Chapter 93: Facing Your Own Cowardice for Five Minutes

Jiang Banxia didn’t know what the word “nympho” meant.

But she knew her backer had arrived.

It was exactly five minutes to twelve, which meant that according to the agreement made the day before, Li Yang was still his backer.

So, she said aggrievedly: "Master Li, my family doesn't want me anymore."

"What! What?"

Li Yang wondered if Jiang Banxia's parents had a problem with their brains. They didn't want a daughter like this?

If you had told him earlier, he would have let his parents pick up the bargain.

Anyway, my parents wouldn't mind having one more daughter or one less.

Jiang Banxia seemed to have countless grievances, and tears were about to come out. "They have other children now, and they don't care about me like before."

"What happened? Tell me."

"They already have a new house, clean and beautiful, right in Qingshui Bay, 140 square meters, I have never lived in such a big house. But before my brother came back, they just didn't want to move, and insisted on living in the small house assigned by my father's unit. The wiring is aging, cold in winter and hot in summer, and even turning on the air conditioner is like entering a train station. People live in a crowded place, there is almost no sound insulation, and there are water leaks and power outages. Are they biased?"

"Yes, yes, I am definitely biased! This matter is deliberately targeting you!"

Li Yang nodded.

Jiang Banxia continued, "I got such high scores in the exam. All the relatives and friends who came to move today focused on my younger brother. I will be admitted to Peking University anyway, but apart from greeting each other and giving me a few red envelopes, I don't know whether they were for moving to a new house or for getting into university, they ignored me. My dad is the same. He didn't even ask me what I like to eat. He just kept taking care of my younger brother. Do they not care about me anymore?"

"Yes, yes, they are really going too far. What kind of people are they?"

Jiang Banxia: "Also, they always cared about my birthday before, sometimes preparing gifts for me several days in advance. But now? My birthday is only three minutes away, and they seem to have forgotten everything. They even didn't know that I had been away from home for half an hour."

Li Yang was filled with righteous indignation: "This is too much. Come on, I'll go with you and talk to them! Then tell them that if you don't want this daughter, there are plenty of people who do. You are so outstanding, are you afraid that no one will love you? Let them regret it in the future!"

Jiang Banxia was about to uncontrollably cry, but then Li Yang responded with such great recognition, and she couldn't control her grievance any more.

I cried, and my emotions were even very obvious, and I couldn't stop the tears.

Li Yang was still saying, "What if your brother is here? This family is yours, and you are the most powerful person in this family! They are so disrespectful to you and don't care about your thoughts at all. They are not worthy of being your parents! So, I will go back with you later, I will grab your father's neck, and then question him. Just say whatever you want to say, and I will support you!"

"But you...hiccup...isn't your birthday not yet? Hiccup...I've already..."

Jiang Banxia cried so hard that she couldn't speak clearly.

At this moment, she glanced at her cell phone and it was exactly twelve o'clock in the evening.

In other words, she has become an adult at this moment.

But Li Yang was still a few days away. She remembered Li Yang's birthday was July 8, five days younger than hers.

Li Yang said nonchalantly: "In the underworld, no one judges by age, it's all about fists! Come on, I'll help you with this matter, and I promise to get justice for the injustice you've suffered these days!"

At this moment, Jiang Banxia suddenly laughed, tears still hanging on her cheeks, but she was laughing happily.

Then he took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said, "It's past twelve o'clock. You are no longer my backer, and you have no obligation to stand up for me."

"It's okay. I'll give you half an hour for free."

But Jiang Banxia directly refused: "No, I have already vented all my petty emotions in these five minutes."

"What do you mean by being petty? Are you petty? This is just a normal request! Why didn't you move when you were here? Why didn't you live in a bigger house? Why should you give all your care to your brother when he comes? Who is not a baby at home? Why did you care so much about your birthday before, but not this year? They did something wrong, and they can't let others say anything?"

Jiang Banxia quickly said, "They don't want to move. Maybe they think I will be better at studying in the old house. Because I have always shown a good relationship with my biological mother, they thought I would like the old house more."

"What do you say today when your relatives and friends don't care about you?"

Jiang Banxia: "Today is my brother's first day here. If they weren't enthusiastic, Dou Ying would have thought that our family would bully her. Who wouldn't show some concern for a new member? My grandparents, uncles and aunts care about my brother for my dad's sake, to avoid conflicts between them. Besides, I'm very familiar with them, so it would seem strange for them to care about me. The less they care about me, does that mean I'm a family member? And my brother is an outsider..."

"Then how do you explain that they don't care about your birthday?"

Jiang Banxia thought for a moment and ignored the vibration of her phone. After a moment, she said, "That's because they are very tired today. They have a lot of things to move and they have to entertain so many guests. Isn't it normal that they don't have time to ask me? Besides, I'm not a child. I can't get angry over such a thing, right?"

Li Yang said seriously: "You have to think about it carefully. If you don't let me help you today, I will not be your backer in the future. It's impossible for me to help you. I will only take this job tonight."

Jiang Banxia said without any hesitation, "It's okay. The five minutes of support just now were enough. I have vented all my cowardice, sensitivity, and even all the weaknesses of human nature. From today on, I will not think about anything else."

She must have known how unfair the words she said at the beginning were.

But who could she tell? Telling others that her father didn't want her anymore would make others think she was crazy.

She said she had lost her place in the family? Others would think she was crazy. She said no one cared about her birthday? It hadn't even come yet? She was just a spoiled princess, she didn't know how to look after the big picture.

But Li Yang stood by her unconditionally, allowing her to vent all the emotions that shouldn't have appeared.

She knew that those emotions were the most malicious assumptions about the entire family, and she also knew how hypocritical, princess-like, and shameless she seemed to be when she said those words.

But she didn't want any results, she just wanted to get out the dark corners of her heart.

The best way to defeat the darkness is to face it.

In the past, she wouldn't dare to say it.

But Li Yang was there at this time, and Li Yang could give her confidence and help her get through those dark five minutes.

It turned out to be just as I thought.

For the first time, she faced her most vulnerable and incompetent self.

Blaming the problems on others without working hard yourself is incompetence.

"You don't think of anything else? I don't believe it... It doesn't seem like you were pretending to cry just now. Can you get over it in the blink of an eye?"

Jiang Banxia puffed out his chest and said, "Of course! If I were really angry, I would have run away a long time ago."

Li Yang laughed, shook the access card in his hand, and said, "Isn't it because there is no access card?"

Jiang Banxia: "How do you have the access card here?"

"Because... we are neighbors. I live in Building 12. What about you?"

"I...Building 10."

Generally, you don’t need an access card to leave the community, there will be a manual switch.

Jiang Banxia thought this neighborhood was the same...

Otherwise, she might go to the river to vent and then come back. I don’t know if she can survive that dark period without Li Yang as her support.

It might become more and more extreme.

Jiang Banxia continued to ask: "When did you move here?"

"Technically, it was yesterday as well."

My parents came together yesterday and were busy all day, and the furniture is almost ready.

"Have you applied for the exam?"

If it were Jiang Banxia before, he would definitely ask: Have you applied for the exam?

"I've applied for the entrance exam to Tsinghua University."

Jiang Banxia smiled and said, "I am in Peking University."

"Tsk tsk, Peking University is great, there are many beautiful girls there, someone will send my love letter to me then."

"Don't worry, I promise to introduce you to the most beautiful girl in the school. But whether she is willing to accept your love letter is none of my business."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Banxia glanced at her phone and quickly said, "My dad called me, I have to go back quickly. By the way, I'm going to travel with them in a few days, let's go look at houses together when I come back."

"What house?"

"Hey, Master Li, you promised before that we would buy a house together, and I have already collected the money."

Li Yang smiled and said, "Okay, okay, but you have to wait a little longer. I can buy it after I get my bonus."

Anyway, I don’t know how many times Li Yang has spent his bonus.

No matter who you are, you will spend the bonus money. In fact, Bai Qing just transferred the money over.

"That's fine, I'll go back first."

Jiang Banxia could feel the urgency of her father's call, even though she didn't answer it.

Li Yang watched Jiang Banxia leave, and indeed, he could feel the changes in Jiang Banxia.

At first, she vented her emotions by making trouble for others, but later she started making excuses for others.

This shows that she can now look at family problems with a normal mindset instead of being too picky about them.

Everyone has emotional moments, but treating normal people and treating close people are two completely different ways of thinking.

At a dinner table, when ordinary friends or strangers are talking and people ignore you, I rarely get angry.

But if someone doesn’t talk to someone close to me, I won’t consider anything else and will immediately get upset.

I always feel that people close to me shouldn’t be like this.

There is no right or wrong in this matter, it depends on how a person thinks.

If I can understand ordinary people ignoring me, why can't I understand people close to me? Even if they are not doing the right thing, what if they really have some difficulties that I haven't discovered?

Between relatives, understanding and tolerance are the basis of feelings.

But people like Brother Li Lifa are fucking hopeless, just send them to the crematorium!

…

Jiang Banxia had just returned to Building 10 when she saw Jiang Yaoting and Dou Ying running out of the elevator in a hurry.

"I'll go outside the community, and you look inside. If you can't find it after half an hour, call the police!"

As soon as Jiang Yaoting finished speaking, he saw Jiang Banxia standing at the elevator entrance.

After Dou Ying realized what was happening, she quickly ran to Jiang Banxia, ​​hugged her in her arms, and said nervously, "Xia Xia, where have you been?"

Jiang Banxia knew that at this moment, Dou Ying actually didn't need to act anymore.

It's like some people saying that Liu Bei is a hypocrite, but if one can be hypocritical all his life, what's the difference between him and a real gentleman?

Even if Dou Ying was just acting before, she is still willing to continue acting now, so I should accept her completely.

But... acceptance is acceptance, and a birthday gift is a birthday gift.

She said sheepishly, "Mom, I want to come downstairs to see if my birthday present has arrived."

…

Ten minutes later, Jiang Banxia realized that the birthday present had already been prepared.

Moreover, my parents had already set the alarm for twelve o'clock, just in case I overslept and didn't get the gift delivered immediately.

But...she didn't wait until the last moment.

But the results don’t seem bad.

(End of this chapter)