Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 415 - 415 410 Tofu Dregs

Chapter 415: Chapter 410 Tofu Dregs Chapter 415: Chapter 410 Tofu Dregs Mu Jiawen and Jiang Yan set off to return to Yunzhou the next day, with two additional passengers in their car, Yu Hang and Zhu Jin.

These two had originally planned to go to a resort in the suburbs of Beijing during the holiday to soak in a hot spring, but just like with Little Yu Ang, Zhu Jin’s cousin’s child was to have a full-month celebration during the May Day holiday, so her mother called her and asked her to come back.

“It’s sometimes really annoying to be grown up. You have to do things you don’t want to do, see people you don’t want to see. It’s so irritating.”

Her relationship with this cousin was quite average, belonging to the kind who would just exchange greetings when they saw each other. However, her mother got along well with her second uncle, and the second uncle’s wife kept asking repeatedly if she was coming back for the holidays?

The implication was clear, they wanted her to attend her cousin’s child’s full-month celebration.

Because she didn’t visit her second uncle’s home during the New Year, she heard from a cousin on her little uncle’s side that the second aunt had been insinuating her absence several times… So annoying!

Even her own mother berated her, stating that she had visited two of her uncles’ homes, only missing the second uncle’s, so it was no wonder the second aunt spoke about her.

Yu Hang comforted her, “You have to think of it like this, your mom is close to your second uncle, and by you going, you’re supporting your mom’s face and also making it less awkward for your second uncle. As for your aunt and cousin, they’re not important, and you can just ignore them.”

You have to admit, the kid was much more mature and steady than his peers when it came to handling relationships with relatives and friends.

And Zhu Jin indeed felt better after hearing his words.

Mu Jiawen and Jiang Yan took turns driving, leaving at eight in the morning and arriving in Yunzhou by three o’clock in the afternoon.

They dropped off Zhu Jin and Yu Hang first, and by four o’clock, they were already in front of Uncle Xie’s house in Jianghai Town.

Xie Lin was pacing back and forth in the yard reciting English, and when she saw an Audi stop at the gate, she curiously walked out. Seeing that it was Mu Jiawen and Jiang Yan, she excitedly pounced on them with a cheer, “Sis, why didn’t you let me know you were coming back? Mom, mom….”

Xie Lin called out towards the yard in a loud voice, and Li Yun came out of the house impatiently, “What are you shouting for, you… Jiajia?”

Seeing the beautifully poised girl standing at the door, Li Yun’s frown immediately turned into a smile, and she happily stepped forward, chiding, “You girl, why didn’t you say anything before coming back? Setting up a surprise attack, are you?”

The last time Mu Jiawen was back was during the last summer holiday, and it’s been almost a year since then, so Li Yun really missed her.

Both Jiawen and Jiang Yan took everything brought in the trunk and started unloading it. Li Yun wanted to say something when she saw this, but then thought that the kids had prepared it with care and brought it all the way here, so any words of refusal would seem out of place.

Therefore, she didn’t say anything further and helped bring the items into the house.

“Aunt, these two sets of cosmetics are for you, don’t give them away, use them yourself. And these clothes, try them on and see if they fit? If they don’t fit, I can still exchange them and send them back to you.”

They brought two tracksuits and two pairs of white sneakers for Xie Lin, and by this time he had already put them on and was parading around in them.

The kid was the type to always wear new and abandon the old, and he had tossed his canvas shoes that were bought just a month ago at the doorstep as soon as he changed. Seeing this, Li Yun scolded, “Xie Lin, are you itching for a beating? Those shoes you only bought a month ago, planning on throwing them away?”

Xie Lin sheepishly picked them up and put them back in his room. When he returned, he glanced at his mother cautiously and asked Mu Jiawen in a low voice, “Sis, Dad has gone to the high school library, should I go call him?”

The library was funded with her money, and she wanted to visit it on this trip back.

But not right now, she needed to chat with her aunt first.

Jiang Yan stood up from the sofa and said, “I’ll go with you, I’d like to take a look at our library as well.”

Most of those books were personally handled by him, so it’s definitely not possible to say he had no sense of achievement.

Xie Lin was also happy, after all, when the library was established, the principal had announced during a meeting that his sister and Jiang Yan had donated half a million yuan worth of books. Although not everyone at the school knew that he was Mu Jiawen’s cousin, it did not affect his vicarious pride.

When Jiang Yan heard that it had been announced in a meeting, he was stunned for a moment, then frowned.

Seeing this, Xie Lin slowed his pace and asked, “What’s wrong, Brother?”

Jiang Yan shook his head, relaxed his brow, and smiled, “It’s nothing, let’s go,”

After the two left, Mu Jiawen pulled aside her aunt, who was about to go buy groceries, and whispered, “Don’t busy yourself just yet, let’s have a chat.”

Li Yun certainly knew what she wanted to talk about, her lips curling into a bitter smile, “I had a day off today, and to avoid him I even hid in the library, you’re telling me he isn’t up to something…”

If you’re talking about suspicion, she was actually the least willing to suspect Xie Yanhai, but sometimes, when certain things lay right before your eyes, you just can’t pretend to be blind and ignore them.

Mu Jiawen frowned and asked, “What specifically happened? Can you tell me?”

There was nothing she couldn’t talk about.

It all started when an intern answered her call using Xie Yanhai’s mobile phone. Later, Xie Yanhai explained that he had lent his phone to her to make a call, and somehow, coincidentally, just after she finished her call, Li Yun’s call came through.

If it was just a call, that’s one thing, but why are you answering someone else’s phone?

Do you really not understand, or are you pretending not to?

Because she had her suspicions, Li Yun, who seldom went to find Xie Yanhai in the junior high section, went out of her way to visit him during lunch a few days later. There she saw him sitting and laughing with that girl at the canteen, a scene that seemed harmonious but made her feel like an eyesore.

Although Xie Yanhai was already in his early forties, he had no bad habits other than smoking. He was a math teacher who also liked sports, enjoyed writing articles for submissions, and, influenced by his parents, inevitably exuded an air of elegance not common among rural people.

Yet when he did lose his temper, it was fierce, and he had been quick to anger when younger, even getting into fights. Without going into details, just take Song Laosan as an example—he had been beaten up by him three times already.

But those who didn’t know him well wouldn’t be aware of this; at first glance, they would all think he was a good-looking man with a good temper, mature and stable.

For young girls, such a man was undoubtedly attractive!

Mu Jiawen frowned. Was that so?

He’s almost crumbly old and he’s still attractive?

Mu Jiawen looked up at Li Yun. Her aunt was two years younger than her uncle and had been known as a great beauty in the town when she was young. Perhaps due to her many worries, women seemed to age faster than men. Last year, there were only a few fine lines at the corners of her eyes, but this year, not to mention the increase in number, her originally fair skin had also become somewhat dull, with faint age spots appearing on her cheeks.

Next to her uncle, she did indeed seem several years older.

No wonder she now harbored a sense of inferiority and felt that Xie Yanhai could be attracted to younger girls.

Mu Jiawen changed the subject, “Auntie, why don’t you go and get a driver’s license? Once you get your license, I’ll give you a car,”