Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 228 - 227 Zhen Family is Moving

Chapter 228: Chapter 227 Zhen Family is Moving

The protective brother mania kicks in, and no amount of social politeness could sway him. As soon as the meal was over, Zhen Yan turned down several invitations from his upperclassmen, adamantly refusing to join them for gaming and insisted on taking his little sister straight home! Everyone saw how firm he was and had no choice but to let him go. To their surprise, Cao Zhixin declared that he was heading the same way as Zhen Yan and insisted on walking with them! Naturally, Lu Huai followed suite.

With four of them together again, the atmosphere was indescribably odd.

Zhen Yu actually felt quite puzzled; she had hardly met the two guys a few times, why were they so deliberate in getting close to her? What was the reason?

If it was love at first sight, she certainly didn’t believe it! She wasn’t breathtakingly beautiful, nor was her personality particularly charming. To be liked just like that, would be too superficial.

Whether Cao Zhixin’s way was truly on the same path was unknown, and the Zhen siblings weren’t in the mood to guess. In any case, their new home was not far from the restaurant, and they arrived in no time.

"Xiao Yu, let’s go check our scores at school together tomorrow!" Cao Zhixin persisted.

Zhen Yan rejected immediately, "No, we’re heading home first thing in the morning."

"So soon?" Cao Zhixin’s surprise didn’t seem feigned, "Then does your home have a phone? I can call you with the results after I see them!"

"No. I have a good guess of what they are, I don’t need to look!" Zhen Yan feigned a lack of concern.

Finding no way around it, Cao Zhixin could only wave goodbye to the two from downstairs.

The siblings stood tacitly outside the door without moving, and Zhen Yu stared at the retreating figures of the two men, asking straightforwardly, "Brother!?"

Standing side by side with his sister, Zhen Yan didn’t look at her and said firmly while staring straight ahead, "Don’t interact with them! Go to the Martial Arts Hall less in the future!"

"Okay, got it."

"Let’s go! Upstairs!"

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The next day, the family of three really set out for home early in the morning.

Zhen Yan had actually checked his scores earlier through the help of Grandpa Wang, the gatekeeper. Once he got home, he would call the school gatekeeper to ask.

By noon, the car arrived at the town. Unlike the mother-daughter duo who left with big and small bags, they returned feeling light and at ease.

Mrs. Zhen headed directly to Shoe City, while the siblings, each carrying a backpack, walked home holding hands.

As soon as they arrived at home, Zhen Yan dropped his backpack and headed straight to the neighbor’s!

Zhen Yu felt the temperature inside the house. Thankfully, it was not too hot or too cold.

So after she put down her backpack, she went to the kitchen to check on the stove and stoked the fire a bit.

Before leaving, Mrs. Zhen asked Mrs. Fu to help light a fire every day, fearing that an empty house would cause the heating pipes and water pipes to freeze up.

After taking off her coat and preparing a basin of hot water, Zhen Yu was wiping dust at home when Zhen Yan returned with Fu Yu.

"Little sister! Guess what place I came in the exams!" Zhen Yan shouted as he entered.

From his loud voice alone, Zhen Yu guessed that he must have done well, but to humor her brother’s mood, she pretended to be clueless and asked, "What place?"

"Tenth place! Tenth place!" Zhen Yan rushed over to his sister and excitedly shook her, "I made it into the top ten! Ah!!!"

"Stop!" Zhen Yu shouted, "Shake me again and you won’t get your reward!"

"Eh?" Zhen Yan immediately stopped, "What—reward?"

Zhen Yu raised her hand and pinched her dizzy head, "You forgot? If you forget, I’ll tell mom not to buy it!"

"Give me a second, I’ll remember!" Zhen Yan thought for a second, "Ah! Mom promised to buy me a watch! Hehe..."

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Zhen Yu stopped paying attention to her sillily giggling brother, picked up the rag to continue cleaning, but Fu Yu kept edging closer to her with a shuffling gait.

"Xiao Yu, I heard from your brother that your family is selling the house?"

"Yeah."

"Then, then,"

Zhen Yan and Fu Yu hadn’t seen each other for half a year. Just earlier at the Fu Family, the two barely had a few words before Fu Yu was egged on by his childhood friend to call Grandpa Wang for their exam results, and then he rushed home like a gust of wind to deliver the good news to his sister. Now, watching Fu Yu wanting to ask something, yet not daring to, Zhen Yan was extremely surprised! Is this still that brash boy who only acts tough at home, especially with people he knows well?

When had he ever shown any sign of submission to Zhen Yu? Something’s up! This kid must be hiding something!"

"What’s with all the ’then’s? What do you want to ask?" Zhen Yan picked up the conversation.

"Then, will you guys ever return to Laha?" Facing Zhen Yan, Fu Yu quickly blurted out his question.

Zhen Yan nodded, "Of course! I have to come back to play with you!"

"Really?" Fu Yu’s face lit up, "If you guys come back and have nowhere to stay, you can stay at my place!"

Zhen Yu glanced at the two ’ambitious’ fools and secretly rolled her eyes.

She couldn’t be bothered with them; it was a drain on her recently-improved intelligence! Therefore, she promptly turned and went into the small bedroom to dust.

Without a second thought, Fu Yu lifted his foot to follow, but was pulled back by Zhen Yan. "Let’s go! Let’s find Han Jiayang!"

Fu Yu really wanted to shout "I won’t go!!" but couldn’t neglect the courtesy and had to be dragged away, unwillingly.

Hearing the door outside, Zhen Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Luckily Fu Yu didn’t lose his mind just now! If he had used his good relationship with Zhen Yan to talk nonsense in front of her brother, how could Zhen Yan manage that situation?

She definitely didn’t want to put her brother in a tough spot. She hadn’t thought too much about it before, but now it seemed she had to find a time to ’remind’ Fu Yu properly!

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At the Han Family, Mrs. Han was watching TV in the living room.

"Han Jiayang!" As soon as Zhen Yan opened the door, he shouted, then noticed Mrs. Han sitting on the sofa.

So he quickly bowed and greeted, "Hello Aunt Han!", then called Fu Yu into the house and closed the door.

Mrs. Han smiled at him, "Zhen Yan is back! High school really does make a difference! You’ve grown taller! You look like a big kid now!"

"Hehe..." Zhen Yan scratched his head and chuckled twice, "Is Jiaoyang home?"

Before Mrs. Han could respond, a figure suddenly swooped over.

"Zhen Yan! Ah, you’re finally back! Zhen Yu is back too, right!?" Han Jiayang was very happy to see his friend and didn’t forget to ask about his brother’s whereabouts.

"Yeah!" Zhen Yan promptly nodded and said: "My sister is cleaning at home!"

"Come sit here and talk, I’ll go into my room," Mrs. Han kindly offered the sofa to her young guests and went back to her bedroom.

Having not seen each other for half a year, there was a lot to catch up on.

Han Jiayang was mainly interested in the Martial Arts Hall and the master, while Han Mingyue focused on asking Zhen Yan about Qi City No.1 High School, about the school, teachers, and students, among other things.

Fu Yu sat quietly on the sidelines, saying nothing.

As they chatted, Zhen Yan noticed this and couldn’t understand what was wrong with Fu Yu, but since he had brought him, he couldn’t just abandon him.

Realizing this, he kept engaging Fu Yu in conversation, who, despite catching on to the conversational prompts, kept inquiring about the Zhen Family’s move to Qi City.

Thus, it didn’t take long for the Han Family Brothers to detect something from their conversation.

The Zhen Family was moving away.