Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat-Chapter 124 - 121 She is Xiaosi
Chapter 124: Chapter 121: She is Xiaosi
Chapter 124 -121: She is Xiaosi
A paternity test?
Jiang Yan turned his head to look at Tang An, who, upon seeing him like this, asked in confusion, “Otherwise what? Does Professor Yu intend to just go over and tell Song Jiawen that he might be her brother? That wouldn’t be appropriate, right?”
He was quite puzzled by Jiang Yan’s behavior of looking for someone with Song Jiawen’s portrait in hand everywhere, finding it very unlike his usually prudent self. Didn’t he consider the consequences?
A handsome young professor, clutching a portrait and combing the campus for a beautiful female student—what would others think?
“Sorry, I really didn’t think things through today.”
Jiang Yan could tell that Tang An sincerely had Song Jiawen’s best interests at heart. He apologized earnestly, but the follow-up actions weren’t for him to decide. They would have to wait until his mother arrived and met Song Jiawen.
Including whether or not to get a paternity test.
Despite his mother’s voice being calm last night, he was sure that by now, she’d likely rushed to the nearest airport, and she might have already boarded a plane.
By this afternoon, or at the latest by this evening, she would arrive in Beijing.
If by then he still couldn’t find Song Jiawen, who looked like Xiaosi, he would have to be dragged around the campus by his mother looking for her…
That was one aspect. Another reason he hadn’t considered doing a paternity test was that since Xiaosi could remember her childhood nickname, might she also remember other things?
A three-year-old child’s memory might be limited, but he knew what his sister’s mind was like.
So Jiang Yan wanted to have a chat with Song Jiawen first.
Since it was someone else’s family affair, Tang An didn’t feel it was his place to interfere too much. After leaving Song Jiawen’s dormitory number with him, he walked away.
At that moment, the whistle from the sports field rang out, signaling the end of the morning’s military training.
Jiang Yan stood in the shade by the roadside, his eyes following the direction of Class One of the Physics Department.
The students, having trained under the scorching sun all morning, seemed ready to collapse the moment they were dismissed, staggering as they walked, completely out of shape.
Yet amidst them, there was one figure walking with a straight posture through the crowd. Even in the baggy camouflage uniform, her slender and delicate figure was evident. As she approached, Jiang Yan saw her face under the camo hat turn red from the sun, yet her eyes gleamed like two shiny black grapes.
These eyes gradually overlapped with those of Xiaosi from his memories!
He resisted the urge to step forward and stop her, when a male student walked up next to her, casually handing her a bottle of water.
Song Jiawen took it and offered him a word of thanks. She then quickly joined up with three other girls from different squads and walked away together.
When they were almost out of sight, Song Jiawen suddenly looked back in his direction.
Jiang Yan’s heart clenched, but before he could react, she had already turned away and continued on.
…
At seven o’clock in the evening, Song Jiawen received a call from Jiang Yan—
“My name is Yu Heng, and I’m a professor at the Mathematics Institute. May I have a chat with you?”
The surname Yu?
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Song Jiawen paused, and an image of a face gentle as jade surfaced in her mind—it was the man she saw at the coffee house that day, and who had been staring at her from under the shade at noon today…
She already guessed who it was.
Seeking to meet with her, could it be…
Song Jiawen bit her lower lip, hesitating for a long while. The other end became a little anxious when no reply came, but even in his urgency, he still spoke very cautiously, “My… My little sister’s nickname is Xiaosi, her full name is Yu Luo. She used to love eating strawberry cake but disliked plain milk; we always had to coax her with a milk bottle to get her to drink even a half bottle. There’s a red birthmark near her belly button, she’s allergic to penicillin, afraid of pain, and any little cut would make her cry loudly, needing the attention of the entire family. She liked to sleep holding onto our mother’s arm, and mother… has been searching all over the country for her, and just yesterday she rescued three girls who were trafficked in the mountains…”
Yu Heng rambled on, his eyes slightly reddening, “I once promised her I would tie a red ribbon for her on the century-old jujube tree next to our old house in Jade City…”
Song Jiawen’s grip on the receiver trembled slightly, especially upon hearing “mother has been searching all over the country for her”, so she wasn’t superfluous?
At half-past seven, when Jiang Yan arrived at the Girls’ Dormitory Number Four, Song Jiawen was already waiting downstairs.
“Aren’t you tired from military training during the day? Why do you still need to go out?”
Jiang Yan thought his physical fitness was quite decent, but after being put through the wringer all day, even he was struggling to keep up.
Of course, the reason he was struggling was because of that asshole Liu Wenhui, who always took wrong turns, causing their entire group to follow suit and mess up, resulting in all the boys in their class being punished to run three thousand meters by the instructor.
They were then dismissed half an hour later than everyone else to stand at attention.
So when Song Jiawen called him, he had just finished showering and his hair was still wet.
How could she not be tired? Song Jiawen was also exhausted.
Since it was the first day, she hadn’t put sanitary pads inside her yellow rubber shoes, which led to her feet blistering after a day of walking.
But now she had no mood to care about the blisters. Once Jiang Yan arrived, she turned and started walking off-campus.
Jiang Yan noticed the girl ahead walking with a slightly awkward gait, and quickly stepped forward to grab her arm, “Did you get blisters on your feet?”
Without waiting for a response, he walked in front of her and bent down.
It wasn’t too hot tonight, and the gentle breeze brought a slight chill.
Without a word, Song Jiawen lay on Jiang Yan’s back, her head tilted, resting against his neck, and she closed her eyes.
By the time they reached the school gate, Song Jiawen whispered, “Let’s go to Zero Degree Cafe.”
Jiang Yan had already sensed something was off with her mood earlier, but he didn’t ask further. Now, hearing what was obviously a predetermined rendezvous, a flicker of surprise crossed his eyes.
He opened his mouth to try and lighten the mood, “Remember? In Yunzhou there’s also a cafe called Zero Degree. I bet you it’s not a chain. Definitely a copycat…”
As he spoke, he had already reached the entrance of “Zero Degree Coffee.”
Song Jiawen slid off his back, and without hesitation, went straight inside. Jiang Yan followed.
Yu Heng had been there for a good while, with a stack of strawberry cakes and two coffees on the table.
Upon seeing Song Jiawen enter, he hurriedly stood up.
Actually, the cafe wasn’t crowded, and even if he remained seated, Song Jiawen would have spotted him immediately.
He had thought Song Jiawen would come alone, but unexpectedly, someone else was following her.
Yu Heng eyed Jiang Yan warily.
But the other guy only glanced at him before turning to ask Song Jiawen, “Do you need me to sit here?”
Song Jiawen nodded, and Jiang Yan promptly sat down in the seat next to her.
Yu Heng: ….
How much does she distrust me?
He looked toward Song Jiawen, the memory of Xiaosi’s face, as delicate as a doll’s, gradually merging with that of the girl before him…
Combined with the phone call just now, he could almost confirm that she, was Xiaosi!
“Xiaosi…”
Yu Heng opened his mouth to call out his little sister’s pet name, but didn’t see any response from Song Jiawen. However, the kid beside her looked up in surprise with raised eyebrows.
Such an eyesore!
He really wanted to have him move aside, but remembering it was Xiaosi who had asked him to sit down, Yu Heng swallowed down the words he had ready to say.
He could only sigh and say, “Mom just got off the plane and is on her way here.”
