Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 220 - 220 217 Fragments

Chapter 220: Chapter 217: Fragments Chapter 220: Chapter 217: Fragments The next day was Monday, and Jiang Yan had stayed at the Mu Family’s house the night before, as usual.

Aside from Yu Ci feeling a bit uncomfortable living with a stranger in the house, Mu Chenyan, Yu Heng, and Yu Feng had long since accepted him with open arms, even hoping he would live there with them.

After all, compared to the plain bread and sandwiches they used to have for breakfast, small wontons, hand-pulled noodles, scallion pancakes, and tea eggs were much tastier, so much so that they now could barely stomach bread anymore.

For Jiang Yan, making any type of breakfast was an easy task; he didn’t find it troublesome, nor did he feel any sense of servility in serving everyone.

After all, he was doing it for Jiajia, and the others were just along for the ride.

After breakfast, the two headed to school.

Jiang Yan carefully observed Jiajia, noticing that her expression was almost the same as usual, showing no sign of whether she remembered or had forgotten the events that transpired after getting drunk the previous night.

Hiss–

She didn’t forget, did she?

As they walked out of the residential area, Jiang Yan kept his eyes ahead. His right hand, which had been close to Jiajia, slid out of his pocket. Then, he withdrew his left hand, which had been resting well in his coat pocket, held it in his palm for a moment, and then slipped it into his own coat pocket.

The hand he held in his palm was cool and smooth. Jiang Yan’s large hand completely enveloped it, giving it a squeeze.

Mu Jiawen turned her head to look at him and after a moment of silence, she sighed, “Ah…”

Without turning his head to look at her, Jiang Yan asked while vigilantly scanning the passing pedestrians, “Ah, what?”

“It’s a bit regrettable, I had planned to do something last night but ended up forgetting. There’s truth to the saying that drinking can mess things up, I definitely can’t drink like that again in the future.”

A jolt went through Jiang Yan’s heart as he asked, “What did you plan to do and forget?” Could it really be something regrettable?

Mu Jiawen didn’t respond.

Jiang Yan squeezed the small hand in his palm again, “Not telling?”

“I’ll tell you about it later.”

Jiang Yan’s eyes darted around as he said, “Okay, then we’ll talk about it later. By the way, your dad came over last night. What gift did he bring you?”

Mu Jiawen looked puzzled, “He came?”

After saying this, she pouted, “I don’t care for his gifts. I don’t want anything he gives.”

Jiang Yan: ….

She really did forget!

They say that people who truly get drunk will experience blackouts, and this wasn’t far from the truth.

He had a high tolerance for alcohol. No matter how much he drank, as long as he went to the bathroom twice in between, he would be fine afterward. Plus, he belonged to the type whose mind always remained clear no matter how much he drank.

The idea of drinking himself into oblivion didn’t apply to him.

But…

Jiajia had said she intended to do something last night, which meant that kissing him had been part of her plan even before the birthday party?

With this thought, Jiang Yan’s eyes lit up instantly!

The slight sense of disappointment he had felt about her forgetting their kiss disappeared in an instant, replaced by eager anticipation for the second bout of fortune bound to come.

He believed that not only would she take the initiative this time, but she would also do so in a completely sober state!

I can’t help but get excited just thinking about it!

“Jiajia, the day after tomorrow, which is the 12th, your actual birthday, can you tell me then? After all, it’s not right to always carry regrets, is it?”

Mu Jiawen tilted her head, thought it over, and feeling it made sense, nodded, “Alright.”

Jiang Yan couldn’t help but squeeze her hand in his pocket again.

…

The two returned to school, Jiang Yan first dropped her off at the Physics building, then turned and headed for the Computer Science building.

As he approached, he ran into Liu Wenhui and Qi Lihong.

“Brother Yan.”

Liu Wenhui waved to greet him. He never suspected Jiang Yan for sometimes not staying in the dorm, since everyone now knew he had a computer shop outside, and it was only normal to stay over at the shop when it got too late on the weekends.

Moreover, Jiang Yan wasn’t the secretive type. Ever since they found out he owned a computer shop, if classmates were curious about computer assembly and asked him during their free time, he always answered any questions, a true bro.

Liu Wenhui, who had been toughened up by two years of society’s harsh lessons, particularly admired this trait.

Jiang Yan nodded at Liu Wenhui and out of the corner of his eye noticed the extra grey cloth bag Qi Lihong was holding besides her backpack—bulging, he knew, with breakfast she bought for Liu Wenhui.

Since the weather got colder, this guy had become too lazy to get up early for the cafeteria, so Qi Lihong would buy breakfast and wait for him downstairs of the boys’ dorm, then they would head to class together.

This sort of reverse operation compared to most couples created quite a stir in the class.

Most guys cursed Liu Wenhui for hoarding a precious treasure, not understanding the need to cherish and protect the fairer sex.

Most girls didn’t show it openly, but privately they disdained Qi Lihong’s behavior for demeaning herself. Couldn’t she find a man? Did she need to pander like this?

Weng Minhong had even given her a tactful reminder.

All these whisperings and strange looks made the already self-conscious and introverted Qi Lihong even more silent.

The three of them walked upstairs together, Jiang Yan and Liu Wenhui in the front, with Qi Lihong following behind like a little wife.

“You didn’t pass the last programming language design assignment, Professor Liu asked you to redo it. Have you?”

“Done it, done it, this time I’m definitely going to pass. Rest assured, oh great class leader, I won’t drag you down. Our class is definitely still number one this month.”

Thanks to Jiang Yan, their class had the best homework in the whole Computer Science department, with very few assignments not passing, but Liu Wenhui was part of that small number eight times out of ten, truly one of the laggards.

“If you let Qi Lihong do your homework now, will she have the chance to help you during the exam?”

Jiang Yan didn’t bother to reason with him, simply reminding him, “Instead of having her do your homework, why not have her explain things thoroughly to you and do it yourself. That way, you won’t have to cram for the final exam next month.”

Unexpectedly, this dude actually took it to heart and nodded seriously, “I’ll remember what you said. I’ll spend some time these coming days catching up on what I’ve missed with Qi Lihong’s help. I’ll strive for decent grades in the finals. After all, if I want to start a business, I have to learn from you, the class leader.”

He held out a hand and began counting on his fingers, “Look, starting a business while being number one in the lab courses, top five in the general courses, first in physical education… Brother Yan, as your roommate and good buddy, with a talented person like you working so hard, how can I not lose face for you, right? So rest assured, from now on I’ll make sure to place in the top twenty, no, top thirty for every course!”

Jiang Yan snorted lightly to himself, thinking you really are delusional; I’ve never considered you a good buddy. I’ve considered you a chicken though, a chicken used to scare the monkeys!

Every time there were people in the class who failed to complete their homework or wanted to pick faults, Jiang Yan would first drag Liu Wenhui out; he truly treated him like a chicken, but Liu Wenhui, with his rich imagination, thought Jiang Yan was asking his cooperation, and would instantly slam his hand on the table, yelling at those who had failed their homework or were picking faults, “Damn it, if it weren’t for you dragging me down, I could have passed already! Dare to squabble with the class leader in here, believe it or not, I’ll throw you out!”

In the Computer Science Class 2, even the entire freshman Computer Science department knew, Liu Wenhui was Jiang Yan’s number one lackey.

Jiang Yan found his own views on Liu Wenhui quite complex; to be honest, he had never anticipated things to develop to this stage.