Rebirth Must Be Happy

Chapter 29 [029] Cousin's Curse
'Is your uncle divorced?'

At his grandfather's house, Xu Jinhuan made a cup of Longjing tea for his grandfather and gave some to his grandmother and mother to try. When he was basking in the sun in the yard with a cup of tea, he finally heard his mother talking about this matter with his grandfather and grandmother.

Originally, after my uncle and aunt divorced, my cousin Song Zhiyu returned to China this summer and chose a high school.

At that time, the filter that China had for foreign countries had not been broken yet, and since her uncle had studied at No. 1 Middle School in Bicheng, it did not take much effort for Song Zhiyu to transfer to No. 1 Middle School in Bicheng.

Song Xiaohui was worried that it would be inconvenient for a girl like her to live in the school dormitory, so she planned to bring her home to live. Pei Haiguang also agreed, but only Xu Jinhuan opposed it.

When Song Zhiyu was young, she followed Song Xiaofeng every time he returned to China. At that time, the relationship between the brother and sister was pretty good. Song Zhiyu loved to follow her brother around everywhere, and Xu Jinhuan would bravely stand in front of her when she was chased and bitten by a goose. The little brother was almost bitten off by the goose.

I don't know when it started, but the two of them became more and more distant.

Xu Jinhuan has a certain jealousy towards her. This may come from knowing that her mother is not her biological daughter, or from the fact that she can easily have many things that she wants, even things that she cannot get:
While he was looking forward to his uncle's return so he could eat chocolate and KFC, Song Zhiyu had already grown tired of them;

Before he had even seen an airplane, Song Zhiyu had already crossed continents and oceans many times;

When he was memorizing the ABCs, Song Zhiyu could already communicate in English;
When he managed to scrape together a few dozen dollars to buy a second-hand MP3 player, Song Zhiyu already had an iPod that could watch videos.
When he was envious of his parents' old cell phones, Song Zhiyu had already used an iPhone;

When he was happy that he could do duty with the beautiful girl he had a crush on, Song Zhiyu was even more beautiful than the beautiful girl he had a crush on...

When this feeling of envy and jealousy accumulated, Xu Jinhuan's first reaction when he learned that his uncle was divorced was happiness and relief. He was looking forward to seeing Song Zhiyu's sad look, and wanted to see if she could still be as proud as a white swan as before.

To his disappointment, Song Zhiyu didn't seem to be affected. Facing the comfort of relatives and elders, she smiled sweetly and well-behavedly as usual, and was as cold and arrogant as usual when facing him.

When his mother suggested bringing Song Zhiyu to live at home, Xu Jinhuan refused without hesitation and used all kinds of drastic measures to express his opposition.

The more her parents talked about how inconvenient it was for a little girl like her who had just returned from a broken family to live in school, the more he wanted to see her unhappy and miserable...

After entering university, Xu Jinhuan quickly matured as his horizons broadened. Later, he got to know Chen Xingzhu. When Chen Xingzhu was studying for her master's degree, she became Song Zhiyu's senior. The two girls had a harmonious relationship, which really eased the relationship between the brother and sister.

When Chen Xingzhu passed away, Song Zhiyu rarely acted like a younger sister. She was very gentle and considerate, and accompanied Xu Jinhuan through the most difficult time.

Later, because Xu Jinhuan was hanging out with all kinds of bad girls, Song Zhiyu's relationship with her brother once again reached a freezing point after she tried to stop him in various ways without success.

During the Spring Festival before Xu Jinhuan's rebirth, she even made up an outrageous story to "curse" Xu Jinhuan.

"When I went to see Sister Xingzhu today, I saw her in the cemetery... I know it sounds unscientific, but I promise I wasn't mistaken, I really saw her!"

She was obviously frightened by this incident, and looked frightened, but then she threatened: "She must be mad at you for the way you are now, so she appeared in broad daylight. If you do this again, I will tell her and let her take you away directly..."

Of course Xu Jinhuan didn't believe it, but from now on, although Song Zhiyu lied, the curse might not be ineffective. Otherwise, why would he be reborn after paying homage to Chen Xingzhu during the Qingming Festival?
Xu Jinhuan waited for them to chat for a while, and when they were silent, he ran over and asked, "Mom, my uncle should be off work by now, right?"

Song Xiaohui wasn't quite sure either: "Should be, right?"

"Correct."

Grandpa and grandma were already very skilled at calculating. Grandma, who couldn't read, used her fingers to calculate carefully, "They're switching to daylight saving time over there, 15 hours behind us. It's almost ten o'clock now. If we go back another five hours, it will be almost seven o'clock..."

"Then I'll call my uncle."

Xu Jinhuan couldn't make overseas calls with his own phone, so he took his grandfather's phone and called Song Xiaofeng.

"Beep-beep-"

The phone rang for a while but no one answered. Xu Jinhuan looked around and saw Song Zhiyu's number, so he dialed again.

"Hey, Grandpa~"

The call was quickly connected, and the girl's sweet and crisp voice came from the phone, and she asked in a light tone, "Why did you think of calling me?"

Xu Jinhuan was silent for two seconds, then smiled and said, "I'm Xu Jinhuan."

This time it was Song Zhiyu who remained silent. After a few seconds, she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Looking to chat with you."

Xu Jinhuan walked out of the main room with his cell phone and came to the yard. He saw Dahuang howling again and trying to break free from the chains, so he went over to touch it and let Song Zhiyu hear Dahuang's voice.

Song Zhiyu probably didn't know how to respond, so she didn't say anything. Xu Jinhuan asked in a casual tone, "Where are you?"

Song Zhiyu has a sweet voice, but her tone is a little stiff: "At home."

"I have something I want your help with."

Xu Jinhuan found an excuse for his change of attitude. "To put it simply, I'm pursuing a girl. Her birthday is coming up soon, and I don't know what gift to get her... Do you have any suggestions?"

"I don't know her, and I don't know what she likes."

Song Zhiyu took a few seconds to answer, "Do you know what her hobbies are?"

"I'm not sure. We're not in the same class. I've never spoken to her."

Xu Jinhuan said in a very frank tone, "I just knew she was pretty and had good grades..."

"..."

Song Zhiyu really wanted to scold him, but she didn't know what to say, because this kind of behavior is too common among boys of this age.

No, it wasn't just this age. She even felt that her father was the same. He went abroad for love, and his foreign love was able to succeed. He even named himself after the place where they first met, "Hongshan Zhiyu"...

So what? They still got divorced.

Men are not good things!

Song Zhiyu sighed quietly and said, "Let me think about it. I'll tell you in a few days."

Xu Jinhuan said, "Okay, then I'll turn on my phone for international calls and send you my QQ number."

"it is good."

Song Zhiyu responded and was about to hang up the phone, but Xu Jinhuan asked again: "When will you be back?"

Song Zhiyu was silent for a long time before she said, "I don't know."

"Come back soon."

Xu Jinhuan smiled gently and said, "Grandma and Grandpa miss you, and my parents have been talking about you a lot lately."

Song Zhiyu didn't say anything.

"correct,"

Xu Jinhuan, with his acting not so good, pretended to suddenly remember something and said, "My birthday is coming soon. Do you want to get me a gift? It doesn't have to be anything fancy. Just buy me an iPhone 4S."

"..."

Song Zhiyu was silenced by his shamelessness. Although the US version of iPhone 4S is cheaper, the non-contract version starts at US$649, which is equivalent to RMB 4000, which is still expensive.

She is still using iPhone 4 and is reluctant to change it.

"just kidding."

Xu Jinhuan knew his cousin's personality and teased her on purpose, but he did have the idea of ​​getting something for free. He was already eating free food, so it wouldn't hurt to eat from two more families. "But if you have time, can you tell my uncle for me? Tell him that my birthday is coming up and ask him not to forget..."

Song Zhiyu once again refreshed her understanding of him.

"Either you buy a new phone or give me your old one..."

Xu Jinhuan was talking when Song Zhiyu interrupted him, "My dad is back. I'll give him the phone. You can talk to him yourself."

Then Song Xiaofeng's voice could be heard faintly over there, and then it became clearer: "Hello, Huanhuan?"

(End of this chapter)