After Tao Wan put out all the painting tools, he held his chin and stared blankly. The ink painting curtain by the window was tied up, and the window was open. He turned his head to look out the window and looked at the scenery outside.
Such a good classroom, such a good school environment, and behind the coexistence of elegance and luxury, it needed a lot of money. The school fees were quite expensive. The original owner's parents died, and he had a sick brother. He couldn't afford the school fees very soon. But since Tao Wan replaced him, of course, he would find a way to get the tuition fees and help him achieve his dream.
The students entered the classroom one after another. Not long after the bell rang, a middle-aged man with a big belly and a round waist, wearing a modified Chinese white shirt, walked in. This was their Chinese painting teacher, and also the head teacher of this class. His name was Hu Wenshan. He was a rich middle-aged man. Maybe it was because he was a Chinese painting teacher, but he didn't have any ancient temperament, but he liked to wear ancient clothes.
Hu Wenshan sat down behind the podium, looked at the students below and 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 impatience, and 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 were looking at him.
Hu Wenshan looked at Tao Wan and observed his reaction. He found that he was calm, which surprised him. After waiting for a while, he still didn't see any reaction. He could only clear his throat and say, "Okay, then … Well, let's start the class."
Tao Wan's calmness surprised the other students, and they glanced at him from time to time.
Hu Wenshan pressed the button on the podium and turned on the control screen. The screen behind him lit up immediately.
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 winning two scholarships again?" Hu Wenshan looked at him and asked.
Tao Wan turned his head indifferently and looked at Xu Shaoyan. "Congratulations, Xu Shaoyan."
Xu Shaoyan was also surprised by his attitude. After being stunned for a moment, he replied, "Thank, 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.
"Hmm … very good. Your attitude shows that you have grown up." After Hu Wenshan reacted, he knew that he 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 the class, but he 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 won the scholarship. He knew what kind of family the original owner was from. He also knew that if he didn't get the 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 drop out. But why was he so calm? This made Xu Shaoyan very confused and puzzled.
Xu Shaoyan thought, Could it be that he didn'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. He would lose his job soon. 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 know the other's purpose and still argue with him?
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 the scholarship this quarter, 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 couldn't get the annual scholarship, as long as he got the class scholarship, at least his tuition fees would be covered. His burden would also be reduced. However, his classmate was Xu Shaoyan, who had gotten the annual scholarship, so he would definitely get the class scholarship.
If Xu Shaoyan really got the scholarship with his own ability, the original owner had nothing to say. After all, he couldn't be compared to him and could only accept his fate. But the original owner's cultural studies scores were higher than Xu Shaoyan's. The standard of Chinese painting was also not lower than Xu Shaoyan's. But his Chinese painting scores were severely suppressed every time. And Xu Shaoyan, whose Chinese painting skills were slightly lower than his, scored much higher than him every time.
Because the score of the major was higher, the original owner's total score was lower than Xu Shaoyan's every time. Then, Xu Shaoyan took away the scholarship.
This wasn't the first time something like this had happened. The original owner couldn't help but look for Hu Wenshan to argue with him twice, but he was always 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 the teachers.
The original owner had already been given a demerit twice. As long as he got three demerits, he wouldn't be able to participate in the Youth Cup Chinese Painting Competition at the end of the semester.
Hu Wenshan and Xu Shaoyan both knew that the original owner's Chinese painting skills were 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 masters. 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 while teaching. He couldn't calm down because of Tao Wan's performance. Xu Shaoyan looked like he was listening to the lesson seriously, but in fact, he was also absent-minded.
On the other hand, Tao Wan looked calm and expressionless, but he was very disdainful of Hu Wenshan's teaching. A teacher who only knew the basics of Chinese painting and had no achievements in artistic expression actually suppressed the original owner's score because the original owner's works weren't 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 could be compared to a villa.
Artistic expression mainly depended on talent and inspiration. It was very difficult to reach a certain level if one relied on hard work.
After one and a half hours of class, Hu Wenshan couldn't help but glance at Tao Wan when he was packing his things. He deliberately slowed down his movements and anxiously waited for Tao Wan to question him.
Tao Wan had already packed his things, 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 his things than usual. Seeing that Tao Wan didn't intend to question him, he could only reluctantly leave the classroom with his art box.
Seeing that Tao Wan stood up and was about 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 directly walked out.
"I know that you are embarrassed to ask, and I know that you really need money now. You don't have to be polite with me, really." Xu Shaoyan carried his art box and followed him.
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 that I am in need of money now, and you think that this 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 with an innocent face, "What are you talking about? Why do you have to think of me in such a bad way? I think that we used to be friends, so I really want to help you. "
"Then I am really 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, then it is the effect that I want to get. "
"You, do you have to say it like this?" Xu Shaoyan looked helpless and sour.
"Well, since you asked, I will change the way I say it." Tao Wan thought, since you took the initiative to ask for trouble, then I will help you. "As one of your father's illegitimate children, you have always had low self-esteem. Because when you were young, your biological father and your adoptive father didn't 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 didn't expect Tao Wan to say these things. These were things that he didn't want people to know.
"But I really don't understand," Tao Wan continued, "I didn't give you the identity of an illegitimate child. Your father was a stud horse who sowed seeds 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 make things difficult for 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 I saw that you were pitiful. I should have let you suffer from hunger. That way, you wouldn't find trouble with 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 something wrong?" Tao Wan asked with a puzzled expression. "Is it because your father didn't have many illegitimate children, or because your mother didn't cheat on you, and didn't 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 rushed to his head. He was so angry that his vision blurred and he couldn't say a single 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, you shouldn't have come to provoke me."
"You are too much!!" Xu Shaoyan gritted his teeth and said.
"What are you talking about? Why are you saying that I am too much? " Tao Wan imitated his tone and expression and said, "Everything I said was the truth. If you didn't want me to say it, why did you keep coming to provoke me? I thought you wanted to force me to say it, so you did it. After all, in this school, I am the only one who knows about your past. Weren't we friends in the past? "
After Tao Wan imitated his tone, he sneered and turned 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? She was different from the past, but she still couldn't trample on his dignity. Was it because her past couldn't be exposed?
Some of the students who hadn't left yet stood to the side and heard this. They were so shocked that their mouths couldn't close. They didn't expect the usually gentle and cheerful Xu Shaoyan to have such a past. It was such a big 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 usually benefited from Xu Shaoyan surrounded him to comfort him. However, they were so shocked that they couldn't calm down.
"I'm not angry." Xu Shaoyan tried to stay 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 doesn't necessarily lead to good results. People like him have 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 unsociable. He was very cold to everyone and never attended class gatherings. Xu Shaoyan was good at socializing. He greeted everyone with a smile and often invited his classmates to go out and play. Therefore, it was obvious who was more popular and who was on the verge of being ostracized.
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. Tao Wan walked past him as if he didn't see him. He didn't even give him a chance to speak.
"Hmph!" Liu Xiujie was ignored by Tao Yuan and was very unhappy in his heart. He snorted coldly and continued to walk forward.
"Your boyfriend is here to pick you up. We don't want to be third wheels. 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, same-sex marriage had been legally protected in this world. However, the ancient people valued the continuation of the family line. It was a big deal if there was no successor, 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 handed the wooden box with the scroll to the staff. After registration, he just walked outside and saw Hu Wenshan standing there with his hands behind his back and a smile on his face.
"Teacher Hu." Tao Wan walked over and greeted him.
Hu Wenshan nodded. "Have you submitted your work?"
"You saw me walk out, right?" Although Tao Wan didn't say it directly, his face said, "Why are you asking this nonsense?"
Hu Wenshan couldn't maintain the smile on his face. His good mood was immediately reduced. "Your work this time was completed under my guidance. The possibility of winning is very high. But if you don't win, don't be discouraged. Keep up the good work in the future."
"Teacher, you actually think that I definitely won't win the award, right?" Tao Wan said. "Actually, teacher, you don't have to deliberately guide me in the wrong direction. Even if you really guide me, with your skills, I definitely won't win the award."
"…" Hu Wenshan was so angry that his face turned red. He gritted his teeth and asked, "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is what I mean." Tao Wan shook his head helplessly. "Considering your intelligence and understanding, I've already said it so bluntly. You still want to ask me what I mean. It's really tiring to talk to you."
Hu Wenshan was so angry that he was trembling. He looked at Tao Wan's back view as he turned around and left. He really wanted to roar, "I'm the one who's tired, okay?"
After Hu Wenshan calmed down, he was confused again. He didn't understand. If he felt that the work completed under his guidance definitely wouldn't win the award, then why did he submit that work? Or was it that he didn't submit that work at all? But this time, the competition specified that he had to draw a large-scale landscape painting. How could he complete two works at the same time in such a short time?
Hu Wenshan thought that even if he submitted another work, it might not win the award. Although his drawing skills were indeed better than Xu Shaoyan's, Xu Shaoyan's work was completed under the guidance of a master. He definitely wouldn't be overshadowed by him. They only did this as a precaution. They were worried that he would exceed his usual performance.
Whenever Hu Wenshan thought of Tao Wan's sarcastic words, he would be so angry that his heart would hurt. It was as if a knife was stabbing his heart. He thought that it would be best to set a trap for him to be fired. Otherwise, he would definitely have a heart attack.
Wei Shicheng had left for almost twenty days. He finally returned. As soon as he got off the plane, he couldn't wait to personally pick up Tao Wan. These days, when he was handling work in a foreign company, he had almost no time to rest. However, he couldn't help but think of Tao Wan and the way he looked when he was lying under him.
Tao Wan happened to have no classes in the afternoon. Wei Shicheng said that he would pick him up. He knew that he wouldn't be back until very late. He left some money for Du Yi and a note for him to order takeout. Then, he went outside the neighborhood and waited for Wei Shicheng's car to pick him up.
Tao Wan got in the car. The two hadn't seen each other for more than half a month since the last time they parted. Sitting next to Wei Shicheng, who exuded mature male hormones, Tao Wan pinched his fingers uncomfortably.
The original owner was considered tall among his peers. After all, his long legs contributed a lot to his height. However, sitting next to Wei Shicheng, he immediately looked much smaller.
Wei Shicheng tilted his head and looked at his fingers. He held his hand and gently pinched his fingers. "Are your fingers uncomfortable?"
"No, just a pinch out of habit," Tao Wan whispered. He didn't pull his hand back.
"Really? These are a pair of great hands. You must protect them well. " Wei Shicheng tilted his head again. He looked at him trying to keep a straight face, but there was a blush on his cheeks. It was obviously because of shyness. Such a cute look made him want to hug him.
Wei Shicheng pressed the button on the car door. The front partition lowered. In this way, the two of them were in an independent space.
When Tao Wan saw the partition lowered, he knew that Wei Shicheng was definitely going to do something in the car. So when his chin was lifted and his lips were sucked by Wei Shicheng, although he was nervous, he didn't resist or push him away.
Wei Shicheng tasted his lips as if he was tasting a delicious dessert. He carefully tasted the texture of his lips. They were soft, smooth, and tender. They even had the fragrance of tea. Wei Shicheng originally just wanted to taste it first. But the texture was so good that he couldn't bear to let go.
After the long kiss, Wei Shicheng hugged Tao Wan. He buried his face in his neck, which was emitting a light fragrance, and sniffed hard. "Did you miss me?"
Tao Wan blinked a few times. He opened his mouth but didn't say anything.
"What are you thinking about now?" Wei Shicheng pinched the tender flesh on his face. "Didn't I say you can talk back to me? If you have something to say, say it. "
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