Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 486 - 460: Changing Values

Qiuqiu heard Qian’s words and showed deep sadness, looking at the stall selling short sleeves not far away and asked Qian.

"Before the season when she can wear a dress and show it to me comes, can you finish it?"

Previously, while shopping, Qiuqiu bought a beautiful dress for Jingjing, and Qiuqiu only hoped that their relationship could reach the season of blossoming flowers.

Qian didn’t want to discourage him, but she couldn’t not tell the truth either.

"It will be much earlier than that. Starting from the end of this month, you need to distance yourself from her day by day until she forgets you. After I infuse her with a completely new identity, you can appear in her world again, act like a stranger, and contact her again. But whether she, having accepted the new identity, will still have the current feelings for you, no one knows."

Just like Lone Wolf’s fiancée Hu Meijing, after she got a completely new identity, her feelings towards her original friends were no longer the same, and she now only loves her husband.

One always hopes a relationship will last forever, thinking that loving someone means it’s for a lifetime. But after going through many things, one realizes that those you have loved will someday become mere passersby.

Because of Hu Meijing’s case, when Qian said these things to Qiuqiu, her heart was deeply touched.

No matter what kind of feelings Jingjing has towards Qiuqiu, whether it’s dependency, or a transference caused by mistrust towards men after illness, Qiuqiu seems to have genuinely cared for Jingjing. Just during the meal, Qian watched their interactions, so when she asked Qiuqiu these things, she felt a lot of reluctance in her heart.

"Before the end of the month, right? Then I still have time to take her to see the begonias blooming." Qiuqiu waved at Jingjing standing afar watching him.

Qian understood his meaning; he was trying to seize the time to leave a final piece of memory.

"Qian, I won’t say anymore, I’m leaving now!" Qiuqiu waved at Qian, showing a sunshine smile as usual, which combined with the current feelings gave Qian a kind of unresolved melancholy.

On the way back, Qian kept thinking about what happened to the people around her, and Shi Touyu, who was always chatty, remained silent.

"Shi Tou, what’s wrong with you?" Qian noticed that she had been off since dinner.

Shi Touyu sighed, "I was previously worried about how to tell my parents about my brother and me. But after seeing Qiuqiu, I feel that we are not the most miserable people. At least, after getting beat up, my brother and I can still be together."

All sorrow arises in the absence of comparison.

Qian nodded, "I’ll tell you a case related to our major: there was a person who was very depressed, feeling that he encountered the most unfortunate thing and became very dispirited every day. He found a famous philosopher for a solution. Guess what the philosopher said?"

"Hmm, scratch the wall when you’re unhappy?"

Qian rolled her eyes, "If everyone’s treated like you, how many people do you think we’ll keep alive? The philosopher told him to go door to door in the town asking everyone—"

"Have you heard of ×li?"

Shi Touyu suddenly interjected; in recent years, direct sales companies have blossomed everywhere in the country, legal and illegal alike. After going through reasons like the reform of state-owned enterprises, many people felt that new business models could change their fate, only to find that very few reached the top, while most retreated as they invested, proving the Pareto principle applies to any industry.

Qian rolled her eyes again, Shi Touyu chuckled, "I just thought of this joke when you mentioned door to door. Continue with your story, I can’t imagine what the philosopher said."

"He told the person who felt troubled enough to suffer from depression to knock on everyone’s door, in search of a house that has never had worries. He walked all over the town, felt better, and no longer thought he was a depressed person. Because regardless of how perfect you see others’ families are, behind the tightly closed door, each has their own troubles."

The good side shown to others, only one’s own sorrow can be understood by oneself.

"Qian, why are you so sentimental today? After spending a night with Mr. Yu, you’re becoming more womanly, I feel you’re different from when I first met you."

Qian smiled but didn’t comment, the naive daughter of a landlord is, in fact, quite perceptive in certain areas. She has the intuition of an artist.

"I like you now. I feel your soul no longer floats away frequently, occasionally when you meet someone of interest, your soul would come down, making you a real person. But most of the time, you’re still floating, overlooking those you don’t bother to engage with—in mentioning Mr. Yu, your soul came down, and just now I don’t know why, after you talked to Qiuqiu, it felt like you came down again, you’ve put your heart into it."

Shi Touyu’s comments were very fitting, Qian thought for a moment and nodded.

"Mm, you’re right. Now that you said it, I realized, when treating others, I’m also searching for a way to self-redemption. According to your words, if my soul fully comes down, my compulsive hand-washing would also be cured."

The bleeding hole within her heart has been gradually healed since she started dating Yu Minglang. After coming back, intentionally or unintentionally, she sought patients from past lives. Contacting them again brought new feelings each time; these feelings accumulated, Qian’s symptoms gradually lessened, and her compulsion is now mild.

"Having little flaws is good anyway, it’s because of imperfection that you’re endearing. You’re already this smart, if all good things were given to you, wouldn’t you be too envied? See, we study art and paint Venus, she’s only beautiful because she’s armless. By the way, Qian, come back to the dorm with me, I need to get some paper, I’m out of drawing paper."

Qian stood at the school gate waiting for Shi Touyu, lights flickered on the school’s plaque, thinking about this time last night, she and Xiaoqiang were tumbling in bed, and now they have parted ways.

"Mr Chen."

"It’s you?"

Qian saw Wang Yafei not far away and was somewhat surprised.

This guy was still PK-ing with Xiaoqiang last night and was completely defeated by Xiaoqiang. How come he’s at her school’s gate today?

Also, Wang Yafei’s look at her was no longer the same; after she messed up his assessment, he looked at her with hatred. But at this moment, Qian seemed to see a hint of remorse in his eyes, changing values overnight?

"It’s me, I have something to say to you, is it convenient?"