Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 435 - 435 430 Who doesnt know how to brag

Chapter 435: Chapter 430 Who doesn’t know how to brag Chapter 435: Chapter 430 Who doesn’t know how to brag By the time I returned from Yunzhou, it was already afternoon.

Uncle Liu had taken Erdan to school to enroll in the morning and didn’t have to spend a dime. When he saw the deepened laugh lines on his younger brother’s face, he said, “Niece, I won’t go on about my gratitude. Just know that your house is safe with me. Sun Laizi can dream on about getting his hands on it.”

In this town, though there are many with the surname Sun, there are quite a few Lius as well. Uncle Liu was the third among his brothers, with two older and two younger, making for a family of five brothers plus a few adult nephews—roughly a dozen people in total.

But that’s nothing compared to Sun Laizi’s family, which boasted even more members.

It was just that previously, it wasn’t necessary to make enemies with those named Sun, especially since Xiaotie’s family were outsiders.

But now things were different. Not only had Xiaotie helped his son with his school enrollment without spending a penny, but most importantly, he made the acquaintance of Principal Xie in the process.

With many brothers and children of his own, Uncle Liu knew such favors shouldn’t be used carelessly. However, having the connections and not using them were two different things.

Principal Xie said that if Niece isn’t around and there’s any issue, they could go directly to him.

When speaking of Niece, it was clear the two had a very familiar rapport.

So now, Uncle Liu put a lot more effort into handling things for Xiaotie.

People are pragmatic, and Xiaotie understood this well, so he didn’t see anything wrong with Uncle Liu’s attitude.

Of course, things were better for him now. He could comfortably give Uncle Liu the money for house repairs and the yard, as well as ask for his help with renting it out.

Once things were settled, Xiaotie quickly drove back to Beijing.

…

The first twenty days of summer vacation flew by in a blink, and Jin Dapang came on time to take over from Dai Lei.

“These machines were delivered the day before yesterday and will be picked up this afternoon. There’s a record here; make sure you check it when handing them over,” Dapang said.

After briefing Dai Lei on everything, Lei grabbed his packed backpack and was ready to leave.

Suddenly, he paused, staring at Dapang and sizing him up before asking, “Did you lose weight again?”

He had indeed slimmed down, but the process wasn’t exactly delightful.

“I had my appendix removed.”

Lei burst into laughter upon hearing this, “Missing an appendix shouldn’t be noticeable, right? Or was the surgery so painful that you couldn’t eat and starved yourself thin?”

How could that be possible?

His appetite was always good, and unless he intentionally controlled his portions, nothing would affect his eating.

But it was his first time discovering that he couldn’t eat until he farted after undergoing an appendectomy.

Perhaps because he was overweight, while others could normally pass gas and eat on day one post-surgery, it took him a full three days.

Because he hadn’t eaten for three days and initially couldn’t eat much, he was only given a small bowl of porridge, which left him starving.

But that wasn’t the worst of it. What embarrassed him even more was that, due to his size, the nurses couldn’t find his veins when trying to insert an IV. From the regular nurses to the head nurse, from the young to the old, a group of nurses searched for his veins in his hospital room.

Anyone unaware of what was happening might have mistaken him for someone of importance.

Already hungry, this situation nearly made him faint.

Since putting on weight in his senior year of high school, he’d rarely fallen ill or had an IV, so this was a first for him. Surrounded by a group of women, each eager for their turn, he felt overwhelmed.

Worse still, when a nurse couldn’t find a vein, she wouldn’t withdraw the needle but would instead probe around inside, causing him considerable pain… It’s flesh, sister, flesh of a living person!

Although his mother and grandmother were present, they couldn’t say much. After all, the IV had to be set up, and the veins had to be located, didn’t they?

Embarrassment, pain, plus hunger—after a week in the hospital, he emerged fifteen pounds lighter, even losing his double chin.

Hearing that he had been discharged from the hospital just half a month ago, Dai Lei was somewhat worried, “How’s your recovery going? If it’s not good, you should go back. I can work a few more days until Xiaotie returns.”

Dapang waved his hand dismissively, “It was just an appendectomy, nothing serious. Besides, I’ve been sitting around at home almost getting moldy. I’ve been wanting to come here for a while.”

“Then I’ll tell Jiang Yan to take some time every afternoon to come here and check on you.”

Dapang thought that was a good idea, feeling that he still had a lot to learn from Jiang Yan.

Dai Lei’s home wasn’t too far from Beijing; it was just a five-hour train ride away.

At four-thirty in the afternoon, just as Dai Lei stepped out of the train station and was about to take the bus home, someone suddenly grabbed him, “Dai Lei? Did you go on a trip?”

Turning his head, Dai Lei saw it was Ren Li, his high school classmate and class president.

He vaguely glossed over it, “Sort of. What about you? What are you doing here?”

“We went to the newly built Forest Zoo in Xiangcheng, just got back. Perfect timing, let’s all go have dinner together, come on.”

Hearing him say “we,” Dai Lei noticed several people standing not far from the train station exit, both men and women. When they saw him look over, they all waved at him, everyone except one person—Du Fei!

She stood on the edge of the group, lips pressed tightly together as she watched him.

Dai Lei’s expression turned slightly cold as he smoothly extracted his arm from Ren Li’s grasp and politely declined, “You guys go ahead. I promised my parents I’d be home today, and my mom’s probably already started cooking by now.”

“You can call your aunt now, and if she’s already made food, let them eat it themselves. It’s not every day we run into each other like this. You wouldn’t turn us down, would you, as our esteemed scholar?”

Ren Li was popular in their class, good at speaking, and skilled at socializing and organizing gatherings. He was the kind to have everyone’s backing at a call. But Dai Lei just couldn’t bring himself to like him, always keeping him at a tepid distance no matter how much he tried to ingratiate himself.

“Let me be honest with you, dude. Today isn’t just a simple dinner; it’s also to celebrate Du Fei and me making our relationship official. How about that, you must agree to come now, right?”

As Ren Li said this, he looked at Dai Lei with a smirk at the corner of his mouth.

Dai Lei smiled too, very sincerely, “Congratulations to you!”

“So…”

“Really can’t make it. I stayed at school for an extra twenty days this summer because I had some work to do. I only just got back now. If I don’t go home, my dad will definitely lock me out tonight.”

“Just got back?” Ren Li asked, surprised, “School is out for vacation, are they still organizing studies?”

“Not academically,” Dai Lei replied indifferently, “It’s a game company set up by my classmates. They asked me to help them with a program. By the way, do you play games?”

Ren Li nodded, “Yeah.”

“Ever heard of ‘Blue Deer’?”

Before Ren Li could reply, the other classmates who had walked over upon hearing the conversation interjected enthusiastically, “Of course we’ve heard of it! I love their new ‘Star Wars’ game.”

“I like playing Plants vs Zombies.”

Realizing the connection, a classmate asked Dai Lei in astonishment, “Is that company founded by your classmate?”

Another asked, “Did you participate in its production as well?”

Dai Lei didn’t answer directly, just smiled faintly and waved goodbye, “I should head back now. Have fun, everyone. And Ren Li, congratulations again.”

This time Ren Li didn’t try to keep him. Instead, he watched Dai Lei walk away with a complicated expression, listening to the classmates’ discussion around him—

“He really is the top student of our grade, starting his own business already in his sophomore year.”

“It must be more than that. I heard he stopped asking his family for tuition and living expenses after his first semester of freshman year.”

“What? That early?”

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