Rebirth: Once Again With You

"Just hurry up and follow me!"

Lu Zheng didn't even bother to put on a front anymore and dragged her out. Li Chunhua tried to struggle her way out of his grip, but it was useless.

She had miscalculated. Lu Zheng was just an unathletic nerd, so she underestimated his strength. Now she had to deal with this bastard on top of humiliating herself by letting herself get dragged like this.

Lu Zheng was very rough when pulling her. It made her slightly dizzy, and she lost her balance. She almost fell on the floor when a pair of hands caught her from behind, acting as her cushion.

"Every time I meet you, why are you always in some kind of trouble?"

Li Chunhua looked up and was astonished when her eyes met Shao Jingfei's helpless one.

"What? Why are you here?" She asked him almost in disbelief, but he only shook his head.

"Now, that's not the important thing here, right?"  Shao Jingfei's eyes narrowed down at Lu Zheng dangerously. "If you know what's best for you, you'd better let go of her hand right now."

Lu Zheng sneered. "Ha. What did I say? You really are a two-faced white lotus. Is he another guy who you seduced? I see you are willing to go out with any man if they ask you."

Li Chunhua wanted to retort, but Shao Jingfei had gotten ahead of her. But he wasn't angry or anything. Instead, he laughed hard.

"What's so funny?" Lu Zheng growled.

"Nothing. Just thinking that you really like to dig your own grave. You should watch your words from this one."

"Or what? Are you going to teach me a lesson?"

"Not me, of course. But you surely should not forget that Senior Li and Senior Meng wouldn't just sit down and let you bully her, right? A lot of eyes are watching right now. I advised you to be careful," Shao Jingfei said with a threatening smile.

Lu Zheng was overcome with anger that he had forgotten about that. His hold on her loosened when he thought how Meng Renshu would get even at him if he found out about this. Li Chunhua seized the chance and pried her hands off of him.

She harrumphed while rubbing her sore arms. "Let's just leave this pathetic person, Jingfei. He is not worthy of our time."

Before leaving Lu Zheng, whose face was pale, Li Chunhua stomped on his feet harshly before she gnashed her teeth.

"Listen well, if you think my sister is any less than awesome, you are just blind or too stupid to realize her worth. I'd better not see you talking bad about her or face the consequences yourself. Oh, and you are paying for all this food!"

The last sentence was more like an announcement rather than an order. After saying her piece, Li Chunhua pulled Shao Jingfei by his elbow and left Lu Zheng, who grimaced in pain while holding his feet which Li Chunhua stomped with her heels.

They walked briskly and left the establishment. After some distance, Shao Jingfei stopped walking.

"Why are you so reckless? If I wasn't there to save you, how are you planning to get yourself out of that situation?"

Li Chunhua's steps also halted. Sensing the reprimand in his tone, she frowned in displeasure. "I can handle that situation just fine, even without you. Why are you even there anyway?"

"None of your business. Think before you act next time. He is a guy. No matter how weak he seems, you will never be able to win against him once he starts attacking you physically."

"I know. But he wouldn't be able to do that because I planned to scream to scare him away."

Shao Jingfei snickered mockingly. "So that's your grand plan? Chunhua, you are stupider than I thought."

"He was talking bad about Xiaoyi. Am I supposed to just sit and let him say whatever he wants about my sister? Hell no!" Li Caiyi retorted stubbornly.

"Even so, you should be more aware of your condition. You are a girl, one with poor health at that. Provoking him will only bring you more harm than good."

Li Chunhua knew there was some truth in what he was saying, but the way he said it made her refuse to admit it somewhat.

"What did I do wrong? I was just defending my family, that's all! It doesn't have anything to do with my gender and health. If I have to, I'll fight whoever insults my family to death!"

Shao Jingfei sighed in a defeated manner. "Don't say inauspicious things like that. I didn't mean to belittle you by saying that."

"If you were in my shoes, would you just sit down and let a random person badmouth your brother?"

His face twitched when he heard that. "Why do you bring up my brother in this?"

"Then why are you lecturing me as if I'm the only one in the wrong here?"

Shao Jingfei stared at Li Chunhua's face, which was flushed with anger. She seemed to be quite offended by his words. He didn't expect her to react so strongly, so he felt terrible.

"Okay, my bad. I was wrong for scolding you like that. I was worried something bad would happen to you, but my words didn't come out right."

"Stupid Jingfei. You don't even know anything." Li Chunhua wanted to scold him, but she couldn't muster enough energy to do that.

On the contrary, she felt like the world was about to flip upside down.

"Chunhua!" Shao Jingfei exclaimed in panic when she almost collapsed on the spot. His body moved first before he could think and catch her weak body.

"Hey! What's wrong with you?!"

"Don't shout. This happens to me occasionally. Can you help me to sit down first?" Li Chunhua replied weakly.

Shao Jingfei spared no time and lifted her body in a princess carry. Li Chunhua was so scared that she automatically warped her hand around his neck in fear of falling.

"What are you doing?! Put me down!"

"Just bear with it. You can't even stand properly in your current condition. It'll be faster  if I just carry you."

"But this is embarrassing…." Li Chunhua could feel the gazes of passersby on them without needing to raise her head. Her cheeks heated up in embarrassment.

"Since when did you care about what other people think? Hang in there. I'll bring you to a more quiet place first."