Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl-Chapter 698 - 697: Just Playing Dumb

The world of academic overachievers is just so unique!

Although Zhen Yu and Liu Ting couldn’t agree with Qian Duoduo’s opinion, they didn’t try to dampen her enthusiasm for board games.

And so, it didn’t take long for Qian Duoduo to seem like she had made up her mind.

Seeing this, Liu Ting couldn’t help but confirm one last time: "So, you’ve decided to learn Go then?"

"Otherwise, are there games like Xiangqi to learn?" Qian Duoduo asked Zhen Yu somewhat bewildered.

Zhen Yu hurriedly waved her hands! "No! No! I’ve only heard of the Go Club!"

Only then did Qian Duoduo look at Liu Ting, shrugging her shoulders and saying: "See! Zhen Yu said there’s none!"

Liu Ting: "..."

Was there something wrong with the question I just asked? It can’t be! Definitely not!

It must be Qian Duoduo’s thought process that’s weird...

Not wanting to continue talking about the boring topic of board games with Qian Duoduo any longer, Liu Ting decisively changed the subject! She looked at Zhen Yu and said, "Do you have any other paintings? Show us!"

"Uh... I’ll go find some for you!"

Zhen Yu did have some things she had painted during her daily practice, but most of them had already been thrown into a space. So now she could only pretend to go look for them, getting off the bed and secretly taking things out from that space behind the other two’s back.

"Here! This is what I painted during practice, just take a look!" Zhen Yu said as she handed over the album.

But it still was Qian Duoduo whose hands moved faster, snatching the album away!

So Liu Ting had to lean in to look, watching her flip through it page by page.

It wasn’t until the entire album had been looked through that Liu Ting lifted her head and asked with a puzzled face: "Zhen Yu! How come there are no people in here? What I mean is — why isn’t there a portrait of your boyfriend? You didn’t only paint one of him, did you?"

Zhen Yu silently nodded, her eyebrows and eyes drooping all at once.

She did want to paint another one! But given the current situation, she didn’t know if she would have another opportunity...

And what about her Hanfu trademark? How would she deal with it?

Also, summer vacation was still going on! She hadn’t decided what to do with the remaining days yet!?

Although Qian Duoduo was someone who had been in a relationship, she immediately realized that Zhen Yu was unhappy from her expression.

And the unhappiness was because Liu Ting just mentioned Han Mingyue.

After moving her lips a bit, Qian Duoduo still ended up directly asking the question she had in mind!

"Zhen Yu, did you... have a fight with him?"

Zhen Yu shook her head expressionlessly, "No, we basically don’t fight."

"Then what’s wrong? Why are you unhappy?"

Now that Qian Duoduo had asked, Liu Ting naturally also realized something was off!

So the straightforward person she was, she followed up with a question, "What’s wrong? Did something happen between you and your boyfriend too?"

The use of the word ’too’ was very cunning, making Qian Duoduo’s face also turn sour instantly.

The three girls were all genuine friends! Since one after another kept asking her, Zhen Yu didn’t want to hide it anymore, so she simply told them all the recent upsetting matters she faced.

"...So things have turned out to be like this now! I can’t go find him, and he can’t come see me."

——

Having learned the ins and outs of the situation, Qian Duoduo and Liu Ting thought to themselves for a while, then suddenly exchanged glances with tacit understanding! Then they promptly said in unison, "We’ll help you!"

Liu Ting even immediately added another phrase, "Just think of a way to call him out, right?"

"Think of a way? Hah," Zhen Yu gave a slight, bitter smile, then without any hope, tried to persuade them, "You two! Don’t always assume adults are that dumb! Sometimes they’re just playing dumb!"

But Liu Ting, upon hearing this, disagreed completely! "Who cares whether they’re genuinely dumb or just pretending? As long as we can call him out, that’s all that matters!"

As soon as her words fell, an idea flashed through Zhen Yu’s mind like lightning!

Alas, in that moment, Zhen Yu hesitated, so she didn’t manage to grasp the idea before it vanished...

"Ah... sigh..."

After taking a deep breath and then exhaling, Zhen Yu simply stopped overthinking it! Instead, she looked at the two with a smile and said, "Come on! Let’s hear your ideas!"

Liu Ting’s eyes rolled around mischievously for a few moments before she suggested with ill intent, "How about, we ask Han Jiaoyang for help?"

Qian Duoduo stayed silent, waiting to see what Zhen Yu would say!

After all, when they were in primary school, she was not in the same class as Liu Ting, Zhen Yu, and Han Jiaoyang! She really wasn’t familiar with the Han Family Brothers at all! So, not speaking at this moment was more than normal...

——

However, Zhen Yu seemed to have anticipated Liu Ting’s suggestion! She directly said, "If he could have helped, he would have done it already! You don’t need to find him now!"

"Do you mean to say, Han Jiaoyang already knew about the thing between you and his brother?" Liu Ting exclaimed with a slight surprise upon hearing this.

"Yeah." After Zhen Yu nodded, she suddenly dropped a bombshell!

"Not only him, but his dad and mom knew long ago too!"

"What? Are you serious or just kidding?" Qian Duoduo sat up straight in shock! "Didn’t they find out because of the recent issues?"

"It’s true! They just turned a blind eye before, pretending not to know! Or you could say, there was an unspoken understanding. If it weren’t for the recent trouble that blew up to the point that the school even called the parents,"

"I’m saying Zhen Yu, are you dumb or what!" Liu Ting couldn’t wait for Zhen Yu to finish and blurted out. "If his dad and mom didn’t care before, why would they care now? They are... they are playing hard to get, right?"

Zhen Yu stared blankly, not quite understanding where the phrase ’playing hard to get’ came from.

But Qian Duoduo suddenly came to a realization!

"Liu Ting! Do you mean..."

Their eyes met, with a tacit understanding, sparking the flame of realization.

The two girls suddenly got the point simultaneously!

Liu Ting nodded vigorously but didn’t know how to express her inner thoughts!

"Yes, yes, yes! You get what I mean, right! It’s, it’s,"

"It’s that they’re probably waiting for Zhen Yu to take the initiative to come to them, right?"

Eventually, it was Qian Duoduo’s nimble articulation that clearly expressed the idea both were thinking.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ting immediately slapped her thigh and said, "Yes! I think they’re just waiting for her to fall into the trap willingly!"

"Do you realize, Duoduo? In matters like this, Zhen Yu is simply an idiot!"

Qian Duoduo: "..."

I heard nothing! With my own fifty-step laugh, how could I have any right to mock Zhen Yu, who’s a hundred steps away...