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Chapter 41 Shan Meng is reviewing

In response to Chen Rongrong's "compliments", Kim Hyo-joo just smiled and said nothing, just like Bai Chou.

How could she not know what Chen Rongrong was thinking?

For ordinary people, many good things in this world can only be obtained by snatching them away. For example, opportunities to climb the ladder, high-quality partners...

Of course, Kim Hyo-joo is very beautiful, no less beautiful than Li Xue, but unlike Li Xue, she does not come from a particularly wealthy family and has no one to bring her many good things whenever she wants.

Therefore, compared with the second generation who grew up in wealthy families, or at least relatively affluent families, children from ordinary families basically have an acquired sense of urgency, a consciousness of fighting and competing.

Kim Hyo-joo has this awareness, and she believes that Chen Rongrong also has it, because a high-quality boy like Bai Chou is worth fighting for.

But so what?
Kim Hyo-joo didn't think Chen Rongrong could snatch the prize from her, and she didn't even take Li Xue seriously. Only Shan Meng was considered a threat in her eyes.

Appearing calm, the three girls walked towards the dormitory together. Before entering, Li Xue suddenly remembered something and said to Chen Rongrong: It’s better not to talk about what happened just now in the dormitory.

Li Xue is not really a fool, and her emotional intelligence is not always low.

When Chen Rongrong asked why, Jin Xiaozhou calmly said, "Shan Meng and Bai Chou were high school classmates. She seemed to have a crush on Bai Chou before, but I don't know why they didn't work out."

"what?"

Chen Rongrong was stunned and looked at Jin Xiaozhou in disbelief. She had never thought that Jin Xiaozhou could talk about such a big news in such a calm tone.

No wonder she felt that her roommate Shan Meng was always depressed today. There was always a sense of Daiyu burying flowers. It seemed that she had suffered a broken heart.

So, you are stealing someone else's love, knowing that there might be some story between Dan Meng and Bai Chou, but you still deliberately insert yourself into it?
Although Chen Rongrong didn't say it out loud, the look she gave Kim Hyo Joo said a lot.

Kim Hyo-joo still had a blank expression on her face and looked very calm.

I still say that, you two are not talking about it, so why don’t you let me talk about it? You can’t be so hypocritical as to say that.

I have a clear conscience.

Bitch!

Looking at the expressionless Kim Hyo Joo, this word suddenly popped up in Chen Rongrong's mind.

Although Chen Rongrong's reason told her that Kim Hyo-joo had done nothing wrong and her behavior was not even immoral, but just a little indecent, she should not use such words to describe Kim Hyo-joo.

But this word still popped up in Chen Rongrong's mind.

Afterwards, Chen Rongrong reflected on herself and felt much more relaxed.

Humph, you are no better than me. When you see a handsome guy who is rich and good-looking, you can't wait to pounce on him without caring about your dignity at all.

It doesn’t matter what they felt in their hearts, at least the three girls maintained harmony on the surface and returned to the dormitory like normal roommates.

The moment she entered the room, Chen Rongrong subconsciously looked for Shan Meng: the latter was not lying on the bed this time, and did not look so sad, but was just sitting at the table reading a book.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Shan Meng subconsciously turned around and greeted Li Xue, Chen Rongrong and even Kim Hyo Joo in a normal manner. His gaze paused for a moment on the souvenir in Kim Hyo Joo's hand, and he quickly lowered his head to continue reading.

A day passed, and although Shan Meng still felt very regretful and sad, he was no longer as heartbroken and devastated as he was yesterday.

At least, Shan Meng now has the mind to think about some questions: Why does she regret it?
It was she who had been secretly in love with Bai Chou for many years, it was she who took the initiative to contact Bai Chou before school started, it was she who realized the huge financial gap between the two, and it was she who took the initiative to withdraw.

All her actions are logical and consistent with her own rationality and moral concepts.

Since everything was reasonable, she shouldn't have any regrets. No one would regret doing something that was absolutely right. So there was only one answer.

There must have been some errors in her previous thinking and logic that she herself was not aware of, or she must have fallen into some misunderstanding.

This mistake was not noticeable to her mind, which made her think she was doing the right thing, but her instinct and emotions could detect it and reminded her that she was doing something wrong.

What Shan Meng is doing now is to reflect on his previous behavior, logic and thinking, find out the problems, and then try to solve them.

Review and reflect on your own logical thinking errors. Maybe one day you will suddenly figure it out, or you may never figure it out in your entire life.

Shan Meng, who knew this truth well, was no longer as sad as he was yesterday. At least he seemed to be participating in the communication and interaction in the dormitory normally.

On the other side, Bai Chou also returned to the dormitory.

While his roommates were still here, Bai Chou took a quick shower in the bathroom, changed into a new set of clothes, and packed up and prepared things that might be needed for tomorrow's class meeting and military training.

Before I could clean up for long, I heard a commotion coming from the corridor.

"Oh!"

The door of the dormitory was suddenly pushed open from the outside. The new roommate Liu Baorui, with a rosy face, stuck his butt towards the door. Together with Zhang Junjie, Chen Guangzhi, and Wang Zhixin, they either supported or carried Zhou Haoyu, and "carried" Zhou Haoyu in like a sedan chair.

"I'm not drunk... I'm telling you, I'm not drunk..."

Zhou Haoyu's face was as red as a cooked hairy crab, his whole body turned into a puddle of mud, his legs were dragging on the ground like seaweed, his eyes were blurred and he was moaning something unconsciously.

Seeing Zhou Haoyu so drunk, Bai Chou frowned subconsciously.

There is another reason why he doesn't like drinking liquor or beer: he knows he has the genes of an alcoholic.

In Bai Chou's mind, his father was a very capable, kind, upright man and father. He was very righteous, treated everyone well, and never took advantage of others...

Bai Chou always felt that his father was the best father in the world.

However, Bai Chou's father also has a shortcoming that Bai Chou can hardly tolerate: he has a bad drinking habit. Once he is completely drunk, he will act crazy and be like two different people when he is sober.

Ever since Bai Chou was old enough to understand, Dad Bai has been intentionally controlling his drinking, but sometimes it's unavoidable to drink too much...

So Bai Chou never touched liquor or beer since he was a child, and only drank low-alcohol champagne and cocktails as sweet drinks. He didn't know if he would get drunk like his father one day.

From a towering white jade pillar, he turned into a... drunkard.

At least Bai Chou really hates people who have bad drinking habits.

"What's wrong? How much alcohol did you give him?" Bai Chou stood aside and did not help him. He just maintained the most basic politeness and asked in a concerned tone.

"It's unfair, Brother Bai!"

Holding Zhou Haoyu, Zhang Junjie, who looked rather embarrassed, cried out: "Who still likes to force you to drink these days? Not only did we not force him to drink, we also kept persuading Brother Yu not to drink.

Brother Yu insisted on drinking bottle after bottle, and we couldn't stop him. In the end, we all chipped in to pay the bill."

　Shan Meng’s previous decision to quit was indeed illogical. She really overlooked a very important point, and it was this point that led to Shan Meng’s “regret”.

　　I believe some book lovers can already guess where Dan Meng went wrong.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)