Chapter 65: Emotional Problem Expert

  On a starry night, several people looked at him and said: "When I first came, I heard Brother Junjie complaining and felt that something was wrong. Brother Junjie, Xiaomin sister broke up with you, but you didn't feel too sad. Instead, you complained, 'I'm so excellent, she can't find anyone better than me.' Brother Junjie, were you always thinking that you're more excellent than Zhuang Xiaomin when you were together?"

  JJ Lin opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

  Jia Kai retorted, "That's also a fact. If you ask anyone, they'll all say that Zhuang Xiaomin isn't good enough for Junjie."

  Staring at the silent Lin Jun Jie for a moment, she continued: "Right, people all think so, even Brother Jun Jie thinks so. What about Zhuang Xiao Min? I guess when you started dating, she wasn't just happy, but also hesitant and exploratory?"

  "After seeing Lin Junjie's expression after recalling, I knew I was right. She is happy to have such an excellent boyfriend like you, but at the same time, she feels that she doesn't deserve you. Her friends must be advising her to hold on to you tightly, or else she will miss out on someone as good as you, which puts pressure on her. Perhaps it was Jin Weiwei's words that made her already wavering heart even more uncertain, and just when she was hesitating, your suggestion of meeting the parents accelerated her self-doubt, so she chose to escape."

  A few people who looked thoughtful under the starry night felt that they still had to say something, "Brother Junjie, I've never been in love, but I know that when people communicate with each other, the best way is to look at each other horizontally. If one person always has to look up to the other, this person will be very tired."

  "It's just inferiority complex, as long as Jun Jie is willing, these external factors can be overcome, and there's no need to break up," said Hao Tianyang.

  "Hmm, I think Junjie started with too high of an attitude and didn't give Zhuang Xiaomin enough confidence," Xing Ye said, "or perhaps your feelings haven't reached the point where you can face life's difficulties together and go through thick and thin."

  Lin Jun Jie became even more silent, as if he was also considering what Xing Ye had said.

  Jia Kai patted Xing Ye's head at night, "You've become an emotional consultant, and what you said is very reasonable."

  "Starry night, I often watch romantic dramas with my grandma, and there are more melodramatic plots than this. Every time I ask you to watch, you don't, but when you break up with your girlfriend, I can also give you advice."

  Hao Tianyang burst out laughing as he watched them bickering.

  Xīn Yè laughed slyly and said: "Tiān Yáng gēgē, you're so great, there must be many girls chasing after you. If you have any emotional problems, feel free to share, I can give you free consultation."

  Hao Tianyang's face turned red, and Hua Kaiya laughed at him. Without forgetting, he also gave Xing Ye a knock on the head, "What are you muttering about? You seem to really understand."

  "Stars in the night, rubbing heads," "Really, you're hitting people's heads again. Speaking of which, you two aren't bad either, how come I haven't heard that you have girlfriends?"

  Jia Kai didn't expect it would be about himself and continued saying: "I'm not interested in those girls."

  "Not interested in girls? You guys... won't do, will you?" Xing Ye intentionally distorted Jia Kai's words, stretching out his hand to draw a line between him and Hao Tianyang, with a mischievous grin on his face.

  Jia Kai and Hao Tianyang were both astute people, so they naturally understood Xing Ye's teasing. Only Jia Luo was still in the dark, "What is this? I don't understand, let's just eat instead."

  "Hey, you!" Jia Kai's hand reached out to pinch Xing Ye's cheek, but Xing Ye dodged away with a smile. This little girl had just been speaking like an adult, her words convincing, but now she looked like a mischievous little devil, her smile full of slyness.

  Lin Jun Jie, who had been silent all night, finally spoke up.

  Actually, Starry Night's joke just now was just trying to lighten up the atmosphere and reduce Lin Jun Jie's burden.

  The three of them stopped smiling and looked at Lin Junjie.

  "Should I go after Xiaomin again?" Lin Junjie asked Xingye, really treating Xingye as an expert.

  "Then you answer me first, do you love her? The kind that's sincere?" Xing Ye asked solemnly.

  JJ Lin hesitated, "I..."

  "Brother Junjie, I don't have an answer to this question, you'll have to make up your own mind. But I do know that you definitely haven't fallen in love with Zhuang Xiaomin, at most it's just infatuation."

  "What's the difference? Aren't they all the same?" Lin Junjie asked.

  "How can it be the same? No wonder you had so many relationships in the past that didn't work out!" Xīng Yè said.

  JJ Lin said: "You've never been in love before, how would you know?"

  "I've never been in love, but my former neighbor grandma was very kind to me and I liked her a lot. She often said I was like her own granddaughter. After she passed away, I was heartbroken and couldn't eat for days. But as time went by, I forgot about it. That's what liking someone is like. When my mom was hospitalized, I wished it were me lying in the hospital bed instead of her suffering. When I found out that my parents had passed away, I realized that the sadness I felt when grandma passed away wasn't even comparable to this. Even now, thinking about it still hurts. This feeling is what love is like. Liking someone will fade with time and changes in environment, but true love won't disappear."

  "But isn't that just a distinction between outsiders and loved ones?" Lin Junjie retorted, unable to help himself, despite thinking that Xing Ye had made some sense.

  "What is love? Aren't two unrelated strangers able to become inseparable loved ones because of it?"

  "Brilliant!" exclaimed Ke Xiang, giving a thumbs up in the middle of the night.

  "I have to admit, at first I thought she was just a bit silly and fun, but later on I felt that she wasn't like those other girls who are insincere, she's actually quite simple-minded and kind-hearted, so I think having a girlfriend like her is at least not boring every day." Lin Junjie described his own love story.

  "From curiosity, to liking, and then to loving, that's the standard process," Xīng Yè said, "It's just that you're still stuck in the liking stage, and haven't reached the level of love."

  "Didn't you say liking isn't equal to loving?" Lin Jun Jie asked.

  "But there are many kinds of liking, between family members, between friends, and most especially between men and women, which can develop into love." Xing Ye had a ready explanation.

  "Like this? Then me?" Lin Jun Jie was puzzled again.

  "Junjie brother, this kind of thing others can't help much with, you have to pay attention yourself." Xing Ye pushed him back again.

  JJ Lin fell silent again.

  Few people knew he was making a decision, so they didn't disturb him and chatted and ate on their own.

  Jia Kait called for a few bowls of noodles, which were served to Xing Ye as longevity noodles. Hao Tianyang only then realized that today was Xing Ye's birthday and hurriedly wished him a happy birthday.

  Lin Junjie didn't speak for over ten minutes, then suddenly burst out laughing and downed the beer on the table in one gulp.

  Everyone stared at him in confusion, wondering if he had cracked under too much pressure.

  "I've decided," Lin Junjie said with a smile: "Since I like her, I'll try my best. Tomorrow I'll go find her and ask her to give me another chance. We'll work hard together and see."

  "Good" Jia Kai also raised his cup, "Wishing you instant success."

  Hao Tianyang also picked up his cup, "If you like it, don't give up easily."

  The stars in the sky also hold up their cups, "the burden is heavy and the road is long"

  Jia Luo also chimed in, "If it's really not possible, then forget it. Women are just too much trouble."

  Everyone turned their heads to look at him, he still hadn't reacted, "Real girls are really troublesome."

  Xing Ye reached out to grab her in the middle of the night, Jia Luo shouted loudly, "Ah yo, Xing Ye I didn't say you, you don't count as a girl."

  With this said, the night grew even more urgent.

  The three of them burst out laughing, saying that girls mature early and can talk about emotional issues with ease, speaking fluently and logically. In contrast, Jian Luo, who is the same age as them, seems to be less intelligent when it comes to romantic matters, still like a child.

  "By the way, my sister's engagement party is coming up and I won't be inviting Xiaomin. Would you guys like to go for a meal? It's at the Crown Hotel, it's a buffet style dinner, pretty casual." Lin Junjie had figured out the situation with Zhuang Xiaomin and regained his elegant demeanor.

  "It's just an engagement party at the Crown Hotel, your two families' old men are generous enough." Jia Kai laughed.

  "What's more, the two old men of the Lin family happened to learn from others how to make some electronic products and found a Taiwanese company to form a joint venture. They set up a new company in the development zone, and at the same time, they announced the opening of the joint venture company and the marriage between the two families."

  "Is that okay?" Hao Tianyang said in surprise.

  "So I asked if you want to go for a meal, apart from relatives and friends of both parties, there are also city leaders, business friends, foreign-funded personnel, it's a mixed bag, not many people I'd like to meet." Lin Junjie introduced.

  Several people shook their heads, uninterested in such gatherings. A grand banquet was no more enjoyable than having a barbecue on the side of the road.

  "Hey, Xiaomin can't go, you guys won't go, and I'm the one who can't escape." Lin Junjie complained.

  Everyone burst out laughing, who let your family background be like this?

  "It's all over, can't go back" Staring at her watch in the middle of the night, she had already passed the curfew time for the girls' dormitory. She pouted and said "Why can boys' dormitory be half an hour later?"

  Jia Luo smiled, "The boys' dorm has always closed half an hour later than the girls' side."

  "I know why?" Jia Kai laughed, "It's so that after the boys send the girls back to their dorms, they can make it back to their own dorms."

  Xīn yè yě xiào le, shuō dào "zhè yàng wǒ qù jiù mā nà, nǐ men xiān huí sù shè qù ba."

  Translation:

  Xin Ye also smiled and said, "In that case I'll go to my aunt's place, you guys head back to the dorm first."

  "I'll go with you, but you should head back to your dorm first." Jia Kai arranged.

  Jia Luo always listened to his brother, so he wouldn't have any objections and turned around to leave first.

  Jia Kai accompanied Xing Ye walking to the intersection, hailed a taxi, and arrived at his uncle's municipal committee residential compound in ten minutes.

  Jia Kai had the key to open the door and enter the house. As soon as he entered the hallway, he heard voices coming from the living room. Jia Kai called out "Mom", and Liang Huiru quickly walked out, saying "How come you thought of coming back today?"

  "Shu Ma" stayed up all night waiting for Liang Hui-ru to come out and greet her.

  "Ah" Liang Hui-ru saw that Xing Ye was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look at the living room, and then said in a low voice: "Xing Ye, how did you also come?"

  "It's too late today, our dormitory is closed, so I came over." Xing Ye also lowered his voice.

  "Is Mom, isn't someone coming?" Jia Kai saw his mother's abnormality and asked hastily.

  "Huiru is your family's Kaier back, come in, I haven't seen him for a few years." A man's voice came from the living room.

  Jia Kai was stunned for a moment and looked at Xing Ye, who also froze upon hearing this voice.

  "Jia Kai, come and see your Uncle Zhang." Yu Zhongliang's voice came over.

  "Waking up in the middle of the night, I saw my unnatural-looking aunt and Jia Kai. I said, 'Jia Kai, you go ahead, Aunt, I'll head back to my room first.'"