Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 38: A Guilty Conscience

Chapter 38: Chapter 38: A Guilty Conscience

Zhen Yu was half-asleep when she heard someone talking, the voice sounded like Han Mingyue’s.

So she yawned and sat up, pulling aside the curtain carelessly.

Han Mingyue was sitting at Zhen Yu’s desk and turned around to see such a scene.

The girl’s cheeks were rosy from sleep, and her usually tied-up ponytail gently draped over her shoulders.

Her little hands covered her mouth as she yawned, looking like a soft and cute little kitten, and after lowering her hands, her eyes were watery.

As she blinked in confusion, tears slowly seeped from the corners of her eyes. The girl pouted her lips and raised both hands, brushing down with the backs of her hands together.

That movement... was a bit like a little animal licking its paws...

She sat there without speaking or moving, and soon, her eyes were about to close again.

Han Mingyue’s mouth curled up slightly, secretly chuckling to herself. She was used to seeing her expressionless face, so today’s look seemed particularly amusing.

"Little sister! Don’t go back to sleep!" Zhen Yan also noticed that his sister tended to fall asleep while sitting and quickly shouted at her.

Zhen Yu immediately sat up straight, and all expressions on her face vanished in an instant, returning to her usual expressionless self.

After a moment of surprise, she stretched lazily, turned to the side, and began to put on her shoes.

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Han Mingyue initially wanted to say ’you can continue sleeping,’ but changed her words to "How long have you slept?"

Zhen Yu shook her head blankly.

"It’s been more than an hour! She has slept herself silly!" Zhen Yan mercilessly teased his sister, "She might sleep at noon now! See what she does when school starts! No nap will kill her!"

"I won’t die from that." Zhen Yu said as she opened the door to her small bedroom and stood at the doorway, turning her head to threaten her brother, "In the future, I won’t bring you lunch, starve you to death!"

"Hey! Are you even my real sister?" Zhen Yan asked indignantly, then laughed, "After National Day, we’ll start bringing lunch, mom will prepare it in the morning, I don’t need you!"

"Then you can starve for a month."

"Ah..." Zhen Yan was speechless.

Han Mingyue couldn’t help but laugh, these siblings weren’t like this before! Now every time she saw them, they were bickering...

Zhen Yan waited for his sister to go to the kitchen and then pointed to the door complaining to Han Mingyue: "Look at her! Look at her! Who else’s sister is like her! So fierce, she will definitely not be able to get married!"

Han Mingyue was thoughtful and remained silent.

Zhen Yan, oblivious, kept babbling non-stop.

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Zhen Yu washed her face, returned to her small bedroom, and sat on her small kang (traditional bed).

She naturally asked, "Zhen Yan, have you finished your homework?"

Zhen Yan bristled, "Call me brother! I’ve almost finished."

Zhen Yu ignored him and asked Han Mingyue, "How about you?"

"I’ve finished." Han Mingyue paused and tapped on a stack of books on her desk, "I came to bring you selected essays."

Zhen Yu nodded without thanking him and directly asked him, "Do you often get full marks on your essays?"

Han Mingyue was taken aback, where did she hear such rumors?

He directly denied, "No! Never got full marks."

Zhen Yu with a puzzled face.

Never! Got! Full! Marks!

What ghost stories were there about Ye Yueming, the master of the past life?

’From childhood, his essays were always full marks’, was it made up to trick people?

Zhen Yu took a deep breath, "Then, let’s study essay writing together."

Han Mingyue nodded eagerly, "Okay!"

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Zhen Yan felt a toothache as soon as he heard these two chatting—it was all about studying!

At the moment, he seized the opportunity and said: "little sister! I’ve been studying all morning, can I go out and play without you reporting me?"

Zhen Yu nodded her head.

"Yay~~" Zhen Yan jumped three feet high, shouting: "I’m off!", and burst out of the door with particular joy.

The two inside exchanged glances and both smiled with pursed lips.

Zhen Yu’s smile lasted less than three seconds before she got up and sat down at her brother’s desk.

Facing Han Mingyue, she reached out her hand, "Give me one."

Han Mingyue directly handed over the topmost book.

He had neatly organized them, bringing the 12 books from the last complete year, arranged in order.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zhen Yu already immersed in reading, Han Mingyue raised his hand and placed the remaining 11 books on Zhen Yu’s bookshelf, then took down the "Essays 36 Strategies" she had just bought this morning.

Only the rustling of turning pages remained in the room.

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Wanting to learn writing, Zhen Yu was reading the essay anthology at a slow pace, meticulously studying almost every sentence and paragraph.

When she was almost done with one book, she faintly heard the door.

She was so focused that she thought Zhen Yan had come back and ignored it.

Until she heard Mrs. Zhen’s voice, "Xiao Yan? Xiao Yu? Who’s at home?" The voice came closer and closer, without thinking, Zhen Yu grabbed Han Mingyue and pushed him towards the direction of the small kang.

The small kang by the wall had a north-facing window, which Zhen Yu used to complain was drafty and cold, so Mr. Zhen built a wall outside the window and plastered it with cement, completely sealing the window but the inside remained unchanged.

The small windowsill could only accommodate a child sitting with their legs bent, and the old curtains were also preserved.

Zhen Yu quickly stuffed Han Mingyue inside and just managed to cover it with the curtain when the bedroom door opened.

Zhen Yu felt as nervous as a thief inside; afraid of stirring suspicion from Mrs. Zhen if she climbed down from the kang now, she simply pulled the blanket over and lay down facing away from the door.

"How are you still sleeping? What time is it? Where’s your brother?" As soon as Mrs. Zhen entered the room, she saw her daughter on the kang and began questioning like a machine gun.

Tears streaked down Zhen Yu’s wide noodles face internally cursing, yet on the surface, she had to pretend to be groggy.

Fortunately, she is used to her deadpan expression recently, and Mrs. Zhen didn’t notice anything abnormal.

Pretending to yawn, Zhen Yu responded with a "Don’t know."

Mrs. Zhen walked over to the kang, poked Zhen Yu’s forehead vigorously, "Don’t sleep! Wake up and be alert! Otherwise, you won’t be able to sleep tonight!"

"Okay." Zhen Yu complied and climbed up, putting on her shoes and getting off the kang.

Seeing her daughter get up, Mrs. Zhen left the small bedroom and there were intermittent noises from the living room.

Once Zhen Yu walked to the desk and saw books sprawled over both desks, she guiltily went over to her brother’s desk. With the bedroom door now open, Zhen Yu seized the moment when her mother turned her back and grabbed the book she had just been reading, hiding it behind her.

She then quickly moved back to her desk and put the essay book back on the shelf.

She didn’t know why Mrs. Zhen had come home early nor dared to ask!

She could only stand dumbly by the door; Mrs. Zhen rummaged for a while, then pulled out a bunch of notebooks from a metal box, selecting and discarding them until she left one out, and put the rest back.

Zhen Yu looked at it and felt it looked familiar, she couldn’t help asking: "Mom! What are you looking for?"

"A property deed!"

This made Zhen Yu pay close attention, she went to the living room and picked up the small book, its cover with six big characters—Property Ownership Certificate, and below was a national emblem.

Upon opening it, the owner was Zhen Halong, co-owner blank.

The location was for their shop.

Zhen Yu felt a sinking feeling, "Mom! Where is the deed for our home residence?"

Mrs. Zhen pointed at the metal box beside her, "Isn’t it all here!"

Zhen Yu opened the box, inside were household registration books, her mom’s ID card, her and her brother’s elementary school graduation certificates, marriage certificate, divorce certificate, etc., all important documents.

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