Reborn in 2000: Starting from Pursuing the Pure High School Beauty Desk Mate

Chapter 777: Human Hearts Are Hard to Fathom, Human Nature Is Complex

Because they had been drinking, Su Ruochu drove on the way back.

"You seem very tired," Su Ruochu said, glancing at Chen Fan while driving.

"It's nothing," Chen Fan shook his head. "I just didn't expect today to turn out like this. I feel a bit sorry for Teacher Wang."

Su Ruochu smiled.

"If Teacher Wang's spirit is in heaven, he probably wouldn't mind. He would be proud of you as his student."

Chen Fan also smiled, "Back in school, Teacher Wang punished me quite a lot."

"I remember once, when I did particularly badly on a test, Teacher Wang even said he wanted to change my seat to avoid me affecting your grades as a good student."

Su Ruochu was surprised: "There was such a thing? How come I didn't know about it?"

"Of course you didn't know. I never told you."

"Then why didn't Teacher Wang end up changing our seats?"

Chen Fan grinned proudly: "Because I begged him. I promised Teacher Wang that I definitely wouldn't disturb your studies, and I said I would surely rank in the top 20 of the class in the next exam."

Su Ruochu asked with a smile: "Did you achieve it?"

Chen Fan shook his head: "No. I even ended up winning over the best student that Teacher Wang valued the most."

Su Ruochu was amused.

"Actually, today was quite emotional. Everyone has changed so much," Chen Fan said.

"I'm still in school, but several of the girls already have children."

Chen Fan shook his head.

"I don't really like this atmosphere."

"Why?"

"The friendship between classmates actually ended at the moment of graduation."

"In every encounter after that, everyone's words are full of comparison and self-interest... The purity from our school days is long gone."

"I won't attend such gatherings in the future."

Su Ruochu looked at Chen Fan and said softly, "I won't attend either."

"The boys in our class will be so disappointed. You were the dream girl for many of them."

"In this life, I'll only be your woman."

"I love hearing that. You can say it more often in the future."

...

On the way back, after discussing with Su Ruochu, Chen Fan decided to return to Yunhai that night, while Su Ruochu would stay at home for 2 days before returning to Yunhai to accompany Chen Fan.

The cement road in the village had already been repaired, extending from the village entrance all the way in, with every alley being fixed. It looked much nicer.

However, during dinner, Li Jinqiu complained to Chen Fan that his father had been in a bad mood these past 2 days.

When Chen Fan asked what happened, it turned out to be because of the road repair.

Apparently, after Chen Fan left last time, Chen Jianye started arranging the road repair.

He followed his son's instructions and told the village that their family would cover the majority of the cost, while other villagers could contribute a little according to their abilities, just as a gesture.

However, when this proposal was brought up, it was met with cold mockery from some villagers.

Some people said, "Your Chen family has made it big, your son is such a big boss, you live in a small villa, do you really care about the money for repairing the road?"

"If you have money, why don't you just repair all the roads in the village? Why ask us for money?"

"Rich people are just stingy, not even willing to spend money on repairing a road..."

Various rumors reached the ears of Chen Jianye and his wife, angering them greatly.

Afterwards, the couple didn't dare to mention asking others for money again, and simply decided to cover all the road repair costs themselves.

It cost a total of 300,000 to 400,000 yuan to repair the cement roads for the entire village.

Spending money to repair the roads not only failed to earn them a good reputation but also left them with a bellyful of anger. The money spent made them feel dejected.

But what was even more depressing came later.

Last month, after the road was repaired, the village held a simple commendation ceremony.

They erected a stone monument at the village entrance, engraved with Chen Fan's father's name, indicating that this road was funded by the Chen family.

Chen Fan's father went there in high spirits that day, but when he returned, his mood was even worse.

Because during the meal, some villagers brought up that their children were in difficult situations and asked if Chen Fan could help introduce them to some jobs.

Some villagers mentioned that their children were about to get married and wanted to borrow 100,000 yuan to build a wedding house.

Even the village chief hinted to Chen Fan's father that the village committee building was old and dilapidated, asking if he could sponsor a few tens of thousands of yuan...

Chen Fan's father naturally didn't dare to casually agree to such things.

As a result, after that, more and more villagers came to their door every day. Some wanted to find jobs, but most were asking to borrow money.

The reasons were varied: some wanted to buy a motorcycle, some needed a few thousand yuan to keep their business running, some for building houses, some for buying cars for their sons' weddings...

They were all fellow villagers, so Chen Fan's parents didn't dare to offend them. They could only treat them to good food and drinks, then politely refuse their requests with kind words.

But there were some people they couldn't refuse.

Relatives from Chen Fan's maternal grandmother's family, who had somehow got wind of the news, all came rushing to their door.

Speaking of Chen Fan's maternal grandmother's family, Chen Fan had never really liked these relatives.

Back when his parents got married, his maternal grandmother's family had always been difficult, looking down on Chen Fan's father and proposing various harsh conditions to make things hard for them.

In the end, it was Chen Fan's mother who firmly chose to marry Chen Fan's father, not even asking for the traditional bride price or wedding gold.

At the time of the wedding, no one from the maternal grandmother's side came. Chen Fan's family was poor, so his parents only invited a few relatives from their side, got the marriage certificate, had a meal, and that was considered their wedding.

Because of this, the maternal grandmother's family almost cut ties with Chen Fan's mother, and they hardly ever interacted.

Chen Fan only remembered going to his maternal grandmother's house once when he was very young. Basically, it was like trying to be friendly to someone who was cold towards you. After that, both sides completely stopped interacting.

But this time, a large group of people from the maternal grandmother's family came. Three uncles and two aunts all showed up.

They were all extremely cordial, making it seem as if everyone had a great relationship.

Their purpose, of course, was to borrow money, and their reasons seemed legitimate. The youngest uncle wanted to rebuild his house, the eldest aunt's son had a girlfriend and wanted to buy a car...

The amount they wanted to borrow wasn't much, 30,000 yuan per family.

Faced with this situation, Chen Fan's parents really couldn't bring themselves to refuse.

In the end, they gave them the money.

However, they didn't dare to easily agree to the villagers' requests to borrow money, wanting to wait for Chen Fan to return to discuss it.

But before Chen Fan could return, rumors had already started spreading in the village.

They said that after the Chen family became wealthy, they became arrogant and looked down on everyone, not treating the villagers as neighbors at all.

"Your son has so much money, it's just a loan of a few tens of thousands of yuan, and you won't even give it. It's simply inhumane."

Some people said that the reason the Chen family spent money to repair the road was just for the sake of reputation.

Lending money to others without any benefits, of course the Chen family wouldn't do such a loss-making business.

Later, some villagers secretly threw a pile of garbage on the donation stone monument in the village.

It was clearly deliberate humiliation.

When these words reached Chen Fan's father's ears, he was so angry that he couldn't eat well for several days.

The old couple couldn't understand. They had repaired a road for the village out of goodwill, how did it turn out like this?

These past two days, the old couple had been hiding at home, hardly going out.

Whenever they went out and saw the villagers pointing and whispering, Chen Fan's father felt like people were stabbing him in the back.

Chen Fan listened silently, then said to his mother, "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

Li Jinqiu glanced at her husband sitting nearby.

"Your father was worried it would affect your work, so he didn't let me tell you."

Chen Fan looked up at his father and asked with a smile.

"Dad, are you angry?"

Chen Jianye picked up his wine glass and took a sip in silence.

"I just don't understand. The neighbors we usually had good relationships with, how did things turn sour?"

Chen Fan smiled, "Human hearts are hard to fathom, human nature is complex. Let's not try to guess what others are thinking."

"Mom, Dad, I have a suggestion for you. Do you want to hear it?"

"Go ahead."

Chen Fan put down his chopsticks and looked up at his parents.

"Let's move."