I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

"Does it hurt? Why did you protect me just now? They won't hit me." Inside the villa, Zhao Lingshan said to Chen Xi, who was grimacing and treating his injuries.

"You think too simply. I beat Jack to a pulp before, and he must hate me to death. Besides, there were so many people here, and the sticks would definitely hurt you. It doesn't matter if I'm thick-skinned, but your thin arms and legs would definitely break if you were hit by a stick." Chen Xi forced a smile and gently touched Zhao Lingshan's cheek with his hand.

"Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder Jing Shen thought about you every day before, it turns out you are such a romantic." Ma Zhongyuan on the side teased him.

"Thank you for your help this time."

"You're welcome. After all, we are all international students in Australia. There's a saying, right, if you see injustice, you should help it!" Ma Zhongyuan patted her chest happily. She had a kind of female hero style, which reminded him of Guo Xiang in Jin Yong's novels, who was also so quirky.

"Miss..." At this time, a man in a suit came over and whispered something in Ma Zhongyuan's ear.

Chen Xi recognized that this man was the one who had just rescued him.

"Thank you." Chen Xi nodded to the man, but the other party had a blank expression on his face and did not respond.

This is exactly the same as Ma Yueling’s previous bodyguards, just like an emotionless robot.

"Please wait for me. I'll be back soon." Ma Zhongyuan waved at the two of them and trotted out of the living room.

"Where is this place? What's your relationship with Sister Ling? Why would she help you? And the depth of field."

Zhao Lingshan asked with her hands on her hips.

"She is just a big sister who has helped me many times."

"Big sister? When did you start liking old women?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? She is Ma Zhongyuan's cousin."

"Well, explain the other one."

"Well... we're really just friends. We haven't been in touch for a long time..." Chen Xi scratched his head and told the truth.

"You should take a rest first." Zhao Lingshan saw that Chen Xi was a little tired, so she stopped making trouble.

After about forty minutes, Ma Zhongyuan finally returned to the living room. She looked at Chen Xi who was resting on a chair and said, "It's getting late. You should go and rest first. I've asked someone to prepare the room. Shanshan, you can sleep with me tonight. My bed is big, hehe."

"Miss..." The man in a suit next to her wanted to speak up to stop her, but he was stopped by Ma Zhongyuan before he could finish his words.

"She's always meddling in my affairs. Is she really going to harm me? My dad didn't say anything. Could you please stop looking down on me so severely? When you have time, try to protect my elder sister more." Ma Zhongyuan made a face at the man in the suit in dissatisfaction.

The man in the suit sighed and could only let this little ancestor do whatever he wanted.

"But, Chen Xi..."

"Don't worry, there are medical staff here, your boyfriend will not die. I'm almost bored to death staying at home alone every day, so chat with me in the evening." Ma Zhongyuan didn't wait for Zhao Lingshan to object again, and took her hand and walked upstairs.

Chen Xi made an OK gesture to Zhao Lingshan, telling her to relax, and then walked towards the bedroom under the guidance of the housekeeper.

"Thank you, Sister Ling." Chen Xi came to the bedroom, lay on the bed and sent a text message to Ma Yueling, but the other party did not reply.

Fuck, when I return to Australia, I will definitely take care of this Jack.

Thinking about what happened tonight, if Zhao Lingshan was taken away by those people, the consequences would be absolutely disastrous.

If they just wanted to deal with him, Chen Xi wouldn't be that angry, but if someone wanted to hurt Zhao Lingshan, he would definitely not tolerate it.

Having just experienced a fierce battle and with wounds all over his body, Chen Xi fell asleep soon after lying on the bed.

The next morning, Chen Xi got up and looked at the time. It was eight o'clock in the morning.

He rubbed his sore arm and went into the bathroom.

Fortunately, his face was not disfigured. If he had been beaten into a pig's head, how would he have been able to do business?

When they arrived at the living room, the housekeeper was already preparing breakfast. Ma Zhongyuan and Zhao Lingshan were sitting there yawning. When they saw Chen Xi coming, they waved at him.

"I didn't want to disturb your rest, but I didn't expect you to recover so quickly. You got out of bed so early in the morning." Ma Zhongyuan glanced at him mischievously, as if he was looking at Superman.

"Master." The butler suddenly nodded towards the front.

Chen Xi turned his head and saw a dignified-looking middle-aged man walking up from behind him.

this is not……

Although he had been mentally prepared, he was still a little nervous after seeing the real person.

The person who came was the big leader of this district - Ma Jiu.

"You are Yueling's friend, right? Sit down, sit down." Ma Jiu smiled at him.

"Hello!"

Chen Xi forced a smile and sat down with him. Having met all kinds of leaders in China, Chen Xi was not as reserved as ordinary people. On the contrary, Zhao Lingshan greeted Ma Jiu as if nothing had happened, because she had no idea who the other person was.

"This is my dad. You should have seen him on TV. He never smiles on TV, but he's very easy to talk to in private. Don't be so nervous."

"Yuanyuan!"

As soon as Ma Zhongyuan spoke, he was glared at by his father.

"Thanks for sending someone to rescue me yesterday." Chen Xi gave Ma Jiu a grateful look.

Those bodyguards are all Ma Jiu's men, and they must thank the real boss.

"Haha, do you know whose son the guy you messed with yesterday is? How did you get involved with him?" Ma Jiu looked at Chen Xi after taking a sip of orange juice.

"Not sure. He and I had some minor conflicts in Australia."

"Really?" Ma Jiu stared at Chen Xi for a long time, and after making sure that the other party was not lying, he nodded.

During this breakfast, Chen Xi felt that the atmosphere was very depressing. Ma Zhongyuan tried to find topics to talk about from time to time, but was always stopped by his father's eyes.

It means that there should be rules for eating. Chen Xi still remembers when he was a child, he was eating and watching TV at home, and his mother complained that if his grandfather were alive again, he would have slapped him.

I heard that in the past, you couldn’t even turn on the radio when eating at home.

"Come with me." After finishing the meal, Ma wiped his mouth, said something to him, and turned to go upstairs.

Chen Xi just followed like a good boy.

On the second floor of the villa, in a study room.

"Sit down." Ma Jiu sat down on a sofa and pointed opposite.

"Do you know why I asked you those questions just now?" Ma Jiu asked, leaning on the sofa.

"I know. Because of the sensitivity of our identities, this matter must be clarified." Chen Xi nodded and gave the answer bluntly.

"Well, you're pretty smart. His father is from our military, and you're from the other side... I know your identity. You're here to discuss business, right?"

"Yes."

"What do you think of us here?"

"It's good. Freedom and democracy."

"Haha, you're not very old, but your mouth is just like those old foxes." Ma Jiu laughed without caring about his image, which was completely different from his usual serious expression on TV.

"Hey, freedom and democracy are all bullshit. To be honest, before I sat in this position, I was really looking forward to many things. But after I sat in this position, I found that my butt was terribly hot."

"I understand." Chen Xi knew what the other party was referring to.

"No matter where you are, what doctrine or policy you adopt, some people will be dissatisfied. They often only consider their own interests, but no government can satisfy all the people. As the top leader here, my power is not that great. You can understand what I mean. Look at countries around the world. No matter who comes to power, there will always be complaints. Do you know what people at the bottom need to succeed?"

"You can't choose your birth, so you need luck, ability, diligence, listening to advice, and the ability to play tricks."

Chen Xi thought of Chen Yifeng, who climbed up from the bottom by mastering these. Capital needs to be accumulated, and Chen Yifeng relied on trickery to steal the capital accumulated by Chen Caiyue's family, coupled with luck, ability, diligence and other factors, which enabled him to turn things around.

"That's right, but the people at the top usually come from the bottom. If the people at the bottom don't live well, they won't blame themselves for their lack of ability, but will only look for other reasons. The only common idea is to start all over again, because they think the current way of allocating resources is unfair. However, looking at all the countries in history, no country can deal with this problem reasonably. The people at the top are even more arrogant. They have money and power, and they want their children and grandchildren to be like this for generations. Some even want to control the lifeline of the country. Look at the chaebols in Kimchi, which are good examples. Most of these people who do things against their conscience have climbed up from the bottom, because they are afraid of losing power and money... So most people are selfish. When the people at the bottom have money and power, they will become another person. The previous hatred for the upper class will also disappear, and what follows is contempt for the lower class."

"Well, the young dragon slayer eventually becomes a dragon." Chen Xi also echoed.

"On the contrary, people who were born into privileged families don't care about wealth and power because they have already enjoyed them. Some even feel bored, like my daughter, and..." Ma Jiu looked at him intentionally or unintentionally.

"Ha, I still care about money, but I won't make money that I shouldn't make." Chen Xi felt a little embarrassed when being stared at, so he laughed it off.

"Most of the people at the bottom are stupid. As long as someone with ulterior motives leads the way, they will follow suit and make trouble, wanting to vent all their dissatisfaction. I have also seen many people thinking about the end of the world every day. The land under our feet was once occupied by foreigners for a long time. Many people have lost their national confidence. They believe that whoever feeds them is their mother. The young people nowadays are even more incredible. They have been in the West for a few years and think they know everything. These people think that it doesn't matter what country or race they are from, as long as they live a good life, it doesn't matter where they stay or who they work for. They think they see things very clearly..."

"Haha, that's normal. They all live for themselves. Not everyone has those grand ideals. They think the country will not be able to function without them." Although Chen Xi said this, he felt something was wrong in his heart.

This Ma Jiu suddenly called him into the study and talked a lot of things. Which leader would be like him?
"Let me tell you a story. In a certain dynasty, Japanese pirates reached Shanhaiguan. However, the people in the capital were still eating and drinking, looking leisurely and contented. A diner was eating noodles at a noodle stall. He asked the boss if he was going to escape. The boss said, what's the point of escaping? They are attacking us, so we should do what we should do. What can those Japanese pirates do to us? The diner retorted: When you are under someone's eaves, you have to bow your head. The boss asked: Eaves? Whose eaves? That's our eaves. Even if those Japanese pirates broke in, they are still under our eaves. The diner said: But after all, we have been defeated. The boss replied: We have been defeated, so what? We have been defeated since the Yuan Taizu. But did the Yuan people stay? No, Isn't it? In less than a hundred years, didn't he obediently go back to the grassland to herd sheep? Then, the Qing Dynasty came... At the beginning, they were so arrogant, and they didn't allow us to do this or that. In the end, except for the pigtails, everything else was the same, and they even learned our language and writing. Who lost? We didn't lose! Hey, whoever comes will lose! Don't the Japanese pirates eat and drink my noodles? The diners were brainwashed by the boss and agreed: Now that you put it that way, it seems to be the case. On the surface, we lost, but in the end they will always follow us! So we still win. The boss smiled and said: That's right, do you know why? "Ma Jiu suddenly performed a funny show in Beijing dialect, which almost made Chen Xi burst out laughing. He didn't expect that this big leader had such a funny side in private.

However, Ma Jiu did not continue his story. Chen Xi knew that the last question was directed at him, so he suppressed his smile and answered, "We have been influenced by Confucian culture since ancient times. To put it nicely, we assimilated and integrated others. To put it bluntly, we allowed ourselves to be oppressed, but we tried to use cultural invasion to turn the tables and save face. From ancient times to the present, there has always been such a group of people who try not to resist foreign invasions and find excuses to cover up their weakness..."

"Yes, it's the same now. There are many people who think that it's no big deal for their country to be invaded by foreign enemies, and they can live their lives as usual. But this is just their idea. The reality is that their lives will be even worse. Just look at past history. Do you know why I am saying these to you today?" Ma Jiu suddenly became serious.

"Ah? I don't know..." Chen Xi really didn't understand what this guy wanted to say, and he couldn't answer for a while.

"I just told you so much, but they are all the thoughts of the lower class. Now let me talk to you about some attitudes of the upper class. There are many high-tech companies here, and the technologies they possess are world-leading. Some are even better than those in the United States. You are here to discuss business this time, so I don't need to say more. Now the bosses of these high-tech companies do not have a harmonious relationship with our government. There is a multi-party government here, similar to the West, so many companies will secretly and strongly support candidates who have promised them benefits during the election. If those people are elected, they will become puppets of these companies and consider their interests. Since I came to power, I have been dealing with them. These companies have a lot of dissatisfaction with me, and they even made harsh remarks that they would transfer all the factories of high-tech companies to other countries..." Ma Jiu's words did not shock Chen Xi much.

Because he already knew it in his previous life. (End of this chapter)