Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 413 - 413 408 A Man Goes Bad When He Gets Money

Chapter 413: Chapter 408: A Man Goes Bad When He Gets Money Chapter 413: Chapter 408: A Man Goes Bad When He Gets Money In the following month, Mu Jiawen’s life gained another routine—if she wasn’t busy, she would visit her older brother’s house almost every day to play with her little nephew.

The little fella had a great rapport with his aunt. As long as he was awake, his eyes would fix on her without moving as soon as he saw her, until she picked him up. Then he would blink his eyes and blow a tiny bubble of milk.

It delighted Mu Jiawen, body and soul.

All the while, she had been preparing a unique gift to give to him for his full-month celebration.

Occasionally, Jiang Yan would join her. Seeing how much she adored the little one, he couldn’t help but ponder, after graduation… maybe they could get married first?

After all, no matter how lovely other people’s children are, they’re not as precious as one’s own, right?

In the blink of an eye, Little Yu Ang turned one month old, and Mu Jiawen brought a rather thick album to her brother and sister-in-law.

Within it were her drawings of Little Yu Ang’s various poses and expressions over the month, from his wrinkly appearance on the day he was born to the daily changes that followed. Each drawing was vivid and lifelike, incredibly realistic.

Thirty drawings in total!

After all, the one thing their family never lacked was paint and brushes.

After flipping through the album, Yu Heng couldn’t help but click his tongue, “You’re quite patient with him.” Why aren’t you like that with your big brother? At least draw me an album too!

Luo Xiao patted his arm and scolded with feigned anger, “Are you really competing with your son for attention? Hasn’t Xiaosi treated you well enough?”

Yu Heng shot back a glare, “How has she treated me well? She’s more concerned about my second brother than me.”

Speaking of Yu Feng, Luo Xiao remarked curiously, “That Doctor Tong was so eager at the beginning, running to the ward and bringing diapers and milk formula; I thought she had something with your second brother. But then in the following days, we could only see her during rounds… were we thinking too much?”

Mu Jiawen glanced at her sister-in-law without a word, remaining quiet.

Yu Heng just laughed and said nothing, but he knew there must be something going on; it’s just that his attention had been focused on his wife and child during those days, so he didn’t mind it.

“I won’t join you for the full-month celebration in Jade City. I’m going back to Jianghai during the May Day holiday.”

Little Yu Ang was born on April 1st, and his full month fell exactly on May 1st. The idea of throwing the full-month celebration in Jade City was proposed by Yu Zekun, which made sense. But Mu Jiawen didn’t really want to see him; that was one reason. Another reason was that her uncle’s family was indeed having issues, and she wanted to go back and take a look.

A couple of days ago, Xie Lin had called her, stammering so much that Mu Jiawen was confused. After scolding him, he finally clarified what was happening.

“My mom has been talking about divorcing my dad recently, because… because there’s been talk about a female teacher getting especially close with my dad…”

Mu Jiawen was stunned!

How could this be possible? What kind of person was her uncle? How could he possibly go find another woman?

So she asked Xie Lin, “Could there be some misunderstanding in all this?”

“I don’t know the details myself. My mom wants to avoid affecting my studies, so they don’t argue when I’m home. But once, I came back to pick up something I forgot and overheard their fighting outside the door. Afterwards, I inquired around my dad’s school and found out that a group of university students are interning at the school, and one of the interns is following my dad. They’re the ones involved in the rumors.”

Jianghai Town was small to begin with. The primary school, middle school, and high school occupied three different locations, but they were not far apart from each other. Additionally, the teachers from the three schools intermarried among themselves, resulting in any little rumor at one school becoming known across all three.

Xie Yanhai was among the highest-educated in the middle school section. If it weren’t for his disinterest in power, he could have become the vice-principal last year. Even so, he still claimed the position of the head of instruction comfortably.

Although he was the director, he never let up on teaching.

Because the school was short of teachers, the interns from Yunzhou Normal University gave the leadership hope, looking forward to them staying after their internships ended.

Among the interns Xie Yanhai supervised, there was a female student who was very diligent and capable. As someone who valued talent, he took his teaching very seriously in this circumstance. As a result, they interacted more frequently, and soon enough, rumors started to spread.

And quickly, the rumors reached Li Yun’s ears.

At first, of course, she didn’t believe them. After so many years of marriage, that level of trust should still exist.

But unexpectedly, one time when she called Xie Yanhai, it was that female student who answered his phone, and that was when their grievances and disputes began.

Mu Jiawen didn’t believe her uncle would make such a mistake, but she knew she couldn’t just say that outright to her aunt.

After some thought, on the night of April 30th, she called her aunt, “Don’t give him eight hundred a month for spending anymore. Change the bankbook and the PIN. Don’t give him a penny, and cut off his two hundred for cigarettes as well. Even if he wants cigarettes that cost five yuan a pack, don’t give in.”

When her aunt heard Mu Jiawen was on her side, she felt a huge relief. But after digesting what she had said, she became worried, “Not giving him a penny… is that really okay?”

“What’s wrong with that? A man with money turns bad. You give him eight hundred a month, that’s too much. Look, isn’t he acting out now?”

Is that so?

These past few days, Li Yun was so upset that she wasn’t thinking straight. She had forgotten that many teachers in her office had husbands who controlled their own salary cards and gave nothing to their wives.

As a result, others envied her when it came to discussing salaries.

But now, she couldn’t recall any of that, knowing only whatever Jiajia said was excessive. It indeed made her wonder. Aside from lunch at school, which doesn’t cost a penny, they ate at home for breakfast and dinner. The expenses in their town were not high, so why should she give him eight hundred a month?

He couldn’t even spend eighty.

So where did all that money go?

Was it spent on buying snacks for some young girl or taking her out for meals?

He really had the nerve!

She scrimped and saved to manage their household. It wasn’t that she was too miserly to eat or dress well, but she spent on their son and husband, never on herself. Any piece of clothing over a hundred yuan pinched her heart, not to mention makeup—where would she get such things? All year round, she only used one jar of cold cream that cost no more than twenty yuan.

And giving him an extra two hundred for cigarettes was ridiculous!

All Mu Jiawen wanted was for her aunt to cool off, but she had no idea her few words had caused such a stir.

Continuing with her questionable advice, she said, “I told Xie Lin, after the May Day holiday, not to eat at the school, but come home for meals. But don’t bother with it, let him go to his uncle. Don’t worry about them having no money. Who knows, my uncle might have a little stash somewhere. Take this opportunity to flush it out. And don’t do the housework. What’s wrong with a little dirt and mess? Without the dirt and mess, how would they realize your importance? Could they see how much work you usually do? That yard, that table, and those clothes—will they clean themselves up without someone to do it?”

“It would be best if the uncle went to work without tidying up his appearance, let’s see which woman would be blind enough to fancy him!”

Li Yun’s first thought was of her son’s studies. She was worried about impacting his grades and didn’t want to drag him into this.

Mu Jiawen reassured her, promising to arrange for his tutoring in Beijing during the summer break.

After hanging up, she thought to herself, you two are already causing trouble like this, it’s definitely affecting Xie Lin, isn’t it!