High School Belle Fell in Love with Me-Chapter 92 - 91: Facing My Own Weakness for Five Minutes
Jiang Banxia doesn’t know what the term "crazy girl" means.
But she knows her support has arrived.
Exactly five minutes to midnight, which means, according to the agreement from the day before yesterday, Li Yang is still her support.
So she said with grievance, "Master Li, my family doesn’t want me anymore."
"What! What?"
Li Yang feels like Jiang Banxia’s parents must be out of their minds, right? Such a daughter and they don’t want her?
If he’d known sooner, he would have let his parents take the opportunity.
Anyway, his parents don’t mind having one more or one less daughter.
Jiang Banxia seemed to have endless grievances, her tears were about to fall, "They have another child now; they won’t care about me like they used to."
"What happened? Tell me about it."
"They already have a new house, it’s clean and beautiful, in Qingshui Bay, one hundred and forty square meters, I’ve never lived in such a big house. But before my brother returned, they refused to move and insisted on living in the small house allocated by my dad’s work unit, where the wiring is old, cold in the winter, hot in the summer, and turning on the air conditioner feels like being in a train station, cramped with people, no soundproofing, with leaks and power outages. Are they biased?"
"Yes, yes, definitely biased! This is clearly aimed at you!"
Li Yang nodded.
Jiang Banxia continued, "I scored so high, but today, when relatives and friends came to help with the move, their attention was all on my brother. I’m about to be admitted to Jing University, but aside from a hello, they just gave me a few red envelopes, not sure if they were for the housewarming or going to college, and ignored me. My dad too, didn’t ask what I like to eat, always taking care of my brother. Don’t they care about me anymore?"
"Yes, yes, they’re absolutely too much, what kind of people are they!"
Jiang Banxia: "And also, they used to care a lot about my birthday, sometimes buying presents days in advance, but now? I’m three minutes away from my birthday, yet they seem to have forgotten completely, not even noticing I’ve been out of the house for half an hour."
Li Yang, filled with righteous indignation, said, "Too much, let’s go, I’ll go with you to reason with them! Just tell them, if you don’t want this daughter, many others do. You’re so excellent, afraid no one will care about you? Let them regret it in the future!"
Jiang Banxia was already struggling to hold back tears, but with Li Yang’s strong support, her grievances became uncontrollable.
She cried, her emotions quite evident, her tears unstoppable. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
Li Yang was still saying, "So what if your brother came? This is your home, you’re the most capable person here! If they disrespect you, disregarding your feelings, they don’t deserve to be your parents! Here, later I’ll go back with you and grab your dad by the collar, then ask him whatever you want to say, I’ve got your back!"
"But you... hiccup... haven’t you had your birthday yet? Hiccup... I’ve already..."
Jiang Banxia cried so much that she couldn’t speak clearly.
At this moment, she glanced at her phone, and it was exactly midnight.
This meant that at this moment, she had come of age.
But Li Yang was still a few days short; she remembered Li Yang’s birthday, July 8th, five days younger than her.
Li Yang casually said, "In the world out there, who talks about seniority by age, it’s all about strength! Let’s go, I’ll stand up for you in this matter, ensuring you get justice for the grievances you’ve suffered these days!"
At this moment, Jiang Banxia suddenly smiled, tears still on her cheeks, but the smile was joyful.
Then she took a deep breath to calm herself, saying, "It’s already past midnight, you’re no longer my support, and you have no obligation to stand up for me."
"No worries, I’ll give you an extra half-hour for free."
But Jiang Banxia refused directly, "No need, these five minutes were enough to vent my petty emotions."
"What petty emotions? Is this petty of you? This is a righteous claim! Why not move when you’re there? Why not live in the big house? Why give all the care to your brother once he arrives? Who isn’t the favorite in their own home? Why care about your birthday before and not now this year? They made mistakes themselves, why can’t others speak up?"
Jiang Banxia quickly said, "Maybe they didn’t want to move because they thought my study condition in the old house would be better, since I always get along well with my real mom, they probably thought I liked the old house more."
"Then how do you explain relatives and friends not caring about you today?"
Jiang Banxia: "Today’s my brother’s first day, if they didn’t show warmth, Dou Ying might think we’d bully her. Whenever someone new comes, who wouldn’t show more concern? My grandparents, uncles, aunts care for my brother for my dad’s sake, to avoid conflicts between my parents. And we’re all familiar, paying too much attention to me would seem distant. The less they care about me, the more it shows I’m truly family, and my brother is the outsider..."
"Then how do you explain them not caring about your birthday?"
Jiang Banxia thought for a moment, even as her phone vibrated, she didn’t check, and then said after a pause, "That’s because today they’re very tired, moving is a lot already, plus entertaining so many guests, not having time to ask me is normal, isn’t it? Besides, I’m not a child, I can’t get angry over this, right?"
Li Yang said solemnly, "You have to think it over, if you don’t let me stand up for you today, I won’t be your support in the future, wanting my help to stand up for you won’t happen; I only take this job tonight."
Jiang Banxia, without any hesitation, said, "It’s fine, those five minutes of support were enough. I’ve vented all my cowardice, sensitivity, and all human weaknesses. From today, I won’t think about anything else."
She certainly knows how much wrong her initial words made people feel.
But who could she tell? Tell others her dad doesn’t want her anymore? People would think she’s crazy.
Saying there’s no place for her at home? People would think she’s nuts. Saying no one cares about her birthday? It’s not even here, right? Simply a spoiled princess, unaware of the bigger picture.
But Li Yang unconditionally stood by her side, letting her vent emotions that shouldn’t even arise.
She knew those emotions were the most malicious assumptions towards the whole family, she also knew how pretentious, how princessly, and how shameless speaking those words made her seem.
But she didn’t want results, just wanted to expose her inner dark corners.
The best way to conquer darkness is to face it.
In the past, she wouldn’t dare to say.
But at this moment, Li Yang was present, giving her confidence to endure those dark five minutes.
Reality proved to be as she thought.
She faced her most vulnerable self, her most incapable self, for the first time.
Blaming others without striving for it herself is incompetence.
"Won’t think about anything else? I don’t believe that... It didn’t seem like you were fake crying earlier, can it stop just like that?"
Jiang Banxia straightened her chest and said, "Of course! If I was truly angry, I would have run off already."
Li Yang laughed and shook the access card in his hand, and said, "Isn’t it because you don’t have an access card?"
Jiang Banxia: "How come you have an access card here?"
"Because... we’re neighbors. I live in Building 12, and you?"
"I... live in Building 10."
Generally, you don’t need an access card to exit a community; there’s a manual switch.
Jiang Banxia thought this community was the same...
Otherwise, if she went to the riverbank to vent and then came back, she didn’t know if she could survive that dark period without Li Yang as a support.
Maybe she’d become more and more extreme.
Jiang Banxia continued to ask, "When did you move in?"
"Strictly speaking, it was yesterday too."
Yesterday, my parents came with me, we were busy all day, and the furniture is almost all set up.
"Have you enrolled?"
If it were the old Jiang Banxia, she would definitely have asked: Have you enrolled?
"Yes, I’ve enrolled at Qing University."
Jiang Banxia said with a smile, "I’m at Jing University."
"Tsk tsk, Jing University is great. Lots of beauties there. When the time comes, someone will deliver my love letters."
"Don’t worry, I promise to introduce you to the most beautiful girl in the school, but whether she’s willing to accept your love letter is not my business."
After speaking, Jiang Banxia glanced at her phone and hurriedly said, "My dad is calling me, I have to go back quickly. Oh, right, in a few days, I’m going on a trip with them. When I get back, let’s go look at houses together."
"What houses?"
"Hey, Master Li, you promised before that we’d jointly buy a house. I’ve already scraped up the money."
Li Yang smiled and said, "Alright, alright, but we have to wait a bit longer until my bonus comes in."
Anyway, that bonus of Li Yang’s, who knows how many times it’s been spent in plans.
Always spending that bonus with everyone, but Bai Qing just recently transferred the money.
"That’s fine. I’ll go back first."
Jiang Banxia could feel the urgency from her dad’s phone call, even if she hadn’t answered.
Li Yang watched Jiang Banxia leave, indeed feeling her change.
At first, when she vented her emotions, she would find fault with others, but later she started making excuses for them.
This shows she was able to view family issues with a normal mentality instead of obsessively.
Everyone has emotional moments, but dealing with normal people and close ones requires completely different mindsets.
At a dining table, if a regular friend or stranger is ignored, they rarely get angry.
But if the same happens with someone close, you don’t think about anything else and immediately get emotional.
You always feel close people shouldn’t act like that.
There’s no right or wrong in this, it’s just how a person thinks about it.
If you can understand when normal people ignore you, why can’t you understand your close ones? Even if they shouldn’t act that way, might there be a hidden reason you haven’t noticed?
Understanding and tolerance among family is the foundation of a relationship.
However, for those like Li Lifa’s brother, they’re beyond help, better just take them to the crematorium!
...
Jiang Banxia had just returned to Building 10 when she saw Jiang Yaoting and Dou Ying anxiously rushing out of the elevator.
"I’ll check outside the community, you look inside. If we can’t find her in half an hour, call the police!"
As soon as Jiang Yaoting finished saying this, he saw Jiang Banxia standing by the elevator.
Dou Ying realized and quickly ran to Jiang Banxia, hugging her tightly, and said anxiously, "Xiaxia, where did you run off to?"
Jiang Banxia knew there was no need for Dou Ying to act anymore at this point.
It’s like how some say Liu Bei was a hypocrite, but if you can be fake your whole life, how different is that from being genuine?
Even if Dou Ying was acting before, if she’s willing to keep it up now, then she should fully embrace her.
But... acceptance is one thing, and birthday gifts are another.
She spoke up shyly, "Mom, I wanted to check downstairs if my birthday gift had arrived."
...
Ten minutes later, Jiang Banxia found out that the birthday gift was ready a while ago.
And her parents had set an alarm for midnight, afraid she might sleep in and not get the gift to her right away.
It’s just... she didn’t wait until the last moment.
But it seems the outcome wasn’t bad.
