The girl's promise to "agree to any condition" was indeed tempting, but what touched Chen Bing the most was her pitiful, coquettish voice.
No chauvinistic man could refuse such coquettish behavior from a girl he loved, especially since Chen Bing was planning to study humanities anyway.
The only thing he hadn't expected was that Shang Yunmiao would care so much about the subject selection, to the point that she would act in a way he'd never seen before. Her coquettish behavior seemed completely at odds with her serious and strong-willed personality.
At this moment, Chen Bing no longer cared about any conditions; his only thought was to hold the girl in his arms and comfort her.
After quickly getting off the electric scooter and parking it, Chen Bing hugged the pitiful yet adorable Shang Yunmiao tightly.
Although the girl didn't shed tears, her pitiful and aggrieved appearance at that moment was a hundred times more convincing than tears.
After tenderly kissing her cheek, Chen Bing hugged the girl and scolded her, "What do you mean by a once-in-a-lifetime request? Don't waste your chance on something like this. At least save it for when you propose or when you have a baby."
After giving the girl another hard tap on the forehead, Chen Bing continued, "I was originally planning to choose liberal arts. The reason I said 'because you're good at liberal arts' was just to make you more grateful to me, so that I could use that to blackmail you in the future and make you do this and that unwillingly."
To increase the credibility of his words, Chen Bing, while saying the part about "threatening," also reached out and grabbed at several places that would make Shang Yunmiao blush.
"So you understand now? A lot of the time I'm actually just coaxing and lying to you, my goal is to manipulate you and make you more dependent on me. So you silly little thing, you need to be more discerning in the future, and don't let me fool you so easily, understand? Silly, silly, silly?"
Grabbing the girl's ear, Chen Bing repeatedly humiliated her.
When Shang Yunmiao heard Chen Bing admit that all those words he had said to her were just to coax her, and that he had originally planned to choose liberal arts, she was still somewhat skeptical.
"Then why not choose a science major that leads to better job prospects and higher employment rates?"
"Fool, don't you see what level of genius your brother is? There's no difference between studying literature and science. My major won't limit me at all, not to mention my job prospects. Even if I fail at everything in the future, even if I choose the useless Chinese language major and become a web novel writer that even dogs wouldn't do, I can still support the two of us."
Even if I can't write online novels, my husband has so many businesses, isn't that enough for us to enjoy the rest of our lives?
He's still young and can work until we retire. If we try harder and have more children, that will provide for our future livelihood and retirement.
Originally, the discussion was just about how subject selection affects majors and employment, but Chen Bing steered the conversation to issues like settling down after marriage, having children, and caring for the elderly.
These words were a bit too early for a girl in her prime. Shang Yunmiao blushed slightly, but did not deny what she had said. Instead, she changed the subject and asked, "Then, Chen Bing, aren't you better at science? You can get full marks in all of them. Why didn't you choose science but chose humanities?"
After hearing this question, Chen Bing laughed at Xiao Shang's ignorance.
"You're such a silly goose! You can't just compare scores between different subjects. You only know that I got full marks in science, but have you ever thought that without the scoring, it's much easier to get full marks in science than in humanities?"
And didn't you notice? Besides me, there were other students who got perfect scores in the three science subjects. Physics had the most perfect scores, needless to say, but chemistry and biology also had one or two perfect scores, as far as I know, other classes combined.
In comparison, although I only got a perfect score in geography, I still outscored the second-place student by a significant number of points, didn't you notice? Especially my 98 in politics—do you know how valuable a 98 in politics, 95 in history, and a perfect score in geography are?
Hearing these answers, Shang Yunmiao's face lit up with joy. Although she could retort, "But our school's humanities programs are weaker than its science programs," for some reason, subconsciously she didn't want to ask that question aloud.
While her heart was fluttering, she thought, "Forget it, why take it so seriously? As long as Chen Bing said that he wasn't just thinking about Shang Yunmiao or doing it for her sake, but had his own rational considerations, that's good enough."
But she didn't just keep thinking about Shang Yunmiao...
The feelings that stir during adolescence are always contradictory. Just moments ago, Shang Yunmiao was hoping that Chen Bing would be more rational and think less about her, but suddenly she really wanted Chen Bing to admit that his choice of major was for her own sake.
"Hehe, really? But, Chen Bing, the reason you chose liberal arts was actually largely because of me, right?"
Chen Bing didn't give a direct answer, but instead pretended to think and muttered to herself, "Hmm? Was it really because of you that I was a huge factor?"
As she said this, Chen Bing pointed her index finger to her lips, the implication in her eyes was all too clear.
Upon seeing this, Shang Yunmiao chuckled and then readily stood on tiptoe.
A minute or two later, feeling that Chen Bing should be satisfied, Shang Yunmiao released her mouth and asked with a smile, "So, does it or doesn't it? Chen Bing, do you remember now?"
Having gained an advantage, Chen Bing, quite untrustworthy, changed the subject. He proudly raised his head and said in a very arrogant tone, "Hmph~ Anyway, I'm a genius, so it doesn't matter what I choose."
I'm just afraid you'll get snatched away if you're not in my sight, and that I'll never have a wife. Choosing the fictional story is fine, choosing the philosophical one doesn't really matter. Silly girl, you're so easily fooled.
Faced with Chen Bing's arrogance and sarcasm, Shang Yunmiao was not angry at all. On the contrary, she replied happily, "I will be Chen Bing's wife from now on. I won't be taken away by anyone else. It doesn't matter if I'm stupid or I can't tell that you're just flattering me. Anyway, Chen Bing won't hurt me. I'm happy even if you're just flattering me."
Sincerity is always the ultimate weapon. The girl's heartfelt words successfully charmed Chen Bing. For the first time in his life, Mr. Chen blushed and broke down, saying, "You...you're quite right to say that. Whether you choose arts or sciences is still uncertain! This is only the first monthly exam of the semester. You'll have to work harder for all the exams to come. I need to test you further!"
Admiring Chen Bing's rare expression, Shang Yunmiao happily took his arm and kept saying "I love you" and so on.
Overwhelmed with excitement, Chen Bing just wanted to get home quickly to process his overwhelming emotions (actually, he was just too shy). This thought often bothered him later, as he frequently wondered why he hadn't taken advantage of the situation to make more moves.
In short, in the blink of an eye, the dynamic between the two in their relationship completely changed.
If we were to summarize the reason for this in one word, it would undoubtedly be "love".
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