Next, we asked a few more boys at the university who they had voted for.
Every boy we asked after that had voted for Liang Yi.
And these boys all had something in common: they were shy, and their families were of average means or worse.
"How strange. Liang Yi really did get all those votes one by one."
Song Xiaotian was puzzled. "Isn't this a campus beauty contest? Why did they all vote for Liang Yi?"
"It's the principle of like attracting like."
I said, "Haven't you noticed that the boys who voted for Liang Yi all come from families of very ordinary means, while those who voted for An Yutong come from well-off families?"
One trait of people at the bottom of society was solidarity. They were especially united when faced with injustice.
This stemmed from biological instinct. Humans were social animals who knew to band together for warmth, but they wouldn't band together with people of a higher social class.
The boys who voted for Liang Yi knew that An Yutong was beautiful and elegant, but in their eyes, she was probably more like a goddess, as unattainable as a celebrity.
Liang Yi was different. Like them, she came from a poor family and dressed simply. In fact, her family was even worse off than theirs.
Compared to An Yutong, they felt that Liang Yi was more real, closer to them, and one of their own.
That was the principle of like attracting like.
It was also why An Ning had voted for Liang Yi.
"So most of the people voting for Liang Yi were actually letting subjective feelings influence them."
Song Xiaotian looked thoughtful. "But objectively speaking, Liang Yi did have more votes than An Yutong. If I were her, I'd definitely be pleased with myself.