Switched Marriage The Coddled Little Wife novel Chapter 551

Chapter 551: Chapter 551: Dignity Lies Only on the Edge of the Sword

"Right, you still have so many things you’re unclear about. Is it worth wasting time on people who don’t matter? You know they’re just spreading baseless rumors without evidence. They have no goals and plenty of time to waste on such trivial matters. Do you have no goals either? If not, set one for yourself now. Second sister is supporting you through school, not so you can waste time discussing irrelevant issues with classmates."

Lin Jiadong thought his second sister’s words were not quite right, "But they’re talking about me."

Lin Chuxia asked him seriously, "Why are they talking about you and not someone else? You and Li Youmin both participated in the national math competition. Why is all the talk centered around you and not Li Youmin? Did your teachers praise Li Youmin? What is the principal’s attitude toward him?"

"Li Youmin didn’t place, so of course the principal didn’t say anything."

"So, being targeted by classmates isn’t coincidental, it’s inevitable. You’ve become Ancheng First High School’s top student, placed third in the national math competition, a good student and a role model in the principal’s eyes. Jiadong, never underestimate human nature, and don’t overestimate it either. Xunzi said, ’Human nature is originally evil.’ From being inexplicably drawn into a case of a lost watch in the capital, to being targeted by classmates back at school, haven’t you wondered why? Who would go out of their way to target you? Because your excellence poses a threat to others, or it’s just pure jealousy. If you let those rumors affect your studies, you’ve fallen into their trap again."

Seeing her naive brother finally understanding, Lin Chuxia continued, "Your primary purpose in school is to study. We act righteously, with a clear conscience, so why care what others think? Focus on your studies—strength is the hard truth, the sword that conquers all evils. Dignity resides only on the blade’s edge."

Dignity resides only on the blade’s edge!

As these words were spoken, Lin Jiadong lifted his head. His eyes shifted from complex to resolute, and he nodded heavily, "Second sister, I get it now."

"What do you get?" Lin Chuxia asked with a smile.

"I shouldn’t let those rumors affect my mindset, and I shouldn’t have taken time off to clear my head over such trivial matters. I suspect the rumors came from Li Youmin. I didn’t even have the courage to ask him why he did it. I’ve always considered him a friend, but now I realize there’s no need to question him. What could it be other than jealousy? Let him be consumed by it. I’ll study harder so he can’t even reach me, and others who follow rumors haven’t even seen things themselves, such character isn’t worth my concern."

Lin Chuxia nodded. Her naive brother, although simple-minded, was obedient and salvageable.

"Though you’ve done many things you shouldn’t have, you did the right thing by coming to me. Speak more to your second sister in the future, don’t keep things bottled up."

Lin Jiadong nodded once again, heavily.

He truly opened up this time, the clouded thoughts he held before coming had cleared.

Looking at his second sister, his heart filled with admiration.

How does Second Sister manage to see things so clearly? No wonder she can do business and make money. Compared to Second Sister, his brain is like a pig’s, easily led astray, boarding a thief’s ship without realizing.

It seems that in the future, he should talk to Second Sister more when problems arise.

However...

"Second Sister, did you misspeak earlier? Isn’t it ’Human nature is originally good’?"

Lin Chuxia looked at him and asked a question instead of answering, "Do you think human nature is good or evil?"

Here it comes, again.

Lin Jiadong found that every time his second sister asked him soul-searching questions, it turned his pre-existing notions upside down.

But this time, he didn’t know from what angle his second sister would persuade him, maybe even overturn the words of the ancients.

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