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 the New Year's 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. That 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, "What you said is true, 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 his eyes and said: "Haha, why can't I understand?"
Sun Kai felt that he was asking questions knowingly, "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.
Damn it, 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 have never lived a hard life?" This is the first question Dong Xuebin has asked.
"You think life can 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, "Xiao Sun, I don't quite agree with what you said. Your sense of self-destruction is too strong now. Well, I admit that some people are born with golden keys in their mouths, such as
Xiaojing, but do you think that Xiaojing reached her current position as the leader of the Xinhua News Agency's personnel department purely because of her family connections? How could it be possible? Xiaojing was born in this kind of family, and the elders will 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 the help of her family. Everything was achieved through her own efforts.
I can tell you this 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 have grown up.
With the same head, who is worse than the other?"
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 cannot call me by my name during 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 situation?"
Sun Kai huffed, "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, do you?"
"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 monthly salary of 2,000 yuan. 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 rural areas, haha, have you ever seen such a second-generation official? Have you ever seen such a 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 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 things up with you, it’s just the truth. My father was critically ill many years ago, and the surgery and medical expenses cost a lot of money. My family’s financial situation was very average at that time. How could there be any spare money? So my mother
I sold the house to my dad for medical treatment. Within a few months, all the family's savings were spent. My dad's illness was not cured and eventually died. Since then, my mother and I have not had much food.
We had enough to eat, we had to pay rent, and I had to go to school. At that time, my family was more than just split in half for a penny. We had vegetables and steamed buns almost every day, and we couldn’t even bear to eat eggs. Fruit? Then let’s not mention it anymore.
It’s good if I can eat it once a month, and my neighbors help me.”
Sun Kai looked at him in astonishment, how could it be possible? Even in their house, they can still eat meat, and they won't be eating steamed buns with vegetables every day.
Dong Xuebin spread his hands, "I must have lived like this for about three or four years. Only then did I know what a hard life is, but I'm different from you. I never looked down on myself once. Later, after graduating from college, I took the exam
I joined the civil service and climbed up step by step through my own efforts. What happened to my lack of background? What happened to my poor family? What I wanted at the time was to look good and let my mother live a good life.
I didn't think about anything. I just 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.
Only then can I sit in the car and say these words to you."
"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 high authority??
From Dong Xuebin's tone, Sun Kai could also tell that Dong Xuebin had experienced many setbacks. Those hardships were probably beyond his imagination. Now that he thought about it, Sun Kai understood that Dong Xuebin had just entered his home.
Why didn't he look down on him like others did in the future? He even sat down on a dirty bench casually, completely ignoring the suit that cost tens or even hundreds of thousands, and even talked to his family warmly and politely.
Only then did Sun Kai understand that Dong Xuebin's previous life was even harder than theirs.
Dong Xuebin looked at him and said: "Now you still say 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 is there to complain about? Don’t look down on yourself, your family has no money to buy meat? I came here like a steamed bun! My family has no money to pay tuition? I fight every week
I came to work three jobs at the same time! I had low self-esteem at that time, but I never thought that others were much better than me! Their income was tens of thousands a month? If I couldn’t work for one year, I would work for two years! If I couldn’t work for two years, I would work for three years!
They can still earn tens of thousands! They all have backgrounds? Can they be promoted through connections without much effort? Then I will spend ten times a hundred times their time and work hard! I can still make my leaders trust me! I can still be promoted step by step! I am
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 have done it, why can't you? I am confused, you rely on your own hands to eat, how come you are worse than others? Why are you lower than others? You are talking about his grandma!" Dong Xuebin said sideways.
Looking at him, she patted his chest hard, "Stand up your chest! Lift your head! 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
That’s when we 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!