Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 386 - 386 381 Old Classmate Comes to Beijing

Chapter 386: Chapter 381: Old Classmate Comes to Beijing Chapter 386: Chapter 381: Old Classmate Comes to Beijing When Jiang Yan received the call from Liu Wenhui, he was driving to the hospital with Teacher Chi and Attorney Zhang.

Hearing about Qi Lihong’s mother’s death, Attorney Zhang sighed helplessly, “We originally planned to collect evidence to exonerate her mother from criminal responsibility, but now, well… Ah, she was also a pitiable woman.”

Their law firm receives countless domestic abuse cases every year, but none were as tragic as hers. Unable to speak and thus unable to plead, she could only endure the beatings silently, while her in-laws merely looked on, as for her own family… If her family had cared about her, they wouldn’t have married her off to such a deranged cripple.

Qi Lihong surprisingly did not cry when she woke up. She struggled to go to the morgue and stood in front of her mother for more than half an hour. Afterward, she got some water and cleaned her mother’s body from head to toe, removed the bandages on the head, wiped away the blood, and then bought new clothes to change her into.

Early the next day, she completed the procedures to send the body to the crematorium. Before entering, she bent down to lift the white cloth, touched her mother’s already cyanotic and cold face, pressed her forehead against her mother’s, and tears fell, dripping onto her mother’s tightly closed eyes…

She came out of the crematorium holding the urn, looking up at the grey sky, and took a deep breath.

She’s free, now mom is finally free.

“Where do you want to buy the grave site?”

Today, only Liu Wenhui accompanied her. Teacher Chi and Jiang Yan were still at the hotel because she didn’t want them to come. She didn’t want to owe too many favors; after all, their coming to Jizhou was already a huge help.

Hearing Liu Wenhui’s question, Qi Lihong shook her head, her eyes fixed on the urn in her arms, her voice slightly hoarse, “I won’t bury her here. I want to take her with me. My mom never felt safe while she was alive, and I won’t let her be alone and helpless in death. I want her to be with me always.”

Liu Wenhui understood that she intended never to come back here.

That’s fine, after all, there’s nothing to miss here but the pain.

Liu Wenhui had vaguely heard a few sentences of what the Qi family had said when they left the hospital the day before and asked her, “Do you want to sell the house?”

Qi Lihong nodded without hesitation, “Sell!”

If not sold, who would it benefit? To give those bastards a bargain?

Liu Wenhui asked her again, “Do you want to do anything else? Do you want to go to those two old people’s house?”

He had been on the verge of exploding with anger since hearing about it from her yesterday. What kind of vile creatures were they? In all his life, he had never heard of such people, people who were not even worthy of her calling them grandfather and grandmother.

Having a son with a disability, wouldn’t they normally cherish a granddaughter, especially since she had been admitted to Beijing University? Countless families would give anything to have such a university student.

But as for those two old people…

If it weren’t for the way they behaved, Qi Shengdong could not have become such a freak!

Liu Wenhui was not one to suffer fools and certainly couldn’t stand to see Qi Lihong bullied, especially after her harsh words yesterday that if her mother didn’t wake up, she would definitely make them regret it.

But at this moment, Qi Lihong shook her head calmly, “I don’t want to see those people again. Just sell the house and leave.”

She had thought of making a big scene, even of taking a knife and cutting all those people down, but she knew she couldn’t do that. They weren’t worth it, and besides, she was afraid of getting Liu Wenhui involved.

As things came to a close, Jiang Yan drove Chi Zuo back to Beijing first, while Liu Wenhui stayed to help Qi Lihong sell the house.

…

At the same time, in Beijing.

Mu Jiawen had just left the laboratory when her phone rang within three seconds of turning it on. She immediately pressed the answer button upon seeing the number, “You haven’t gone back yet?”

“Why rush back so early? It’s fine as long as I get home by New Year’s Eve. Are you free now?”

“Yes, I’ve finished today’s tasks and don’t need to go back to the lab this afternoon.”

“Then don’t have lunch just yet. Ding Yamin, Guan Jiao, and I will come to find you. It just so happens that they also wanted to take a tour around your school.”

Ding Yamin and Guan Jiao?

Mu Jiawen paused in surprise, “They’re coming over? Then you guys hurry up, I’ll go find a restaurant.”

These two were her classmates from Jianghai Middle School. They didn’t do well in their first-year exams and after repeating a year, they managed to get into the same university, located just north of Beijing in Luyang Normal University.

This winter break, they weren’t in a hurry to go home and instead decided to travel together to Beijing.

Though they called it travel, kids from rural areas don’t have much money, and the main reason was that they had classmates here who could provide a place to stay. Visiting a few free attractions was enough to say they’d been to Beijing.

Before coming to Beijing, Ding Yamin tried to contact Jiang Yan but couldn’t reach him because he hadn’t made his new phone number public; he had only shared the dormitory phone number with a few people.

School was out, so how could they possibly reach him through the dorm phone? Moreover, Jiang Yan wasn’t even in Beijing these past few days.

Guan Jiao got in touch with Yang Dan, staying with her was fine, and there was no need to bother Mu Jiawen. After all, Yang Dan was much easier to talk to by comparison.

So, upon arriving in Beijing, the two directly went to Agricultural University and left their luggage at the pizza shop where Yang Dan worked.

Yang Dan was very enthusiastic and happy to have old classmates over. She first called Mu Jiawen, and guessing she was probably in the lab upon hearing the voicemail, she then tried Jiang Yan. Unfortunately, he happened to enter a service area, went to the restroom, and left his phone on the bus, so he missed her call.

Unable to reach either of them, Ding Yamin and Guan Jiao exchanged glances, not quite understanding why it was so hard to get in touch with the two.

Guan Jiao was about to suggest giving up; after all, they wouldn’t be staying for more than two days, so there was no point in trying to contact them.

But Yang Dan spoke first, explaining, “These two are busier during the holidays than when school is in session. Jiajia was picked early by a professor to be a student, so she’s in the lab every day. Jiang Yan started a company with a few classmates, and he’s been swamped ever since the break started. I always have to call ahead when I visit; otherwise, it’s impossible to find him.”

They knew how smart Mu Jiawen was, so it wasn’t surprising that a professor had taken notice of her. But Jiang Yan starting a company as just a sophomore?

Ding Yamin’s face showed shock as he curiously asked, “What kind of company did he start?”

“A gaming company, though I didn’t pay too much attention to the specific games they develop. I just know he also collaborated with an electronics factory to develop ultra-thin laptops. There’s a specialty store right at the entrance to their university. If we have time this afternoon, I’ll take you both to see it,” Yang Dan replied.

Ding Yamin was speechless with his mouth agape; however, after giving it some thought, it seemed normal, since Jiang Yan wasn’t a native villager to begin with. He had transferred to their school from Yunzhou City, and towards the last few months, he and Mu Jiawen moved back to the city district. With his quick wit and willingness to study hard, he naturally differed from ordinary students like them.

By the time the three of them reached Beijing University by bus, Mu Jiawen was already at the restaurant, having ordered the dishes and waiting for them.