Tao Wan walked into the classroom with his art box. There were about 20 long tables in the classroom. He chose the one by the window and sat down, waiting for the teacher to start class.
The classroom was clean and bright. There were vases in the corner. There were fresh flowers on the podium and the tables at the back of the classroom.
Several girls in the classroom sat together and chatted softly. Even though the class hadn't started yet, students couldn't talk loudly in the classroom. It was a rule of the National Academy.
After Tao Wan put out the painting tools, he held his chin in a daze. The ink painting curtain by the window was tied up and the window was open. He turned his head and looked out of the window, looking at the scenery outside.
Such a good classroom, such a good school environment, behind the coexistence of elegance and luxury, it needed a lot of money. The tuition of the National Academy was quite expensive. The original owner's parents died and he had a sick brother. He couldn't afford the tuition. But since Tao Wan replaced him, he would definitely find a way to get the tuition and help him achieve his dream.
The students entered the classroom one by one. Not long after the bell rang, a middle-aged man with a big belly and a round waist walked in. He was wearing a modified white shirt with Chinese elements. This was their Chinese painting teacher and the head teacher of this class. His name was Hu Wenshan. He was a middle-aged man with a rich appearance. Maybe it was because he was a Chinese painting teacher, but he didn't have the temperament of an ancient person, but he liked to wear ancient clothes.
Hu Wenshan sat down behind the podium and looked at the students below. He said, "Before the class starts, I have something to say. The name list of the scholarship winners is out. This year's scholarship and our class scholarship are still won by Xu Shaoyan. Congratulations, Xu Shaoyan. Remember to guard against arrogance and rashness. Continue to work hard to improve yourself. "
"Thank you, teacher. I will work harder." Xu Shaoyan said with a smile and nodded slightly to the students who looked at him.
Hu Wenshan turned his gaze to Tao Wan to observe his reaction. He found that Tao Wan's face was calm, which surprised him. After waiting for a while, he saw that Tao Wan still had no reaction. He could only clear his throat and say, "Okay, then … um, let's start class."
Tao Wan's calmness surprised the other students as well. They glanced at him from time to time.
Hu Wenshan pressed a button on the podium and turned on the control screen. The screen behind him immediately lit up.
Hu Wenshan looked like he was about to start the class, but he didn't want to officially start the class. In the end, he couldn't help but take the initiative to ask, "Du Qingyu, do you have anything you want to say?"
Tao Wan knew what he meant, but he looked at him with a puzzled expression and said, "Should I say something? Teacher, what do you want me to say? "
"Don't you have anything to say about Xu Shaoyan receiving two scholarships again?" Hu Wenshan looked at him and asked.
Tao Wan turned his head indifferently and looked at Xu Shaoyan and said, "Congratulations, Xu Shaoyan."
Xu Shaoyan was also surprised by his attitude. After a pause, he replied, "Thank you."
"That's it?" Hu Wenshan thought, "What's wrong with this person today? Why is he so calm?"
"I already congratulated him. What else do you want me to do?" Tao Wan said.
"Um … very good. Your current attitude shows that you have grown up." After Hu Wenshan came to his senses, he knew that his performance was too obvious. In order to hide his guilty conscience, he showed a gratified expression.
"Today, we are going to talk about the combination of mountains and water …" Hu Wenshan finally started teaching, but his heart couldn't calm down. He was waiting for Tao Wan to argue with him so that he could give him a third demerit for disrespecting the teacher.
At this moment, the person who was more surprised than Hu Wenshan and more regretful that Tao Wan didn't make a scene was Xu Shaoyan, who received the scholarship. Because he knew what the original owner's family situation was, he also knew that if he didn't receive this scholarship, he wouldn't be able to pay the tuition for the next quarter. If he couldn't pay the tuition, he would have to voluntarily withdraw from school. But why was he so calm? This made Xu Shaoyan very confused and puzzled.
Xu Shaoyan thought, "Could it be that he doesn't lack the money to pay the tuition?" But he always paid attention to his movements and didn't find any other sources of money. Moreover, he recently offended someone at the place where he worked, and he was about to lose his job. He also had a sick brother and needed a lot of money to buy medicine. Why was he so calm?
If the original owner was sitting here, it was very likely that he would argue with Hu Wenshan. But at this moment, the one sitting here was Tao Wan. How could he argue with him when he knew the purpose of the other party?
The original owner was arrogant, but his temper was a bit impatient. Especially after his father went bankrupt and became sick, the pressure of life and school made him more impetuous and impulsive.
In order to get this scholarship, the original owner put in a lot of effort because he wanted to use this scholarship to pay the tuition for the next quarter. Originally, he thought that even if he didn't get the scholarship, as long as he got the scholarship, at least his tuition would be covered. His burden would also be reduced. But his classmate was Xu Shaoyan, who got the scholarship for the year, so he would definitely get the scholarship for the class.
If Xu Shaoyan really got the scholarship with his own ability, the original owner wouldn't have anything to say. After all, he couldn't be compared to him, so he could only accept his fate. But the original owner's cultural course score was higher than Xu Shaoyan's. His painting level was also not lower than Xu Shaoyan's. But every time his painting score was severely suppressed. And Xu Shaoyan, whose painting level was slightly lower than his, scored much higher than him every time.
Because the percentage of his major score was higher, the original owner's total score was lower than Xu Shaoyan's. Then Xu Shaoyan took away the scholarship.
This wasn't the first time such a situation had happened. The original owner couldn't help but look for Hu Wenshan to argue with him twice, but he was rebuked on the grounds that Xu Shaoyan's works were more artistic, so his score was higher. And after infuriating the original owner, he gave the original owner a demerit on the grounds that the original owner didn't respect his teachers.
The original owner had already been given a demerit twice. As long as he had three demerits, he wouldn't be able to participate in the Youth Cup Chinese Art Competition at the end of the semester.
Hu Wenshan and Xu Shaoyan knew very well that the original owner's painting level was higher than Xu Shaoyan's. Usually, Hu Wenshan could suppress his score, but for that kind of major competition, the works would be sent over and judged by the master artists. It would be very difficult for Xu Shaoyan to win against the original owner.
This competition was very important to Xu Shaoyan, so he asked his father to bribe Hu Wenshan to think of a way to make the original owner unable to participate in the competition. But Tao Wan's calmness and calmness were completely out of their expectations. They were secretly anxious. If they missed this opportunity to anger him, they could only think of other ways.
Hu Wenshan was absent-minded during the lesson. He couldn't calm down because of Tao Wan's performance. Xu Shaoyan seemed to be listening to the lesson seriously, but in fact, he was also absent-minded.
Tao Wan looked calm and expressionless, but in his heart, he was very disdainful of Hu Wenshan's teaching. A teacher who only knew the basics of Chinese Art and had no achievements in artistic expression actually suppressed the original owner's score because the original owner's works were not artistic. It was really ironic.
But if Hu Wenshan's artistic expression was high enough, he wouldn't be a teacher here. He would be a master whose works were comparable to a villa.
Artistic expression mainly relied on talent and inspiration. It was difficult to reach a certain level by relying on hard work.
After an hour and a half of class, Hu Wenshan still couldn't help but glance at Tao Wan when he was packing up. He deliberately slowed down his movements and anxiously waited for Tao Wan to find him to question him.
Tao Wan had already packed up, but if Hu Wenshan didn't leave the classroom, the students couldn't leave first. So he sat and waited for Hu Wenshan to leave.
Hu Wenshan spent a lot more time packing up than usual. Seeing that Tao Wan had no intention of questioning him, he could only reluctantly leave the classroom with his art box.
Seeing that Tao Wan stood up to leave, Xu Shaoyan immediately called out to him in a low voice, "Qing Yu, let's go together. I want to talk to you about lending you money."
"Thank you for your kindness, but I didn't ask you to lend me money. You don't have to take the initiative to lend me money." Tao Wan didn't even look at him and walked out directly.
"I know you are embarrassed to ask, and I know you really need money now. You don't have to be polite with me, really." Xu Shaoyan followed him with his art box.
Tao Wan walked to the corridor, stopped and turned around to look at him. He said seriously, "I didn't take the initiative to ask you to lend me money. Is it because I didn't satisfy your vanity? After all, you used to ask me to lend you money, and you lost a lot of your self-esteem with me. You know I am in need of money now, and you think it is a good opportunity to get your self-esteem back, so you have to lend me money. Am I right? "
Tao Wan completely said Xu Shaoyan's inner thoughts, not a single word wrong. Being exposed in front of other students, Xu Shaoyan felt very embarrassed, but he still said innocently, "What are you talking about? Why do you have to think of me in such a bad way? I think we used to be friends, so I really want to help you. "
"Then I am sorry," Tao Wan said, "Whether it is your self-esteem or your vanity, I don't want you to be satisfied with me. So no matter what you say, I will not accept your help. I'm just so narrow-minded. Are you angry with me for being so narrow-minded? If so, that is the effect I want to get. "
"You, do you have to say it like that?" Xu Shaoyan looked helpless and sour.
"Well, since you asked, I will change my way of saying it." Tao Wan thought, since you took the initiative to look for trouble, then I will help you. "As one of your father's illegitimate children, you have a low self-esteem. Because when you were young, your biological father and your adoptive father did not care about you and your mother. You and your mother lived a very difficult life, so you often borrowed money from me."
Xu Shaoyan's face immediately changed. He did not expect Tao Wan to say these words. These were things he did not want others to know.
"But I really don't understand," Tao Wan continued, "Your identity as an illegitimate child was not caused by me. Your father was a stud horse, spreading his seed everywhere. If you want to blame someone, blame him. Or you can blame your indecent mother for having an affair after getting married. That's fine too. Why do you have to go against me? Just because I lent you money when you were young? Then I am really sorry. I really shouldn't have lent you money because you were pitiful. I should have let you starve so you won't trouble me now. "
"Don't go too far!" Xu Shaoyan was so angry that his face turned purple. "You insulted my parents. Are you still human?"
"Did I say anything wrong?" Tao Wan asked with a puzzled expression. "Is it because your father did not have many illegitimate children, or your mother did not cheat on you, and did not have you with other married men? If there's anything I've said to slander you or your parents, you can tell me and I'll apologize to you. "
Xu Shaoyan's blood surged. He was so angry that his vision blurred and he trembled, but he could not say a word.
"I didn't say anything wrong, right?" Tao Wan said with a straight face. "Since you don't want your shameful past to be revealed, then you should not have come to provoke me."
"You are too much!!" Xu Shaoyan said with clenched teeth.
"What are you talking about? Why are you saying that I am too much? " Tao Wan imitated his tone and expression. "I am speaking the truth. If you don't want me to say it, then why do you keep coming to provoke me? I thought you wanted to force me to say these words, so you did this. After all, in this school, only I know about your past. Weren't we friends in the past? "
Tao Wan imitated his tone and smiled coldly before turning to leave.
Xu Shaoyan stood rooted to the ground. Kuai Yao was so angry that she couldn't stand still. He was clearly the one who was in trouble. How could he be so calm after she snatched the scholarship away? And now, he was different from the past, but he still couldn't trample on his dignity. Was it because his past couldn't see the light of day?
Some of the students who had not left stood to the side and heard this. They were so shocked that their mouths could not close. They did not expect the usually gentle and cheerful Xu Shaoyan to have such a past. It was such a big piece of gossip.
"Forget it, Shaoyan. He is a strange person. It's not like you don't know. It's not worth getting angry with him." A few of the students who had received benefits from Xu Shaoyan surrounded him to comfort him. However, they were so shocked that they could not calm down.
"I'm not angry." Xu Shaoyan tried to remain calm and said with a disappointed smile, "I'm just a little sad. I always treated him as a friend, but he misunderstood my feelings."
They looked at each other and one of the boys said, "Kindness may not be rewarded. He has a lot of suffering waiting for him. Don't worry about him."
Xu Shaoyan forced a smile and walked down with the other students.
The original owner was arrogant and did not fit in. He was very cold to everyone and never attended class gatherings. However, Xu Shaoyan was good at socializing. He greeted everyone with a smile and often asked his classmates to go out and play. Therefore, it was obvious who was more popular with his classmates and who was on the edge of being excluded by everyone.
As soon as Tao Wan walked down the stairs, the man who was walking toward him immediately stopped and opened his mouth to say something to him. Tao Yuan walked past him as if he didn't see him. He didn't even give him a chance to speak.
"Hmph!" Liu Xiujie was very unhappy that Tao Wan ignored him. He snorted and continued to walk forward.
"Your boyfriend is here to pick you up. We won't be the third wheel. Go with him." The students who went downstairs with Xu Shaoyan saw Liu Xiujie and laughed at the two of them.
Xu Shaoyan forced a smile and waved goodbye to the students who left.
In this world, same-sex love and marriage were very normal. Since ancient times, the world had legal protection for same-sex marriage. However, the ancient people valued the continuation of the family line. It was a big deal to have no successors, so same-sex marriage was relatively rare.
However, with the development of the era, technology and medicine had long been mature. Same-Sex couples could also have children together, so there were more homosexual couples who liked to get married.
Tao Wan rolled his eyes and suddenly saw a familiar figure. He did not hesitate to pull Wei Shicheng over.
Wei Shicheng was originally holding his hand to take the elevator. Seeing him pull him to the other side, he looked at him in confusion and then followed him without asking why.
"Boss Zhang!" Tao Wan shouted loudly.
The group of people who were originally talking together all looked over. The others saw Wei Shicheng at first glance and were all shocked. They didn't know why he suddenly came over. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be anyone in their group who was qualified to interact with him.
As for the fat Mr. Zhang, the first person he saw was Tao Wan who called him. He was stunned and did not react.
"Boss Zhang, it's been a while." Tao Wan greeted with a smile.
"Okay, okay." Boss Zhang had already seen Wei Shicheng. When he looked at Tao Wan, he instantly remembered what he did to the original owner. He had a very bad feeling in his heart.
"Uncle Wei, Boss Zhang and I are old friends." Tao Wan turned to Wei Shicheng and said, "In the past, when I was playing zither at the teahouse, Boss Zhang often came to support me because he saw my beauty. I originally thought that in a place like the teahouse, there would not be guests who would take advantage of me openly. However, Boss Zhang touched my hand. I felt disgusted and could not help but splash water on his face. Later, he complained to the manager and I almost lost my job at the teahouse. "
Tao Wan's face was full of smiles and looked very innocent. However, the words he said made Wei Shicheng's eyes flash with a cold light and Boss Zhang break out in a cold sweat. Those who were originally standing around Boss Zhang could not help but distance themselves from him. In fact, they wanted to leave and pretend that they did not know Boss Zhang. However, they did not dare to walk away directly in front of Wei Shicheng.
Tao Wan continued, "Originally, the manager wanted me to leave the teahouse because he was worried that Boss Zhang would continue to cause trouble for me the next time he saw me and affect the teahouse's business. I thought that people like Boss Zhang should just have fun in the bar. Why did he have to go to the teahouse to spend money? When he sat there, I always had the illusion that he was playing zither to a cow. Oh, no, a pig. Manager Wu told me that Boss Zhang was a famous pervert. He probably saw that I was too good looking and could not help but touch my hand. He probably thought that I would hold it in and did not expect that I would splash water on him. "
Boss Zhang's legs kept trembling under Wei Shicheng's aura and gaze. He almost could not stand and kneel down. In fact, he really wanted to kneel down in front of Tao Wan and beg him to stop talking.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Boss Zhang kept bowing and apologizing. "I didn't mean to take advantage of you. I, I, I accidentally touched you. I'm really, really sorry."
"Boss Zhang, what are you doing? I'm not blaming you. " Tao Wan looked at him with a puzzled expression. "I just came to ask if you still have the habit of touching people's hands."
"No, no, no!" Boss Zhang quickly waved his hands. Not only was he sweating, but his face was also getting paler.
"Why are you being so polite with me? It's okay if you still have it. But I'm Uncle Wei's man now. I definitely can't let you touch my hand. " Tao Wan raised Wei Shicheng's hand and said innocently, "Why don't I let you touch Uncle Wei's hand? Although his hand is not as white and smooth as mine and he often practices boxing, it's a little rough. But don't mind it. After all, he's so handsome. If you touch his hand, you'll look so cool in the future. That's how you deserve to be called a pervert, isn't it? "
Tao Wan stretched out Wei Shicheng's hand. "Come, touch it."
Boss Zhang looked at Wei Shicheng's hand. He had completely lost his ability to react. He knew that he was done for. He was definitely done for. The people around him silently exchanged glances. They decided that they must cut ties with Boss Zhang in the future and not have any contact with him. They did not want to be implicated by him.
"Boss Zhang, aren't you going to touch it?" Tao Wan said with an expression that said, "This is Ying Hui's hand. If you miss it, you won't have a chance like this in the future."
"I was ordered by someone. I didn't want to touch your hand on purpose. Someone ordered me to do so!" Boss Zhang was so scared that his eyes lost focus. He instinctively told everything. "Someone didn't want you to play the zither at the teahouse and purposely asked me to cause trouble. I, I didn't want to go. Believe me, believe me!"
Tao Wan turned to look at Wei Shicheng and said with a look of pity, "It seems that Boss Zhang isn't interested in your hand and doesn't want to touch it. I thought that as a pervert, as long as it's good-looking, he would be interested in it. You're so handsome, but he doesn't want to touch your hand. It seems that he has fallen. "
"Let's go." Wei Shicheng's face was cold the whole time. After glancing at Boss Zhang, he pulled Tao Wan out of the hall. He was no longer in the mood to attend the banquet.
Tao Wan turned back and waved at Boss Zhang. "Goodbye, Boss Zhang. If we meet again next time, remember to tell me whose hand you've touched. Good luck!"
Boss Zhang sat on the ground, paralyzed. The others immediately quickened their steps and left. It was as if Boss Zhang had a plague on him and they were afraid of being infected.
Boss Zhang naturally wouldn't have a good ending. The only other person involved in this matter was Liu Xiujie. Because the Liu family was quite powerful and had some relations with the Wei family, Wei Shicheng didn't touch him for the time being. But he remembered this debt. Sooner or later, he would settle it with him.
After going back, Tao Wan's originally white and tender hand was touched red by Wei Shicheng.
Tao Wan looked at his hand. He felt that if he didn't do something, the skin on his hand would break. So he raised his other hand and said, "I suddenly remembered that I remembered wrongly just now. He touched this hand."
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