Chapter 1217: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1217: Actually Not Ugly, Still Quite Clear-Browed and Bright-Eyed

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Meanwhile, on the other side, Wang Xiaohua was accompanying Niu Lin Xin to go out and buy cigarettes for her father.

Wang Xiaohua knew that Niu Chunsheng might have deliberately created an opportunity for him and Niu Lin Xin to be alone, or perhaps he had something to say to his second brother and sister-in-law and needed to send him and Niu Lin Xin away.

However, he did not have excessive resistance toward this, because he had to respect Niu Chunsheng, but some things, as long as he was unwilling, no one could force no matter what.

"Brother Xiaohua, thank you!"

The two walked on the night road, and Niu Lin Xin suddenly said this sentence.

"Thanking me for what again?"

Wang Xiaohua's expression was calm.

Niu Lin Xin said:

"Thank you for speaking up for me. Just now when you retorted against my mom, it felt so satisfying to watch."

Wang Xiaohua was somewhat speechless; it was very obvious Niu Lin Xin was just finding a topic because she had nothing to say.

"When we were eating at your house just now, hadn't you already thanked me?"

Niu Lin Xin stuck out her tongue and laughed playfully:

"That's different. Just now it was a quiet thanks; now it's a loud thanks!"

Wang Xiaohua was left somewhat not knowing how to respond by this reason of hers.

After a while, he spoke:

"Little Sister Lin Xin, I want to tell you a principle."

"What principle?" Niu Lin Xin blinked her big eyes. "The big principles my dad and mom say, I don't necessarily listen to, but what Brother Xiaohua says, I will listen to seriously."

This is what is called rebellion, right? The people closest to you persuade you with kind words and you don't listen, but instead you believe what outsiders say.

Wang Xiaohua said:

"If you have a boyfriend in the future, and someone says your boyfriend's faults to your face, that in essence is not helping you, but looking down on you."

Niu Lin Xin nodded seriously:

"Mm-hmm, I've remembered! In the future, if anyone says my boyfriend's faults, I'll slap them!"

Wang Xiaohua didn't know whether to cry or laugh, thinking to himself, can't you expand your thinking a bit? Can't you draw inferences from one example?

So there was no choice; Wang Xiaohua could only say another sentence:

"By the same logic, it's the same for your parents."

Niu Lin Xin only then went *ge-deng* with a start, and then her face was full of surprise:

"You mean, if someone says my parents' faults to my face, that in essence is not helping me, but looking down on me?"

Wang Xiaohua was noncommittal.

Niu Lin Xin hurriedly said again:

"But Brother Xiaohua, didn't you just say my mom's faults to my face?"

Niu Lin Xin looked Wang Xiaohua up and down, then hurriedly denied the thought that floated up in her mind:

"Brother Xiaohua is so cultured and well-bred; he definitely wouldn't look down on me, right?"

Wang Xiaohua smiled:

"Everyone's personality is equal; I hope everyone can interact equally."

Niu Lin Xin was somewhat at a loss.

Because Wang Xiaohua's words were a bit disjointed, she couldn't keep up with his train of thought.

So she changed the subject:

"Brother Xiaohua, I heard my dad and mom say your wife passed away. You mustn't be too sad."

Wang Xiaohua replied politely:

"Thank you for your concern. That's all in the past."

Niu Lin Xin said:

"There are beautiful women everywhere under heaven. With your ability, you don't need to worry about not finding a wife."

Speaking to here, she grinned and half-jokingly said:

"If it really doesn't work out, just marry me as your wife. I don't dislike you for being short!"

Wang Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, his face revealing a trace of surprise.

Recalling back then, Niu Lin Xin's rebellious and naive vigor, the words she spoke were "If it really doesn't work out, I'll just marry Brother Xiaohua as my wife."

But now, she has already undergone a huge change; the words she speaks are "If it really doesn't work out, Brother Xiaohua, you just marry me as your wife."

This contains a huge amount of information.

Perhaps ever since Niu Zhigao was born, Niu Lin Xin in this family has really suffered a lot of grievances.

That feeling of being spoiled from childhood to adulthood, then suddenly having all love withdrawn by her parents, would really hurt a person, even make them doubt themselves, to the point where deep inside they become inferior and fragile.

And so-called rebellion is actually just a protective coloration of an inferior and fragile heart.

"I've always treated you as a real younger sister." Wang Xiaohua opened his mouth and doused Niu Lin Xin's probing, and also said: "Besides, you're an appearance-control person, while I care more about a partner's learning, so don't make this kind of joke in the future."

Hearing this, Niu Lin Xin couldn't help but feel defeated.

"So even you, Brother Xiaohua, dislike me?"

Wang Xiaohua actually doesn't dislike Niu Lin Xin; he feels her personality is quite good, but he very much dislikes Niu Lin Xin's mom, Lin Xiaofang. The various behaviors she displayed, to speak the truth, had long since produced a thorn deep in Wang Xiaohua's heart.

He absolutely would not allow himself to have a mother-in-law like Lin Xiaofang in the future!

"I don't mean to dislike you."

Wang Xiaohua let out a dry laugh, perfunctorily humoring Niu Lin Xin.

Niu Lin Xin hurriedly chased with another question:

"What about Wang Xiaoqian?"

Her eyes carried urgency; she very desperately wanted to know the answer.

Because Wang Xiaoqian had told her that she studied this hard precisely so that in the future she could test into a university in Beijing — not necessarily Tsinghua University or Peking University, but one of Beijing's other 985 or 211 institutions, she absolutely had to strive for it, so she could be closer to Wang Xiaohua.

Wang Xiaohua frankly said:

"I also regard her as a younger sister."

Upon hearing this, Niu Lin Xin's expression actually showed a kind of heavy burden lifted.

As long as it wasn't favoritism toward Wang Xiaoqian, that was fine.

Otherwise her inner heart would truly lose its balance.

After all, she felt that Wang Xiaoqian was not as pretty as her, her figure wasn't as good as hers either; it was just that her studies were a bit better.

"Then Xiaohua Ge, when you look for a wife in the future, what kind of standards will you have?"

Niu Lin Xin hurriedly asked this question as well.

Wang Xiaohua didn't want to discuss this issue with her, so he said:

"I'm not considering this issue in the short term; it's even possible I won't marry for a lifetime — no one can replace Jianjia's position in my heart."

Wang Xiaohua put the words to death directly.

However, this wasn't a deliberate lie told to make Niu Lin Xin give up her thoughts; he was speaking the honest truth — indeed, no one could replace Li Jianjia's position in his heart.

Li Jianjia was his first love; from acquaintance to understanding to falling in love, and finally entering marriage, every segment of the journey was that perfect, that pure, not even mixed with any flaw.

The White Moonlight in a person's heart is irreplaceable, let alone a dead White Moonlight.

"Oh, so that's it; what a pity then."

Niu Lin Xin was clearly somewhat disappointed.

Wang Xiaohua was puzzled:

"What's there to pity?"

Niu Lin Xin said:

"Your such high-IQ genes not being able to be passed down — isn't that a great pity?"

Wang Xiaohua laughed and said:

"Facial features are easily inherited, but IQ isn't necessarily; who knows, my child might inherit my ugliness but not my IQ — look at those Tsinghua and Peking University graduates, how many of their children can still get into Tsinghua or Peking University? Anyway, precious few."

Niu Lin Xin, however, said:

"Actually you're not that ugly either, especially now that you've corrected your teeth, you're still quite clear-browed and bright-eyed!"