Chapter 296: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 296: Failure Drives People Mad, Success Nourishes the Heart-Mind

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Dashan and Chen Xiaomei finished dinner, and politely saw Chen Xiaomei back to her rental house; after seeing her off, he alone returned to his residence.

Wang Dashan still lived with Wang Erhai now, but they no longer lived in that sunless single room in Jiewen Building in Yuangang Village.

They had moved to an urban village at Gangding, which was closer to the company, and they no longer lived in a sunless single room, but in a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment with decent lighting.

Wang Dashan returned to the rental house and found Wang Erhai had already returned, sitting on the sofa in the living room playing on his mobile phone.

"I thought you weren't coming back tonight."

Wang Dashan half-jokingly said such a sentence.

Wang Erhai looked somewhat embarrassed and hurriedly said:

"Big Brother, stop making fun of me; you know me—I took Zhang Xiaoyun to see a movie, just to get rid of Chen Xiaomei."

Wang Dashan said instead:

"You may not care for Zhang Xiaoyun, but Zhang Xiaoyun may not feel the same about you."

Wang Erhai shook his head and laughed:

"If I had your height and looks, she might really fall in love with me; I've completely seen through it now—with my ordinary appearance, no woman could really love me, and I no longer long for so-called true love."

Wang Dashan laughed:

"It seems you've gained quite some insight, kid."

But at this moment Wang Erhai changed his tone, looking somewhat conflicted:

"Tonight Zhang Xiaoyun took my hand on her own initiative; her palm was warm, and it feels truly wonderful to be taken by the hand by someone, even though I know it isn't pure love..."

After all, Wang Erhai still longed for true love in his heart.

From childhood he had been like a transparent person, receiving little care and attention.

Everyone's attention around him was either on his tall, handsome big brother or on his younger brother with excellent grades.

He was sandwiched in between—neither good nor bad, neither handsome nor ugly—and instead became the overlooked one.

So even though he knew Zhang Xiaoyun might not truly love him, a warm current would still pass through his heart; the image of Zhang Xiaoyun taking his hand on her own initiative in the movie theater was destined to be forever engraved deep in his memory.

But he also maintained restraint; after the movie ended and he saw Zhang Xiaomei back to her rental house, when they were downstairs, Zhang Xiaoyun invited him up to sit, but he refused.

He didn't believe Zhang Xiaoyun loved him, but he enjoyed her initiative in showing him favor.

He craved Zhang Xiaoyun's initiative in showing him favor, but dared not let everything progress too fast.

His heart was full of contradictions.

This made him struggle, made him anguished.

But these were all the most real existence.

Actually, many ordinary people like us go through similar processes.

When young we all pursued the most passionate, purest love, but only after weathering the storms of the sea of love do we discover that the so-called purest love simply does not exist in this world.

The so-called true love always has some reason behind it—either looks, or wealth, or emotional value; there is always something sought, and thus there is love.

And love that seeks something is often seen by people as impure love.

This kind of impure love—people despise it, yet crave it, cannot do without it.

"Second Brother, as someone who has been there, Big Brother advises you: true love may not bear fruit, but getting along is what matters most. Look at me and Du Xiaojuan—I used to love her so much, and she actually loved me too, but in the end we still broke up? Our personalities differed too much, our standards for judging people and matters differed too much; some things I see as small matters, she sees as big things, and some things I cannot tolerate, she considers not worth mentioning."

During this period Wang Dashan had actually reflected a great deal.

Whenever he worked very late and was exhausted, returning to the rental house to lie down, the face of Du Xiaojun would involuntarily float up in his mind, and he would begin to review the days before their breakup.

Reviewing every second, every minute detail.

At first he was very angry at Du Xiaojuan.

Especially when his career suffered setbacks, during the time Shanhai Real Estate was on the verge of bankruptcy.

He hated Du Xiaojuan to death.

But later, as his career gradually improved, his restless heart gradually calmed, and only then did he begin to objectively examine that experience.

Only then did he discover that he indeed had many shortcomings, to the point of repeatedly disappointing Du Xiaojuan.

It was only then that he admitted in his heart that Du Xiaojuan leaving him was not because she looked down on his family.

It was the seemingly small but heartless things he did that were the culprit behind his failure in this relationship.

One can only say that failure often drives people mad and causes psychological imbalance.

And only success can truly nourish a person's heart-mind.

Although Shanhai Real Estate's success was obtained through crooked means, this success began to nourish Wang Dashan's heart-mind, and even Wang Dashan, who originally had a very stubborn temper, began to learn to reflect on himself.

Anyone with some social experience knows that the so-called "failure is the mother of success" praised in books is all nonsense.

No one in this world can rise through continuous failures; long-term frustration will only ruin a person.

Only by continuously accumulating small successes, providing endless positive feedback, and giving a person more sufficient inner drive can great success be gathered.

Looking at the current business tycoons who have achieved great success—whether it's the two Ma's, or Leibusi, or Dongge—which one didn't have some success when young? Which one didn't come through one success after another? They merely experienced some difficulties in the process of success, but they never truly failed.

"Big Brother, do you agree to me being with Zhang Xiaoyun?"

Wang Erhai looked at Wang Dashan, his eyes somewhat surprised.

He thought his big brother would forbid him from having an office romance.

After all, Zhang Xiaoyun was a salesperson at Shanhai Real Estate.

If Wang Erhai dated her, it would definitely affect the company's internal atmosphere.

Wang Dashan, however, said:

"What's there to worry about? As long as it doesn't delay work, it's fine. Just don't confirm the relationship too quickly; good things take time, so observe a bit more."

Wang Erhai, however, found himself in a difficult spot:

"But, we already held hands tonight."

Wang Dashan couldn't help but laugh:

"Just holding hands, what's the big deal? As long as you haven't done that, it doesn't count as establishing a relationship!"

Wang Dashan now regretted it deeply; why did he have to develop things with Du Xiaojuan to that extent so quickly back then? When Du Xiaojuan asked him to stay overnight at her apartment back then, he should have politely refused her kindness.

Facts have proven that feelings cannot be rushed.

Love that progresses too fast often ends badly.

The night was deep, and the two brothers were still chatting idly on and off.

Just then, Wang Dashan's mobile phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and looked, discovering it was actually his mother from home calling.

Wang Dashan was immediately stunned, his brows furrowing.

"It's so late at night, why is Mom calling over?"

At this time it was already eleven o'clock in the evening; usually at this hour the parents back in the hometown were long asleep, they generally went to sleep before ten o'clock,

A vague, uneasy premonition rose in Wang Dashan's heart, and he hurriedly answered the call.

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