BSI Chapter 1511 - 1000: Making Up
Chapter 1511 - 1000: Making Up
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"I’ve told you the truth, now it’s up to you to decide what to do..." Chuxia looked at Lin Mengran with a calm expression, "As long as you feel you won’t regret it in the future, that’s all that matters."
Lin Mengran’s little face turned grim: "You’re just trying to provoke me."
"I’m not provoking you, I’m just reminding you..." Chuxia sighed, "Listen, every girl hopes that regardless of right or wrong, her boyfriend will always pamper and indulge her. But why should he? Just because you’re a girl, does the other party have to give in to everything, admit fault no matter what?"
Lin Mengran pursed her lips in dissatisfaction: "You’re obviously speaking easily from your own position. Can you dare say that Division Commander Zhou isn’t that kind of man?"
"No!" Chuxia looked at her earnestly, "The relationship between me and him is different from yours. I’ve told you before, our marriage initially wasn’t all happiness.
He might have liked my looks or maybe my personality, while I was partial to not having messy people entangle me any longer, and I didn’t want my parents to live in fear anymore.
If it were my choice, marriage would be delayed for at least two to three years. However, Zhou Mikang’s persistence forced me to compromise, and I admit, the main reason I compromised was because of fear.
I hoped not to miss him and then live through those turbulent days with my parents again, worried they would be bullied, fearing our family would be homeless again.
Indeed, in this relationship, due to these unavoidable reasons and our age gap, it’s destined that he would compromise more often. But these compromises weren’t without principles.
When I don’t trust him, of course he would feel disappointed and angry, but with his age and experience, he’s not going to handle it like Zuo Jiang would. He always has a way to make me recognize my mistakes and feel a sense of guilt.
And my feelings for him, under his guidance, have continued to deepen. Now, I no longer feel the grievance I did when I initially married him, and I’ll admit that meeting him was my blessing.
However, all of this was based on the fact that I didn’t go to extremes at the beginning. Your relationship with Zuo Jiang now is quite similar to what I went through with Zhou Mikang.
Admitting fault feels like a difficult thing, but once you open your mouth, everything becomes easier. If what you worry about happens, that admitting fault once means you have to yield every time, then this person isn’t worth loving, right?"
After pondering for a moment, Lin Mengran smiled wryly: "I admit what you’re saying makes sense. Okay, I’ll go find him and admit my fault. If he becomes arrogant due to favor later, then breaking up won’t entail any regrets."
"Why always think about breaking up?" Chuxia looked at her speechlessly, "Your mindset is so wrong; admitting fault is meant to help you get along better, not for breaking up!"
"Can you be a bit more gentle? Even my elders rarely lecture me like this."
"If your elders knew you were struggling here, they’d lecture you the same way..." Chuxia cast a sideways glance at her, "If you dislike my attitude, then don’t come to me when you quarrel with Zuo Jiang next time."
"Hehe..." Lin Mengran smiled ingratiatingly, stepping forward to hold Chuxia’s hand, "I’m just kidding around with you, don’t take it seriously. Class is about to start, let me escort you back to the classroom..."
After class, Zuo Jiang left first, and Lin Mengran followed right after him... When they returned, both had smiles all over their faces...
"Look at these two, they’re like a storm one moment and calm the next..." Yang Xiaoli whispered in Chuxia’s ear, "Did you give them another round of counseling?"
Chuxia nodded: "Something like that."
"I just knew it! Yesterday when she came back, I asked her if she had gone to pour out her troubles to you, and she wouldn’t admit..." Just as Lin Mengran walked up, Yang Xiaoli pouted at her, "Liar!"
Lin Mengran’s face turned red, and she sat still at the very edge, feeling uncomfortable.
Yang Xiaoli wasn’t about to let her off easily, and she leaned over, asking, "Now that you two made up, shouldn’t you invite us for a reunion dinner tonight?"
"Okay."
Lin Mengran agreed so readily that Yang Xiaoli didn’t know what to say, and then she quickly shifted the gossip once she saw Squad Leader Li Xinlou come in: "Hey, I haven’t told you yet, last night Li Xinlou got into a fight."
"Why?" Chuxia looked at her in surprise, knowing that this Squad Leader was hands-on with everything and quite favored by the head teacher. Most of his classmates also get along well with him. Getting into a public fight was something she couldn’t really imagine.
"He initially liked you, but after discovering you were married, didn’t he turn his attention to Xinli? As a result, Xinli ignored him, then she got a boyfriend, so he turned his attention to Cheng Xuemei from the neighboring class.
Then, last night Cheng Xuemei’s fiancé came, gave him a good beating without warning, and when he left, he put down some harsh words, saying if he dared to make a move on Cheng Xuemei again, he would make him lie in bed for the rest of his life."
Listening to her ramble on, Chuxia rolled her eyes, speechless: "You only needed to tell me the latter part, did you have to add the former part too?"
"It’s just to emphasize that he has high standards..." Yang Xiaoli laughed, "Do you know what Cheng Xuemei’s fiancé said about him?"
Chuxia gave her a look: "Quit the suspense."
"You’re annoying, you won’t cooperate even a bit..." After a pause and seeing Chuxia not replying, Yang Xiaoli had to continue, "He said he looks like a toad trying to squeeze into a crowd of swans, really overestimating his abilities to the extreme."
"But come to think of it, Li Xinlou is somewhat wronged too, isn’t he?" Wu Jingbo chimed in from the side, "Cheng Xuemei clearly agreed to date him, yet didn’t mention she had a fiancé, isn’t that setting him up?"
"Yes, I think so too." Li Xinli nodded in agreement, "Although I found him quite annoying when he approached me before, overall, he’s a person with boundaries.
After he learned I had a boyfriend, he immediately apologized and never bothered me again, had Cheng Xuemei told him she had a boyfriend, he definitely wouldn’t be dating Cheng Xuemei."
"How come I feel Cheng Xuemei did it on purpose?" Lin Mengran, who had been keeping her head down, couldn’t hold it anymore, "When I came back, Cheng Xuemei and her fiancé were just walking out, and her fiancé was loudly insulting her, calling her shameless, and said he wouldn’t let her schemes succeed, and that even if she wants to rebel, she should find someone worthy, what’s the use of finding such a bumpkin..."
Yang Xiaoli laughed and interrupted her: "I knew as soon as we talked about this topic you’d burst, so, do you feel relieved now?"
"Annoying!" Lin Mengran rolled her eyes at her and turned her head away to ignore her...
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At night, a few of them wanted to gather, Chuxia thought to simply carry it out at home, it’s convenient, but the others felt it wasn’t convenient to make a fuss with the elders around, and they intended to make Lin Mengran and Zuo Jiang pay, so it couldn’t be too easy for them.
Thus, the location was chosen at the Great Light Hotel near the school’s entrance.
The hotel was only a street away from Chuxia’s family, after ordering the dishes, Lin Mengran ran to the Lin Family to ask for leave on behalf of Chuxia, and upon returning, she faced a certain pregnant woman with a look of bitterness: "Uncle Lin and Auntie Zhao lectured me for a full ten minutes, I feel like you’re fussier than a giant panda now."
Chuxia rolled her eyes at her: "You’ll understand when you reach this point."
Apart from the small group of five, Zuo Jiang, Ou Yi, and Zuo Qian were also invited over, the few of them were regarded as regulars at the Great Light, they ordered eight dishes and one soup, and the hotel specially sent a can of red bean sweet potato chestnut porridge, fragrant and sticky, especially suitable for girls.
When the dishes were served, Lin Mengran took the initiative to stand up, smiled and nodded to everyone: "Firstly, let me declare that today’s meal is hosted by me, the three gentlemen present are not allowed to compete with me.
Then..." she looked at Zuo Jiang, "I apologize to Zuo Jiang in front of everyone, I shouldn’t have suspected him for no reason, and even less should I have said to break up.
I promise not to make such mistakes again, if I have doubts in the future, I will ask directly, no matter how you explain, I will choose to believe."
"Mengran... Thank you!" Zuo Jiang got up somewhat at a loss, his eyes full of emotion, he hadn’t expected Lin Mengran to apologize to him in front of everyone.
"What’s there to thank, it’s the right thing to do..." Lin Mengran smiled at him, "If you do something wrong in the future, you should also apologize to me."
Zuo Jiang looked at her earnestly: "I promise you, if similar things happen again in the future, I will face it with you, and won’t let you misunderstand anymore.
This incident can’t be entirely blamed on you, if I had been more careful and kept a proper distance from Xiao Shumei, there definitely wouldn’t have been the later conflicts.
Mengran, I won’t say much, watch my actions..." He looked at everyone, "I ask all of you here to be my witnesses, if I make this mistake again, feel free to help Mengran punish me."
"Absolutely! But Young Master Zuo, you should show some sincerity, right?" Yang Xiaoli jeered at him as she poured him a full glass of wine, "Shouldn’t you drink three big cups on this?"
"I’d like to do that, but if I really did that, my day would end right here tonight..." Zuo Jiang apologized with a smile, "How about this, I’ll chug one cup, okay?"
"One-third will do." Lin Mengran glared at him, "Don’t you know your own alcohol tolerance? If you down this glass, you’ll start spouting nonsense, right? The gathering hasn’t even started yet, and you’ve already begun with the nonsense, is that appropriate?"
Zuo Jiang readily agreed: "Alright, just one-third."
"Oh, started shielding immediately?" Yang Xiaoli pursed her lips, "Leader, you’re prioritizing romance over friends, I despise you!" (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)