Chapter 1426: Lu Feifei's Attitude Toward Her Outlook on Life Has Changed

From that day on, she no longer refused the gifts Litian sent.

Of course, Litian would add a sentence every time: "If you don't like it, just throw it away."

She never threw a single one away; she took them all back to the dormitory, kept what she liked, and gave what she didn't like to her roommates.

Because they had all received "benefits" from Litian, her roommates also spoke well of him, urging her to just settle for it and stop playing hard to get; if she kept it up, in case another girl saw Litian's good qualities and snatched him away, she wouldn't even have a place to cry.

Lu Feifei expressed it quite generously: "Whatever, whoever wants to snatch him can go ahead; I never cared about him in the first place."

"If you don't care, why do you still accept his things?" her roommate Xiao Qian asked in astonishment.

"What's the big deal? He was the one willing to send them; I didn't beg him to. He said if I didn't want them, I should throw them in the trash, which means he assumes I threw them all away. It's such a waste to throw them out, might as well put the waste to use..."

Lu Feifei righteously took others' kindness toward her for granted, and among her roommates, everyone except Xiao Qian agreed with her.

Thus, she believed even more that there was nothing wrong with what she was doing.

Her roommates said that even if Litian was a backup, any outstanding girl had many pursuers around her; one could only have one boyfriend, but one could have many backups, just keeping things ambiguous.

Don't take the initiative, don't confess, don't refuse.

After starting university, Lu Feifei's attitude toward her outlook on life changed again; every weekend, many luxury cars would be parked around the college.

Most of these cars were there to pick up female students from the Art Department.

Those girls wore designer clothes, wore designer jewelry, and carried Hermès and Louis Vuitton bags; everyone knew perfectly well how those luxury goods were obtained.

She felt that she was only accepting a few small gifts from an admirer, which was much better than those classmates; her own behavior didn't amount to much.

Her attitude toward Litian was ambiguous, but she never gave up on pursuing Zichen.

She kept sending messages and confessions to Zichen.

She wrote him "sincere and heartfelt" love letters and went to Jiang University to find Zichen whenever she had time, even if it was just to see him or say a few words.

Sheng Zichen was overwhelmed by the harassment; after his clear refusal proved ineffective, he began to hide from Lu Feifei.

In reality, he was suffering even more.

On one side was Lu Feifei's constant display of affection, and on the other, Litian was still sharing every little detail between him and Lu Feifei.

Today I gave her a bag of her favorite snacks; she accepted them and even smiled at me.

Today I gave her flowers; Feifei didn't refuse, and she even said the flowers were very fragrant, the whole dormitory was scented by them...

Brother, do you know? Feifei hinted to me today that she didn't have enough clothes for the change of season, and I invited her to go shopping; she agreed!

The more Litian shared, the heavier Zichen's heart became.

Lu Feifei had changed; she was no longer the simple little girl she used to be; she had become mercenary, realistic, and hypocritical.

Zichen couldn't bear to watch Litian sink deeper and deeper, so he urged him to stop pursuing Lu Feifei, telling him that Lu Feifei didn't like him at all and that all the kindness she showed him was just using him.

Litian didn't believe him, so in order to help his younger brother get out as soon as possible, Zichen forwarded those messages Lu Feifei had sent him to Litian, and as a result, Litian blocked Zichen.

At the boxing gym.

Litian was sweating profusely; he poured all his strength into the sandbag in front of him, his fists smashing into it rapidly and incessantly, sweat scattering on the floor like rain.

Seeing that his number was blocked, Zichen knew something was wrong; he understood Litian's personality—he was stubborn and would definitely be unable to let it go.

To avoid any accidents, he asked his teacher for leave and went to the Physical Education University to find Litian.

After several twists and turns, he finally arrived at the boxing gym and saw at a glance that Litian was sweating profusely inside.

"Litian, come down, stop fighting."

Litian glanced at him and said coldly: "What are you here for? To see me make a fool of myself? Go away, I don't want to see you."

"I really have nothing with Lu Feifei; I made things clear to her a long time ago. Litian, you have to believe me."

"I don't want to see you, go away."

"I'm not leaving. I must make things clear to you. If you don't come down, I'll wait for you here, wait until the end of time..."

Litian had no choice but to jump down from the ring.

"There's nothing to say. I know it was all my own wishful thinking. Actually, even if you hadn't told me these things, I knew it was my own wishful thinking, but what does that matter?"

"I'm willing to engage in wishful thinking; I'm willing to live in a dream. Why did you have to wake me up? Waking up is even more painful..."

"I'm sorry, Litian!" Zichen was now confused as well.

Should he have told him or not?

If he didn't tell him, he would have to endure the torment of his conscience every day.

If he told him, the result would be what it was now.

"No, you're not wrong; the one who is wrong is me. I liked someone who didn't like me, and the person I like likes you!" He pulled at his hair hard, feeling very painful and helpless, with no solution at all.

In the end, Litian took the initiative to add Zichen back on WeChat and apologized to him.

He said he had been impulsive and would never block him again in the future.

Zichen thought this time would be like the last, that Litian would get over it after a period of pain, but things were not that simple.

One week later.

Litian announced in the Clan group—he had applied to join the army and was going to the military.

He went to the place with the harshest conditions.

That place was in the southernmost part of Jiangzhou, serving as a border guard in the disputed waters.

Although joining the army was glorious, this decision still made everyone feel very surprised.

Physical Education University had been Litian's dream since he was a child; he had even given up Jiang University to attend it, and how long had it been?

How could he just stop attending like that?

Shi Youxuan asked Litian for the reason, and Litian said he wanted to serve the motherland; this was his own choice, and he would never regret it.

The answer was very official and flawless, but it just didn't seem real.

Only Zichen knew the real reason, but what could he do?

Mom chatted with him privately and asked straight to the point if Lu Feifei was messing around with the two brothers again.

Mother hit the nail on the head, so Zichen confessed and told his mother about the things that had happened these past few days.

He promised again and again, guaranteeing that he had indeed made things clear to Lu Feifei and was not being ambiguous with her, but she just wouldn't let him go and even hurt Litian.

Shi Youxuan did not blame her son; she knew exactly what her son was like.

She discussed it with her husband for the whole night, and in the end, the couple decided—let it be, let them do as they please!

The children are grown and have their own ideas and standards of judgment; one cannot control everything, and controlling too much doesn't necessarily lead to the right outcome.

One must be responsible for the life one chooses, whether it is good or bad.

And so, her two adult sons were "set free to roam."

Zichen received nothing; there were no opinions, no criticisms, nothing at all.

He found it very strange and asked, "Mom, say something?"

"What should I say? I've already finished saying what I wanted to say."