Love Guide for Childhood Sweethearts

"Just look at their official data and you'll know. Don't just look at the crime rate. It's definitely on a downward trend." Lin Jingzhe looked at Lin Qiwei with deep eyes and said, "Because if they don't arrest people, there will be no crime rate."

"This..." Lin Qiwei calmed down and asked in surprise, "What are you looking at?"

"Murder cases." Lin Jingzhe stroked his index finger across his brow and said, "There's no way to fake this data. Murder cases are on the rise."

"Haha..." Lin Xingzhi chuckled and said, "Yes!"

"In order to avoid traffic jams, the imperial capital now implements odd-even license plate restrictions." Lin Jingzhe looked at her with a smile.

"Yeah! They just bought two cars, one with an odd number and one with an even number. It won't affect anything." Lin Qiwei said with a wry smile, "There are always countermeasures for every policy."

"But Americans are not like that. They are very rigid and wouldn't do that." Lin Jingzhe looked at her with a smile and said, "Just because of what you said, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. It's difficult for us to achieve the rule of law. We always try to exploit loopholes in the law."

Lin Qiwei looked at her in astonishment, blinking her almond-shaped eyes as she said, "The law is nothing but human feelings. Unless the crime is extremely heinous, we will use our discretion when sentencing."

"Love and Tao are the principles of all things." Lin Xingzhi said as he looked at them with his dark eyes.

"Chinese people don't care about our policies or regulations. They're just thinking about how to catch me. Their thinking is completely different from that of foreigners." Lin Jingzhe raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "Now, if you drive without a seatbelt, you'll get points deducted! Too many points and your license will be revoked."

"Yeah!" Lin Xingzhi nodded and said, "Now there are surveillance cameras, taking pictures anytime and anywhere, I dare not not wear it."

"Before there were no surveillance cameras, I would fasten my seat belt in a panic when I saw the police." Lin Jingzhe chuckled.

"Yes!" Lin Xingzhi smiled and nodded slightly, "My dad is just like that. No matter what my mom said before, it was useless."

"It's like not drinking and driving, or not driving after drinking. We advocate this every day, but who listens?" Lin Jingzhe snorted. "As long as drunk driving becomes a crime, people will immediately be hesitant to do it."

Lin Xingzhi's eyes lit up when he heard this and he said, "That makes sense." He smiled and said, "Chinese people only care when it involves their own interests. Otherwise, they generally turn a blind eye to it."

"Yeah!" Lin Jingzhe smiled and nodded, then continued, "Did you have this experience when you were a kid? You followed your dad to work, and you went out to play by yourself. When uncles and aunts saw you, they would usually ask: 'Little boy, who is your father?'"

"Yes!" Lin Xingzhi said with a smile in his eyes, "I will be happy to tell you my father's name."

"Then, they are very enthusiastic towards you." Lin Jingzhe said, looking at him with a smile.

Lin Xingzhi shook his head and laughed, "Then he gave me candy and snacks." Xingmu smiled and said, "Even in the lakeside villa area."

"When I was a child, did people know who my father was? They all curled their lips and looked at me with pity or even sympathy." Lin Qiwei looked at them calmly and said.

"Weiwei?" Lin Xingzhi and Lin Jingzhe looked at her worriedly.

"I'm fine!" Lin Qiwei said with a smile. "The villagers are very welcoming when they know the village chief's children." She raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Why are foreigners different?"

"What was the first thing we learned in English: What's your name?" Lin Jingzhe chuckled.

"This..." Lin Qiwei hesitated for a moment as her almond-shaped eyes rolled around, "Doesn't this make us seem too snobbish?"

"If we weren't snobbish, how could we strive to be the best? That's called actively striving for progress." Lin Jingzhe looked at her amusedly and said, "Foreigners lack this quality. They're very lazy, living from day to day, and enjoying life as long as they can." He crossed his legs and said, "I only checked scientific research institutions and found that most researchers are of Chinese descent. But have you checked university professors? Do many teach science and engineering?"

"A lot!" Lin Xingzhi's eyes widened upon hearing this, and he chuckled, "My mom has looked into this. She once wanted me to study abroad, and she checked all the prestigious universities."

Lin Jingzhe shrugged and said, "America is a country of immigrants. They all went there to pan for gold. For so many years, their descendants have never experienced hardship, and their historical shortcomings have been exposed. They say that every failure makes you wiser. It makes sense."

"Born in hardship, die in comfort." Lin Qiwei said with deep emotion, "Our ancestors never lied to me."

"Domestic affairs are more important than foreign affairs, although there is no trivial matter in diplomacy." Lin Jingzhe said as he looked at them with his glassy eyes.

"In A Dream of Red Mansions, when the Jia family was looking for the aphrodisiac sachet, Tanchun said a famous quote: A large family cannot be killed from the outside. When the enemy comes, they will always face the outside world and cooperate sincerely. If the inside is rotten, they will collapse." Lin Qiwei recalled.

"Throughout the dynasties, peasants have revolted because they couldn't make ends meet. They rose up because they couldn't even eat a mouthful of food." Lin Jingzhe looked at them with deep, penetrating eyes and said, "It's because of this rich historical foundation that the annual Two Sessions focus on agriculture, rural areas, and agriculture, and on manufacturing." His eyes were gentle as he added, "In real life, he can curse and complain, but if he's willing to find a job and support himself, that's good enough."

"Haha..." Lin Qiwei's eyes flickered as she spoke, "So we focus on the economy, and keep a low profile in diplomacy. We'll endure it as long as we can. There's nothing we can do about it; the Americans are truly powerful."

"Because if we can't survive, we will really rise up in rebellion. It's engraved in our genes. When have you ever heard of foreigners revolting?" Lin Jingzhe said, looking at them with amusement.

"They only know how to divert conflicts, start wars abroad, and plunder others," Lin Qiwei said angrily.

"Why do we have to work so hard?" Lin Jingzhe asked her gently.

"Because if you fall behind you will be beaten. If you don't want to be beaten you naturally have to work hard." Lin Qiwei said as a matter of course.

"Foreigners are living a comfortable life now! They don't have to work so hard." Lin Jingzhe looked at her with dark eyes and said, "Because their ancestors worked hard, they lived just as miserably during the Industrial Revolution."

"I learned about the enclosure movement in history," Lin Qiwei recalled. "The farmers were stripped of their land and driven into factories, but we don't know how tragic it was."

"It's no different from indentured labor. Capitalists first enslaved their own people before enslaving other countries. Now foreigners are laughing at us for having such a hard life!" Lin Jingzhe snorted. "They've forgotten their roots. No one tells them how their parents got by. They may be comfortable now, but that doesn't mean they won't be in the future. No one stays at the top forever."