CHAPTER 1011: CHAPTER 997: NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL AWESOME

Li Qingxue proactively wrapped her arm around Su Xuan’s arm, because she saw that chubby guy and the third sister walking over here. Li Qingxue still wanted to give Su Xuan some face, looking at Su Xuan like that, he seemed genuinely a bit embarrassed.

When Li Qingxue gently wrapped her arm around Su Xuan’s, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Su Xuan’s mouth. He thought to himself, damn it, I’m really starting to admire myself more and more. How did I never realize I had such a high IQ before?

Actually, those three cars that Su Xuan just showed to Li Qingxue were indeed cars from Su Xuan’s family. That was the real deal, not fake at all. They were tools Su Xuan’s father used in the early stage of his entrepreneurship, which helped him a lot, so even after getting rich later, these three items were still preserved. Su Xuan had once taken pictures of them out of boredom, not expecting them to become props today; it really was impressive.

When Li Qingxue gently held onto Su Xuan’s arm, they looked really close as they walked past that chubby guy and third sister, but Li Qingxue felt something was off because neither the third sister nor the so-called chubby guy seemed to recognize Su Xuan at all.

At least when passing by, Su Xuan couldn’t help but burst out laughing, to be honest, and in that instant, Li Qingxue realized she’d been fooled by this guy. She abruptly pushed Su Xuan away and said.

"You, you’re so bad, you tricked me again."

Li Qingxue really felt speechless. Oh my god, can’t this brute not be so formidable? He always manages to fool her like this, leaving her completely muddled. Just now, she was even role-playing, acting like an extremely gentle girlfriend, and now thinking back, Li Qingxue felt like she wanted to dig a hole and dive in—heavens, how embarrassing!

Li Qingxue always thought of herself as quite a smart woman, but today she’d been duped by this brute repeatedly, it’s utterly outrageous.

"Haha..." Su Xuan really couldn’t hold it in anymore, clutching his stomach, the whole person squatted down in laughter, really at a loss for words. To be honest, he hadn’t expected Li Qingxue to be so easy to fool; this woman who seemed so shrewdly capable of handling dry goods was actually quite easy to trick.

"You’re really too bad, I’m not talking to you anymore!"

Li Qingxue said with a face full of speechlessness. Honestly, Li Qingxue felt hurt; being tricked so spectacularly by this guy was really embarrassing.

"Cough, cough, alright, alright, don’t be mad, wasn’t this just to let you personally experience the mindset I had when I fooled that beggar?"

Su Xuan said with a smile.

"Beggar, what does this have to do with the beggar?"

Li Qingxue was frustrated, thinking of how embarrassed she was, fooled by this brute Su Xuan, it was truly a bit shameful.

"Of course, it has to do with it; didn’t you ask me how I managed to fool that beggar? Then how do you think I managed to fool you?"

Su Xuan said with a mischievous smile, and when he finished speaking, Li Qingxue suddenly had an epiphany but still couldn’t quite figure out what was going on, feeling curious.

"Is there a connection?"

Li Qingxue felt like she was starting to see a pattern, but it still seemed somewhat unclear to her.

"Of course there is a connection; think about it, why did you agree to help me? To put it bluntly, it’s because of empathy, because you felt sorry for me. Actually, that’s human nature, and many times it’s quite troublesome. People always empathize with the weak, show a bit of compassion, and then instantly feel a sense of achievement, like they’re glowing all over, feeling somewhat like the legendary Bodhisattva Guanyin, right or wrong!"

Su Xuan said with a smile, while Li Qingxue kept twitching, thinking, heavens, this guy seems to be making some sense, because just now, when helping Su Xuan, she had a very satisfying feeling in her heart, and that feeling was indeed very good.

Looking back now, this was quite a pitfall, but now she finally understood that this whole thing basically utilized empathy; it utilized the principle of empathy to make her accept it.

If not for empathy, actually, letting Su Xuan hold her arm would definitely not have been possible, there’s no doubt about it. It’s important to know that Li Qingxue was still a rather aloof woman, she would never easily hold a man’s arm.

But when Su Xuan said to her that this was his second girlfriend, and because Su Xuan was penniless, she cruelly abandoned him, adding a sentence like, "You’ll never get a wife in this life." That feeling was like instantly lowering Su Xuan’s status to dust, and in that instant, Li Qingxue’s mindset began to change. When she later learned that Su Xuan’s so-called second-generation wealth was of that nature, Li Qingxue instantly felt like her status was infinitely elevated as if she was an angel sent down to save Su Xuan.

This is a kind of psychology. Actually, in that instant, her mindset underwent a drastic transformation, so she felt willing to help Su Xuan, because she saw Su Xuan as the weak one.

Since ancient times, the strong have always found a sense of self-worth in helping the weak, and that feeling is really good.

"You mean that beggar helped you also because of this kind of psychology."

Up to now, in fact, Su Xuan had a feeling that the reason that beggar helped him was because of this kind of psychology.

Su Xuan shrugged, wearing an expression that said "that’s exactly it," and then he slowly explained;

"Simply put, the reason that beggar was willing to help me was out of sympathy. As beggars, whether they’re professional beggars or genuine ones, they’ve encountered a lot of disdain from people. Over time, even if they’ve truly earned a lot of money, there are always shadows left in their hearts, and at least psychologically, they feel quite inferior."

Su Xuan said softly, and in that instant, Li Qingxue understood why Su Xuan talked so much with that beggar — it was all a play on sympathy.

"The reason professional beggars end up becoming professional, and can even use Alipay, WeChat QR codes, and cleverly manipulate the POS machine, actually proves that they’ve read books to some extent.