Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 226 - 225: Will You Stay with Me?

Chapter 226: Chapter 225: Will You Stay with Me?

When Zhen Yan returned home for lunch, Mrs. Zhen told him to go straight to the Martial Arts Hall in the evening. Before five o’clock in the evening, Mrs. Zhen had already left with Zhen Yu.

The students had already dispersed, but Zhang San and Li Si’er were still there; it seemed Xu Lin invited them over for company.

Both of them were very happy to see Zhen Yu since she had rarely visited Qi City in the past six months; for the most part, it was Mrs. Zhen dealing with the two of them.

"Little sister! It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen you! Haha..."

Zhen Yu also laughed and started chatting with them, "I’m a student! I can’t help it. What are you guys up to? Don’t just wait around for me – I’d feel bad!"

"How could we do that! We still need to provide for our families! We found a loading team to join for now!" Li Si’er was straightforward.

Zhen Yu looked at their dusty faces and sighed softly, "Hold on for two more months. After Tomb-Sweeping Festival, I’ll come over and we can start learning! I’ll pay you salaries!"

Both Zhang San and Li Si’er’s eyes lit up, but they rejected the offer at the same time: "That won’t do! You’re teaching us skills and still want to pay us salaries - that’s not right!"

Mrs. Zhen chatted idly with Xu Lin on the side, and although she heard her daughter’s conversation, she didn’t interject.

Because the mother and daughter had already reached a consensus: these two ’network managers’ are under Zhen Yu’s purview! No matter what Zhen Yu decided, Mrs. Zhen was not to interfere!

Zhen Yu was quite satisfied with their rejection. But once a promise is made, it must be kept!

"You also said you need to provide for your families! If you come to learn the art, you can’t make money elsewhere, so I can’t let you starve, can I?"

"This! This," both men were somewhat touched, the young lady was indeed very considerate.

Although they understood that she wanted to win them over with sincerity and good intentions, the fact that she was truly considering them made it...

"Alright! Enough beating around the bush! My family isn’t wealthy, but we can definitely afford salaries for two people. If we can manage a business, can’t we afford to hire help?"

Zhang San and Li Si’er looked at each other and with a clasping gesture said, "Then we’ll accept your kindness! In the future,"

"If the internet café becomes successful, I will certainly raise your salaries! And there will be bonuses at the end of the year!" Zhen Yu interrupted Zhang San’s promise and lured them with benefits.

In her previous life, she had read a saying online, "In this world, emotions can move people, but benefits can truly motivate them! Only when interests are aligned can collaboration last!"

Zhen Yu deeply agreed.

——

Dinner was enjoyed by all guests and hosts alike.

Mrs. Zhen was the oldest person present, and the three men all addressed her as ’Sister Cheng’.

They drank liquor, but only got a bottle of beer for Mrs. Zhen, and all politely told her ’Sister, please drink as you wish’ when toasting.

But the moment Zhang San and Li Si’er turned around, they both called Zhen Yu ’little sister’ and kept saying "to each their own!"

Which made Zhen Yu quite helpless. In her previous life, she was already in her twenties, asking her to call men five or six years older than her ’uncle’ was something she really couldn’t bring herself to do!

So, it became an unwritten agreement.

Considering Zhen Yan had an exam the next day, the dinner conversation wrapped up, and they dispersed shortly after the meal.

Walking home, Zhen Yan suddenly said to his sister, "Master Xu told me earlier that he wants to invite all his disciples for dinner tomorrow evening, and asked me to bring you along."

Zhen Yu was a little surprised and blurted out, "It’s not a special occasion, oh!"

She stopped mid-sentence when she realized why Master Xu wanted to invite his disciples for dinner, but it confused Zhen Yan.

"Oh what?"

"Master Xu is planning to treat his disciples to a meal before Spring Festival and then suspend classes, right? And then resume classes after the New Year?"

"Probably, most likely!" The master did not say explicitly, but Zhen Yan felt that his sister was probably right.

"So why am I being asked to go? I’m not going." Zhen Yu refused to accompany him.

"Little sister! Just go with me! Master even said that there will be red envelopes to take!" Zhen Yan cajoled and tempted his sister with the promise of a reward, insisting she join him.

Zhen Yu glared at her brother, her eyes conveying a meaning everyone understood. "Do I look like someone who’s dazzled by money?"

Zhen Yan shook his head ferociously, No! You’re not! Then he blinked fiercely, "Come with me, please! Please! Please..."

"...Ugh!" Zhen Yu made a retching gesture.

Immediately patting her back, Zhen Yan said, "See how good I am to you, little sister! So caring! Down to the finest detail! Always asking after your well-being..."

"Stop!!!!!" Zhen Yu wiped her face, "Okay, I’ll go, alright?"

"Yay!"

Watching her brother jump around excitedly and burst with joy, Zhen Yu also couldn’t help but smile.

In truth, she knew her brother just missed her and wanted her to spend more time with him.

——

The next evening, after Zhen Yan finished his last exam, he went home to pick up his sister and headed straight to the restaurant where Master Xu was hosting the dinner.

The round table in the large private room looked like it could seat more than ten people, but when the siblings arrived, just less than half the seats were taken, and besides Master Xu, all were unfamiliar faces.

"Master!" Zhen Yan, pulling his sister along, came before Xu Lin, "I’ve brought my sister!"

"Master Xu." Zhen Yu nodded her head in greeting.

"Sit, sit! Let me introduce you!" Xu Lin had Zhen Yan sit beside him, but Zhen Yu pulled her brother three seats back and sat down on the side.

Xu Lin didn’t say anything but just pointed to several boys on the other side and said, "Lao Qi! These six are all your junior brothers! They’re the new students I’ve recently taken in."

Saying that, he suddenly chuckled, "It’s funny! There are seven in total this time, one is yet to arrive."

Zhen Yan stood up to greet everyone, while Zhen Yu silently sat beside her brother, thinking, "The one who hasn’t arrived must be Lu Huai, probably he will come with Cao Zhixin."

Speak of the devil and he shall appear! Just as she was thinking this, the door to the private room opened, and Cao Zhixin and Lu Huai walked in one after the other.

"Zhen Yu!"

"Zhen Yu!"

The private room’s crowd: "..."

A wave of awkwardness suddenly spread throughout the room, as the named Zhen Yu buried her head deeply, eyes on her nose and nose on her heart, pretending not to hear anything.

Xu Lin looked at the two men who had entered without first calling out to ’Master’ and scratched his head as he stood up. Waving his hand, he said, "Third! Come here and sit! And you, Lu Huai! Hurry up and sit down too!"

As soon as Xu Lin finished speaking, Cao Zhixin acted as if he hadn’t understood Master’s words, heading straight towards Zhen Yan. Lu Huai paused for a moment on the spot and then followed with a smile.

Xu Lin’s face momentarily darkened, and his lips twitched. He simply sat down and left them be. In front of so many people, these two young upstarts couldn’t really do anything too outrageous!

Zhen Yan felt a jolt in his heart when he heard both men call his sister’s name at the same time, his expression souring. Seeing the pair make their blatant way past him, he quickly reached out to grab them!

In the end, he managed to grab Cao Zhixin but was too late to grab Lu Huai. With Cao Zhixin blocking the view, Lu Huai swiftly moved past Zhen Yan and pulled out the chair next to Zhen Yu to sit down.

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