Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat

Chapter 29: Chapter 26 Widely Circulated Chapter 29: Chapter 26 Widely Circulated “Hello!”

Jiang Yan stood opposite Yang Yi and greeted him politely, then quickly added, seeing the doubt and hostility in his eyes, “Long time no see.”

This guy definitely recognized him, one hundred percent!

But Jiang Yan, looking at Yang Yi’s face, had no impression of him at all, and the name was just as forgettable, completely gone from his memory.

It really wasn’t his fault, having been through two high schools and after so many years, who could remember a common high school classmate with no contact for over a decade or two?

Song Jiawen looked at Yang Yi, then at Jiang Yan, and finally confirmed that the two of them knew each other.

She just didn’t understand the purpose of Yang Yi’s visit today, which seemed more like he came for a confrontation with Jiang Yan.

They knew each other, but their relationship was bad in the past?

If that was the case, she found Yang Yi even more incomprehensible. Why seek out someone you don’t get along with?

“Jiajia, you go back to the classroom first, I have something to say to Jiang Yan.”

Planning to send her away—were they really going to fight?

Song Jiawen hesitated for a moment and before leaving, kindly reminded them, “Don’t fight, this is a school.”

The implication being, if you want to fight, take it outside school.

Sometimes problems between boys are solved with fists.

She heard this phrase from her brother-in-law, a martial arts instructor at a military academy, who reportedly never talks when he can use his hands in front of his students.

So a fight between boys isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

After Song Jiawen left, Yang Yi got straight to the point, “How come you’re here? And what’s your relationship with Jia Wen?”

Jiang Yan really couldn’t be bothered with such a blockhead, but recalling that the guy was Song Jiawen’s cousin and that he had just shared a great set of study materials a couple of days ago…

So he patiently replied, “We both came over from Jianghai Middle School, and as for our relationship… you want to confirm if it’s the kind you’re thinking of, right? I can tell you very clearly, it’s not.”

“Really not?”

Yang Yi frowned; he did not trust Jiang Yan very much, considering the guy had a history, and his character was unreliable.

Plus, he hadn’t given up on Fan Jingjing yet…

Jiang Yan, seeing the suspicion in his eyes, felt both annoyed and amused. If you freaking don’t trust me, then why the hell are you even asking?

“That’s just pointless of you to say, I grew up with Song Jiawen since we were kids. If we’re talking about closeness, I might even be ahead of you. Don’t believe me? You can ask her.”

Yang Yi was taken aback by his words. He hadn’t realized that Jiang Yan knew Jiajia so early. So, were their grandmothers’ houses neighbors? Was that why the two of them transferred together from Jianghai Middle School to the Experimental Middle School?

Understanding the real situation, Yang Yi’s hostility towards Jiang Yan wasn’t as strong as before.

But before leaving, he still didn’t forget to warn Jiang Yan, “You and Fan Jingjing are impossible. It’d be better if you don’t bother her in the future.”

Jiang Yan: “???”

Wait, who is Fan Jingjing?

Jiang Yan felt utterly confused.

When he got back to the classroom, Song Jiawen’s first question to him was, “Didn’t you say you don’t know Yang Yi?”

“If I said I’ve forgotten him, would you believe me?”

Song Jiawen glanced at him and nodded sincerely, “I do.” After all, your memory is so bad, you can’t even remember English vocabulary.

Jiang Yan, catching the subtext, turned his head expressionlessly and picked up the English book, slapping it hard on the table.

…..

After evening self-study, Song Jiawen returned to the dormitory and, after washing up, Zhu Jin handed her English notebook to her, which contained the essay she had just written, asking Song Jiawen to help her correct it.

Meng Qing, who was on the bunk across, saw this and said indifferently, “Song Jiawen, since your English is so good, why did you need to photocopy Zhu Jin’s notes before?”

What did it mean to refer to the notes of a classmate whose grades were not as good as one’s own? Was it to mock others?

Song Jiawen, without even lifting her head, replied, “Zhu Jin’s notes are indeed well-organized. I was looking at her grammar. Is there any problem with that?”

Wang Xiaole, who was simple-minded, didn’t catch the insinuations in Meng Qing’s words. Instead, she agreed with Song Jiawen, saying, “Indeed, I’ve also photocopied Zhu Jin’s notes before, and the grammar she recorded has been of great help to me.”

Zhu Jin turned to glance at Meng Qing, whose eyes were unusually sharp considering she was normally obsessed with her studies.

But she said nothing, only urging Song Jiawen to hurry up and correct the paper, as lights-out was approaching.

The next day at noon, Zhu Jin, Song Jiawen, Wang Xiaole, Jiang Yan, as well as Xiao Qi, Yu Hang, and Zhu Zhen, sat together in the cafeteria with their meals.

At that moment, Zhu Jin suddenly turned her head to look to the left. Following her gaze, Zhu Zhen also turned to look and saw their classmate Meng Qing sitting with Deng Tao and a group of others from Class Six.

Many people knew that Meng Qing and Deng Tao had a good relationship.

Zhu Zhen didn’t think this would impress Zhu Jin and asked in confusion, “What’s the matter?”

Zhu Jin withdrew her gaze, shook her head, and said nothing.

Just then, Wang Xiaole suddenly began speaking about the words Meng Qing had said to Song Jiawen the night before. She was someone who was slow to catch on and had only suddenly realized the implication this morning.

Meng Qing was sowing discord.

Fortunately, Zhu Jin didn’t care, which thwarted her plans.

Xiao Qi chuckled, “Always hanging out with Class Six, does she really think she’s all that? Ridiculous.”

Jiang Yan didn’t even lift his head as he commented, “Why bother about such a person?”

His words were met with agreement from most of the people present. What were they dealing with, still obsessing over picking on others?

The group stopped paying attention to Meng Qing and Class Six and began talking about Experimental Middle School instead.

This was mainly because Yang Yi had come to find Song Jiawen and Jiang Yan the day before.

Yu Hang, who had access to more information, shared, “In the last mock exam, their top student scored five points higher than Zhu Zhen. They also had twelve more students scoring above six hundred compared to our school. If nothing unexpected occurs, Experimental Middle School is set to outperform First Middle School in this year’s college entrance exam.”

Zhu Zhen glanced at Song Jiawen, who was quietly eating her meal, and spoke softly, “That’s not necessarily the case. It all depends on which school the city’s top scholar comes from.”

Although Zhu Zhen hadn’t interacted with Song Jiawen for long, the last couple of days had been enough for him to understand her. In the recent minor exams, she hadn’t fully utilized her strengths,
Her advantage lay in tackling difficult problems— the harder the test papers, the greater the distance she could put between herself and others.

Zhu Zhen even suspected that the reason Song Jiawen could score a perfect 150 was precisely because the paper was only out of 150.

Just as she could score 300 in the science comprehensive, because that was the total score of the paper.

So for the top student of Experimental Middle School to surpass Song Jiawen, they would have to be an even more formidable prodigy than her.

Understanding Zhu Zhen’s point, everyone else also placed their hopes on Song Jiawen, who even Zhu Zhen admired as the true academic god.

Song Jiawen looked up at everyone and asked softly, “Do you guys need review materials?”

Zhu Zhen reacted in a second to what she was referring to, “The notebook of difficult problems on your desk? I want it.”

He had seen it the day before but hadn’t had the nerve to ask.

If Zhu Zhen wanted it, how could the others say no?

Yang Yi might never imagine that his and Fan Jingjing’s cherished review materials were being widely circulated in First Middle School.

And not just in First Middle School but in Jianghai Middle School as well.