Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 358 - 357 Family Meeting

Chapter 358: Chapter 357 Family Meeting

"Bro! Here’s your living allowance for March."

Zhen Yu took advantage of lunch break to deliver money to Zhen Yan, and at this moment, she was standing right below the boys’ dormitory building at First High School, having arrived with that dude Lu Huai.

After Zhen Yan took the money, he glanced at Lu Huai, "Why did you tag along, kid?"

"Just hanging out with nothing to do! Came to watch the fun," Lu Huai replied like that.

"What fun is there to watch around here!" Zhen Yan gave him a sideways glance, his eyes harboring a warning.

Completely oblivious to Zhen Yan’s hint, Lu Huai immediately grinned upon seeing him, "Not now, but if we bump into Old Cao later,"

"Zhen Yu?!" At the opportune moment, an excited voice arose behind Lu Huai. Speaking of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao appeared!

Zhen Yu swiftly sidestepped and slipped, like ’swoosh’, behind her brother!

Seeing her, one would know she had been ambushed so many times that she had developed a conditioned reflex!

"Why are you here, Zhen Yu?!" Cao Zhixin charged over with long strides, aiming to circle around behind Zhen Yan.

Zhen Yan had no choice but to lift his arm to block him, "Eh-hem! I’m still here! Can you not do this?"

He paused, then added another line, "Why are you always asking for a beating?"

Lu Huai stifled a laugh, "Pfft pfft..."

"I’m not talking to you!" Cao Zhixin’s face turned red again, "Zhen Yu, come out! Don’t think I can’t see you hiding behind your brother!"

"I don’t want to fight you today!" Zhen Yu didn’t even poke her head out, straight up saying, "This is your school, I’ll leave you some face!"

"Who wins is not certain yet!" Cao Zhixin stubbornly argued.

Zhen Yu was utterly exasperated, "Win or lose, so what? I’m begging you! Stop bothering me, will you?!"

"No way! That Xiao Bai, what’s so good about him?!" Cao Zhixin, having suffered too many times from being called a ’pretty boy,’ even in his urgency, knew to change his words in time, "I refuse to accept this! If I can beat you, will you still like him?!"

"How many times have I told you! Even if you beat me a hundred times, a thousand times, I will never like you! Why can’t you understand?!" Zhen Yu said, frustrated to the point of fury.

"I don’t believe it!!" Cao Zhixin persisted, "That’s because I’ve never won! As long as I beat you,"

"Beat, beat, beat! Beat your head, wah!" Zhen Yu couldn’t take it anymore, darting out and landing a solid kick!

Bang! Dust flew in all directions...

"Come home this evening for a family meeting!" Zhen Yu said without turning back at her brother, waving her hand at Lu Huai, "Let’s hurry up and go!"

After being ambushed, Cao Zhixin fell to the ground, fuming so much that he pounded the ground and stood up with a roar, "Zhen Yu!"

Zhen Yu: "Run!"

Lu Huai: "Eh? Oh oh! Wait for me..."

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"Ha... ha..." Lu Huai leaned over, gasping for air on the Affiliated School’s sports field, and while huffing he said, "You’re really something! Kicking him right in front of so many of Old Cao’s classmates,"

"Whew... It’s his own fault!" Zhen Yu cut Lu Huai off, "Don’t speak on his behalf, or I’ll kick you out too!"

Lu Huai hastily gestured with his hands, "Got it, got it! Whew... I wouldn’t dare offend you! You indeed are, Zhen Wudi... Haha..." Laughing as he spoke, he found amusement in the middle of a hot day, although it was his own brother who was the unlucky one...

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After the evening self-study session ended, Zhen Yu went straight back to the internet café! These past few days, she only went back to the wonton shop to sleep each night.

"Mom, let’s go upstairs. I’ve got something to tell you."

"What’s the matter that you have to speak now? Can’t it wait until tomorrow? We have a day off anyway!" Mrs. Zhen muttered, yet she still got up and left the counter.

Zhen Yu followed her mother upstairs, "It’s complicated, we can talk about it later."

"Fine. You’re always full of ideas, and I can’t control you, but don’t you go too far!"

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yu frowned and said nothing more.

After the mother and daughter sat opposite each other in the master bedroom, Zhen Yu went straight to the point: "Mom! You’ve been pregnant for a few months now. By the time my high school starts, it should be time for you to give birth, right?"

Mrs. Zhen touched her belly, "About then, yes."

"When that time comes, both you and the baby will need care. My brother will be in his senior year and I’ll be a freshman, both of us during important times of our school year! Then there will be no one to look after our Internet café! So I—"

Before Zhen Yu could bring up the software, Mrs. Zhen suddenly interrupted her!

"Don’t worry! Your Uncle Gu said,"

Zhen Yu’s eyes sharpened, "What did he say?!"

"Your Uncle Gu said he’ll help manage the Internet café when the time comes! We might have to depend on him even before I give birth because getting more pregnant means I get tired easily. Once the baby is older and doesn’t need to be fed milk all the time, I will take care of the baby and take back control of the Internet café myself."

Hah! Zhen Yu scoffed in her heart!

Turns out there was this little drama going on without her knowing! Just not sure if Gu’s father is really well-intentioned, and once the child grows older, whether the Internet café could be taken back by Mrs. Zhen...

Well, Zhen Yu certainly could not trust him!

She had never fully trusted Mrs. Zhen either! Otherwise, she wouldn’t be meddling in everything, caring about every single detail.

Up to this point in life, there were only two people Zhen Yu trusted wholeheartedly!

Zhen Yan, and Han Mingyue!

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"Little sister! Mom! Are you upstairs?"

It was Zhen Yan coming back!

Zhen Yu immediately got up and replied, "In the master bedroom! Come up quick!"

"I’m coming, I’m coming!" As Zhen Yan climbed the stairs he said, "I ran back as soon as school was over! What’s the matter? You seem so anxious!"

Ha! If I tell you, you might want to hit someone!

In her heart, Zhen Yu sarcastically thought, "If I don’t hurry, the Internet café might be named Gu any day now!"

"Sit down and listen to me!" Zhen Yu pushed Zhen Yan down where she had been sitting and stood to say, "I bought three types of software, specifically for computer maintenance, time management, and cashiering in the Internet café!"

"What are you talking about? I don’t quite understand!" Mrs. Zhen interjected with a question.

Zhen Yan also seemed puzzled, but he didn’t want to interrupt his sister and listened quietly instead. He could always ask the details from his sister after they had discussed everything.

"You don’t need to worry about this!" Zhen Yu didn’t even want to explain to her mother because Mrs. Zhen didn’t need to know anymore.

"With these three types of software, we can just leave the Internet café to a manager. You won’t need to work from dawn till dusk every day!"

"How could that be okay?!" Mrs. Zhen immediately objected. "What about the money collected every day?"

"Zhen Yan will go to the bank tomorrow to open an account! Starting next week, I’ll collect the money every evening! On Sundays, I’ll go deposit it with my brother!"

Mrs. Zhen’s lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn’t speak up.

Actually! Zhen Yu knew exactly what Mrs. Zhen wanted to say, what she wanted to ask!

But! She didn’t want her brother to know it! To understand it!