Chapter 644: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 644: Wei Qian's Persuasion, Xiao Hua's Sudden Enlightenment

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"I don't know..."

Xiao Hua really didn't know how to choose.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that this exam paper of life was far harder than the college entrance exam paper.

The college entrance exam had standard answers.

But life did not.

Love, studies—how should he choose?

No one told him the correct answer.

And no matter how he chose, he might regret it later.

"If you really want to break up, I won't force you."

Li Jianjia's face was full of dejection, but she still chose to respect Xiao Hua.

Yet this love—she had crossed half of China to come here, only to end up with such a result; it was bound to break her heart.

"I don't know..."

Xiao Hua's heart was in turmoil:

"Can you give me a few days to think it over?"

Li Jianjia forced a smile:

"Fine, no problem. I'll wait for your answer."

After returning from the Great Wall, Xiao Hua sent Li Xiulan back to the hotel, then went back to school alone.

He didn't stay at the hotel long, and Li Xiulan didn't try to keep him.

Neither of them had the heart to think about those forbidden things anymore.

Xiao Hua returned to the dorm and found Wei Qian playing LOL in the dorm.

As for Wan Zhiyuan, he had vanished, presumably holed up in the laboratory again.

"The final exam results are out, did you know?"

Wei Qian glanced at Xiao Hua.

"I know, I checked last night."

"What's your GPA?" Wei Qian asked while playing the game.

"4.0." Xiao Hua answered honestly.

"Oh, mine's a bit higher than yours, 4.1, but don't be discouraged, 4.0 is fine, it's more than enough for recommended admission!"

Wei Qian said with a smile, offering words of comfort.

Xiao Hua watched Wei Qian's serious expression as he played the game, and simply couldn't figure it out.

This guy was dating, playing games, and was also Vice Class Monitor and a Student Union Cadre—how did he still have time to do well in his studies?

And his grades were even higher than Xiao Hua's!

One could only say that Tsinghua University truly had no shortage of geniuses!

Someone like Xiao Hua, who had only scraped in by performing beyond his usual level on the college entrance exam, in such an environment really had nothing coming but a thorough beating. It was cruel, but that was reality.

"By the way, how was that Korean movie I showed you last night? Pretty high artistic value, huh? Hehe~" Wei Qian turned around at this moment, raising an eyebrow and smirking at Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua could only give an awkward, forced laugh, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Wei Qian took off his headphones at this moment, stood up, put his arm around Xiao Hua's neck, and said with a smile:

"Don't be shy, tell me your thoughts on the movie. Did you go find your girlfriend last night? Did you put what you learned into practice?"

Xiao Hua laughed awkwardly and finally chose to tell the truth:

"Don't mention it. I was halfway through when Wan Zhiyuan came back. After he found out I was watching a movie, he scolded me."

Wei Qian was immediately speechless:

"Why would he scold you? Watching a movie doesn't bother him."

Xiao Hua sighed:

"I didn't bother him, but he's a straightforward person, you know that. He thought I had fallen into depravity, so he lectured me, and then he said my GPA for this final exam ranked below average in the class, that I was the kind at the tail of the class, and he also said that if I dated, it would affect my studies."

Wei Qian immediately said on Xiao Hua's behalf:

"Don't listen to him, he's just talking nonsense! I'm dating, and where's the effect?"

Xiao Hua gave a wry smile:

"It's not entirely nonsense, I think what he said has some truth. You can't have both fish and bear's paw, sigh."

But Wei Qian said:

"He's just a little brat who's barely weaned, what does he know? You're several years older than him, why listen to him? Can't you have your own opinion? Besides, do you really think that as long as you don't date, you'll become a standout in the class?"

Wei Qian's words left Xiao Hua speechless.

Yeah, with his aptitude, even if he didn't date, even if he put in two hundred percent effort, he'd probably still be at the tail of the class.

"You have to accept a cruel fact: this world doesn't reward effort. Most of the time, aptitude matters far more than effort. Don't compare yourself to others; just keep your 4.0 GPA. Those of us who got in through the college entrance exam shouldn't compare ourselves to Wan Zhiyuan, Wen Lingyun, and others who got in through competitions. They're monsters, we're ordinary people. How can ordinary people compare to monsters? The more you compare, the more painful it is. As long as your GPA is above 4.0, you can stay at the school and get recommended admission for graduate study later, and your future is still limitless."

Wei Qian continued to persuade Xiao Hua, and also said:

"As for dating, if you don't date in university, are you going to go on blind dates after entering society? Blind dates are all about laying conditions on the table, it's about exchanging benefits. With your height, with your looks, could you end up with an excellent girl like Li Jianjia? Impossible! Brother, listen to me. Sometimes being realistic and vulgar isn't necessarily a bad thing. To put it bluntly, you should hurry up and sleep with Li Jianjia, turn raw rice into cooked rice—that's what's most in your favor. Even if you really break up later, you won't lose out; at least you'll have experienced a pure love."

After hearing Wei Qian's words, Xiao Hua felt as if he had been enlightened, his mind suddenly opened.

It was obvious that Wei Qian was right.

A very real problem lay before him: if he didn't date in university, then after graduating and entering society to find a partner, given his external conditions, let alone a beautiful university student like Li Jianjia, even an average-looking junior college student would probably dislike his external conditions.

After all, women who entered society were more realistic and wouldn't be as innocent and simple as university students on campus.

Wei Qian continued:

"Besides, university exams aren't actually important; as long as your grade point average is enough, it's fine. You need to enrich your life experience and not just bury yourself in books. Graduate supervisors don't like bookworms at all. If you keep being such a bookworm, even if your grade point average is high, no supervisor might want you. In my opinion, you shouldn't be so tense about studying; relax when you should relax. After all, no matter how hard you try, you can't beat those monsters."

"Wei Qian, thank you. After hearing these words from you, I'm not so painful in my heart anymore."

Wang Xiaohua thanked Wei Qian from the bottom of his heart.

Wei Qian laughed heartily:

"Why be polite with me? We're good brothers. By the way, I just downloaded an art film this morning. Why don't we watch it together?"

"What film?"

"Brokeback Mountain."

"Brokeback Mountain?" Wang Xiaohua asked in surprise.

"Haha, just kidding. How would I watch that kind of film? It's 'Lust, Caution,' a work by the great director Ang Lee, with extremely high artistic value!"

"How high?"

"Higher than our dormitory building."

Wei Qian exited the LOL game interface, opened the player, and then played "Lust, Caution."

He also said:

"Don't watch the front part; there's nothing good there. Just skip straight to the main scene."

Wei Qian used the mouse to drag the progress bar a bit, and unexpectedly dragged it straight to the main scene in one go.

This old driver, no need for anything else, just skilled hands.

After watching that segment of the main scene, Wang Xiaohua couldn't help but feel hot all over, but Wei Qian suddenly closed the player.

"Why not watch further?"

Wang Xiaohua asked puzzledly.

Wei Qian said instead:

"There's nothing good to watch after that. Strike while the iron is hot. You hurry and go find your Jianjia. Otherwise, once this impulse is gone, you kid won't dare take that step!"

Wang Xiaohua was stunned, smiling embarrassedly all over his face.

This guy Wei Qian could be said to have put in great effort.

"Okay, I'm going now."

Under the drive of hormones, Wang Xiaohua was indeed much braver.

But Wei Qian pulled him back:

"Don't forget to bring that box of things you bought last night!"

Wang Xiaohua laughed embarrassedly.

He indeed almost forgot.

He hurriedly went to the cabinet to rummage it out.

He immediately turned around and went downstairs, rushing toward Li Jianjia.

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