Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 428 - 428 423 Tie Yiming

Chapter 428: Chapter 423 Tie Yiming Chapter 428: Chapter 423 Tie Yiming Sun Laizi was a butcher in their town. His eldest son and Er Dan were about the same age, and the two had been at odds since they were little. His son was among those who had smashed Er Dan’s internet cafe in the past.

In the last two years, Er Dan wasn’t at home. Since his family’s courtyard was square and close to the street, Sun Laizi set his eyes on it, thinking of buying it and renovating it into a wedding house for his eldest son.

But how could Er Dan possibly sell? It was the house where his parents had once lived and where he had grown up; it was his roots.

“Tie Ni, my dad’s thinking is, if you’re not coming back now, why not rent out the house? You don’t know, in the past two years, our Jianghai Middle School has become more and more famous. A lot of people from other towns send their children here to study. Families with good conditions even move here to cook for their kids. Now there’s a high demand for rentals, but very few vacancies. If you put it up for rent, definitely a lot of people will rush for it. With someone living in the house, Sun Laizi won’t always be loitering around your doorstep. He even tried to pry the door open once but was stopped by my dad.”

To pry the door?

Er Dan frowned and told Tie Ni he would make time to come back during the summer vacation and asked his father to help keep an eye on things for now, and if things got really bad, to call the police.

Of course, he was just saying that; if Tie Ni’s father could help stop Sun Laizi, that would already be quite good. How could he possibly go so far as to call the police and offend people?

But by saying this, Er Dan had made his position clear. Even if Sun Laizi wanted to seize his family’s house, the local government secretary was his own relative; surely the town’s police weren’t his relatives too?

After hanging up the phone, Er Dan heard some noise behind him. He turned around to see that Hong Jing had also gotten up.

“Why don’t you sleep some more?”

“Sleep? Do you see what time it is now?”

He hadn’t really paid attention to the time and didn’t expect that it was already half-past eleven.

“Damn, Ding Yamin and Xiaonan were on the night shift last night, and I was supposed to relieve them this morning.”

But he hadn’t received any calls from the internet cafe urging him to come, which meant the kids were considerate and knew his girlfriend was over, tactfully not disturbing them.

“They didn’t call you because Guan Jiao has already arranged everything.”

After Hong Jing finished speaking, she looked at his furrowed brows and asked, “Who was that just now? Is there something difficult to resolve?”

Er Dan shook his head. “It’s not really difficult to resolve; it’s just a rascal from my hometown.”

He briefly explained the situation to Hong Jing, who couldn’t believe that in this law-abiding society, there were still people who wanted to forcibly seize someone else’s house. It sounded fine for Sun Laizi to want to buy it, but how much he would actually offer was unknown.

Er Dan told Hong Jing not to worry, they wouldn’t dare do anything so blatant.

Thinking of going back home, a new thought suddenly emerged in Er Dan’s mind.

He once asked Old Man Liu if it was possible to change one’s name at the local police station.

He had considered changing his name before, but he thought it was his father who had named him, no matter what. His father was gone now, and the name was a sentimental attachment.

But now…

He thought about marrying Hong Jing in the future, the hotel sign outside would read “Congratulations to Mr. Tie Ni and Miss Hong Jing on their wedding”… He didn’t mind, after all, this name had followed him for twenty-two years, and he was accustomed to the unusual looks from others. But he was worried Hong Jing’s friends would laugh at her.

So, maybe it was better to just change it.

Old Man Liu said that even if he changed his name, his former name would be noted, so there was no need to worry about losing the attachment to his father.

Thinking this way, he looked forward to his new name.

What would it be?

Hong Jing went to the bathroom to wash up. Er Dan changed his clothes and started cooking noodles in the kitchen. There was chicken soup in the fridge to pour over them, just waiting for the noodles to be ready.

While waiting for the water to boil, he called Jiang Yan to talk about his desire to change his name. “Bro, why don’t you and Jiajia come up with one for me?”

Jiang Yan was driving with Mu Jiawen holding the phone on speaker mode. When she heard it, she immediately blurted out a name, “Iron Sand Palm.”

Er Dan: ….

“Pfft!”

“Hahaha…”

Laughter echoed continuously from across the line, clearly indicating there were others in the car.

Erdan was quite speechless, “So you’re just mocking me, huh?”

Mu Jiawen giggled, “Don’t like it? Then which style do you want to change to? Two characters, three characters, or four characters?”

“Two or three characters are fine, forget about four characters. My requirements aren’t that high; I want it to sound pleasant and manly, not too literary, and preferably something grand that rolls off the tongue easily.”

You call that not having many requirements?

Mu Jiawen pursed her lips, “Rolls off the tongue, huh? And it has to be grand? So…how about Iron Net? Iron Barrel? Iron Sheet? Iron Rail? Iron Road? Iron Track? Don’t they all sound pretty grand?”

“Hahahaha… Here’s my contribution: Iron Man, Iron Ore, how grand is that?”

That was Zhu Jin’s voice; Erdan recognized it.

Great, they were all having fun at his expense, right?

“Bro, think of something for me, and don’t let Jiajia be part of it.”

After saying that, Erdan hung up the phone.

The water in the pot had just boiled, so he added the noodles and washed vegetables, then served the cooked noodles at the dining table outside.

Just then, Hong Jing finished tidying up and came over. She inhaled the rich scent of chicken soup in the air, sighed contentedly, “I really wish I could have this kind of breakfast every day.”

But she was due to return tomorrow, and it would still be a year before she graduated… These thoughts brought a touch of sadness to her heart.

Erdan comforted her, “It’ll pass quickly. Besides, aren’t you supposed to intern after the New Year? Will you be interning in North City? Or won’t you go back to Beijing?”

Hong Jing thought for a moment and said, “My dad wants me to take the civil service exam. He’ll take care of the internship stamp for me, and then he wants me to focus on preparing for the exam at school.”

Of course, that was just the current plan; they’d have to see how things turned out when the time came.

As they ate, Erdan mentioned the matter of choosing a name, and Hong Jing got very excited, “Let me do it, let me think…” She imagined that one day when they had kids, she could tell them, “Back in the day, I was the one who came up with your dad’s name.”

That thought felt amazing!

Seeing Hong Jing’s eyes shine with excitement, Erdan mistook it for enthusiasm and was touched. His wife sure knew how to treat such an important matter seriously. That was how it should be, unlike Jiajia, that girl…

“Let’s eat first, and then think about it.”

“It’s okay, it won’t interfere.”

Hong Jing contemplated with chopsticks in her mouth, “What do you think about… ‘Tie Yiming’? Like in ‘a thunderous success’ Yiming.”

Erdan froze for a moment, and a few seconds later, he came to his senses and excitedly stood up, “This is good, this is really good…”

He wanted to find words to describe it, but aside from “good” and “damn,” he couldn’t think of any other fitting adjectives.

Really, all those ancient poems he memorized for nothing; he couldn’t recall a single appropriate one.

But no matter, it didn’t stop him from wanting to share.

He took out his phone and immediately called Jiang Yan, “Bro, guess what I’m called now?”

Jiang Yan: …

What kind of nonsense is this now?