Chapter 11 The Big Resentment

"How much do you plan to sell these two books for?"

"Fifty dollars!"

"You're robbing me! Three dollars at most."

"No one haggles like you. You're bargaining right down to your ankles. Forty-five. It can't be any cheaper."

"Five dollars. How much did you pay for these two books?"

"You can't count it that way. My book has commemorative value. Forty, forty dollars. We are such good friends."

"You said we were friends, ten bucks."

"That won't work... No one here today is an outsider. Thirty-eight dollars, it can't be any lower."

"You are such a dishonest boy. We have such a good relationship, and you want me to pay you thirty-eight?"

"How much money do you want?"

Qu Xiaowei gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty, that's all, no more."

Lin Weimin's face was full of pain. He thought for a long time and slapped his thigh, as if he had made an important decision.

"Okay. Twenty is twenty. Xiaowei, you are my good friend after all."

Qu Xiaowei showed a triumphant smile on his face, "Just be happy in secret."

The two of them discussed the price arm in arm. The students next to them witnessed the whole process. They were a little dazed for a moment and even the way they looked at Qu Xiaowei was wrong.

If I had to use words to describe the way the students looked at Qu Xiaowei, it could probably be described in three words.

Big resentment!

Just when everyone's minds were filled with doubts and confusion, Qu Xiaowei had already paid the money happily.

After the payment was made, both the buyer and the seller were smiling, and this deal was a successful one no matter how you looked at it.

Lin Weimin still had five or six books left in his hands. These were the books he had not had time to find someone to sign after being stopped by Xu Gang. He couldn't help feeling a little regretful as these books cost him nearly five dollars!

Five dollars turned into twenty dollars, the investment return rate was not bad, and it was worth his efforts until midnight yesterday.

Just as Lin Weimin was expressing his emotion about today's earnings, people around him were still talking about it.

Jiang Zilong had a look of alertness on his face, Gu Hua had a look of excitement, Guo Yudao and Huang Zonghan were whispering to each other, and they looked at Lin Weimin with wary eyes.

Lin Weimin was just about to push through the crowd and leave when he suddenly saw Teacher Tang Yuqiu standing outside the crowd, her eyes fixed on him. Lin Weimin felt his body tighten.

"Hello, Teacher Tang!"

Lin Weimin guessed that Tang Yuqiu must have seen what happened just now, and he couldn't run away. At this time, keeping a low profile was the best option.

"Lin Weimin, ah Lin Weimin, what can I say about you?"

Just as Lin Weimin expected, before he could even show his strength, Tang Yuqiu had already started to output.

"In front of so many seniors and leaders, you ran over to ask for an autograph. Do you think the leaders in the institute are blind?"

"Teacher, I admire your talents and I have finally waited for this opportunity..."

"Bullshit! Then what's the matter with you selling books?" Tang Yuqiu pointed at the book in Qu Xiaowei's hand and questioned.

"This..." Lin Weimin felt that the words he had just used to fool everyone were a bit insulting to Teacher Zhang, so he decided to change them.

"Teacher Tang, it's really not my fault. It was Xiaowei who insisted on buying it!"

The students around gasped after hearing this. They had never seen such a shameless person in their lives!

Just when everyone was ready to think that Qu Xiaowei would expose Lin Weimin's lies in person, he actually took the initiative to ask: "Xiaowei, tell me, did you take the initiative to buy this book?"

At first, Qu Xiaowei was stunned like everyone else, and then he looked at Lin Weimin.

After confirming each other's feelings through eye contact, they understood each other tacitly.

"That's right. Teacher Tang, my family really likes Teacher Wan and Teacher Wang Meng, so I bought the novel from Weimin."

"is that so?"

Under the pressure of Teacher Tang Yuqiu's gaze, Qu Xiaowei gritted his teeth and said, "Of course it's true, Teacher Tang."

After Qu Xiaowei's statement, it was no longer appropriate for Tang Yuqiu to find any evidence against Lin Weimin, so she could only change the subject.

"Lin Weimin, I'm not saying anything bad about you. Why are you making trouble at such an important occasion today? I thought you were working for me just now."

"Teacher Tang, I really did the work!" Lin Weimin defended himself.

"Alright, alright, stop causing trouble for me in the future."

Tang Yuqiu waved his hands impatiently, as if intending to let Lin Weimin go so easily. Everyone around him couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

Lin Weimin was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Director Xu Gang returning to the cafeteria after seeing off his seniors and leaders.

In Xu Gang's eyes, Lin Weimin was as dazzling as a firefly in the dark.

After confirming the look again, Lin Weimin sighed, "Teacher Tang, the director called me."

Tang Yuqiu gave Lin Weimin a sympathetic look, and before leaving, he reminded him, "There will be a class meeting later. Remember to come back after talking to the director."

After saying that, Tang Yuqiu led many students to prepare for a class meeting in the venue where the tea party had just been held.

Lin Weimin, facing the gloating looks of many of his classmates, walked towards Xu Gang with a tragic back.

After a few minutes, Lin Weimin returned to the meeting place with a shamefaced look on his face.

In the few minutes he was away, the class elected a class monitor and a branch secretary.

The branch secretary was Jiang Zilong, a party member and of sufficient age. The squad leader was Zhang Lin, who had been a train conductor for more than ten years and was a veteran cadre. He usually walked with his back straight and was serious, as if he was inspecting the train. Considering his dignified appearance and organizational skills, everyone supported him.

With the class monitor and branch secretary appointed, the teachers had planned to end it there, after all, the short-term training course was not on campus. However, the trainees refused to accept this and clamored for more titles.

The deputy monitor, study committee member, discipline committee member, art committee member, sports committee member, propaganda committee member, life committee member, and labor committee member all wrote on the blackboard with chalk and drew the word "positive" in a proper manner.

When voting for the labor committee member, Lin Weimin saw Jiang Zilong and Zhang Lin whispering together, glancing at him from time to time, and he had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, when Jiang Zilong stepped forward to write on the blackboard, he actually wrote his name as a candidate for the labor committee member.

"Teacher Tang, I'm not running for the position of Labor Committee member!" Lin Weimin quickly distanced himself from the matter. He didn't want to be a Labor Committee member, as that sounded like a life of hard work.

Tang Yuqiu was chatting with You Xiaoshan next to her. She glanced at the name on the blackboard and said lightly, "The election of class leaders is a democratic process. Everyone must have nominated you because they think you are suitable. You don't have to ask for it yourself."

Lin Weimin had a mouthful of blood stuck in his chest. How could he still play like this?

How many villains want to harm me?

He couldn't help but look around. The class, which had been peaceful and tranquil, suddenly gave him a sense of crisis.

No, he felt that he couldn't just accept his fate and had to stand up.

"Teacher Tang, I think I am more suitable for the sports committee member."

"That's fine. The physical education committee member should also write down Lin Weimin's name." Teacher Tang instructed.

Jiang Zilong readily agreed and wrote down Lin Weimin's name.

Is it so easy to do?

Lin Weimin instinctively felt that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)