Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 11 [011] Dig your own hole and jump into it
Xie Zhiqiang was even more incredulous and asked in amazement, "When did you learn to drive?"

"You've never played QQ Speed?"

Xu Jinhuan turned off the engine and got out of the car. Seeing Xie Wanqing looking at him in confusion, he smiled and explained, "I practiced driving with my uncle before."

Xie Zhiqiang asked suspiciously, "Isn't your uncle abroad?"

"It's not illegal to return home, right?"

Xu Jinhuan didn't dwell on the topic and changed the subject, asking: "Where do we go up?"

"This way."

Xie Wanqing took the things and didn't forget to take the paper flowers Xu Jinhuan gave her. She led them to the elevator and couldn't help but ask curiously, "How long have you been learning to drive?"

Xu Jinhuan smiled calmly and said, "I just learned it during the summer vacation."

"Then you are amazing."

Xie Wanqing was a little envious, "Your driving skills are much better than mine. I have to reverse many times every time..."

"Just practice slowly. You have to start from scratch."

Xu Jinhuan smiled and consoled him, then added, "Of course, geniuses like me can be an exception."

"You're not humble at all?"

Xie Wanqing couldn't help laughing, "Are you usually like this?"

"No."

Xie Zhiqiang helpfully answered, "He used to be extremely cowardly, but today, he was provoked and started to go to the other extreme."

Xie Wanqing asked curiously, "What's exciting?"

"There's a girl in our class who's considered the most beautiful girl in the class. She confessed her love to him."

Xie Zhiqiang recounted the story of Xu Jinhuan rejecting Xiao Yuanxi's confession. Xie Wanqing stepped out of the elevator, her hand covering her mouth as she exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, the class beauty confessed to you...why did you refuse?"

"If you don't like it, just reject it."

Xu Jinhuan took the opportunity to express his opinion, pretending to be casual, "Otherwise, if you don't like her but still want to be with her, it will not only be irresponsible to yourself, but also to others. Besides, this is a lifelong thing, there can be no ambiguity."

"well said."

Xie Wanqing smiled gently in agreement, then glared at her brother, "Did you see that? Learn from me. That's what responsibility is. Don't just focus on whether others are good-looking or not..."

She has not yet been under any emotional pressure from her parents and relatives, so she did not feel anything special when she heard Xu Jinhuan's suggestive words. She just felt good about such responsible words from a girl's natural standpoint.

Xie Zhiqiang curled his lips and didn't respond.

"Wanqing!"

The three of them arrived at a restaurant. A middle-aged, fair-skinned young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses immediately came up to them and greeted Xie Wanqing warmly, "Your roommate is here... Xiaoqiang is here too."

Xie Zhiqiang didn't say anything, just nodded.

"This is my younger brother's classmate."

Xie Wanqing nodded, helped introduce him, and said to Xu Jinhuan: "This is my friend, call me brother."

Xu Jinhuan, who had long been tempered by society, was not lacking in flexibility and bottom line, but that was necessary. Facing Ding Wenjie, he just smiled and said, "Hello."

Ding Wenjie saw that he was a high school student and dressed poorly, so he didn't care and didn't respond. He said to Xie Wanqing, "Hurry in."

Xie Wanqing was upset when she saw that he didn't even respond politely, but she was gentle and didn't blame him. She just smiled apologetically at Xu Jinhuan and said, "Let's go eat."

When they arrived at the private room, Xie Wanqing's roommates and classmates were chatting. They were all girls. They greeted Xie Wanqing and teased Xie Zhiqiang: "Hey, your cute fat brother is here too?"

"Little brother, do you still remember me?"

The senior students were so fierce that Xie Zhiqiang didn't even dare to say a word and sat down with a red face.

Xie Wanqing said unhappily, "Stop teasing him. He's shy anyway."

"Okay, I won't tease your brother anymore."

The first person to speak was a pretty girl with a Sichuan accent. She said with a smile, "Who is this handsome brother? Why do you have so many brothers?"

Xu Jinhuan smiled and said, "Hello, senior sisters, I am Sister Wanqing's other brother, my foster brother."

"Oh, there's a younger brother?"

The girls joked around for a bit, then asked Xie Wanqing, "What are you holding in your hand?"

"Who sent this as a gift?"

The girls looked at Ding Wenjie as they spoke, thinking it was a gift from him, and their expressions and tones were somewhat ambiguous. Ding Wenjie had just noticed the gift box, because Xie Wanqing and her brother had just arrived, and he thought it was from Xie Zhiqiang, so he smiled and said, "It's not from me. I haven't given the gift I prepared yet."

"You guys take a look first."

Xie Wanqing put the gift box on the table with a hint of showing off, and carefully opened it to show her friends, "Isn't it beautiful?"

"Wow, is this hand-folded?"

"It's so beautiful!"

"Who gave this to you?"

The few paper flowers were indeed delicate and beautiful, but they were just ordinary gifts. If they were bought, they would naturally be nothing. Xie Wanqing treasured them so much, and the other girls easily guessed the reason.

"It was folded by hand."

Xie Wanqing smiled sweetly, having achieved the high emotional value she had hoped for amidst the exclamations of her friends. She then deliberately kept the others in suspense: "Guess who sent it? The person is right here."

"Your brother?"

Several girls looked at Xie Zhiqiang at once, "Fat brother, can't you tell that you are so skillful?"

Xie Zhiqiang said embarrassedly: "It's not me."

After excluding two of the three men, the girls finally turned their attention to their "brother".

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "Why don't the seniors praise me for my dexterity?"

“Is it really you who gave it to me?”

The girls were a little surprised. Before they could praise her, Ding Wenjie pulled out a jewelry box that looked very luxurious and exquisite from somewhere, handed it to Xie Wanqing with both hands and said, "Wanqing, look at the gift I gave you."

Xie Wanqing was interrupted from showing off her gift and felt a little unhappy, but she couldn't say anything, so she forced a smile and said, "Thank you."

She wanted to take the jewelry box, but Ding Wenjie opened it directly and said, "I spent a long time choosing before finally choosing this pair of Cartier earrings. Do you like them?"

"Cartier?"

"so beautiful!"

Several girls exclaimed in amazement again, and were even more envious than when they saw the paper flowers. After all, for most girls, cheap paper flowers are easy to get, but luxury jewelry is hard to come by.

"It's beautiful, thank you."

Xie Wanqing hesitated for a moment, then smiled and put the gift away.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Xie Wanqing accepted the gift. Three boys arrived late, and one of them brought a gift.

Xu Jinhuan was Xie Zhiqiang's classmate, so Ding Wenjie certainly didn't care. But when he saw Xie Wanqing and other male classmates coming, his face obviously didn't look good. After Xie Wanqing helped introduce them, the three boys took the initiative to say hello, but he just nodded reservedly, looking a little arrogant.

Xie Wanqing was already unhappy, and she became even more unhappy after seeing this.

The one among the three boys who brought the gift was obviously interested in Xie Wanqing. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, he wanted to ease the tension. However, for some reason, he ignored Xie Wanqing and took the initiative to chat with Ding Wenjie, asking, "Has Brother Ding graduated yet?"

Ding Wenjie said, "There's not much future in domestic universities. I just came back from studying abroad."

Bicheng Normal University has just been upgraded to a first-tier university, but it has only just crossed the threshold. When Ding Wenjie said this, it seemed as if he didn't even take Peking University and Tsinghua University seriously, let alone this little and unknown normal university in Bicheng?
After this sentence was said, not only the boy who asked the question, but also the few girls who were originally active didn't know what to say.

"The quality of this batch of suitors isn't very good, is it?"

Xu Jinhuan muttered to himself, realizing that it was unrealistic to expect other suitors to kill Ding Wenjie, so he had to take action himself.

Although Ding Wenjie was arrogant, he was not stupid after all. Seeing Xie Wanqing's unhappy expression, he was about to explain, but Xu Jinhuan changed the subject and asked, "Sister Wanqing, are you both majoring in the same major?"

"almost."

Xie Wanqing smiled again after speaking to him, and pointed at a boy and said, "The rest of us are majoring in accounting, and he's the only one who's majoring in history or teaching."

If someone else was talking, Ding Wenjie would probably have interrupted them directly, so Xu Jinhuan continued to chat with Xie Wanqing: "Does Suicheng Normal University have any non-teaching majors?"

"Yes, I have."

Xu Jinhuan was about to enter his third year of high school. Xie Wanqing assumed he wanted to learn about the university in advance, so she patiently explained, "Sucheng Normal University has always wanted to develop into a comprehensive university. Currently, the proportion of students majoring in teacher education has dropped to almost 50%, and many students majoring in non-teaching programs..."

Others also started chatting about this topic, and the atmosphere at the table gradually recovered.

Seeing that everyone was chatting happily and no one was paying attention to him, Ding Wenjie couldn't help but find an opportunity to interrupt and said, "These majors in China are basically just for show, and they only engage in formalism..."

Seeing that this guy was offending people again, Xu Jinhuan stopped talking. When Ding Wenjie finished showing off and realized that he had said something wrong and wanted to make amends, he quickly spoke up to change the subject, not giving Ding Wenjie a chance to make amends.

To him, this wasn't even digging a hole, because Ding Wenjie dug the hole himself and jumped into it himself. The most he could do was kick Ding Wenjie back when he tried to climb out.

(End of this chapter)