Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 538 - 538 533 The Truth about Being Fired

Chapter 538: Chapter 533 The Truth about Being Fired Chapter 538: Chapter 533 The Truth about Being Fired “Then, should I ask the other students in the class?”

Wang Xiaole sought Xu Yan’s approval, “to see if anyone has heard anything. Maybe we can find out where the rumor started.”

Xu Yan shook her head, “Forget it, it’s not a big deal, let’s not ask.”

Zhu Jin also said, “Maybe there’s actually nothing going on, and by asking you might just end up spreading it. Zhu Zhen is not a blabbermouth, otherwise, why wouldn’t Yu Hang and Xiao Qi know about it? He probably just happened to see Xu Yan, or else he wouldn’t have asked.”

Everyone thought it indeed could be the case; it was just a casual mention by Lao Gao, and Zhu Zhen happened to ask Xu Yan in passing. No one knows who started it, but these two definitely wouldn’t go around speaking carelessly.

This topic was briefly touched upon, but when Zhu Zhen’s name came up, Mu Jiawen couldn’t help but think of Zhu Jin’s roommate Tong Wei.

Having visited Zhu Jin’s dorm quite a few times before, she was quite familiar with her roommates, especially Tong Wei. A girl who loved sports and basketball, Tong Wei had an easygoing and generous personality and had been pursuing Zhu Zhen for over half a year.

After not succeeding, she wanted to become sworn siblings with Zhu Zhen.

But Zhu Jin stopped her, her reasoning was simple: Tong Wei’s infatuation with Zhu Zhen wasn’t dead, and if they became sworn siblings and then rolled together, wouldn’t that be incest?

At the time, Mu Jiawen happened to be in their dorm and was stunned by this, feeling that life was indeed very complicated!

Now she couldn’t help but ask Zhu Jin, “Will Tong Wei and the others come over tomorrow?”

“Of course, they have to come. I was just about to talk to you about it. When they arrive tomorrow, I’ll need you to take good care of them for me.”

“Sure.”

As the group was talking, the waiter from the restaurant came over with dishes.

After they arranged the dishes on the table, Zhu Jin went to get white wine from the cabinet while Wang Xiaole called out from behind, “Also grab a bottle of red wine, and if there’s any other good alcohol, bring it over. Let’s all have a taste.”

Xu Yan teased her, “Can you even tell if it’s good or bad? No matter how fine the wine is, it’s all wasted on you, like pearls before swine.”

Wang Xiaole retorted, “Why not? I’ve drunk plenty of beer and can definitely distinguish which brand is good and which isn’t.”

Mu Jiawen looked bewilderedly at Wang Xiaole, “You like drinking beer?”

Although she knew many people liked it, she couldn’t help but tease: no matter the taste, it really looks too much like urine. She just couldn’t stomach it.

“Just okay,” Wang Xiaole admitted somewhat sheepishly. She didn’t really like the taste of beer either and had only drunk it to fit in with her classmates. As for actually critiquing it, that was just bluffing.

“Jiajia, which one do you like to drink?” Xu Yan turned her head to ask.

“Obviously, whatever is sweet, that’s what she likes,”

Before Mu Jiawen could respond, Zhu Jin returned carrying a red and a white bottle of wine, then turned to bring over a decanter. While pouring the wine, she laughed, “You guys might not know this, but this girl adds at least four cubes of sugar to her coffee. She even turns a perfectly good latte into brown sugar water, and she doesn’t even find it cloying.”

Mu Jiawen denied it, “That’s because the coffee is too bitter.”

“Yeah, yeah, blame the coffee, not you. Which one do you want now? The white?”

“I’ll start with the dishes first.”

Mu Jiawen had already sat down and picked up her chopsticks. The dishes Yu Hang had ordered were sumptuous, with four large dishes, four stir-fries, and a soup.

In front of such a rich and delicious feast, why would one choose to drink wine first?

…

The group of boys heading to the restaurant were led by Jiang Yan and Zhu Zhen, who trailed at the end. Jiang Yan, with his head lowered, didn’t notice the commotion ahead and was jostled by a hurrying figure bursting from the inside out. Fortunately, Zhu Zhen was beside him and steadied him.

“I’m sorry.”

The person said perfunctorily and continued on their way without looking back.

“What’s with that guy?”

Zhu Zhen muttered discontentedly but decided not to make an issue of it, both out of his own decency and the fact that they were at Yu Hang’s family restaurant.

After regaining his balance, Jiang Yan fixed his gaze on the departing figure for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his voice and called out, “Teacher Bi?”

The person halted in their tracks and turned around to look at Jiang Yan.

“Who are you…?”

Bi Hezhong looked at Jiang Yan with a blank face, clearly having forgotten him.

It had been six or seven years since their last encounter; it was normal to forget.

When it came down to it, Jiang Yan had to thank Bi Hezhong—if it weren’t for him throwing false accusations his way and expelling him, he wouldn’t have been able to return to Jianghai Middle School, nor would he have been classmates with Jiajia again.

So this man was a benefactor!

With this thought, the smile on Jiang Yan’s face became even more genuine than before, as he sincerely introduced himself and reminded the other party, “Teacher Bi, don’t you remember me? In my second year of high school, Liao Chenyu and some others beat me up. I fought back, and you thought the matter was serious, so you expelled me. Remember now? I’m Jiang Yan!”

As Jiang Yan spoke the first few words, Bi Hezhong’s face remained expressionless, but upon hearing the last sentence, his pupils constricted and his complexion drastically changed.

How could he forget the actual reason for expelling Jiang Yan when no one else knew it better?

And that reason had caused a big uproar years ago. Not only was he expelled and beaten, but he also ended up getting divorced because of it.

Furthermore, after Jiang Yan was admitted to Beijing University from First Middle School, the principal and director of their school had taken turns calling to curse him out, saying that if it hadn’t been for him, their school would not have missed out on having a single student admitted to Beijing University that year.

In short, in those few months, aside from his affair being discovered, he had become infamous in the school once again because of Jiang Yan, but only for failing to recognize a real gem.

For survival, he started by teaching at tutoring centers, but his former two powerful uncles were too ruthless—no tutoring institution dared to hire him.

Having no choice, he left Yunzhou for another place and currently worked as a teacher in a private school.

Now, during the winter break, he had come back to visit his parents.

He never expected that on his first time out for a meal, he would unexpectedly run into Jiang Yan.

Bi Hezhong thought of the young man who had argued with him in the office all those years ago, his face youthful and naïve, and how it now matched with the confident, slightly mocking smile of the young man standing before him, and he found himself at a loss for words.

“Actually, I really should thank Teacher Bi. If you hadn’t insisted on framing me with those groundless charges and stubbornly expelled me back then, I wouldn’t have reflected deeply and strived to better myself. I wouldn’t have been able to get into Beijing University, let alone be recommended for a graduate program. When I think about it, you truly are my benefactor.”

The classmates who had been walking ahead had already stopped and turned around to look at the commotion here, and Yu Hang had also returned to Jiang Yan’s side, his eyes strangely fixed on Bi Hezhong.

When Jiang Yan was expelled, it caused quite a stir—in their school, it was known that a student from Experimental Middle School relied on his height to pick fights at the slightest disagreement. He also verbally abused teachers and bullied the weak.

In short, he had all the bad habits a bad student could have, and in the end, his homeroom teacher couldn’t stand his misdeeds any longer and requested the school to expel him.

But it turns out, were all those ‘heinous’ actions slander?