Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 547 - 547 542 Self-righteous

Chapter 547: Chapter 542: Self-righteous Chapter 547: Chapter 542: Self-righteous The next day, Ma Zheng eagerly awaited his brother’s call and scurried off to the hotel to find him.

Jiang Yan half-heartedly accompanied him, casually spending most of the day at the hotel’s pool and gym. He had lunch with him at the buffet, and in the afternoon, he sent him back.

The young boy felt quite aggrieved.

Jiang Yan thought for a moment and casually made him a promise, “How about this, if you can get the top rank in your grade at the end of the year’s exams, I’ll let you go to Beijing for the summer vacation. You can stay as long as you want.”

The top of the grade, huh? Do you think that’s so easy?

To Jiang Yan’s surprise, Ma Zheng looked at him with a strange expression after hearing this.

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow, “What? Scared?”

“Bro, I’ve always been the top of my grade.”

Jiang Yan: …

After seeing off Ma Zheng, Jiang Yan turned and walked towards the hotel’s café. Zhu Zhen, Xu Yan, Wang Xiaole, Xiao Qi, and the others had all come, and Yu Hang and Zhu Jin would be arriving shortly as well.

“…they say that the adults always compare her to Zhu Jin, urging her to be like her cousin and focus all her efforts on studying. If she doesn’t do well, they call her stupid and compare her to Zhu Jin. Over time, she grew to hate her cousin. Actually, I can understand the kid’s feelings, not just because she’s a teenager. No one likes being constantly compared to others. It’s just that her approach is misguided. She shouldn’t hate her cousin, let alone vent her frustrations in this manner.”

When Jiang Yan approached, he happened to hear Xu Yan saying these things and glanced at her with some surprise.

What is she talking about?

Mu Jiawen quickly gave him a brief explanation in a few words, since this was someone else’s family matter, she didn’t tell him even though she knew about it yesterday.

After Xu Yan finished speaking, the group quickly moved off that topic and began chatting about other things.

“Jiawen, that person… does she know you?”

While they were talking, Wang Xiaole suddenly tapped Mu Jiawen on the arm and gestured for her to look back.

Jiang Yan and she turned their heads to look back together.

Two tables away from them by the window, a young woman with chestnut wavy hair and heavy makeup was staring intently at Mu Jiawen. Even when they looked back, her gaze didn’t waver.

Mu Jiawen looked at the other party blankly for a few seconds before her eyes widened slightly in surprise.

Song Xiwen!

Having not seen her for years and with Song Xiwen’s look and demeanor completely different from before, Jiawen hadn’t recognized her at first.

“Jiawen, come here for a minute.”

After about a minute of eye contact, Song Xiwen couldn’t help but call out to her.

Jiang Yan frowned, “Ignore her.”

Mu Jiawen indifferently looked away and made no move to get up.

She and Song Xiwen had long become strangers; there was nothing left to discuss.

Seeing her reaction, an already upset Song Xiwen’s expression became somewhat twisted. She couldn’t believe that the wretched girl no longer showed her any respect.

It was just a few words of conversation, and she wouldn’t even come over for that.

Song Xiwen had returned to Yunzhou to see Haohao, hoping to take him back to North City with her to celebrate the New Year. But the damned Zhou Youming had disagreed with everything she proposed. He even said that allowing Haohao to see her was already his biggest compromise and definitely wouldn’t let the boy stay with her for more than twenty-four hours.

Why? How dare he?

That was her son!

She had intended to use money to fight a lawsuit to win back Haohao’s custody, but what she didn’t expect was that Haohao was unwilling to be with her.

At a loss, little did she know that she would run into Jiawen here today.

She knew that both Zhou Youming and Haohao were very fond of Jiawen, so she came up with an idea on the fly, hoping Jiawen could help persuade them, ideally to change the custody arrangement, allowing her son to go with her to North City.

Isn’t the education and living environment there better than this eighteenth-tier broken Yunzhou?

Moreover, given the size of her current fortune, she definitely needs an heir.

Who else could it be, if not her son?

Having Haohao follow her would be beneficial for everyone involved. After all, Zhou Youming has remarried, and no matter how good the stepmother is, can she compare to a biological mother?

Furthermore, in a couple of years, they’re bound to have their own children. What if the couple favors their own, what will Haohao do?

But it’s useless for her to think this way alone.

She looked up once again in Mu Jiawen’s direction. The damn girl was now twenty-two and had fully matured. Her features were even more delicate and charming than when she was a child, and with her exceptional intelligence, she attended the highest academy, moving with a natural elegance that made others envious.

If she hadn’t kept her to herself back then and had returned her instead…

It’s said that all her brothers completed schooling by skipping grades and had all graduated with doctorates before the age of twenty-five, entering careers that command respect and envy.

That must be why her mother hated her so much the first time she met her.

But in the end, she also saved her. Why does it seem like no one remembers this?

With these thoughts, she once again looked at Mu Jiawen with a sinister gaze.

“My goodness, is this person crazy?”

Wang Xiaole finally couldn’t bear Song Xiwen’s malicious gaze and asked the others, “Should we give Zhu Jin a call to see if their relatives have left?”

Soon after, several people left one after another.

Even if Song Xiwen was reluctant, she didn’t dare to stop Mu Jiawen.

What’s more, even if she did stop her, what would it change? With her attitude, she definitely wouldn’t help her.

…

“Liu Wenhui, my stomach hurts…”

Because she was carrying twins, Qi Lihong, who was already nine months pregnant, had a belly as big as a balloon about to burst, frighteningly large.

This past half month, Liu Wenhui was extremely nervous and didn’t dare to go anywhere, always following behind Qi Lihong for fear that the children would suddenly pop out.

He had just gone downstairs to receive his father when he entered the house and heard Qi Lihong’s loud shout, which scared him so much that he dropped everything in his hands and leaped to Qi Lihong’s side, anxiously asking, “Is it, is it time to give birth?”

“It seems so. Go get the maternity bag from the bedroom, let’s leave now.”

A thin layer of sweat had formed on her forehead, yet she remained composed as she directed Liu Wenhui to get things. Then she turned her head to look at Liu’s father standing at the door, managing a smile and greeting, “Uncle…”

Honestly, even though Liu Wenhui’s mother isn’t great, his father is very nice.

Ever since she got pregnant, he’s been sending things over sporadically, stuff to eat, to use—the baby crib, baby carriage—the storage room next to it is nearly filled halfway.

“How… how can it be so big?”

Liu’s father was astounded, his eyes widening. He didn’t know she was carrying twins; Liu Wenhui had decided to keep it a surprise, so no one in the family knew.

Now, in a fluster, Liu Wenhui rushed from the bedroom with the maternity bag, tossing it into his father’s arms, “Dad, you carry this, I’ll carry her.”

Father and son, one carrying the bag and the other the woman, hurried to the hospital.

While waiting outside the delivery room, Liu’s father slapped Liu Wenhui on the head, “You rascal, how can you keep such a big thing secret?”

His words were a reprimand, but the smile on his face that grew wider and wider couldn’t hide his inner joy.

Oh my, twins—in this era of the only child, any family that suddenly has two kids, regardless of gender, is envied. Thinking that he had now become the object of other people’s envy, he was even more delighted.

But then, thinking of something, he couldn’t help but slap Liu Wenhui again, “You haven’t even picked up the marriage certificate until now, what were you thinking?”

Liu Wenhui, holding his head, protested indignantly, “Is it me who didn’t pick it up? She’s the one who is unwilling.”