Chapter 182 Who are you mocking?
"What?" Li Jing didn't hear what she mumbled, so she leaned in closer and asked again: "What blessing are you talking about?"
"You don't know how to appreciate your blessings!" Zhang Shuai took over and said, "Miss, if you say that, then we have nothing to talk about!"
"What do you mean? Why can't we chat?" Li Jing was puzzled.
Zhang Shuai laughed and said, "Nothing interesting? I just think you're being too pretentious?"
"I'm being pretentious?" Li Jing pointed at herself: "How am I being pretentious? Didn't you, Lin Zhou, tell him that I was being pretentious?" She turned to look at Lin Zhou with an expectant look on her face.
Lin Zhou looked at her silently for a while, then nodded and said, "Yeah, a little bit!"
"No, I came to you to ask for your advice. Why are you complaining about me?" Li Jing was speechless. As she spoke, she stood up and said, "Xin, do you also think I'm being pretentious?"
"No!"
"That's right! My sister still understands me!" Li Jing pointed the bottle at Tian Xin: "Come on, drink!"
"Ah? Drink like this?"
"What are you afraid of?" Li Jing pointed at Lin Zhou and said, "With him here, are you still afraid that I'll eat you?"
"That...that's not the case!" Tian Xin smiled awkwardly.
"That's it, come on, do it!"
With the crisp sound of the wine bottle "bang", the two men raised their heads and finished the bottle.
Zhang Shuai had never seen Tian Xin drink like this before, and he almost stood up in a hurry, but before he could grab the bottle, they had already finished it. A trace of worry instantly appeared on Zhang Shuai's face: "Don't drink like this, you'll get drunk easily!"
"You won't get drunk!" Tian Xin put down the empty bottle, pressed down Zhang Shuai's hand that was suspended in mid-air, and smiled at him: "Don't worry!"
Lin Zhou knew Tian Xin could drink, but he knew she couldn't hold much after watching her drink the last few times. So when the two of them raised their heads in a toast, he waved over the waiter and refunded the remaining wine!
"No, why did you quit?" Li Jing said unhappily, "I haven't drunk it yet!"
"Alright, alright, let's talk about it!" A hint of impatience flashed across Lin Zhou's face, and he put down his chopsticks after taking a few bites.
Seeing Tian Xin's flushed face, he handed her a glass of warm water and said softly: "Don't drink anymore in the future. Alcohol isn't a good thing! This isn't an occasion where you absolutely have to drink. Don't make it hard on yourself!"
"No, I'm here to accompany Li Jing! You two can't drink, so I have to accompany her!" Tian Xin said with a smile.
"That's right!" Li Jing immediately became excited when she heard her say that: "What's the big deal! Waiter, bring..."
"Hurry up and sit down. Don't take it." Tian Xin pulled her down and pressed her onto the stool. She handed her a glass of warm water and said angrily, "From now on, no more drinking. If you have something to say, just tell me. Don't be like last time and get drunk before you finish your words!"
"oh!"
Li Jing seemed to have taken the criticism to heart and obediently took the water handed to her by Tian Xin and drank a few sips.
"Xin, I really don't want to do those men's jobs anymore. It's boring!" Li Jing's face was full of worry, her eyebrows twisted into a bow: "When I was choosing a major, I said I wanted to study fashion design, but my dad disagreed. Now, I feel dizzy when I see blueprints."
"What kind of work do men do? What do you do?" Zhang Shuai asked curiously.
"Interior designer!" Lin Zhou replied, "You're responsible for design and guidance. No one's asking you to do any hard labor. Why should you feel wronged?"
"You say easy, but no one asked me to do hard labor, but that's not what I like! Would you like to be staring at blueprints all day? And you're still talking nonsense here! Tsk~~ I'm so fed up, fed up, do you understand?"
Li Jing scratched her hair in frustration and answered herself: "Forget it, you don't understand!"
"So, since you want to study fashion design? Have you ever dabbled in it?" Tian Xin continued, "For example, when you were in college, did you learn about related fields and developments? Are there any similarities between them and your current major?"
"I do understand a little bit, but not as much as you said!"
"So... what are your thoughts? Do you plan to learn fashion design from scratch, or do you have other ideas?"
"I don't know!"
"I don't know?" Tian Xin was surprised: "Then what have you been worrying about for so long?"
"I just don't want to work in design over there anymore. As for what to do next..." She paused: "I haven't decided yet!"
Li Jing spoke lightly, as if she was commenting on a forum topic.
The expressions of the other two people at the table were as speechless as Tian Xin's. Zhang Shuai put down the skewers in his hand, wiped his hands and smiled: "Young lady is worthy of being the young lady, she is so confident. People like us who have no food to eat would never dare to think so!"
"No, who are you mocking?" Li Jing raised her head woodenly and argued feebly: "We're friends if we can sit down to eat together. Why are we talking about class conflicts?"
"What kind of class conflict is this? To be honest, you and I are not the same kind of people," Zhang Shuai pointed at Tian Xin and said to the other two: "The fact that we can get together..."
"It's fate that we get together! Don't talk nonsense!" Li Jing interrupted.
"No, you're wrong!" Zhang Shuai disagreed. He turned and stared at Lin Zhou, a chill in his eyes: "The fact that we're together isn't due to fate, it's because some people don't understand the situation and insist on forcing it!"
"Why bother? If you had taken the time to look back at the people around you, you might not have to go through so much trouble!"
After Zhang Shuai finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed on Lin Zhou without leaving for a second. Both of their expressions were extremely cold.
Lin Zhou stared at him for only a few seconds before giving up. He turned his head and shifted his gaze to Tian Xin, his face showing his usual gentleness: "Really? But I don't think so! What do you think, Tian Xin?"
Tian Xin didn't want to get involved in the fight between the two people, and didn't want to spoil the fun at this time, so she changed the topic as soon as she opened her mouth.
"Jing, I don't know much about your family's situation, but personally, I probably can't do what you do. So, my advice probably won't be very practical for you!"
"Why is it not practical? Tell me about it first." Li Jing straightened her body and prepared to listen attentively.
"Then tell me about your family situation and your parents' attitude towards you. After all, everyone's upbringing is different, and their perspectives on issues may vary."
"Oh, my parents!" Li Jing sighed. "To put it simply, my dad is in real estate! He's pretty much like his father, stubborn and pedantic." She glanced at Lin Zhou. "Your dad forced you to do this, right? Otherwise, you'd definitely be into art now, right?"
"Talk about yourself, don't bring me along!" Lin Zhou was speechless.
"Okay, okay, let me continue!" Li Jing rested her elbows on the table, her hands supporting her chin, and said slowly: "My mother has never worked in her life. She has always been following my father around. My father has the final say in the family. From childhood to adulthood, we did whatever he said. Over the years, I've gotten used to it."
"Then why are you unwilling to listen to them now?" Tian Xin asked.
"Yeah? It's better to be arranged by others than to rush in and get nothing in return? Isn't that good?" Zhang Shuai said.
"What's good about that? Because of this, I suddenly realized that I'm just a puppet. If the string breaks one day, I'll be just a pile of rotten wood!"
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