Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 256 - 255: Breathing Irregularly

Chapter 256: Chapter 255: Breathing Irregularly

As soon as Zhang San and Li Si’er left, Zhen Yan shamelessly pounced.

"Little sister..."

Zhen Yu adamantly refused: "No way!"

"I haven’t even said what I want to do yet!" Zhen Yan was utterly frustrated!

Having a computer at home but not being allowed to play games! That’s like dangling a carrot in front of a donkey! So close yet so far, driving him absolutely mad!

"No need to say, I already know!" Zhen Yu turned off one computer, then pushed her brother down in front of another.

Zhen Yan turned his head, puzzled, "Hey? What are you doing?"

Not letting him play, yet seating him here, was this just to tease him?

"Show me what you’ve learned in high school computer class."

"Hey! That’s easy! It’ll only take two minutes!" Zhen Yan began operating.

In less than a minute, he turned to Zhen Yu and said, "Find the floppy disk in my backpack for me!"

Zhen Yu silently took out a new one from her pocket and handed it over.

"Did it come free with the computer?" Zhen Yan asked casually.

"Yep!"

After fiddling with the floppy disk, Zhen Yan was about to shut down the computer when Zhen Yu quickly grabbed his hand, "Wait!"

Zhen Yan said stiffly, "All that’s left is to turn it off and on again!"

"You don’t need to demonstrate that! It’s been over half a year! Is that all you’ve learned?!"

Although Zhen Yu knew that the computer class at that time really didn’t teach much at all! But First High School is a key high school, shouldn’t it be a bit more advanced?

"Hey! You have to wear shoe covers to enter the computer room! You can’t mess with the cases! No unnecessary operations! The first lesson was just turning the computer on and off! It’s already good to have learned just that!"

Zhen Yan’s complaints were sharp as a knife. You could tell there was more than just a little resentment in him!

Zhen Yu smiled and comforted him, "In a while, I’ll have a word with mom and subscribe to ’Computer Enthusiast’ for a year for you! When I teach the network management, you can learn alongside me! If you have time on weekends, you can come over and do your own research, using this machine! But you’re not allowed to play games!"

"Little sister..." Zhen Yan looked at his sister with puppy-dog eyes, his voice carrying a plea.

Seeing her brother’s desperate expression, Zhen Yu knew she couldn’t outright stop him, or it would just backfire.

She thought for a moment, then asked, "The alarm clock is about to expire, can you study on your own without it?"

"I can! Even without the alarm clock, I’ve developed the habit!"

"Alright then! Let’s make a deal! If you finish tenth in your class at the end of the winter break, and do the same in the summer break, I’ll let you play during the holiday! But I’ll decide how long you can play each day!"

Zhen Yan’s eyes lit up, he quickly agreed: "Deal!"

"Heh... Deal."

——

The family had just moved in, and it wasn’t something that could be settled in a day or two; Mrs. Zhen still needed to tidy up slowly.

Before going to bed, Zhen Yu and Mrs. Zhen did some calculations.

After the last furniture shopping, they still had over seven thousand in cash. Adding the earnings from the winter break to the start of school, and the money from liquidating inventory, the Zhen Family had a total of nearly twenty thousand yuan.

Adding the three hundred and sixty thousand from the loan, the total available money was about fifty-five thousand. Buying nine computers cost forty-five thousand, and after paying in full, there would still be less than ten thousand left over.

Computer desks and chairs just need to be the cheapest and most practical, about a thousand yuan should be enough.

So with this calculation, Mrs. Zhen would still have eight or nine thousand left in the bank. At the end of the nineties, that was really a substantial amount!

After finalizing the finances, Mrs. Zhen visibly relaxed, it seemed she wouldn’t be too anxious to sleep at night anymore.

Having arranged everything for Qi City, Zhen Yu took the computer back to the town.

——

"Dad! What is this?" Han Youliang carried a carton containing the computer monitor into the house, and Han Jiayang was the first to rush over, looking at the carton from all angles.

Han Youliang chuckled and dropped a line, "Ask Xiao Yu." After that, he turned and left to carry in the carton with the mainframe.

Han Jiayang didn’t make a fuss and immediately turned to Zhen Yu, "Zhen Yu, tell me quick! What is this?"

"Computer."

"Computer?" Han Jiayang repeated, not quite understanding.

Zhen Yu didn’t explain further, thinking it would be better to demonstrate it to him later.

So she turned to Mrs. Han to ask, "Auntie, where can we set it up at home? One needs to sit in front of it to operate."

"Hisss... Let me think!" Mrs. Han looked around and eventually pointed at the dining table, "Just put it there for now! We’ll prop up the round table to eat dinner later!"

"Okay!" Zhen Yu agreed and bent down to move the carton, but Han Mingyue was faster and lifted the box, heading towards the dining table.

Zhen Yu pursed her lips and followed behind him meekly, step by step.

Once everything was set up, Zhen Yu plugged the power cord into the power strip that Mr. Han had especially found and pressed the power button on the case; the computer turned on.

A pleasant sound vaguely emitted from the headset, and the standard interface of WINDOWS95 appeared before everyone.

"So this is the computer? What can this thing do?" Mr. Han’s voice came from the side, as adults encounter a more complex world than children, it was unclear where he had heard the word.

Zhen Yu picked the most convincing reason to answer Mr. Han, "There’s a microcomputer class in high school, they teach this! Computer is the colloquial term, the correct name is microcomputer, abbreviated as micro."

"Oh! Then you guys go ahead and study it! Your auntie and I will cook," Mr. Han said, standing up and going to the kitchen with Mrs. Han.

——

"Sit." As soon as the two adults walked away, Zhen Yu grabbed Han Mingyue sitting beside her and commanded him to sit.

Han Mingyue obediently sat in front of the computer, quietly waiting for Zhen Yu’s next instruction.

When suddenly enveloped from behind by Zhen Yu, Han Mingyue’s mind went blank, stupefied by her arrangements.

"Like this! Put your left hand on the keyboard and hold the mouse with your right." While speaking, Zhen Yu first picked up Han Mingyue’s left hand and placed it on the keyboard, then put his right hand on the mouse.

"Hold it! Move the mouse to let the little arrow on the screen land on the icon you want to click." Zhen Yu grasped Han Mingyue’s wrist, guiding him to gently move the mouse.

Sitting askew and feeling a bit uncomfortable, with his right half almost hanging in the air, Zhen Yu subconsciously lifted her left hand to Han Mingyue’s shoulder to find a support point.

Almost the moment her shoulder was pressed, Han Mingyue immediately straightened his back, his breathing skipping a beat.

Fortunately, both Zhen Yu and Han Jiayang’s attention were focused on the computer tutorial, and no one noticed this small detail.

Just as Han Mingyue adjusted his state and was about to concentrate on the ’lecture’, Zhen Yu’s hand unexpectedly slid down, and her chilly hand covered his in an instant.

As though all his nerve endings had concentrated on this hand, Han Mingyue vividly felt Zhen Yu’s index and middle fingers fit snugly against his own, seamlessly aligned.