The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 495 What She Wanted
"Friends, let's imagine this together: if you, an ordinary girl, were seventeen years old, and you had a boyfriend like Tingzi, a very talented, rich, and handsome man, who gave you unique love—honest, passionate, and pure..."

"He will openly introduce you to his family, who will like you very much and easily accept your relationship, and are full of expectations for your future; he will openly introduce you to his friends, who will also have a very good impression of you, and will speak highly of you whenever they mention you; he will also take you to do things he likes, and will even write about you in his songs, singing them to you privately one-on-one..."

"We're not dreaming about this person, just observing from the sidelines. Let's make a simple hypothetical scenario: if such a person really existed in the world, what changes do you think would happen to her life? And what choices would she make?"

To begin the formal analysis, Dingding Cat first posed a sharp question.

When Gu Lanxi was seventeen, she was about to graduate from university. As the youngest in her class, most of her female classmates were older than her. She really didn't know what it would be like for an ordinary girl to be in such a situation.

So she watched it very carefully.

"You two started dating and got along very well, like glue, but as time went by, you got to know him better and better."

"Through him, you enjoy material conditions far exceeding your previous standard of living; through him, you meet countless people you would never have crossed paths with before; your horizons are forced to broaden, and you see far too many things you never knew before..."

"Feeling unworthy makes you start to overthink, what does he like about me? Can we last? Who was that pretty girl he was talking to today?"

"You worry that he will change his mind, so you stick to him whenever you have time, and you neglect your studies and development without realizing it; whenever you see an outstanding girl by his side, you immediately get jealous and won't stop until you make a scene; you start asking him repeatedly, do you love me? How much do you love me?"
"Without a doubt, it won't be long before you lose your life goals and start revolving around him."

"Stop arguing. You say you wouldn't do that? He's not even your boyfriend yet, and you're still following him around all day long. If you're really dating someone like this, it would be strange if you didn't act like this."

Dingding Cat is a staunch bachelor with a keen understanding of love. He occasionally offers insightful observations, which Gu Lanxi enjoys listening to.

"In this respect, Xi Bao was no exception. After dating for more than a year, she fell into a similar bad mood. But how did she get out of this predicament? She was on the trending topics eight hundred times, I believe everyone knows that. Yes, this cold and ruthless woman directly dumped her rich and handsome boyfriend, and then devoted herself to her work."

“I did an in-depth investigation into the history of our good daughter-in-law’s rise to wealth and discovered something interesting. Before she met our eldest son, she was focused on scientific research. If things had followed the normal trajectory, she would probably still be pursuing her doctorate and working hard to become a scientist.”

"When she was eighteen, a year after she met her eldest son, her first investment was made in a chain coffee shop owned by a well-known but unnamed classmate. According to relevant documents, the amount was one million."

"At last year's Bird's Nest concert, the good daughter-in-law said that she tutored Tingzi, and Mrs. Lu offered her a monthly salary of 30,000 yuan, with a bonus of 500,000 yuan after he passed the exam. Therefore, I reasonably suspect that her first pot of gold came from this."

"After dating a rich heir born with a silver spoon in his mouth, the good daughter-in-law began to develop a desire for wealth. This conclusion is not without basis. I believe many people remember that on September 8th last year, the good daughter-in-law responded to her eldest son's online declaration of love with this timely reply: 'Because of you, I am full of ambition for this world.'"

"In terms of personal qualities, Xi Bao knows clearly that she is not bad, but her family background is far behind. She has a strong sense of self-esteem, and her first reaction is to make up for her shortcomings."

"Unfortunately, the investment didn't yield returns so quickly, and she must have gone through a very difficult period. Otherwise, with her strong mentality, she wouldn't have fallen into such a bad mood, nor would she have entered the entertainment industry and started acting in movies."

Dingding Cat tapped the blackboard beside him, picked up a black pen, and quickly wrote a line:

1. Always put yourself first.

"It's quite obvious, friends. When a man affects a woman's ability to be herself, even if she still loves him deeply, and he has done nothing wrong and remains as perfect as ever, she will still abandon him without hesitation."

Gu Lanxi was terrified when she heard this. When she saw Yu Xin and Xiao Song push the door open and come in, she quickly put away her phone, stood up, and pulled the two of them to go downstairs.

"They're rushing me to finish my makeup. I've been waiting for you two for ages! Hurry up, don't delay the work..."

Before Yu Xin and Xiao Song could figure out what was going on, Gu Lanxi pulled them downstairs to the dressing room.

Nan Zhi and Niu Lili, one carrying a script and a call sheet, and the other carrying a water bottle and a light blanket, greeted each other and hurriedly chased after her.

In the blink of an eye, only Lu Nanting remained in the lounge.

Lu Nanting was still immersed in Dingdingmao's analysis, his mind filled with thoughts of whether Gu Lanxi's immense psychological pressure back then was due to financial difficulties.

After everyone had left, he realized that his fans had dug up the story of how his wife had dumped him years ago and were now talking about it again.

Want to get angry? This Dingding Cat is quite sensible; it started by praising him for a while, making him a little embarrassed.

Lu Nanting sighed helplessly, took out his phone, found the video he hadn't finished watching, and continued watching.

"Such a clear-headed woman, and you actually call her love-struck? Ha, according to this logic, love-struck people should be covered by medical insurance, and scientists should work hard to develop a cure, otherwise humanity will be doomed sooner or later."

Dingding Cat tapped the blackboard again: "Always seek security from yourself; this is the core of a strong woman's mindset. She is not a clingy vine, and what she desires is not to be a trumpet vine, but to be another oak tree next to an oak tree."

After saying that, Dingding Cat picked up his pen again and wrote down the second point:
2. Understand your own value.

"The essence of any relationship is the exchange of value. A love between equals must involve an equivalent exchange. Xi Bao understands her own value very well and does an excellent job in this regard."

"Don't deny it. They've been separated for so long. There must have been a whole line of outstanding girls pursuing our son, stretching all the way to France. But he only has this one on his mind. Do you believe me if I say that Gu is a naive and innocent girl who only knows how to follow her feelings? I certainly don't believe a word of it."

Dingding Cat pointed at her finger and analyzed seriously: "Does a superior appearance have value? Does it bring connections and resources to the other person? Does care, love, companionship, and comfort count as emotional value? There must be a reason why she is irreplaceable in our eldest son's heart."

This is quite an interesting point. Lu Nanting paused the video, covered his eyes with his hands, and thought about it deeply.

What did he and Gu Lanxi exchange?
Looking at my old posts on WeChat Moments, they were mostly text and image versions of my writing.

It's so interesting, I've been watching it for a long time in the blink of an eye.

The tricycle is assembled; we'll officially put it on the road for a test drive tomorrow.

The children have been playing with cardboard boxes for two days now.

I bought the materials and made a cardboard house for the two of them.

First, shape it, then attach kraft paper as the outer layer, tie balloons to it, and stick on a bunch of colorful strips.

The children loved it.

For more than five years, I have been willing to spend time and money to buy a bunch of bamboo poles and cloth to help Sister Wang set up a tent.

I lost another hundred dollars today.

But the children were especially happy.

I've always been happy to do this kind of thing because children grow up so quickly, and I want them to have happy memories.

In autumn, I would collect fallen leaves and wild fruits to make leaf paintings, and I even made a hen made from fallen leaves...

People around me didn't really understand before, but now I think it's great.

They really have been happy since they were little.

In this society, it's rare to find something like this: a mother who doesn't go out to work and stays home all day long, so that when the children want to find their mother, they can just call out "Mom!" and she will appear by their side, giving them a hug or a kiss.

When they are sick, I often hold and comfort them all night long.

When they were very young, whenever they were sick and had a fever, they would lie to me and say, "Mom, I'm not feeling unwell," so that I could get some sleep.

Wow, time flies! This book is almost 1.2 million words long already.