Rebirth Must Be Happy

"Ugh!"

Song Zhiyu and Xie Wanqing were whispering to each other, but they stopped as soon as Xu Jinhuan came out. When Xu Jinhuan was about to go back to his room, the two of them immediately said goodbye as if they couldn't wait, so he went back to his room alone to read.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, Song Zhiyu finally returned to the room, lay down on the bed, then rolled over halfway, looked up at Xu Jinhuan with her pretty face, and sighed, "No wonder they say that too much intelligence is harmful. I feel that way now. Because I'm too smart, I have too many things to worry about. I feel like I'm about to get sick..."

Xu Jinhuan found it both funny and cute, and raised his foot as if to step on her face, laughing, "Do you want me to give you a shot?"

"Pah, you're not a doctor."

The little girl rolled over, crawled over like a cricket, rested her chin on her hand, tilted her head to the side and placed it on his lap, still looking up at him, her big, watery eyes blinking gently, her pearly teeth lightly biting her cherry lips, clearly trying to seduce him: "But as for the injection, you can try it..."

……

The following morning, Xu Jinhuan went to a policy meeting, accompanied by Xie Wanqing. Before it even started, he saw Song Zhiyu send a message in the group: "@Chen Xingzhu, why aren't you at work?"

Chen Xingzhu didn't reply, but Chen Xingruo did: "I have a fever and am getting an IV drip at the hospital."

Xu Jinhuan was startled and quickly got up from his seat. He made a video call to Chen Xingruo in the group chat, but the call was disconnected after ringing twice.

Chen Xingruo then sent a message in the group: "My sister is asleep. It's okay. I'll call you back when she wakes up."

In the hospital's VIP consultation room, Chen Xingzhu, her cheeks flushed with an unusual rosy hue, lay resting on the hospital bed. Chen Xingruo sat beside her, and in the end, she deleted the second message on the screen that read, "The doctor said that excessive worry should be relieved with more rest."

It wasn't that she wanted to hide her illness; Chen Xingzhu only had a fever. But for some reason, after being taken to the hospital, when the doctor said, "According to traditional Chinese medicine, this is called excessive worry," she seemed to let go of something. Facing the gazes of Yu Peishan and Chen Xingruo, she just smiled slightly. Then, while getting an IV drip, she said she was sleepy and fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

Chen Xingruo and Yu Peishan had both checked and found that she was really asleep, so they didn't disturb her. One replied to a message in the group chat, and the other briefly explained the situation to Chen Guilin.

Yu Peishan put down her phone and saw Chen Xingruo still staring blankly at her phone. She leaned over to take a peek, but Chen Xingruo immediately tilted her phone away, turned off the screen, and rolled her eyes at Yu Peishan.

Yu Peishan glanced at Chen Xingzhu, who was still fast asleep, and then asked Chen Xingruo softly, "The doctor said your sister is overly worried. Do you know what she's worried about?"

"I do not know."

Chen Xingruo had a guess in her heart, but naturally she wouldn't admit it. She shook her head innocently and then asked in return, "You know?"

This was originally her subconscious response when she didn't want to change the subject, carrying a hint of retaliation. She was just waiting for Yu Peishan to reply with "If you don't know, how would I know?" and then change the subject. But to her surprise, Yu Peishan stared at her and actually nodded slightly.

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Chen Xingruo thought she had misread it, or that Yu Peishan hadn't heard her clearly, so she stared at Yu Peishan and asked again, "You know?"

"know."

Yu Peishan nodded, her eyes, which were noticeably more composed and wise due to the difference in age and experience, fixed on Chen Xingruo, a half-smile playing on her lips: "You really don't know?"

"..."

Chen Xing hesitated briefly, then immediately straightened his back and said confidently, "I don't know!"

"Keep your voice down." Yu Peishan scolded softly, glanced at Chen Xingzhu, and then waved to Chen Xingruo, signaling her to follow her to the side.

Chen Xingruo sighed helplessly, followed Yu Peishan to the ward door with an impatient look, and muttered under her breath, "What's the point of walking these few steps if we're not going to go out and talk about it?"

Yu Peishan didn't answer, but just stared at Chen Xingruo quietly. Chen Xingruo felt a little uncomfortable under her gaze. After thinking for a moment, she slowly put away her joking attitude, became a little more serious, and asked solemnly, "What do you want to say?"

"..."

Yu Peishan organized her thoughts for a moment before staring at Chen Xingruo and saying seriously, "Xingruo, no matter what you and your sister think, I'm warning you as your legal guardian: Xie Wanqing, Song Zhiyu, your father and I can tolerate you, but we'll have to see how Xu Jinhuan behaves and his attitude. But you and your sister absolutely cannot! Do you understand what I mean?"

"whispering sound!"

Chen Xingruo rolled her eyes. "Why are you so serious? Who are you trying to scare? It's like I've done something terribly wrong... What did I do?"

Yu Peishan stared at her with a serious expression: "Some things are too late once they happen, especially in your current situation, otherwise your sister wouldn't be so worried..."

"What does her excessive worry have to do with me?"

Chen Xingruo glanced at her sleeping sister lying not far away, feeling slightly guilty, but still put on a righteous look and retorted, "I just got home yesterday, and my sister got sick today. I haven't even blamed you for not taking good care of her yet, and you still want to blame me?"

"If you hadn't gone home, she wouldn't have gotten sick!"

Yu Peishan poked Chen Xingruo on the head with a finger. "Don't play dumb in front of me, and don't think I don't know."

She snorted, glanced at the sleeping Chen Xingzhu, and said with a hint of heartache and sigh, "When I first met your sister, I was puzzled as to how someone with her temperament and intelligence could possibly suffer at home. But after spending these past few years with her, I've come to realize that your sister is just a lamb in quills, much easier to bully than you or that Song Zhiyu. If she really encounters any difficulties, she'll only suffer in silence."

Chen Xingruo was slightly taken aback, and Yu Peishan sighed again, looking rather annoyed at her lack of ambition: "Such a smart brain, but all it's used up is how to help others bully you... I've never seen anything like it!"

Chen Xingruo blinked, and Yu Peishan turned to look at her. Just as she thought Chen Xingruo was going to ask something, she heard Chen Xingruo speak, saying, "Then, Aunt Shan, who do you think is easier to bully, my sister or Xie Wanqing?"

"..."

Even though Yu Peishan considered herself quite intelligent and knew Chen Xingruo well, she was still taken aback by Chen Xingruo's strangely focused statement. After laughing, she actually thought about it seriously for a moment and then gave her answer: "Pretty much. Xie Wanqing might be easier to bully in small matters, but your sister should be easier to bully in big matters."

Chen Xingruo asked curiously, "Why?"

"Why are there so many 'whys'?"

Seeing that she still wanted to change the subject, Yu Peishan finally glared at her in annoyance, "Remember what I'm telling you, don't wait until things get out of control before you regret it."

"How could you mere mortals possibly understand my thoughts?"

Chen Xingruo raised her chin and snorted, "Who says girls have to get married? Besides, my sister and I are both so pretty. My sister married Xu Jinhuan in such a pathetic way, but I'm not going to suffer like that. I'm definitely going to find someone who's several times better than Xu Jinhuan in every way..."

She paused, her eyes darting around, then turned to Yu Peishan and earnestly finished the last subject: "People!" (End of Chapter)