20 years of restarting life

Chapter 3876 Human Hearts Cannot Be Judged
Although she had her aunt and some Chinese friends in France who were there for mutual support, and she could study, travel, and read quietly, she still felt lonely and isolated, as if she were in the Arctic, where the snow was freezing and the wind was howling. She always missed Zhao Chang'an terribly.

She also suppressed her unspeakable physical desire for Zhao Chang'an, which caused her to become emaciated and lose more than ten kilograms in just three or four months.

She told others it was because she couldn't adapt to the new environment, but only she knew the real reason: her mind and body couldn't control their instinctive longing for Zhao Chang'an.

Until one day, she picked up a Shakespearean novel to pass the time and read a line from 'Henry IV'.

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," she realized, and only then did she begin to truly ponder Zhao Chang'an's words.

He gradually came to understand that these were the burdens he had to bear.

Regardless of whether Zhao Chang'an loves Tang Shuang or not, even without Tang Shuang, there must be another woman with a sufficiently powerful background.

He must form a powerful alliance with such a noblewoman. In fact, Zhao Chang'an could choose a woman of even higher birth than Tang Shuang to become his fiancée, thereby further expanding his personal political power and leveraging both politics and money to gain greater influence.

In fact, he carried out this change of leadership with almost ruthless efficiency.

Initially, he was a naive and innocent person. Because his uncle was a high school principal and his aunt was the administrator of the mountain city, they could not only protect him from the attacks and persecution from the Xia family, but also use this as leverage to launch a limited counterattack.

Then the goal was single-color lottery, which led to Rose Real Estate.

Then there's Tang Shuang.

The steps were precise and tightly connected.

Liu Cui even knew that Dang Chenying had once been one of his targets.

Or there might be other women whom he was unaware of because of his low status.

Having figured this out, Liu Cui felt relieved. If Zhao Chang'an didn't have such lofty ideals and only wanted to live a comfortable life with his wife, children, and a warm bed, then his actions would be considered promiscuity and infidelity.

However, if he has such lofty ideals, this is also the only way to success.

Although he is morally utterly shameless, he is still a womanizer.

Liu Cui naturally hoped that Zhao Chang'an could live a peaceful life with her, with a wife and children, not seeking great wealth or status, but just a comfortable life, where the couple would love each other, have another child, and form a happy little family.

But the truth is that Zhao Chang'an doesn't want to live that kind of life, so someone has to choose to compromise and make concessions.

Moreover, in Liu Cui's heart, there was a fact that she herself was unwilling to face and admit: in fact, her mother looked down on Zhao Chang'an from the very beginning.

Before the college entrance examination, Zhao Chang'an managed to move into his uncle's house. His mother disliked Zhao Chang'an because his family was poor and his parents were bricklayers working on construction sites. She didn't give him a kind look at all.

Even after Zhao Chang'an became the top science student in the college entrance examination, he was still furious because he had applied to Mingzhu University of Finance and Economics without authorization.

To the vast majority of people, the top scorer in the college entrance examination is nothing special. However, in the eyes of her mother, the vice dean of the School of Literature at a normal university, Liu Cui knows that this is nothing. In her mother's words, the college entrance examination has been reinstated for more than 20 years. In these 20 years, more than a thousand top scorers in the arts and sciences have emerged nationwide, but only a very few have truly distinguished themselves. Although the vast majority of them have done quite well, that's about it.

Students trained through this exam-oriented education system will find their weaknesses and shortcomings very obvious once they enter society or engage in scientific research.

Moreover, Zhao Chang'an, at such a young age, was able to endure for three years and conceal his academic performance. This kind of forbearance made his mother feel that such a person was too scheming and not a good match for him.

Even her mother didn't want her to be just friends with him. Before she went to school in Mingzhu, she repeatedly and sternly instructed her never to go to Zhao Chang'an, and even if he came to her, she should ignore him!

"Zhao Chang'an is simply not suitable for you! Don't be fooled by his title as the top scorer in the college entrance examination. Once you enter university, that's all in the past and doesn't matter. Everything will be reshuffled. After graduation, you can apply to Zhengzhou University for graduate studies, and then join the Normal University through campus recruitment. Start as a counselor. As long as you take it easy, your future achievements will definitely surpass those of your mother. Zhao Chang'an can't help you at all, because even he himself will realize how difficult it is to get ahead without connections when he graduates from university."

Liu Cui has never been a brave person.

Arriving at Mingzhu University of Finance and Economics, military training, studying, making friends, joining clubs, and participating in various club and hometown association activities filled her first two months.

It wasn't until late October, when the first sycamore leaf began to fall and signaled the coming of autumn, that Liu Cui finally had some free time and felt a pang of loneliness. She also noticed that she had indeed gained several pounds.

Every evening at sunset, I would put on my headphones and jog along the small river north of the school to lose weight.

At the time, Liu Cui had also thought about the possibility of running into Zhao Chang'an, but she knew rationally that the possibility was very small, because Fudan University was south of the University of Finance and Economics, and even if he came to the University of Finance and Economics to play, it was unlikely that he would go to the north of the University of Finance and Economics.

Fortunately, we still managed to run into each other.

However, when her mother found out later, she was still furious. She even went to the school to find her. Only after she promised that she would never have sexual relations with Zhao Chang'an before graduation did her mother stop going to Fudan University to confront Zhao Chang'an.

Liu Cui knew where her mother's confidence came from. She was the vice dean of the School of Arts at a top-tier university, her mentor was a high-ranking official, and her uncle Liu Mingxiong was an overseas Chinese with assets of hundreds of millions. This was the source of her mother's confidence that she still looked down on Zhao Chang'an, who was already so outstanding and successful.

"Although Zhao Chang'an has done quite well for a student from a poor family like his, he has no powerful backing. If he relies solely on himself, his achievements will ultimately be limited. However, he does have a chance to rise above his circumstances, and that only chance is marriage. Don't be fooled by his good behavior in front of you now; it's because of our family's circumstances and your aunt's position. These factors will only provide limited help to him in the future. Don't say you don't understand what I mean. I'm telling you this: sooner or later, he will find a woman with a more powerful family background."

It wasn't until later, when Zhao Chang'an packaged and sold Jurassic Park and ABC Navigation, JK Computer Network to Jurassic Park, and took ten million yuan for himself, that his mother's opinion of him slowly changed.

There are some things that Liu Cui is unwilling to think about or analyze in detail.

If Zhao Chang'an had been just an ordinary or even outstanding college student at Fudan University for the past few years, and was now nearing graduation and starting to look for opportunities everywhere to find a good job, he would most likely have stayed in Mingzhu to work hard, while I would have taken the postgraduate entrance examination for Zhengzhou University according to my mother's arrangement.

In the end, it was a heartbreaking and tearful breakup.

Years later, Zhao Chang'an, who had worked hard in Mingzhu and finally made a name for himself, appeared in front of her. Under her mother's arrangement, she found a young man with a powerful family and excellent qualities to marry and have children. Her career and marriage were both stable and good. Perhaps in the end, they could just smile at each other and let go of the past.

If, many years later, Zhao Chang'an and Min Yu are gone, then he may never see him or his fallen state again.

People's hearts are not easily judged. Liu Cui knew that Zhao Chang'an was like this, and her own heart was no different.