Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 463 - 463 458 Confirmed

Chapter 463: Chapter 458: Confirmed! Chapter 463: Chapter 458: Confirmed! Ding Yuanyuan burst into laughter after hearing it, eventually laughing so hard she could barely stand straight.

Jin Dapang sympathetically patted Tian Xiaohui on the shoulder, “You say you can’t just have a simple, honest date? You had to go for the thrill, and now, aren’t you really thrilled?”

Despite the laughter, they still took Tian Xiaohui to the hospital to get checked out. Fortunately, no bones were damaged, just a strained muscle which healed after a few days of rest.

But Tian Xiaohui never contacted that girl again.

He felt a bit disheartened, thinking that maybe he just wasn’t cut out for dating, or perhaps his love life was jinxed by his college fate. So he decided he might as well wait until after graduation to think about it again, for now, he wouldn’t look for anyone.

No sooner had he stopped looking than he noticed something off about Jin Dapang.

Pitaya, kiwi, mango, strawberries… all the fruit that was ridiculously expensive in winter, yet he was buying it by the bagful. Of course, money was no object for this guy; he could buy a fruit stall, let alone the fruits themselves.

But the problem was that Tian Xiaohui had never once gotten to taste any of it.

Tian Xiaohui was puzzled and asked, “Dapang, what’s with all the fruit you buy from the shop every day?”

Dapang chose the perfect time to buy fruit, almost always after classes and dinner on the way to the repair shop. As business was busy, Tian Xiaohui couldn’t afford to wait for him and would go ahead alone, albeit occasionally seeing what and how much he picked.

Yet, at the repair shop, he never saw Dapang bring even a single piece of the fruit.

“I ate it,” Jin Dapang replied without lifting his head.

“You ate it? You ate it all on the way?”

“Yeah, finished it.”

“You finished my ass!” Tian Xiaohui slapped his head, “Damn it, don’t think I don’t know you dislike pitaya, but that’s always the first thing you pick. Could you have peeled and finished it in such a short walk?”

Jin Dapang looked up silently for a moment, he only remembered pitaya was good for losing weight but forgot he didn’t like the stuff.

Just then, Dai Lei finished paying and stood up, glancing at the two of them before reminding, “The main computers ready for delivery are on that shelf over there, with the orders attached. When people come to pick them up, just hand them over, they’re all paid for.”

Gao Jie was coming over today, and he had to go to the station to meet her.

As he reached the door, Dai Lei suddenly turned around, giving Jin Dapang a meaningful look, and mentioned casually, “Who was it that said during the dinner before, I think it was Ding Yuanyuan who liked pitaya and mango?”

After saying that, he stepped out the door and left.

A few seconds later, Tian Xiaohui’s slow brain finally caught on, “Damn! I knew something was off with you and Ding Bagua…”

“What Ding Bagua? She’s just a bit too curious, how does that make her a gossip? I’ve told you to stop using that nickname, it’s ugly,” Jin Dapang cut him off unsatisfied and warned him with a glare.

Busted!

Tian Xiaohui pointed at him and yelled, “I knew something was up with you two last time, and you still had the nerve to argue. Look now, it’s just a nickname, and you’re getting pissed at me…”

“No wonder you can’t find a girlfriend, how could you give a girl such a nickname?”

Jin Dapang gave him a dismissive look and bent his head down to keep busy, no longer willing to engage with him.

But from an angle where Tian Xiaohui couldn’t see, his face blushed again.

…

On December 25, in front of a cake shop called “Green Vine” in the downtown area, a long line had formed, with Weng Minhong and Zhang Ting among it. The two of them stood in the middle, anxiously watching the people ahead of them moving very slowly.

“This is too slow. If we weren’t already in the middle, I really wouldn’t want to line up anymore,” Zhang Ting complained softly behind Weng Minhong.

“Be patient, we’ve already waited an hour, not to mention just a little while longer,” Weng Minhong soothed her, “We promised to treat everyone to their cheesecake and mousse cake today; we can’t go back on our word.”

Today was Christmas, and Weng Minhong, in gratitude for her female classmates’ continued support in electing her as the class committee leader, had promised to treat them to dinner tonight, which included the cheesecake that this shop was famous for.

“Huh?”

Zhang Ting suddenly blinked and pointed to one of the two people who had just walked past, “Xiaomin, look over there, isn’t that Jin Dapang skipping the line to get into the shop?”

In fact, since the start of this term, Jin Dapang was no longer as fat as before; now he was more like an average guy in stature.

Once he had slimmed down, his height and demeanor had undergone significant changes.

Being in the same Computer Science department, the two of them had, of course, noticed this some time ago.

Just like now, seeing the guy who entered the shop with a composed and graceful air, they couldn’t help but feel somewhat unhappy.

Especially since there was a girl accompanying him.

Of course, Weng Minhong and Zhang Ting recognized that girl—after all, they had even quarreled with her before.

“Why can they get in without lining up?”

Upon seeing Jin Dapang and Ding Yuanyuan bypass the queue and enter the shop, followed by a server who helped them pack their cakes, a voice from the front of the crowd called out, and other people began to ask intermittently, “Yeah, we all are lining up, why can they just go in and buy?”

Some people loudly called for a server, and a girl about twenty years old, wearing an apron, came out to explain, “VIP customers don’t need to line up. You can apply with a one-time recharge of five thousand yuan. Would anyone like to apply?”

The crowd suddenly fell silent, as no one spoke up.

Truth be told, as delicious as their cakes were, and without being particularly expensive, sweets weren’t staple food, and which ordinary person would be willing to recharge five thousand yuan all at once?

Ding Yuanyuan glanced outside at this scene and then leaned in close to Jin Dapang to whisper, “See? Who would get a five thousand yuan cake card for no reason? You’re the real sucker!”

Jin Dapang looked at her amusedly, took the card from the server after it was swiped, and casually stuffed it into her hand, “Getting a card and not having to line up, isn’t that worth it? Look outside, would you stand in line for two hours just for a bite to eat? What for?”

Ding Yuanyuan shook her head; although she liked to eat, she wasn’t to the point of wasting so much time queueing. She wouldn’t stand for that.

At this moment, the server handed over two bags of packed cakes. Jin Dapang took them and left with Ding Yuanyuan.

As they passed through the middle of the long line, he noticed Weng Minhong and Zhang Ting, but merely glanced at them without recognition and continued on his way.

On the contrary, Weng Minhong and Zhang Ting felt somewhat embarrassed, especially recalling how they had once ridiculed Jin Dapang to his face, saying he was a “toad lusting after a swan’s flesh”… But now, who would dare to call Jin Dapang a toad?

It seemed Ding Yuanyuan hadn’t noticed them. As she walked by, she continued to complain to Jin Dapang in a low voice, “Knowing I’m on a diet, you still gave me the card. What if I can’t resist and come here to buy every day?”

“Then just buy, you’re not fat anymore, no need to diet…”

As they walked away, their voices gradually faded into the winter sun.

Meanwhile, Weng Minhong’s heart was overwhelmed with a mix of emotions, distinctly unsatisfied.