After rebirth, she first killed the book thief, and she was busy writing articles to save people

Chapter 316: "Choice" without Choice

Lin Xingran walked into the store and sat down opposite Jiang Baige. Jiang Baige raised her head and said, "Ah, you're here."

When Jiang Baige was chatting with Cen Muzi before, he took the time to send Lin Xingran his location.

She saw the location and rushed over.

"What are you busy with?" Lin Xingran asked.

Jiang Baige stopped typing, took a sip of iced Yuanyang milk tea, and briefly told her what had just happened with Cen Muzi.

"I plan to write two articles and post them on our official account. What do you think?"

They are "partners" of the official account, so naturally they have to communicate with each other first.

But Lin Xingran found it very strange.

Because they have been separated for a long time, all major decisions are made over the Internet, whether it is helping Aunt An find her daughter or helping Muzi speak up.

Now that they were suddenly discussing this matter face to face, she actually felt it was unreal.

"Just do whatever you want to do." Lin Xingran also ordered a cup of Yuanyang, "If there's anything you need me to do, just ask me."

That's it.

Jiang Baige worked in the coffee shop until almost three in the afternoon before she finally stretched.

Lin Xingran, who was sitting opposite her, was wearing headphones and holding a book. When he saw her movements, he took off his headphones and asked, "Are you done?"

"I'm so sorry... Are you hungry? Come on, I'll treat you to a meal."

It was time to be hungry, but Lin Xingran was already used to Jiang Baige like this - Jiang Baige was completely selfless when working, not to mention whether he was hungry or thirsty.

This familiar feeling actually weakened the strangeness brought about by not seeing each other for a long time.

"Given your dedication to writing, it's no wonder you can make a living from writing."

"Really? But my parents are worried that I'll starve to death if I go into full-time writing."

Of course, this worry is not without reason.

"Is that why you're looking for a job?"

Jiang Baige had mentioned the job search to Lin Xingran, although she had concealed many things from them because of her reborn identity.

But in fact, Jiang Baige is a person who cannot hide anything.

What’s more, these are people who are closely related to her in all aspects - Lin Xingran is one of them.

After all, she is busy looking for a job, so Lin Xingran will have to do more work in the "female study"... How to hide it?

They actually live more closely together than a couple in an ordinary family.

The "women's study" is their children.

Jiang Baige thought about this and laughed at herself. Seeing her giggling as she put things away, Lin Xingran couldn't help but ask, "What did you think of to make money? Why are you so happy?"

"I came to you just to make money." Jiang Baige packed up her things and they walked out. Lin Xingran was responsible for finding a restaurant that she thought was delicious. "Do you think the publication of my book can be successful?"

"Of course."

Jiang Baige felt relieved after hearing what Lin Xingran said.

do not know why.

Perhaps it was because they were roommates and comrades-in-arms. Although they were separated by distance, they had a common "child".

So the emotional connection has never been broken.

Unlike those women who were once extremely close but were eventually separated by marriage and family and scattered into different families: the families around them lost not only themselves, but also more possibilities for connection.

When Lin Xingran first told Jiang Baige that she was in love, Jiang Baige also had such panic.

"Do you think I would enter some besieged city, become dependent on the lives of others, and ultimately give up everything I have worked so hard to accumulate for more than twenty years?"

When Lin Xingran said this, his expression showed that he found this matter somewhat ridiculous.

But Jiang Baige is not so optimistic: "It's normal. When I was in a discussion class I taught before, a junior girl in the group said that her dream was to become a housewife after graduation."

Gui Hongyan teaches discussion classes every semester, and discussions on "housewives" occur once or twice almost every year.

Jiang Baige's views on this matter have changed several times.

From the beginning, "Women should also have the right to choose to be housewives, but I will not make this choice", to "Freedom downward is not freedom, can black slaves be said to have chosen to be slaves themselves", and then to "For some women, perhaps this is the biggest way for them to profit, but this behavior does indeed damage the rights of women who do not want to return to the family"...

To this day, there is actually still no answer.

But it’s not so much that she has no answers as that she has no solutions.

Because "housewife" is not the root of the problem, but the result of the matter: society requires women to take care of the family, and the workplace treats every woman unfairly, which makes "housewife" the best choice many women can make for themselves.

We can say that this choice will further lead to a vicious cycle, but when this choice falls on an individual, we probably cannot blame everyone.

——She is not independent.

Does she not want to, or can't?

So even though Lin Xingran was in love at that time, which made Jiang Baige feel a crisis of falling apart, she never said anything like "You can't fall in love".

She has her expectations and she has her freedom.

Now, they are back on the same road, but Lin Xingran said she never thought they had ever been lost.

But it is not important.

The two of them squeezed into the narrow bed in Lin Xingran's rented room. Jiang Baige guessed that it was only 90 centimeters at most.

Lin Xingran told her that when her mother and sister came to visit during the Chinese New Year, she let them sleep on the bed while she took a sleeping bag and slept on the floor. One day later, her mother took the initiative to say: Let me sleep in the sleeping bag.

The mother felt that the living quality was too low. If it were not for sharing family time with her two daughters, she would rather spend money to find a hotel to stay in.

But Lin Yueran was very excited.

She felt that her sister was free and cool living alone. Besides, it was uncomfortable for three people to live together, but living alone was just right. She was very tempted.

"So what does your mother think?"

"My mother lets me do whatever I want, so will she stop my sister?"

Lin Xingran looked at the ceiling - the lights in the room had been turned off, but the moonlight shone through the window, so the room was not dark.

The reason she likes this house is that it has no obstructions and a good view. Although the price is a bit beyond her budget, she just likes it.

So when her mother offered financial help, she accepted it. She was her mother, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

"My sister is really worried about my dad. But she is already an adult, and my dad can't control her. She is much smarter than me. She started working as a part-time English tutor right after entering college. She has already saved a lot of money before she even graduated... It's just around the corner for her to achieve financial independence."

Jiang Baige also laughed.

She really couldn't help but like the girls' ambitious approach to life; this desire itself was a life force.

Lin Xingran changed the subject again: "By the way, have you been in touch with Wen Mian recently? I heard that she...broke off the engagement some time ago."