Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire novel Chapter 360

Chapter 360: Chapter 360: Side Story 9

Shen Que moved.

The three people cleaned up simply.

After a while, the room needed hot water. Shen Que carried hot water in and quickly came out again.

Repeatedly, clean hot water went in, and water tinged with blood red came out.

Time ticked by, making everyone increasingly anxious.

Over three hours later, the curtain was lifted again, and a girl named Xing Er came out, nodded to the three outside, and said, "Master said, it will be alright."

A single "it will be alright" caused the three outside to cry tears of joy.

Shen Que turned his head, trying hard to hold back his tears while looking up at the sky.

Master Guo turned away, wiping his eyes hard with his sleeve, and then just stared at the stove without looking up.

Jiang Cheng, however, was quite emotional, grabbing Xing Er’s hand and saying thank you.

Xing Er turned away to avoid Jiang Cheng seeing her face.

How perceptive Jiang Cheng was, he directly complimented, "Your eyes are really beautiful."

Xing Er, initially turning her face away, was surprised and turned back, then instinctively lowered her head to cover her eyes, somewhat downcast, saying, "You don’t need to say that, I know my eyes are ugly."

Jiang Cheng quickly denied it and raised Xing Er up.

"Xing Er, I’m not saying this just because you saved our friend."

"I mean it, I sincerely think your eyes are beautiful, like the most beautiful gemstones, rare and precious."

Xing Er seemed to feel Jiang Cheng’s sincere compliment; she finally looked up, her eyes timid.

Her heterochromatic eyes of green and blue shone with different light, and Jiang Cheng fully appreciated them, saying, "Truly beautiful!"

Xing Er lifted her wrist, touched her eyes, and said, "Isn’t this a symbol of misfortune? How can it be beautiful?"

Jiang Cheng cried out in surprise.

"Of course not!"

"Do you know, in foreign countries, many people have eyes this color."

"What you have is called heterochromia, a unique beauty."

For the first time, Xing Er heard that there were people whose eyes looked like hers.

"Foreign?"

"Yes, outside our Hua Xia, there are many countries; they’re not all with black hair and black eyes. They have golden hair, red hair, brown, eyes that are blue, green, gold... basically, many colors."

Jiang Cheng guessed that Xing Er probably had some foreign blood from an ancestor, a hereditary trait appearing in her.

Xing Er was full of curiosity about the foreign lands Jiang Cheng spoke of, wondering if she were born there, would she not be despised?

Seeing Xing Er silent, Jiang Cheng probably understood what she cared about.

In the deep mountains where poverty reigns, such places often hold more prejudice, with people’s minds fixed, unwilling to accept new external knowledge.

They judge everything around them based on their limited perception and knowledge, and if something surpasses their understanding, they think of methods to destroy or discredit it.

"Xing Er, if I had a pair of eyes like yours, I’d consider it a blessing not to discriminate against others."

"So, don’t listen to what people outside say; they’re just jealous of you."

Jiang Cheng’s words made Xing Er laugh, and even more so surprised her.

"Is that possible?"

"Of course! Happiness is only something you can decide, can others stop you from being happy?"

Jiang Cheng’s new generation of thinking directly impacted Xing Er’s worldview, for a while, it was a lot to take in.

However, just a few words from Jiang Cheng really cheered Xing Er up, and she swiftly went to get herbs.

After Xing Er left, the old master inside also came out, looking in Jiang Cheng’s direction, and said, "Thank you."

"Master Chang, I was really sincere, I truly think Xing Er’s eyes are beautiful."

Master Chang, having seen much in life, and experienced highs and lows, had found Xing Er as a little girl; the two of them relied on each other through the years.

"I know, so thank you."

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