Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 488 - 488 483 Engagement

Chapter 488: Chapter 483: Engagement Chapter 488: Chapter 483: Engagement After Li Siyao stopped responding, Ding Yuanyuan deleted her number from her phone after dinner.

Not only did she delete her contact from the phonebook, but she also deleted her QQ account.

Then she put her phone on silent and set it aside, starting to study with undivided attention.

At nine o’clock, her grandmother brought her a plate of fruit and said affectionately, “You’ve been studying for two hours straight, go watch TV for a bit and rest your mind.”

After saying that, she added, “An Ying called you just now, saying she couldn’t get through to your phone, is it broken? If it’s broken, grandma will give you money to buy a new one.”

The old lady might have been advanced in years, but she used to be the chief engineer at a famous machinery plant in Quanshan City, and her pension was not small. But for the old lady, none of these mattered as much as the pride she took in having a granddaughter who was admitted to Beijing University.

It gave her considerable prestige in front of her former colleagues.

So, for Ding Yuanyuan, her grandmother was more than willing to spend all her salary on her.

“An Ying called me?”

Ding Yuanyuan was startled upon hearing this, and immediately found her phone that she had tossed aside. Sure enough, there were six missed calls on it, all from An Ying.

“Grandma, I’ll call An Ying back first, then I’ll come out in a bit.”

While saying this, Ding Yuanyuan dialed An Ying’s number, and as soon as the call connected, she heard the other person sigh, “I really take my hat off to you, study overachiever. Even during the holiday, you’re so serious. Grandma Ding said you’re preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam and told me to wait a bit and call me back when you’re resting.”

Her grandmother was like that; when she was studying, not even the biggest issues could interrupt her. No one was allowed to disturb her.

Yuanyuan laughed, “Are you back from your grandma’s house? Why the death calls if you’re not?”

Compared to Li Siyao, she was closer to An Ying.

“Well, I didn’t really want to call you, but Li Siyao has called me ten times tonight, incessantly asking if I’ve seen you. I found it so strange. When has this miss ever been so diligent towards me? She wanted me to help her reconcile with you, but I’m actually more curious about what she did. What did she do to upset you to the point where you’d delete even her QQ account?”

Ding Yuanyuan was rendered speechless by Li Siyao’s behavior once again.

Was all this really necessary? To go through An Ying to reconcile?

“It’s actually not that big of a deal…” Ding Yuanyuan told An Ying the whole story, but left out Jin Dapang, simply saying, “An Ying, you know what kind of person I am. I’ve always been straightforward in what I do, and the same goes for how I handle relationships. If it’s too complicated, I find it annoying. Li Siyao is becoming very annoying right now, saying one thing and doing another. I don’t want to guess what she’s thinking, and I certainly don’t want to be used and played by her. So, since we’re all adults, my attitude toward her today was to make it clear that I don’t want to continue associating with her.”

Given that, what was the use of seeking reconciliation? Could their relationship really be restored to what it was?

An Ying wasn’t foolish either. She could tell from Ding Yuanyuan’s words that Li Siyao had never had good intentions.

Set someone up and put others down at the same time, what was she thinking?

You didn’t attend as prestigious a university, but you think you are better looking and in better shape than others, so you’re not lacking, and you have a sense of superiority?

An Ying scoffed, “When the few of us were together back then, there were many things I didn’t agree with her on. If it didn’t involve a bottom line or principles, I didn’t mind suffering a bit of a loss. Now, after a few years at university, not only has her true nature completely come to light, but she’s also learned to play favours and put people down! Alright, Yuanyuan, I won’t disturb your studying anymore. I’ll come to find you after I return the day after tomorrow.”

As for Li Siyao, if she comes looking again, just say it straight. Yuanyuan doesn’t want any further contact with you.

Not just Yuanyuan, but she herself would also reduce contact with Li Siyao from now on.

Li Siyao nearly smashed her phone with anger upon receiving An Ying’s reply, but remembering it was a new model bought for her by Chu Xuan, she forcefully restrained herself.

“What’s so great about her? Is it because she hooked up with a rich second-generation, and now she thinks she’s all that?”

Just then, Chu Xuan called her and asked, “Did you manage to meet with Ding Yuanyuan?”

Li Siyao responded sullenly, “I couldn’t meet her, it’s over!”

Chu Xuan couldn’t help but frown across the table. How could they mess up such a simple task? He didn’t understand. It was just about playing matchmaker between Ding Yuanyuan and Wang Fan. Even if Ding Yuanyuan refused, there was no need to be so upset, right?

He suspected that Li Siyao had probably said something unpleasant when she tried to matchmake them.

Of course, he had asked her about it, but she denied it, claiming she only shared Wang Fan’s thoughts and virtues, nothing more. She also mentioned that Ding Yuanyuan was inherently arrogant and felt that introducing her to a Wang Fan who was less accomplished than her was an insult.

So she got angry.

His instincts told Chu Xuan that Li Siyao wasn’t telling the truth.

But he didn’t say anything about it. Although it was a pity he couldn’t get to know Jin Dafu through Ding Yuanyuan, there was nothing he could do.

About a week later, the class monitor of their senior year group chat suddenly posted a message:

[Congratulations to Ding Yuanyuan on her engagement, wishing you a lifetime of happiness and an early birth of a child!]

[Monitor, that’s a blessing for getting married, not for getting engaged.]

[It’s all the same.]

[Monitor, did Ding the Scholar treat you to something? Who is the mysterious figure powerful enough to take our class’s top scholar off the market?]

[Ask An Ying, she definitely knows.]

[Li Siyao probably attended too.]

[Li Siyao and An Ying, either of you come out and spill the beans?]

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The group chat was buzzing with intense discussions, and just then, Li Siyao, who was mentioned, was having dinner with Chu Xuan. Both of them took out their phones upon hearing the notifications and browsed the messages in the group chat, neither looking pleased.

Especially Li Siyao, who bit her lip and stared hard at the words “engagement,” finding it hard to believe that Ding Yuanyuan had actually gotten to this point with Jin Dafu.

Could it be just a rumor?

However, as soon as this thought crossed her mind, An Ying spoke up in the group chat: [Which great figure? Does everyone still remember who got the second-highest score in our city in the college entrance exams years ago? The top scorer was Yuanyuan, and the second placer, who also went to Beijing University, was like her.]

[Damn! It’s a match of elites, a union of the strong!]

[Absolutely…]

[I remember, I remember, isn’t it Jin Dafu from the Experimental school? The young master of ‘Jin Dafu Jewelry’!]

[Who?]

[Who?]

[Damn…]

The group erupted with exclamations, and many tagged the class monitor and An Ying: [Did you two go to the engagement party? Tell Ding the Scholar to remember to invite me when she gets married.]

[And me, and me. I study design and want to intern at ‘Jin Dafu Jewelry’. Can you ask Ding the Scholar to speak to her fiancé about it, pull some strings for me?]

[Damn, you’re taking the backdoor right through the group chat.]

[Hehe, an honest man doesn’t play tricks. Plus, Ding the Scholar isn’t one for beating around the bush, I’ll make it through a normal interview as long as I’m not squeezed out by someone else.]

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