After the college entrance examination, life began to follow one's heart

Chapter 226 Xiao Rong's Birthday

"Xu Lin, you're trending again!"

After taking a shower that evening, Xu Lin received a message from Xia Xiyao a few minutes earlier.

Xia Xiyao sent over a screenshot; it turned out to be about today's opening ceremony.

Xu Lin trended on social media this time because of the four words he wrote.

Calligraphy is a relatively high-end art form, and not many people understand it, so many people just watch it for entertainment. It just so happens that Mr. Xu's name appears on the trending searches from time to time, and over time, many passersby have become familiar with this name.

Trending topic: How good is Mr. Xu's calligraphy?

"Xu Lin, your handwriting is so beautiful! Many people say you have beautiful handwriting!"

Why don't you say I'm a calligrapher?

"Many people say that too!"

Xia Xiyao sent over a few more screenshots, and indeed many people said that Xu Lin's skill level was already at the level of a calligrapher.

Xu Lin wrote the four characters "Da Jing Dynasty" in cursive script, which is grand and powerful, with the force penetrating the paper. Even a calligraphy genius would need decades of immersion to achieve such skill, but Xu Lin wrote it with ease. Even people who don't understand calligraphy feel that Xu Lin's writing is very domineering. The phrase "dragon flying and phoenix dancing" perfectly describes Xu Lin's writing.

"However, quite a few people are also making fun of you, saying it's fake, that you didn't write it, but that you had someone else write it, saying you're creating a persona, just like those fake academic geniuses in the entertainment industry. It makes me so angry, I just cursed at several people!"

Xia Xiyao was indignant.

Xu Lin: "Ignore them."

"But I can't stand it when these people insult you."

"Don't try to prove anything to others, otherwise you won't be able to explain yourself clearly. They only dare to talk about me online. In real life, I'm a big shot. If they touch me, they'll go bankrupt. Understand?"

"Ok."

"Ignore them and do something that makes you happy."

Xu Lin doesn't like to pay attention to these people online. In fact, ever since he became famous, so-called fraudsters have come out to expose him, saying that his novels, songs and the like were all ghostwritten by others, and that Mr. Xu is a fraudster.

Xu Lin wouldn't even bother with these idiots.

When Han Han was young, he was exposed as a fraud by Fang Zhouzi. As a result, he fell into the self-proof trap. No matter how he proved himself, Fang Zhouzi insisted that he was a fraud.

What is the self-proving trap?
For example, you work out, but you're not particularly good-looking. Someone might say that you look like a troll goblin when you work out, and that you're not good-looking. In this case, you try to prove yourself by saying, "What's wrong with me? My muscles are actually very good-looking. I've put in a lot of effort to achieve my current results. Moreover, working out has made me more energetic and my appearance is better than before." You keep trying to prove yourself to the other person.

But people will insist on calling you a troll goblin. If you keep trying to prove them wrong, you'll end up like Han Han did, pleasing neither side, while Fang Zhouzi is laughing all the way to the bank.

What's the right thing to do? It's to just say, "Fuck your mother, let your mother come over and see if she likes my muscles, and see if I dare to be your stepfather."
What if the other person gets angry? Just kidding, you have muscles, do you think he'd dare to come up and hit you? Only people who don't work out would talk about people who do. Human nature is to bully the weak and fear the strong, nine out of ten people are like that.

This is what the self-proving trap is all about: First of all, I have no obligation to prove anything to you, you're nobody.

There are so many people online now trying to revive Xu Lin.

Xu Lin is handsome, rich, and surrounded by the most beautiful women. He lives a happy and comfortable life, just like an emperor. Why would he pay any attention to them?

"Xu Lin, what are you doing?"

"I went to a dinner party this afternoon and just got home a short while ago."

"oh oh."

Xia Xiyao: "Did anything interesting happen today?"

"No, we'll just have a simple meal and chat."

Xu Lin didn't mention going to the "National Beauty and Heavenly Fragrance" place. It was a bit dark there. Beautiful women could be played with however you wanted as long as you had money. And it was all done outside, with those real goddesses that countless people would drool over.

The little girl probably wouldn't be able to accept this.

Men, women, children, blood, organs...

Everything has a price. The so-called price is not necessarily purchased with money; it can also be exchanged in other forms of value.

It's actually quite dark.

Snapped!
Xu Lin lit a cigarette.

Xu Lin thought of a philosophical problem that had been debated for a long time: Is human nature inherently good or inherently evil?
He remembered when he was a child, probably eight or nine years old, he would stare at women's buttocks, and they had to be big buttocks.

Therefore, Xu Lin started being lustful when he was a child, and no one taught or guided him. He hadn't watched any videos or anything like that. His lustfulness just came naturally to him; you could say it was innate.

Therefore, Xu Lin believes that the inherent evil of human nature should be the truth.

Therefore, based on the premise that human nature is inherently evil, people need morality and law to constrain actual human nature.

Xu Lin thought about many things.

What's the use of thinking? It seems useless, but the more Xu Lin reads, the more he enjoys pondering profound questions.

"So what did you eat today?"

Xia Xiyao: "Xu Lin, can we video chat? It's been a while since I've seen you."

"can."

Xu Lin thought about it and realized that he hadn't seen Xia Xiyao for more than ten days. He had been with Ning Yuhan during this time.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Xiyao initiated a video call.

She was in her dorm room, sitting on her bed, where she could hear other girls chatting.

"So handsome!"

Xia Xiyao smiled radiantly when she saw Xu Lin.

Xu Lin had just finished showering, and his hair wasn't completely dry yet.

There are so-called beauties emerging from the bath, but are there no handsome men emerging from the bath?
Of course there are.

Men like to look at beautiful women, and women naturally like to look at handsome men; it's all about attraction between the sexes.

"Handsome?"

Xu Lin, looking rather smug, casually fiddled with his hair.

"Mmm, so handsome!"

"Damn, seriously, how the hell am I so handsome? I have to thank my mom and my dad properly for making me so handsome and tall, like I'm 1.88 meters. I'm grateful they passed on such excellent genes to me. Damn, it's unbelievable how damn handsome I am!"

As Xu Lin spoke, he stood up. He was wearing shorts and shirtless, striking a few bodybuilding poses in front of the camera, looking quite flamboyant.

"Pfft! Haha..."

Xia Xiyao was amused by Xu Lin and couldn't help but laugh so hard that she clutched her stomach and laughed heartily on the bed.

"Yaoyao, who are you chatting with?"

One of my roommates couldn't help but ask.

"My boyfriend!"

Xia Xiyao said proudly.

Everyone was a little envious. Xia Xiyao's boyfriend had come to the dormitory building before, driving a Panamera. They heard that he had also driven a Maybach S680 and recently the latest Lamborghini Aventador.

All these cars together must be worth over ten million, right?
In reality, there aren't that many gold diggers in the world. However, it's still unsettling when your classmates' or friends' boyfriends are too outstanding. It's impossible not to feel envious; there's bound to be some jealousy. As the saying goes online, if one girl in a city has a boyfriend who drives a Porsche, then several other girls in that city will say things like, "My best friend's boyfriend drives a Porsche," using this to put down the guys around them or even their own boyfriends, as a test of their obedience.

Xu Lin and Xia Xiyao chatted for more than half an hour before ending their conversation.

Silent all night.

The next day was Wednesday.

Full class.

When Xu Lin arrived at school in the morning, Rong Xiyan had already found him a seat, and Xu Lin sat down directly.

"Xu Lin, today is the 24th!"

"Oh."

Xu Lin didn't think too much about it.

What can be expected on the 24th?
But Rong Xiyan asked, "Do you know what day it is today?"

"What day?"

Xu Lin casually opened his phone's calendar. "I thought it was some kind of holiday, but it's just an ordinary day."

"Think about what day it is!"

Rong Xiyan asked.

"Fine, if you don't want to talk about it, what can I possibly think?"

"Xu Lin, today is my birthday!"

Rong Xiyan emphasized.

"Why didn't you say so earlier? You made me guess? I use my brain every day, how could I remember so many things?"

"I'm such an important person to you, shouldn't you remember that?"

"Remember you my ass."

"Xu Lin!"

"How about I celebrate your birthday tonight?"

"Hmph, then you'll celebrate my birthday tonight!"

Just as Rong Xiyan was about to explode, Xu Lin changed the subject.

"Xu Lin, how are you going to celebrate my birthday tonight?" Rong Xiyan asked, looking very expectant.

"First, we need to go to a cake shop and have them make a birthday cake, right?"

"Yes! I want to eat birthday cake!"

"Then there have to be nineteen candles on top, and you have to blow them out to celebrate your nineteenth birthday."

"Yes, I want to blow out the candles!"

"Then, I'm going to buy you a bouquet of flowers as a birthday present. Happy birthday!"

"Hmph! You're romantic, aren't you!"

Rong Xiyan was very happy and became even more excited.

But Xu Lin wasn't finished. He whispered, "And tonight we're going to get a room, and then I'm going to sleep with you all night long!"

"Xu Lin, you pervert!"

"Are you going to the hotel or not?"

"go with!"

"Why don't you just go?"

"Pooh!"

After learning that Xu Lin was going to celebrate her birthday, Rong Xiyan felt like she was floating on air, very happy and excited.

In fact, after her mother passed away, no one celebrated her birthday.

She is only eighteen years old, and her birthday is a very important part of her life.

If she's in her twenties, her birthday might not be so important. Just like children like toys, adults don't necessarily like children's toys. Everyone has different things they care about in each different journey of life.

"Birthdays keep coming one after another!"

With Rong Xiyan's reminder, Xu Lin realized that he had quite a few birthdays coming up recently.

First of all, today is Rong Xiyan's birthday.

Then comes Yu Xinyan's birthday on May 2nd.

Finally, there's my eldest sister's birthday on May 16th.

Ning Yuhan's birthday isn't coming up anytime soon; it's in July.

Xu Lin noted down these dates again.

Sometimes girls care about these things; that's just how they think.

Ning Yuhan is alright; I guess she doesn't even celebrate her birthday.

Rong Xiyan spent the whole day looking forward to Xu Lin celebrating her birthday tonight.

I finally made it to the end of the afternoon after school.

"We're going out!"

As soon as get out of class ended, Rong Xiyan couldn't wait to get back to school.

"What's the rush? Are you that eager for me to sleep with you?"

"It's a birthday!"

"Don't worry, you'll get to eat the cake, blow out the candles, and have plenty of roses."

"Humph!"

Xu Lin drove his electric scooter with Rong Xiyan on the back and left the school.

It's more comfortable to celebrate a birthday in a hotel room, to change the environment. If it's at home, it feels like something's missing, maybe because the home environment is too familiar.

Where should we book a hotel room tonight?
Xu Lin found a hotel; the room cost over four thousand yuan a night. This is it.

Then look for a cake shop nearby.

These days, cake shops and milk tea shops are just like pharmacies; they're everywhere, so you don't have to worry about not finding one.

So Xu Lin found a store in a large shopping mall nearby.

Xu Lin didn't want that kind of big cake; something decent would suffice.

"It will take two hours to make the cake, let's go find a flower shop."

"Uh-huh!"

Xu Lin then drove to a nearby flower shop and asked the shopkeeper to prepare a bouquet of nineteen roses, not too big, not too small, just like nineteen years old. That's fine.

"Here you go, happy birthday."

The moment Xu Lin received the roses from the shop manager, he immediately gave them to Rong Xiyan.

"Xu Lin, this isn't romantic at all. How can it be so straightforward?"

"Romantic my foot! You're happy to receive flowers, do you expect me to make you a giant heart-shaped floral wreath?"

"No, you should say something like, 'Happy birthday, Sister Rong Xiyan.'"

"Sister, you'll know you were wrong tonight."

"Anyway, I'm nineteen today, and you're eighteen. Your birthday isn't until June, so I'm a little over a month older than you!"

"You're finished. Every word you say now will be used as evidence against you in court tonight when you beg for mercy!"

"I don't care, you're my brother!"

Rong Xiyan held the flowers in her arms, her face beaming with an innocent smile.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go get something to eat first, I'm starving."

Xu Lin put his arm around the other person's shoulder as they left the flower shop.

"But we're having cake tonight."

"Forget about the cake, I'll just lick it twice and that's it. Is that stuff even fit for human consumption? Besides, it's too cloying, I can't use it to fill my stomach."

"Xu Lin, you don't know how to appreciate delicious food."

"cut."

"Ah."

"Speaking of which, I saw your dad yesterday."

"Ah, he's in Jiangdu?"

"Ah."

Xu Lin asked, "Did he send you a message or call you?"

"No." Rong Xiyan shook her head.

"Then let's just ignore him."

Not long after, the two had a meal nearby. It wasn't a fancy meal, just an ordinary restaurant with the usual dishes. They probably ate pre-made food, because Xu Lin had seen several of these dishes in other restaurants, and they were all made exactly the same.

As night fell, the two returned to the cake shop.

The birthday cake was ready by then.

It's 18 centimeters in diameter and 8 centimeters in height, neither too big nor too small.

After taking the cake, the two returned to the hotel.

Xu Lin had celebrated Yu Xinyan's birthday before, so he had some experience in this area.

When he got to the room, he didn't turn on the lights; there was only a dim desk lamp.

Xu Lin opened the cake lid.

Nineteen small candles were already stuck on the cake, and Rong Xiyan was standing next to Xu Lin, eagerly waiting to blow them out.

Then Xu Lin took out a lighter and lit the candles one by one.

"Alright, let's blow out the candles!" Xu Lin said.

"You have to make a wish first!"

"Then make a wish."

"Xu Lin, guess what I'll wish for?"

Xu Lin initially wanted to say he wouldn't guess, but then he thought that it wouldn't be right to spoil the mood at this point.

"I bet you wish you would always be beautiful?"

"You guessed right! What else?"

"And then, we'll be together forever?"

"That's right again, there's more!"

"And also, I wish my mother good health and happiness!"

The mother here is Ms. Ren. Rong Xiyan has transferred her love for her biological mother to Ms. Ren.

"You guessed it all! Xu Lin, you're practically a mind reader!"

"Who taught you to use that kind of analogy?"

"Hmph! I'm going to make a wish!"

"Make a wish!"

Xu Lin said nothing more.

Then, Rong Xiyan faced the birthday cake, made a wishing gesture with her hands, and began to make a wish.

Unlike others who silently recite their wishes, she speaks them aloud.

And her wishes are the three she just told Xu Lin.

Not a moment.

"Xu Lin, I've finished making my wish!"

"Alright, let's eat the cake."

Xu Lin cut her a piece of cake. Girls generally like to eat desserts, and this piece was not small, but Rong Xiyan finished it quickly.

"Xu Lin, what about you? You're eating cake too!"

"Aren't they eating right now?"

Why are you eating so little?

"I don't like eating cake."

"If you're not going to eat it, then I'll eat it all!"

"I'm too lazy to fight you for it."

"Ah!"

Rong Xiyan was delighted. She ate half of the cake, but since she had just had dinner, she couldn't finish it.

But as she ate, Rong Xiyan suddenly burst into tears.

"what happened?"

Xu Lin was puzzled.

"Xu Lin, thank you for celebrating my birthday. It's been so many years since anyone celebrated my birthday, and no one has cared about me."

Splat, splat, Rong Xiyan's tears welled up in her eyes, flowing down her delicate cheeks and dripping onto the ground, where the teardrops bloomed.

"come over."

Xu Lin beckoned her with his finger, and she took the initiative to sit on Xu Lin's lap.

"Xu Lin, please don't leave me."

"I spend almost every day at school with you, what would I do if I left you?"

Xu Lin wiped away her tears.

"I had a nightmare last night. I dreamt that you didn't want me anymore."

"No way? You're so beautiful, have a great figure, and a big, muscular butt. I haven't had enough of you yet, how could I possibly not want you?"

Xu Lin suddenly grinned.

"Xu Lin!"

Rong Xiyan was stunned for a moment, and was about to stomp her feet in anger. But when she saw Xu Lin's sly smile, she knew he was joking. She was both amused and exasperated, and gently punched his chest with both fists.

"Ha ha……"

Xu Lin laughed out loud.

"If you keep doing this, I'm not talking to you anymore!"

"I was just joking."

"Then will you leave me?"

"Theoretically, no."

"What do you mean by 'theoretically impossible'? Xu Lin, you must swear that you can't leave me, never!"

"Isn't making a vow just falling into a cliché?"

Xu Lin laughed and said, "Think about it, what kind of people make oaths? Aren't they all just liars? What about vows of eternal love, vows of forever, vows of eternal devotion, vows of being struck by lightning? Do you think you need to make oaths if you really like someone? I can tell at a glance that these people who make oaths are just idiots, definitely obsessed with sex. Otherwise, why would a decent person make an oath? Chiang Kai-shek even wrote a diary of abstaining from sex every day and swore an oath, but he still frequented brothels. So, those who claim to abstain from sex are all lustful people, and those who love to make oaths are especially full of lies."

I'm different. I never say I like a girl because I know love isn't something that can be expressed in a few words; it's a thousand words, but can a thousand words be explained in just a few? What is true love? It's beyond words, it's like a gentle rain nourishing the earth! So I only prove my love for this girl through my actions. Like right now, I'm sitting here, in front of you, proving that at this moment, you're in my heart. If I weren't here right now, but somewhere else, and I called you on my phone to wish you a happy birthday and say I love you, would you feel truly happy? I think you wouldn't. But right now, I'm right here. See how much I like you?

"Xu Lin, something feels off about what you're saying."

"Tell me, aren't you moved or not?"

"I'll allow myself to be moved!"

"Xu Lin, kiss!"

"Go brush your teeth and rinse your mouth first, your mouth tastes like cake!"

Xu Lin genuinely disliked this thing; the cake was too sweet and cloying, and he couldn't stand it.

"Xu Lin, you despise me!"

"Go brush your teeth and rinse your mouth right now!"

"Know it!"

Rong Xiyan could only obediently brush her teeth and rinse her mouth.

"Xu Lin, I'm back! Kisses!"

Only then did Xu Lin agree to kiss her.

"Xu Lin, you don't need a small umbrella tonight."

"why?"

"It's my birthday today, I'm happy, so I'll take my medicine tomorrow!"

Rong Xiyan was very bold. She sat on Xu Lin's lap and pushed him onto the sofa. She looked down at Xu Lin from her high position.

Then, Rong Xiyan took off her short-sleeved shirt.

Then, it was underwear again.

Where are the pants?

I took my clothes off as soon as I came out of the bathroom, and now I'm only wearing my underwear.

"Xu Lin, am I handsome?"

Rong Xiyan pressed her hand against Xu Lin's chest, her long hair falling down as she looked at him with a charming expression.

Xu Lin simply rested his head on his hands.

Xu Lin: "Do what you think is best."

"Humph!"

Rong Xiyan understood instantly, let out a soft hum, and then slid down like a water snake, sitting on Xu Lin's calf, leaning down and unbuckling Xu Lin's waistband.

call……

Oh shit!

Xu Lin couldn't help but exhale.

Xiao Rong's problem-solving skills are becoming increasingly outstanding.

(End of this chapter)