"What a contradictory statement..." Chu Shangli laughed dryly twice.
"Is that so? But—even someone as sentimental as you should know that the end result of forcing things to grow is that all the sprouts will wither, right? Even if they initially grow stronger than other plants, the outcome will be the same. It's said that the more hope you place on a high yield, the more likely it is to die in a strange place—"
Ying Meng sat on the side with her legs crossed.
Chu Shangli didn't know Ying Meng from the past, but judging from Ying Meng's memories, she was probably a good girl in the past.
But now she looks like a little ruffian, completely ignoring her own danger.
She was still a saint when she spoke, but she had shed her old skin and her aura looked different.
"You're staring at me, and you must be thinking, I've grown terribly ugly now, right?"
“…”
Although the actual ideas are subtly different, the meaning is actually close.
"Haha, that's right. I was also the result of over-education and over-indoctrination. So-called over-education, over-cultivation, to the point that I have serious doubts about everything I was taught before - I'm even starting to think about completely overthrowing it. If I hadn't been given so many correct values back then, I probably wouldn't have had such thoughts of completely overthrowing everything. At least I would have retained a more gentle side. But now, all I have left is aggressiveness -"
Ying Meng jumped up and made a slam dunk move——
"If you show your talent in basketball in junior high, it will be difficult to achieve much in the Imperial Tournament—"
"You're being prejudiced, aren't you? As the saying goes, 'someone may understand something when they're young, but not necessarily when they're older.'"
"Although there are some, but I don't play basketball, so there's no need to be jealous of them, right?" Ying Meng tilted her head: "As for the actual reason, you probably don't know -"
"Even if I know, it might not be the answer you give, so I'm all ears."
"Here." Ying Meng knocked on his knees—and then, he knocked on his heart—
"And here—they can't even handle it. A genius who shows signs of talent at this age is bound to be overly reliant on by their peers. Living among mediocre people can be quite painful—constantly being relied upon, and everyone believing they're just good enough, taking their teammates' efforts as their own. As a result, they'll overwork themselves, as if pumped up, only to still lose in the end—whether it's their heart or their knees, they'll suffer severe damage, and even mental trauma. After all, a genius caught in a garbage dump won't be able to turn the garbage into treasure; instead, they'll be assimilated by the garbage—"
"Ha, it's really prejudice." Chu Shangli smiled sarcastically -
Although she knew that Ying Meng's words were true and not prejudice.
"Looking at your eyes, you're just pretending not to know, right? Although I'm not very good at reading people's expressions, I still have a woman's sixth sense."
“…”
Chu Shangli raised his eyebrows and remained silent.
"I knew someone like this in the past. His knee was severely injured, and his body became quite fragile. He refused to believe in cooperation, nor in the abilities of his teammates. He also didn't believe that hard work would pay off. In short, he became a terrible human being. He's still degenerating..."
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