Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 401 - 401 396 The first thing in cooking is to make

Chapter 401: Chapter 396 The first thing in cooking is to make it delicious Chapter 401: Chapter 396 The first thing in cooking is to make it delicious The heavy snow persisted for three days before it finally stopped, and due to the large amount of snow, the ski resort in Binzhou was almost completely closed and wouldn’t reopen until a week later.

A week later it’s almost time for school to start, so what’s the point of skiing then?

On the fifth day, after the snow on the roads had been cleared and partially melted, the four of them checked out of the hotel and started their journey back to Beijing.

At the hotel entrance while waiting for the bellhop to bring the car around, they unfortunately ran into those five people again, who were also leaving today after having just checked out and settled the damages for their room.

The three guys couldn’t help but want to retreat when they saw Jiang Yan and the second brother. These two, who looked as green as unripe cucumbers, were surprisingly tough and accurate with their punches, obviously those who were not afraid of death.

Such half-baked characters are not to be provoked!

Seeing their Audi pull up, and that it had a Beijing license plate, the woman, who was somewhat resentful about having to pay the damages, instantly shut her mouth and dared not make a sound.

After they left, the five of them let out a sigh of relief in unison.

One of the thin-faced guys exhaled heavily, as if he had survived a disaster, and said, “What did I say before? That tall guy looked like he was either a second-generation official or a rich kid. That’s why I kept telling you guys to play it cool and keep the peace. See what happened? They obviously don’t care about the money, that’s why they only asked us to pay for the room. And you wanted to call your uncle… Let’s not even mention that you can’t bring this up with your uncle, but even if you could, are you certain their family’s connections aren’t even greater?”

Another person chimed in, “That’s right, that guy was ruthless without any hesitation, definitely comes from a family with a strong background. Beijing is full of high officials, you might run into someone on the street who’s much more powerful than anyone in our family. So Old Huo, it’s better to keep a low profile in the future.”

The man called Old Huo touched his recently-swollen cheek, and didn’t utter a word.

Not long after, his Audi, an older model and much cheaper, also arrived. Even though it was like that, it was still a second-hand car that he had begged relentlessly from his mother, completely incomparable to the one the four had just driven off in.

On the other hand, Jiang Yan and the others were completely unaware of the five people’s speculations about them. Of course, even if they knew, they wouldn’t care. Perhaps they would even kindly tell them that the reason for the hard punches was to let them learn their lesson.

What kind of fight is it if the punches don’t hurt?

The trip that took a little over four hours on the way there took a whole day to return home. The roads were difficult to navigate, so they couldn’t dare to drive fast.

Hong Jing got off the car at a spot not far from Xinyu, and after walking a few steps, she ran into her grandmother.

“Jingjing? What are you…”

Grandma Li, looking at the Audi that had just driven away, asked in surprise, “Isn’t that Xiaojiang’s car? How come you got out of his car?”

The whole neighborhood knew that Xiaojiang’s girlfriend was Xiaojia, and although her grandniece was also quite pretty, to be frank, she was still a notch below Xiaojia.

Of course, that wasn’t the point. The point was that the man has a girlfriend, and you shouldn’t be interfering in the middle, what kind of behavior would that be?

Hong Jing, seeing the changing expressions on her grandmother’s face and guessing that she might have misunderstood, was at a loss whether to cry or laugh.

She said, “Grandma, Mu Jiawen was also in the car. I just hitched a ride back with them.”

Grandma Li breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, “Your father told me you arranged to go skiing with classmates. How was it? Did you have a good time?”

The second child didn’t allow Hong Jing to tell her parents about their relationship, so she could only lie and say she was meeting a college classmate. Her parents didn’t suspect anything because Hong Jing was usually very obedient and never did anything inappropriate. Moreover, after the fallout with her middle school classmates from Beijing, she barely went anywhere during her vacations home, staying mostly at her house or occasionally sitting at Xiaotie’s computer repair shop at Xinyu, and not going to any other places.

This child is too introverted.

So, when they heard her saying she was meeting classmates to go skiing this time, they agreed without a second thought, not suspecting anything else.

Sometimes, Hong Jing felt speechless about this—the fact that she went to the repair shop so frequently and yet no one suspected a thing.

“Didn’t get to ski, there’s been heavy snow in Binzhou for several days, they closed the ski resort.”

“It snowed here yesterday too, but it wasn’t big, look at the roadsides, it’s all melted.”

After chatting with her grandmother for a bit, Hong Jing headed home with her backpack.

Just as she walked in the door, she heard her dad on the phone in the living room, “… You mean Old Huo? Yeah, his name’s on the transfer orders, he recently went back to his hometown for the New Year, and will take up his post after the holidays. Ah, I haven’t seen him in ten years, once he’s here I’ll arrange a gathering, we a few families should get together… His family, ah, has a boy… no no no, my daughter is still young, it’s not urgent to talk about dating… hahaha, you’re absolutely right, she just hasn’t met someone outstanding, if she does I’d definitely snatch him to be my son-in-law…”

Hong Jing, who was changing her shoes at the doorway, paused and surreptitiously rolled her eyes at her dad.

She threw her backpack in the living room and went to the kitchen to see what delicious food her mom was making, and while she was at it, she tattled, “Did you hear what my dad was saying? I don’t know which son of his classmate or friend he’s trying to match me with now, always meddling. Mom, I want to make it clear to you in advance that in the future, I will definitely find my own partner, I won’t let you guys introduce me to anyone.”

Her mom transferred the stir-fried cauliflower into a dish and asked, “You’ll find one yourself? Do you have any standards?”

“First of all, the cooking has to be delicious.”

As she spoke, she grabbed a piece of cauliflower with chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth, shaking her head, “The bare minimum should be better than what you cook, this is just ordinary stir-fried cauliflower, I like dry-fried.”

“Dry-fried?” Hong Jing’s mom couldn’t help but laugh in exasperation, “Do you believe I’ll give you a beating first? After eating my food for twenty-one years, and now you start to complain? If you don’t like it, don’t eat it. I’m not begging you to.”

“I was just saying, why are you getting angry? Didn’t you ask me first what standards I have for finding a partner? So, can’t I say a standard like being able to cook dry-fried cauliflower?”

“So you mean, you want to find a cook?”

“What’s wrong with a cook? As a modern intellectual, a ‘gardener’ for the country, how can you still be prejudiced against the professions of the people in our society? Your thoughts are dangerous; I need to criticize you for that.”

“Don’t try that line with me,” Hong Jing’s mom scoffed, “you’ve become glib after studying law, huh? Or do you only use that skill on your mom?”

Hong Jing, as she scooped up rice, smiled ingratiatingly at her mom, “Look at what you’re saying, you’re the empress dowager of our family, even with two extra guts I wouldn’t dare to oppose you.”

Just then, Hong Jing’s dad came in, hearing the mother and daughter’s conversation and said with a laugh, “My daughter is putting her law studies to good use now?”

Hong Jing’s mom immediately redirected her firepower, “Whether it’s effective, we’ll discuss that later. I want to ask you, which friend’s son are you trying to match with your daughter now? Let me tell you in advance, I’m not accustomed to making kin with acquaintances, so you’d better not meddle in these things too much in the future, or don’t blame me for turning against you.”

Mom is awesome!

Hong Jing gave her mom a mental thumbs-up.