Chapter 411 You are a talented person, a heroine

Although Zhang Shuai felt that Li Jing's request was abrupt, he still felt a ripple in his heart because someone was interested in his past.

So he started talking from the time his mother ran away and his grandparents passed away, telling Li Jing all his experiences.

It’s strange, but I was clearly very resistant and didn’t want to show my scars to others.

But when he told Li Jing, he talked incessantly without hiding anything.

How strange!

"Just like that, my farming career also failed, and I could only wander around the village. If I hadn't met the boss, I would probably have just been a gangster, eating and waiting to die." He smiled, his tone full of self-mockery.

Then he asked Li Jing, "Why aren't you laughing? Don't you think it's funny?"

Really? Is that funny?

Li Jing asked him in her heart: So this is how you have been living these years?

I used to think he was unruly and impulsive, irritable and reckless, and that his behavior was the product of a lack of culture.

Now I know that the biggest prejudice in this world is to judge others by oneself.

Li Jing was silent for a long time and didn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.

After a long time, she gently held Zhang Shuai's hand and suddenly laughed: "Tsk, what's that to you? Compared to me, you're not miserable. I'm the real one."

Zhang Shuai wanted to struggle when she held his hand, but Li Jing didn't let go, so he gave up.

"Then tell me how miserable it is."

My goodness, who is more miserable here?

Li Jing couldn't help laughing again: "Okay, I'll tell you everything."

With her hands tightly clasped together, Li Jing began to tell her story.

"Ever since I was little, I've been different from the girls around me. Because I was disobedient, rebellious, and bold, and I always hung out with boys, everyone thought I was different."

"I can see that," Zhang Shuai said, "You are indeed a heroine."

"Go away, you're talking nonsense."

Li Jing tightened her grip on his hand and said with a smile, "Actually, it's not that I want to do this. It's just that I'm too bored."

"stuffy?"

Zhang Shuai was puzzled: "Your family is so rich, you must have lived a comfortable life since childhood, how could you be bored?"

"Look, that's prejudice." Li Jing laughed and said, "Do you think that rich people always live happily and without any worries?"

"Isn't it? It's much better than us who can't even afford to eat."

Zhang Shuai tried to break free from her hand, saying, "You're just used to a good life, and you don't know what suffering is. If you can't even feel good about a life like this, then the rest of us might as well just die."

Li Jing still didn't let go of his hand, but instead held it with both hands.

This time, facing Zhang Shuai's sarcasm, she rarely fought back, but just smiled gently.

"Silly, you are prejudiced. This is not good. Don't talk like this in the future. It will make people dislike you."

"I hate that you're still holding me, let go." He struggled.

Li Jing didn't let go and continued calmly: "I don't hate you, I just want to teach you not to talk like that in the future."

"I don't need you to teach me."

"Then I'll teach you too. Remember, I'm doing this for your own good."

"Oh, okay, okay, it's for my own good." Zhang Shuai was defeated by her and shook his hands impatiently.

But Li Jing held it tightly and couldn't get rid of it.

He gave up and let her hold it, but his body involuntarily leaned towards her.

Li Jing continued the previous topic.

"I'm serious. You might not believe it. I was actually pretty miserable when I was little."

"Where is it?"

"I'm the only one in my family, and my dad has a big business, so he really wanted a son. But I happened to be a girl."

"What's wrong with being a girl? You're doing no worse than us guys." Zhang Shuai retorted.

"Really? Can I take it that you're praising me?"

"what ever."

Li Jing smiled again and continued, "At that time, the family planning policy had just been implemented, and my father was very unwilling to accept it. But he loved my mother very much, so he didn't have any affairs and placed all his hopes on me."

"Then why did I hear that your father didn't agree with you starting your own business?"

"That's because he wanted me to come back and take over the family company. I disagreed, so he told me to hang around outside. He wanted me to come back and beg him when I felt the hardship was too much and I couldn't bear it anymore."

"So you got the idea because of that website the boss mentioned. Did you start this thing to challenge your dad?"

Zhang Shuai finally realized that Li Jing had been playing the pig to eat the tiger.

Li Jing still smiled and replied, "Yeah, if not, am I going to go back to the construction site and move bricks? Real estate is a very shady business. How can a little girl like me do this?"

"Are you unwilling or unable to do it? According to what you said, your father has high hopes for you since you were a child and should have been fully nurtured. So why did you challenge him to a duel? And why did you feel bored?"

This finally hits the point.

Li Jing leaned closer to him, sighed, and said, "Since I started elementary school, I haven't had any weekends, winter or summer vacations. Other kids only do two things after school: do homework and play.

After school, I had to go to the Children's Palace. After class was over, I would go home, eat a quick meal, and start practicing.

By the time we finished practicing, it was already time for bed. I was exhausted as a dog, my eyelids were drooping, and I still had to do my homework. By the time I finished my homework, my bedroom was the only one in the building with the light on.

"I lived like this from the age of six until I started high school."

“…” Zhang Shuai stopped talking and tightened his hands subconsciously.

After a long while, he said quietly, "So, you are indeed worse off than me."

"Yeah, I'll tell you. I'd rather be hungry than free."

"So, you rebelled?"

"That's right. Where there's oppression, there's resistance! If I keep going like this, I'll probably die of exhaustion before I even reach adulthood."

"Then how did you resist?" Zhang Shuai leaned closer to her again and turned to look at her.

At this moment, there was no distance between them. From behind, they looked like they were leaning against each other.

"First, I got into a fight at the Children's Palace and caused trouble. The next day, I was expelled."

"What...hahahahahaha!" Zhang Shuai laughed as soon as he heard it and immediately gave her a thumbs up: "Awesome, you are really unique."

"Well, it's not over yet. Don't jump to conclusions."

"Isn't this enough? Hahahahaha..."

"It was miserable. After being expelled from several schools, my dad directly invested in a private 'children's training class', which was similar to the Children's Palace. Now the business was his own, and no matter how much I made a fuss, it was fine. It was even more miserable because the teachers were also hired by his family. With my dad's order, I became the worst student in the whole school."

"And then what? You were forced to accept it?"

"How could that be?" Li Jing raised her chin and smiled brightly. "He has his own plan, but I have my own way. Since I can't get rid of him, I'll just give in."

"Give up?" Zhang Shuai stopped smiling, his expression suddenly becoming serious. "After all this hard work, you're just going to give up? Then all the hard work would be in vain."

"How could I? I've suffered so much, and of course I know that studying is important. But I just can't stand the fact that I'm living like a puppet."

"So? You..."

"So, I'm just pretending to be good at this while I'm secretly trying to get through Chencang." Li Jing suddenly interrupted. "On the surface, I know nothing and always rank last on the test. I don't do my homework, I don't study. But in reality, I've already learned everything I need to learn. On tests, I deliberately avoid the correct answers and get a bunch of mistakes wrong. The teacher can't do anything about it."

Seeing that she was even a little proud, Zhang Shuai's eyes changed little by little, becoming softer, and also becoming... a feeling he couldn't describe.

"Aren't you afraid of being discovered?" he asked.

"Afraid? Haha, the one you should be afraid of is the teacher."

Li Jing started to beam with joy: "You don't know, at that time, I was so mad at me that I replaced all the teachers one after another. Everyone thought I had a problem with my brain and my IQ was worrying. They suggested that my dad take me to get a checkup. Hahahahahahahahahaha..."

She laughed exaggeratedly, her whole body filled with uncontrollable excitement. "You know what? My dad was so mad that he stopped caring about me. He didn't realize I was faking it until I got into college."

"Even in such a situation, you were still able to pass the exam. You are a talent." Zhang Shuai sighed.

"Then you underestimate me. Don't you see who's around me?"

"Who is it?"

Zhang Shuai thought of the answer as soon as he finished asking: "Lin Zhou, Lin Hai?"

"Yeah, these two are so smart and well-behaved, I'm willing to play with them."

After Li Jing finished speaking, she turned to look at him and said with a smile, "How is it? My experience is much worse than yours. Isn't it exciting enough?"

Whether it is exciting enough is another matter, but it is indeed another kind of "miserable" way.

Zhang Shuai smiled softly, shifted his eyes away from her face, and said, "You are truly a heroine."

When the "heroine" Li Jing heard this, she laughed again.

"Silly boy, I'm really happy to hear you say that."

She kept calling him "fool" and "fool", which made Zhang Shuai very unhappy.

But soon, "fool" became the exclusive name he admitted to calling her.

When Tian Xin called to say it was over, the two of them had already been sitting by the river for more than two hours.

After talking about their childhood, the two of them slowly walked back.

At this time, the hand that had been holding her still did not let go.

Zhang Shuai was afraid that Tian Xin would see him, so he struggled and said, "You keep holding my hand. Aren't you afraid that your dad will see and misunderstand you?"

"Don't be afraid." Li Jing still didn't let go.

"I'm scared, you'd better let go." Zhang Shuai said.

Li Jing snorted, turned around and glared at him: "You're a grown man, can't you be a little more ambitious? I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid your dad will eat me! If he calls me a 'toad wanting to eat swan flesh' again..."

"Hey, be careful—"

Before he could finish his words, Li Jing interrupted him with a scream.

Then, he felt his arm tighten, and Li Jing pulled him towards him. The two of them hugged each other and spun in a circle. Shit, again?

Zhang Shuai was about to lose his temper when a loud bang sounded beside him. A large plastic activity board crashed down at his feet. Before he could react, another loud bang sounded beside him.

This time, the sound came from the front.

Before he could shout, Li Jing fell into his arms and fainted the next second.