Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 209 - 208: Cheap Uncle

Chapter 209: Chapter 208: Cheap Uncle

Zhen Yu went over recent events around her in her mind and felt that there was nothing that warranted such a serious and grand approach from her mother!

Confused, she decided to listen to what her mother had to say first! Zhen Yu took a polite kneeling pose, respectfully waiting for her mother to speak.

"Xiao Yu, has your school recently caught a pervert?"

Oh, it’s about that! Zhen Yu suddenly smiled in realization, "Yes."

"Why didn’t you tell me about it when you came home?" Mrs. Zhen said, lightly patting her daughter’s arm.

Zhen Yu wore an innocent expression.

"What does it have to do with me? Why bother mentioning it?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhen suddenly made an expression akin to constipation, hesitated for a long while, and then tentatively asked, "Xiao Yu, do you still remember what happened when you were five or six years old?"

Zhen Yu didn’t quite understand her mother’s meaning at first and responded casually: "I shouldn’t remember something that happened so long ago. Just tell me what it is!"

Mrs. Zhen cleared her throat before beginning to explain the situation.

"In the earlier years, your grandpa and them were still in touch with your aunt’s family. You weren’t even in elementary school yet! I remember it very clearly. But it was close, you were going to start school in September, and in July, I took you and your brother to visit your aunt’s family with your grandma and grandpa! Your aunt’s youngest son was already in middle school that year. I don’t remember exactly which grade, but he was attending Siying School for sure."

"Your aunt on your grandpa’s side, she’s a really close relative! I thought since you and your brother never caused trouble with stuff, especially when visiting others’ homes, you never touched other people’s belonging. So, I didn’t keep too close an eye on you and let you go play! I stayed in the living room chatting with the elders. At first, I didn’t pay much attention to where you and your brother went, but after seeing your brother come in and out several times under my watch without a glimpse of you, I got up to look for you. That’s when I found out your aunt’s youngest son was no good at all! He..."

There was no need for Mrs. Zhen to continue; Zhen Yu softly interrupted her, "Mom, I remember now."

In fact, as soon as her mother had brought up ’the youngest son,’ Zhen Yu had her suspicions. As Mrs. Zhen’s narration reached halfway, Zhen Yu had completely recalled the whole incident.

Mrs. Zhen was referring to the incident when she was ’examined’ as a child.

But why bring up this incident now? Could it be... that things were really such a coincidence?

"Mom, the pervert the school caught, could it be that cheap uncle from back then?" Zhen Yu took a guess and casually asked.

"That’s exactly who it is!" Mrs. Zhen clapped her hands together, somewhat vindictively adding, "Back then he tricked you into taking off your clothes, thinking you were young and ignorant! If I hadn’t arrived in time, who knows what chaos could have ensued! I was so angry I wanted to slap him then and there, but your grandma stopped me, saying that making a scene would harm your reputation, so I held back my anger!"

"He was a molester in junior high, no surprise if he didn’t turn out well when he grew up! I heard after he graduated from middle school he just loafed around at home, always skulking around trying to take advantage of other familes’ daughters and wives, and his reputation stank up the whole street! Now that he’s been arrested, who knows how many people are clapping at home in relief!" Mrs. Zhen finally vented the resentment that had been pent up for many years and shared her heartfelt words with her daughter, her eyebrows finally relaxing.

Zhen Yu: "..."

How despicable does one have to be to become so universally hated?

Upon further reflection, someone who could sink so low as to indulge voyeuristically in a cesspool indeed had their desires ’smoked’ by lust!

But the ’color’ (lust) on top of this character is not a pleasurable experience once you’ve indulged and ended up behind bars...

Seeing her mother at ease, Zhen Yu urged, "Mom, let’s not worry about his business anymore! Let’s cook, I’m hungry."

"Okay! Let’s cook!" Mrs. Zhen pulled her daughter toward the kitchen, muttering as they walked, "As soon as I heard he got caught, I was so happy inside! But I couldn’t show it outwardly, considering the little family connection we have, and there are no few who know of us! Now it’s just the two of us left in this family, I really need to talk to you! You see, you can know someone’s face but not their heart, even real relatives can do such harm. Who knows what other terrible things he’s done outside? And there are many men like him out there! You haven’t forgotten what mom has taught you since you were little..."

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"Girls must be reserved! You must learn to protect yourself!" Zhen Yu was bombarded repeatedly with her mother’s reminders, continuing all the way until dinner ended, after which she could finally retreat to her room.

She opened the system to check, and currently, she had 88 ability points, not far from her goal of a hundred, which she should reach by New Year’s.

From early September to the end of October, she spent every weekend bustling about at Shoe City. These 88 points she had accumulated from her dedication to school and extra efforts after November.

The ’Study Table’ was a method Zhen Yu had come up with to supervise several academically weak students, as she had once heard in her previous life that ’it takes 42 days to form a habit’. Whether that phrase was true or false, she believed the spirit of persistence was undoubtedly correct. Thus, Zhen Yu led the group to study for the entire summer break, utilizing nearly three months.

If this didn’t help them form good study habits, then there was nothing more she could do.

At least Zhen Yu believed she had done all she could in good conscience.

She couldn’t pour all her time into others; she wasn’t reborn to make the wedding dress for someone else!

Zhen Yu was always very clear about what she wanted, what she should do, and she would not confuse her priorities.

So, even though Zhen Yu stopped going to Shoe City from November and didn’t gather anyone to study at the Zhen Family home, she maintained the habit of doing homework together from Monday to Friday.

On the weekends, when she was alone at home, she would lock the door, read books, and solve problems at home.

Yet within this tranquility, there were disharmonious elements.

First, there was Han Mingyue, who would occasionally visit but sit silently all day, and then there was Fu Yu, who would holler and shout, refusing to leave when Zhen Yu didn’t open the door, even trying to jump over the wall into the Zhen Family’s yard.

Sometimes, when Zhen Yu lay awake unable to sleep, her thoughts would wander, wondering if this year she is fated to attract romance, or if it was just a bad year! Everything seemed fine in October; all the calamity started on that weekend in early November.

Zhen Yu had been running back and forth between the school and Shoe City for over a month, turning the wheel non-stop, and she really just wanted to rest alone and quietly at home for two days!

Therefore, when Han Mingyue came over, she simply said through the closed gate, "I’m a bit tired, if it’s nothing important I won’t invite you in today, we can talk some other time if you have something to discuss."

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