System: Master Your Life-Chapter 573 - 141: Ning Yuhuan’s Confusion and the Publication of Xu Lin’s Second Book
Xu Lin’s ideas were all supported by Ning Yuhuan.
However, Ning Yuhuan could only support him verbally and spiritually, because she felt that she couldn’t really help.
Ning Yuhuan wasn’t the kind of girl who had wild fantasies, like those who thought being pretty was enough, with notions like "I’ll be beautiful, you earn and support the family," and dreams of marrying a rich and handsome man.
Ning Yuhuan didn’t have such thoughts; she had always been pragmatic. She understood that the gap between herself and Xu Lin was very large, and it was growing bigger.
Society has its own value system.
Simply put, it’s the exchange of value between people.
This isn’t taught in schools because maybe even the teachers don’t fully understand it. Many teachers in the ivory tower are still like hothouse flowers, unscathed by the harshness of society, disconnected from it, and naturally unaware of these principles.
When it comes to families, whether parents and elders will teach it depends on whether the family has anyone outstanding.
For example, if the parents are successful people, they’ve established themselves in society and have made their family a middle-upper class household, with a net worth reaching A8 or even A9. They understand that when a person formally enters society, they use this different value system.
For instance, if someone is not as good as me and wants to seek my advice, they need to provide corresponding value in return, like money and other material possessions, or contribute their reproductive values, such as beauty, like beautiful women do.
This is value exchange.
Currently, Ning Yuhuan and Xu Lin are really not on equal footing.
Xu Lin is too outstanding, while she remains a student who can only continuously struggle to learn with no end in sight.
A top university?
To ordinary people, graduates from top universities are already considered exceptional, often having more opportunities compared to those from regular colleges.
But society always has layers, there’s the world of regular folks, and naturally an upper world exists too.
Ning Yuhuan felt quite lost, unsure of how to catch up with Xu Lin or to minimize the gap between them.
She really, really loved Xu Lin; he was her first love, and she even confessed to him first, with a hint of love at first sight. In her world, Xu Lin was like a celestial star, dazzling and radiant.
To Xu Lin, Ning Yuhuan was equivalent to an ordinary man receiving the favor of a rich and beautiful woman. At that moment, the ordinary man’s inferiority and helplessness felt like a mountain pressing down on him.
Ning Yuhuan thought, her conditions were too poor; even if Xu Lin had no objections, what about his parents?
Value inequity, the gap between them was too significant, how could they possibly be together? How could there be happiness in such mismatched circumstances? Or would anyone bless their union?
She was experiencing anxiety, fearing that one day Xu Lin might leave her, might not want her anymore.
The nineteen-year-old Ning Yuhuan was still not truly grown up; her world was still simple, and she felt that without Xu Lin, her sky would fall.
The more Ning Yuhuan thought, the more confused she became, momentarily unsure of how to strive ahead.
"What are you thinking?"
Xu Lin casually asked a question, evidently not noticing Ning Yuhuan’s muddled thoughts.
"Nothing."
Afraid that Xu Lin might notice something unusual, Ning Yuhuan hurriedly diverted his attention by hugging him and initiating a kiss.
"Honey, let’s go to sleep..."
Ning Yuhuan took the initiative, placing a hand on Xu Lin’s belt.
To sleep was really just to sleep.
To sleep meant taking off all their clothes.
"Don’t rush."
Xu Lin was quite enthusiastic; the three girls around him had all shared physical intimacy with him, and Ning Yuhuan among them offered a different experience each time.
Ning Yuhuan was especially unique.
Perhaps because she was always too shy to let go.
Tonight was no exception.
But tonight Ning Yuhuan was quite proactive, even sported twin ponytails and added a speed boost.
Later, in the early morning, Ning Yuhuan made Xu Lin cry, and only then did he end the night’s battle.
But when she started crying again, Xu Lin had to comfort her.
Among these three girls, Ning Yuhuan was the only one who would cry. Rong Xiyi had cried twice before, but not since, and Xia Xiyao had never cried, making Ning Yuhuan the most fragile, like soft tofu.
Not a word was spoken all night.
The next morning, Ning Yuhuan still wore the twin ponytails.
Ning Yuhuan naturally had thick hair, and her twin ponytails swayed mischievously as she walked, lending a different charm.
Xu Lin had class today, the first class was in the same building as Ning Yuhuan, just a floor above, so he decided to walk her to her classroom.
Moreover, when Xu Lin walked with Ning Yuhuan, they never cared about others’ gazes. For instance, now, he casually draped an arm around Ning Yuhuan’s shoulder, and swaggered to her classroom entrance.
Everyone noticed the two of them.
Especially Xu Lin.
Before Xu Lin became famous, people thought he was just a standard rich and handsome guy, though even that was unattainable for them.
And now?
He had sixty million fans online, brimming with talent, and was immensely esteemed rich and handsome.
Suddenly, he had several more prefixes added.
Even celebrities didn’t seem as stunning as he did, a full-featured rich and handsome man indeed.
Under the filter of admiration, the girls in the classroom found Xu Lin even more appealing, like the dashing young lord in ancient noble families from novels.
With that perception, people thought Xu Lin certainly didn’t seem like someone nurtured by a conventional family, possessing distinguished features, a noble demeanor, every contour of his face so strikingly defined, especially those phoenix eyes casually glancing over, enchanting and mesmerizing like a succubus. If he were an ancient figure in history, he might have appeared alongside handsome men like Pan An, Song Yu, Gao Huan whose beauty was celebrated in historical records, perpetuated for generations.
