Chapter 144 The Domineering President’s Father 23
"So?" Meng Xiaofan raised his eyebrows and carefully guided: "Since you think this is well-intentioned, why do you feel uncomfortable?"
Xiao Yihuang looked confused, as if he had realized something, but it was as if there was a thin layer of sand between them, making it impossible to understand.
He subconsciously looked at Xiao Yan, who pushed his glasses up. "You're being too clever for your own good. Don't you ever think about things from other people's perspectives? Just because you think it's good, does that mean others will think it's good too?"
Xiao Yan crossed his knees and said, "For example, you are lost in the desert and haven't had any water for seven days. Then you meet a jeweler who enthusiastically gives you his most precious piece of jewelry. What would you think?"
"If he has abundant water resources, buy water from him." Xiao Yihuang replied.
"What if the other person doesn't need water, but thinks jewelry is priceless, and naturally assumes you need it too, and insists on giving you jewelry?"
Xiao Yihuang blinked, not understanding how this topic connected to the previous one, but he still answered honestly, "I'll explain my situation to him..."
Before he could finish his words, he realized what his father and sister wanted to tell him.
Being kind is a good thing, but the worst thing is being self-righteously nice to others. This is like your parents thinking that being a teacher is a good profession and naturally interfering in and planning your life.
It is undeniable that the parents did this with good intentions. They are experienced people, and their life experience tells them that doing so will save them from hardship in the future. They want their children to avoid detours, but they ignore their children's inner thoughts and restrict their children in the name of their own good. This is similar to his previous self-righteous desire to take care of Meng Xiaofan and order a hundred cups of milk tea every day.
After all, he still owns his own milk tea shop. No matter how hard or tiring the work is, the money goes into his pocket. But Meng Xiaofan is different. She works for others and doesn't even get commission. What he does will only increase the workload of others...
Xiao Yihuang came back to his senses, feeling extremely ashamed: "Sister Xiaofan, I'm sorry for causing you trouble before."
By now, Meng Xiaofan no longer had any anger in her heart. Even if she was angry, hadn't she already retaliated? Besides, why would she bother with this idiot? After all, he was her brother!
Meng Xiaofan waved his hand: "It's okay, it's not too late to find out now. If you encounter similar problems in the future, you can put yourself in their shoes and stop doing these well-intentioned things that cause trouble."
Xiao Yihuang nodded humbly: "I will." She said hesitantly: "So, Dad, Sister Xiaofan, have you been deliberately teaching me a lesson lately?"
Xiao Yan glanced at him and said, "What else? We're full and have nothing to do, so we just like to mess with you?"
Xiao Yihuang was scolded, and he didn't dare to refute it because he was in the wrong. However, human nature always seeks benefits and avoids harm. "You can tell me directly, I will listen to your advice."
Meng Xiaofan rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Use your brain and think about it carefully. Didn't we tell you before? Remember the second night after I arrived at our house? I told you not to do anything self-indulgent. Did you eat your brain?"
She narrowed her eyes dangerously. "Or did you hear it, but didn't listen?"
Xiao Yihuang: "..."
When he was 25 years old, Xiao Yihuang finally understood why his roommates always complained that their sister looked like a modern slave owner. It turned out that his sister's aura was terrifying!
After the matter was settled, Meng Xiaofan stopped bothering Xiao Yihuang. As for the orders from the company, he still had to continue to do them. After all, the contract was signed until the end of the year, and it would not be good to terminate it halfway. Fortunately, with the help of college students, it was not too hard.
During the National Day holiday, in order to cater to tourists, the various areas of the amusement park adjusted their hours, and the night market area was also adjusted to 2 pm to 10 pm. Although the time is long, the flow of people also represents income, and it is only seven days, so it is nothing to endure this period.
"Please be kind and give me some money. I haven't eaten for a few days."
Hearing the noise, Xiao Yihuang looked over. The other person was disheveled and ragged. His legs must have difficulty moving. His lower body was tied tightly to the skateboard. He had to use his hands to slide every step, which looked quite difficult.
When tourists saw this, some kind-hearted ones would put five or ten yuan coins into the old man's iron basin, while others frowned, covered their noses and stayed away as if it were the plague.
The aunt took a look and muttered, "When he comes over later, don't be stupid and give him money! People like him are all scammers!"
Xiao Yihuang frowned upon hearing this: "Impossible? Look at his legs, can a normal person keep pressing on them?"
The old lady chuckled, "If someone paid me every day, and I didn't have to work, and didn't ask for anything in return, I'd be fine with just kneeling for a whole day, let alone pressing my legs!"
College students have a keen understanding of this: "Don't even mention it! Last time I met a college student on the overpass. He was sitting on the ground with his head down. He had a handwritten sign in his hand saying he had no money for food and needed five yuan for a bus ride home. I gave him the money, but he just sat there and continued begging!"
"And the time before that, my friends and I went shopping in the mall and met a woman holding a baby. She said she had no money for milk powder for her child. I was so soft-hearted! My sympathy was so strong that I gave her my food allowance for that month. But she kept clinging to my classmate and refused to leave, trying to blackmail me. Later, I discovered she was wearing a gold bracelet! I was so angry! If her child wasn't so young, I would have called the police!"
The college student grew increasingly angry as she spoke: "How can there be such parents? It's midday, the sun is blazing, and she's actually holding her child in the sun just for money. Doesn't she feel bad? She already has a gold bracelet, how could she be so broke as to buy milk powder? This must be a scam!"
"It's not that people are too cold-hearted these days, it's just that human nature simply can't stand the test!"
The old lady heard this and moved her stool over. "Next time you encounter something like this, call the police! I'm telling you, you're still young and don't know what's going on! Some people's children aren't their own, they might have been abducted. Even if you call the police and find out there's a misunderstanding, it's still better than being abducted. Don't you agree?"
The college student nodded vigorously, a worry on his face: "But that happened last year. What if the other party is really a human... trafficker? That child..."
He didn't continue, worried that this might come true.
Xiao Yihuang frowned as he heard this: "But what if the other party is really in trouble?"
The college student shrugged. "I'll help out where I can, but I'll never give away a month's living expenses again. God knows how I survived that month! I was eating instant noodles every meal! Luckily, my roommate helped me out, otherwise I would have been really upset. What a damn liar!"
The old man went from stall to stall begging, and stopped in front of the old lady's stall, kowtowed to her with difficulty: "Boss, make a fortune, I wish your business is prosperous, have mercy on me, give me some money to eat!"
The old lady raised her eyelids and said, "No money for food? I have some food here. Wait, I'll make it for you."
She said this, but she still sat in the chair without moving.
As expected, the old man waved his hand and said, "Just give me some money. My poor grandson who lost his parents is still waiting for me to buy rice for him to eat."
The old lady looked at the fried rice vendor on the other side and said, "Do you have any rice? Lend me a pound and I'll pay you back tomorrow."
The older sister who bought fried rice always brought cooked rice from home, so where was the raw rice? She pursed her lips and cooperated with the aunt's performance.
"There's no raw rice, but there's plenty of cooked rice. You don't have to keep asking for money, old man. I see you're the same age as my old man. How about this? I'll bring you a bowl of white rice every day. It saves you the electricity bill for cooking, and you don't have to work so hard at your age. What do you think?"
The old man buried his head and said nothing, but Xiao Yihuang on the other side felt a little bit sorry for him.
It was obvious that the aunt and the lady who bought the fried rice were joking on purpose. If they were really in trouble and were being teased like this, I wonder how uncomfortable they would feel!
Xiao Yihuang walked over to the old man, squatted down, and put a hundred-yuan RMB note into his iron basin.
The old man immediately kowtowed to him with tears of gratitude: "Young man, you have a kind heart. You will definitely make a fortune!"
How could Xiao Yihuang dare to ask this old man to kowtow to him? He quickly supported the old man's arm and said, "Hurry up..."
Before Xiao Yihuang finished saying "Please get up quickly", he felt something was not right.
Why are the old man's arms so strong and sturdy?
Xiao Yihuang has done so many good things for people, including those who were considered liars by others and those who were truly in trouble. Not to mention, when his grandfather was still alive, it was common for him to be filial to the elderly and often support them.
Those who have elderly people at home know that as they age, their muscles will become loose and feel soft. Even if they exercise regularly, they will only be relatively strong. But this old man is different. His biceps feel firm and elastic, not like the arms of an old man.
Xiao Yihuang looked at the old man in astonishment. Before he could say anything, the old man reacted and pushed him, cursing, "You young man, I thought you were a good person, but you tried to steal my money!?"
The old man was facing the stall at the time, and Xiao Yihuang was squatting in front of him, blocking the view of others very well, so only these two people knew what exactly happened.
Xiao Yihuang was still in shock when he was suddenly splashed with dirty water by the other party. He was completely stunned.
How could this pitiful old man who just looked so miserable suddenly slander him? He even gave the other party a hundred yuan!
That's a hundred yuan! He would have to shake at least twelve cups of milk tea to earn that much!
In the past, Xiao Yihuang didn't care about these one or two hundred yuan at all. But since he started his own business, his father and sister kept giving him orders in order to teach him how to be a good person and do things. After he had recurring tendonitis from shaking milk tea, he realized how hard money was to come by!
It's not just a hundred dollars, even one or two dollars is the result of his hard work and sweat! How can you take his money and then slander him like this!?
How could there be such a person!?
Xiao Yihuang couldn't believe it! He couldn't believe his ears!
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