Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl-Chapter 18 - Sincere Shoe City

Zhen Yan said to this point, his eyes suddenly became vacant.

Recalling the panic and fear when he was drowning, and the heartache and urgency he felt when he later found his sister lying on the ground, life and death unknown.

"Then what?" Bai Xue asked with a tentative voice.

Zhen Yu did not chime in; she only knew the before and after of that day's event, not the process, so she wanted to hear her brother recount it at this moment.

Zhen Yan's gaze was misty, remembering the events of that day, "After that, everyone listened to Han Ming Yue's words, searching everywhere for Uncle Han, hoping to quickly find him to save people."

"It was only me, as soon as I heard, I immediately ran to check on my sister! At that time, Han Ming Yue was in the process of saving her," Zhen Yan paused in thought before continuing, "His action should have been, helping her restore heartbeat, I guess..."

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Zhen Yan said something else afterward, but Zhen Yu wasn't listening.

Her thoughts were stuck on one thing, restoring heartbeat... If it required chest compressions, it would have to be accompanied by artificial respiration.

If one person did it, the ratio of chest compressions to artificial breaths would be 30:2.

Zhen Yu shook her head, wondering why she was thinking such a mess of things.

Never mind the ratio, Han Ming Yue definitely performed artificial respiration on her!

At that time, all the boys had been sent away to find Uncle Han, leaving only herself and him on the scene... that guy was quite scheming!

Silently taking advantage without anyone noticing, not even the person involved, herself!

Wait! Maybe... Uncle Han knew.

But in the eyes of a doctor, artificial respiration is just a means of saving lives; naturally, he wouldn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Without realizing it, Zhen Yu touched her lips, ruefully thinking how in her previous life she had secretly pined after him for so many years without even holding hands, yet in this life she had been kissed by a young brat, truly a bad deal!

It's a pity that he's still young, and she's still young; even if she wanted to marry him, it would be many years before she could...

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She wasted an entire morning at Bai Xue's house and went home at noon for a nap.

When she woke up and opened her eyes, the house was quiet, the brother wasn't home.

Zhen Yu thought it over and wasn't too worried about him, she just buried herself in studying.

Before Mrs. Zhen came home, Zhen Yu made a trip to Han Family's place and brought back a bag full of study materials for the first year of junior high.

Then she diligently stayed home for three days. Bai Xue visited once during that time, and she was surprised to see her studying first-year junior high school material.

But Bai Xue was a poor student and when Zhen Yu invited her to sit down and study together, she immediately got up and ran away without looking back.

Leaving Zhen Yu alone, wondering if she should have said "walk slowly"...

These days of diligence were not in vain; Zhen Yu's memory had improved significantly, and this gave her a glimmer of hope. The shining path of a top student was stretching out before her feet into the distance.

In fact, Zhen Yu's grades weren't bad in elementary school, never falling out of the top ten in her class. Zhen Yan was the same. But in their past life, the siblings maintained this ranking by relying on their clever minds.

Zhen Yu didn't develop good study habits in her previous life, so after entering junior high, her grades kept slipping. In high school, busy with part-time work, she had no time for review or preview, barely holding on with just the content heard in class and the homework assigned.

Still, managing a middle ranking in her class was no easy feat.

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On the evening of the third day, Mrs. Zhen spoke up.

"Tomorrow, both of you will come to the store to help set up. The day after tomorrow, Sunday, our shop will open!"

"Okay!" Zhen Yu's expression was unchanged, but in her heart, there was a trace of excitement. This was a new event different from her previous life, and she couldn't guarantee it would be successful.

According to a high school classmate's account later on, selling shoes at that time was hugely profitable, and her classmate's family went from selling shoes in the early '90s to becoming wealthy.

If their family could do it, why couldn't Mrs. Zhen?!

Zhen Yan put his arm around Mrs. Zhen's and said with a smile, "That's great! Let's get a big string of firecrackers for the opening!"

Mrs. Zhen waved her hand, "Of course!"

"Ha ha!"

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The next morning, the mother and her children rushed to the store; the sign was already hung up, with four big characters--------Sincere Shoe City.

While discussing the sign, Mrs. Zhen and her children had thought about changing the name, but Zhen Yu vetoed it.

"Why change it? His last name is Zhen, yours is Cheng, why should he keep it but we not?"

Mr. Zhen had rented a new storefront, and the hardware store had reopened, still under the original name-----Zhen Cheng Hardware and Variety.

"Our shop is still in the old location, keeping the same name makes it easy for anyone to know the old owner just changed the business line; relying on your reputation, people will naturally come in and have a look."

After much hesitation, Mrs. Zhen agreed with her daughter.

The pink walls were adorned with several wooden pairs of large shoes, men's black leather shoes, red high heels, and girls' princess shoes, with classic models that made it clear at a glance that this was a shoe store.

Pushing the iron bar folding door to both sides and opening the glass door, the shop had shelves lined against three walls; the big tile floor, with a red carpet about 20 centimeters wide placed by the entrance.

Stacks of shoeboxes were placed in the middle of the shop floor.

Zhen Yu didn't say a word, she simply grabbed a cloth and started cleaning up around the store; by the end of the morning, the shelves were all tidied up and the shoes were displayed on them, with separate sections for men, women, and children.

The remaining inventory was placed on the bottom of corresponding shelves, and empty shoe boxes were put behind the counter. Mrs. Zhen cleaned the floor until it shone, and the family of three looked at their completely rejuvenated store with a deep sigh of relief.

At noon, they ate a bowl of wontons at the snack shop nearby, and by the time they returned to the store, the floor had dried. They laid a narrow carpet, and everything was ready.

"Mom! Let's go buy firecrackers!" Zhen Yan had been itching to get going and, seeing that all the work in the store was finished, he couldn't wait to urge her on.

"Let's go!"

After buying the firecrackers, the three of them returned home and Zhen Yu went straight to study.

Zhen Yan took two strings of small firecrackers to find Fu Yu, while Mrs. Zhen went around the streets and alleys to notify relatives, neighbors, and friends that Shoe City would be opening tomorrow, asking them to come and show their support if they had time.

After washing up in the evening and lying in bed, Zhen Yu opened the system panel again.

These past few days, Zhen Yu had added three points to her Memory.

But today, she discovered that the data had experienced some unusual changes again.

Name: Zhen Yu

Gender: Female

Age: 12

Ability Points/Knowledge Points: 0/4

Intelligence Category - Maximum 100

Memory: 59

Logic: 40

Inference: 30

Analysis: 30

Appearance Category - Maximum 100

Appearance: 70

Skin: 60

Figure: 50

Voice: 40

Physical Strength Category - Maximum 100

Constitution: 49

Endurance: 40

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Martial Force: 50

Burst: 50

Language Category - Maximum 100 (expandable)

Chinese: Intermediate 80

English: Beginner 40

Skill Category - Maximum 100 (expandable)

Female Self-defense Skill: Beginner 20

Cooking Skill: Entry-level 30

Computer: Beginner 10

Writing: Beginner 10

Emotion Category - Maximum 100

Emotional Quotient: 31

Financial Intelligence: 22

System Mall: Not Opened

Storage Space: Not Opened

Trading Platform: Not Opened

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The 1 point increase in Skin had dropped, and Constitution had lost 1 point too!

What the hell?

After much thinking, Zhen Yu came to a conclusion—staying up late is bad.

It not only affects beauty but also decreases physical quality; no wonder things weren't going well! From now on, she should go to bed at 9 o'clock...