Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 462 - 462 457 When Did You Two Get Together

Chapter 462: Chapter 457 When Did You Two Get Together Chapter 462: Chapter 457 When Did You Two Get Together Jin Dapang ran less than two laps with Mu Jiawen and Ding Yuanyuan when he suddenly received a call from Tian Xiaohui–

“Pang’er, over here at Mandarin Duck Lake, come help a brother out.”

Jin Dapang was instantly stunned, “Damn! You’re really going for it, huh? You’re taking a chick for a night swim in Mandarin Duck Lake? Didn’t bring a swimsuit, did you? I’ll go buy one for you right now.”

“…..Get lost, bastard, I fell and hurt my back, hurry over and take me to the hospital.”

Jin Dapang: …

“Where’s the girl you were meeting up with?”

At this, Tian Xiaohui felt like crying but had no tears, “She went back to the dormitory… shut up and just hurry over.”

Jin Dapang hung up the phone, and Ding Yuanyuan’s eyes sparkled with the light of gossip, incessantly asking, “What’s going on, what’s going on?”

Jin Dapang scratched his head in confusion, “Not very clear, he said he fell and hurt his back, and the girl left.”

“He fell and hurt his back, and the girl didn’t take care of him… Damn, it couldn’t be that Tian Xiaohui tried to force himself on her, and she struggled and pushed him down, could it?”

Ding Yuanyuan’s imagination was not only bold but also pretty wicked, scaring Dapang enough to quickly wave his hands in his friend’s defense, “He doesn’t have the guts, you—you stop talking nonsense.”

Ding Yuanyuan patted his shoulder with a smile, “Come on, we’ll go with you, to see just how badly Tian hurt himself, that he can’t even get up by himself.”

While they had stopped to talk on the phone, Mu Jiawen had already run another lap and was about to keep going when Ding Yuanyuan grabbed her, “Stop running, let’s go and pay Tian Xiaohui a visit.”

Mu Jiawen, clueless, gasped for air and asked, “What happened to him?”

“He was supposed to be going on a date today, right? Must have been too excited and hurt his back.”

Hearing Ding Yuanyuan’s words, Jin Dapang couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth, glancing at her and then quickly looking away, but his ears unavoidably turned red.

How could this little chubby girl say just about anything?

Little chubby girl was a nickname he’d given Ding Yuanyuan, but only dared to use it in his mind, never out loud.

From the sports field to Mandarin Duck Lake was not a short distance, but since the three of them were in the middle of running, they just jogged all the way there quite briskly.

At this time, Tian Xiaohui was sitting on a bench at the east side corner of Mandarin Duck Lake, one hand supporting his waist and the other rubbing his slightly bruised face. His red mountain bike, which had a replaced tire, lay five meters away on the ground, with its rear mudguard fallen off and lying beside it, looking rather battered.

Jin Dapang, following his instructions, found the place after several turns and couldn’t help but exclaim, “What happened to you… did you get into a fight?”

Eyes gleaming, Ding Yuanyuan instantly concocted another dramatic tale, adding, “Rivals meet, seething with jealousy, break into a fight, one defeated, one victorious, absconding with the beauty… Did I guess right?”

Tian Xiaohui stared at her blankly, and after two seconds, he reacted angrily, “You guessed shit! Ding Yuanyuan, have you been reading too many novels, you…”

Seeing him yelling at Ding Yuanyuan, Jin Dapang feared he would pounce on the little chubby girl and quickly stepped in front of her, interrupting, “Enough, don’t waste so many words, what actually happened?”

“Yeah, what happened? It was supposed to be a date, but you look like you’ve been jumped, and it’s not just you, your bike’s been beaten up too. But where’s the chick you were meeting with?” Ding Yuanyuan couldn’t help but lean in and press further.

Tian Xiaohui just got a headache when he heard her talk. He glared at Dapang, “I asked you to come, not to bring her… Don’t ask what happened, just carry me to the hospital first. I can’t stand up because my back hurts.”

He really couldn’t stand up. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have called Dapang over for such an embarrassing situation.

Jin Dapang was about to step forward to help, but Ding Yuanyuan got there first and grabbed his arm. She looked at Tian Xiaohui and said, “You have to tell me how you ended up like this first. If you don’t say anything, I won’t let Pang’er carry you.”

Tian Xiaohui turned his head to look at Dapang, “You listen to her?”

“Even if I don’t want to listen, I have to. Jin Dapang, dare to shake me off and see?”

See what?

Jin Dapang glanced at Tian Xiaohui, then looked down at the two arms wrapped around his own, and the chubby girl who was standing way too close and looking up at him. His cheeks, chilled by the cold night wind, suddenly became burning hot.

“That, that thing, Old Tian, you, you might want to explain…”

“Well done, Jin Dapang. As your best bro, this is how you treat me? Tell me when you two started getting cozy? We had an agreement to stay single and look for partners together. I haven’t found anyone yet, and you’ve already scored!”

This sudden change of topic stunned both Ding Yuanyuan and Jin Dapang, leaving them looking at him in bewilderment until Mu Jiawen, squatting beside the bicycle, lifted her head and reminded them, “You two are hugging each other.”

Ding Yuanyuan snapped out of it as sense finally triumphed over her curiosity. She swiftly let go of the arm and sidestepped, instantly putting half a meter’s distance between herself and Dapang.

Dapang’s left arm felt lighter, and the soft warmth leaning against him disappeared, causing his heart that had just begun to soar to fall back down, and the heat on his face started to fade slowly.

He shot Tian Xiaohui a disgruntled look, no longer wanting to carry him.

“Judging by the marks here, it looks like the bicycle slipped on the icy water here and then fell over…” Mu Jiawen said, glancing up at Tian Xiaohui with a half-smile, “When you fell, did you land on your face first and then hit your back, right?”

Tian Xiaohui’s eyes widened with a shocked expression, “You can tell all that?”

Are you even human?

It was quite embarrassing indeed. Near the lake, gardeners would use hoses to draw water from the lake to water the surrounding flowers during the day, sometimes leaving puddles on the path. At night, when the temperature dropped, the water turned to ice.

Tian Xiaohui had just biked over with a freshman girl when they encountered a thin sheet of ice. The rear wheel skidded slightly with a puff, and the bicycle wobbled. The girl let out a cry and immediately wrapped her arms around his waist.

This excited Tian Xiaohui, sending his adrenaline soaring, his eyes shining brightly as he looked for another patch of ice.

How unlucky could he get? The first time he biked over an icy patch, it worked out in his favor. The second time he tried to repeat the trick, but that patch of ice was thicker, bigger, and much more slippery. He had been a bit dizzy from the first time the girl hugged him and didn’t pay attention, so he fell over.

The girl was fine, falling into a dry bush beside them. Aside from being scared and getting a bit dirty, she wasn’t hurt.

His case was different. His mind was already not very clear, and he had tried to turn back to grab the girl; in his haste, he got twisted and, before he knew it, smacked his face on the ground and hit his back against the front handlebar. For a split second, the pain was so intense he thought his back was broken.

But that wasn’t the worst of it. To top it all off, the girl quickly got up, said, “Senior, I’m going back first,” patted the grass off her clothes, and ran away.

Leaving him alone, lying on the cold ground. It took a good while before he was able to struggle to a sitting position, but he couldn’t stand up, so he had no choice but to call Dapang.