Several girls in the classroom sat together and chatted softly. Even though the class hadn't started yet, students were not allowed to 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 to look out the window and looked at the scenery outside.
Such a good classroom, such a good school environment, behind the coexistence of elegance and luxury, it required a lot of money. The tuition of the National Academy was quite expensive. The original owner's parents were dead and he had a sick brother. He couldn't afford the tuition here soon. But since Tao Wan replaced him, he would certainly find a way to get the tuition 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 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 style at all, but he liked to wear ancient style 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, 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 around him who were looking at him with congratulations.
Hu Wenshan turned his gaze to Tao Yuan to observe his reaction. He found that Tao Yuan's face was calm, which made him a little surprised. After waiting for a while, seeing that Tao Yuan still had no reaction, he could only clear his throat and say, "Okay, then … um, 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 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 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 him 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 relieved 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. Because he knew what the original owner's family situation was. 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 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. Soon, he would 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 know the other party'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 for 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 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 and would definitely get the scholarship for the class.
If Xu Shaoyan really got the scholarship with his own ability, the original owner couldn't say anything. After all, he couldn't be compared to him. He could only accept his fate. But the original owner's score in the cultural course was higher than Xu Shaoyan's. The standard of his major was also not lower than Xu Shaoyan's. But every time, his score was severely suppressed. And Xu Shaoyan's score was lower than his, but every time, his score was much higher than his.
Because the major's 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. 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 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 both knew that the original owner's standard of Chinese art 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 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 during the lesson. He couldn't calm down because of Tao Wan's performance. Xu Shaoyan looked like he was listening to the lesson seriously, but he was also absent-minded.
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 art and had no achievements in artistic expression actually suppressed the original owner's score because the original owner's work wasn'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 work could be compared to a villa.
Artistic expression mainly depended on talent and inspiration. It was very difficult to reach a certain level by relying 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 up. He deliberately slowed down his movements and anxiously waited for Tao Wan 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 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 fulfill your wish. "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, "Your illegitimate status wasn't caused by me. Your father was a stud horse who sowed seeds everywhere. If you want to blame someone, then 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 starve and suffer. That way, 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 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 boiled. He was so angry that his vision blurred and he couldn't 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 shouldn't have provoked 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, "I am telling the truth. If you don't want me to say it, then why do you keep provoking 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 revealed?
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 piece of gossip.
"Forget it, Shaoyan. He has a strange personality. 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. 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 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 to play. Therefore, it was obvious who was more popular among the students and who was on the verge of being ostracized 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. 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.
In front of him, there was a person who was bending over to organize the goods. Tao Wan felt that the back of this person was a bit familiar. He stopped and froze for a few seconds. When the person turned around, he knew why he was so familiar. Wasn't this Hu Wenshan, whom he hadn't seen for a while?
Hu Wenshan was also stunned when he saw Tao Wan. This place was not close to the school. He didn't expect to meet Tao Wan here.
Tao Wan turned his head and looked at the light box on the wall. On it was written Wenshan Stationery. "This is your store?"
"… Yes." Hu Wenshan lied to save face. Although this stationery store was called Wenshan Stationery, it was actually his relative's store. This relative had previously named the store Wenshan Stationery to curry favor with him. Now, he could only work for that relative and be ridiculed. Because his teaching license had been revoked, not to mention public and private schools, even training classes were not willing to hire him.
"Looks like you received a lot of money before. You can even open such a big store here." Tao Wan said.
"I didn't receive money from other students!" Hu Wenshan's face was very ugly. He couldn't control his anger when he thought that this person in front of him had caused him to become like this.
"Did I say that you received money from other students? If your IQ is so low, then you should be a good person. If you don't have the IQ, then you have to be a bad person. " Tao Wan looked at him with contempt. "In order to prevent me from getting the scholarship and to prevent me from overshadowing Xu Shaoyan's limelight, you must have received a lot of benefits, right?"
Hu Wenshan's face was ashen and he was silent. He did receive some benefits, but it was not as much as others thought. He was only following orders from above.
"Brother, I've chosen." Du Yi carried a shopping basket and finally found Tao Wan.
"Ok." Tao Wan turned to look at him. "You go to the counter first. I'll be right there."
Du Yi carried the shopping basket and walked to the counter.
"You're just relying on your background. I'm no longer a teacher at Tōkyō University. You don't have to show off in front of me!" Hu Wenshan gritted his teeth.
"If I didn't have a background, or if my background was not as strong as yours, then I would be the one who was expelled from Tōkyō University." Tao Yuan looked at him coldly and said, "You've shown your ugly faces of bullying the weak to the fullest. They say that evil people will be punished by evil people. I'm going to be the evil person who will punish you and let you have a taste of being bullied. "
After Tao Wan finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the counter.
Suddenly, a voice shouted. "Hu Wenshan, what are you doing? Why aren't you getting the goods? "
Tao Wan looked back at Hu Wenshan and smiled mockingly. He then continued to walk forward. He knew that this shop was not Hu Wenshan's.
Hu Wenshan's ashen face suddenly turned red. He was so angry that he was shaking, but he could only turn around and continue to organize the goods. The person who called him just now was the shop owner's brother-in-law. The two of them were in charge of the shop together, but he did nothing except collect money.
Tao Wan pushed the family cart and was about to enter the apartment building when his mobile phone rang. He took out his mobile phone and looked at it. It was a transfer message from the gallery. The money for the painting that was just bought was transferred to his account. Seeing the long string of numbers, Tao Wan thought that it was time to speed up the task.
After Tao Wan sent Du Yi upstairs, he came back down not long after. He took out his mobile phone and dialed Wei Shicheng's number. "Hello, godfather, are you in the company?"
"Then I'll come to you now."
Tao Wan got in the car that Wei Shicheng arranged for him. He was going to meet Wei Shicheng at his company. Thinking of the next performance, he could not help but be a little nervous.
When Wei Shicheng saw Tao Wan come in, he immediately turned off the computer and reached out to him. "Baby, come to godfather."
Tao Wan did not walk in front of him and sit on his lap like before.
"Godfather, I have something to say to you." Tao Wan stood in front of Wei Shicheng's desk.
"What do you want to say?" Wei Shicheng saw that his expression was not the same as usual, so he also became serious.
"I recently participated in a competition and sold a lot of paintings. I made a lot of money." Tao Wan said.
"Yes, I've watched your Go competition and bought your paintings. You are indeed very good and powerful."
"Thank you, godfather, for giving me the greatest help when I was in the most difficult time. I am really grateful to you." Tao Wan looked at him with sincere eyes, then took out the black card and put it on the desk. "This is all the money I used from you, including the cost of Du Yi's surgery. It's all here."
"What do you mean?" Wei Shicheng did not look at the card. Instead, he stared at Tao Wan's face.
"I want to end our current relationship." Tao Wan said this with a lot of courage. Not everyone could behave normally under the awe of Wei Shicheng's aura.
"Do you remember what I said to you on the first night?" Wei Shicheng looked very calm, but under his calm surface, there were turbulent waves.
"… Yes."
"Repeat it."
"It can only end when you say it's over."
"Did I tell you that I want to end it?"
"No."
"You have always been a very smart child. You don't need me to teach you what to do. But considering that you are still young and will make mistakes, I will give you a hint. Before I get angry, put the card away, and I will pretend that nothing happened. "
"Actually, I know very well that resisting will only make me suffer more, but the result will be the same."
"You are really a smart child. You haven't been blinded by your recent success." Wei Shicheng waited for him to continue.
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