Rebirth: I became rich by farming

Chapter 655: Chapter 655: Ready to give up life (1/5)

Mei Mengzhen countered, "It’ll work out just fine. My uncle will have lunch, while our Chenchen has dinner. Sister Tianhua even prepared your birthday cake for you. We can just go directly to Xiyuan to eat."

Both siblings from the Fan Family will definitely come, and so will Mei Mengcheng and Qi Yongwang for sure, as will He Yiran’s trio. Lai Xixi and Tian Sha also said they would bring their boyfriends over, and Pei Ziyu and Tan Jia will also make it back in time. Furthermore, upon hearing about Mei Mengchen’s birthday, even Fu Rui invited Fu Hao and Jin Zhan. The private room they usually use wouldn’t fit everyone, so they reserved the large table on the second floor across from it.

Hearing about so many people coming, Fan Tianhua was shocked, "Zhenzhen, even your birthday didn’t have this many people, did it?"

"It’s different, I was still in school during my birthday, and now it’s the holidays. Besides, this time is quite coincidental, it’s right before school starts and almost no one’s working anymore, so it’s perfect for everyone to gather together."

As for Fu Hao and Jin Zhan, unless something unexpected happens, they’re probably coming to pick up Fu Rui. Considering Fu Rui has been allowed to stay outside for so long, it must be the limit of Fu Hao’s worries for her, so their coming is indeed quite timely.

Fan Tianhua calculated the time, "So we eat lunch and come straight back, right? We’ll have enough time. I’m just worried that uncle won’t let us leave."

"Won’t let us leave? What’s he gonna do, keep us for his wedding night? And that day is a Sunday. Monday we have to go to work, so he won’t keep us there."

The wedding night analogy is really not suitable for the remarried Mei Yongfu, but Fan Tianhua couldn’t help but laugh at Mei Mengzhen’s joke, "Zhenzhen, you’re too funny. I can’t take it; I’m gonna throw up if I keep laughing."

The three of them collapsed on the sofa again for a while until Tianyu returned, panting heavily, "All the food I held down just got digested. There’s no electricity, so the elevator’s out and I had to climb."

Keep in mind, their place is on the eighteenth floor.

"What’s happened, and when will the power come back?"

"They’re repairing it outside, it’s not a big issue. Power should be back in an hour or two. I heard it’s because there are too many web cafes below us, consuming too much electricity, dragging down the circuit. They’re causing a commotion downstairs to get those web cafes closed."

"Web cafes closing their doors? Impossible." It was the prime time for web cafes, every community had a few nearby. No one would close shop when making money, especially with schools around. The business was even better, otherwise, the three web cafes wouldn’t be running at the same time.

After sitting in the living room for a while, the electricity was restored, and everyone washed up and went straight to bed.

The next day.

Today, Tianyu was heading to Xincheng to pick someone up. However, he didn’t want to go too early and cause trouble by bringing them back prematurely, so after breakfast, he took his time going downstairs. First, he took a ride to Xiyuan, then drove the van towards Xincheng.

Back at home, Mei Mengzhen and Fan Tianhua weren’t so heartless. Since they had only eaten one meal yesterday, they really didn’t mean to starve anyone, so they bought breakfast and called everyone to eat.

Maybe it was genuine hunger, but Wang Qiuhe, who had been hesitant yesterday, came out of her room upon being called and started eating breakfast without a word, though the contempt in her eyes for them was unmistakable.

They exchanged looks, as clear as day in their minds: this person is an ingrate no matter how well you treat her.

Luckily, they hadn’t made any genuine effort to befriend her, so they weren’t heartbroken over this turn of events.

Seeing Wang Qiuhe start on her breakfast, not just Fan Tianhua but also Mei Mengzhen decided to leave her be. Of course, even if she didn’t eat they wouldn’t have bothered; they had already called her, and if she chose not to eat, she had no one else to blame.

Wang Qiuhe was eating breakfast in the dining room while Mei Mengzhen couldn’t be bothered with her attitude, so she took her brother back to their room.

Fan Tianhua followed suit, not just entering the room but also locking the door behind them.

Upon hearing the ’click’ of the lock, her brother glanced at Tianhua, "You...?"

Fan Tianhua straightforwardly said, "Yes, I’m getting back at her for locking the door yesterday."

Mei Mengzhen’s mouth twitched, "Hmm, well done."

But it was so... childish.

However, because of Fan Tianhua’s childish action, Wang Qiuhe became disgruntled. While eating her breakfast, she shouted at them, "What do you mean by locking the door? Are you worried I’ll go into your room? Do you have something shameful in there that you need to lock it to keep me out?"

Fan Tianhua unlocked the door and flung it open, addressing Wang Qiuhe, "Yes, I’m worried you’ll enter my room. That’s exactly why I locked the door, to keep you out."

Hearing this, who could continue eating their breakfast? Wang Qiuhe put down her chopsticks and walked towards Tianhua, "Sister Tianhua, what do you mean? Do you enjoy picking on me?"

Without waiting for Tianhua to speak, Mei Mengzhen said, "Wang Qiuhe, what are you getting at? Do you enjoy targeting me?"

Fan Tianhua looked at her and immediately turned back to Wang Qiuhe, "Yeah, what do you mean by targeting Zhenzhen all the time? Do you get a kick out of it?"

Wang Qiuhe felt they were being unreasonable, "When have I ever targeted Zhenzhen?"

"You claim you haven’t? Have you forgotten what you did yesterday? Is your memory only good for a day?"

Recently, colored contacts were all the rage outside. Fan Tianhua and Mengzhen each bought a pair, with options like daily disposable, monthly, quarterly, and annual wear.

Her comment was easy to understand; daily disposable means they can only be used for a day—just like Wang Qiuhe’s memory, which seemed to erase the previous day’s events and conversations by the next day.

But Wang Qiuhe didn’t just forget; she refused to acknowledge it. However, when it comes to these trendy things, kids adapt even earlier and faster than they do, so Wang Qiuhe was even more upset at the remark, "It’s not that, Sister Tianhua. Why do you all side with Zhenzhen? What did I do to you?"

The question hit a nerve. It was like her mind had a daily expiration too, right?

"If you didn’t covet Zhenzhen’s money, and if your relatives weren’t all eyeing her wealth, we wouldn’t be so protective of her. But with every single one of you acting this way, it’s hard not to want to protect her."

What Fan Tianhua said was the truth and came from her heart. She felt even Tianyu felt the same way. Of course, for Tianyu, business prospects were also a factor, but Zhenzhen was their cousin after all. Compared to those unpleasant relatives, helping her was truly heartfelt.