Su Xiaong is a warm-hearted person, always feeling sympathetic for stray cats and dogs by the roadside. Any stray animals on campus that she runs into would often get to enjoy so snacks from her.
But Xiao ng is definitely not so saint-like charitable angel.
She saw nothing in this guy that deserved any sympathy or pity.
So what if you’re working-class?
Better than having no parents at all, right?
Selling everything including pots and pans to send him to study abroad, my goodness, that’s studying abroad! Wow!
And yet, he still feels unsatisfied!
Feeling pressured?
Damn it, Su Xiaong gets super pissed every ti she thinks about this. Who the hell isn’t stressed?
It’s only been one sester, and finishing the major alone will take at least two years. Of course, further studies don’t even need ntioning.
Two years, six sesters—only a sixth of it has passed, and this guy already can’t wait to jump off a building!
Doesn’t he have any ambition at all?
Shen Dawei looked at Su Xiaong in shock; his not-so-big eyes were completely wide open!
At this mont, this woman was still provoking him!
Did she really want him to die?
"What’s wrong? Why are you hesitating? Or maybe I wasn’t pushing you hard enough and you still have a long speech left to deliver?"
Although Xiao ng felt frustrated with his lack of determination, seeing him swaying with the wind at the edge of the rooftop made her heart tremble.
She was just trying to figure out if using these words might wake this guy up. Hopefully, he’ll snap out of it and not jump.
Either way, he got into the University of Bath on his own rits by clearing all the hurdles.
Let’s not even ntion emotional intelligence; surely his IQ is fine.
"Dude, just take a peek down there. There’s a whole bunch of students and teachers gathered around, but how many of them do you think truly care if you live or die?"
"..."
Shen Dawei fidgeted uncomfortably.
"You said it yourself, this world is disgusting. Then you should know that in this world that disgusts you, after you jump, it’s even less likely to show you any kindness."
"Those hypocritical masks won’t automatically fall off just because of your ’heroic’ act!"
"Do you understand what I’m saying?"
"The only ones who will be affected by you jumping are your working-class parents, who sacrificed everything to place their hopes on you, wishing you to succeed in the future!"
Su Xiaong’s words were earnest.
Because Shen Dawei’s expression showed so sign of wavering.
And because where he was standing was really dangerous, the railing on the rooftop only reached his knees, a slight bend, and he’d fall over!
"You... you’re right... they don’t care if I live or die... so why did you even climb up here? Why not just watch from below?"
Shen Dawei didn’t want to admit it.
Death wasn’t his goal. He just wanted those who disregarded him and mocked him after he achieved results—students and teachers—to take notice!
Pushing a promising young man to the brink of suicide, wouldn’t they feel sha, guilt, self-reproach, and regret!
That was his goal...
A cynic who eventually evolved into a terminally whimsical, naive young man.
(Does anyone not know what "Chuunibyou" ans? Soone nods, uh-huh, alright, just Google it, yay!)
Su Xiaong sighed,
"You think I don’t want to watch from below? If it weren’t for Dick’s threats, saying he’d fail unless I talked you down, do you think I’d be up here?"
"Dick..."
"Yes, that terrifyingly twisted teacher!"
"Ha, don’t joke. He can’t wait for to jump so that the weakest student is no longer in his class!"
"Is that so? But when he told earlier, he was teary-eyed, regretting how harshly he criticized you!"
Su Xiaong lied through her teeth.
"Then why didn’t he co to persuade himself?"
The cynical young man’s heart got a bit of solace, knowing that while most were unaffected, indeed... soone felt guilty!
So tsundere...
Su Xiaong sighed and quickly said, "He said he’s not good with words, afraid that one wrong word might rile you up, a little provocation and... well, you get it?"
"Hmph! At least he knows himself a bit!"
The young man snorted, feeling sowhat vindicated, then continued,
"He should have reflected much earlier on how to teach properly as a teacher! His ways violate teaching ethics! They do!"
"Mm-hmm!"
Su Xiaong nodded seriously.
anwhile, Dick, who was standing with Qin Hui, exuded a terrifying aura like never before.
Dick was dark-skinned, and Qin Hui thought, even if he had been fair, he’d be as dark as coal by now!
"So you really think it’s worth it to lose your life over a teacher who violates educational ethics?"
"..."
Su Xiaong and Shen Dawei’s conversation continued to drill into Dick’s ears.
"David, I’m not trying to provoke you, but honestly, do you really believe this clock tower is the center of the world? You can’t think you’re standing at the pinnacle of the world, right?"
Shen Dawei raised an eyebrow. Hmm... what, are you saying it’s not?
With so many people down there...
"I’ll tell you what the top really is, and the kind of person at the top can draw everyone’s attention and ignite the public’s enthusiasm!"
"..."
Shen Dawei unconsciously began listening to what Su Xiaong was saying.
"Like my husband, the position he’s in is definitely one at the top. What he says, his actions, they catch everyone’s attention!"
Shen Dawei tilted slightly, making Su Xiaong’s heart leap, "Hey! Stand firm!"
Scared her to death!
Shen Dawei imdiately shouted back, "You’ve been talking all this ti just to show off your husband!"
"I’m serious!"
Su Xiaong declared earnestly!
She didn’t want to co off as showing off her husband in front of soone contemplating suicide, but he was the most high-end person she had interacted with!
Whenever her husband posts on Weibo, even without any specific ssage, there are millions of reposts.
Of course... ahem, it’s probably just because of his looks. After all, there are many young, naive girls online who are attracted to appearances.
"Kid, I think you’re being quite aningless like this. You’re not even worth an onion right now. Even if you jumped, it would at most make Dick feel a bit tangled, but you know Dick is like an ancient demon; after a couple of days, he’d still adopt the sa teaching style, still the sa twisted demon."
Hey hey hey!
Are you sure you’re comforting ? What do you an not even worth an onion! Huh?!
Shen Dawei clenched his fists.
"Everyone has tough tis. Once you get through it, there’s a bright future ahead! When you make sothing of yourself, you’ll have everyone’s attention, and by then, jumping off would definitely cause a huge sensation!"
"..."
Shen Dawei turned his head in surprise once again...
What did she just say?
Su Xiaong spoke so fluently that even she didn’t realize anything was wrong with her words.
Cherry, standing by, finally pointed out,
"You’re definitely not thinking of jumping off by then."
"Oh oh! Right, jumping off won’t be your goal anyway! By then, you should be able to step over Dick’s head and crush him!"
Su Xiaong quickly corrected herself!
That correction seed so insincere to Shen Dawei...
But...
Suddenly, Shen Dawei didn’t feel like jumping anymore.
He hadn’t really intended to jump in the first place. With Su Xiaong pulling him left and right in conversation, the the was lost, and the cynical young man felt a bit bored...
Xiao ng took a step forward, and Shen Dawei noticed...
But he didn’t react irritably or excitedly, just stood there.
Xiao ng took another slow step forward, slowly reaching out her hand,
"Co on, Dawei, when spring break cos, let’s return to Beijing together! So what if you’re last; do you think you’re the only one to ever score low? I once got thirteen points!"
"Tch, scoring thirteen points, you’re proud of that, huh?"
Shen Dawei glanced at her and muttered.
Su Xiaong remained serious, "Tell , would you dare to score thirteen points?"
"..."
Shen Dawei was speechless; indeed, he wouldn’t dare.
Xiao ng was almost ready to grab Dawei’s hand, but just then—
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