PFC Chapter 539 Thinking
Chapter 539 Thinking
If it was someone with a weaker will, he or she might have been bewitched by them, which would have planted the seeds of suspicion and wariness, causing resentment and estrangement between the brother and sister, and eventually leading to them becoming enemies and falling into endless suspicion and internal friction.
Bai Ou just looked at the people in front of him with a smile on his face, and wrote down their identities and words one by one.
"So that's what you think."
"Oh, so that's what you were planning."
"Just now I saw you being so warm to my little sister, and now you turn around and start talking bad about her."
"You would say that the words he uses are so beautiful, he looks like a cultured person! (emphasis added)
"Let me see how many 'followers' and 'defenders' I have?"
"How many people are so fickle, wavering like fence-sitters?"
"You are just being used as a gun, a sacrifice to test the waters. The real instigators are still behind the scenes, assessing the situation and will not easily come out to muddy the waters."...
Seeing that Bai Ou became increasingly silent and just listened and thought, these people thought that their attempts to sow discord had worked, so they worked even harder.
Listening to their fabrications and malicious speculations about his relationship with Bai Yuan, Bai Ou did not intend to correct their thoughts and perceptions here, nor was there any need to say too much to those who were about to become his enemy.
What's the difference between telling them about the deep brotherly love of "My younger sister and I are as close as you and me" and playing the lute to a cow? Will they understand?
"You have been fighting to the death for such a small fortune, disregarding your brothers and sisters, and you think that all wealthy families are like this.
I told you that the Bai family didn't have those messy and dirty things, but you probably thought I was just being sarcastic to show off!"
To put it bluntly, their own home is not peaceful, so they can't stand seeing other people's homes be peaceful and everything go smoothly. They always want to make some trouble, and it would be best if they could dig deep into the matter and find out some trivial things and then take the opportunity to make a trouble.
——Someone like this is not even worthy of sitting at the same table with Song Yanming in Beijing.
At least the Song family is fighting with real guns and real weapons, aiming to have fun with everyone, and they have some bandit-like blood in them.
"You are nothing but hypocrites and villains hiding behind the scenes, stirring up trouble. You are nothing but dogtail grass swaying in the wind under the wall, not engaging in production or creating value, but just merchants who make profits by speculating and profiteering..."
"Well, it seems like I've been scolding myself too. My ancestors were imperial merchants, the heads of the business community, the main targets of criticism a few decades ago, the old landlords and capitalists, and my younger sister is also preparing to join the battlefield..."
Bai Ou was stunned for a moment, then his brain quickly reacted:
"So either our family can become an imperial merchant, and then successfully transform from an imperial merchant to a military official, and achieve a true class leap! This is how the pattern determines success or failure!"
In short, don't argue about right and wrong with fools, and don't argue about superiority and inferiority with idiots.
Since you can't explain it clearly, understand it, or listen to it, just don't say it.
Say something they can understand!
Bai Ou stood there pretending to be serious for a while, and when the crowd had gathered and formed a small group, he put away the smile on his face and said seriously:
"I'm a soldier, and it's against the law to touch this."
Everyone was expecting Bai Ou to say something: "..."
Bai Ou: Are you stupid? This is a high-end game!
When he thought about what he was going to do next, Bai Ou couldn't help laughing.
He immediately suppressed the uncontrollable upward arc of his mouth, and looked intimidating without being angry, and seemed to be nitpicking:
"What? Are you trying to corrupt a senior officer's will and loyalty to the country?"
Do you think this hat is beautiful?
Everyone:! ! !
It was no secret that Bai Ou was a serving military officer, but it was not known to everyone either.
At least the group of people around who came up to whisper in my ear are not among the known ones.
Otherwise, anyone who knew a little bit about the law would not have chased after Bai Ou and said such ridiculous words to him as to kill Bai Yuan and take down the Bai family.
This also indirectly confirmed that Bai Ou's guess was not wrong. They were not the real "masterminds" but just "cannon fodder" being used as guns.
This is not only a conspiracy against Bai Yuan, but also a plot against Bai Ou.
As long as during this process, Bai Ou was persuaded by them, his will and determination were shaken, and he had the idea of intervening in or even taking over Bai's business, he would have violated the rule that "soldiers are not allowed to do business."
The punishment may be a warning at the least and demotion at the most serious.
This shows how much he is attentive.
In this way, Bai Ou was able to treat the other person in his own way and hit him back.
After hearing this, the people around him finally realized what was going on.
It turned out that the look in Mr. Bai's eyes when he looked at them just now was not one of thinking, scrutiny, and approval.
That's definitely the enthusiasm for the third-class merit award!
After being looked at by Bai Ou as if he were a spy, the people around them became uncomfortable and either tilted their heads or lowered them, sweating profusely as if their backs were pricked by thorns.
No one dared to mention letting Bai Ou do business and inherit the Bai family anymore. They all found excuses to leave and scattered in an instant.
Having just won a battle, Bai Ou was in high spirits. The smile on his face became even brighter. He looked even brighter and more heroic than before, and once again attracted the attention of many people.
When this crisis-ridden coming-of-age ceremony was drawing to a close, Bai Yuan also stepped out from the group of girls and aunts, and together with Bai Ou, they served as hosts to see off all the guests in the tent.
This kind of war without gunpowder is the most stressful and exhausting.
On the way back, Bai Ou saw that Bai Yuan had been silent, so he thought she was just tired after a busy day, so he didn't bother her anymore, leaving her enough time to rest and recharge her energy.
As for today's gains, I will sort out the list of family members according to my memory later, and then arrange them into categories according to their positions and interest chains. This is the first-hand list of "enemy forces and defenses" collected in the business war.
After returning home, Bai Ou washed off his tiredness, put on a bathrobe and wiped his head. He walked out of the bathroom refreshed, put on slippers and went to the refrigerator to get the iced mineral water and drank it in one gulp.
The essence of a coming-of-age ceremony is a banquet. Everyone is busy socializing and almost no one will waste time and opportunity on indulgence in food and drink in such an occasion.
The exquisite desserts and dishes are just for decoration and smell sweet.
This resulted in Bai Ou being hungry before he even got home, so he cleared out the stock in the refrigerator again.
After eating and drinking, Bai Ou walked back contentedly. As soon as he reached the second floor, he vaguely saw a blurry figure standing at the end of the corridor.
In an instant, all my hairs stood on end, and under the long tail of the autumn heat, I felt a flash of light on my back.
When I looked again, I was almost startled by Bai Yuan, who was also wearing a yukata but with disheveled hair and standing quietly.
Bai Ou: "You didn't sleep?"
The coming-of-age ceremony ended late, and the two returned home at midnight, more than two hours later than Bai Yuan's normal schedule.
Bai Ou thought she had fallen asleep on the bed!
Then I thought, how can I sleep without food in my stomach?
I guess it was just like me, crawling up to look for food.
You know, Bai Yuan hasn't slept yet. He just went downstairs for a midnight snack and brought it up for Bai Yuan as well.
But it's not too late.
Bai Ou then smiled and said, "Are you hungry? Do you want to come down and eat something?"
Bai Yuan didn't move, just stood there looking at him.
The light seeped in from the gap of the half-open door behind her, dragging her shadow to Bai Ou's feet.
The distance was too far and the lights in the corridor were dim, so Bai Ou couldn't see the expression on Bai Yuan's face and naturally didn't know what she was thinking.
He could only keenly feel her gaze on him, as if she was sizing him up and examining him.
"...Brother?" After looking for a while, Bai Yuan's hesitant voice sounded.
"What's wrong?" Bai Ou scratched the side of his face and looked at her puzzledly.
Bai Yuan moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but changed his mind when the words came to his lips, and said:
"nothing."
Bai Ou:?
Seeing that Bai Yuan was obviously a little abnormal, Bai Ou thought for a moment, strode up to her, put his palm on her forehead, and felt the temperature.
It's very cool.
Not sick.
Looking down again, I saw Bai Yuan had a dazed expression.
understood.
This is so sleepy that I have dementia!
He moved his palm upwards and rubbed her head again.
Good, the hair is blow-dried.
So he helped her turn around manually, pushed Bai Yuan into the room, told her to "go to bed early", and closed the door for her.
After returning to the room, Bai Yuan stood there for a while, his brows wrinkled a little, and then slowly smoothed out.
At the coming-of-age ceremony, Bai Ou was not the only one who was instigated and indoctrinated.
Bai Yuan also heard many malicious suspicions and accusations against Bai Ou.
"It's not a good thing for your elder brother to come back at this time."
"We have to be on guard..."
"Brothers and sisters, settle accounts clearly"
"Be prepared"...
The purpose is naturally to stir up discord between the brother and sister, to cause internal strife within the Bai family at this critical juncture, and to gain a breakthrough from within the Bai family.
Bai Yuan was not blinded by such obvious attempts to sow discord, but...
She also heard many voices and words she had never heard before.
She looked up at the clock on the wall, and after a moment of inner struggle, she cheered herself up, picked up the notebook on the table and returned to bed.
Turn on the computer, unlock it with your fingerprint, open the browser, move the cursor to the search bar, touch the backlit keyboard with your ten fingers, press down with your fingertips, and enter a string of text.
If you want to know something, you can’t ask others, you have to find it yourself.
Because once things are relayed by others, they are bound to carry strong personal emotions.
Subjective consciousness can cause cognitive bias and influence on objective facts.
"And I will have my own judgment, which must be my own opinion, not guided or controlled by anyone."
The light from the screen reflected on her face, which was a little pale, and also revealed the solemnity of her expression.
Looking at the indexes, Bai Yuan pressed his index finger on his temple to suppress the nerve that was beating wildly.
——Something seems wrong.
A strange emotional bomb seemed to be about to explode in her body.
She could feel an unprecedented emotion washing over her mind, attempting to leave a deep, irreversible subjective imprint.
This strange feeling had occupied her entire attention and grown wildly in her mind ever since she first heard about it at her coming-of-age ceremony.
This is bad.
Make her unlike herself.
It was as if something was changing and replacing her personality, pushing her to the brink of extremes, loss of control, emotionality, and anxiety.
Bai Yuan considers herself not to be an emotional person, and her rationality is always based on Schrödinger's personal emotions. It is precisely because of this that she has extremely high work efficiency and the ability to see through the essence of events at a glance.
But now, just the insignificant words of others almost blinded her eyes, stirred her emotions, and almost made her make mistakes in judgment several times.
Just like when she was looking at Bai Ou at the door just now, she suddenly had an urge to throw all the words that kept repeating in her ears in his face and have a good quarrel with him.
At this moment, when looking at the words on the screen, she would want to smash something to vent her long-suppressed emotions. There was also a feeling of negativity in her heart, leading her to shrink into a corner like a pessimistic person, feeling self-pity, depressed and sad.
So, it's very strange.
"I have never been depressed, so how can I talk about venting?"
"Restraint is not repression, it is self-management."
"Why should I be sad, why should I be heartbroken, why should I hate, why should I complain, why should I dwell on something that I have no memory of, has no impact on my current life, has never happened before and will never happen in the future?"
“Why should I change my perfectly satisfactory life now because of a possibility that will never become a reality?”
……
……
“I enjoy my life now. I get up early every day because I want to. The complicated schoolwork is an interesting challenge. Always maintaining grace and decency is in line with my status and is a sign of civilization and education. I like to see others respect me for this, rather than the burden imposed on me by my family, the manipulation and exploitation of my life that appear in my mind at this moment.
Who would want to waste their time playing at such a young age?
and many more……
——So Pei Jin thinks about this kind of thing every day? "
All the noisy and mottled sounds in my mind seemed to have been silenced as if the pause button had been pressed.
Instead, there are classic arguments from a certain Pei, such as "I want to escape from my current life, get out of her control, and run towards freedom", "I want to pursue true love", "I want to live an ordinary life", "I am poor, but I have love", "This young master can do whatever he wants, I don't care" and so on.
——Goodbye…
Bai Yuan thought with some disgust.
"If I become like Pei Jin, I'd rather die."
Awakening happens at this moment.
The thoughts and emotions that made her unlike herself also receded like the tide.
The soul seemed to be cleansed, settled down again, completed a baptism and was reborn.
Reason and objectivity regain the upper hand and become the dominant consciousness.
There was a sharp ringing in my ears.
Bai Yuan closed his eyes, and slowly found himself again through deep breaths. When he opened his eyes again, the scene before him was clear, and he had regained his former calm.