Reborn in 2006, I met Mr. Zhou from the past.

Su Fengnan looked in the direction Su Fengxia was pointing and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go eat some 'Siwawa' (a type of steamed bun).

"Is it called Silk Doll? That's an interesting name."

The two entered the restaurant and sat down. The waiter immediately greeted them warmly and took their order.

Su Fengnan took the menu and ordered their signature dishes: two servings of "silk doll", one serving of "bao jiang tofu", one serving of "yang yu ba" (potato cakes), and two bowls of "yin er zhong" (white fungus soup).

Within minutes, all the dishes were served.

At this moment, Su Fengxia asked in a low voice, "Sister, how do you eat this 'silk doll'?"

"You watch."

Su Fengnan picked up a sheet of dough, used chopsticks to pick up a few side dishes—mung bean sprouts, houttuynia cordata, kelp strips, and tofu strips—and skillfully rolled them into bite-sized rolls. Finally, she added a spoonful of dipping sauce and put the whole roll into her mouth. The vegetables were crisp and the outer layer was soft, the sauce was fresh and fragrant, and it was very satisfying to eat one after another.

After looking at it once, Su Fengxia couldn't wait to start eating.

After a while, Su Fengnan asked with a smile, "Is it delicious?"

With her mouth still full, Su Fengxia mumbled, "Mmm, delicious!"

Half an hour later, the two finished their meal and returned to the hotel to rest. Su Fengxia originally wanted to shop around some more, but Su Fengnan refused, saying they had to travel the next day.

Lying back in her hotel bed in the city, Su Fengnan had the illusion that she had been living in this city just yesterday, after all, she had lived here for more than ten years in her previous life. Recalling the bits and pieces of her past life, she drifted off to sleep without realizing it.

The next morning, Su Fengnan and Su Fengxia had breakfast at the hotel restaurant and then took a bus to the bus station. After buying tickets, boarding the bus, and settling in, Su Fengnan took out her phone to send a message to Ning Xiaojun.

"JunJun, please ask for leave for me. Did the teacher say anything? I'll be here today and come to school tomorrow morning."

Not receiving an immediate reply from Ning Xiaojun, Su Fengnan began to think about moving house after returning home.

During the holidays, my younger sister received a call from her teacher confirming that she had been accepted into the top high school. Now that she's in a key school, renting a new place is a must. Ideally, the apartment should be between the top and second-best high schools, making it convenient for both of them to commute. The environment also needs to be conducive to studying; it shouldn't be too noisy or too secluded, otherwise it wouldn't be safe for the girl to walk home at night.

After thinking it over and over, Su Fengnan really didn't know how to find a satisfactory house. Moreover, there were no formal real estate agencies in the county. Who could she ask for help?

Just then, Su Fengnan turned to look at Su Fengxia and asked, "Xiaoxia, do you want to live on campus or commute in your first year of high school?"

Su Fengxia thought for a moment and then asked, "Sister, would you prefer me to live at school or commute?"

"Well, you asked me because you don't want to live at school anymore, so I'll just have you commute. It's just that I'm worried about you walking home alone after evening self-study."

"Sis, it's okay. I'll be going with my classmates, so I think some of them will be heading in the same direction as me!"

"Okay, when we get to Zijiang, we'll look for a place to live and settle on a place today."

After the two sisters finished speaking, Su Fengnan seemed to remember something, got up and took her small crossbody bag down from the luggage rack. She rummaged through it and found Zhou Chenyu's business card in the zippered lining. This was the second time Zhou Chenyu had given her his business card; she had casually put it in her bag when she got home, thinking she might need it someday.

Su Fengnan took out her PHS phone, entered the number, and saved it. She hesitated for a long time looking at the dial button, then decided against it and sent a message instead.

She typed out the message, but stared at the screen for a long time without sending it. Finally, she put her phone away and closed her eyes to rest.

After finishing her morning reading class, Ning Xiaojun saw the message from Su Fengnan and immediately replied.

"You have been informed of your situation truthfully by the teacher. The teacher didn't say anything and just asked you to come back to his office to see him."

"Oh right, where's my present? Don't forget it."

Two hours later, Su Fengnan and her companion finally arrived in Zijiang County. Upon exiting the bus station, the two took a taxi directly back to their previous rented room.

Su Fengnan put down her luggage and quickly opened the window to ventilate the room. It had been a month since she'd been back, and the house smelled musty.

Before they could even sit down and rest, Su Fengnan called Su Fengxia to go out together to look for a house.

"Xiaoxia, let's go find a place to live now. This place is too far from both No. 1 Middle School and No. 2 Middle School."

Without hesitation, Su Fengxia agreed: "Oh, okay."

Su Fengnan had already decided on the location of the house, making it convenient for the two of them to commute to school.

They arrived at the bulletin board in Zhongshan Square and scanned it. Su Fengnan saw three A4 sheets of printed house rental information on the far right of the bulletin board.

After making a phone call, I visited three apartments around noon. Finally, I decided to rent a two-bedroom apartment in the Shengli residential complex. Of the three, this was the cleanest and quietest.

The neighbor who showed the apartment enthusiastically explained, "The owners were transferred to the provincial capital for work, so they asked me to help them rent it out. As you can see, the apartment is very clean, there's a small study, and it's fully furnished, including a TV. You can move in right away."

Su Fengnan was very satisfied, mainly because the environment was quiet: "Thank you, sister. We've decided. We can sign the contract now."

The neighbor lady smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go get the contract right away."

Two minutes later, the older woman came over with the contract. Su Fengnan carefully read through the contract; the rent was 500 yuan per month, payable annually. Without hesitation, she signed for a year.

"Sister, I'll pay you 3000 first, and I'll go to the bank across the street to withdraw the rest and then pay you back."

The neighbor waved her hand and said, "It's alright, we'll be neighbors from now on, I'm not afraid you'll run away."

"You two are really lucky. The listing for this apartment was only posted yesterday, and you rented it today. It's especially suitable for two girls to live here. Girls are clean, so the landlord doesn't mind. If it were a guy, he wouldn't even have a chance to see the apartment."

Su Fengnan listened to her elder sister's rambling, smiling but remaining silent. It was clear that her elder sister was a kind-hearted person. After speaking, the elder sister and Su Fengnan went out together.

Su Fengnan went to the bank to withdraw money and found that there was more than 20,000 yuan more in her account. She was overjoyed.

After paying the remaining rent to her eldest sister, the handover of the house was officially completed. Having received the keys, Su Fengnan took Su Fengxia out for lunch before heading home to prepare for their new life.

Back at her rented room at No. 4 Middle School, Su Fengnan first went to the landlord to cancel the lease, and then bought several sturdy woven bags at a hardware store to pack her things.

"Xiaoxia, hurry up and pack your things. I'll find a car and take everything over in one trip."

"Okay, sis. Do you need help moving?"

"No need, we don't have much stuff."

Actually, all they had were some books, bedding, clothes, pots and pans, a desk, and two suitcases. And there was no need to move the desk.