You are all bad women! Don't come over!-Chapter 265 259: Just Fleeing

Shen Mochen thought for a moment, "Just like your family, study hard, get into National University, then go abroad for an even better university, and eventually find a pretty good job..."

"Right, you think so too," Xia Qingrou grinned, her eyes misty, murmuring, "They think so too, and so do the relatives and friends around us..."

Shen Mochen asked, "Don't you like such an orderly life?"

Xia Qingrou shook her head, smiling inexplicably, "If that were really the case, it wouldn't be bad. We have three kids in our family, and I am quite free to at least choose whatever major and career I want in the future."

"So, do you have any grievances?"

"I don't have grievances. Both my parents are from National University, so we are supposed to go to National University too. I've thought this since I was a child— isn't it obvious! They all say, since the parents are amazing, the daughters should be too. We need to be like mom and dad and get into the best university in the country; that's what they expect too. So, I've always studied hard since I was little, but... I'm just not cut out for it!"

Xia Qingrou squeezed Shen Mochen's hand; she burst into emotions.

Shen Mochen was stunned.

"My eldest and second sisters are so amazing, it's like only they are really our parents' children, always first in class, only I'm not! I've tried so hard, studying late every day, but my best was just being in the top ten in my class! It's so unfair! I study harder than they do, why can they easily score the first place! Later, my oldest sister got into National University, and so did my second sister! I was the only one left in the family!"

"The relatives around us all think it's natural for me to get into National University, saying how incredible our family is, all National University students! But I know I really can't get in, I've tried so hard, it's just not possible for me! Why am I so poor in grades, why am I not like my sisters! I was almost in my second year of high school then, and I knew I was the only defective product in our family! I was so scared, terrified of exams, even just a regular test scares me, everyone in class knows our family all went to National University, how would they look at me! I'm even more afraid after the national exam, I'll be the only one in the family who didn't get into National University, how embarrassing would that be! Every time I go out and meet someone familiar, what would they say? Your family is really successful, mom and dad are from National University, so are the two daughters! Then what about me, isn't it clear to everyone that I'm the only defective one!"

Xia Qingrou roared in a low voice, her body trembling, tears dripping down, mingling with the rain.

"Good grades are just one aspect of a student's life and should not brand a person for life..." Shen Mochen took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped her tears away, "Of course, I can understand your anxiety."

Xia Qingrou took the tissue and blew her nose hard, her voice sobbing, "You don't have good grades either…"

"That's not true, I've always been first in the grade."

"You!" Xia Qingrou, furious, swung her fist at Shen Mochen, puffing up, "I don't believe it!"

Shen Mochen shrugged, "Really, it was because I also scored first place in First Middle School and beat Catherine that she started dating me. Actually, my goal was never National University, but the National Top Scholarship that only one in a thousand at National University can get."

Xia Qingrou grew even angrier, why was Shen Mochen better than her! And he could even aim for the national top scholarship!

"You... damn, damn, damn!"

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Xia Qingrou, furious as can be, started beating Shen Mochen hard!

"Hahahaha!"

Shen Mochen was a bit hurt but didn't really mind; he just chuckled mischievously, thus Xia Qingrou punched him with even more vigor, her little face all red.

After a long bout of roughhousing, Xia Qingrou finally couldn't punch anymore. Having vented thoroughly, she felt a lot more relieved.

"Feeling better?" Shen Mochen asked.

"Hmph, after beating you up, I do feel a lot better!" Xia Qingrou puffed.

Shen Mochen smiled, "So, after that, you 'awakened your Superpower,' right? Lucky you, it's a face-saver!"

Xia Qingrou was astounded, "Yes, I became a Buque, which is much more honorable than getting into National University! And... no need to take the national exam anymore."

Shen Mochen suddenly remembered the first night he had helped Xia Qingrou cook when she had inadvertently said she was escaping.

At that time, Shen Mochen hadn't cared, but now he realized it was true.

One could imagine the excitement Xia Qingrou felt upon awakening her Superpower—the thrill of escaping that embarrassing future.

She voluntarily came from the Capital to Yu Huai, probably also acting out, wanting to distance herself from her past. To her, this was an exhilarating escape.

"So, why have you always avoided going home these past two years?" Shen Mochen asked.

"It's not that I don't want to go back..." Xia Qingrou frowned, "They always want to hurry me to retire, then continue studying and take the exam for National University... They think my poor studies were because I was playful and didn't apply myself, and believe with their tutoring, achieving a full family of National University graduates is definitely possible!"

Shen Mochen furrowed his brow, "I remember that after Buque retire, the government arranges jobs, right? And they are all civil servant positions, so why bother with National University?"

Xia Qingrou clicked her tongue, "This you might not know, because girls generally join Buque at the age of high school sophomores or juniors, having not completed high school. The state has a policy that if you want to continue studying after retiring, you get three years to prepare for the national exam. If you pass, you go to college and get a job assignment after graduation. Plus, the job conditions are better and you have a wider range of options. Whenever I went back, my family would urge me to retire early and go back to school... so annoying, so I simply stopped going back!"

"Just because of that? But you'd have to retire eventually!" Shen Mochen's mouth curled, geez, you're still running away.

"But if I can endure like Sister Cait and graduate, I'd be in Buque for five years... By then I'd be in my twenties, and if I went back to study two or three years of high school, then a few more years of college, I'd be almost thirty by the time I finished! By retiring in my twenties from Buque, I'd have a reason to refuse! I could work straight away then!" Xia Qingrou explained indignantly, already having planned her exit strategy.

"So that was your reason for not retiring after your mandatory service was up! I thought it was because of Sister Cait's inspiring example!"

"I'm not stupid, who would want to stay in Buque? It's tiring and stressful, sometimes you even have to go on missions in the middle of the night! Plus, it's dangerous; if it weren't for my good luck the day before yesterday, I might have died!"