Chapter 69: If you are a man, you must stand up
"Usually, exams were fine, but a few days before the college entrance exam, you started to get extremely nervous, anxious, irritable, and couldn't sleep all night. You even had headaches and stomach pains and couldn't eat."
"Once you're in the exam room, the symptoms will be even more severe."
"You will experience hand tremors when writing, dizziness and sweating, frequent and urgent urination, palpitations and premature beats, disorganized thinking, fuzzy memory, slow reactions, frequent blanking of the brain, and difficulty concentrating. This will not improve until the end of the exam."
"Your three college entrance exams were like this, which is why your scores are so different from usual. Brother Xinghai, am I right?"
Yuan Chun spoke slowly.
"That's right... Master, you're absolutely right. I'm almost driving myself crazy. Why am I so useless?"
Xinghai said painfully.
"Your father died in a car accident when you were young. Your mother raised you with great difficulty. Therefore, you have always been obsessed with repaying your mother and letting her enjoy a happy life in the future."
"You want to use the college entrance examination as a springboard to soar to the sky, get into a good university, find a good job after graduation, and make a lot of money so that your mother can enjoy a peaceful life in the future."
"There's nothing wrong with this idea, but the problem is that you're too obsessed with it. You treat the college entrance exam like a matter of life and death: if you pass, you live; if you don't, you die."
"Driven by this thought, the pressure you put on yourself was like a mountain of pressure, which you simply couldn't bear. This is why you experienced all these unusual symptoms before the exam."
Yuan Chun explained.
"That's right. For a family like mine with no money and no power, if I want to rise from a sparrow to a phoenix, the college entrance examination is my best chance. I can't make even the slightest mistake."
"The more I think about it, the more nervous I get. I can't control myself at all..."
Xinghai nodded repeatedly.
Yuan Chun stared at Xinghai for a moment, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes:
"If I'm not mistaken, you plan to commit suicide by taking poison in three days, and you've already written your suicide note."
Xinghai's face changed when he heard this:
"I didn't expect you, Master, to figure this out... To be honest, I do have this plan."
"My mother has always supported me during my two years of repeating school, but I always disappoint her. I feel so guilty towards her. I really don't have the face to face her anymore. What's the point of living for a useless waste like me..."
Xinghai forced a wry smile.
"Death is easy, it happens in the blink of an eye, but what about after death? Are you going to watch your mother weep all day long in the underworld, living a miserable life alone? Or do you want your mother to be heartbroken and then die with you?"
"Your mother worked so hard to raise you, and your response to her is to send her off before her?"
Yuan Chun said calmly, but his words were full of severity.
"I..."
Xinghai's desire to die suddenly caused a wave of turmoil.
"Now stand up and look out the window to the west."
Yuan Chun suddenly said.
"Out the window?"
Xinghai was stunned for a moment, but he still did as Yuan Chun said and walked to the window to look out. To the west was a construction site, where workers were working hard under the scorching sun.
"What did you see?"
Yuan Chun asked.
“I saw… I saw a lot of workers working on the construction site…”
At this moment, the scene in Xinghai's eyes was groups of workers with black and gray faces, working hard under the scorching sun, and the sweat soaked through their clothes and stuck tightly to their backs.
Some workers who had just finished their shift were squatting in a corner with their lunch boxes, steamed buns and mineral water, eating them ravenously. They didn't care at all that sweat was dripping from their foreheads and chins into their lunch boxes.
At this time Yuan Chun spoke again:
"What are the lives of these construction workers you see before you? The sanitation workers who clean the streets rain or shine, the breakfast vendors who get up at 3 a.m. to work, the farmers who work in the fields all day long?"
"Some of these people never went to school, some dropped out due to family problems, and some failed exams and ended their studies. But they all have one thing in common: life is difficult, but they keep moving forward."
"Compared to them, you are much luckier. You can still sit in the classroom and fight for your dreams. You are only 20 years old. There are thousands of possibilities for your future!"
"Are you going to die over the college entrance exam? What about facing important things later?"
"Defending your graduation thesis? Interviewing for a job? Taking over a major project at the company? What can you accomplish with this mentality? And you still want your mother to enjoy the good life with you? Isn't that just dreaming?"
Xinghai's heart trembled when he heard Yuan Chun's words.
"That's right... I'm still young, I can still fight..."
"That's right! We old men have to stand up! You're not a child anymore, it's your turn to protect Mom from the wind and rain!"
Yuan Chun slammed the table and said.
"Then... then I'll repeat a year! I won't be afraid of exams again!"
Xinghai clenched his fists.
"That's right, don't take the college entrance exam so seriously. It's not worth it. So what if you don't do well? There are so many paths you can take. At worst, you can become my apprentice. I can guarantee you food and clothing!"
"Of course, the best way is to get good grades, hahaha."
Yuan Chun smiled.
As soon as Yuan Chun finished speaking, the style of the barrage suddenly changed!
"Master, what a coincidence! I also failed the college entrance examination. I only scored 230 points. I don't want to live anymore, Master. I want to die. Can I become an apprentice?"
"Master, me too, ah ah ah, I failed the exam too. The guy in front of me got 230 points, second to last, and I got 180 points, last. Please save me and let me be your apprentice!"
"Hey, big brother, your profile says you're 38, and your profile picture is still your son. Do you have any shame?"
"Master, choose me, choose me. I'm 168cm tall, 95kg, and 36D!"
......
Looking at the nonsense in the barrage, Yuan Chun couldn't help but shake his head and smile.
Xinghai was in a much better mental state at this time, and finally smiled:
"Master, I didn't expect that you are not only a fortune teller, but also a caring brother. It is really a blessing from God that I have the opportunity to talk to you."
"Our meeting is fate, destiny. If you really want to thank me, then perform well next year and show your best."
Yuan Chun smiled.
"YESSIR! I will follow the Master's instructions! I will definitely pass this little college entrance exam!"
Xinghai chuckled.
"Oh, by the way, there's one thing you should not forget when you get back..."
"As for the suicide note, don't worry, Master. I'll burn it immediately when I get back!"
"You're a smart kid. That's it. I'm hanging up."
After saying that, Yuan Chun hung up the video call with Xinghai.
"What's the big deal about this brat just the college entrance exam? Back then, I thought I did pretty well with 260 points..."
After talking about inspirational stories for a long time, Yuan Chun's throat felt dry. He stood up, poured a glass of water, and drank it heavily.
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