Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
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Chapter 414: Chapter 409: Talk and Sing with Guitar Chapter 414: Chapter 409: Talk and Sing with Guitar Mu Jiawen made a call to her aunt and the next day, the May Day holiday began.

She didn’t tell her that she would be returning for May Day, planning to take them by surprise when the time came.

The internet cafe at the entrance of Luyang Normal University had already opened for business and was said to be booming. The second eldest was so busy he could not escape, so he definitely wouldn’t be able to make time to return to Jianghai with them.

Of course, Jiang Yan hadn’t planned on inviting him either.

But he heard that Hong Jing had bought a train ticket from North City straight to Luyang, arriving at nine in the evening on April 30th.

Jiang Yan couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly, now that she wasn’t in Beijing, it was actually more convenient for the two of them to secretly meet up for dates. What a surprise!

The afternoon before the May Day holiday, Mu Jiawen and Ding Yuanyuan walked out of the campus together. Mu Jiawen carried a dark blue handbag, while Ding Yuanyuan had a backpack on her shoulder and was also holding a big bag of snacks.

“Thanks so much, baby. My father said this medicine is really hard to come by. I didn’t expect your brother to get it so easily; he really saved my grandpa’s life. There’s nothing more to say, a life-saving grace should be repaid with a…”

“Stop right there!” Mu Jiawen rubbed the goosebumps on her arm and firmly declared, “Offering your body is out of the question. My second brother is not a pedophile.”

Ding Yuanyuan cast a plaintive glance at her. “I’m of age, okay? It’s not like he hasn’t seen my body before. You still say that… ”

Mu Jiawen remained unmoved. “With those two little steamed buns you still have the boldness to…”

“Mu Jiawen!”

Ding Yuanyuan threw herself at her in frustration and the two of them frolicked all the way to the school gate where Jin Dapang stood like a Maitreya Buddha beside the electric pole to the right of the doorway, his already small eyes squinting into a slit as he smiled seeing them coming.

“The car has already arrived. It’s over there.”

Originally, Jin Dapang wasn’t planning to go back this holiday, as he was learning how to assemble mainframes with Dai Lei and the few days off were the perfect opportunity. But then his father called, saying his grandmother was ill.

As it happened, Ding Yuanyuan’s grandfather was also sick recently and had sent over his medical records asking for Mu Jiawen’s older brother’s help in purchasing a few medications that were hard to find there.

So the two of them simply decided to go back together once again.

Jin Dapang’s father had sent a driver to pick them up early in the morning. As they got into the car, Jin Dapang looked at the dark blue handbag on Ding Yuanyuan’s legs and asked her, “Is this the medicine you bought here?”

Ding Yuanyuan nodded. “Apart from the Western medicine my father wanted, Second Brother Yu also helped buy two kinds of Chinese patent medicines for body conditioning. He is really too kind. I almost couldn’t help…” She stopped herself before finishing the sentence, giggled, and hastily changed the subject, “How is your grandma doing? I hope it’s nothing serious?”

“It’s not serious. It was high blood pressure caused by anger that made her faint suddenly, which scared my father terribly, but later she stabilized after being taken to the hospital. Still, my father isn’t reassured and wants her to stay in the hospital for a few days.”

The driver was driving in front, and the two of them chatted in the backseat to pass the time, especially since they could reminisce about their grandparents, having both been raised by their elders as children.

Ding Yuanyuan said, “Then when you go back, you really ought to persuade your grandma not to be so hot-tempered at her age. It’s very dangerous.”

Jin Dapang: “My grandma usually has a really good temper, it’s just that this time she was pushed too far by my aunt and cousin. She couldn’t control herself, and that’s what caused her blood pressure to shoot up all at once. But you’re right, we can’t let this happen again, it’s too dangerous.”

Jin Dapang’s dad started from scratch and was an entrepreneur when he was young. The kids could only be left with the grandparents. Fortunately, in the end, his business succeeded. However, a slew of troublesome issues followed. Firstly, his own sister wanted him to arrange something good for her son. Honestly, finding a job for a relative wouldn’t be a big deal, but the problem lies in the fact that he clearly lacks both abilities and experience yet refuses to start from the bottom and wants to be the boss right away!

She sure has wishful thinking.

Ding Yuanyuan gave him a suggestion, “Controlling your temper is one thing, but also keep the people who anger her at a distance. Sometimes you can’t be too considerate. Like, for your aunt’s sake, you might not want to speak directly, but what if this happens again? What if you’re not lucky next time? Where will you go to find your grandma?”

Old folks’ blood pressure can spike in an instant, and by the time you have regrets, you won’t have a place to cry.

The driver in the front couldn’t help but glance at the rearview mirror after hearing Ding Yuanyuan’s words. This young lady’s got spunk.

But I have to say, it’s a good suggestion!

Jin Dapang also paused after hearing Ding Yuanyuan’s words but hesitantly said, “But… my aunt is my grandma’s own daughter. If I ask her not to go to grandma’s, she definitely won’t agree, and it might even lead to an argument with my dad.”

“Are you dumb?” Ding Yuanyuan glanced at him and said, “Your dad can’t be the one to say this, you have to! Just plead with your aunt in tears in front of her and your grandma, begging her to consider your grandmother’s age and to visit less often… I’ll demonstrate for you.”

As she spoke, Ding Yuanyuan rubbed her face, squeezing out a look that was like crying without tears, “I won’t muster the tears now; I’ll just show you how to speak with emotion… Auntie, I beg you. Grandma is over seventy and can’t handle all this drama. If something like this happens again and something bad befalls her, not even killing you would bring her back. So for safety’s sake, just don’t come anymore. Otherwise, I’m afraid grandma won’t be around to see my kids… How’s that? Sounds appropriate, doesn’t it?”

Jin Dapang stared at her dumbfounded and nodded hesitantly, “Pretty… pretty appropriate.”

The driver in the front nearly burst into laughter. The little lady is good, even at delivering a speech with such flair.

Ding Yuanyuan wasn’t finished yet, “That’s what you say to your aunt, but with your cousin, you don’t have to be so polite. As a second-generation rich kid, you need to act the part, scold him fiercely: No skills and still so picky, who do you think you are? If you can work, work; if not, get lost. It’s only because my dad indulges you. Once I graduate and take over the company, the first to go will be useless nepotism hires like you… Remember, make your expression fierce, and show some disdain, just like this…”

She demonstrated a snarling expression to Jin Dapang, leaving the poor kid dumbstruck. It was his first time seeing that fierce could look like this.

The two chatted all the way, not boring in the slightest.

Upon reaching Qingzhou, Dapang asked the driver to drop off Ding Yuanyuan first.

Since he had dropped her off before, the driver knew where her home was, but Ding Yuanyuan was not going home this time; she was heading to the hospital.

“Please take me to The First People’s Hospital, Uncle Wang. I promised my grandpa I’d visit him first when I got back. Plus, I have to stay overnight.”

Jin Dapang expressed his surprise, “You’re staying overnight? Are you going to live in the hospital to take care of your grandpa?”

Ding Yuanyuan countered, “Aren’t you going to the hospital to take care of your grandma when you return?”

He would visit, but he didn’t plan to stay there the whole time, especially since his mom and the nanny were there; there was nothing for him to do.

Ding Yuanyuan shook her head, “Let me tell you, we were raised by them personally. You taking care of them yourself is different from someone else doing it. If you don’t believe me, try it.”