At this moment, Qian Duoduo felt that he seemed to understand a lot more. He was truly grateful for the time he spent at home reading novels when he was unemployed. The imagination of those authors was truly amazing.
After everyone finished talking about it, Qian Duoduo went back to bed. Everyone else washed up and went to bed as well.
As Jiang Sisi felt the darkness and thought about her roommates' conversation, she felt increasingly sad and confused. She felt like she was someone who was neither loved by her parents and didn't know what the future held.
The next day in class, he very proactively asked for leave for Jiang Sisi. In Professor Yuan's class, who was the strictest, he adjusted his glasses and looked at Qian Duoduo, asking, "What is the reason for Jiang Sisi's illness?"
Qian Duoduo said, “Ordinary people cannot be without thoughts, but they should be gradually eliminated. The body is empty, but there is only wandering energy. It is also said: The Dao is not about being troubled, but about not thinking about clothes, food, sound and color, victory and defeat, gain and loss, honor and disgrace. The mind is not weary, and the spirit is not exhausted.”
Professor Yuan looked at Qian Duoduo and said in a calm tone, "Speak like a human being!"
Qian Duoduo said, "Something happened at Jiang Sisi's family. She's in a bad mood and overthinking. She's not drinking water, eating, or sleeping. Now she's too weak to get up!"
Professor Yuan nodded and said, "Alright, let's continue the lesson now!"
After class, Qian Duoduo told Guo Ni and the others that she needed to leave for a while because she had to queue up for food for them.
After Guo Ni and the others left, Qian Duoduo went to the dormitory supervisor, handed her the apple, and said, "Auntie, I want to make a phone call."
The dormitory supervisor smiled and said, "Sure, no problem within a minute."
Qian Duoduo smiled and nodded. After watching the dormitory supervisor leave, she picked up the phone and dialed Qian Mao's office number.
"Hey, Sisi."
"Third Brother, your name is a bit too sweet!"
"Duoduo!"
"Oh, why the change in tone when you hear it's me?"
"Hey sis! What do you mean by that? You don't call me often!"
"Alright, I'm not going to chat with you anymore. I need to talk to you."
"explain!"
"Your daughter Sisi is sick. When you have time off tomorrow, come over and take her for a walk to relax and relieve her stress!"
"I'm coming right now!"
"What good are you coming here? You're completely useless. I told you to come tomorrow, so just come tomorrow. You're making a big fuss!"
"Hello~~~" Qian Mao heard the dial tone and hung up the phone helplessly. What was going on? How did he get sick?
Just as I was about to ask Lu Jiang for leave, I saw him walk over and say, "Qian Mao, could you help me organize and format this? I need it for a meeting at the provincial government next week."
Qian Mao could only take the things and get to work. With Qian Duoduo by Jiang Sisi's side, Qian Mao felt much more at ease and quickly calmed down to complete the task assigned by his leader.
After finishing her meal, Qian Duoduo gave Jiang Sisi a bowl of congee with preserved egg and lean pork. She then said to Lu Fen and the others, "This afternoon is Professor Zhao's class. Could you ask for leave for me and Sisi? Just say that Sisi is sick and I need to take care of her!"
Lu Fen nodded. Jiang Sisi's listless appearance this morning was indeed a bit worrying.
Qian Duoduo returned to the dormitory with her things and saw Qian Duoduo lying there like a corpse, her eyes red and staring unblinkingly at the wooden board on the upper bunk.
Qian Duoduo placed the porridge on her table and said, "Get up and eat something!" Seeing that she didn't move, she sighed and said, "I know you're sad, but Sisi, you shouldn't focus on being abandoned, but rather remember that many people like you and love you!"
Seeing that Jiang Sisi still didn't react, Qian Duoduo pulled up a stool and sat down next to her, saying softly, "I know that whatever I say, you'll think I'm just talking nonsense and that I can't understand your sadness. But as Leo Tolstoy said in Anna Karenina, 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.'"
You once had loving parents, and you thought you were the happiest person in the world, but have you ever thought about whether they were happy?
All your stances are based on your own perspective. You feel that they no longer love you, but you need to know that they are themselves first and foremost, and only secondly are they your grandparents' children and your parents.
You cannot impose your happiness and feelings on them; that would be unfair to them.
As adults, they have many considerations, but you are growing up now, you will also experience married life, and you will also have various kinds of happiness or unhappiness, so what will you do?
Jiang Sisi burst into tears, pulled the blanket over her face, and wailed loudly!
Qian Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her cry. It was better to cry than to hold it in!
Half an hour later, Jiang Sisi's crying gradually subsided. Her already red eyes became even redder from crying, and her nose was also red from blowing her nose. Qian Duoduo smiled and handed her another tissue: "Looking at you now, you could easily pass for a clown in a circus!"
Jiang Sisi said in a very nasal voice, "You're the clown!"
Qian Duoduo laughed: "Don't underestimate the clown. You know, in a play, the clown cries, the audience laughs, the clown is exhausted, and the audience is laughing. But others don't know what's on their faces under that heavy makeup, or how many bitter tears are hidden under that clown's fake smile."
Hearing Qian Duoduo's words, Jiang Sisi fell silent. After drinking a few mouthfuls of porridge, she said, "When I was little, my family was neither rich nor poor. I was the only child in the family. When my father was a junior director, I heard my parents arguing. I was only ten years old at the time, but they seemed very harmonious in front of me."
I always thought it was just my imagination, but I subconsciously used what I thought were ways to assert my existence, so I expressed dissatisfaction with many things and often caused trouble at home. Once, because I caused such a big scene at home, my grandfather was so angry that he had to go to the hospital. That was the first time my father hit me, but by then I already had a temper that would lash out if things didn't go my way, which happened to coincide with my father's competition for the position of deputy factory director.
In order to prevent my deputy factory director position from falling into someone else's hands, my parents once again appeared at the factory as a model couple. I knew I had succeeded, they were together. Even if my grandparents scolded me or my mother, I didn't care. I just knew that as long as they couldn't be separated, that was enough.
But I didn't expect their harmony was just superficial; after that incident, they secretly divorced. "To avoid me finding out and causing a scene, they enrolled me in such a faraway school!"
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