Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 263 - 263 260 Accidental Encounter

Chapter 263: Chapter 260 Accidental Encounter Chapter 263: Chapter 260 Accidental Encounter Jiang Yan turned his head to look, and it was indeed Liu Wenhui.

Because of the near collision just now, Qi Lihong stepped back two steps. Seeing the person she bumped into was Jiang Yan, she quickly lowered her head in fright and hid behind Liu Wenhui, her face flushed.

“What a coincidence, you guys are also here to see the lantern exhibition?”

Liu Wenhui was all smiles, not the least bit embarrassed about having just come out of the hotel with Qi Lihong.

Jiang Yan gave him a deep look and nodded.

“Then great, let’s go together?”

The four of them walked towards the lantern exhibition together.

Mu Jiawen habitually put her hands into Jiang Yan’s pockets, and Jiang Yan took her hand naturally. The two were very close, and their steps were in sync, clearly showing they were a couple.

In contrast, Liu Wenhui and Qi Lihong walked one in front of the other, with Qi Lihong lowering her head like a timid wife. And because Liu Wenhui wanted to chat with Jiang Yan, the four of them ended up walking in a formation of three at the front and one behind, which looked quite odd.

“Yan ge, when you have time, set up a laptop for me too, just like the one you’re using,”

Liu Wenhui had long coveted his computer, but because he had also spent a good amount of money on his desktop, he didn’t want to phase it out. After toughing it out for half a year, he finally decided to give his desktop to Qi Lihong and just buy a new one for himself.

Out of the four roommates in the dorm, Jiang Yan and the other two had laptops, only he was still clunking along with a bulky desktop, which really made him stand out in a not-so-good way.

But in terms of price alone, his desktop was more expensive than their laptops.

But being expensive was useless, whether in terms of booting up, speed, or anything else, they were all left far behind by the laptops.

Given his decent performance at school over the past six months, his mother stopped restricting his spending, so now he was quite flush with cash, and buying a new computer really didn’t require much thought.

“No, I’m not selling laptops anymore,”

Liu Wenhui widened his eyes, “Why? Do you discriminate against me?”

“It’s not…..”

“Then why would you sell to others and not to me?”

Jiang Yan glanced at him and simply said, “Yes, you’re right, I do discriminate against you, so I’ll sell to others but not to you.”

Liu Wenhui: …

He chuckled awkwardly, “That’s my bad, I speak too quickly. Just tell me, why aren’t you selling anymore?”

“I’m applying for a patent, then I’ll formally cooperate with electronics factories, and start selling once I have a brand.”

Liu Wenhui’s eyes widened, “You’re playing big, huh? With Jing Junyang and the others?”

Within the School of Computer Science, there were hardly any students who didn’t know Jing Junyang, and since he often came to their dorm to look for Jiang Yan, he became quite familiar with Liu Wenhui and Dai Lei through repeated visits.

“Right.”

Liu Wenhui was a bit envious, “Yan ge, I know you guys have a proper company, and if you need manpower later on, don’t forget me.”

Jiang Yan didn’t reject or agree, “We’ll see when the time comes.”

While talking, the four had already arrived at Qingshan Temple. With the university semester about to start, many students had already returned to campus, so the lantern exhibition on the fifteenth was quite crowded.

The group quickly got dispersed after entering the crowd.

Jiang Yan kept Mu Jiawen protected in his arms, and when he turned back, he saw Liu Wenhui finally acting human. He didn’t ignore Qi Lihong and instead reached out to pull her close to him, preventing her from getting bumped by the crowd.

He stopped paying attention to them and continued looking at the lanterns at each stall with Mu Jiawen along the flow of people.

“Want to eat sugar figurines?”

Jiang Yan shook his head, “Let’s not. They are sickeningly sweet. You shouldn’t eat them either, watch out for cavities if you always eat sweets.”

Mu Jiawen turned to look at him, “It should be fine, I pay attention to brushing my teeth. Don’t believe me? Look–”

As she spoke, she opened her mouth to show her teeth to him. Her neat and pretty teeth sparkled, and Jiang Yan leaned down to peck her on the lips. Mu Jiawen was stunned for a moment and then quickly ducked her head into his chest, buzzing, “You jerk, there are so many people!”

Jiang Yan chuckled, “Now you know to be embarrassed? That night you kissed me in front of your three brothers.”

“No, you remembered it wrong.”

After a bit of playful banter, they continued walking and didn’t notice a few people standing not far to the side.

“It really is the class monitor.”

Zhang Ting stood next to Weng Minhong, curiously watching the two slowly walking away, “So our class monitor can smile. He’s always so stern in class, gets impatient with just a few words, but now… he’s like a completely different person.”

Another female classmate chimed in, “Exactly, maybe he only wants to smile for his girlfriend. But honestly, his girlfriend is so beautiful and has such an elegant aura. Is she that top student from the physics college?”

Zhang Ting didn’t say a word, thinking that while the girl was beautiful, she was also petty. Last time she had just commented that she was being pretentious, and not only did Mu Jiawen’s two roommates argue with her, but later the class monitor was also obviously very cold to her, and since then, they never ate together again.

Even if it happened to be in the same cafeteria, he would carry his tray to another table. The rejection was very clear, and it made both her and Weng Minhong feel awkward.

She didn’t understand, was it necessary to go that far?

There were six or seven of them who came together, and while the others were still discussing Jiang Yan and Mu Jiawen, Weng Minhong didn’t say a word from the beginning to the end, but her eyes kept glancing at that tall silhouette from time to time.

During the winter break at home, she not only exercised but also controlled her diet carefully. Her current figure and weight compared to the beginning of freshman year were drastically different. After slimming down, her face shape had changed, and with her sense of fashion and dressing up, she became a standout presence in any crowd.

At the high school reunion during the New Year, her classmates were all shocked to see her, and many boys tried to strike up conversations, with a few quite evidently showing their interest in pursuing her. However, she rejected them all.

People are sometimes like that; once attracted by someone, it’s hard to shift their attention elsewhere.

Besides being tall, Jiang Yan’s appearance was just slightly handsome, not to the level of that professor in the mathematics department who was even more beautiful than the girls.

But he had a special charm that other guys lacked. It was indescribable and yet drew the girls in their class to constantly talk about him in the dormitory.

While others discussed just for the sake of it and didn’t really think about Jiang Yan that way – considering such a guy was clearly out of the league for ordinary girls – they would laugh it off after saying a few words and then forget about it.

But Weng Minhong…

She raised her eyes to look at the tall figure getting further ahead and clenched her fist unwillingly. She worked hard at losing weight and studying, pushing herself to become better and better. Was all that effort just to match with guys who were so ordinary that they bored her?

The lantern festival was crowded, but most people’s attention was on the lanterns, hardly focusing on anyone in particular.

So when a few gazes lingered on him, Jiang Yan quickly noticed. He kept one arm around Mu Jiawen’s waist, half-hugging her to prevent people from knocking into her, and when he turned back, his hand on her waist tightened.

Seeing that it was Weng Minhong and Zhang Ting with a few others, Jiang Yan nodded slightly.

The girls waved at him, and not wanting to disturb, they quickly turned to go in another direction to look at the lanterns.