Things like getting married, having children, settling down...
They’re just chains brought on by universal values.
"I have been studying hard."
"Studying my ass, you think I can’t see you skipping classes? If it wasn’t for the faculty leaders covering for you, your usual scores would have been deducted to nothing."
"Go ahead and deduct them; it’s not like I could fail anyway."
The man shrugged his shoulders, indifferent.
"Lu Jincheng, where do you get your confidence?"
"Penalizing me would be targeting Nanhu University’s star of innovation and entrepreneurship, a typical disregard for the bigger picture, no politics at all."
Mr. Lu said with a smiley face, his tone calm and methodical.
"Do lecturers not want to progress anymore? Associate professors want to hang their names at my company, what about the professors? Ha, they’d prefer to treat me as a brother."
Guo Minjie turned her head, speechless.
She knew, it was all true.
Everyone has their selfish sides, more or less.
For someone with resources and power, capable of making convenient exchanges within their rights, nobody would willingly offend Lu Jincheng, who was thriving in the university. Instead, they’d do everything to curry favor.
Skipping a few classes, what’s the big deal?
"The book I should be studying the most is you."
Seeing Guo Minjie’s initially tense emotions slowly dissipate during their conversation, Mr. Lu got up from the sofa, smiling as he approached.
Guo Minjie didn’t say anything, just swept him a "cut the crap" look.
"That’s just how it is, you might not have a direct feeling, but since you came to our company to oversee the copywriting, the data has skyrocketed; it’s really impressive."
The man patted the counselor’s shoulder, feeling the elasticity under his palm, his actions natural and unforced.
Guo Minjie twirled her fingertips at her hair ends, her crescent eyebrows slightly furrowed, her eyes growing curious.
"Of course, our company relies on the internet for business, driven entirely by data, each module tagged and tracked."
Closing the distance achieved!
Seeing Guo Minjie didn’t move from her spot, Mr. Lu also settled down, continuing to talk.
"Not just me, I think the whole school should learn from you."
Men’s mouths, deceitful devils.
Guo Minjie couldn’t help but laugh dryly.
"People nowadays, in order to earn money and progress, they have no bottom line; I wish the world could learn from you, to be like you, who often prefers to compromise yourself."
"Yo, you’re getting deep, changing styles?"
Guo Minjie shifted her gaze away, arms crossed, her classical beautiful eyes twinkling with laughter for the first time.
"Being like me is nothing good, like a fool, don’t ever learn it."
She teased her bangs slightly, speaking in a hushed tone as if talking to herself.
Lu Jincheng flashed a slight smile, confirming yet denying like a roller coaster ride.
"Sometimes being is pretty stupid."
"...Are you sick?" This content belongs to noⅴelfire.net
Guo Minjie pushed him hard, distancing him from the armchair.
Just a second ago he was praising her character, and now he’s calling her stupid?
"To be honest, I indeed hope others could be like you, because people like you are altruistic."
Lu Jincheng casually picked up the teacup on the table, drank a sip, and continued talking.
"Just like the saying goes, suitable to be a wife; gentle, thoughtful, literate, can cook delicious meals, serving a man comfortably..."
"Others might see it as good, but not you."
"Why I despise the lack of competition and call you stupid? Because I treat you as my own, not as a convenient tool. I want you to live out your real self."
Guo Minjie instinctively bit her lips, her eyes’ light hidden in the twilight, shining brightly.
The part that wasn’t spoken out loud, but she understood it.
"So, you get what I mean, right? Fuck altruism; if someone praises you as a good wife and mother like before, don’t you think that person is an idiot?"
Guo Minjie nodded, unhesitatingly.
The always gentle and classy counselor, who from childhood had seldom uttered any swear words, and at her worst during arguments with her husband, would only mutter under her breath.
Since knowing Lu Jincheng, she seemed to live less decently.
But she was becoming more like herself.
"Truly fucking idiots!"
The words barely easing her, Guo Minjie’s face flushed, raising her voice to a fiercer tone.
Like unlocking a chain, she broke into a smile, a smile as refreshing as spring breeze sweeping across the screen.
One of the most beautiful contrasts ever.
Lu Jincheng stood up again, coming closer to Guo Minjie.
Such heart-reaching words could be posted online, even written into a textbook on wooing.
Unknowingly, the counselor had opened up her resistant heart, her eyes full of smiles.
This, he knew clearly.
The man switched to a different nickname.
Guo Minjie got up from the armchair.
"Help me pour a glass of water; I can’t find the kettle."
"Are your eyes broken? Isn’t it just sitting on the table?"
Although she said this, Guo Minjie still helplessly refilled his glass with a resigned air.
"Right, since this is a celebration of settling in, I brought you a little gift."
"Close your eyes, open them when I tell you to."
Lu Jincheng gestured with his hand, lowering his voice.
Guo Minjie obediently closed her eyes.