Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 344 - 344 341 Crowded Ancient City

Chapter 344: Chapter 341: Crowded Ancient City Chapter 344: Chapter 341: Crowded Ancient City The eldest son was getting married, but Mu Chenyan didn’t bother with anything. She simply enjoyed herself with her two best friends, eating, drinking, and strolling around the ancient city.

But Yu Zekun was in a tough spot—he was already busy beyond belief, and now he had to deal with an additional nephew. On top of adding him to the family tree, he also had to take the opportunity to formally recognize the nephew’s return to the clan. He was so busy that he couldn’t even take a sip of water.

He called over his two cousins, Yu Xinrui and Yu Zongmei, to help arrange things for the Yu Family members who had returned from afar, only to endure their complaints and nagging, “Look at you, in your fifties and still getting divorced. Can’t you just coax your wife into remarrying you? She used to handle these things with ease, unlike the mess you’ve made.”

“Serves you right! Did you ever see him lift a finger to help when his wife was busy? Lounging around with his legs crossed, playing cards and drinking tea, thinking all this was easy. Now that it’s his turn, he finally understands the hardship, huh?”

Yu Zekun remained silent, checking off items on his list to ensure nothing was missed when, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of two figures. He looked up and saw Xiaosi and that boy named Jiang Yan walking shoulder to shoulder towards the exit.

They seemed to be talking about something, getting very close to each other, the intimacy of their posture causing Yu Zekun’s brows to furrow.

He snapped the list shut in his hand and glared at the two figures who were about to walk out the door.

“What’s gotten into you now?” Yu Zongmei turned her head and looked over.

Yu Zekun asked Yu Xinrui, “You’re closer to your sister-in-law. Didn’t she tell you anything else about that Jiang Yan? Just let him be with Xiaosi like that?”

Yu Xinrui gave him a side glance and huffed, “What? Do you have a problem with it?”

Yu Zekun glared at her, “Do you think he’s good enough for Xiaosi?”

“Indeed, he’s not exactly an ideal match.”

Before Yu Xinrui could reply, Yu Zongmei, agreeing unusually with her elder cousin, nodded, “With Xiaosi’s standing, she could find any kind of guy. There’s no need to rush into a relationship at school, especially not with such an average boy.”

They didn’t know much about Jiang Yan, only that he grew up with Xiaosi and they both came to Beijing from Yunzhou, sharing a very good relationship. As for Jiang Yan’s family, no one dared to ask due to Mu Chenyan’s presence.

But they assumed he probably came from a rural background and definitely didn’t come from much wealth.

Hence, Yu Zongmei and Yu Zekun shared the belief that Jiang Yan wasn’t a match for Xiaosi.

She leaned in close to Yu Xinrui and whispered, “My aunt mentioned this afternoon that her nephew, who studies law, got into the provincial courthouse right after graduating. He’s a handsome young man…”

Before she could finish, Yu Xinrui gave her a sidelong glare.

Yu Zongmei gave an embarrassed smile, “Why are you looking at me like that? It wasn’t me who said it, it was my aunt.”

“Did she ask you to talk to your sister-in-law about it?”

Yu Zongmei fell silent because that was indeed the case. But she didn’t dare approach Mu Chenyan, so she hoped to convince Yu Xinrui to bring it up, as she had a better relationship with her sister-in-law.

But now, it seemed that wouldn’t happen.

Yu Zekun pondered for a moment and decided to find a time to talk with Mu Chenyan. It was fine for his daughter to bear her mother’s surname, but when it came to marriage, he, as her father, should have some say in the matter.

Meanwhile, Mu Jiawen and Jiang Yan, oblivious to everything, were in the heart of the ancient city, buying candied hawthorns.

“When you’re out at dinners and stuff, you can’t just drink recklessly. It’s best not to drink at all.”

Mu Jiawen took a bite of the sour and sweet candied hawthorn, chewing as she mumbled to Jiang Yan, “Look at my second uncle, just because he drank with friends, he ended up having a child. He lacks a family now, but wouldn’t it be awkward if my cousin came looking for him?”

Jiang Yan extended his thumb to wipe off a small piece of hawthorn sticking to her mouth corner, raising an eyebrow, “Don’t you trust me?”

“Relax? Hmph!” Mu Jiawen lifted her head and glared at him, “Do you think I don’t know about the dinner you had with the people from the electronics factory in August? Jing Junyang told me that several new girls from the engineering and R&D departments were toasting you. Do you dare say you didn’t drink?”

Damn it!

Jing Junyang this bastard really is something else. Who was he taking those drinks for at the time?

He took the drinks for him, and then the guy turned around and ratted him out!

Dammit, next time someone tries to make him drink, he’ll see if he doesn’t dump it on him.

Jiang Yan mentally cursed Jing Junyang eighteen times, then said, “You believe what he says? All he does is talk nonsense. Has he ever spoken a single truth? Those two girls were going after his Bentley, toasting him. They definitely didn’t give two hoots about our Audi; they didn’t even acknowledge me.”

“What’s the matter? You’re disappointed because they ignored you? Jealous of Jing Junyang? Want to buy a Bentley too?”

Jiang Yan’s heart skipped a beat, thinking he had said the wrong thing.

He put his arm around Mu Jiawen’s shoulder and slowly walked forward, saying earnestly, “Jiajia, I think your worries are completely unnecessary. Not to mention anything else, don’t you know what kind of person you are?”

If he were to take an interest in someone else, how blind would he have to be?

Not to mention not getting drunk, even if he did, it would be impossible.

Apart from the first visit right after the college entrance exam with Xiao Qi and a few others, Mu Jiawen came here two more times for family ancestor worship and to recognize her patrilineage. Her big brother also took her to the alley to hang red ribbons on the jujube trees, so by now, Mu Jiawen was quite familiar with Jade City.

“There’s a storytelling performance at the teahouse over there, it’s quite interesting. Let’s go have a look.”

The National Day holiday drew a lot of people; despite needing a ticket to enter the ancient city, it didn’t deter everyone’s enthusiasm and longing for the history left behind. The doorway of the not-so-spacious teahouse was crowded, shoulder to shoulder—if Jiang Yan wasn’t tall and holding Mu Jiawen tightly in his arms, the two of them would probably have been separated by now.

Just like the anxious young man looking around next to them, standing on tiptoe, craning his neck, calling his girlfriend’s name, “Mei Ying, Mei Ying…”

Jiang Yan couldn’t help but kindly remind him, “She’s out of sight, do you think she can hear you? You better get out and look for her somewhere else.”

Totally clueless.

After much difficulty, they squeezed inside. The interior was actually quite spacious and there were seats available; it was just the entrance that wasn’t well designed, causing incoming and outgoing traffic to get congested, making it seem very crowded.

Jiang Yan paid a high price for a pot of tea and two snacks, securing a table with two seats in the third row, waiting for the next storytelling session to start.

“Xiaosi?”

All of a sudden, a voice called out from beside them, and a hand even patted Mu Jiawen’s shoulder. She turned her head to look, a moment of confusion on her face.

Who is this…?

The group of six people included the old grandmother who called her. The grandmother beamed with kind eyes, meticulous white hair tied into a neat bun at the back of her head, her fair skin indicating she took good care of it.

Yet even so, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and the age spots on her face betrayed her real age, which mustn’t be less than seventy.

“You are…”

“I’m your sixth grandma. There were too many people in the back yard just now, and your dad didn’t get a chance to introduce us.”

It wasn’t that he didn’t get a chance to introduce her, it was that Mu Jiawen snuck away when everyone was looking at Wei Yue.