Yan Qingcheng had originally thought that after Zhu Juntang stole Liu Chang'an's bicycle chain, she would simply throw it away. Who would have thought she would keep it to play with herself... What was the point of stealing it?
When Liu Chang'an beat her up later, wouldn't he just take it back anyway? He would probably hit her even harder.
She hadn't wanted to remind her, but when Yan Qingcheng recalled how pitiful Zhu Juntang looked every time Liu Chang'an bullied her, she softened a little. She voiced her concern and advised Zhu Juntang to throw the chain away.
"It doesn't matter. I'll bear the burden and press onward for now, act like I'm living under someone else's roof, and once Dandan has my back, I'll beat him into chaos." Zhu Juntang used three idioms in one breath to bolster her momentum.
"I think what you meant was to endure humiliation and bear a heavy burden for now, to swallow your anger... and catch him off guard." Yan Qingcheng shook her head after speaking and stopped bothering with her.
Zhu Juntang easily mixed up all sorts of words. Yan Qingcheng suspected that the phrase "bear the burden and press onward" had been appearing frequently on social media lately, so Zhu Juntang had picked it up. But she did not really understand how to use it, and simply used it whenever it felt vaguely appropriate... That was much like those people who learned a word, or discovered that taking a side on some social issue could make them feel superior, then used it and talked about it everywhere.
"The essence of words is to express what you mean. Since you understood what I was trying to say, that means I used them correctly. Besides, living under someone else's roof and swallowing