Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 393 [382] Origin and End
After getting to know each other better, Xie Wanqing felt a sense of intellectual superiority over Chen Xingzhu for the first time.

'So Chen Xingzhu can be silly sometimes!'

She looked at Chen Xingzhu, a faint joy welling up inside her, and for a moment she even forgot about Xu Jinhuan.

"You didn't expect that?"

Song Zhiyu was also taken aback by Chen Xingzhu's performance, and then looked doubtful: "How is that possible? You can't understand such a simple principle?"

Chen Xingzhu looked at her without saying anything.

"You did this on purpose, didn't you?"

Song Zhiyu blinked her bright, sparkling eyes. "You're afraid that if neither of you talks to my brother, I'll take advantage of the situation, so you'd rather it be like this, right?"

Chen Xingzhu remained silent.

"..."

Song Zhiyu looked at her, her expression a little annoyed, her clear and beautiful eyes filled with tears.

"Zhizhi, you've misunderstood, it's not like that..."

Seeing that she had misunderstood, Xie Wanqing became a little anxious and quickly explained, "Xingzhu, she..."

"Sister, please stop talking."

Song Zhiyu sniffed, not letting her tears fall, and continued to stare at Chen Xingzhu, saying, "Anyway, whether it's you or my brother, you all treat me like a child... Fine, you're all adults, and I'm the child, okay?"

After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked out. When she reached the door, tears seemed to fall, and she raised her hand to wipe them off her face.

"Only one!"

Xie Wanqing was a little anxious and hurriedly chased after her, but was stopped by Chen Xingzhu. She turned her head and looked at Chen Xingzhu in confusion, unable to understand, and said urgently, "I'll go see her."

"Sister, don't explain to her."

Seeing Song Zhiyu open the door and leave, Chen Xingzhu lowered his voice and said to Xie Wanqing, "You can go after her and comfort her, but don't explain for me, and don't make her forgive me."

"what?"

Xie Wanqing was even more confused and bewildered, but Chen Xingzhu did not explain. Instead, she said, "Sister, go first and take her home. I'll wait for you here."

"……All right."

Xie Wanqing didn't have time to ask any more questions and hurriedly went out to chase after him, just in time to see Song Zhiyu wiping away tears at the elevator entrance.

"Ding"

The elevator doors opened, and Song Zhiyu walked in, followed by Xie Wanqing.

Song Zhiyu wiped away her tears and smiled at Xie Wanqing, saying, "Sister, don't worry about me. I'm fine. I'm going home."

Xie Wanqing wanted to comfort her, but Chen Xingzhu wouldn't let her explain, so she didn't know what to say for a moment. After a moment of silence, she said, "Don't be angry...you, you..."

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Your brother likes you a lot."

"I know."

As the elevator descended, Song Zhiyu nodded and couldn't help but sniffle again, saying with a nasal tone, "Sister Wanqing, I'm not allied with Sister Xingzhu anymore. From now on, it'll be the two of us who are allied to deal with her, and Chen Xingruo too. It'll be the two of us sisters against the two of them, okay?"

Xie Wanqing felt that these words were strange and subconsciously wanted to say, "Xingruo doesn't like him," but then realized that Song Zhiyu meant that Chen Xingruo would help Chen Xingzhu.

She didn't actually have those thoughts, but since she was comforting Song Zhiyu, she smiled and replied, "Okay."

"Then let's not betray each other, okay?"

Song Zhiyu nodded and said, "I promise I will never betray my sister again this time!"

She raised one hand and said very seriously, "I swear!"

"No need, it's okay, I believe in you."

Xie Wanqing pinched her cheek and said with a smile, "Don't be so childish. Of course, it's okay to be like this, it's cute..."

The elevator stopped, and Song Zhiyu said, "I'm going home. Sister, don't worry about me. You go back."

Xie Wanqing said, "I'll walk you to the entrance of the residential area."

From the entrance of this residential area, you can see the entrance of Xu Jinhuan's residential area diagonally across the street. Xie Wanqing walked her there before returning.

She didn't have a key, so she knocked on the door when she returned. The door opened quickly, and Chen Xingzhu asked calmly, "Did she go home?"

"Ah."

Xie Wanqing nodded, walked in, and asked with a hint of reproach, "Why didn't you explain?"

"She didn't get angry today."

Chen Xingzhu wasn't in a hurry and said with a smile, "She's still angry from yesterday and hasn't let it out."

Xie Wanqing thought for a moment before realizing that she was referring to Song Zhiyu seeing her and Chen Xingzhu being hugged by him yesterday. She blushed slightly and whispered, "You should explain that too."

“Isn’t this what we wanted?” Chen Xingzhu said softly, “I had a fight with Zhizhi, and that’s when he found out things weren’t going so smoothly…”

"That……"

Xie Wanqing thought what she said made some sense, but she was still worried, "What if Zhizhi really gets angry?"

She cautioned, "Zhizhi is a Scorpio, and she holds grudges."

"We'll coax you later."

Chen Xingzhu smiled and said, "She remembers both grudges and kindness. She knows in her heart that you've been good to her."

"Ok."

Xie Wanqing nodded, seemingly wanting to say something more. Her cheeks flushed slightly, and after hesitating, she finally mustered the courage to say, "Then...then..."

Chen Xingzhu looked at her, then seemed to understand something, blushed a little, and said, "Let's... just let nature take its course."

"Hmm~"

Xie Wanqing nodded gently, then looked the house over again. "Then it's settled. We'll make more cabinets. Is there anything else we need to change?"

Suddenly remembering something, he added, "You bought the house, so how about I contribute some money to the renovation?"

I felt a little embarrassed when I spoke, since the implication of my words was too obvious.

"Need not."

Chen Xingzhu shook her head, her cheeks flushed slightly, but her expression was much more composed. "If things don't go smoothly, you won't need to spend any money, and if things go smoothly, you won't need to spend any money at all."

The two discussed it for a while, then closed the door and left together. Xie Wanqing said, "How about I take you home?"

Chen Xingzhu shook her head and said, "It's okay, I'll just go to his house and wait."

"Is Zhizhi angry? Should I tell him?"

Xie Wanqing was a little worried, "If we just tell him that we were pretending to argue, then our performance will be useless."

Chen Xingzhu said, "Probably not. Zhizhi is so smart, she must know that this would be beneficial for her as well."

"Hopefully."

Xie Wanqing responded, but she wasn't actually that worried, because she didn't think as much as Chen Xingzhu did.

Because the two of them had different concerns and priorities from the very beginning.

Chen Xingzhu was more concerned about whether Xu Jinhuan would become more and more excessive in the long years to come. She wanted to prevent him from hurting her again and again like Kong Lingyu. As for the hurt that had already occurred, she had essentially accepted it long ago and had even been healing herself all along.
Xie Wanqing hadn't thought that far ahead; she was still preoccupied with the present, feeling guilty and aggrieved. However, these feelings had been largely dispelled by her heart-to-heart talk with Chen Xingzhu, Xu Jinhuan's embrace of two women yesterday, and their conversation last night.

Back to the present, she is more worried about the reactions of her parents and younger brother, how to persuade them, and how to deal with herself among her classmates and friends if she is exposed.

Ultimately, it comes down to this: although her parents broke her heart over Ding Wenjie's situation, Xie Wanqing still had a happy family atmosphere during her upbringing, and she didn't hold an overly pessimistic view of human nature like Chen Xingzhu.

As for future concerns, there are naturally some, but isn't Chen Xingzhu there for us?

She's so smart, she can definitely solve it!

With this idea in mind, Xie Wanqing's focus completely shifted away from Chen Xingzhu.

In contrast, Chen Xingzhu is far less concerned about the reactions of her parents and relatives than Xie Wanqing is, which is also influenced by her upbringing.

After all these years, when she was young, helpless, and repeatedly wronged and hurt, she did not receive any effective help from anyone.

The person who ultimately rescued her from her misery was Xu Jinhuan.

For her, this was the beginning of their relationship, and also the end of all problems.

"It's still a bit sunny, let me take you there."

Xie Wanqing still drove Chen Xingzhu to Xu Jinhuan's apartment building before turning back to the Science and Technology Park.

Chen Xingzhu went upstairs alone, walking up and down the stairs she had climbed countless times in the past year. She found herself unexpectedly calm and at ease, and smiled slightly. Looking at the steps in front of her, she suddenly felt playful and tried to skip a step each time she took a step.

The stairs weren't cooperating, and when she reached the last step, she couldn't leave a step empty. So she took an extra step and stepped onto the platform. Then she looked at the distance between the platform and the next section of stairs and visually estimated the distance. However, she found that no matter how she took steps, it was difficult to maintain the same rhythm of leaving a step empty. So she had to take a big step to make do. Only when she reached the next section of stairs did she continue to climb the stairs two steps at a time.

"One step, two steps, three steps, four steps..."

As she climbed upwards, she subconsciously started humming, then stopped and thought for a moment, remembering that it was Jay Chou's "Starry Night," so she started humming it again.

"Hand in hand, one step, two steps, three steps, four steps, gazing at the sky."

"Look at the stars, one, two, three, four, forming a line."

"Back to back, silently make a wish and look at the distant stars, if they can hear me..."

On a quiet summer afternoon, in the old stairwell that exuded a serene atmosphere, a girl's clear and ethereal voice gently drifted out, carrying a hint of joy and playfulness at the end:

It will definitely happen!

(End of this chapter)