Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl-Chapter 753 - 752

"What?" Zhen Yan played dumb with unparalleled skill.

But Zhen Yu abruptly hung up the call!

Then she said, "When did we buy that apartment she’s living in now? What year is it now?!"

Zhen Yan was somewhat clueless and hesitated before saying, "You mean the policies have changed? Can’t be that serious... It’s just been two years, right?"

"Ha! Two years! Do you have any idea how fast things have changed in the Capital these past two years? Even if you can’t see that, can’t you at least hear about it with those ears of yours?"

After being fiercely scolded by his little sister, Zhen Yan quickly tilted towards her side in his heart.

"So what should we do?"

"What to do? Just cool it! Didn’t she say it herself? She’s still got a son! You guys just mess around as you please!"

"Hold on, little sister!" Zhen Yan immediately grabbed Zhen Yu, who was about to get up!

"It was Mom who insisted on taking care of the kid! It wasn’t me! Why should I have to spend money and effort too? He isn’t my responsibility!"

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yu glared at him fiercely!

"Like you contributed too little?!"

"Heh heh... heh heh..." All Zhen Yan could do was respond with an awkward laugh, looking both foolish and distressed.

"Don’t think I’m in the dark just because you and she don’t mention it! Just this half-year since school started, she must have been siphoning money off you again!"

Zhen Yan pursed his lips, not making a sound, implicitly admitting to it.

Knowing all too well that her brother only appeared to be manly on the outside, while inside he was still a little boy longing for familial affection, Zhen Yu didn’t want to be too harsh on him. She just patted the arm her brother still had over hers, softly saying, "It’s okay to give a little! But definitely not a large sum! No time for errand running either! If she can’t wait for you, she’ll go ask around herself! Once she asks, she’ll realize things aren’t as simple as she thinks..."

Zhen Yan immediately nodded in agreement, "Alright! I’ll listen to you! That’s what we’ll do!"

—

Almost the moment Zhen Yu left Zhen Yan’s room, his phone suddenly rang.

Without needing to look, Zhen Yan knew it must be Mom calling!

As for why she didn’t call right after the phone was hung up, Zhen Yan figured she probably wanted to wait until Zhen Yu had left, then covertly brainwash him on her own... 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Hello!"

"My boy! Don’t listen to your sister’s nonsense! Has she left? Where are you two now?"

"We’re at a small hostel! Staying the night and going back to school tomorrow."

"What time is your train tomorrow? Eight o’clock? That won’t delay your afternoon flight, let your little brother sleep in a bit more!"

"No way!" Zhen Yan objected without a thought, but then his tone suddenly softened, "Or you can just take the eight o’clock train by yourself! You’re not coming back to the Capital with us anyway."

"How could I do that! I have so much luggage, plus it’s freezing and I’ve got a child! It’s so inconvenient to travel alone!"

Zhen Yan: "..."

So he’s just meant to be a pack mule, huh?!

"Then have my fifth uncle take you to the station before six o’clock!"

With his mood turning sour, Zhen Yan’s tone became sharp, but Mrs. Zhen didn’t notice at all, "Your fifth uncle doesn’t have time! What about we take the seven o’clock train? You get up early tomorrow morning and come to pick me up,"

"Impossible! We have our own things to do when we get to Qi City! Six o’clock it is! If you can make it, great, if not, too bad! You can throw away the useless stuff to my fifth uncle when you leave, just don’t bring it back!"

"Hey, you kid! That’s money you’re talking about!" Mrs. Zhen was taken aback by her eldest son’s words. "Do you have anything more important than your mom?!"

—

No matter what Mrs. Zhen said or how she tried to convince him, Zhen Yan never relented and insisted on catching the earliest six o’clock bus.

Mrs. Zhen had no other choice, and in the end, she reluctantly agreed to get up early! And settled on meeting her eldest son at the bus station early the next morning!

Then she hung up the phone sulkily.

But what she didn’t know was that Zhen Yan was so insistent, in large part because he was angry with her!

Why should he always indulge that little brat?! Why should he always accommodate the other side?!

If it were for the sake of his mother leaving later, Zhen Yan might accept it.

Even though he had already made plans with his younger sister, Zhen Yan could change his mind last minute and let his sister go first, staying behind with his mother.

But, but!

Mrs. Zhen’s every word was always "Xiao Ci is still young", "Xiao Ci can’t handle the stress", "you have to think more about your younger brother"...

To hell with that, to hell with a younger brother! He doesn’t even have a younger brother!

He only has one sister! And that is Xiao Yu!

In a childish huff, Zhen Yan threw his phone onto the pillow and flopped down on the bed, motionless.

Yet in his heart, he was thinking, just because of Mrs. Zhen’s blatant favoritism, if she ever wants to ask him for money again in the future, huh, that’ll be tough!

Especially since his little sister had been planning to buy him a new apartment!

He had already received a call from the real estate agent! If it weren’t for the incident with Mr. Zhen, he would already have taken his sister to look at the apartment by now!

Buying a house! Once he’s back, he’ll buy a house! Convert all his money into property! With no money left, let’s see how she can still nickle and dime him!

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Zhen Yu was unaware of her brother’s change of heart.

Although she had anticipated that after she hung up on Mrs. Zhen, her mother would definitely find time to call Zhen Yan tonight.

But since Zhen Yu had said she wouldn’t intervene, then she wouldn’t intervene!

So how to deal with Mrs. Zhen was all up to Zhen Yan.

At most, she would just, as she had just done, give her brother a little advice in private...

After all, if Zhen Yan couldn’t harden his heart like her and keep a distance from Mrs. Zhen, then it was all his own doing!

Serves him right!

Back in her own room, Zhen Yu dialed Factory Director Lu’s number straight away.

"Hello! Zhen Yu, huh? What’s up? When is your winter break? I’m still waiting for you here,"

"No need to wait! I’ll be in Qi City tomorrow! Get the documents I need to sign ready in advance! I’ll sign them when I arrive, then I’ve got to catch a flight in the afternoon!"

"Ah? Why are you coming back at this time? And it seems so rushed!"

"There is an emergency at home! Let’s not talk about that! Since I’m back this time, I want to take care of all the business, and then I won’t be returning for the winter holiday! After all, with the Spring Festival travel rush, it’s too crowded!"

Factory Director Lu wasn’t too surprised, "Ah! No problem! The documents are ready! What time will you arrive tomorrow?"

"Please bear with me! Let’s meet in Qi City! Ten in the morning, Lawyer Li and I will wait for you at the usual spot! The place where we often have meals!"

"Alright, alright! I’ll definitely be there on time!"

"Then I’ll hang up, still need to call Lawyer Li!"

"Okay, hang up then! See you tomorrow!"

Zhen Yu decisively pressed the end call button, then she flipped through her contacts to dial Lawyer Li’s number...