Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 471 - 471 466 A Slip of the Tongue

Chapter 471: Chapter 466 A Slip of the Tongue Chapter 471: Chapter 466 A Slip of the Tongue That night, after dinner, Hong Jing was very eager to take the initiative to wash the dishes and tidy up the dining table and kitchen. Hong’s father and mother watched from the side, their faces devoid of joy, with complex feelings in their hearts.

Girls being extroverted, that saying wasn’t just made up casually.

Yesterday, because they opposed, she had a fight with them and wouldn’t pay them any mind, but today as soon as they agreed, she immediately changed her attitude.

This daughter they’d raised…

Sigh…

“Mom, I’ve finished the dishes, and the kitchen is cleaned up too, you two watch TV, I’m going out for a walk,” Hong Jing said.

After finishing, she went to the door, put on her down jacket, changed into her shoes, and left.

When she was gone, Hong’s mother huffed heavily, “Look at that, this is the good daughter we raised, doesn’t consider my feelings at all for the sake of a man.”

Hong’s father also felt quite uncomfortable, but what could he do?

He was the first to agree, and now it wouldn’t be appropriate to join his wife in reproaching them again, so he suppressed his displeasure and tried to console her, “Even if it wasn’t Xiaotie, the day would have come eventually; think about it. Besides, after they get married and the boy enters our family, could he really go against you?”

Upon this consideration, the couple felt somewhat better.

They’d lived half a lifetime, they knew well that life was to be lived for oneself, right?

As for face, if you take it seriously, it becomes serious; if you don’t care about it, it’s nothing at all, and you end up living more freely.

Hong’s mother had thought a lot after Hong’s father said those words in the afternoon.

She scrutinized the families around her, with young people about their daughter’s age, and indeed none of them had their future planned out when they first started dating; nine out of ten of them were still at a stage where they spent money but also had to ask their parents for it.

About marriage, some would say it was too early to think about that, just date and see if they could get along; some were clueless, hadn’t thought about it at all; some were decisive, saying it depended on my mother’s opinion – if she said to marry, then I’d marry, as buying a house would still require her financial help; some would modestly say they wanted to establish a career first and not consider marriage before thirty (to be honest, parents of daughters didn’t know about these boys, but if they did, they would want to slap them to death. Marry after thirty, why date before thirty then? Isn’t that just a waste of the girl’s time?)…

All things considered, when comparing them with Xiaotie, none of them measured up.

Hong’s mother felt much more at ease; well, it was her own choice, so be it.

…

Downstairs, as soon as Hong Jing got down, she saw the familiar figure standing in the shadow not far away.

She quickly ran over and threw herself into his arms, whispering, “How long have you been here?”

“Just got here, not too long,” he said, smiling at her, “Had dinner yet?”

“Yeah, and I’ve also washed the dishes. If I behave well for some time, maybe in a few days my mom will invite you over for dinner.”

This wasn’t a good place to talk, so they walked away hand in hand.

“My brother said that since your parents agreed to our relationship, I need to visit your home with holiday gifts this year. You should tell me first, what do your parents like?”

Hong Jing was puzzled, “Aren’t holiday gifts just things like cigarettes, alcohol, tea, and health products? Are you planning to give something else?”

“It wasn’t easy getting them to agree, of course, I can’t just stick to those things. You know, I don’t have many people in my own family, and now being with you, I’m actually quite happy that I have a chance to give gifts. So I plan to give more, in addition to those items, I will buy something else that they like. For instance, gold bracelets, would your mom like that?”

Looking at him, Hong Jing was truly moved, but she also felt a twinge of sadness. She knew that since his father left, he had always been alone; why, after meeting Jiang Yan, was she convinced to follow him?

Because Jiang Yan gave him a feeling like family, making him subconsciously want to rely on him.

It was also fortunate that he followed him here, otherwise, the two of them might not have met at all.

“When I was shopping with my mom earlier, she took a fancy to a woolen coat, but it was six thousand yuan, which she thought was too expensive and didn’t buy it. She kept talking about it after we got home, so it seems she really liked it. Why don’t you buy that coat for her?”

Things like gold bracelets would cost at least ten to twenty thousand. For the first visit to give a festival gift, Hong Jing didn’t want to let Xiaotie spend too much. It had to be gradual, which was both dignified and beyond reproach.

More importantly, his money wasn’t blown in by the wind; it was hard-earned and needed to be saved.

“As for my dad, when I accompany you to buy clothes for my mom tomorrow, we can also get him a coat. He likes to look good too.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you.”

Having agreed on what gifts to buy, Hong Jing then asked him, “Don’t you hate reading the most? Why did you tell my dad that you want to do postgraduate studies? Are you really planning to take the exams?”

Xiaotie: …

He was going to apply for postgraduate studies? Why didn’t he know that?

Xiaotie asked Hong Jing with a face full of shock, “Your dad told you that I want to do postgraduate studies?”

“Huh? You don’t know?” Hong Jing was even more surprised than him, “He went to the internet cafe today…..”

Xiaotie slapped his forehead, “Stop guessing, my brother said it.”

Looking at Xiaotie’s dejected face, Hong Jing couldn’t help but let out a “pfft” of laughter, “Jiang Yan probably just said that to persuade my dad at the moment, without thinking too much about it. Don’t worry, he might have forgotten about it after a while.”

“How could he possibly?” Xiaotie didn’t believe it and said mournfully, “Something this big, only if he loses his memory would he forget. He might even ask me later how my preparations are going and if I can pass it in one go.”

Hong Jing thought about it and it really could happen, but she didn’t care in the slightest, “What’s there to be afraid of? When the time comes, I’ll just tell my dad that you don’t have time to take the exams.”

“How can we go back on our word once we’ve said it?” Xiaotie shook his head and sighed, “Forget it, since my brother promised your dad, then I’ll take the exams.”

Xiaotie knew how much effort Jiang Yan had put in during his senior year to get into Beijing University, even if others didn’t.

He might as well just be tougher on himself and do the same.

Actually, having passed the adult college entrance examination and attended college for over a year, he didn’t reject studying as much as before.

If he really wanted to take the exams, it wasn’t impossible.

But Xiaotie hadn’t realized that Jiang Yan had said it just casually at the time, and he himself had forgotten about it afterward. Considering how tough the postgraduate entrance examination is, he had never thought about taking it, so how could he expect Xiaotie to take it?

Moreover, Xiaotie was only in his second year of undergraduate studies, and it would be more than two years before he could take the postgraduate entrance exams. By that time… they would probably be married to Hong Jing.

After the new year, they would both be twenty-three, and with Hong Jing graduating in half a year and preparing for civil service exams, once she passes, her dad would use his connections to place her in Beijing. Barring any accidents, life would mostly proceed in this orderly fashion.

Xiaotie was also doing very well managing the internet cafe, and in a year and a half, he could consider opening a third branch.

Under these circumstances, marriage would inevitably be put on the schedule.

Once married, with a successful career, who would care about whether you took the postgraduate exams or not?