Chapter 614: So Ordinary Yet So Confident

"Everyone, let’s give a round of applause!"

Principal Zhao started clapping.

The students all began to clap, the applause thunderous.

"Senior Sister Lai Xiaomei, I know her, she’s amazing!"

"She’s always been my idol!"

"Beautiful, a top student, and now a powerful woman, truly a role model for us girls!"

The students admired Lai Xiaomei greatly.

Amidst the cheers, Lai Xiaomei stood up from the guest seats and walked onto the stage, shining like a star.

"Wow, she’s really beautiful!"

"My high school goddess! She still is!"

"So outstanding! She’s too incredible; I don’t even have the right to envy her, only to admire."

Onlookers outside the crowd were also full of admiration, with women feeling envious and men unable to take their eyes off Lai Xiaomei.

"She’s really something; if I could marry her, it would be great." Liu Qiang blushed with excitement, even a bit eager to try.

"Lai Xiaomei is truly excellent..."

Jia Xiaoling looked up at Lai Xiaomei and murmured. She didn’t even get into college, got married, and had children two years after graduating. Compared to Lai Xiaomei, she couldn’t help feeling a bit inferior.

"Jealous?" Lin Fan asked with a smile, glancing back at Jia Xiaoling.

Jia Xiaoling nodded: "Yes, jealous."

Lin Fan said, "Xiao Ling, let me ask you, do you feel happy now? You have a husband and two kids. Are you unhappy?"

Jia Xiaoling thought for a moment and said, "I’m not unhappy. Actually... I’m quite happy."

Lin Fan said, "I’ve never had the chance to meet your husband. What kind of person is he? Does he love you?"

Jia Xiaoling nodded: "Yes, he loves me a lot. We met while working; he pursued me actively. At first, I didn’t agree to be with him. He chased me for more than half a year, did many things for me, finally moved me, and that’s when I was with him. After marriage, he’s always been very good to me. I’m actually very grateful to have met a good husband."

"And your children?" Lin Fan said.

Jia Xiaoling said, "My children are great, very cute, a boy and a girl. The older son is very obedient, and the little girl is also very lovely. I love them very much; they are my everything now."

Lin Fan said, "That’s it, you have the happiness that Lai Xiaomei doesn’t have. No need to envy her; she has her own brilliance, and you have yours. It’s just different life paths. You see her looking glamorous, but how do you know she doesn’t have her own worries behind the scenes?"

Jia Xiaoling thought for a moment. She couldn’t help but smile and said, "I understand now. Thank you, Lin Fan. I won’t envy her anymore, or rather, I have no need to envy her."

Nowadays, there is a lot of advocacy online for so-called independent feminists, attacking married women and always promoting not marrying or having children, taking pride in being a powerful woman without marriage and children. These statements are extremely extreme and radical.

Being independent, not marrying, not having children, relying on oneself—there’s nothing wrong with this. It’s personal freedom.

But attacking women who marry and have children shouldn’t be right because marriage and having children are others’ freedom too.

Moreover, human reproduction and survival operate on family units, marrying and having children to form families has been humanity’s way of reproduction for thousands of years. Feminists must be crazy to have such anti-human statements.

Establishing a family, having a happy home, can be said to be the basic vision for obtaining happiness in this world for the majority of people. Girls, from the beginning of their understanding, fantasize about being awaited by a prince on a white horse.

Even Fairy Zixia longs for that legendary hero riding on a cloud of colorful auspices.

It is precisely because of the yearning for love and family that humanity has been able to reproduce until now. Feminists advocating not marrying or having children are simply anti-human.

At this moment, Lai Xiaomei took the stage, greeted by everyone’s eager gaze, and began her speech.

"Thank you for your enthusiasm. Actually, I’m quite ashamed because compared to Senior Brother Meng, my achievements now are insignificant." Lai Xiaomei said modestly.

Meng Xiaoming quickly said, "No, no, Junior Sister Lai is very excellent and still young, with boundless prospects!"

The two began the commercial flattery mode.

Lai Xiaomei said, "Senior Brother Meng has always been my idol, and I will strive to become even more outstanding. Actually, today I am here to share a bit of my own insights with the juniors present."

"What Senior Brother Meng said earlier is very true; youth must be spent working hard. If you don’t work hard when you’re young, when will you?"

"If I didn’t work hard, I wouldn’t have today’s achievements. Although they’re nothing much, they are fought for by myself. To this day, I haven’t dated anyone. Don’t misunderstand; I’m not here to propose marriage!"

Everyone laughed.

Lai Xiaomei said, "My point is, young people shouldn’t rush into love or romance, and especially shouldn’t hurry to marry and have children. While young, work hard for your career, especially us girls. We must be independent and strong, not think about relying on men. We must rely on ourselves. Don’t have the notion that marrying a rich man means you don’t need to work hard. You must strive to be rich yourself!"

A round of applause filled the room.

It must be said, Lai Xiaomei’s words were well-spoken and full of positive energy.

Even Lin Fan nodded in agreement; indeed, during youth, one should work hard, and relying on oneself is also a thought of independence and strength.

Lai Xiaomei continued, "As a girl, especially one who’s reasonably attractive, there will definitely be many opportunities for romance. The boys pursuing you won’t be few, take myself for example, it basically never stops, with many excellent successful gentlemen among them. Of course, there are also many unsuccessful ones."

Everyone laughed again.

Lai Xiaomei said, "I want to say to these unsuccessful gentlemen, you are so ordinary yet so confident. What makes you think you can pursue me? I rejected so many excellent successful men, would I choose you? Many loser guys don’t work hard themselves yet dream of pursuing a goddess. Where do you get the audacity? Do you deserve to like me?"

Thunderous applause!

Everyone laughed and clapped.

"Senior Sister Lai is incredible!"

The girls all looked very excited, clearly stirred up by Lai Xiaomei’s words, as if they suddenly felt outstanding themselves.

Lai Xiaomei’s remarks, however, dealt a heavy blow to those boys who viewed her as their dream goddess.

Especially the male onlookers present, most of them not being so excellent, yet they fantasized about marrying the goddess.

Lai Xiaomei’s words are very aggressive towards them. Does it mean if you’re not successful, you don’t even qualify to love a goddess?

But Liu Qiang just chuckled and said, "She’s very right. Man, don’t be poor! With a woman as outstanding as her, only an equally excellent man can be worthy of her!"

He almost wanted to engrave the word ’confidence’ on his forehead, clearly considering himself qualified to pursue Lai Xiaomei.

"Lin Fan, you were in the same middle school as Lai Xiaomei; she’s your goddess too, isn’t she? You’re exactly the kind of person she’s talking about, so ordinary yet so confident. You don’t qualify!"

Liu Qiang glanced at Lin Fan, smirking disdainfully.