Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 363 - 363 358 Too Negligent

Chapter 363: Chapter 358 Too Negligent Chapter 363: Chapter 358 Too Negligent This can’t be explained clearly anymore.

The second brother especially didn’t expect Hong Jing to actually say such a thing to Xiao Qi. He tried his best to stay calm and analyze the reality to her, but at this moment, his heart couldn’t help but thump wildly, and something called recklessness was breaking through the soil.

Talk, just talk, what’s there to be afraid of?

Anyway, he had told Hong Jing everything about his situation, and she didn’t care. If he kept hesitating, what would that make him look like?

After teasing him for a bit, Xiao Qi asked about Jiang Yan and Mu Jiawen before he left, jokingly saying, “Jiang Yan hasn’t bullied Jiajia, has he?”

“That little ancestor, who dares? What redundant questions you ask.”

Xiao Qi just laughed without responding and patted his shoulder before heading over to their table.

They drank alcohol at lunch, so driving back in the afternoon was definitely out of the question. Of course, even if it were possible, the second brother wouldn’t dare to leave today.

Because his newly minted girlfriend would be angry.

Just thinking about now being someone with a girlfriend made the second brother’s cheeks burn a little, and he also didn’t quite dare to look at Hong Jing. Walking to the school with her luggage in hand and her arm looped through his, his entire body was stiff.

His mind was also hazy, always feeling somewhat unreal.

At the same time in Beijing.

Mu Jiawen was painting in her home studio when she suddenly heard a cellphone ring in the living room.

She usually doesn’t carry her phone with her when she’s working, almost always leaving it in the living room.

Initially thinking it was her own phone ringing, she didn’t pay attention to it, planning to check it after finishing her painting. But then the ringtone seemed off, possibly Jiang Yan’s.

Did he leave it at home when he left?

The two of them were still using the phones they had before, hers being the blue bar phone Jiang Yan first bought, while Jiang Yan was using the pink flip phone her older brother had bought for her.

Both were still in good condition, so there was no need to replace them.

Seeing the caller ID name, Mu Jiawen pressed the answer button but didn’t say anything at first, only to hear the person on the other end rattling off like a machine gun. “Jiang Yan, guess who I ran into at the entrance of our school today? I bet you don’t know; this guy definitely came here behind your back, otherwise you would’ve told me. Honestly, looks can be deceiving, our law school’s belle actually likes the second brother, and she even pursued him actively. Damn, why don’t such good things happen to me…”

Hearing Xiao Qi mention the second brother, Mu Jiawen was slightly stunned. He went to North City?

And who is the belle of Beicheng University’s law school? How could she like the second brother? When did this happen?

She thought for a moment and interrupted Xiao Qi’s endless chatter, “Is the belle of your law school from Beijing?”

If not, then the second brother must have been chatting with an online friend and went to North City to meet her. Wow, he’s quite trendy!

But after Mu Jiawen spoke, there was sudden silence on the other end, as if the person had been stuck.

Mu Jiawen said impatiently, “Xiao Qi, you can’t even recognize my voice now? Jiang Yan left his phone behind, I saw it was you and picked up.”

“… How could I not recognize your voice,” he replied. “It was just…too sudden, that’s all.”

“As long as you recognize it. Continue with what you were saying, did you ask the second brother how he got to know the belle of the law school?”

“You don’t know?”

“Now I do, spill it.”

Xiao Qi: …

“Yes, Hong Jing’s family is indeed from Beijing, but it seems they only moved back recently; before that, they lived in North City. But from the way you asked, are you suspecting that she lives near the second brother’s repair shop?”

Near the repair shop? But there hasn’t been any talk about her in Xinyu.

Mu Jiawen felt that she had been neglecting the second brother lately; he was already in a relationship and she was still in the dark, moreover, she didn’t even know who the girl was.

Such negligence!

He asked in detail about Xiao Qi’s situation at the time before hanging up the phone, then turned around and headed back to the studio to continue painting.

However, after hanging up, Xiao Qi stared at his phone in a daze for a while before finally forcing a bitter smile on his face.

He really envied the second brother. How such a reserved person could show such a level of concern for him.

Before long, Xiao Qi shook his head, casting away any thoughts he shouldn’t have, took a couple of deep breaths, and picked up his phone again to call the second brother.

Regardless, since the second brother had come to his territory, it was only right and proper for him to play host and invite him to dinner that evening.

…

On the other side, Mu Jiawen finished her ongoing ink painting before heading to the living room to rummage for her phone and call the second brother.

At that moment, the second brother had just checked into a room at the Beicheng University guesthouse, with Hong Jing accompanying him to place the luggage in the room.

After the two of them entered, the door closed, and they nervously glanced at each other, then quickly diverted their eyes.

But after averting her gaze, Hong Jing couldn’t help but sneak another peek at the second brother’s lips, wondering if he was going to kiss her. They had just made their relationship official; a kiss would be appropriate, right?

The second brother was also grappling with indecision. What… would be the right thing to do?

Seeing Hong Jing shyly and timidly sneaking peeks at him, he steeled his heart, extended his arm to pull her into his chest, took a deep breath, and slowly bowed his head. Just as their lips were about to touch, and the second brother’s heart was thumping nervously as if it would leap out, his phone in his pocket rang inopportunely.

He hastily let go of Hong Jing, fumbled out his phone in a panic. Seeing it was Jiajia calling, his eyelid twitched in shock.

This ancestor… why would she call at such a moment?

“Hello? Jiajia.”

“Where are you?”

The second brother paused, wondering if Jiang Yan hadn’t told Jiajia that he had gone to North City to drop off Hong Jing?

Right, Jiajia had only met Hong Jing twice, and those encounters were brief, without proper introductions, so it’s likely Jiang Yan couldn’t be bothered to explain and hadn’t told her.

If he said where he was now, wouldn’t the explanation be even more troublesome?

The second brother decided to be vague, “Ah, me? I’ve got some things to do, not at the repair shop. I called brother this morning and told him; didn’t he tell you? Really, he seems to be taking you less seriously these days, not bothering to tell you things.”

“So where exactly are you now?”

The second brother: …

Why does this ancestor never play by the rules?

He had no choice but to say, “I’m in, in North City.”

“What are you doing in North City?”

“Sending, sending a… friend.”

As he uttered the word “friend,” the second brother felt guilty. Turning his head to look at Hong Jing again, he suddenly got a sinking feeling. Great, his girlfriend was angry.

Hong Jing was glaring at him, her previous coyness gone.

“What kind of friend? Have I met them?”

As Mu Jiawen kept questioning him on the other end, the second brother took a deep breath, decided to come clean, “Well, Jiajia, I’m dating someone. Her name is Hong Jing, you’ve met her twice before. She came with me to the store to ask about laptops before the grand opening of the specialty shop. You even gave her a brochure and a catalog, remember?”

“Whether I remember isn’t important. You seem to remember quite well. Seems like you already had eyes for the girl back then, didn’t you?”

“…”

“Since you’ve made the relationship official, I won’t say much. But remember, since she is still a student, you need to be appropriate. Don’t do anything you shouldn’t, otherwise, if you stir up trouble, it’ll be your brother and me who have to clean up after you, and we won’t let you off easy then.”