Reborn with a Cell Phone 2007

"People are afraid of crazy people. You might as well go crazy all the way and make them afraid of you." Ji Shumiao coaxed, "This way, no one will force you to do something you don't want to do, right?"

Yu Tianlu looked timid: "I... I don't dare..."

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that they will divorce? If they were going to divorce, they would have done it long ago. Are you afraid that they won't want you? At their age, they are counting on you to achieve something so that they can enjoy their old age. Maybe they can't even have a second child and start a business in a leaky corridor apartment?"

Every word Ji Shumiao said hit Yu Tianlu's pain points.

Yu Tianlu had heard Cui Qin say this since he was a child: "You are the reason why your father and I quarrel. If you don't listen, we will get divorced, and then no one will want you."

Ji Shumiao: "Don't be afraid of the trap. They have invested so much energy and money in you. You are the best bargaining chip. Don't be trapped by your own trap.

When the elephant is very young, the circus trainer ties it to a wooden stake with a rope. The stake is nailed firmly to the ground. The baby elephant is weak and cannot break free from the stake no matter what. As a result, it forms a fixed mindset, thinking that the stake cannot be moved and that it cannot break free. Even if an adult elephant can easily pull up the stake, it will not try to resist.

Am I afraid? What am I afraid of?

Yu Tianlu asked himself.

He seemed to be afraid of nothing, and no matter how bad things got, they could never be as bad as before.

Yu Tianlu suddenly had an ambitious idea that he should take control of his own life and, if possible, his parents'.

Free, easy, life the way you like.

Yes, people should live their lives the way they like.

Zhou Hui watched as his dull and honest cousin's eyes suddenly lit up with revolutionary fire, then he walked around the room excitedly for a few times, and finally said goodbye to them with great confidence and went home.

It wasn't until the door closed that Zhou Hui came to his senses: "Don't do pyramid selling."

Ji Shumiao thought he was praising himself, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a cocky arc: "If I go bankrupt one day, it's also a way out."

Zhou Hui couldn't help laughing: "How is that possible?"

Ji Shumiao took out his cell phone and checked the time, then stretched and stood up from his chair: "It's time to go home for dinner."

"What are you doing here today?" Zhou Hui asked.

Ji Shumiao was just about to find an excuse to prevaricate, but suddenly remembered that he was the boss and didn't need to explain to him, so he raised his chin and said arrogantly: "Inspect my territory."

When going downstairs to leave, Ji Shumiao met Luo Kai who had just returned from outside. His red hair stood up even higher, with spikes standing out, shaking violently with his movements.

Luo Kai was holding two plastic bags filled with a few bottles of beer and some braised food, and chewing on a chicken wing. When she saw Ji Shumiao, she raised a greasy hand and greeted her, "Good evening. Have you eaten?"

Poor Beijing accent.

Ji Shumiao: "..."

"Why are you speechless? Are you also conquered by my charm? You can't attract me..."

Ji Shumiao interrupted him in time: "Your heroic figure should be remembered forever. I will bring the camera next time."

Luo Kai's eyes lit up: "Good idea!"

After saying goodbye in a few words, Ji Shumiao's lips curled up into a kind smile - she saved a hundred gigabytes of his glorious years, and if he dared to change jobs or work alone in the future, she would make them public on the entire Internet.

Human death is not scary, but social death is.

The house was as warm and lively as ever. After dinner, Ji Shumiao's family gathered together to tease Tongtong and chat about family matters, feeling as happy as countless other happy nights.

In Tonghuali, Zhou Hui walked into the bathroom one second, and came out with his eyes closed the next, unable to bear it any longer. The veins on his forehead were faintly visible. In the end, he couldn't help it and yelled at Luo Kai, who was sitting in front of the computer and eating braised food. The situation quickly escalated into a fight, and Zhou Hui's slippers hit Luo Kai in the face...

When Yu Tianlu returned home, his parents had already returned. His father's head wound had been bandaged and he was cooking dinner in the cramped and dark kitchen. His mother sat under the eaves and kept cursing and complaining that there was no place for her in her parents' home. She went back once and came back soon.

No one noticed Yu Tianlu's first escape.

Cui Qin saw him and stood up and said, "Don't worry about the tuition fees, just take care of yourself..."

"I won't learn anymore. I won't learn anymore."

It was not as difficult to say it out loud as I imagined, and the things that followed went much more smoothly.

After Cui Qin confirmed what he said, she started her old routine again, making noises, yelling, crying, complaining...

Yu Tianlu's body was shaking, but his mind was terrifyingly calm. He turned around, took out the violin, and smashed it to pieces: "I'll say it again, I won't learn it."

His father was stunned where he was, and his mother was also stunned and forgot to cry, and the tears on her face seemed to have forgotten to fall...

Xu Jinhuan's parents spent the entire afternoon in the kitchen studying the eggplant fish from "Dream of the Red Chamber" and had dinner much later than usual.

The family of three picked up their dishes and ate their food in tacit understanding, while ignoring the plate of unknown object with strange shape and scary color placed on the edge of the table.

"Ah..." Haiyun's mother sighed as she poked the rice in her bowl, "If only Dongdong was at home today, she'd be smart and good at cooking, so we wouldn't fail."

"Are you sisters having a quarrel?" Professor Xu asked his daughter.

"No." Xu Jinhuan quickly denied it. He paused holding the chopsticks and admitted as if admitting defeat: "Maybe, there is a little bit."

The worries he had during this period finally found an outlet. Xu Jinhuan told his parents about Ji Shulang's situation and also shared some of his guesses about Gao Mandong's mother.

What was different from usual was that his parents' consolation and encouragement had no effect, and Xu Jinhuan looked dazed and depressed the whole night.

Feeling anxious for no reason.

The sudden ring of the phone broke the tranquility of the night. Haiyun, who was closest to the phone, answered the phone: "Hello, it's Teacher Zhang..."

Xu Jinhuan was puzzled: "Homeroom teacher? Why are you calling me so late?"

"Gao Mandong committed suicide in her dormitory. We can't contact her parents. The number on the registration form she filled out when she enrolled is an empty number..."