Chapter 1209 The Past That Can’t Be Recalled
After hearing Walter's question, Xiao Peng asked in return, "Then how should I react? Should I cheer and welcome them?"
Ka Xin said at this time: "Boss, you don't know, most of the people coming down are young and beautiful girls. I looked around, there are more than 20 people in total, and no more than five men!"
"Oh!" Xiao Peng replied again: "If you want to go, go ahead. Why tell me?"
"Huh?" Now everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng was stunned: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Kaxin said: "Boss, this is not your style!"
Xiao Peng was confused: "My style? What style do I have?"
Kasin said, "You should be the type whose eyes light up when you hear the word 'beautiful woman'!"
Xiao Peng gave him the middle finger: "Do you think I am you? Get lost!"
Khedira said, "Boss, I think what Kasin said makes sense. How many people call you a 'national chauvinist'? You get upset when someone says something bad about Daxia, so why aren't you excited now when you hear about a beautiful Daxia woman?"
Xiao Peng sighed and said, "Okay, let me tell you the truth. The poor have their own worries, and the rich have their own worries. Of course, the rich have far fewer worries than the poor."
"You mean you're worried?" Walter asked puzzledly, "Boss, with all due respect, I really can't imagine what you're worried about."
Xiao Peng said, "Of course I have my troubles. For example, I can't figure out why women are with me! Don't look at me hanging out with girls all day, but I'm a normal person too. I want love, too! But the truth is, I've been hurt by women before."
"Oh?" Everyone looked gossipy.
Xiao Peng said helplessly, "What are you gossiping about? Fine, since you want to hear it, I'll tell you. But don't stop what you're doing. Listening to the story won't interfere with your work! I want to eat hot pot!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Everyone got busy.
Xiao Peng pulled a stick of firewood from the fireplace, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then put the wood back in the fireplace. "Actually, there's not much to say. At that time, I had just arrived in France and couldn't speak the language. I could only hang out with my compatriots. Just think about it, how many people could there be in such a small circle? And how many girls could there be?"
Walter was pouring water into the copper pot when he heard Xiao Peng's words and asked, "Is the competition fierce?"
Xiao Peng nodded. "Who says not? I just happened to fall in love with a girl, a student studying in France. To be honest, I don't have any advantages over others. I'm not particularly good-looking, and my family conditions are nothing to mention..."
"Excuse me!" Khedira suddenly spoke up. "Boss, you just said you're not good-looking? Sorry, we don't agree with that. We've all secretly envied your good looks! If we had your looks, who knows how many girls would throw themselves at us! I'm not flattering you. You can ask the boss; even he says that."
Xiao Peng shook his head. "Khedira, I believe you're telling the truth, but you're overlooking a serious issue: different aesthetic standards. In your eyes, someone like me with single eyelids and a square face is considered 'handsome,' but that's because my appearance differs from your traditional aesthetic standards. You may find me unique, but in our country's aesthetic standards, I'm just an ordinary person. I have this self-awareness."
After hearing this, Khedira said: "Okay, boss, you continue."
Xiao Peng said, "Actually, there's nothing much to say. I just liked that girl, and she seemed to have a crush on me too. You know the 'three great illusions in life', right? They're 'my phone vibrates,' 'I can kill you back,' and 'she likes me.' I just thought she liked me at the time."
"Is this an illusion? She doesn't like you?" Kasim asked.
Xiao Peng said helplessly: "Later I found out - she likes all men."
"WHAT?" Kasim asked in shock.
Xiao Peng added, "To be more precise, it was all the men who spent money on her. At the time, I thought, 'I don't have an advantage over others, so why not just be nice to her to woo her?' Help her pay her rent, pay her credit card bills... well, to put it bluntly, I was just being a 'suck-up' and thinking I could impress her with my sincerity..."
"What's the result?" Khedira asked curiously.
Xiao Peng smiled bitterly and said, "You get a nice guy card and then get kicked out. What good can a 'licker' do?"
Khedira laughed and said, "If she knew your current situation, she would regret it to death, right?"
Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "She should have returned to China by now. Even if she knew, she wouldn't be able to see me. But I don't think she knows. She usually focuses her energy on various parties and fashion brands. How would I know if there has been any change now? Let me tell you something interesting. Look at so many schools that have international students. Basically, the best and worst students are all from Daxia. They are just two extremes."
Khedira asked curiously, "Then why did she kick you out? Excuse me, her rank isn't that high. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to keep you as a backup? Even if you don't have money, you still help her pay the rent and credit cards, don't you?"
Xiao Peng said, "She found the landlord's idiot son. I heard she found a boyfriend. I don't know how she got fooled. She lied to her family and said she was going to buy a house in Paris. But she ended up buying him a Ferrari and they started living together. Did I even need to pay her rent back then?"
Walter laughed and said, "So they found a long-term meal ticket! If I were that boy's parents and knew about this, I would probably regret giving birth to him. Sending them abroad to study instead of studying hard is all for this? But you Daxia girls are very realistic! Boss, do you hate her?"
Xiao Peng was stunned. "Hate her? If it weren't for you gossiping, I would have forgotten who she was! Men, if you don't have the ability, don't blame women for being realistic. Who doesn't want to live a better life? It's just like you being my bodyguards while I salvage a sunken ship. It's just a way for others to improve their lives. Of course, it's true that I don't want to encounter such a thing again in my life!"
Walter suddenly realized: "Just now I heard that there are your compatriots here. If they know you, you are worried that their intentions are not pure. If they don't know you, there is no need for you to deliberately make friends with them, so you are not excited at all."
Xiao Peng nodded. "That's about right. Just let it go. We're all trapped here by the snow anyway, so we'll meet up sooner or later, right? Then everything will come to fruition!"
Kasim gave a thumbs up; "Boss, you have a really good attitude!"
Xiao Peng's face was filled with black lines: "Kaxin, do your parents know that you are flattering me like this?"
"I know!" Kasin said directly, "In fact, that's what they told me. They told me to control my stinky mouth and say more good things about the boss, so you don't fire me! Okay, boss, it's time for hot pot! Don't worry, I definitely won't flatter you while we're eating hot pot! Hot pot tastes better when everyone is rushing to eat it!"
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