After Miaomiao got home, she didn't report to her old father what had happened at school.
Since Wei Ziqi took on the role of Miaomiao's tutor in her studies, he would give her extra lessons for a while every evening before going home. After all, Miaomiao's father could go home early, but an employee couldn't.
Wei Ziqi's mother didn't get off work until 7 p.m. when everyone in the company had left.
So during these two hours in between, Lin Yao invited Wei Ziqi to their home to tutor Miaomiao. This also spared Miaomiao the daily routine of reporting, and she perfectly missed the earth - shattering news of Shao Rong's rebirth.
Han Shuo sat in a daze at school for a long time and struggled with his thoughts.
Finally, he decided to go and find Shao Rong right away to get things clear. The longer he delayed, the deeper into the wrong path Shao Rong would go.
Han Shuo groped his way to the area around Shao Rong's home according to his memories from his past life. Fortunately, Shao Rong was quite well - known in this neighborhood. After making a few inquiries, he found her exact address.
Just as he stood at the door, before he could even knock, Han Shuo heard roaring from inside the house.
"Drink, drink, drink! All you do is drink and gamble every day!"
"You little brat, you good - for - nothing no - one - wants. How dare you lecture me? If it weren't for me, you'd be starving on the street by now. Do you know that?"
"Who asked you to give birth to me?"
"Get out! If you don't want to stay in this family, then get out of here for me. This house was bought by me. What does it have to do with you? Get out!"
Hearing the conversation inside, Han Shuo hesitated and didn't dare to step forward. He didn't know whether to leave or stay. Just as he was struggling whether to turn around and leave, the door suddenly opened.
Shao Rong stood at the door with red - rimmed eyes. When she saw Han Shuo, her eyes were full of surprise. Then she walked past him expressionlessly and headed straight downstairs.
Han Shuo quickly chased after her, grabbed her wrist and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Who are you? What does it matter to you where I'm going?" Shao Rong didn't have the intention to recognize her relative for the time being. She pretended not to know him and turned to leave.
Her father, who favored sons over daughters, didn't want her as a daughter. Han Shuo wasn't old enough to make his own decisions yet. Even if they recognized each other as relatives, all he could do was give her some relief. It wouldn't help much otherwise.
It would be better to wait until he was an adult and then make full use of his guilt to achieve greater goals.
Moreover, at the beginning of the semester, she saw how enthusiastic Han Shuo was towards Lin Miaomiao. It made her feel disgusted. How could she recognize her relative prematurely in such a situation?
"Stop kidding, Shao Rong. I already know. You're my younger sister." Han Shuo anxiously blocked Shao Rong.
Hearing this, Shao Rong looked at Han Shuo in shock.
Then Han Shuo slowly leaned close to Shao Rong's ear and whispered, "I know you're reborn. So am I."
This time, Shao Rong was completely stunned. She stared at Han Shuo and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Seeing Shao Rong's dazed look, Han Shuo heaved a deep sigh and said, "It's true. Come with me to my place first. Let's talk."
Shao Rong was in a daze the whole time. She let Han Shuo lead her into a taxi without reacting. It wasn't until they got to Han Shuo's home that she began to digest this news.
"I heard and saw everything in the classroom today," Han Shuo said straightforwardly after leading Shao Rong into the study.
"Yeah, so what? What do you want to say?" Shao Rong showed her true self and stared at Han Shuo coldly.
In her previous life, she had embezzled money and run away. Han Shuo couldn't not hate her. So even though they were blood - related siblings, they were enemies now that they were both reborn.
"Don't look at me with that kind of look. After all, we're siblings. What happened in the previous life hasn't happened yet. I'm not going to hold a grudge against you now. Everything has started over again, right?"
"Right, it has started over again. So why do you recognize me now? What do you want to say?"
"I hope you don't repeat the mistakes of your previous life and don't go astray. Also, I noticed that your state in the classroom was very strange just now. What happened after you left?"
Han Shuo was a straightforward person who said what was on his mind. He asked directly.
Shao Rong lowered her head and suddenly let out a strange laugh. In the quiet study, the laugh was rather creepy.
After a while, Shao Rong looked up and stared straight at Han Shuo. Her eyes were full of bloodshot eyes. She looked like a ghost climbing out of hell and said, "What happened? Hahaha. Don't you know how the Han family went bankrupt? After I left, didn't you tell Lin Miaomiao's father that I killed her and shifted the blame onto me?"
"I didn't! I never said what you did until I died!" Han Shuo couldn't believe that Shao Rong would think of him like this. Since he knew she was his younger sister, he had been trying his best to compensate her and be nice to her. How could she think of him like this?
"You didn't? Then how did Lin Yao find me? Why did he come after me? He lured my mother to a bigger casino, squandered all our money, and made us owe a huge debt. He forced me to pay it back and drove me into a corner. If you didn't tell him that I killed Lin Miaomiao, why would he keep coming after me?"
Shao Rong roared almost crazily.
Han Shuo stood there like a wooden chicken, unable to believe what Shao Rong was saying.
He really didn't tell Lin Yao what Shao Rong had done. And after Lin Yao was reborn, he had specifically asked Han Shuo to find out the truth.
Moreover, Han Shuo didn't quite believe that Lin Yao was such a person.
In his previous life, he had specifically investigated. Everyone suspected of being involved in that fire had been brought down or sent to prison by Lin Yao after he had collected evidence. But he had never used private punishment or framed others.
Even when his other classmates went bankrupt one after another, it was because their family businesses were not clean. Lin Yao had caught them on the wrong foot, and that's why they ended up like that.
Han Shuo knew that his own father was not a good person, so he wasn't too surprised when their family business was seized.
How could such a person single out a powerless and background - less Shao Rong and take crazy revenge on her?
And that was even before he knew the truth.
Lin Yao probably didn't even want to pay attention to her.
"Maybe you're overthinking. This probably wasn't done by Miaomiao's father. You don't..."
"Aren't we relatives?"
Shao Rong interrupted Han Shuo and asked out of the blue.
Han Shuo was stunned for a while and then nodded. Shao Rong continued, "We're relatives. Why are you still on his side? Tell me, if it wasn't Lin Yao who did this, who else could have known I had money? Who else would keep coming after me? And why, after you were reborn, the first thing you did wasn't to find me, but to be so familiar with that Lin Miaomiao?"
These questions left Han Shuo speechless. He didn't know how to answer the first part, and the last question was something he had been avoiding since he was reborn.