8. My dear.
◎The era of eternal mole marks has changed◎
Where to kiss?
After Xu Huaihuai finished asking, Lin Xu's eyes lit up and he moved a little closer, only to be ruthlessly pushed away by Xu Huaihuai with two fingers around his neck. "Come on, how could a woman with such a strong will be blinded by mere male beauty?"
"Well, the era of the eternal existence of moles has changed."
Lin Xu touched his neck, which had been ruthlessly slit open, and the light in his eyes seemed to dim instantly.
"What, what are you doing?" Xu Huaihuai's gaze swept over the mole on Lin Xu's neck, and she seemed to remember being very close to it before. "Yes, I mistook you for a male model that day, and I might have done something I liked to your neck, but, but..."
"Is it just the neck?"
"Uh, and abs too?" Xu Huaihuai was a little guilty.
Lin Xu nodded, "And the belly button."
"Can we just let this go? I didn't poke your belly button on purpose. I was touching your abs from behind, so of course I couldn't see your belly button. It's not my fault... Wait, what's with that look? What are you laughing at?"
It's muttering to itself in a serious tone, all fluffy and cute. So cute, so incredibly cute.
"It's nothing, I just didn't expect Sister Huai to remember so clearly. Maybe we can avoid this problem by going from the front next time." The person who seemed unaffected but was actually smitten by the cuteness didn't forget her mission. "Time to pour water, lift your foot."
"oh."
After Lin Xu went to pour water, Xu Huaihuai shook her wet feet, retreated back into the rocking chair, and belatedly realized that there was no next time.
It's amazing! After being fished, my previously gloomy mood actually improved a lot.
Perhaps it's because beauty can provide energy?
[It's because you're releasing dopamine. Your brain is saying, "Lin Xu, Lin Xu, I like your body."]
The gray barrage suddenly popped up, restoring life, which startled Xu Huaihuai.
"I thought you were broken."
The chat didn't explain why they suddenly disconnected.
"Egg, why am I seeing Wei Mingxue's past?"
The comments popped up a while later.
It's about perception.
"that's all?"
【that's all! 】
"I didn't have this in my original world either, so is this a buff I get here?"
The live chat went dark without any response, then lit up again after a while.
Why am I sad today?
The comment section changed the background to orange and added a simple cat head icon.
Could it be that you were offline for so long just to upgrade a cute little bubble for yourself?
These comments are really quite unique.
"It's not that I'm sad, it's just that I feel a bit down."
[Because of... Wei Mingxue? He Yulan?]
"They are part of the reason. Before, I always thought, 'If only I had a lot of money, at least I could solve problems that money can't solve.' But after I actually had a lot of money, I found that there are also many problems that money can't solve. Money can solve material problems, but what about spiritual and ideological problems?"
"Why is it that, whether in my original world or this one, some people take pride in having sons? And daughters might be named Zhao Di or Pan Di. There are 12 recipients on the list, and 3 of them have the character 'Di' in their names. Am I just being paranoid?"
"Why do some people think boys are more noble than girls when they clearly draw nourishment from women's bodies?"
“I think this is wrong. In my original world, gender antagonism is a very sensitive topic. Some people say that women’s status is getting higher and higher, while others say that men are taking full advantage of the gender dividend. I once came across a post that asked, ‘Do women understand xx?’ There were many people in the comments section who agreed, but there was another voice, a voice whose gender could be guessed in a second.”
I'm listening.
The cat head on the orange bullet screen blinked.
Xu Huaihuai blinked her slightly sore eyes. "I'm actually a very weak person. I don't even dare to comment on some posts. I don't dare to say it out loud. I'm afraid of being harassed by private messages, having my personal information dug up, and even my family being affected. There was a post where the poster said that he never had to do housework or take care of the children at home. His wife did everything. Many people in the comments section asked for ways to train/teach their obedient wives."
"The poster said that his wife would only agree to do whatever she asked him to do, but he wouldn't. After his wife found out he wasn't doing it, she did it herself, and over time, she stopped asking him to do it. I was really angry at the time. How can someone be so selfish? Pushing all the responsibilities of a husband and father onto his wife. I commented in the comments section that this is really too much, and I hope the poster's wife will see it."
"Then the poster said I was meddling, and some people even sent me private messages saying that I must be a lazy woman who can't find a man to marry. What's even more absurd is that some of the people who insulted me saw my photos on my homepage and found that I'm not ugly at all, and I'm even a somewhat sophisticated fashion blogger. So they became convinced that I must be a prostitute, and they even seemed to have a lot of confidence and righteousness when they insulted me."
The comments section was filled with crying, and the little cat emoji kept shedding tears.
“During that time, I hid all my posts. Every time I saw the red dot on my private messages, my hands would tremble. I couldn’t argue with those foul words. In fact, many things are obvious. People with advantages are often very smart. They know when to use their advantages to crush those without advantages, and when to pretend that they also have no advantages in front of those without advantages.”
"If you call someone 'Mother' when you're asking for something, but 'Dad' when you're flattering them, I don't think that's right. It's like assuming women always have to give more. I'm thinking... money might not be able to directly change some attitudes, but with financial support, can't we do something meaningful and inspiring, like books, videos... Don't cry!"
The orange cat head in the comments section is still crying, crying its eyes out.
"Your true form isn't a little orange cat, is it? You'd only be drooling over caramel buns, right? And you're still crying!"
Xu Huaihuai flicked the cat's head with her finger, and with a bang, the orange cat head bubble disappeared, and the barrage of comments that had turned back into the basic bubble finally stopped crying.
Xu Huaihuai, my heart aches for you.
The first time the comments section formally interacted with Xu Huaihuai, without exaggerated interjections or wavy lines.
"It's okay. I wasn't brave enough before. I thought that blocking someone would be fine and that it would be okay after a while. But now I'm protected by the comments."
"But I think you've always been very brave," the commenter thought, but didn't say it aloud. A line of text slowly appeared.
[Yeah! You're the woman who has a fool backing you up!]
"Fool?"
The viewers in the live chat then realized they had typed the wrong word.
It's me! It's me!
"Oh my god, there are typos in your comment section? Is there really an admin behind it?"
[This is what I look like! I'm just a comment! A witty comment!]
Why aren't you using that orange cat head bubble anymore?
[Limited time offer. Trial period expired.]
"Then buy it! These bubbles are quite cute."
[Can't buy it!]
"Too expensive? Well, what money could a mere commenter like you have?"
No, money can't buy it! It's something else...
"Another one what?"
The comments section fell silent.
"Playing dead again..." The phone vibrated, and Zhong Xuelu's special ringtone rang. Xu Huaihuai ignored the mute comments and went to answer her best friend's call.
"Huaihuai! How was your day?"
"It went very smoothly; the family information on the roster matched the information on the application forms they filled out themselves."
Zhong Xuelu sighed softly on the other end of the phone, "Actually, I do hope there's a discrepancy between the actual situation and the application form. I hope their family's annual income is higher than what they filled in on the application, instead of them really living in poverty and hardship. By the way, what about Wei Mingxue... how is her family?"
"Not so great. Her stepmother had a younger brother, who was spoiled by his mother and is probably quite rude to his sister. Her father... Director Zhao never mentioned that he was abusive, and Wei Mingxue probably doesn't know that her father beats her stepmother. Well, her father is probably just an honest man in other people's eyes."
"Is she still living at home? When will she report to school?"
"Yes, it should be at the end of the month, right? The admission notice is due on September 1st, so she should go a little earlier."
"There are still about ten days left... I'll pick you up tomorrow when I'm done with my work!"
"Snow Deer..."
"Um?"
"Isn't the High Mountain Project originally designed for one person? Was it Wei Mingxue?"
"Huaihuai, you're so smart!" Zhong Xuelu chuckled, then said after a while, "I know her. She once bought my clothes on a platform. You know, I have a lot of clothes in my closet that I buy but don't wear much. Ninety percent of the clothes that are recycled are probably taken apart by some merchants, remade, and then sold for profit. I don't like that. So every time I organize my closet, I put some clothes on the platform."
Zhong Xuelu continued, "I've listed two coats before. They were very thick, but I bought them and thought they were too bulky, so I never wore them. I listed them on the platform for 100 yuan each. When this young lady contacted me, she didn't ask for the invoice or the tags. She told me her height and weight, and she was such a light girl. I told her that my size would make me look fat, and she said it didn't matter, as long as it kept me warm."
Just keep warm.
The two girls on the phone silently repeated those four words to themselves.
While some people are pursuing clothes that make them look slimmer and better, others are praying that their clothes will be warm enough to help them get through a cold winter full of chilblains and chapped skin.
"Later I saw a post from the same ID asking for help. The post said that she had been admitted to university, but her family's financial situation might not be enough to support her to go to university. What should she do? Her profile also showed her admission notice. It was really a coincidence that she was my junior. Someone in the comments section told her that they could help her with her food expenses, but she declined. She said she hoped that everyone could tell her about ways for college students to get part-time jobs."
“I have her shipping information. I asked someone to contact Director Zhao and told her about my idea of sponsoring her. At first, I really wanted to help Wei Mingxue first, but after talking with Director Zhao, I found out that there were other girls in the village who needed help. I thought, I can sponsor a few more people. Besides, this way Wei Mingxue won’t be so easy to refuse.”
Xu Huaihuai felt her eyes stinging. "How can you be so kind?"
"Oh? Someone's not going to drop their little pearls, is they?" Zhong Xuelu chuckled on the phone. "Tomorrow you can cry your heart out on my broad shoulders! Just bear with it today!"
[Author's Note]
My bestie, my bestie, how can you be so good to me? [bursting into tears]
[Milk Tea] Milk tea to my best friend in the world!
Cheers! [Fireworks][Hugs]
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