"Then just do your best," Ning Youguang said, "Doing your best is excellent."
"What counts as doing one’s best?" Xie Yizun asked.
"Doing your best ans you have no strength left to try harder."
Xie Yizun pondered for a mont and smiled, "Then I seem to be excellent."
"Be more confident, remove ’seem to,’" Ning Youguang chuckled softly, "Our Yiyi is excellent."
This remark made Xie Yizun smile for a long ti, but when he thought about the events at the company this afternoon, he felt sad again—
"Today, a good friend of mine was released from his contract by the company."
"What happened?" Ning Youguang asked gently.
"Our company’s trainees undergo regular evaluations, twice a month and a quarterly assessnt. Those who can’t keep up with progress, whose physical appearance changes unfavorably, or who don’t fit the company’s educational style are eliminated," Xie Yizun said.
"The friend who left today wasn’t dropped for those reasons, right?" Ning Youguang understood the implication behind Xie Yizun’s words.
"Exactly."
"Do you all know why?"
"The shows that the company previously arranged for him were all canceled, and subsequently, they stopped providing him with resources."
"Frozen out?"
"Not exactly," Xie Yizun said, "He’s not really an artist yet. It’s quite complicated, but I don’t think it’s his fault. However, the company claims it is his fault, yet I feel the company eliminated him to promote another person."
"Oh." Ning Youguang said no more, for Xie Yizun will increasingly encounter the darker sides of society.
"Sister, why are you so calm?" Xie Yizun asked in surprise, "Aren’t you angry at all?"
"It’s quite unfortunate that your friend was eliminated," Ning Youguang said.
"..." The more Xie Yizun talked, the more furious he beca, "I don’t like the person the company chose to keep."
"Did this person have any conflict with you?" Ning Youguang asked with concern.
"Not really," Xie Yizun said, "We actually get along quite well, but I always feel sothing’s off."
"What’s off?"
"He frequently speaks poorly of others, and while I agree with so of his points, others don’t match his words, so I’ve grown less fond of listening to him," Xie Yizun said. "Also, when issues arise, everyone believes he’s at fault, yet he loves to make excuses and won’t admit his mistakes."
"Unable to truly care for companions, such a person can never truly love anyone; you’re right to keep your distance. If soone’s intentions are solely focused on others’ faults, they’re the one with a problem," Ning Youguang said, "As for always being adept at making excuses to cover up during failures and errors instead of self-reflecting and improving, it’s a bad habit ford from childhood, it’s inherent, a lack in family upbringing."
"Why can such a person stay, while better ones cannot?" Xie Yizun felt utterly puzzled, "I don’t understand."
"It’s okay not to understand now, you’ll understand in the future," Ning Youguang said calmly.
"When is the future?" Xie Yizun asked.
"When you beco stronger," Ning Youguang said softly, "Then you’ll find that you begin to understand everyone around you. There’s no good or bad, no right or wrong, only varying energy frequencies producing different states, leading them to make different choices." 1314
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