Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 241 - 241 238 The Origin of Being Three Years Older

Chapter 241: Chapter 238: The Origin of Being Three Years Older Chapter 241: Chapter 238: The Origin of Being Three Years Older “How was the evening party?”

“Not great, no sketches.”

Jiang Yan found it amusing, he squeezed her small hand with his large one, “You think this is the Spring Festival Gala?” He jokingly added that she even wanted to watch sketches.

In truth, if you excluded traditional Chinese painting, neither of them had much artistic sense in other areas, nor were they interested in learning—it was simply a lack of interest.

Even though the student council president from the Computer Science Department had eagerly invited him, Jiang Yan had only showed up to make an appearance and left before his seat had even warmed up.

It was too noisy and chaotic.

“I’ll take you to meet someone.”

When they reached a quieter spot, Jiang Yan hugged her and kissed her on the lips. He wanted to go further, but Mu Jiawen pushed him away with her hand in disgust, “You smoked again, your mouth is full of the smell of smoke, it stinks.”

“How is that possible? I ate a breath mint after smoking…”

He stopped mid-sentence, confronting Mu Jiawen’s death glare, Jiang Yan sheepishly explained, “Someone offered it to me, it would’ve been rude to refuse…”

Mu Jiawen rolled her eyes but didn’t expose him.

“Meeting who?”

“You’ll know when we get there.”

As they walked out of the university gates, they saw someone standing under the streetlights not far away—it was Yu Hang.

Mu Jiawen was taken aback. This was the first time she had seen Yu Hang since coming to Beijing, having almost forgotten he was attending college here, too.

Seeing the two of them holding hands as they came out of the university, Yu Hang gave Jiang Yan a side-eye, thinking to himself that the big bad wolf couldn’t even wait half a year to trick someone into his clutches.

Impressive, as expected of you!

“Why choose this time to come over?”

The three of them sat down in the coffee shop, and Jiang Yan ordered several fruit teas, telling him that Zhu Zhen would be arriving soon, and as for Zhu Jin, she had joined their school’s student council and would be busy until the evening party was over.

“I’ve been too busy, didn’t manage to find the time.”

In fact, Yu Hang had visited during the National Day, but neither of them had been there, and the matter wasn’t brought up again.

They didn’t chat for long before Zhu Zhen arrived, Zhu Jin was with him, but she seemed to be in a bad mood.

“What happened?”

Jiang Yan made space for Zhu Jin to sit beside him, the guy who had gotten braces after starting university and had learned to dress fashionably, transforming completely, the first among them to experience a metamorphosis in college life.

Yu Hang was so surprised to see her that he almost didn’t recognize her.

Zhu Zhen spoke for Zhu Jin when she stayed silent, explaining, “She was alienated by the members of their school’s student council, and just now she quit publicly.”

“I shouldn’t have joined in the first place, what a lousy thing! They all act as if they hold such high office…”

Mu Jiawen watched Zhu Jin’s spit flying into her fruit tea cup and silently pushed the cup towards her—it was a drink Mu Jiawen had only sipped two or three times, “Here, it’s not been drunk from, you have it.”

Zhu Jin picked it up and gulped down most of it in one go.

Yu Hang glanced at Mu Jiawen silently and said nothing.

“Right, why did you come here late at night?”

Because she was still upset from the earlier incident, now her tone when asking Yu Hang sounded a bit harsh.

Of course, everyone knew her temper and understood she did not mean to target Yu Hang.

Yu Hang wasn’t bothered, “My dorm mate came to see his girlfriend perform, I had nothing to do, so I came along with him.”

Jiang Yan glanced at him, “Others come to see their girlfriends, but what about you? I heard that the School of Communication has a lot of beauties, don’t tell me you came to feast your eyes?”

“Nonsense…”

“That’s not it, he prefers women who are at least three years older than him.”

Everyone turned to look at Zhu Jin in shock, including Yu Hang, the center of the conversation!

Wait, how do you know what I like when I don’t even know myself?

Jiang Yan couldn’t help but look at Yu Hang with a smile, “Bro, when did you start having this kind of preference?”

Yu Hang retorted irritably, “What a coincidence, I don’t even know myself.”

Zhu Jin pursed her lips, “A woman in her thirties is like a gold brick, that’s what you told Xiao Qi, right?”

“I’ve said so many things to Xiao Qi, how could I possibly remember every single one.”

“Once you’ve said something, you forget it, are you a goldfish or something?”

“Zhu Jin…”

“You told him to find a girlfriend who should be older, mature, sexy, with flavor, that was you, wasn’t it?”

Yu Hang: “….No!”

Zhu Jin glared at him with a stern face, “Still not admitting it, you also said….”

“Wait a minute!” Yu Hang looked at Zhu Jin with a face full of dismay, “How come you remember so clearly words I don’t even recall myself? And why on earth are you eavesdropping on other people’s conversations?”

Zhu Jin deftly avoided the main issue, “I remember clearly because I have a good memory, that’s why I was admitted to Beijing University, and you weren’t!”

Yu Hang: …

Jiang Yan and Mu Jiawen, the three of them: …

They had just realized, Zhu Jin seemed to have animosity towards Yu Hang?

They withdrew their previous thoughts; her aggressively toned voice was indeed an opinion against Yu Hang.

Zhu Zhen looked surprisedly at Yu Hang, his eyes conveying, when did you offend her?

Yu Hang responded with a perplexed and innocent expression, How would I know? It’s been damn near half a year since I saw her, hasn’t it?

Jiang Yan, on the other hand, seemed thoughtful as he watched the two.

The situation hit a deadlock, making it awkwardly silent for a moment.

Suddenly, Mu Jiawen coughed lightly. She glanced at Zhu Jin and said to Yu Hang, “You… be mindful, Zhu Jin is saying this for your own good because… because… have you been dating?”

Yu Hang wore a look of resignation, “No.”

Mu Jiawen didn’t know what else to say. This was actually someone else’s private matter, and they shouldn’t have interfered at all. But since Zhu Jin had such a big issue with Yu Hang, Mu Jiawen believed there must be a reason.

What on earth did this guy do to upset Zhu Jin?

She attempted to change the subject, “Zhu Jin, have you bought any new novels recently?”

Jiang Yan raised his hand and lightly patted her head. Following closely, Mu Jiawen added, “The martial arts kind.”

The group stayed in the café until nine before leaving. They watched Yu Hang and his classmate leave by taxi, then turned to head back to the university.

As they entered the campus gate, they happened to meet Xia Shi with her parents walking out.

Upon seeing Mu Jiawen, the mother and daughter opposite were momentarily stunned, but they passed by without lifting their eyelids.

Xia Shi’s violin solo performance that evening wasn’t very successful. First, she wasn’t using her usual instrument, and second, her conflict with Hao Tong had affected her, leading to a less than stellar execution on stage.

Those who didn’t know merely enjoyed the hustle and bustle, while those who understood could tell that she had played many notes incorrectly and that her level was quite mediocre.

“Did you hear that the traditional Chinese paintings you guys used to decorate the classroom were all painted by her?”

Xia Shi’s mother looked at Mu Jiawen’s retreating figure with complex eyes, then turning to walk beside Xia Shi, she said, “You used to claim she had no special skills, and now look, she just casually paints and can attract teachers from the art school.”

Xia Shi curled her lip, “Her mother is a master of traditional Chinese painting, so what’s so surprising about her being able to paint?”

She thought to herself, if you were some kind of a master, then I definitely wouldn’t be like this today. At the very least, aside from academics, I would have had a skill to fall back on.

On the other side, soon after arriving at his dormitory, Yu Hang immediately reached out to Xiao Qi—

“Have I ever told you to look for a girlfriend three years older?”

“Dude, your taste is that heavy? What is it? Young ones too tender for you?”

Yu Hang: …

They had simply bragged so much that who could remember what was said before?

It was strange indeed!