Rebirth to Save Myself

This time, Su Xia took Chen Yuan directly by plane to Liuzhou to try the authentic snail rice noodles. With fried eggs, braised duck feet, pig's trotters, and water spinach, all coated in chili oil, the taste was absolutely amazing. The snail rice noodles they ate on-site were different from the packaged ones they bought online; they weren't smelly at all.

Chen Yuan fell in love with it immediately. During their few days in Liuzhou, they ate their way through all the famous snail rice noodles, including mixed snail rice noodles and braised duck feet. After eating, they would go to the riverside to admire the beautiful and dazzling night view.

Then they set off for Chengdu to see the giant pandas. Chengdu and Chongqing are adjacent cities, and their food is similar. They mainly went there for the pandas, so they didn't feel anything special. Next, they went to Wuhan, visited the university Chen Yuan applied to, and ate snacks like hot dry noodles, three-delicacy bean curd sheets, and soup dumplings. Chen Yuan patted her belly and exclaimed, "I've gained all the weight I lost!"

"It's okay, you'll lose weight in college," Su Xia comforted Chen Yuan, because the food in the college cafeteria was truly awful. Aside from being cheap, it had absolutely no other advantages.

"Really? This university looks really nice though. We've visited quite a few universities along the way. I wonder which one we'll be accepted into," Chen Yuan said, lying on the hotel bed.

"You can check tomorrow. If you're worried, you can stay up until midnight, then you'll find out which school you've been accepted to." Su Xia shook her head. Once they're accepted, the acceptance letters should be sent out soon. They'll have to go back as soon as the letters arrive because Chen Jianguo is preparing a banquet to celebrate their college admission.

"No, I'd better get some sleep and check tomorrow morning. The system will definitely crash tonight, and I'll be anxious and worried after checking for so long. It's better to just sleep it off and wake up perfectly."

"Not bad, you've learned your lesson."

"I'm naturally smart."

"Hmm, very smart."

The next day, Chen Yuan got up early and found Su Xia already sitting on the floor looking at her laptop. She then asked, "Xiaxia, are you checking the results?"

"No, I'm working on the diagrams. Of course, we should check the results together. We applied to universities together, so we should check the results together." Su Xia turned to look at Chen Yuan and showed her her work.

"So beautiful, just as beautiful as the one we saw the other day." Chen Yuan excitedly got out of bed and, without even brushing her teeth or washing her face, said directly to Su Xia, "Quick, save it, we're checking the admission results."

"it is good."

Just then, Chen Chunqi called. Chen Yuan answered the phone and said before Chen Chunqi could speak, "We're going to start investigating now."

"Hmm, have you gotten up and had breakfast yet?"

"not yet."

"Then remember to eat breakfast, breakfast is the most important meal."

"I know, we're going to the morning market to buy some food later."

Su Xia entered her ID card number and password. The peak time was right after the results were released in the evening, so she got the result quickly. The computer screen clearly displayed:

Admitted to: Hunan University; Major: Chinese Language and Literature.

"Wow, Xiaxia got accepted! Mom, Xiaxia got accepted to Hunan University!"

"Really? That's amazing, Xiaxia is really great."

Su Xia took a picture with her phone, then entered Chen Yuan's ID card number and password, and the computer displayed a page:

Admitted to: Nankai University, Major: Visual Communication Design

"Mom, I got accepted into Nankai University! Oh my god, I'm so excited!" Chen Yuan jumped up with joy, and Su Xia immediately sent the two of their acceptance results to the group chat.

Coffee to keep you going: [Image]

Coffee to keep you going: [Image]

Beautiful Ms. Chen: [Fireworks] [Fireworks] [Fireworks]

Dear Ms. Chen: Congratulations to my two darlings on getting into university!

Chen Jianguo: Congratulations! I'm going to book the hotel now.

The beautiful Ms. Chen: Let's order a big one, and then the two of us can do it together.

Chen Jianguo: [OK] No problem.

Chen Jianguo: [Transferring funds to keep coffee afloat]

Chen Jianguo: [Transfer money to Bai Cha Qing Huan Wu Bie Shi]

White tea, simple joys, nothing else matters: [Thank you, boss]

Coffee to keep me going: [Thanks, boss!]

Chen Jianguo had already given each student a 20,000 yuan reward when the results came out, and now that they've been admitted, he's giving them another 20,000 yuan each—quite a generous gesture. Chen Chunqi didn't stop him; she was happy because Chen Jianguo was happy, since both her children had done so well and gotten into their preferred universities and majors.

Because Chen Yuan was admitted to Nankai University, the two of them immediately set Nanjing as their next destination. After going to Nanjing and returning home, they could receive their admission notices, pack their things for the start of the semester, and then just wait for school to begin.

The two arrived in Nanjing to experience the beauty of the city and visited Nankai University. Imagining what it would be like to study there, Su Xia suddenly asked Chen Yuan, "Was Chen Wenwei also admitted to Nankai?"

“Yes, although he prefers Wuhan University, he applied to Nankai University as well when he found out I applied there. He was admitted to the Business Administration program.” Chen Yuan nodded and then happily shared Chen Wenwei’s admission information with Su Xia.

Su Xia glanced at it, thinking that she had suggested Chen Yuan apply to Nankai University so that she could be separated from Chen Wenwei, but in the end, the two of them were in the same school again. She hoped that Chen Wenwei, that brat, would be smart enough not to do anything to upset Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan, unaware of Su Xia's thoughts, was excitedly filming a video, intending to send it to Chen Wenwei so they could both see the school they would be attending together in the future. As they walked, she said, "This is the cafeteria, this way is the convenience store, and over there are the dormitories..."

Chen Wenwei was looking at houses with his parents when his phone beeped four or five times. He picked it up and saw they were all messages from Chen Yuan. They were all video messages, and presumably with audio too. He smiled and replied:

I'm waiting for the wind and for you: I'm busy, let's chat later.

White tea, simple pleasures, nothing else matters: [Hmph]

Seeing Chen Yuan suddenly stop filming, Su Xia asked her, "What's wrong?"

Chen Yuan said angrily, "I kindly filmed a video for Chen Wenwei to see, but he didn't even look at it and said he was busy. It's summer vacation now, and he's not out playing like me. What could he be busy with at home? I think he just doesn't want to talk to me and finds me annoying."

Su Xia remained silent after hearing this. This had happened many times before; each time, Su Xia would stand up for Chen Yuan and scold Chen Wenwei, only to have Chen Wenwei appease her with a few words and then calm down. This love-struck woman is hopeless, truly hopeless.

Seeing that Su Xia didn't speak, Chen Yuan asked her, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

"I'm checking the route back tomorrow. It's getting late, let's find a place to have dinner."

"it is good."

On the other side, after Chen Wenwei and his group finished looking at the house, Chen Meili contacted Chen Chunqi, saying that her family had arrived in the provincial capital and that everyone should get together.

"Great, it's a pity that Yuanyuan and Xiaxia went out to play and haven't come back yet."

"They spent the whole summer vacation playing outside?"

"No, I came back to apply for college in between."

"Your husband is amazing! Kids Chen Yuan's age don't spend their summer vacation traveling around like this!"

"Both kids did well on the exam! Where did your Wenwei go?"

"Nankai University is in Nanjing."

"What a coincidence! My daughter Yuanyuan was also admitted to Nankai University."

"Hey, what a coincidence. I never thought that in such a big country, we would end up in the same university."

When Chen Wenwei heard Chen Meili say it was fate, he smiled. These were all things he and Chen Yuan had agreed upon; there were no such things as coincidences.

“I’ll have Jianguo pick you up and then come to my house for dinner.”

"Good good."

As soon as Chen Meili arrived at Chen Chunqi's house, she exclaimed, "Your house is so big!"

"Haha, come in quickly. Old Chen said it's a bit too small and he wants to live in a villa." Chen Chunqi smiled, then said to the kitchen, "Auntie, bring up the fruit."

"Yes, madam." The housekeeper brought out the freshly washed fruit and placed it on the coffee table in the living room, then asked Chen Meili and the others, "Is there anything you'd like to drink?"

"No, Chunqi, you have a nanny at home?" Chen Meili was very surprised. She had never heard Chen Chunqi mention it before. Since she had never gone to work, Chen Meili assumed that Chen Chunqi did all the housework.

“I invited them because I was worried she'd get tired managing things by herself. What brings you all to the provincial capital this time?” Chen Jianguo asked.

“We’re here to look at houses.” Chen Meili became cheerful as she said this, and then continued, “We originally planned to buy a house in the city, but Wenwei said it would be better to come to the province instead.”

“Yes, Old Chen in the city bought a unit and sold it a long time ago, without making much money at all. It’s better to come to the province; the development prospects are better there.” Chen Chunqi expressed his strong agreement with Chen Meili’s decision to come to the province.

"Yes, so my husband and I discussed it and we're going to look at houses today."

"When did you arrive? You only contacted us today."

"We arrived yesterday and spent the night at Uncle Wenwei's place. Today we looked at a few properties, but we haven't made a decision yet."

“Tell me which properties you’ve looked at,” Chen Jianguo chimed in from the side.

“There’s Azure International, Tianhu Garden, Emerald Mansion, and Jiangshan Yunchu, which we’re quite satisfied with,” Chen Meili’s husband said.

“Yes, these are all popular developments recently. Tianhu Garden was developed by one of my business partners. The overall layout of the community is quite good, but it's a bit too dense and the development is too big,” Chen Jianguo said.

“That won’t do. The development is too big. It will take a long time to walk from home to the entrance of the community,” Chen Chunqi said from the side.

"Yes, I don't recommend you buy in Jiangshan Yunchu. The false advertising there is too much, and the apartment layouts aren't very good. You'll regret it later. I recently bought a house in Jin Hai'an. It's a newly developed area, and the reputation hasn't been established yet, so the price is a bit cheaper. Plus, it's still under development, so it'll definitely be about the same price as here in the future." Chen Jianguo gave them a very candid analysis of the current property information.

"Old Chen, buying a house is as easy for you as buying a head of cabbage!" Chen Meili was truly envious!

"Hey, this is to save up some dowry for Yuanyuan and Xiaxia. We're saving this for them in the future, so the more we save, the more confident we'll be when the time comes," Chen Chunqi said with a smile.

“Yes, if you’re sure you want it, I’ll talk to someone inside and reserve a large apartment for you. It’ll be comfortable for you to live in, and there will be a room for your parents when they come over,” Chen Jianguo said directly, without holding back.

“Then we should get one at an insider price,” Chen Chunqi interjected.

"That's for sure, the internal price is 11,000 yuan per square meter. Do you need a 150-square-meter or a 120-square-meter apartment?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Meili couldn't help but agree, but her husband tugged at her arm and said, "We haven't seen the show flats yet, so it's a bit..."

"It was my oversight. Let's go see it tomorrow. I'll have my friend take you there."

“Okay, no problem.” Chen Meili agreed in one go this time.

The three of them had dinner there, declined Chen Jianguo's offer to take them home, and decided to take the bus back themselves. On the way, Chen Meili couldn't help but sigh, "Back in my hometown, we could at least stay next door. It's nothing like that now."

"Why did you have to come all this way? You just came to make yourself miserable!" Chen Meili's husband was very unhappy. Going to Chen Jian's house today was a huge blow to him!

They're from the same village, yet he's still struggling to make ends meet, agonizing over where to buy a house, while Chen Jianguo just bought a house outright. When asked, it turns out he plans to leave it vacant. Well, his business is booming, and his current house is over 200 square meters.

“If you don’t go, how will you know the inside information about those housing developments? You’ll end up spending most of your life savings on a lousy house, and people will laugh at you when you go back to the village.” Chen Meili knew exactly what her husband was thinking; she didn’t care about such hypocritical face-saving. Chen Jianguo had already offered an insider price, and he was still being so hesitant.

"Are you complaining that I don't earn as much money as Chen Jianhui? Let me tell you."

"Dad, Mom, both of you, please stop arguing." Chen Wenwei immediately intervened to stop the two from starting an argument, and then said, "Dad, we bought a house in the provincial capital for a better life in the future, so Mom did the right thing in that regard. Mom, it's normal for Dad to be a little proud; try to understand him sometimes."

The two glanced at each other, then turned their heads away in disgust, but did not continue arguing.

Chen Meili really didn't understand her husband's prideful behavior. They had worked together in the past, and he had even helped out in the early stages of Chen Jianguo's business. But as Chen Jianguo's business grew, her husband stopped helping and insisted on going it alone. Although he had earned money over the years, it couldn't compare to Chen Jianguo's. She felt that since she and Chen Chunqi were good friends, she had to get closer to him to reap the benefits she was getting today.