Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 173 - 173 170 Online Name (Third Update)

Chapter 173: Chapter 170: Online Name (Third Update) Chapter 173: Chapter 170: Online Name (Third Update) “How about we go to the third cafeteria today? I want to eat their clay pot dishes.”

After school, as the four of them walked down the building, Ding Yuanyuan tightened her clothes and complained, “This damn weather, it gets cold all of a sudden.”

Sha Yali turned her head, “You should be happy it’s getting colder.”

Ding Yuanyuan was puzzled, “Why should I be happy?”

“Thermal expansion and contraction, saves you from always complaining about being fat.”

“Pfft!”

Song Jiawen and Liang Yujun couldn’t help but laugh.

Ding Yuanyuan reached out to grab Sha Yali’s head, “I’m going to tell auntie, you were pulling your hair out again while doing problems last night.”

The four of them headed to the cafeteria, fooling around and enjoying the warm autumn sun shining on them.

A girl with delicate features is a sight to behold wherever she goes, attracting surreptitious glances from both boys and girls who pass by.

Mu Shaoning and Yu Heng stood not far away, watching the scene unfold.

“She’s as beautiful as when she was a child…”

Mu Shaoning muttered to himself, a memory of a little white dumpling softly calling him ‘little uncle’ and asking to be lifted high into the air flashed through his mind…

But now, could he still have her call him uncle?

After Song Jiawen had walked away, Mu Shaoning turned away disheartened and left.

Mu Wan wasn’t particularly conspicuous among the throng of students; she saw her second uncle and older cousin just now, and naturally, her gaze followed theirs to her younger cousin.

So, she was studying at Beijing University!

Mu Wan followed at a discreet distance behind Song Jiawen and the others, got herself a plate of food in the cafeteria, and sat near them, overhearing their conversation about classes and guessing that they were in the physics department.

She felt a sourness in her heart and finally understood a bit of her mother’s feelings.

Her mother said that as long as her aunt was around, no one would spare her father a glance; that if the Yu family’s kids were there, all other kids were just background!

She had exerted enormous effort to barely get into the least competitive Chinese literature program with the lowest passing score. She didn’t particularly like the major, but she had no choice.

But her young cousin got into the most competitive and one of the best majors at Beijing University without even being eighteen years old.

If she went to the Mu family, she must be the pride of her grandparents.

Mu Wan listlessly finished her meal. Seeing the others cleaning up and leaving, she quickly gathered her tray and followed.

As they neared the girls’ dormitory, Liang Yujun suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at Mu Wan about twenty meters away. She said to the others, “She’s been following us for a while.”

Since dining in the cafeteria, Liang Yujun had noticed this girl watching them; after they had finished and left, she followed again.

So, Liang Yujun guessed she must have been following them even before they entered the cafeteria.

Liang Yujun asked Song Jiawen and the others if they recognized her, but all three shook their heads.

Song Jiawen truly didn’t remember Mu Wan; she generally couldn’t be bothered to look at others. The day Yu Ci talked to Mu Zhe, she never looked up; she didn’t even notice what Mu Zhe looked like, let alone Mu Wan who was with him.

Upon being discovered, Mu Wan didn’t panic. She slowly approached the group and said directly to Song Jiawen, “Xiaosi, I’m Mu Wan, your cousin.”

Hearing the other person claim the last name Mu and assert herself as her cousin, Song Jiawen frowned slightly.

After a few seconds, she shook her head and said, “I don’t know you, let’s go.”

With that, she turned around and left, with Liang Yujun and the others quickly following, leaving Mu Wan standing alone, stunned.

Mu Wan bit her lip; she hadn’t expected her young cousin to have such a bad temper. She had said she was her cousin, and yet she had bluntly stated she didn’t recognize her in public!

Jiang Yan had thought that if she was reasonable, he would take her back to the old house to meet Grandfather.

As long as she was willing to go to the Mu Family, there would definitely be no problem with Auntie, and Grandma also wouldn’t continue to blame his parents, and Grandfather’s eightieth birthday could be celebrated with great fanfare.

But why were they all so selfish, caring only about themselves without considering the feelings of the elderly?

….

Song Jiawen and her roommates returned to their dormitory; Ding Yuanyuan noticed that Jiawen seemed unaffected by the girl who claimed to be her cousin and continued to read her novel upon returning.

Unable to resist gossiping, she asked, “Jiajia, is that girl really your cousin?”

Song Jiawen, without looking up, replied, “Probably, but my mom has cut off contact with their family.”

Mom?

Having lived together for over two months, this was the first time they had heard the word “mom” from Song Jiawen’s lips, and they all felt a little curious.

Thinking she would have to change her name next semester, and inevitably would need to explain to them, Song Jiawen casually said, “I got lost when I was little, and after coming to Beijing, I finally found my family… Uh, just the girl we met, it was her family that lost me.”

So that’s why she cut off contact?

The three had a sudden realization!

“Damn! How could she have the nerve to come up to you and call herself your cousin?” Ding Yuanyuan found it unbelievable, “She’s got some thick skin.”

Liang Yujun looked cautiously at Song Jiawen and asked, “Jiajia, are you okay?”

Song Jiawen looked up and smiled, “Do I look like I have a problem?”

She had already weathered the darkest and most difficult times, what issue could a trivial person like that cause now?

Sha Yali thought of a question, “That girl just now, didn’t she call you Xiaosi? Isn’t that your online nickname?”

Ding Yuanyuan also realized, “Ah, yeah, isn’t that the nickname you chose based on the order in our dorm?”

Liang Yujun pushed her glasses up her nose bridge, “I’ve already changed my online nickname to ‘Boss’.”

Ding Yuanyuan despaired, “Every time I go online, those people call me ‘Tea-servant Secondy’.”

Sha Yali guiltily said, “I… I didn’t change it to Xiao San, it’s just too easy to misunderstand, but I changed it to ‘Sister Three’.”

Song Jiawen looked innocent, “Xiaosi is the nickname my mom gave me, I have three older brothers. ”

The three glared at her, clenched their teeth, “Then why didn’t you explain?”

Song Jiawen looked even more innocent, “You didn’t ask me.”

Liang Yujun and the others:…

They had made assumptions!

But they only wanted to foster unity, to fit in; who would have thought this person would use her childhood nickname as her online name?

The trio swiftly turned around and hurriedly logged onto their computers to change their online nicknames.

Song Jiawen watched their eager actions, puzzled. Online nicknames, are they really that important?

When she casually mentioned it to Jiang Yan that evening at Xinyu, the guy beside her acted like an expert on the subject, and said, “Of course they’re important, a person’s online nickname can sometimes reflect their state, like me, I’ve now changed my nickname to ‘Diligent Youth’ because I am indeed studying very hard these days, staying up studying until ten o’clock every night.” He wondered if the time spent asleep in between counted? Let’s assume it did.

Song Jiawen was surprised and asked, “You’ve started studying? Are you sure you’re going to take the adult college entrance exam next year?”

“Absolutely sure, otherwise, what would I put on my resume in the future? Without a diploma, what could I possibly do?”

His point was valid, yet somehow wasn’t quite right.

Song Jiawen was a bit puzzled; she looked around the shop with a business license and asked, “Aren’t you already starting out as a boss now? Who do you need to write a resume for?”