Chapter 1205: 299: Got slapped in the face, such a miserable guy_2
At this point, Li Dai sighed and continued:
“Actually, the majority of people in China, just like you, still approach problems with old feudal thinking. That’s why China has never been able to develop. The people of F Country have open minds, which is why F Country is many years more advanced than China!”
Ni Yang looked up at Li Dai, her tone indifferent, “Mr. Li, foreign cultures certainly have their merits, but the act of belittling one’s own culture to elevate another’s will only be met with ridicule. Here we are in F Country, and you represent not just yourself. Your every word and action also represent China.”
What is cultural cringe?
Ni Yang thought Li Dai was the very definition of cultural cringe, having sipped a few drops of Western ink, he had forgotten his own surname.
“Miss Ni, don’t you think your way of thinking is very old-fashioned?” Li Dai frowned.
He found municating with someone so limited in their thinking very difficult.
It was clearly Ni Yang who was too conservative, yet she thought it was his problem.
Moreover, when had he ever belittled China?
What he said was the truth.
Ni Yang continued: “I already have a boyfriend, shouldn’t I keep my distance from Mr. Li? Do you think it’s good to have an ambiguous relationship? Look at it from another angle, if you, Mr. Li, had a girlfriend, would you want her to live under the same roof as another man? And this man had pursued your girlfriend before.”
Li Dai was taken aback.
He had never thought about this question.
Ni Yang went on: “If one does not know to keep a distance from other men despite having a boyfriend, and even lives under the same roof with another single man in an ambiguous manner, that’s not called being open-minded; that’s called being a flirt.”
“Chinese culture is profound and prehensive; our ancestors also left us many principles about how to conduct ourselves. Mr. Li should not abandon his own country’s culture in his eagerness to absorb foreign cultures.”
“If someone uninformed saw what’s going on, they might think Mr. Li is a cultural cringe ‘banana’ person.”
Ni Yang did not reject foreign cultures, for indeed there were many aspects of them worth learning from.
But one should not be so taken with foreign cultures as to bee blind to domestic ones.
Every country has its strengths as well as its flaws.
One should extract the essence and discard the dross.
Li Dai opened his mouth, his face flashing alternately between pale and flushed.
He had not expected Ni Yang to speak her mind like this.
And frustratingly, he found himself somewhat at a loss for a counterargument.
Ni Yang went on: “I’ll be leaving then. See you tomorrow.”
With that, Ni Yang turned and left.
Only then did Li Dai snap back to reality, his expression indescribable as he watched Ni Yang’s retreating figure.
He had initially wanted Ni Yang to shed her feudal thoughts, but unexpectedly, it was he who ended up being lectured by her.
The feeling was utterly terrible!
No, that won’t do!
He had to find a way to turn things around in front of Ni Yang!
He was a man, and moreover, a man who had studied abroad for six years. Could it be he was not even a match for a woman with limited thinking?
And then there was Ni Yang’s boyfriend.
He had previously considered whether or not to save some face for Ni Yang’s boyfriend, but now it seemed…
There was absolutely no need for that.
**
Ni Yang had visited M Country before and had taken the opportunity to tour F Country as well, and with her past life experiences, she was not unfamiliar with F Country.
F Country is a very romantic nation, with buildings that have character. Ni Yang, pulling her luggage, strolled through the streets of F Country, attracting many second glances due to her beautiful cheongsam and delicate features.
“Are you also Chinese?” An excited Chinese lady greeted Ni Yang.
Ni Yang nodded, “Yes.”
“I’m Chinese too! I’m from Kang City! I just came to F Country a week ago. Little miss, what about you?” The lady didn’t speak French, and apart from chatting with her daughter occasionally, she lived like a mute most of the time, feeling suffocated in a foreign land. She was almost driven mad, but she never expected to meet a Chinese person on the streets today, let alone such a beautiful young girl.
Ni Yang said with a smile: “I’m from Beijing, just arrived in F Country today.”
The lady proposed enthusiastically: “Little miss, do you have any relatives here? If not, you can stay at my place!”
This was a foreign land, and it was not easy to encounter a fellow countryman – it was as forting as meeting one’s own family.
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