Rebirth to Save Myself

During her first week back home, Su Xia enjoyed royal treatment. What fruit did she want? Buy it! What dish did she want? Cook it! Want a quiet place to read? Great! Just a word from her, and everyone would serve her, guaranteeing her satisfaction and comfort.

Chen Yuan found an internship related to her major and worked long hours every day. When she chatted with Su Xia in private, she said, "Chen Wenwei originally wanted me to work as his assistant, but I didn't agree."

"That's more like it." Su Xia nodded while eating a cookie. Giving up one's career for a man is not a good thing.

"Yes, but my dad helped me find this job. He originally wanted me to work at his company, but I don't want to take over the company so soon. By the way, are you planning to pursue a PhD after you finish your master's exam?" Chen Yuan sat on Su Xia's bed in her room, eating the fruit Chen Chunqi had prepared for Su Xia, swinging her legs back and forth, looking very relaxed!

"Hmm, I've been thinking about it." Su Xia could easily see through Chen Yuan's little scheme, so she deliberately teased her.

Sure enough, Chen Yuan's face fell instantly upon hearing this, and she looked at Su Xia pitifully, saying, "Can you take over the company sooner?"

"Huh? Aren't you supposed to take over the company?" Su Xia asked, feigning surprise.

"Waaaaah, you're bullying me!" Chen Yuan rolled around on Su Xia's bed, then sat up and said seriously to Su Xia, "I don't care, you're going to take over the company after you finish your postgraduate entrance exam. I'm going to be a couch potato at home then, working is too tiring."

"Ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel. You should just go to work!" Su Xia walked over, patted her shoulder, then snatched the fruit plate from her hand and shouted from the doorway, "Mom, Yuanyuan ate all my fruit."

Before Chen Yuan could react, Chen Chunqi arrived at the scene. He glanced at the fruit plate in Su Xia's hand, then at the juice still on Chen Yuan's lips, and launched into a tirade against Chen Yuan: "You, you're an intern and you're still fighting with Xia Xia for food! Xia Xia is so tired from studying, Mom washed some fruit for her, why did you eat it all! If you want some, go get it from the fridge yourself. Hurry up and wash another plate of fruit and bring it to Xia Xia."

Chen Yuan gave Su Xia a resentful look, then, under Chen Chunqi's intimidating presence, went to the refrigerator to get some fresh fruit. She washed it, sliced ​​it, arranged it on a plate, handed it to Su Xia, and said through gritted teeth, "Enjoy slowly!"

"I will, thank you Yuanyuan." Su Xia smiled and took the plate, then turned and closed the door.

"What are you still standing there for? Don't disturb Xiaxia's studies." Chen Chunqi waved his hand, telling Chen Yuan to go away and not bother Su Xia.

Chen Yuan felt wronged, so she could only go back to her room and complain to Chen Wenwei!

Chen Yuan wasn't at work on the weekend, and Su Xia was thinking about going out together when Chen Jianguo called her out, along with Chen Yuan. Su Xia asked Chen Yuan, "Dad, why did you suddenly call us to the company?"

"I don't know either. Could they be threatening me to inherit the company?" Chen Yuan asked anxiously.

“I don’t think so. If you were going to inherit the company, I wouldn’t have helped you find an internship before.” Su Xia shook her head, and the two took a taxi to Chen Jianguo’s company.

As soon as they reached the bottom of the stairs, Chen Jianguo pulled them into the car, and they continued on their way. Chen Yuan and Su Xia exchanged a glance, and then Chen Yuan asked, "Dad, where are we going?"

"Go find your mom, she's getting impatient." Chen Jianguo sat in the passenger seat, replying to Chen Chunqi's message on his phone.

"Where did Mom go so early in the morning?" Su Xia asked.

"You'll know when we get there. Did you bring the ID cards I told you to bring?" Chen Jianguo asked mysteriously, revealing absolutely no clue.

"Bring it."

Su Xia and Chen Yuan were still puzzled, but adhering to the principle that Chen Jianguo wouldn't sell them out, they didn't pursue the matter of where they were going. They thought it was just a simple outing or a family meal.

As a result, Chen Jianguo directly told the driver to stop the car in front of a real estate sales office, and turned to the two people and said, "We're here, get out of the car."

Su Xia got out of the car and saw "XX Yueyuntai" written on the gate. This was clearly the name of the residential complex. Looking at the promotional advertisements around, it seemed the units hadn't been handed over yet. At that moment, Chen Chunqi and a man walked over. Chen Chunqi said to Chen Jianguo, "We've chosen them all."

"Brother Chen, it's been a long time. You've already picked out a wife," said Manager Lin, the one who helped Chen Wenwei's family buy a house last time.

"Xiao Lin, it's been a long time indeed. I didn't expect you to have started your own business. That's great," Chen Jianguo said with a smile to Manager Lin.

"Thanks to Brother Chen's help, I showed my wife the model apartments, the preferential policies, and the parking spaces this morning, and she's already picked out two. These two must be your daughters, they're so beautiful." Manager Lin smiled at Su Xia and Chen Yuan.

“Since she has already made her choice, I will pay.” Chen Jianguo trusted Chen Chunqi very much, and then said to Su Xia and Chen Yuan, “You two and Xiao Lin go and complete the formalities.”

"Huh?" Chen Yuan and Su Xia were a little taken aback and hesitated before stepping forward.

Manager Lin noticed it immediately, then walked over to Chen Yuan and Su Xia and said, "Brother Chen has chosen a villa for both of you. Please make copies of your ID cards so we can fill out some forms later."

"What, a villa?" Chen Yuan and Su Xia exclaimed in surprise, then looked at Chen Jianguo and said in unison, "Dad, are you crazy!"

“Your dad started talking to me about buying you a house back when you were in high school, but I felt you were too young then, so it was delayed. Now Yuanyuan is doing her internship, and Xiaxia, although she's continuing her studies, is a grown woman now, so your dad and I picked out a house for you.” Chen Chunqi explained on behalf of Chen Jianguo, who had been buying houses and shops everywhere he had money over the years, accumulating a bunch of property ownership certificates.

He originally intended to choose two apartments for Chen Yuan and Su Xia, but there weren't any with the same floor area. Chen Chunqi also said that it would be inconvenient for them to visit each other if they didn't buy apartments in the same complex. So he contacted Manager Lin to help select an apartment that was currently on sale, taking advantage of Su Xia's home visit to finalize the matter.

Chen Yuan and Su Xia acted like robots, signing a bunch of documents and taking a lot of paperwork as instructed by Manager Lin. Chen Jianguo, who was not short of money, paid for everything in full, so the two of them didn't have to worry about the mortgage payments later.

After finishing all that, Chen Jianguo sat in the car and said to the two of them, "I've taken care of the house for you, there's no mortgage, so you'll have to figure out the renovations yourselves. Your dad and mom won't be helping you out."

"Huh? What?" Su Xia hadn't quite come to her senses yet. The house she had dreamed of for two lifetimes was finally hers? It felt a bit unreal, a bit surreal!

"Xiaxia, pinch me, I feel like I'm dreaming." Chen Yuan nudged Su Xia, who pinched her, and she cried out in pain, "Ouch, that hurts."

"Look at these two silly kids, did you hear what your father said? We're not helping you with the renovations, you have to go to work and earn money yourselves, understand?" Chen Chunqi said to the two of them, raising his voice slightly.

"Yes, we understand." Chen Yuan and Su Xia nodded, although they didn't yet realize the seriousness of the matter.

Chen Jianguo was in an exceptionally good mood after resolving a major issue, and immediately took the three of them out for a seafood feast. He had come here with his business partners before and thought it was quite good, so he was planning to bring Chen Chunqi and the others next time.

At the dinner table, Chen Yuan couldn't help but complain to the three of them about her colleague who had started her internship at the same time: "She's really something else. She can't do anything, not even the most basic office software."

"What does she do at work?" Chen Chunqi asked curiously. If she doesn't do any work, why would the company hire her?

"Playing on her phone, watching videos. Then she attributed my work to her, how shameless!" Chen Yuan slammed her hand on the table angrily, then her expression softened slightly as she added, "And then, she didn't know I watermarked all my documents, and just handed them in to the boss like that, hahaha!"

"Then she got criticized?" Su Xia nodded. You shouldn't be polite to this kind of colleague, otherwise she'll think you're easy to bully.

"No, I heard from others that her father is a high-ranking executive in the company. So our manager just called her in and gave her a gentle talk, and that was the end of it." Chen Yuan felt sad again as she mentioned this. People with powerful connections are indeed not to be trifled with!

“Actually, you can tell from the fact that she didn’t work seriously but wasn’t fired that she has something to hide. Otherwise, how could a normal person be so arrogant and openly not do any work?” Chen Jianguo analyzed for Chen Yuan and then praised her: “But Dad thinks it’s great that you added a watermark to your work. It’s commendable that you know how to protect your own hard work.”

"Hehe, thanks Dad." Chen Yuan chuckled and ate another crab. It was better to talk to her family about this; she had initially complained to Chen Wenwei first, but he ended up lecturing her, saying a lot of things, including:

"They have connections, so don't offend them. They might fire you, and then what will you do about your internship?"

Chen Yuan was furious and simply ignored Chen Wenwei. Instead of standing up for his girlfriend, he was speaking up for the person who bullied her—that was really going too far. Besides, even though Chen Yuan was introduced by Chen Jianguo, she earned her place through her own abilities. If the company fired her because of that nepotism, she wouldn't want to stay there either.

"Speaking of which, we have people like that in our dance association too. They're nowhere to be seen when they're contributing money and effort, but then they jump out to express their dissatisfaction once everyone's done with their work," Chen Chunqi said, eating a shrimp that Chen Jianguo had peeled for her. Some people in their circle were bored, so they formed a dance team. She didn't have any particular hobbies, but after being persuaded by Chen Jianguo, she joined in and is now enjoying it immensely.

"So how did you treat this auntie afterwards?" Chen Yuan asked curiously.

"We've expelled her from our association." Chen Chunqi said dismissively. It's one thing to not contribute money or effort once or twice, but if it happens repeatedly, people will naturally complain. And she's criticizing the dance costumes everyone voted for, criticizing the venue everyone chose—how can we tolerate that?

"I've heard about this too. Is it Liu Qi's wife?" Chen Jianguo asked, finding the story familiar.

“That’s right, it’s from his family.” Chen Chunqi nodded, then asked Chen Jianguo, “How do you know? No one in our association has told anyone.”

"Of course, I heard it from Liu Qi. His wife felt ashamed about this and insisted that Liu Qi go and get it back for her. Liu Qi hid outside and didn't come home for half a month before his wife gave up the idea." Chen Jianguo casually told all these things that Chen Chunqi didn't know, because at the time Liu Qi had also told everyone in their circle to prevent his wife from finding him.

"Pfft, hahaha, this is hilarious!" Chen Yuan was thoroughly enjoying the gossip, especially since there was a sequel to it.

"It was really funny. She even wanted to start her own new dance association, but nobody paid any attention to her, and it all stopped after a couple of days." Chen Chunqi found it amusing; the woman was quite stupid.

"She brought this on herself, she has no one else to blame." Su Xia nodded. Chen Chunqi's social circle consisted mainly of the wives of Chen Jianguo's business partners. As long as the husbands weren't having a falling out, they would generally give each other some face. Unfortunately, this woman couldn't see the situation clearly, nor could she appreciate the forbearance Chen Chunqi and the others had shown in the early stages, so she was kicked out of the game.

"Hmm, but Yuanyuan, if you're ever wronged at work, you can come back to work at Dad's company," Chen Jianguo suggested, but Chen Yuan immediately refused.

"No, no, no, I can find another one. Let Xiaxia keep the company. She's so smart, she'll definitely make the company bigger and stronger." Chen Yuan was so anxious that she spat out the food she was eating.

"I think Yuanyuan is pretty good. It would be good for her to go to the company and get familiar with things sooner," Su Xia said teasingly, looking at Chen Yuan.

"No." Chen Yuan didn't want to work for her father; she needed some independent space of her own!

"I don't care how you two sisters discussed it, one of you has to step up and manage the company. I promised your mother I'd take her on a world tour, and I can't go back on my word." Chen Jianguo ignored their attempts to shirk responsibility and issued a direct announcement to them.

"Going around the world without me? That's outrageous!" Chen Yuan complained, looking at the two of them accusingly.

“You have to stay at the company to earn money for us to travel the world,” Chen Chunqi also expressed his opinion.

Chen Yuan immediately hugged Su Xia and pretended to cry, saying between sobs, "Am I not your biological daughter anymore! You travel the world without me, and now you expect me to make money for you? I'm wronged, I'm angry, I can't accept this!"

Chen Yuan's series of actions startled the waiters who came in to serve the food. When Chen Yuan saw that there were outsiders, she stopped her performance and planned to go home and continue.

"At least you have some self-respect," Chen Jianguo remarked as Chen Yuan calmed down.