight to the kitchen.

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It was only after the clattering from the kitchen began that Han Mingyue said, "Why did you say it was an accident?"

"It saves trouble that way, no need to explain anything," Zhen Yu thought that the excuse she came up with on the spur of the moment was perfect.

Han Mingyue, however, felt it wasn’t reliable, "...Aren’t you afraid it’ll give you away?"

"How could it?" Zhen Yu said nonchalantly, "If you don’t say anything, and I don’t say anything, where would my mom get that information? She’s always at Shoe City, she wouldn’t see those people."

"I hope so." Although Han Mingyue still felt it was inappropriate, there was no trouble for now, so he didn’t pursue it further.

So, he stood up and said, "You and Aunt Cheng haven’t seen each other for a few days, surely you have things to talk about. I won’t stay for dinner tonight."

Zhen Yu also felt that Mrs. Zhen probably had a lot to discuss with her, so she was about to nod.

She barely tilted her head down when Han Mingyue held it in place with his index finger, "Don’t nod! Have you forgotten how uncomfortable it is when you do?"

"Oh!" Zhen Yu lifted her right hand to hold Han Mingyue’s index finger and pulled his hand down.

She naturally held it without letting go, resting both of her hands, including her left, on her lower abdomen, "Then will you come tomorrow?"

Han Mingyue could distinctly feel his right hand moving up and down with Zhen Yu’s breath, causing him to blush.

Fearing Zhen Yu might notice something, he quickly answered, "I’ll come first thing in the morning! Gotta go now." With that, he tried to withdraw his hand.

But when Zhen Yu sensed his movement, she suddenly gripped his fingers tightly and said to him, "Wait a minute!"

"?" Han Mingyue was helpless but still stood still without moving, and only then did Zhen Yu let go of his fingers.

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