Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 374 - 374 369 This Is an Alternative

Chapter 374: Chapter 369: This Is an Alternative Chapter 374: Chapter 369: This Is an Alternative It was Friday today, and Mu Jiawen was currently outside the campus with Liang Yujun and a few others eating hotpot.

She hadn’t forgotten that today the Physics Department was having a match against the Computer Science Department, after all, even if Jiang Yan didn’t mention it, Shen Mengfei, who sat behind her, had been nagging about it all afternoon.

But she was hungry, and when Ding Yuanyuan suggested hotpot, she craved it, too.

She wavered between hotpot and the basketball game for a good ten seconds before ultimately following her three roommates, who were also uninterested in basketball, to the hotpot restaurant.

Forget it, she wouldn’t understand the game anyway, so why bother joining the crowd?

She could just have Mengfei tell her the result afterward, right?

Thinking this way, she felt perfectly justified in following her three roommates to the hotpot restaurant.

While they were eating, someone came over to say hello.

Liang Yujun sat on the outer side of Mu Jiawen. She had actually noticed Ding Yilu earlier but hadn’t mentioned him to the others.

This guy was also quite a character. Initially, he pursued Sha Yali, and when she said they should get to know each other, he took it seriously and has been doing so for nearly a year without confessing his feelings.

The courage Mu Jiawen had given him that night seemed to have vanished without a trace.

But now, if you were to say he had lost interest in Sha Yali, that wouldn’t seem right either. He would still ask her out for a meal or bring her snacks and drinks while busy preparing for his postgraduate studies every week. He didn’t seem that dull, after all.

Even Yujun couldn’t understand what he was trying to do.

Which is why, after they sat down and she noticed Ding Yilu, she pretended not to see him.

It wasn’t until they finished eating and were about to leave that Ding Yilu saw them and came over to say hello, at which point Yujun called out to Sha Yali, who was sitting with her back to Ding Yilu.

“I’ve got good news for you guys, I got recommended for postgraduate studies.”

Ding Yilu’s face was flushed with excitement, clearly from drinking.

Since last year, he had been preparing for his postgraduate studies, spending almost all of his time outside of class at the library, working very hard.

Opportunities are always for those who are prepared, and now he could finally relax a little.

“Congratulations!” Sha Yali was happy for him and genuinely offered her congratulations.

Smiling, Ding Yilu said to the four of them, “Let me know when you’re free, I’ll treat you. Yali, do you want to go to the city to see a movie tomorrow?”

“I can’t tomorrow, I’ve already made plans with Yujun and the others to go shopping for clothes.”

“What about the day after tomorrow?”

“The day after tomorrow hasn’t come yet. We’ll talk then,” she replied.

“Okay, I’ll give you a call on the morning after tomorrow.”

“Alright.”

After finishing speaking, Ding Yilu said goodbye to them and left.

Aside from Mu Jiawen who didn’t quite understand, Liang Yujun and Ding Yuanyuan both looked at Sha Yali with complicated expressions on their faces. This girl had never found anything abnormal about a guy who started off declaring he’d pursue her, and after a year, he still interacted with her just like a normal friend… How should they put it? Did these two have the same kind of brain?

“Um, Yali…”

Liang Yujun thought for a moment before asking, “How much longer do you and Ding Yilu plan to continue this way?”

Mu Jiawen turned her head to look over upon hearing this, her dark eyes full of confusion. What did she mean? Wasn’t it okay to interact like this?

Ding Yuanyuan ladled a heaping spoonful of beef and mutton onto her plate and said, “Eat yours.”

In response to this question, Sha Yali pondered for a moment, then said, “There’s something I didn’t tell you guys. Last time, we discussed this matter on the train ride home. I told him I didn’t feel that kind of heart-fluttering sensation for him, which means, when you like someone, usually your heart beats faster, or your face turns red and your ears get hot, or you can’t settle your gaze when they get close or even just look at you… right, Jiajia?”

Mu Jiawen, chewing on the meat, lifted her head and looked at her with a blank face.

Why didn’t she have any of the three signs Sha Yali mentioned?

“Forget it, keep eating.”

This was an exception; she shouldn’t have asked.

Ding Yuanyuan asked eagerly, “And then? What did he say after you told him?”

“He said the feelings that cause your heart to flutter usually don’t last long, because eventually everything settles down, and these feelings can break easily once one can’t tolerate it anymore. In the end, he concluded by saying his dad pursued his mom for three years. Initially, they were also just ordinary together, but later on they were as inseparable as best buddies, not used to being apart anymore, so they ended up getting married.”

Is that a conclusion?

Liang Yujun was incredulous, “Wait, Yali, he didn’t tell you that he plans to follow his dad’s example and pursue you for three years till you become best buddies, did he?”

Sha Yali choked up a little, feeling somewhat embarrassed as she nodded, “That’s exactly what he meant.”

“So what about you? Did you agree?”

“At first, I refused, but later, when I was out shopping with my mom, we ran into him and his parents. You guys have no idea, his mom looked so young, not that she dressed young but you could tell just by looking that she was living a comfortable life, looking youthful. She was sipping on a milk tea while browsing around, and his dad was like a little brother carrying her bags, leaving all their purchases for Ding Yilu to handle, and kept calling her ‘wife’ in such an affectionate manner that clearly showed he genuinely cared for her. Oh, it made my mom so envious…”

She didn’t cook for my dad for three days when we got home.

“My mom told me that a child from such a family, with parents as role models like theirs, was likely to treat his own wife the same way in the future, genuinely and wholeheartedly.”

This answer was honestly beyond Liang Yujun and Ding Yuanyuan’s expectations, and their thoughts followed Sha Yali in reflecting on their own parents.

Liang Yujun thought about how her dad usually called her mom by the last two characters of her name, or sometimes not at all, just talking directly. The two did not have secrets, but they weren’t very intimate either, certainly not like Ding Yilu’s parents.

Ding Yuanyuan’s father, on the other hand, called her mom by her full name, and when he saw her showing off or if she bought expensive clothes, he would disdainfully purse his lips. He dared not openly object, but clearly, there were opinions in his heart.

At their age, they hadn’t seen any man spoil their wife to such an extent.

“So your mom knows about Ding Yilu pursuing you, and she advised you?” asked Liang Yujun.

“No, she doesn’t know. How could I possibly tell her if I hadn’t agreed? It’s just that I felt what my mom said made sense. When looking for a partner, aside from their character and background, it’s more important that he values you enough to pamper you.”

Speaking thus, Sha Yali’s expression gradually grew more serious, and as she looked each of them in the eye, she said, “We’re at an age where we’re actually quite confused about relationships. Even dating, a moment’s infatuation really doesn’t mean much. Starting a relationship just because it feels right and then breaking up when it doesn’t feel right anymore may seem easygoing, but it’s actually a loss for a girl. So, after a lot of thought, I believe what Ding Yilu said makes a lot of sense. We’re from the same place, so putting feelings aside, our family circumstances aren’t too different, we’re from the same city which saves all the trouble with lifestyle and dialect; then when it comes to emotions, he likes me, and is even willing to pursue me until I like him back, so why shouldn’t I give it a try?”