Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chen Xingruo and Chen Xingzhu look almost identical, and Chen Xingzhu never avoids interacting with Xu Jinhuan because of this—she doesn't allow him to have any intimate behavior when they're out, not because she's afraid of causing trouble for her sister, but simply because she herself is not used to it.

Under these circumstances, rumors about Chen Xingruo and Xu Jinhuan have surfaced more than once, or rather, some media outlets have used photos of Chen Xingruo and Xu Jinhuan to "fabricate" rumors more than once.

Therefore, Xu Jinhuan was used to this kind of scene. However, there was a special situation today. Specifically, he was affected by Song Zhiyu's previous nonsense about "cheating," so when he suddenly saw Chen Xingruo's scandal, he didn't think about himself.

When I looked, wow, my sister-in-law's affair was with me!

"How does it feel? Are you relieved?"

Song Zhiyu chuckled beside him, and before he could answer, she pointed a finger at him and said, "Don't deny it, I can see what you're thinking."

"You won't even let me deny it, what else can I say?"

Xu Jinhuan was a little speechless. Seeing that she seemed genuinely gossipy, even a bit serious, she reached out and tapped her head. "Alright, stop fooling around."

He stood up and saw Xie Wanqing holding Xiao Guai standing not far away, with a gossipy expression on her face. She had obviously been listening for a while.

"You've learned to gossip too, haven't you?"

Xu Jinhuan found it somewhat amusing. "This is unscrupulous media spreading rumors. Don't use this to attack me."

Xu Jinhuan vaguely sensed that something was amiss. Mainly, Chen Xingruo had been missing for too long this time, making it difficult not to notice. He even had a vague idea in his mind, but it was too far-fetched, so he subconsciously rejected it.

He turned and went into the bathroom before Xie Wanqing could speak, unaware that after Xie Wanqing saw him go in, she came to Song Zhiyu with the cat in her arms and the first thing she asked was, "Does he know that you paid for the trending topic?"

"Shh!"

Song Zhiyu immediately raised her finger to silence her, and said irritably, "What do you mean by paying to trend on social media? I was just helping someone achieve their dream of becoming famous, don't talk about it in such a dirty way."

Xie Wanqing said irritably, "Don't go around making another 0-5 score! Otherwise, if he or Chen Xingzhu finds out, they'll definitely come after you."

"I'm just a catalyst. Have you studied chemistry?"

Song Zhiyu rolled her eyes. "A catalyst doesn't participate in a chemical reaction; it just accelerates it. If Chen Xingzhu and Chen Xingruo have a clear conscience, what I did will have no impact. But if they have a clear conscience, and my brother is a scumbag, then anything is bound to happen sooner or later. I just dug up what was buried in advance."

"People dig up landmines to clear them, not to detonate them!"

Xie Wanqing was still uneasy. Even though she didn't know that she had actually been tricked by Song Zhiyu, after spending so much time together, she had seen through Song Zhiyu's true nature. In short, any seemingly reasonable action or decision by Song Zhiyu could lead to an absurd ending that she herself was completely unaware of.

"I'm not stupid!"

Song Zhiyu huffed and puffed, "Are you questioning my intelligence? If Chen Xingruo really joins in, those two are sisters, and we're just pretending to be friends. We definitely can't beat them. Why would I help Chen Xingruo?"

"what?"

Xie Wanqing blinked, a little confused. "Didn't you do this to help Chen Xingruo?"

"Of course not!" Song Zhiyu was furious. She grabbed a pillow and pretended to hit Xie Wanqing, but Xie Wanqing was staring at her, so she didn't dare to hit it. After all, Xie Wanqing was quite imposing when she puffed out her chest. Just then, she saw Xiao Huang sneaking over from the side, so she threw the pillow on the sofa, and the edge hit Xiao Huang's head.

Xiao Huang wasn't angry at all; in fact, he was quite happy as he pushed the pillow up onto the sofa and then rubbed against Song Zhiyu's leg to curry favor.

Song Zhiyu ignored it, her almond-shaped eyes widening as she glared at Xie Wanqing: "You're infuriating! You actually think I'm helping Chen Xingruo? How could I possibly help her? You... hey?"

She suddenly realized something was wrong, blinked, and looked somewhat incredulous: "You thought I was helping Chen Xingruo, so you didn't object?"

Why should I object?

Xiao Guai struggled and jumped down from Xie Wanqing's mountain. Then, Sister Xie walked to the sofa in a very Zen-like manner and sat down, saying, "Chen Xingruo is no stranger. If Xingzhu objects, then I don't need to care. If Xingzhu doesn't object, then I don't care at all. Anyway, there's no difference between three and four. Besides, they both look the same. As long as no other random people join, it's fine."

"There's a hole in your head."

Song Zhiyu curled her lips in disgust, glanced in the direction of the bathroom, and seeing that the door was still closed, she whispered, "I just detonated the mine in advance, and then had Chen Xingzhu defuse it."

Seeing the innocent foolishness in Xie Wanqing's charming eyes, Song Zhiyu was quite pleased with herself. She sat down on the sofa and explained in a low voice, "Think about it, that's Chen Xingruo. Even if Chen Xingzhu really noticed something, she would definitely pretend not to know, otherwise, how embarrassing would that be? Besides, Chen Xingruo is avoiding my brother now, so Xingzhu... Chen Xingzhu would be even more embarrassed to bring it up herself..."

Xie Wanqing couldn't help but interrupt, asking curiously, "Why do you keep referring to Chen Xingzhu and Sister Xingzhu?"

"I'm scheming against her. If I just kept calling her 'Sister Xingzhu,' it wouldn't be very impressive. This is what you call professional!"

Song Zhiyu rolled her eyes at Xie Wanqing, looking very disgusted with her unprofessionalism. "Where was I? Um... Oh, what I'm doing now is to make things clear. If Chen Xingruo really has ulterior motives, let them come out into the open. Chen Xingzhu can't pretend she doesn't know, so she'll have to stop her. Got it?"

Knowing that Xie Wanqing's talents were all focused on her chest and that her brain capacity was insufficient, Song Zhiyu explained in great detail, "Simply put, I'll find the landmines, and then let Chen Xingzhu clear them. This is called 'those who use their minds govern others,' while Chen Xingzhu is 'those who use their physical strength are governed by others.' Isn't that clever?"

Xie Wanqing vaguely felt that something was not quite right, as if there was some loophole. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "What if Xingzhu already knew that you had dug out the mine? Why didn't Xingzhu go to defuse it? Wouldn't digging out the mine be like detonating it prematurely?"

"how is this possible?"

Song Zhiyu waved her hand, exuding an air of authority reminiscent of a meme, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! That's her sister. Sister Xingzhu wouldn't even turn on a light; I had to help her hold it down to turn it on. How could she possibly agree?"

At this point, he winked and said slyly, "Hey, you know what? The other day, my brother and Sister Xingzhu were together, and they blindfolded her. It's kind of weird..."

"Could someone be as perverted as you?"

When Xie Wanqing heard her talk about these things, she couldn't help but blush a little. If before, Xu Jinhuan's various tricks were a bit overwhelming for her, then after Song Zhiyu joined, many of the tricks came from Song Zhiyu, and they were often things that Xu Jinhuan couldn't think of or couldn't say.

For example, things like permutations and combinations, or duty assignments, which Xie Wanqing and Chen Xingzhu used to tacitly avoid each other, have now basically become Song Zhiyu helping Xu Jinhuan "choose" someone.

And they often flip through them together.

What decent person would do such a thing!

Thinking about it this way, Xie Wanqing even suspected that Song Zhiyu was deliberately dragging Chen Xingruo into the mess so that she could flip more cards and unlock more permutations and combinations... (End of this chapter)