"After experiencing these two incidents, I no longer like buying famous brands. Compared with these, I feel that doing a good job is more important. What people around me think of me is no longer so important."
Listening quietly to Jiang Wei's self-analysis, Ning Youguang felt a deep sense of joy in his heart.
She thought of a sentence she once read in a book: "When a person is extremely honest, she is already invincible."
"I'm really glad you're willing to tell me this." The smile on her face was bright.
Jiang Wei also felt very relaxed.
At the same time, an embarrassed expression appeared on his face, "I'm sorry, I thought Professor Yu was partial to you and made you stay in school as an exception. I was jealous of you for a while. I thought it was so unfair of her!"
After a long while, she said with relief, "Actually, I should feel lucky to be your roommate. After all, my family's situation was really difficult when I was in college. Without your help, I don't know if I would have been able to do it."
If I finish college with peace of mind, it would be impossible for me to be where I am now."
She said, "I have never told others about my family's situation because I am afraid that others will look down on me. My father was very poor when he was young and could not find a wife. He married my mother when he was nearly 40 years old, and our sisters were born after the marriage.
Two people.
My mother is disabled, but my grandmother’s family is in pretty good condition.
But she and their whole family have never looked down on my mother, and they also look down on our family.
In my memory, we rarely went to my grandma’s house.
Occasionally, I would go there, and my sister and I would hide timidly in the corner, watching the well-dressed cousins having fun.
They also curiously asked grandma who these two children were.
You may not believe it when I say it. Once when I was a guest at my grandma’s house, my sister and I finished eating pickles and rice, and my sister sensiblely returned the bowl to the cupboard.
Later, on the way home, she told me that the cupboards at my grandma’s house were full of big fish and meat.
Also, when I was more than 4 years old, I took my younger sister to my grandmother's house. My grandmother showed great mercy that day and gave each of us a mangosteen.
My sister and I have never eaten mangosteen before and don’t know how to eat it.
Grandma looked at us both at a loss and laughed loudly, saying that these two little fools couldn't even eat mangosteen.
My sister and I still feel very uncomfortable thinking about that mocking look.
We grew up in such a difficult and humiliating way.
Because I was looked down upon by others since I was a child, I took a breath and vowed to become great and make a lot of money.
So, I studied hard in order to get into a good university, to become promising, and to make my grandma’s family regret that they had looked down on my mother and us.
My sister's grades were not very good, so she dropped out of school very early and worked to help support the family and help me go to school.
After I was admitted to college, the tuition and living expenses were too much. Even if my father and sister worked hard, they couldn't afford it.
When I was a freshman, my dad was working on a construction site. He fell from a high structure and broke his leg. He couldn't work even if he needed medical treatment.
My mother is blind, so she has to take care of him and cook. One time, my mother burned down our kitchen in order to cook because she couldn't see clearly.
Our family was in dire straits at that time. My father didn’t even have enough money for medical treatment. How could he still have money for me to go to school?
But the school kept urging me to get it, and I was anxious and powerless, so I often hid under the quilt and cried."
After roughly talking about his family situation, Jiang Wei asked: "Did you find out at that time that I had no money to pay tuition?"
Ning Youguang said, "I heard you crying several times, and then I overheard you telling the class teacher about your family's financial difficulties, so I knew it."
Jiang Wei said, "I was very afraid that others would know that my family was so poor that I couldn't even pay for school fees, so I could only hide under the quilt and cry in the middle of the night."
She sighed softly, "Fortunately, everything is over."
Ning Youguang said, "Everyone has times when they are sad. It will be fine if they get over it. But it will be hard when they can't get over it."
Jiang Wei said, "Yes, I encountered so many difficulties in the past. At that time, I felt like the sky was falling. But now that I think about it, it seems to be nothing."
Ning Youguang smiled and said, "It's also because you have become stronger."
Jiang Wei's face showed pride, "Yes, over the years, every time I go home to celebrate the New Year, I drive my sister and her boyfriend to play. Whenever I encounter my uncles' convoy returning to my grandma's house, they will surround me and ask questions.
, and asked me how life is in Beijing. Do I need to borrow money to buy a house? If I have no money, just go to their house to get it! My sister’s boyfriend said that your relatives are really nice, and my sister and I looked at each other and smiled."
"When we get home at night, we will say, who wants to borrow their money? In the past, our family was so difficult that they didn't even lend us money. Now that they think we are better, they pretend to lend us money. Who is disgusting?"
Ning Youguang doesn't have this kind of frustration and inferiority complex about money.
But she can emotionally deduce a series of Jiang Wei's psychological changes from childhood to now, which is more or less understandable.
"How is your sister now?" she asked with a smile.
"It's good. My sister does her own handicrafts and opened an online store. She bought her own house last year. She has been dating her boyfriend for several years and her relationship is stable. She plans to get married this year." Jiang Wei looked satisfied.
"Congratulations." Ning Youguang was also very happy for their sisters.
Jiang Wei saw her full of joy and said with emotion, "I actually like you very much and envy you because you have everything I want to have. When I was in school, many people envied me and said I was so lucky to be you."
My only roommate for four years in college. But what they don’t know is that I often don’t dare to get close to you. I feel uncontrollably inferior when I get close to you, and it’s hard not to be jealous of you.”
——She laughed at herself, "Because, I know I can't be you in this life."
Jiang Wei looked at Ning Youguang across from him in a daze. His face without makeup was even more refined and three-dimensional than when he was in college. He was so beautiful that even the many female celebrities she had seen could not match her.
But her temperament gives people a very quiet, elegant and generous feeling.
She couldn't understand it before, she only knew that her family had money.
Now she understands that this is a face that has never been worried about life, and it has the kind of noble aura that can only be found in girls who come from wealthy and well-educated families.
What's even more rare is that despite having so many proud qualities, she can still be as calm and gentle as the wind.
Fate is actually not fair at all.
Some people go to great lengths just to see Rome.
Some people were born in Rome.
After thinking for a while, she then asked, "Why are you still willing to get close to me after I stayed away from you in my junior year?"
"Because I allow misunderstandings, acceptance and dislike to exist in my life." Ning Youguang smiled and said, "Also, thank you for telling me that you like me very much." 1314