Rebirth handbook - Chapter 16

He Weiming sat back with a face sprayed with water from the fish’s movement and continued fishing. He imitated Chang Manjing, and soon he saw his rod being dragged down. He Weiming was a novice, but he didn’t have the urge to pick it up immediately. Instead, he waited and saw the rod move twice and the fish went straight down before pulling it up.
　　
It was probably a big fish. He Weiming stood up and tried to drag it back. The force was too strong, and he didn’t stand steady. He fell back at once. The sound of water splashing was heard as He Weiming fell into the water.
　
Chang Manjing quickly dropped the fishing rod and stretched her hand to hold him but she couldn’t get a hold. He Weiming, the little guy was fluttering in the water. She realized that he couldn’t swim at all, and she could only get into the water to fish him out.
　　
At that moment, both of them got wet. Chang Manjing pushed He Weiming onto the boat. She was still immersed in the water. He was sitting on the boat. His whole body was soaked and looked like a stuffed chicken that fell into the water. His hair dripped down and looked a bit dull. She couldn’t help but laugh. She was born again, and met this one who didn’t know how embarrassing his appearance was. She was actually very happy.
　　
She laughed enough, and then got on the boat and twisted her clothes, “It’s very risky since you can’t swim, so I will teach you to swim tomorrow.”
　　
Chang Manjing’s clothes were drenched. The prints on the inside were very obvious. He Weiming was not too old but the precocious young boy felt a little embarrassed, bowed his head and softly agreed. Chang Manjing saw his red ears, and said jokingly, “Excuse me, you are just a kid.”
　　
The two of them were soaked so they stopped fishing, and went back to take a bath and change clothes. There was only one fish, that Chang Manjing caught, in the bucket, but it was enough to make a fish soup for lunch.
　
Later Chang Manjing enthusiastically carried a shotgun and took He Weiming to the nearby forest to find a deer to show him, in the afternoon. Even after walking for a long time, they didn’t find any deer, but saw a lot of gray-haired squirrels, sneaking around in the surrounding trees. They looked at these two creatures curiously. Chang Manjing didn’t care. She brought the small shotgun for self-defense. People weren’t allowed to kill deers in that forest. Since she didn’t find one, Chang Manjing looked around for other things of interest. She picked up a handful of acorns, and stuffed them in He Weiming’s hand, turned and went to pull the leaves.
　　
“Don’t you like yellow leaves, how about this one? Do you know what kind of tree this is? This is Metasequoia, look there, there are rabbits!” (dawn redwood tree)
　　
He Weiming turned his head and saw a gray rabbit jumping into the bushes. There were many such rabbits there. Chang Manjing touched the small shotgun and asked, “Do you want a rabbit?”
　　
He Weiming watched the rabbit run away before he shook his head. Chang Manjing stretched her hands, “Actually, even if you said you wanted it, I couldn’t get it. I can only buy you a rabbit.”
　　
He Weiming,”…”
　　
Chang Manjing was familiar with that place, so she told him about the trees around, the grass on the roadside, and the small animals she saw. In that way, the two spent the afternoon in the woods leisurely. In this nature, it was easier to relax. Even the indifferent He Weiming, no matter how guarded he looked, Chang Manjing could feel that he was more relaxed than he was at first. He got a little closer to her.
　　
Once he felt safe, he would relax, and when he relaxes he would begin to trust her, the initial step would be complete. Chang Manjing squeezed a beautiful yellow-green leaf and smiled. She thought she seemed like a person who abducts a good-looking child.
　　
When the sun began to set, the two went back to the house. Chang Manjing found a book for He Weiming and several transparent glass bottles. The books were used to hold his stack of leaves, and the glass bottles were used to hold his little leaves and things they found.
　　
These were all things Chang Manjing played when she was a child. Now she brought He Weiming there. He was very fond of it. Suddenly she had a strange enjoyment in taking care of the child. He Weiming packed the little things they picked up in the woods, and arranged the glass bottles one by one.
They took a bath at night. He Weiming was looking at the little fruit in the glass bottle. Chang Manjing was surprised.

“Does this indifferent kid like this kind of thing that ordinary children like?”
　
After all, she was not familiar with this person in her previous life. Before going to bed at night, her mobile phone rang. It was a call from He Xianyang. Chang Manjing leaned on the bed to pick it up.
　　
He Xianyang’s tone was anxious and caring, and he asked where she was , and if she was having trouble with the Chang family. He cared about her, but when she thought about it carefully, his intention was to see how the relationship was, with the Chang family. His intentions were so obvious now. In the previous life, she was blind. She realized the truth too late, but not anymore. Looking back at the things he did, there were traces of his con everywhere.
　　
Chang Manjing listened indifferently, and said something to appease him. When she hung up the phone, she threw the phone away and lay on the bed.
　　
He Weiming, who was not asleep, asked her, “You don’t like him?”
　　
In all these days, He Weiming never spoke to He Xianyang, but to Chang Manjing, this was not a bad thing. So she didn’t persuade him at all to speak with He Xianyang and when she heard He Weiming’s question, she smiled.
　　
“No, of course I like him.” Chang Manjing’s expression was completely indistinct in the darkness. He Weiming didn’t know what it was, so he didn’t say anything.

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