Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 405 - 405 400 The Mistakes Made in Youth

Chapter 405: Chapter 400: The Mistakes Made in Youth Chapter 405: Chapter 400: The Mistakes Made in Youth Plans never keep up with changes, and now that the milk tea shop is to become a net café, it’s not just a small venture they’re talking about anymore.

Yang Dan offered to withdraw from the partnership because she knew the current scale was beyond her involvement, especially since the shop was in Luyang, far from her, and she couldn’t really be of any help.

Mu Jiawen didn’t insist, after all, Yang Dan really wasn’t short of money anymore. She could earn enough for her tuition and living expenses just by relying on herself near their school’s entrance, and had reached the point where she needed no one’s help.

Ding Yamin and Guan Jiao were initially just workers, so when the time came, they could simply be paid a salary.

So now the net café had truly become the project of Jiang Yan, Mu Jiawen, and the second brother.

Because the new school term was about to start, Jiang Yan didn’t delay upon his return and immediately found the designer and renovation foreman he had worked with before. He drew a rough draft himself, which the designer refined, and then he modified it twice more.

The second brother followed him from start to finish, getting a good grasp of the renovation and layout, and then went with the designer and foreman to Luyang.

Because time was so tight, he couldn’t even fulfill his promise to take Hong Jing back to school. Fortunately, he didn’t go, because Hong Jing’s father happened to be on a business trip to North City, and the father and daughter left together.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, the new term arrived in the blink of an eye.

With the second brother gone, Old Liu simply took over the computer repair shop. When someone came in for a repair, he asked them to write down the issue and stick it on the computer tower, and Jiang Yan would handle it when he found time.

This approach was fine for the short term, but for the long haul…

Jiang Yan started thinking about closing down the repair shop, and although the second brother was reluctant, he also knew he was now indispensable elsewhere.

The renovation of the Luyang shop would take at least two months to complete, and afterwards, he would need to spend at least half a year there ensuring everything was on track before he could return to Beijing to start the second shop.

If he wanted to treat the net café as his real career, he surely couldn’t stop at just one location.

Moreover, he was still in school, and while it wasn’t like a regular university, he did have classes every week. Fortunately, his school was situated between Beijing and Luyang, so attending classes on weekends wasn’t a problem.

Under such circumstances, he simply couldn’t spare any attention for the repair shop.

“Bro, why don’t you ask Dai Lei? See if he’s still willing to do it?”

After working for over half a year, Dai Lei was someone who could stay put and was good at learning and researching; his skills were now not at all inferior to the second brother’s.

If he was willing to keep it up, it wasn’t a bad idea.

After all, they were sourcing their parts from an electronics factory now, which was convenient and cheap. To tell the truth, the repair shop was still very profitable.

If Old Liu were to keep watching it, they could also pay him a salary.

When school started and Jiang Yan saw Dai Lei, he immediately agreed to this proposal. But working alone was too lonely, so he pulled Tian Xiaohui and Jin Dapang into it as well.

The three of them headed straight for the repair shop after school each day, sometimes so busy they even skipped meals. This busyness wasn’t because the business was booming with endless computer repairs. It was because Tian Xiaohui and Jin Dapang didn’t yet know how to repair, and they were just helping Dai Lei, needing to jot down the key points he explained in their notebooks.

Jin Dapang came from a wealthy family, and it was originally thought he was just there for the excitement and would leave after a few days, without any expectation of him sticking it out.

But what surprised Dai Lei was that he managed to get the hang of things even faster than Tian Xiaohui, and he did it with gusto and full of enthusiasm. It felt like… he let down the stereotype of the second-generation rich.

Jin Dapang was really different from the stereotypical rich second-generation, besides his looks that could somehow be associated with the word “rich”, nothing else seemed to indicate that he came from a wealthy family.

And the third chin that he had managed to lose with much difficulty had reappeared after the New Year, making it hard for him to even sit on the small stool in the repair shop.

Despite his appearance, he didn’t quit and continued to help Dai Lei move the mainframes every day, dripping with sweat.

He had a very good nature and was also low-key. Dai Lei couldn’t help but wonder, aside from his weight, Dapang was a decent person, so why would he set his sight on Weng Minhong who seemed to look down upon everyone else?

When Dai Lei brought up the topic, Jin Dapang seemed very troubled, “Why do you guys still remember that? Can’t this issue just be dropped?”

Maybe it was because he was too good-natured and had such a poor image that people always joked about it. It was said that Weng Minhong got so angry that she wanted to argue when asked about it a couple of times. Whenever she saw him, she acted as if he was invisible, obviously thinking it was shameful to be associated with him.

He felt ashamed too!

Why didn’t he think before acting upon the instructions in the message he had received?

He had already come to his senses, realizing he was being made fun of.

But he didn’t mind because that experience turned out to be a good thing for him. Otherwise, he might still be hung up on Weng Minhong, trying everything to pursue her.

Dai Lei laughed and said, “I mean, we were just bored, and I was curious. You say she’s pretty, but she’s just average. Yet she acts so arrogantly all the time, as if she’s something really special.”

“Exactly, she always looks so made-up, who knows, maybe she could scare a ghost to death without makeup,” Tian Xiaohui chimed in from the side. “She’s always pretending to discuss matters, trying to find Jiang Yan. Haven’t you noticed he couldn’t care less about her?”

Weng Minhong thought she was being very secretive about her little crush, and at the beginning, no one in the class really noticed it. But as the novelty of the first year wore off and they moved into the second year, who still remained naïve?

When boys and girls talk, it’s easy for perceptive people to see who’s interested in whom, and some boys’ gazes are even sharper than girls’.

Jin Dapang wasn’t in the same class as them, and Tian Xiaohui didn’t want to upset him, so he never mentioned it, which is why Dapang was completely unaware of it before.

He was shocked now and exclaimed, “Weng Minhong likes Jiang Yan? Does she not know he has a girlfriend?”

Tian Xiaohui looked at him as if he were an idiot.

Jin Dapang understood, and at the same time, his stomach churned with disgust. Damn… he was so blind.

“When we started university and were lining up to get our books on registration day, I ended up queuing with Weng Minhong. I was in front of her. As I turned around after getting my books, someone from the next line bumped me, and all my books fell. We hadn’t started military training yet, and I was even heavier than I am now, bending over was a struggle. She helped me pick them up one by one, and that’s why I took a liking to her.

She isn’t very pretty, but I’m no charmer either, am I? To be honest, that was the first time I mustered the courage to chase a girl. I knew I was fat and didn’t look good, so when I pursued her I even promised her that I would lose weight. But I guess she never heard that because once she saw the gift I was offering, her face turned red with anger, she threw the bag I bought her at me, and just left.”

“I had already given up, but then out of the blue, I received a text message…”

As Tian Xiaohui mentioned this, he felt a bit guilty and quickly changed the subject, “Anyway, Dapang, your story is nothing. You know what? I even got scammed out of two months’ living expenses by a woman I never met.”