Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat-Chapter 23 - 020 Show Off
Chapter 23: Chapter 020: Show Off
Chapter 23 -020: Show Off
“Jiajia, have some fruit first. Is there anything special you want to eat tonight? I’ll have the auntie start preparing it right now,” said Shi Peixia.
“Anything is fine; I’m not picky, auntie.”
The more Shi Peixia looked at Song Jiawen, the more satisfied she became. She was beautiful, well-behaved, and very smart. How great it would have been if she were her own granddaughter.
She truly envied her older sister.
Shi Peixia went to the kitchen to instruct the housekeeper to prepare dinner, while Song Jiawen sat alone in the spacious living room, her eyes not wandering around. She sat properly in front of the coffee table, eating fruit.
A few days ago, when she called her uncle, he didn’t mention that auntie wanted to visit her at school. In fact, he didn’t mention auntie at all.
So, her uncle must have refused auntie because he understood her character; he knew she didn’t like going to other people’s houses.
But actually, it was fine, mainly because she didn’t dislike her auntie.
At that moment, voices could be heard from outside. Then, two people pushed open the ajar front door and walked in.
“Hey?… Who are you?”
The person walking in front was an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy with a handsome face, wearing well-chosen casual clothes. As he entered, he saw Song Jiawen sitting on the sofa in the living room. While initially surprised by her impressive appearance, he searched his memory and couldn’t place her among his family or friends.
The girl following him was also curiously sizing up Song Jiawen. She noticed the blue and white uniform from Experimental Middle School and was taken aback, “From Experimental Middle School? Are you a student there?”
Song Jiawen nodded politely to the two, “Yes, from Experimental Middle School.”
But hearing the term “Experimental Middle School,” the boy frowned and asked somewhat abruptly, “Who exactly are you? Why are you at my house? Who brought you here?”
Song Jiawen looked up at him, unsure which of his rapid-fire questions to answer first. But she noticed the way he said “my house,” so… was this her auntie’s grandson?
“I brought her here. What of it?” came Shi Peixia’s voice as she approached from the direction of the kitchen.
The old lady’s demeanor changed drastically from the affection she had shown Song Jiawen; she looked at the boy sternly, even severely, “Yang Yi, is this how you treat guests? Who taught you your manners? What happened to your so-called upbringing? Where did it go?”
Yang Yi’s face turned pale instantly, “Grandma…”
Shi Peixia glanced at the girl beside her grandson, a flicker of displeasure in her eyes, but she quickly concealed it.
Considering there was a visitor present, Shi Peixia spared Yang Yi some face. She softened her tone and introduced Song Jiawen to him, “This is your cousin, Jiajia, the granddaughter of my older sister, that is, your great-auntie. I had the good fortune to bring her here today. Are you trying to drive her away just after you’ve come back?”
Yang Yi’s expression changed as he looked at Song Jiawen in surprise; she was actually Shi Peirong’s granddaughter.
He had never met that great-auntie, but he knew the weight she held in the hearts of both the Shi and Yang families, despite living in the countryside.
Not to mention others, his grandmother, Shi Peixia, was raised by Shi Peirong. In her heart, this older sister was even more important than the two brothers in the Shi family.
So had he actually managed to drive Song Jiawen away just now, he might as well never step foot in his grandmother’s house again.
“Grandma, I didn’t know she was great-auntie’s granddaughter. I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
Yang Yi directed the last three words at Song Jiawen.
Just as Song Jiawen was about to say it was okay, she was interrupted by the girl beside Yang Yi, “Yang Yi, I’m heading home now. We can discuss that problem tonight. Goodbye, Grandma Yang.”
Shi Peixia just nodded slightly, without saying anything.
Before the girl turned to leave, she gave Song Jiawen a covert glance.
As she walked out of the Yang Family villa and her figure completely disappeared, Shi Peixia didn’t avoid Song Jiawen either, because she never treated her as an outsider, she directly said to Yang Yi, “I’ve told you before, I’m not against you being friends with Fan Jingjing, but this child’s thoughts are not pure. You need to be careful when dealing with her that you’re not led by the nose. But what happened? You’re easily influenced by her every time, like a knife in her hands.”
“Yang Yi, don’t get upset by what I’m saying. Just look at what happened today. If she hadn’t emphasized to you that Jiajia was from Experimental Middle School, would you have treated Jiajia with such a cold eye?”
“And as for the conflict with Experimental Middle School, what conflict do you have with them? It’s all because of her.”
After all, he was her own grandson. Although he had been spoiled by his mother when he was younger, Shi Peixia still hoped to set him straight, which is why she was patiently reasoning with him.
“Grandmother…”
Yang Yi furrowed his brows, not knowing what to say. He knew his grandmother was trying to teach him, but he just didn’t understand why she had such a big problem with Fan Jingjing.
They were both classmates and neighbors, and their relationship had always been good, but his grandmother always said that Fan Jingjing was crafty and not pure, advising him to be careful when interacting with her.
To be on guard against her, then what’s the point of being friends at all? Wouldn’t it be better to simply cut ties?
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As for the conflict with Experimental Middle School…
He disliked Experimental Middle School, it was indeed because of Fan Jingjing at first, but later on, he heard from several teachers that there were no good words about Experimental Middle School, and the rivalry between Experimental Middle School and their school had been there for a long time, which had little to do with Fan Jingjing.
But his grandmother…
“Forget it,”
Seeing that Yang Yi wasn’t taking in her words, Shi Peixia helplessly waved her hand, gesturing for him to go upstairs.
“Jiajia, come here, your aunty will take you to your room.”
Before picking her up from Experimental Middle School, Shi Peixia had already prepared a guest room for her – a sunny and spacious one with a private bathroom, and all the new furnishings inside, even the curtains were changed to pink. If there had been enough time, she might have even painted the walls pink for her.
Soft and tender, just like her, how nice.
Song Jiawen felt somewhat speechless about this color.
Forget it, as long as aunty likes it.
“This will be your room from now on. No matter when you come, your aunty will keep it for you.”
Not far away was Yang Yi’s room. As he passed by the door, he heard his grandmother’s words and his brow twitched, truly unable to understand why his grandmother liked her so much.
Not long after, Elder Yang of the Yang Family returned.
“Look at the fish I caught, this biggest one, I caught it myself.”
Elder Yang proudly showed the big fish he caught to Shi Peixia from the bucket, “Isn’t it impressive?”
“Yes, yes, you’re impressive, you’re the most impressive,” Shi Peixia praised him somewhat perfunctorily, disappointing Elder Yang who turned to the middle-aged man behind him and disparaged, “My second brother squatted for half a day and only caught this tiny one; he’s nowhere near as good as me.”
Yang’s second brother nodded and agreed, “Indeed, I don’t have uncle’s patience; I only caught a small one.”
The two of them chatted away, only realizing after a while that Song Jiawen was standing behind Shi Peixia.
“Eh? This young girl… Elder sister and Elder Xie’s granddaughter?”
With just one look, Elder Yang recognized Song Jiawen’s identity because when Elder Xie was still alive, he had very proudly boasted to him about his little granddaughter.
