Love? The Reborn Me Just Wants to Obtain Rewards
Chapter 282 - 136 Hesitation

Chapter 282: Chapter 136 Hesitation

No, no, that’s not right!

I must have been out of my mind...

Su Huai quickly looked away, fiercely taking a bite of the melon to scatter the absurd idea from his mind.

Even dogs wouldn’t bother with love!

...All right, if I can’t help it, love can be considered from time to time.

But marriage, the grave of life, is definitely a no-go for dogs!

After remaining single until the age of 35 in his previous life, Su Huai’s high school and college classmates were mostly divorced; the slower ones hadn’t yet married, and the faster ones were already arguing with their second spouses, which was really frightening.

Take high school classmate Liu Miaomiao for example, she was a textbook case of fairytale romance but ended up scandalously sleeping with several classmates in revenge, though they never actually divorced—quite peculiar, indeed.

Then there was Chen Nuanhan, his high school BFF who married a teacher. He doted on her, but she squandered their finances on messy investments and racked up debt, which led to constant quarreling.

Subsequent high school reunions were filled with all sorts of covert flirting, complaints from attendees, and various troubles among those who didn’t show up.

Actually, classmates who lived in their hometown fared somewhat better, with a few couples just getting by.

Those living in first-tier cities were pretty much all in shambles.

Chen Nuanhan, neither succeeding nor failing, remained single;

Wu Tianyou, having given up on pursuing Gu Jiuyue, married and then divorced, with endless lovers and a slew of illegitimate children;

Liu Banzhi, although married with a child, led a separate life from his wife, and it was said the kid wasn’t even his;

The delicate beauty from 404 dorm, a local of the Ala Demon Capital, went on blind dates until 35, claiming to be waiting for true love despite her unrealistic expectations;

Xie Fei joined the Imperial Capital’s governmental department right after graduation, married the daughter of a bigwig, and by 33 was a vice-director in reality, the most successful male in his class. But at the ten-year reunion, he got drunk, wept heart-wrenchingly while holding onto his dorm buddies. Su Huai never found out what grievances he suffered, only that it was related to his family.

All these were the successful ones, not fretting about survival.

As for the unsuccessful guys, even mentioning them is pointless; they couldn’t get married, or were even phobic of it.

The female classmates were even less fortunate; a third became older singles, and the more successful they were, the more pronounced their single status. The remaining two-thirds mostly ended up scattering after laying in the grave of marriage for a few years.

Su Huai couldn’t understand why the divorce rate among his generation was so high—it was possibly due to stronger personalities, more self-centeredness. Anyway, disagreements quickly led to goodbyes.

As for Su Huai himself, he once yearned for love and marriage. When he first had a crush on Chen Nuanhan, he would often fantasize about starting a family with her.

But after he turned 30, he no longer harbored any illusions about Chen Nuanhan and gradually began to fear marriage.

Looking through appearances to the essence, it actually meant that his view of love had been destroyed by the harsh reality of society.

People at different ages believe in completely different things. At one time, Su Huai believed in hard work, at another in destiny, and later on in the combined drive of internal and external forces. But he no longer believed that love was above life.

What is love?

It is the best imagination humans have about possessing and being possessed.

What is life?

It’s embracing all the good and bad of ’The One’, struggling together in the world, gaining more, but also bearing more.

Those who aren’t truly prepared can only lead a good life alone.

In that moment, his longing for a home and fantasies about it were reignited by Gu Jiuyue; but as soon as that impulse faded and reason returned, he felt like he was truly a damn dog that never learns from past mistakes.

Why dream of a home when your great ambitions as a man are unfulfilled?

Earn more money, buy more houses, put a post-2000 chick in each one—wouldn’t everywhere feel like home?

Twenty years later, replace the post-2000 with post-2010. Isn’t that happiness?

Why bother falling into a big pit like Gu Jiuyue?

Gou Huai silently raised his guard: Little Gu is toxic, I need to be careful in the future, definitely can’t be beguiled by her...

We agreed to be friends, just pure and simple good friends.

...

Having made up his mind, Gou Huai sighed wistfully and stopped watching her write, turning to chat animatedly with Professor Cheng.

Despite the difference in age, he actually had quite a bit to talk about with Professor Cheng.

— Old Scratcher is an academician, a fact that piqued Su Huai’s curiosity.

"What field is Grandpa an academician off?"

"The Information Technology Department. Xiao Su, would you be interested in applying for postgraduate studies, perhaps at Tsinghua University?"

Professor Cheng offered the enticing possibility with a smile—bringing it up when he was just a freshman was sincere but definitely premature.

But what about Gou Huai?

He was not only impervious to such bait, but he could also return fire.

"I’m okay with it. What are Gu’s plans?"

He smiled innocently, his expression a mix of curiosity and nervousness.

It sounded particularly like he intended to follow Gu Jiuyue’s lead, caring for her every step of the way through her studies.

Professor Cheng was increasingly pleased, his smile widening: "She, well, she has to let it be. How much she can absorb from her undergraduate courses is another story..."

Suddenly, Gu Jiuyue looked up, insisting earnestly, "I won’t have any problem with my undergraduate courses, they’re quite simple."

Of course they’re simple for someone with your gift of quick mastery. Whatever you learn, you excel at.

"Okay, okay, my granddaughter will definitely be number one!"

Professor Cheng’s affection was off the charts, without a hint of contradiction.

But Gu Jiuyue shook her head: "I wouldn’t go that far. I’m not planning to focus all my energy on courses; I need to work on my fitness too!"

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