Wang Anquan was shocked upon hearing those words, thinking they were truly wise.
"Reading a book again can bring you new perspectives, but not a new ending."
He memorized the sentence silently, determined to share it with others at the right moment after entering university.
Besides, while Cheng Zhu spoke, he looked out the window, which gave him an even deeper and more reflective air.
You have to know that Cheng Zhu, despite being young, was already recognized among his contemporaries, including rich second-generation kids and first-generation entrepreneurs, as someone with a strong personality. For Wang Anquan, a simple student, it was hard to bear.
However, the words had great meaning, and Wang Anquan wondered if Cheng Zhu was really disappointed, suggesting that this time the breakup was definitive.
With a sigh, he said:
"Actually, Rongrong told me that Li Xinyue just has a princess character, but deep down she really cares about you."
This made Cheng Zhu turn immediately, looking Wang Anquan up and down, and frowning.
"Is it because Chen Rongrong and Li Xinyue are good friends that you really don't want me to break up with her, so that way you can get closer to Chen Rongrong?"
Although that was partly Wang Anquan's intention, he feigned indignation and refuted aloud.
"Impossible, Cheng Zhu, your mind is really twisted!"
"Better that it's not," replied Cheng Zhu.
His impression of Chen Rongrong was quite vague. Although reliving his memories, he remembered that she was one of the first classmates to get married, apparently she got pregnant before finishing university, and forced the boy to marry her under threat of scandal.
Afterwards, he didn't have much contact with her, and didn't keep too many memories.
He knew that after getting married, she had gone to Wang Anquan to borrow money, but he didn't look deeply into the matter because he was too busy in those days.
Speaking of that, Cheng Zhu thought that being reborn was something quite curious.
He had returned to his youth, but his mentality remained that of many years later.
At first, in that stage he would have had two or three years of relative innocence.
After entering university, he broke up with Li Xinyue and suffered a romantic disappointment.
But during that period, there was a classmate who cared a lot about him, sought him out to chat, and constantly comforted him.
Although this girl wasn't as pretty as Li Xinyue, she spoke very sweetly, and most importantly, she had very long legs.
Cheng Zhu fell in love again, only to experience again the pain of suffocating in the river of love, and the result was equally disastrous, so much so that he preferred not to remember it.
Since then, Cheng Zhu had changed a bit.
He hadn't developed a fear of falling in love, saying phrases like "Only the bad don't fall in love" or "The first thing is to stay away from loved ones".
Simply his mentality changed, but life continued.
There were moments to fall in love and moments to separate.
The important thing was not to get stuck, and not to be afraid to move forward.
"In all navigation apps, when you go the wrong way, there is a voice that tells you: 'Please, make a U-turn at a suitable place and replan the route.'"
"It's not that big of a deal!"
Perhaps that's why all his friends thought he was the most carefree.
***
The bus circulated through Hangzhou, and Cheng Zhu looked out the window, feeling that everything was familiar but strange at the same time.
"In this era, housing prices in Hangzhou were not yet so exorbitant," he thought.
To make matters worse, the bus passed by an apartment complex that Cheng Zhu had bought later, but which still hadn't been demolished.
"Damn it, I bought it and didn't even decorate it, never lived there, and now I have been reborn!" he thought with frustration.
This made him set a goal in his mind: take advantage of low housing prices to buy a house and compensate himself.
"Now it is 2014, and although not so much time has passed, in reality there are many ways to make money," he began to plan in his mind.
Just when he was thinking desperately about how to make money, his phone rang; it was a message from Li Xinyue on WeChat.
"This time we have really finished," the message said.
It was the same old trick, and Cheng Zhu couldn't help smiling.
Many people act like this; although in their hearts they wish the other person would win them back, they prefer to say hard words to pressure them, telling them that if they don't yield, there will be no chance.
Wang Anquan approached curiously to look.
As students, they don't have so many experiences; in university dormitories, there are even "strategists" who teach others how to reply to WeChat messages.
Then he saw Cheng Zhu type quickly and replied:
"Okay."
Those two words left Wang Anquan open-mouthed.
Immediately, he saw that in the dialog box appeared "Typing...", then "Typing..." disappeared, turned into the saved name "Yueyue", and then turned back to "Typing...".
After several attempts, the other party only replied:
"Let's delete each other."
Cheng Zhu quickly deleted Li Xinyue from his friends list.
The whole process was fluid, without hesitation; at first he even thought about blocking her before deleting her, to never receive her friend requests again.
Wang Anquan, observing, had a feeling: "Why do I feel that Cheng Zhu is so used to doing these things?"
Dazed, he asked.
"Did you really delete her?"
"What else could I do?" replied Cheng Zhu naturally.
I've done everything possible, what more do you want me to do?
Wang Anquan couldn't help commenting.
"Cheng Zhu, Li Xinyue must be furious now, right?"
Cheng Zhu smiled indifferently and said:
"Actually, being like this with her, I am already being quite kind."
"Huh?"
Wang Anquan was completely confused.
Cheng Zhu explained.
"With Li Xinyue's personality, most likely when she enters university, she will break up with me and fall into someone else's arms."
"Huh?"
Wang Anquan was even more confused.
"But that will happen after she enters university, when we have a long-distance relationship. Think about it, I could perfectly continue dating her during the summer vacation."
That way, I could kiss and hug her every day.
During the long summer, with his current level, he could very easily enjoy everything she offered, unlock everything unlockable.
And then, just wait for the long-distance relationship.
It is a matter of taking advantage of resources in limited time.
With a bad girl like Li Xinyue, Cheng Zhu really had no burden of conscience.
Of course, Wang Anquan wouldn't understand it, and Cheng Zhu had no intention of making him do so.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered a phrase.
It was a famous quote from someone known as the "master of masters" by many netizens.
Although he never planned to put that quote into practice with Li Xinyue, he thought it would be useful to write it down as a reference, just in case.
So Cheng Zhu opened the notes app on his phone and started writing.
Wang Anquan, looking from the side, thought the first half of the sentence was quite normal, even a bit cheesy.
But upon seeing the second half, he was completely stunned, shocking his innocent student heart.
The famous quote Cheng Zhu wrote was:
"Don't disappoint good girls, and don't waste bad girls."