Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl-Chapter 873 - 872: Brother-Supporting Maniac

The three of them discussed for over ten minutes but didn’t come to any conclusions.

The Spring Festival Gala was beginning, so Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue, following Zhen Yan’s lead, focused on watching it with him.

When the host team appeared, Zhen Yu couldn’t help but laugh.

Because their attire at the moment was really, well! Simply beyond words!

But this was a characteristic of the era; when retro styles were common everywhere, you got used to it as you watched.

There were many song and dance performances at the gala, with occasionally one or two comedic skits interspersed, but none were very interesting.

Zhen Yu couldn’t help but miss Mou Yunshe.

Their comedic acts had more punchlines, and the actors were more humorous!

Unlike this gala, where even the hosts were doing skits, but they weren’t funny at all.

"Neither fish nor fowl..." Zhen Yu muttered under her breath, only to notice a striking face appear on the screen abruptly.

"’All Northeasterners Are AliveLF’?"

Zhen Yan laughed and said, "Ha! Little sister, you know this song too! I thought you young girls didn’t like this stuff!"

"Of course, I don’t like it! It seems to stereotype our Northeastern accents a bit!" Zhen Yu said truthfully, "Our Hei Province people don’t have such a heavy accent! Especially the young ones; we mostly speak standard Mandarin! But when you mention ’northeast’ outside the province, people still think it’s all about these stereotypes..."

"Heh! Let them say what they want!" Han Mingyue tugged her hand comfortingly, "As long as you understand in your heart what’s true!"

"Right! What Han Mingyue said is spot on!" Zhen Yan agreed, "Isn’t there a saying? Walk your own path, let others talk!"

"I don’t remember it being said that way!"

Zhen Yu suddenly felt like teasing her brother, so she winked at Han Mingyue.

"Really?" Zhen Yan looked at Han Mingyue for confirmation, but didn’t get any hints.

He turned to look at his sister, seriously asking, "Then how is it said?"

"Walk your own path, if anyone talks nonsense, punch them!"

——

Han Mingyue, stifling a laugh: "..."

Zhen Yan: "...Pfft! Hahaha! Xiao Yu, where did you learn this? And what kind of nonsense are they teaching you?"

Zhen Yu, with a cool face: "Does this even need teaching? Isn’t this just common life sense?! If you dare criticize someone’s life casually, then you should be prepared to have your fingers broken or your legs fractured!"

Zhen Yan: "Uh! This..."

"Okay, Xiao Yu! Stop teasing your brother." Han Mingyue saw Zhen Yan looking bewildered and quickly intervened.

Zhen Yu, however, shook her head and said, "Actually, I wasn’t entirely joking with him, sometimes..."

"Hey? Look! Look at the TV! The skit! Gao Xiumin!"

Zhen Yan was suddenly captivated by the TV show, so he didn’t hear what his sister was saying at all!

Zhen Yu, seeing this, had no choice but to give up speaking. Pretending nothing was said, she watched "Car Sales" with her brother.

The charisma of the iron triangle is undeniable; after just hearing a few lines, even Zhen Yu was amused.

Especially the line ’sold crutches last year, selling cars this year’, which immediately reminded her of ’walk two steps if you’re healthy’...

"Brother! You really should watch this skit and stop learning from Fan Wei! You believe anyone who tries to fool you."

——

Just as Zhen Yu finished speaking, the cheerful atmosphere suddenly paused!

Then Zhen Yan, without even turning his head, calmly replied, "I got it, I’m truly giving up this time."

Like before, Zhen Yu chose to believe him unconditionally! So she said, "I don’t expect you to become hugely successful one day! I just hope you don’t always let yourself be fooled like a simpleton and don’t spend your life being a foolishly devoted brother!"

Zhen Yan: "... What is a ’foolishly devoted brother’?"

Zhen Yu: "You know ’Harry Potter’, right? There’s a villain named Voldemort! The term I used, ’foolishly devoted brother’, is a pun on that. ’Foolishly devoted’ means being excessively dedicated to supporting your brother to the point of madness! Giving your all without regard, even to the extent of sacrificing greatly without a second thought!"

"Isn’t that just like how mom used to treat our uncle, ahem, I would never do that! Not in a million years!"

Zhen Yan suddenly remembered how their mother used to lecture him about ’brothers are family! Blood is thicker than water!’ and couldn’t help but darken his expression into a frown!

He now had every reason to suspect!

The purpose of those talks from his mom was to brainwash him into a foolishly devoted brother as well!

——

After this skit, the following programs weren’t interesting, so Zhen Yu casually chatted with Han Mingyue.

"How’s that new novel of yours going?"

"It’s okay, both the draft and detailed outlines are ready, and I’ve got the beginning down!" Han Mingyue didn’t want to watch the gala anymore, so he took his laptop and turned it on, "Right now, there’s nearly 200,000 words in draft. I’m planning to start serializing it after the New Year."

"Is this one still Fantasy?"

Since Han Mingyue never showed her the new book, Zhen Yu was quite curious.

"Yeah! This time, I want to try that revenge genre you mentioned last time."

Because he borrowed Zhen Yu’s idea, Han Mingyue felt slightly embarrassed as he answered.

Zhen Yu keenly noticed this! So she joked, "Hmm, looks like my words weren’t wasted on you! If this novel is about revenge, did you give the protagonist some powerful abilities? To have revenge, they need an antagonist... Actually, a character like the foolishly devoted brother could fit well in your story! As a protagonist, it could bring a tragic tone; as a main antagonist, it would be quite domineering! Consider it?"

"Hmm! Now that you mention it, that does seem like a pretty good idea! But it’s a shame; I’ve already established the main characters of this book, and using it as a side plot would waste its potential..."

"Then you could save it for your next book! Have you thought about what you’ll write next?"

"Heh... no!" Han Mingyue chuckled and pinched Zhen Yu’s cheek, "You’ve written books yourself; you should know it doesn’t happen that quickly!"

"Uh, it’s been so long since I wrote, I forgot!"