Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 158 Lu Laohei and Li Dazhuang
In the dead of night, Xia An thought over and over about the things that happened at Liu Fei's and Li Xiaoru's homes.

He had just talked with Lu Fei for quite a while, and Lu Fei implied that he wasn't considering dating for the time being. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but he was just a little insecure.

Xia An could tell that he didn't mind Li Xiaoru's weight. This was not unexpected. It wouldn't be noticeable whether Li Xiaoru gained or lost ten pounds now, and it was the same after graduation. Lu Fei treated her very well, and their life after marriage was quite good.

But Lu Fei is too honest and his work ability is really not strong. Not to mention starting a business, even in an ordinary company, he can be bullied to death.

In his previous life, Lu Fei worked at a newspaper for a while. He wasn't a permanent employee and was often tricked by his colleagues into treating him to meals when he went out to shoot. In the end, he was squeezed out of the company.

Later, Xia An introduced him to an advertising company. He went to work as a cameraman. He was physically fit enough, but the career advancement path for technical jobs was narrow, and he never really succeeded in his career.

Li Xiaoru, on the other hand, runs a small tobacco and liquor store, earning the lion's share of the family's income.

Xia An also understands Li Xiaoru. She is intelligent, capable, and from a good family, but she is content to live an ordinary life with Lu Fei and never gives Lu Fei advice on work-related issues.

The reason is simple: to protect Lu Fei's self-esteem.

Xia An didn't think much of it then, but now it's different. Xia An just found out that Lu Fei had made Li Xiaoru write down the things she bought for Lu Fei every day in a little notebook, so that he could pay her back someday.

What the hell is this? A man and a woman having mutual feelings for each other, is that all?
If something's wrong...

When self-esteem reaches the level of being "glassy," it's no longer called self-esteem, but rather "glass heart."

Xia An then realized that hidden beneath Lu Fei's honest and simple appearance was a very ambitious yet powerless nature. Over time, people can become extreme, obsessive, and turn into violent madmen.

Li Xiaoru is quite considerate; for over a decade, she has consistently taken care of her husband's feelings, willingly playing the role of the doormat.

No, there were two instances where she made big decisions and took the initiative, but both were to save Xia An—once by mortgaging the house, and once by going back to her parents' home to borrow money…

Thinking about it, Xia An almost laughed out loud. Was Lu Fei unable to beat Li Xiaoru in his past life?

He truly considered the couple his best friends. Recalling Li Xiaoru's words in public tonight, "I like that boy, Uncle Liu, don't go over there...", Xia An had a completely new perspective on her.

So intelligent, so decisive.

Now that everything has started over, he felt that neither Li Xiaoru, nor Lu Fei, nor the family formed by the two should be defined as "mediocre".

Even if the Li family is just a small conglomerate in China, it will later become a springboard for the Hemiao Group to go global, acting as a front for the most prestigious government-affiliated companies. With such a background, any person with a sound mind could live a very comfortable life. It has to be said that Li Xiaoru was held back by Lu Fei.

Xia An was focused on breaking out of her circle, but forgot that there was the perfect person to fill the gap right in front of her. It would be a shame not to use him.

"You only care about lifting weights and working out all day long, why don't you think about taking Xiaoli out for a run or a stroll or something?"

Seeing that the phone screen light was still on on Lu Fei's bed, Xia An suddenly said something.

After a while, Lu Fei's simple voice replied, "Yeah, I'll ask her tomorrow if she'd like to exercise with me."

Xia An rolled her eyes in the dark. "You're the sports committee member now, in charge of everyone's morning exercises. You don't need to ask any questions, just tell her that she has to be there every morning."

Lu Fei was in a dilemma: "But nobody else is running, none of you are running."

"..." Xia An said irritably, "Why do you care about other people? Just say that exercising more is for her own good."

Lu Fei said, "Isn't this a bad idea? What if she thinks I'm saying she's fat?"

"If you don't tell her, she won't know she's gained weight?"

Lu Fei remained silent, clearly still feeling that what he was doing was inappropriate. Xia An gave in and said frankly, "Girls only care about the people they care about. If you're doing this for her own good, she'll be overjoyed."

Lu Fei thought for a moment and asked Xia An, "If she really loses weight, will she still like me?"

Xia An remained silent, and frowned. Did Lu Fei have this idea?

"No, you're handsome enough already. She'll be good enough for you once she loses weight."

“What’s the use of being handsome? A man’s ability is what matters,” Lu Fei said. “She drank too much today. Let her get up early the day after tomorrow.”

Xia An: "Okay, you'd better tell her that too." Lu Fei: "Mm."

"..."

Xia An thought to himself, "This guy isn't stupid after all."

The next morning, after finishing my morning exercises.

Lu Fei tapped on the headboard to wake Xia An. Xia An, her face flushed, took the soy milk he offered while still in bed and heard him say, "Teacher Xu wants our class committee to have a meeting in her dormitory."

……

Xia An noticed that Xu Wanying was acting strangely; she didn't even dare to look him in the eye during the meeting.

Ugh, Xia An felt a chill run down his spine when he remembered what Le Ning said last night. Being caught being intimate with his girlfriend in the counselor's dormitory, tsk tsk tsk, that's too much of a bullying for this single guy.

Xia An scratched his chin and raised an eyebrow as Xu Wanying's gaze wandered.

Xu Wanying froze for a moment, her ears instantly turning red, and she subconsciously glared at him.

Xia An pursed her lips tightly. Good heavens, she'd really been found out. This soft, cuddly little Xu was so easy to tease, it was really funny.

The theme of this class committee meeting was to criticize and denounce Lu Fei.

Only two people attended today's morning exercise; only Lu Fei and Wu Xun from the entire photography class went.

"It's snowing today, so I won't say much. If it's still like this tomorrow, you and the student life committee member will go to wake up the students in their dorms every morning."

"And another thing," Xu Wanying pointed at everyone in front of her, exasperated, "you're all class committee members, how come you don't support his work? Xia An, you're the class monitor, what do you have to say?"

“I said,” Xia An pointed to the floor behind Xu Wanying’s legs, “Teacher, your socks fell on the floor.”

"..."

Xu Wanying glanced down, picked up the socks Xia An had helped her pull off yesterday, and stuffed them into the blanket. Before she could say anything, everyone burst into laughter.

This action is absolutely a common behavior among college students.

Xu Wanying blushed and sighed helplessly, "This is my first time leading a class, so there are bound to be shortcomings. Please help me out. If the class does well, everyone will benefit. Okay, go ahead, but don't be late for class. Class monitor, stay behind."

After everyone left, Xu Wanying closed the door, squinted and stared intently at Xia An, her expression very unpleasant.

"Xia An, I know you're more mature than most people in terms of personality and thinking..."

"Teacher, I was wrong."

Xu Wanying was speechless for a moment, then shook her head and said, "What I want to say is that as the class monitor, you should help the others more."

Xia An curled the corners of her lips: "I'm apologizing for this, teacher. What did you think it was?"

Xu Wanying clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and her anger began to rise.

Xia An chuckled to herself, then stopped teasing her and said, "I know, teacher. You're a little swollen. Remember to drink some coffee." With that, she left.

Xu Wanying deflated immediately, puffed out her cheeks, sat on the edge of the bed, pulled her socks out from under the covers, and angrily threw them into the trash can.

……

Xia An wanted to go find Lu Fei and tell him about the micro-business plan she had come up with for him before going to bed last night, but as soon as she went downstairs, she saw Lu Laohei and Li Dazhuang walking side by side.

After thinking about it, I decided to wait a bit longer.

This plan should include more information about Li Xiaoru's role.

(End of this chapter)