morning.
Inside the Porsche.
Dong Xuebin drove on the highway without turning his eyes, while Sun Kai sat in the passenger seat and looked at him hesitantly, as if he had something to say.
"What's wrong?" Dong Xuebin tilted his head.
"Brother Dong." Sun Kai said, "Thank you."
Dong Xuebin smiled and said: "Thank you? Is there anything worth thanking?"
Sun Kai gritted his molar teeth and said: "Too many, I, I heard Jingjing say yesterday that her family members don't agree with me falling in love with her, and no one is willing to support us. Only you are willing to help." We also, um, have some lucky money for my sister’s child, thank you too, Brother Dong.”
Dong Xuebin waved his hand and said: "Xiaojing is my sister. She asked me for help, so of course I have to help. The red envelope is also for the child, so you don't need to thank me."
"But that's too much money."
"I said it was piece by piece, not much."
"How is it possible, Brother Dong, I'm not stupid, I know you want to help me."
Dong Xuebin looked at him, "Now your family is counting on you alone, right? Does Xiaojing know the situation of your family?"
Sun Kai's expression froze, "She doesn't know, I haven't had time to tell her yet."
"Why don't you say it? Are you afraid that Xiaojing will look down on you?" Dong Xuebin said bluntly.
Hearing this, Sun Kai hesitated for a moment and nodded.
As soon as Dong Xuebin turned the steering wheel and deliberately hit him, he said seriously: "But I think it's not Xiaojing who looks down on you now, but you who look down on yourself."
Sun Kai sighed and said: "You are right, but the current situation of my family is so different from that of Xiaojing's family. I, I really am not worthy of her." Ever since he learned about the situation at Xie Jing's family, Sun Kai has been thinking about it all the time. Thinking this way, I even thought that walking away and leaving Xie Jing's world would be the most correct choice.
"Why do you say that?"
"My family is poor and I don't have much ability. Brother Dong, you may not be able to understand how I feel now. If I had one-tenth of your ability, I wouldn't be so..."
Dong Xuebin blinked and said, "Haha, why can't I understand?"
Sun Kai felt that he was knowingly asking, "You are born with abilities and abilities, but I..."
"Then you think we are not from the same world? So I can't understand you?" Dong Xuebin asked.
"Not entirely, but you are in a high position at a young age, have money and power, and I... you may not have lived a hard life. In our family, a penny is really broken in half. , I know I may not be confident, but... I really can’t be confident in front of Jingjing.”
Dong Xuebin laughed and said: "How do you know I haven't had a hard life?" This is the first question Dong Xuebin has asked.
"Can your life still be miserable? It's impossible." Of course Sun Kai didn't believe it.
Dong Xuebin shook his head slightly and slowed down the car a little. "Xiao Sun, I don't quite agree with what you said. Your sense of self-destruction is too strong now. Okay, I admit that some people are born with golden keys in their mouths, such as Xiao Sun." Jing, but do you think that Xiao Jing reached her current position as the head of the Xinhua News Agency’s personnel department purely because of her family connections? How could it be possible? Xiao Jing was born in this kind of family, and the elders would definitely help her, but She still has to rely more on herself. If Xiaojing had not worked hard at all, was not serious about her work, and was not progressing in her career, she would not be where she is now even with help from her family. Everything was achieved through her own efforts. I can tell you one thing very clearly. You only see that Xiaojing’s family members are all high-ranking leaders, but you ignore Xiaojing’s own efforts. I still say that we are all human beings, and we all have grown up. Brain, who is worse than whom?"
Sun Kai said: "But..."
"Tell me about me again." Dong Xuebin interrupted with a smile: "Am I born with abilities? Are you kidding me? Do you really think I'll have money, a car, and abilities when I'm born?"
Sun Kai blinked, obviously thinking so.
"Let me tell you, I used to be far behind you. You studied well and mastered three foreign languages. But what about me? My grades have been average since junior high school and high school, and I was in the middle and lower reaches of the class. Mine You've seen my appearance, and it's much worse than you. I'm inconspicuous in the class. If I go to a class reunion now, they probably won't even be able to call me by my name, because I'm basically dispensable in the class. Man, no one cares about me, even my teacher who has taught me for two years sometimes can’t call me by my name in class, can you imagine?”
"this… "
"Haha, do you think I'm born with abilities? Then my abilities are too great!"
"You are keeping a low profile and don't want to show off," Sun Kai said seriously.
Dong Xuebin laughed dumbly, "You think too highly of me, Xiaosun, didn't Xiaojing tell you about my family's situation?"
Sun Kai snorted, "She said you are very powerful and can solve anything."
Dong Xuebin said: "You don't think I am the second generation of officials and the second generation of rich people, right?"
"You're not?" Sun Kai was stunned, he really thought so.
Dong Xuebin said happily: "My mother is also a teacher, the most basic one, with a salary of two thousand yuan a month. My father used to be a worker, the most miserable and tiring one. My father has no relatives in his family, and everyone in my mother's family is In the countryside, haha, have you ever seen this kind of second-generation official? Have you ever seen this kind of second-generation rich?”
Sun Kai asked: "Are you serious?"
Dong Xuebin said lightly: "There are some things that I have never said to my wife or anyone else. Let me tell you about them today. Haha, my family used to be much more miserable than your family is now. Don't look at me like that. I'm not making this up. It's just the truth. My father was critically ill many years ago, and the surgery and medical bills cost a lot of money. My family was in a very average situation at that time. How could I have any spare money? I sold the house to my dad for medical treatment, and within a few months, all the family’s savings were spent. My dad’s illness was not cured, and eventually he died. Since then, my mother and I have not had much food. I had enough to eat, I had to pay the rent, and I had to go to school. At that time, my family didn’t just break the penny in half. We only had vegetables and steamed buns almost every day, and we couldn’t even bear to eat eggs. Let alone fruits? It’s good if I can eat it once a month. My neighbor helps me.”
Sun Kai looked at him in astonishment, how could that happen? Even at their house, you can still eat meat, and you won’t be served steamed buns with vegetables every day.
Dong Xuebin spread his hands, "I must have been living like this for three or four years. Only then did I know what hard life is, but I'm different from you. I never looked down on myself once. Later, after graduating from university, I was admitted to the civil service , and then relied on my own efforts to climb up step by step. What happened to my background? What happened to my poor family? All I wanted to do was to make a good living for my mother, and I had nothing else. After thinking about it, I got here today with this tone. Every step was made by myself, instead of sitting at home feeling sorry for myself and waiting for pie to fall from the sky. That’s why I am who I am now, and I can sit down Talking to you in the car."
"Brother Dong..." Sun Kai didn't know what to say.
To be honest, he really thought that Dong Xuebin was born into a rich and powerful family, but he didn't expect that brother-in-law Xiaojing also came from a poor family.
From penniless to worth hundreds of millions
From accomplishing nothing to becoming a powerful person?
From Dong Xuebin's tone, Sun Kai could also tell how many setbacks Dong Xuebin had experienced, and those hardships were probably beyond his imagination. Thinking about it now, Sun Kai also understood why Dong Xuebin didn't look down on him like others after he entered his house just now. He even sat down on a dirty bench casually, completely ignoring the tens of thousands or even thousands of dollars on his body. With a suit worth hundreds of thousands, and even talking to his family warmly and politely, Sun Kai realized that Dong Xuebin's previous life was even harder than theirs.
Dong Xuebin looked at him and said: "Are you still saying that your family is very miserable? At least you still have your own house, your own home, you have no worries about food and clothing, and the elderly at home are healthy. Isn't this enough? ?Compared with me back then, you are so happy now, what else do you have to complain about? Why don’t you look down on yourself? My family has no money to pay for school fees? I had three jobs at the same time! I felt inferior at that time, but I never felt that others were any better than me! If they could earn tens of thousands a month, I would work for two years if I couldn’t do it for two years! They all have backgrounds and can be promoted through connections? Then I can make them work ten times as hard! I can still get promoted step by step! I lost at the starting line, but so what? I won’t lose forever! They won’t win forever either!”
Sun Kai's breathing was a little rapid.
Dong Xuebin said: "Now that I've done it, why can't you? I'm confused. You rely on your own hands to eat, so why are you worse than others? Why are you lower than others? What a joke!" Dong Xuebin said sideways Looking at him, she patted his chest hard, "Stand up your chest! Lift your head up! Remember what I said, in this society you can bow to others, but you can never bow to yourself at any time! That way you can Really lost!"
The atmosphere was relaxed.
Dong Xuebin looked at him and said: "One last question for you, do you want to win or lose? If you think this is the case for your whole life, then get off the car now, it's still too late to go back!"
Sun Kai gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, "...I want to win!"
“Just want to win!”
"Brother Dong, I think I understand!"
Dong Xuebin smiled and said: "That's good, it's not in vain that I told you so much."
"Don't worry!" Sun Kai took a breath and said firmly: "I will fight hard this time! I won't let you and Xiaojing down! You will be my goal from now on! If you can do it, so can I! "
"Good! The momentum is good!"