"You cannot speak to summer insects of ice. A little piece of trash like you will never understand the feeling of having everything under control."
Old Liu was right; Jiang Xingchen truly could not understand.
With the intellect of someone who scored 179 on the national college entrance exam, unless things were spelled out for him in plain terms, he was completely incapable of realizing that Old Liu was just fishing for fun.
Still, he wasn't without his strengths—namely, knowing that he didn't understand, but not needing to understand either. He just had to listen to his older female cousin's husband!
Sometimes, having the self-awareness to recognize one's own stupidity was a skill in its own right.
"Brother-in-law, I don't understand any of this fancy talk, but whatever you say goes! I follow your lead completely. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west; if you tell me to chase a dog, I'll never hound a chicken!"
"Get me another drink. This pastry is a bit salty."
"Huh? Oh, oh, oh! Right away, right away!"
Chapter 462