Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 83: No News

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: No News

Mrs. Zhen dawdled for a while before finally getting up to make breakfast under Zhen Yu’s repeated urging.

Zhen Yu returned to the small kang (traditional heated bed) and snuggled back into the quilts for a bit, only getting up to change clothes and wash up when Mrs. Zhen called out, "Breakfast is ready!"

After eating, her mother hurried her to take her medicine. Mrs. Zhen carefully broke the pill into two halves, being careful not to crush it to dust.

Putting the pill onto her daughter’s palm, Mrs. Zhen handed her a half glass of warm water.

As Zhen Yu took her medicine, her mother began to nag.

"Stay put at home today! Don’t go anywhere! It’s good it’s not severe—wrap up and rest for a day, it won’t delay classes tomorrow. I keep telling you..."

After a long lecture, Mrs. Zhen, satisfied, put on her cotton-padded coat and left.

-

"Little sister~ your brother is here to keep you company."

Zhen Yu looked out the window and said, "Fu Yu is here."

Zhen Yan: "..."

My face kind of hurts! Am I supposed to go hang out with him, or go hang out with him?

As soon as Fu Yu entered, he asked: "Zhen Yu, are you over your cold?! And where’s my bowl?"

Zhen Yu pointed to the small table in the living room, "Not over it."

"You don’t look like you have a cold~"

"Mild cold."

Even though he doesn’t understand what a ’mild cold’ means, Fu Yu still responded "Oh," pretending to understand.

He’s not interested in a sick person. Picking up his bowl, he said to Zhen Yan, "Let’s go~ let’s go sledding!"

Zhen Yan happily agreed immediately.

-

After the two left, Zhen Yu nestled on the small kang studying history.

Midterm tests were approaching. She needed to cram to review, being in first place for too long, no one wanted to fall behind.

’The higher you climb, the harder you fall,’ it’s best to use this saying on others, so it doesn’t pain you personally.

Just under two minutes after opening her books, the Han Family Brothers arrived.

"Where’s Zhen Yan?" Han Jiayang immediately rushed in looking for him.

"He just left, went sledding with Fu Yu," Zhen Yu replied.

Han Jiayang stamped his foot, "I knew it..." and ran out the door as if his pants were on fire.

Han Mingyue didn’t bother with his brother; even if he couldn’t find anyone next door, he knew the usual place for sledding.

"Did you burn your hand last night?"

Zhen Yu blinked and was about to get out of bed, "Ah! I forgot!"

Han Mingyue pressed his hand on her shoulder, "Wait, I’ll fetch some water for you."

After moving a chair from Zhen Yu’s desk to the front of the kang, he left the small bedroom.

Soon, he came back with a basin of hot water.

-

As soon as Zhen Yu placed her hands in the water, she reflexively recoiled from the heat.

"Bear with it for a little~" Han Mingyue whispered empathetically.

"Okay." Zhen Yu slowly immersed her hands back into the water basin, and immediately, she felt a tingling and itchy sensation in the cracks of her bones.

A sudden realization struck Zhen Yu’s heart—this was the distinctive feeling of chilblains encountering hot water.

She looked up helplessly at Han Mingyue, her expression mournful—why didn’t she listen to him last night?

"What’s wrong?" Seeing Zhen Yu’s expression, Han Mingyue was taken aback—was it too hot? Why does she look so pitiful?

Zhen Yu, with her lips pouted, her eyes almost welling up, said, "I might be getting chilblains, my hands are both numb and itchy~"

Han Mingyue searched through his mind for words his father used to caution him and his brother every winter.

"Be careful when you two are running around outside~ don’t let your hands and feet freeze! Once you get chilblains, it recurs every year!"

"If you play in the snow, make sure to warm your hands with hot water as soon as you get home, and if you feel itchy, quickly apply ointment and rub vigorously! Once it spreads, it’ll get better."

-

"Where’s the ointment I brought for you?"

"It’s on the desk~" Zhen Yu said, sobbing.

"I’ll mix some more hot water for you."

"Hot water won’t help!" Zhen Yu shouted at Han Mingyue while she went to fetch water.

In her past life, after she got frostbite, she was told to soak in hot water, but once you have it, no amount of soaking helps.

Han Mingyue ignored Zhen Yu, carried back the thermos, and refilled it several times.

Only when Zhen Yu’s hands turned completely red did she let her raise one hand while the other continued soaking.

"Still soaking? It’s almost like pickled pepper chicken feet now!" Zhen Yu watched as Han Mingyue dried her right hand and squeezed the ointment onto his own palm.

"What are you doing?" It was just applying medicine, he could have directly applied it to her hand, why did he have to make it seem like ’applying fragrance’ ...

Han Mingyue didn’t answer, just grabbed Zhen Yu’s right hand and rubbed vigorously.

Zhen Yu screamed, "Ah~~~ it hurts!! Lighter, lighter~ Hiss~~~~~"

First it was pain, then soreness, and then even more intense itching—a feeling like pinching a mosquito bite with all your might.

It felt oddly satisfying...

-

Until Zhen Yu no longer reacted, Han Mingyue stopped, shook his sore arms.

"It doesn’t itch anymore?"

"Yeah!" Zhen Yu nodded, feeling as if blood clots in her veins had been crushed and unblocked, both palms were fiery but mysteriously not itchy at all.

"My dad said once it’s rubbed out, it will be fine." Han Mingyue said, rinsed the ointment off his hands with the water used for soaking, dried his hands and took the water out.

When he returned, he sat at Zhen Yu’s desk, not too far nor too close, and began to chat with her.

"You must wear gloves when you go out this winter, especially in the recent period. If you take good care of it during this time, there should be no problem."

Zhen Yu took the lesson seriously, nodded solemnly, "I will!"

Han Mingyue further instructed her, "Make sure to warm your hands in the evening, let Zhen Yan help you with the ointment, persist for a few days~"

"Okay."

Seeing that Zhen Yu took it all seriously, Han Mingyue then changed the topic.

"Mid-term exams are coming up, how’s your revision going?"

"Not bad~ memorizing history. How about you?"

"I’m almost done with my revisions."

"Then I’m going back to history~ you just find a book to read!"

"Yeah, don’t mind me."

-

During her study, Zhen Yu wanted to drink water, Han Mingyue brought in two cups.

After handing Zhen Yu one, he held his own cup and hesitated in front of the small stove.

Eventually, he voiced his inner anxiety, "It’s been almost a month since I submitted my essay, and there’s been no response."

Zhen Yu was drinking water when she heard this and paused her hand.

Her submission had been almost a month ago too~ mailed right after Han Mingyue’s.

After organizing her thoughts, Zhen Yu finally spoke, "I heard it takes at least a month to review, and being in the northeast, mailing is even slower, right~ don’t worry."

Han Mingyue simply ’hmm’ed.

Zhen Yu continued to console him, "Isn’t it said that no news is good news? If there was a response within a month, it’s mostly rejection!" Suddenly she had a revelation, "And doesn’t the editorial department have a first and second review process? Maybe you passed the first review~ It’s only your first submission, even if it’s not accepted this time, just keep trying next time!"

Han Mingyue nodded, "I understand."

It was rare~ this girl speaking at length so eloquently, all to persuade him not to give up.

He had to show some face.

Besides, he wasn’t without similar thoughts; perhaps the journey was long, or the review process was slow.

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