Such a good classroom, such a good school environment, behind the coexistence of elegance and luxury, it required a lot of money. The school's tuition was quite expensive. The original owner's parents were dead, and he had a sick brother. He couldn't afford the tuition. But since Tao Wan replaced him, of course he would 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 art teacher, who was 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 art teacher, but he didn't have the slightest ancient temperament, but he liked to wear ancient clothes.
Hu Wenshan sat behind the podium, looked at the students below and said, "Before class starts, I have something to say. The name list of the scholarship winners is out. This year's scholarship, as well as our class scholarship, is 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 around him who looked at him with congratulatory eyes.
Hu Wenshan looked at Tao Wan to observe his reaction. He found that he was calm, which surprised him. After waiting for a while, he saw that he still didn't respond. He could only clear his throat and say, "Okay, then … um, let's start the class."
Tao Wan's calmness surprised the other students, who 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 immediately lit up.
Hu Wenshan looked like he was ready to start the class, but he didn't want to officially start the class. In the end, he couldn't help but ask, "Du Qingyu, do you have anything to say?"
Tao Wan knew what he meant, but looked at him with a slightly confused 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 does Teacher want me to do?" Tao Wan said.
"Hmm … very good. Your current attitude shows that you've grown up." After Hu Wenshan came to his senses, he realized that his performance was too obvious. In order to hide his guilty conscience, he revealed a gratified expression.
"Today, we're 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 won the scholarship. He knew very well what the original owner's family situation was like. He also knew that if he didn't get 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 to himself, 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, and he was about to lose his job. He also had a sick brother, and he 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 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 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 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, and his painting level was not lower than Xu Shaoyan's. But every time his painting score was seriously suppressed, and Xu Shaoyan, whose painting level was slightly lower than his, scored much higher than him every time.
Because the major score was higher, the original owner's total score was lower than Xu Shaoyan's, and 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, and as long as he got 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 important 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, and 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, and he couldn't calm down because of Tao Wan's performance. Xu Shaoyan seemed to be listening to the lesson with a serious face, but he was actually 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 work wasn't very artistic. It was really ironic.
But if Hu Wenshan's artistic expression was high enough, he wouldn't be a teacher here, and he would be a master whose work could be compared to a villa.
Artistic expression mainly depended on talent and inspiration, and it was very 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, and he deliberately slowed down his movements, anxiously waiting 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, and seeing that Tao Wan didn't have any plans to question him, he could only unwillingly carry the art box and leave the classroom.
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, and you don't need to take the initiative to lend me money." Tao Wan didn't even look at him, and directly walked out.
"I know you are embarrassed to ask, and I know you really need money now. You don't need to be polite with me, really." Xu Shaoyan carried the art box and followed him.
Tao Wan walked to the corridor, stopped, turned around and looked at him, and 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, and he didn't say a 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 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 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 Yuan thought to himself, Since you're looking for trouble, I'll fulfill your wish. "As one of your father's illegitimate children, you've always had low self-esteem. 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 words, these were things 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, 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 didn't have many illegitimate children, or 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 up, his vision blurred and trembled, but 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 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, "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 sneered, then 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 step on his dignity. Was it because her past couldn't be revealed?
Some of the students who hadn't left yet heard this and 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 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 had received benefits from Xu Shaoyan surrounded him to comfort him, but 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've 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 didn't fit in. 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 asked his classmates to go out with him. 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 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 won't 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, this world had legal protection for same-sex marriage. 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 rare.
However, with the development of the era, technology and medicine had long been mature. Same-Sex couples could also have children together. Therefore, there were many homosexual couples who liked to get married.
Tao Wan kept looking at the peach blossom. He looked at it for a very long time. The system didn't have the flow of time. He could keep looking at the peach blossom without aging or dying.
However, perhaps he looked at it for too long. The system had to remind him that he should go to the next world.
"I might not be able to go to the next world." Tao Wan said.
"Why?" The system asked.
"I already have someone I love deeply. If I go and have a relationship with someone else, I definitely can't do it. I'll stay here from now on, guarding our love, and I won't feel lonely. "
"Master … Maybe you don't know. The target you need to conquer is actually the same soul. When you go to the next world, that soul will also go with you. However, unlike you, he won't be able to retain the memories of every life. "
Tao Wan was stunned for a moment. He said angrily, "What do you mean maybe I don't know? You didn't tell me. How would I know?"
"…"
"As a system, you didn't tell me this in advance. Are you kidding me?"
"…"
Tao Wan stood up and patted the non-existent dust off his hands. He said angrily, "If I knew it was the same person, I wouldn't be here feeling sad. Hurry up and send me to the next world."
"Yes, master."
… … …
The next morning, Tao Wan woke up and washed up. He stood in front of the bathroom mirror and looked at his completely refreshed face. Compared to last night, he was like a completely different person.
The original owner's immune system was very weak. He would often have a high fever or a severe cold. If he caught a cold, he would definitely fall sick. It had been like this since he was young. However, the severe cold and high fever this time was not caused by him accidentally catching a cold.
Tao Wan carried his backpack and went out. Although he had recovered from his cold, he still put on a mask. It wasn't because the original owner was very popular and would be recognized if he didn't wear a mask. The original owner was not even a 38th-tier celebrity. No one would recognize him if he went out.
However, the people in the company who knew the original owner knew that he had a severe cold again. Therefore, Tao Wan put on a mask to make them think that he had not fully recovered.
When Tao Wan arrived at the company, the newcomers who had entered the company at the same time as the original owner were already sitting together and chatting. They all looked very excited.
Although these people were only there to audition for extras or slightly better roles than extras, the production this time was not only a big production, but the lead actor's plastic surgery was also quite impressive. For people like them, being able to show their faces, even if they were just extras, was a very exciting thing.
Liu Yong was the leader of the newcomers. He was looking at the schedule when he looked up and saw Tao Wan come in. He asked him, "Hua Xi, are you feeling better?"
Tao Wan replied, "Much better."
"Don't try to be brave. If you suddenly faint like last time, it will be troublesome. Although this is a rare opportunity, for everyone's sake, we can't leave a bad impression on the crew. " Liu Yong looked at him a little worriedly. He was not worried about his health, but he was worried that he would affect everyone's audition because of him.
Tao Wan took off his mask and said, "Don't worry, leader. I won't faint this time."
Liu Yong saw that his complexion was indeed much better. He nodded and walked over to him. He whispered, "That's good. Do well in this audition. I'll let you in on some news. This time, not only are there small roles to audition, there are also a few dance doubles to audition. It's very likely that it will be today. With your appearance and dancing ability, you are the most likely to pass the audition. Don't look down on the doubles. First, get familiar with the crew and please them. Make them remember you. Then, you will have more opportunities in the future. "
"Got it, leader. I'll try my best," Tao Wan said.
"You …" Liu Yong wanted to say something else, but when he thought about Liu Yong's personality, he knew that it was impossible for him to curry favor with others. So, he sighed and said, "Forget it. If you can actually pass the audition, then we'll talk about other things. Right now, it's useless."
Liu Yong turned and left the lounge to make other preparations.
Tao Wan found a seat and sat down. There were more than ten newcomers in the lounge. There were both men and women. They were all selected to join the company at the same time. They had all graduated from the dance academy. They were all less than twenty years old. They were young and full of dreams. But there were very few people who could really realize their dreams.
The girls were going to audition for the roles of backup dancers, palace maids, and servant girls. The boys, other than eunuchs and guards, had to audition for roles with lines. Because this batch of newcomers were all dance majors, there were a lot of such actors in the crew. Otherwise, a new company like theirs wouldn't have arranged for so many newcomers to audition. It wasn't an ordinary crew.
Tao Wan picked up a magazine and casually flipped through it. Suddenly, the lounge door opened and a woman wearing sunglasses walked in. She had freshly done curly hair. The way she raised her chin made her look like a proud rooster.
"Ah, Sister Qiao, why are you free today?"
"Hello, Sister Qiao."
"Sister Qiao, you're so early. Are you going to the crew?"
"Sister Qiao, you look so good today. Your skin is so good."
All the newcomers stood up and immediately surrounded her to say hello and flatter her.
"I'm going to the same audition as you guys. I have some time, so I came to see you guys." After Li Qiao sat down, she took off her sunglasses and handed them to her assistant. Then, she took the thermos flask and did it smoothly as if she had been specially trained.
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