Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat-Chapter 100 - 097 Love Letter (Two More)
Chapter 100 -097: Love Letter (Two More)
Chapter 100 -097: Love Letter (Two More)
“He’s over there eating with his classmates.”
Shu Chao said this while glancing at Luo Xiang, smiling and offering him a few words of encouragement, and smoothly shifted the topic away from Jiang Yan.
Luo’s father glanced at the man next to Shu Wan out of the corner of his eye, smiled, and said nothing more.
Next to him, Luo Xiang let out a huge sigh of relief; he had genuinely been afraid that his dad would suggest inviting Jiang Yan to join them.
Ever since he was little, his dad had been quite fond of Jiang Yan, saying he had a tiger-like charm that made him instantly likable. When Jiang Yan was expelled from Experimental Middle School, his dad even thought about talking to the principal to plead on Jiang Yan’s behalf. If it hadn’t been for his mom’s intervention, he very likely would have gone through with it.
Now, if his dad knew that Jiang Yan had been admitted to Beijing University… the very idea made Luo Xiang feel uncomfortable.
Fortunately, until the end of the celebration, nobody mentioned Jiang Yan again, and he didn’t see him either.
Luo Xiang breathed a sigh of relief.
On the other side, Zhu Jin’s family, having invited only two tables, dispersed soon after eating and chatting.
Jiang Yan and Song Jiawen left the hotel together, and after walking a few steps, he pointed to a small street across and slightly down the road, asking,
“It’s not far from that coffee shop we went to before. Do you want to go and get a strawberry cake?”
He was referring to the coffee shop where they used to come to study. They made their own special cakes, which had a very distinctive taste and Song Jiawen really liked them.
Look, at the mention of it, her eyes lit up.
The two of them strolled along, and after entering the shop, they ordered two cups of coffee and a plate of small cakes.
They found a seat near the window, and while waiting for their coffee and cake, Jiang Yan casually scanned the cafe and happened to make eye contact with a girl looking in his direction.
What was her name?
The one who used to be with Yang Yi, oh, right, Fan Jingjing.
Because of Yang Yi, Jiang Yan gave a polite yet aloof nod to her, then shifted his gaze away from her and looked out the window.
Song Jiawen sat opposite him, her head bent over a novel that Zhu Jin lent her, “Marrying the Right Man by Mistakenly Getting on the Wrong Sedan Chair.”
“Is it any good?”
“It’s okay.”
In reality, her eyes seemed glued to the book, clearly engrossed in it.
Jiang Yan was speechless.
But then again, he thought it was perfectly normal since she was only seventeen years old. It’s perfectly normal for a young girl to enjoy a few romance novels, right?
Their coffee and cake arrived, and Jiang Yan leisurely dropped a sugar cube into Song Jiawen’s coffee, then another…
The third sugar cube was blocked by a pair of slender, fair hands. Without looking up, Song Jiawen grabbed the cube and tossed it into his coffee instead.
Jiang Yan: ….
She wasn’t exactly concentrating on her book.
He turned to look across the room, puzzled as to why Fan Jingjing kept staring in their direction.
The two of them weren’t close, not even nodding acquaintances.
Of course, this was what he thought, but Fan Jingjing saw it differently.
Lately, Fan Jingjing frequently visited this coffee shop. She couldn’t quite explain her own state of mind, but she just wanted to sit here, to see… to see if by chance she’d run into Jiang Yan.
Her grades weren’t top-notch, but they were pretty good. Since her aunt had married off to Beijing, she had applied to Beijing’s Jiaotong University.
When she found out that Jiang Yan had been admitted to Beijing University, she was very surprised, followed by classmates coming to ask if she was going to Beijing with Jiang Yan.
Going together?
Actually, since the last time they’d met, she had sensed a change in Jiang Yan. The way he looked at her was unfamiliar, and very… indifferent.
At first, she thought he was just pretending, but after several months without him seeking her out even once, Fan Jingjing realized that things might not be as she had thought.
She went to Yang Yi to probe for information, wanting to ask him if his cousin was now together with Jiang Yan.
After all, in her eyes, Song Jiawen’s face posed a substantial threat; the only advantage she had was that her family background was better than hers.
Fortunately, Yang Yi denied it, saying the two were just good friends.
While Fan Jingjing breathed a sigh of relief, she also regretted that she should have kept the love letters Jiang Yan wrote to her instead of tearing them up.
She had been coming to this cafe every day for a week straight; she had not seen anyone before, but today she finally managed to wait for him.
But…
Fan Jingjing frowned as she looked at Song Jiawen’s retreating figure, finding it bothersome.
With her there, how was she going to have a private chat with Jiang Yan?
If she didn’t go over, Fan Jingjing didn’t know when would be the next time they met.
Thinking this, Fan Jingjing no longer hesitated. She stood up and walked towards them, stopping two steps away from their table and softly said to Jiang Yan, “Jiang Yan, I want to talk to you alone.”
Talk alone with me?
Jiang Yan looked up at her, puzzled, really not understanding what they could possibly have to discuss. Also, he remembered the harsh tone she used the last time she spoke to him, which was starkly different from the nearly dripping softness of her voice now, it almost gave him goosebumps.
Song Jiawen, who had been engrossed in reading a romance novel, finally looked up from her book, her face full of confusion as she turned toward Fan Jingjing.
“Get back to the book after you finish your cake.”
Jiang Yan reminded her before getting up and going to the other side with Fan Jingjing.
“So, what do you want to talk about?”
Although Jiang Yan didn’t think he had anything to discuss with her, since she had made the suggestion, he supposed he might as well listen, if only to pass the time while waiting for that girl to finish that damned book.
Fan Jingjing had intended to ask him when he was going to report to school, to see if he wanted to go with her.
But now, faced with his aloof and indifferent attitude, her cheeks heated up with a mix of embarrassment and discomfort, feeling as if she was shamelessly trying to get close to him.
She bit her lower lip and looked at him with a look of quiet resentment, until seeing Jiang Yan on the verge of getting up to leave prompted her to speak, “Jiang Yan, are you blaming me?”
Jiang Yan: “???”
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Headache!
He wondered if it was because he had spent too much time with Song Jiawen — who had a cold and straightforward personality — that he found it difficult to deal with the roundabout ways of the girl in front of him.
Rubbing his temple, he asked, “Blame you for what?”
“The love letter you wrote me before… I didn’t mean to tear it up in public, but you just shoved it at me. It wasn’t formal at all…”
Jiang Yan was struck dumb, his mind reeling like a stampede, never before had he felt so lost for words, left with nothing but a loud “damn.”
He glanced back at Song Jiawen instinctively. Thankfully, she was still engrossed in her novel.
Swallowing hard, Jiang Yan asked Fan Jingjing,”Did, did you read that letter?”
Fan Jingjing glanced up at him before dropping her gaze again and whispered, “There were so many classmates around, how could I?”
She hadn’t read it!
Jiang Yan felt relieved. He exhaled and gave a casual smile, “There’s been a misunderstanding, the love letter wasn’t written by me, it was, it was from Yin Shen to you. He was too shy, so I ran the errand for him. I thought you’d open it and see, so I didn’t make it clear at the time. Who knew… well, look at the fuss this has caused. Yin Shen was quite down when he didn’t get a response from you for so many days; he didn’t eat well for a week.”
Since we’re all good brothers, taking the fall for one shouldn’t be a problem, right?
