Chapter 268: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 268: It's Just a Girlfriend, What's the Big Deal?

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In the voice message, Du Xiaojuan's voice was very calm.

Wang Dashan stared with wide eyes and an open mouth, simply unable to believe his own ears.

How could he ever have imagined that Du Xiaojuan would actually propose a breakup to him!

He hadn't committed any major mistake!

He had only said a couple of sentences to her!

They were breaking up over this—was it really necessary!

Wang Dashan was no longer calm!

His hands were even trembling slightly.

Back when he was in the army, the first time he threw a grenade, he hadn't trembled.

But now he was trembling.

He hurriedly dialed Du Xiaojuan's phone number.

"What's going on? Why suddenly say this!"

Wang Dashan did his utmost to suppress his trembling voice.

He was afraid the family outside in the living room would hear.

At the same time, he was also somewhat angry.

He just thought, what right did Du Xiaojuan have to propose a breakup to him?

This woman who had had two ex-boyfriends—was she qualified to propose a breakup to him?

Even if they were to break up, it should be him proposing it, right!

"After careful consideration, I've discovered we're not suitable."

Du Xiaojuan's tone remained very calm.

"What do you mean not suitable? Weren't we getting along fine?"

Wang Dashan questioned excitedly.

"Whether it's our way of life, our way of handling things, or our way of solving problems, we're completely incompatible; we've never been on the same wavelength. I think we'd be better off as friends. Don't worry, even if we break up, I'll still fulfill the investment I promised you as usual."

Du Xiaojuan said sincerely.

She had previously been sad, hesitant, struggling, and pained, but now that she had made a decision and spoken up, she instead felt relieved.

"Excuses, all excuses!" Wang Dashan was unwilling to believe this fact, and he hurriedly raised his questions: "Do you dislike my family for being poor? Do you look down on my family's conditions? If that's really the case, just say it directly—why make up these high-sounding excuses!"

Wang Dashan's voice grew louder and louder.

Li Xiulan, Wang Zhanggen, Wang Erhai, and Wang Xiaohua, sitting at the dining table in the living room outside, all vaguely heard it.

They exchanged glances, all somewhat surprised.

"Wang Dashan, how could you think that way? If I were really such a snobbish woman, I wouldn't have given you the chance to pursue me back then. You're ultimately just a low-level salesperson—among salespeople, who isn't from a poor background?"

Du Xiaojuan refuted him with sound reasoning, then continued:

"Look, our ways of viewing problems are completely out of sync. I honestly told you the reason for the breakup, yet you suspect me of being vain and snobbish. Who is really vain, who is really snobbish—you should know better than I do. Is it because I initiated the breakup, making you feel you've lost face, so now you're angry? Bottom line: you may have once loved me, but now it's clear you don't love me enough. And I'm the same—I once loved you, but after being in close contact with you recently, I don't love you that much anymore."

Wang Dashan's face was full of anguish:

"We've only been together a short while. Why are you doing this? If I have any problems, just tell me directly—I'll change!"

Du Xiaojuan said instead:

"No, you can't change. It's easy to change the landscape but hard to change one's nature. I can't pay a huge cost to change a person's nature—it's not worth it. There's a business term called 'stop loss in time.' Rather than continuing to invest and lose even more, it's better to cut the knot quickly and stop the loss in time."

Wang Dashan shouted:

"Since you don't love me, why did you let me stay at your apartment on the very first day we got together? I've never dated before, while you've already dated two others. I never looked down on you for anything, yet you say this about me—it's unfair!"

Facing Wang Dashan's roar, Du Xiaojuan just smiled helplessly:

"It was mutual consent, nothing unfair. Fine, I won't say more. Let's leave it at that. I'm hanging up."

"Don't hang up! Listen to me! Du Xiaojuan, do you think that if I leave you, I can't find someone better? I'm telling you, after leaving you, I can definitely find someone a hundred times better, a thousand times better than you! You want to break up, fine, let's break up! But understand this: I dumped you, you didn't dump me! I don't care for you, that worn-out shoe that's been with other men! I don't care for your investment either! I'm telling you, even without your investment, my company can still operate! And in the future I'll earn far more than you!"

Wang Dashan roared.

The family outside in the living room could hear the heart-rending voice.

They were all stunned.

Facing Wang Dashan's roar, Du Xiaojuan remained very calm, only saying lightly:

"Then good luck to you. I sincerely hope you earn more than me in the future and live better than me."

After saying this, Du Xiaojuan hung up the phone.

Wang Dashan still shouted at the phone:

"You wait for me. I will definitely live better than you!"

Seeing that Du Xiaojuan had already hung up, Wang Dashan fiercely smashed the phone against the wall.

With a "crack," the phone shattered.

He went mad, overturning a cabinet beside the bed and kicking it hard.

Then, panting, he fumbled to take out a cigarette, lit one with red eyes, and took a hard drag.

Then he sat blankly on the edge of the bed.

He felt everything was like a dream.

A nightmare that suddenly descended like a violent storm.

It was so unreal.

Yet it was so painful.

"Knock knock knock..."

Outside, a faint knocking on the door suddenly sounded.

"Dashan, are you alright..."

It was Li Xiulan's voice; Li Xiulan comforted Wang Dashan through the door:

"Dashan, don't be sad, there are plenty of good girls out there; if things didn't work out with Du Xiaojuan, then just go find another girl, it's fine."

Wang Zhanggen, still sitting at the table, at this moment shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Not being with Du Xiaojuan is even better! She's just a snob! Seeing our family's conditions are poor, she immediately proposed a breakup; what use is marrying a girl like that back home? She'll only ruin the family feng shui! Nothing to cherish!"

Wang Erhai's mouth twitched slightly; he wanted to say that Du Xiaojuan was actually quite a good person, but wanting to speak, he didn't know what to say.

Wang Xiaohua sighed, and also said nothing.

He knew that saying anything more to his big brother at this time would be of no avail.

Sometimes fate is like a vortex; it can suck a person into the vortex, letting you struggle however you want but unable to climb out.

Let alone his big brother actually didn't struggle much, and hadn't even realized he was in the vortex.

What more could be said?

Right at this moment, the room door was pushed open.

Wang Dashan walked out from the room.

Although his eyes were bloodshot, he forced out a smile:

"You don't need to worry about me, what's the big deal? A girlfriend — finding a new one is very easy! And I'll definitely be able to find one better than Du Xiaojuan!"

Wang Dashan saying these words wasn't to comfort his family.

He felt from the bottom of his heart that he could find someone better than Du Xiaojuan.

The previous Cheng Cheng was a thousand times, ten thousand times better than Du Xiaojuan!

Cheng Cheng was not only a rich woman, but also so considerate, so gentle, so understanding!

He was blind back then, to have chosen Du Xiaojuan and not chosen Cheng Cheng!

Wang Dashan felt that since he could even capture Cheng Cheng's heart, finding a woman more outstanding than Du Xiaojuan again would be easy as pie?