Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 195: Four Prohibitions

Chapter 195: Chapter 195: Four Prohibitions

As soon as she was free from control, Han Mingyue quickly withdrew her hand. Zhen Yu didn’t notice this detail; she reached under her pillow, rummaged around, and handed her keys to Han Mingyue.

Seeing her rummaging under the pillow, Han Mingyue’s face grew even redder. Nevertheless, she quickly took the keys and, with her head down, silently walked out of the small bedroom.

Zhen Yu was worried that her mother might call her to eat and discover the truth about her concussion. Shortly after Han Mingyue had left, she slowly got out of bed and shuffled to the living room.

For dinner, Mrs. Zhen made rice, steamed egg custard, and stir-fried shredded potatoes.

After a simple dinner, Zhen Yu sat without moving, and Mrs. Zhen compassionately told her to go back and lie down.

So, after her mother had cleaned up the table and gone to the kitchen, Zhen Yu slowly moved back to the small kang and sat there waiting for her mother to come over.

Instead of Mrs. Zhen, Mrs. Han came in.

"Xiao Yu! Your uncle and I came to check on your injury! Do you feel any better?" Mrs. Han asked as she entered.

"Aunt Han!" Zhen Yu politely greeted her first, then answered, "I feel much better than yesterday. As long as I move gently, I’m completely normal."

"From what you say, it seems not too serious. But it’s still better to let your uncle have a look!" Mrs. Han sat on the edge of the small kang and scrutinized Zhen Yu for a while, saw that her complexion was alright, then stood up and walked out, saying, "Don’t move! I’ll go call your uncle in to see if we need to change the medicine."

Zhen Yu obediently didn’t turn her head.

——

After a long wait until she was tired, Zhen Yu’s parents and Mr. Han finally came in together.

"Does the wound still hurt?" Mr. Han reached out to check the location of Zhen Yu’s wound and asked softly.

"It doesn’t hurt."

Mr. Han started to unwrap the bandage, "I’m going to open it and look, don’t move, oh."

After inspecting it for a while, Mr. Han sprinkled some medicine powder and then bandaged Zhen Yu back up.

"It’s scabbed over, don’t get it wet this week, I’ll come check next week."

"Understood, thank you, Uncle Han." Zhen Yu pretended to be obedient.

Mr. Han nodded, "Alright! It’s good you are fine, your aunt and I must go back now."

"Goodbye, uncle and aunt!"

Mrs. Zhen hadn’t said a word until then when she followed them out, but soon came back.

No sooner had she reached the living room than Zhen Yu heard a roar, "Zhen! Yu!"

Hearing her mother’s tone, Zhen Yu’s heart sank, ’thump’, oh no!

She didn’t know whether it was Mr. Han or Mrs. Han who had betrayed her...

"You explain to me! What do you mean by accidental injury? And someone throwing stones! By chance! I’ll give you a ’by chance’!" Mrs. Zhen was so angry that she raised her hand, but ultimately couldn’t bring herself to hit Zhen Yu’s arm, instead forcefully slapped her legs covered by the blanket.

"You have a concussion, do you understand?! What if it causes serious or fatal damage to your brain, what will you do for the rest of your life? Huh?! Who will take care of you? How much will it cost to treat? You think you can do it! You think you know martial arts! You—"

Facing her daughter’s pitiful gaze, Mrs. Zhen finally couldn’t go on and ended up saying bitterly, "Hmph! You’re going to be the death of me!"

"Mom~~ I was wrong~~" Zhen Yu wished she could pull out 120% of her acting skills to coo, but her performance was actually quite cringeworthy.

Luckily, there was no audience around. Although Mrs. Zhen was truly angry, she also truly felt sorry for her own daughter and her expression softened after a cold spell.

——

But there was no way Mrs. Zhen would let Zhen Yu off the hook!

After stewing in her thoughts for a while, Mrs. Zhen sternly told her daughter, "From now on, stay away from those two brothers from the Han Family!"

Her words had barely left her mouth when her daughter opened her mouth to speak, clearly wanting to object.

Seeing this made Mrs. Zhen’s anger flare up instantly!

"First, keep your mouth shut and listen quietly!"

Zhen Yu clammed up and behaved.

"You’re already thirteen this year! Aren’t there quite a few young women your age in your class who have already started their periods? You haven’t yet, but I think it’s time to switch your undershirts for bras, isn’t it? And still, you show no discretion! Always clustering around those half-grown boys! Not at all like a young woman should behave!"

Zhen Yu: "..."

My mom stays quiet all day, but her eyes sure are sharp!

"You’re growing into a young woman! Remember this from now on! Don’t initiate contact with boys and don’t invite them over to our house! That includes those two from the Han Family, and Fu Yu! It’s okay if they come to you on their own, but you must not stay alone with them! Especially no dating!"

Seeing her mother even brought up early dating, Zhen Yu had to interject in her defense, "Mom! You’re overthinking it..."

"What do you mean I’m overthinking it! What do you know? Just because you don’t think about it, doesn’t mean others don’t! If you actually start dating, the boys won’t suffer any loss! It’s the girls who end up suffering! Do you understand?"

Mrs. Zhen stared fiercely at Zhen Yu, demanding an answer, and what could Zhen Yu do? She could only offer a reluctant, "I understand."

To which Mrs. Zhen retorted, "You understand nothing!"

Zhen Yu: "..."

We can have a talk and discipline is discipline. But can we keep it civil, please...

——

"Do you know how those gossiping tongues outside talk about young women who date early? Just the year before last! Did your brother’s class not have a girl who had a big fuss with a transfer student and even had their parents called in? Do you remember that?"

Zhen Yu wanted to shake her head, she barely moved it by 0.01 degrees then stopped, opting to say, "I don’t remember."

"Ah! It’s normal you don’t remember, you were still in elementary school! You might have heard it and forgotten all about it," Mrs. Zhen sighed. "Later, during a parent-teacher meeting, sitting next to me were a few mothers of boys. As soon as they sat down, they started talking about that girl, saying how she was too young yet not focusing on her studies, being all touchy-feely with boys! That kind of frivolous girl, they said, better keep their own sons away from her to avoid trouble! Just listen to that! Just listen!"

Mrs. Zhen spoke indignantly, "One of them even heard from somewhere that the girl had pursued the boy herself. Then they started slapping all kinds of ugly labels on her! Like ’cheap goods,’ ’vulgar,’

and ’worthless!’ I don’t know if that girl’s mom was there, but I was thinking at the time, if anyone dared to speak that way about my girl, I’d slap them right across their face!"

Zhen Yu leaned closer into her mother’s embrace, moved yet feeling a bit guilty.

Mrs. Zhen stroked her daughter’s head, "But then! When I got home and saw your brother, my thoughts changed. I don’t just have a daughter, I have a son too! So suddenly, I could somewhat understand the mindset of those boys’ parents. In the end, that young woman was despised because her parents didn’t keep a tight enough rein on her!"

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