Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 361 - 361 356 Not Fellow Travelers

Chapter 361: Chapter 356: Not Fellow Travelers Chapter 361: Chapter 356: Not Fellow Travelers Because they left early and only took a break at a service area once, the two of them arrived at the entrance of Beicheng University at one in the afternoon.

After finding a place to park the car, Lao Er went with Hong Jing to a local specialty restaurant for a meal.

“Actually, I think the best thing here is the morning soup dumplings, but they’re gone by now. Tomorrow morning, I’ll take you to a really famous breakfast place.”

Lao Er hesitated for a moment before finally speaking up, “After we finish eating and I drop you off at your dorm, I’m thinking of going back this afternoon.”

He had already delivered her; there really was no need to stay any longer.

Hong Jing stopped walking, turned her head to look at him, and with obvious surprise and disappointment in her eyes, she silently mulled over this for a while before saying, “A round trip in one day, aren’t you tired?”

He would definitely be tired, but…

Lao Er looked up at the majestic and solemn gates of Beicheng University. Although it was just a notch below Beijing University, it was several grades above their own school. Being here again reminded him starkly of the great distance between him and Hong Jing; they were simply not on the same path.

“Hong Jing, you know I’m always busy on weekends, and I have classes tomorrow too,” he said, even though he had already asked for leave.

“Didn’t you know you’d be busy this weekend before you decided to drop me off? Didn’t you know you had classes tomorrow? But you still came to take me,” she retorted.

“So should I not go back after dropping you off?” he asked.

“…”

Hong Jing stared at him for a few seconds, then nodded calmly, “Right, you should go back. It’s me who’s asking for too much.”

After she spoke, she let go of his arm and started to walk back with a limp, “I’m sorry for taking up your time. You can go back now. I’ll go get my luggage.”

Lao Er took two steps forward and grabbed her arm, calling out somewhat frantically, “Hong Jing…”

Hong Jing shook off his hand and turned to look at him, “Tie Ni, you really are strange. You were the one who insisted on coming with me, and now you’re ready to leave me behind. One moment, you’re nice to me, and the next, it seems like you’re always trying to avoid me. What exactly do you want?”

She truly hated this feeling. If she didn’t care about him, she would just let him do whatever he wanted without sparing him a glance, but the truth was quite the opposite.

Faced with her questioning, Lao Er opened his mouth but found himself at a loss for words.

Just then, a group of people approached from the direction of the school gate, and someone called out Hong Jing’s name. The group stopped and turned to look over here.

Hong Jing turned her head to look, and it wasn’t clear who she saw, but all of a sudden, she took Lao Er’s arm and leaned on him as she waved to the group with a smile, “Going out for a meal?”

The guy who had called her name moved his gaze to the hand she placed on someone else’s arm and froze.

The people beside him were also startled by Hong Jing’s gesture, but they reacted quickly, unlike the guy who just stood there dumbfounded.

“Yeah, going for a meal. Are you… just back?”

“Mhm, I sprained my ankle earlier, took a few days off with the counselor’s approval. Today, when I was feeling a bit better, my boyfriend brought me back.”

Boyfriend?

Her, with this guy?

A group of people were startled, and the boy in front reacted the most, his complexion changing as he looked at Hong Jing with unmistakably strange eyes.

Meanwhile, the moment Hong Jing had wrapped her arm around him and leaned on his body, he had become rigid. When he heard her say the words “boyfriend,” his head buzzed, incapable of thought.

However, this condition lasted only a few seconds before he realized she was using him to thwart unwelcome suitors!

“Is he really your boyfriend?”

The boy in front finally spoke, but his voice trembled and was somewhat hoarse, betraying significant emotional turmoil.

“Of course. Can a boyfriend be fake?”

Hong Jing’s expression was calm. As she wrapped her arm around him, she leaned her entire weight onto him, bringing them exceedingly close and intimate.

But this behavior was undoubtedly provoking the other guy, who even had reddened eyes, “Hong Jing, I’ve liked you for five years, chased you for four, and now you tell me you have a boyfriend… What am I then? Huh? What am I?”

The last few words came out as a shout, loud enough to draw the attention of the people nearby.

He furrowed his brow, unaware of the emotional entanglement between them, but seeing the boy’s nearly uncontrollable emotion made him think… With such a temperament, he was definitely not Hong Jing’s type, and he didn’t believe Hong Jing was leading him on.

But the way that boy had shouted made it seem as though Hong Jing was stringing him along while finding another boyfriend, as if she owed him a great deal.

Does this guy have a problem in his head?

“Nan Leming, from the very first time you confessed your feelings, I told you clearly that it’s impossible between us, I don’t like you,” said Hong Jing as her face turned utterly cold and the hand on his arm unconsciously tightened, “I know you don’t understand plain language, so I’ve been avoiding you as much as possible. Don’t you realize how much you’ve disturbed my life over these years? You’re still here yelling, as if I’m two-timing. Did I ever give you any hope?”

“But I’ve said that I’ll always like you, I want to move you, to make you like me too. Is there something wrong with that?”

It sounded like there was nothing wrong with that, and even poignant, which might flatter most girls given that Nan Leming was tall and handsome, and his dress indicated that he came from a wealthy family.

Moreover, from what he said just now, it could be inferred that he and Hong Jing were high school classmates, so his family was from North CityBeicheng city center.

A boy with such favorable conditions, persistently courting a girl, might have moved many, but unfortunately, Hong Jing was not most people. Once she decided someone was not right for her, she would never reconsider.

What’s more, she truly detested Nan Leming. To prevent other boys from pursuing her after entering university, he started bringing her water and other stuff in front of many people since the freshman military training. He even disgustingly filled a beautiful cup with warm water and made sure to loudly remind her when handing it to her, “You shouldn’t drink cold water right now, and it’s best not to eat ice cream either, or your stomach will hurt tonight.”

As if he was afraid others wouldn’t know she was on her period.

She was mortified and furious at the time, wishing she could send him flying with a kick.

Because he happened to see her buying sanitary pads at the supermarket the night before, the very next day during the military training on the parade ground, he pulled this stunt. You can imagine how everyone looked at them with insinuating glances, most believing they were a couple. Some girls even enviously told Hong Jing, “Your boyfriend is so considerate.”

Considerate my foot!

But in that situation, even if she clarified that they were just ordinary high school classmates, no one would likely believe her. After all, with a matter as private as menstruation, how could he have known if they weren’t involved?