Chapter 164 Family Bankruptcy (1)
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With such a unique train of thought, it is obvious that he is the protagonist.
The system said in surprise: "Chenchen, you guessed it right! This person is the protagonist Song Huaishu, so amazing!"
Zhu Qingchen pulled the corners of his mouth, unable to smile: "I just asked him if he wanted to apply for a scholarship, why did he send me such a long message?"
The system explained: "It is written in the original book that Song Huaishu was born in poverty and had a strong sense of self-esteem. He set up the 'Three No Principles' for himself."
"Which 'three no's'?"
"Don't apply for scholarships, don't apply for grants, don't accept gifts from others. You violated his principles and hurt his self-esteem, so he used words to protest against your rude behavior."
Zhu Qingchen looked confused and scratched his hair: "Isn't this world just an ordinary modern world? Isn't the scholarship just an ordinary scholarship? Is there some kind of deal behind the scholarship? Will something go wrong if I take the scholarship?"
"Of course not! Scholarships are scholarships, awarded to students with good grades." The system continued to explain, "This is just a 'charming point' created for the protagonist in the original book."
"What kind of dim sum is 'Su Dim Sum'? Su-style dim sum?"
"..." The system was silent for a while. "Didn't I tell you a long time ago? 'Su points' are the characteristics that make readers' hearts beat fast. The protagonist usually has dozens of Su points. If you don't apply for a scholarship, it means you have one of Song Huaishu's 'Su points'."
Zhu Qingchen continued to scratch his head, almost breaking it, but still couldn't figure it out: "What's so exciting about not getting a scholarship?"
Forget it, if you can’t figure it out, just stop thinking about it.
Zhu Qingchen picked up his phone and replied to Song Huaishu: [Think about it yourself, the school will not force you]
He had already fulfilled his duties as a teacher and had specifically reminded Song Huaishu that if he didn't want to apply, that was his own business.
Zhu Qingchen switched to the food delivery app and ordered himself a cup of milk tea as a reward for coming to a new world. Then he stood up from the sofa and looked around more carefully.
This is not his first time as a university teacher, so he is quite experienced.
But this time, the situation is a little special.
Zhu Qingchen is a teacher in the History Department, while Yu Bai and Song Huaishu are from the Finance Department and Computer Science Department respectively.
He and the protagonist, top and bottom, are in different departments.
Zhu Qingchen not only teaches professional courses to students in the history department, but is also sent out to teach the compulsory public course "College Chinese" and the public elective course "History of Ancient Literati's Study" to students from other majors in the lecture hall every week.
This is also one of the few opportunities for him to interact with the protagonists.
And now, the plot has just progressed to the point where Yu Bai is madly pursuing Song Huaishu, living and dying for him, banging her head against the wall for him, and even asking her father to set up a scholarship in school to ease his financial pressure.
Although Yu Bai established the scholarship in order to pursue talents, the Yu Group was generous in its spending. The total amount of scholarships exceeded 100,000, divided into five levels, covering almost the entire school.
Other students with excellent academic performance and from poor families can also enjoy this benefit.
The students who needed the bonus were very surprised and filled out the application forms early.
Zhu Qingchen is one of the teachers responsible for reviewing the scholarship applications.
When he was checking the student application forms yesterday, the counselor of Song Huaishu from the Computer Science Department next door sent him a message, telling him that Song Huaishu from the Computer Science Department had good grades and his family situation was suitable, but for some reason he just refused to apply.
So he found Zhu Qingchen, who was also Song Huaishu's teacher. He thought that teachers of liberal arts were more attentive, so he wanted to see if he could get the truth out of him.
Zhu Qingchen happened to have Song Huaishu's contact information, so he reminded him.
As a result, before he could even ask anything, Song Huaishu exploded, thinking that Zhu Qingchen was monitoring him, sympathizing with him, and looking down on him.
Zhu Qingchen didn't want to make trouble for himself, so he took a screenshot of the chat history between him and Song Huaishu and sent it directly to Song Huaishu's instructor, telling him that he was really sorry and couldn't solve it himself.
When Song Huaishu's instructor saw the chat history, he was so embarrassed that his face almost overflowed from the screen.
He quickly apologized: [I’m sorry, I’m sorry, Mr. Zhu, I didn’t expect this child to have such a strong self-esteem and would say these words to you, I’m so sorry]
Zhu Qingchen replied: [It doesn’t matter. You are also responsible for the students. However, the students have their own ideas and we cannot force them. However, this student’s thoughts may be a little...]
[You are right, I can’t just hold his hand and help him fill out the application form]
[Okay, I'll talk to him sometime. I'll treat you to dinner at the second cafeteria tonight.]
Zhu Qingchen comforted the instructor with a few words, ended the conversation, and went out to get milk tea.
After returning with the milk tea in hand, Zhu Qingchen briefly flipped through his phone's address book to see if there was anyone who looked like the villain.
But unfortunately, it was not found.
Maybe he and the villain don’t know each other yet.
Zhu Qingchen chewed a crispy snack, opened his Moments, and prepared to write something.
The system was shocked: "Stop, stop it! Don't post anything about killing pigs in your previous life on your Moments!"
Zhu Qingchen said confidently: "Why not? I want to exchange secret signals with Li."
"No! That's your circle of friends. You are an elegant and reserved teacher. How can you post something like 'killing pigs'?"
The system on his phone was jumping wildly, and the high-level electric current interference caused Zhu Qingchen's phone to flicker.
Zhu Qingchen had no choice but to put his phone upside down on the table and open the professional book to take a look.
Literature and history are inseparable, and Zhu Qingchen got the hang of it pretty quickly.
He had no classes in the afternoon, so he read in the office all afternoon. In the evening, he went to the cafeteria to have lunch with Song Huaishu's counselor and other teachers.
Song Huaishu's counselor apologized to him again, but Zhu Qingchen waved his hands and didn't take it to heart at all. He concentrated on eating a piece of modern large chicken steak that he had not eaten for a long time.
The two discussed whether to talk to Song Huaishu.
*
It happened that at eight o'clock the next morning, Zhu Qingchen had a public class "College Chinese" in the lecture hall.
The lecture hall is very large and can accommodate hundreds of students at the same time.
As for public courses, there are courses for students from all majors.
But when Zhu Qingchen walked into the classroom with his textbook, he immediately saw a student sitting in the front row.
He was a boy, tall and thin, wearing black-framed glasses and a white shirt that had been washed to a bleached color.
His predicament was evident everywhere.
When Zhu Qingchen looked at him, he subconsciously clenched his fists, lowered his head and avoided Zhu Qingchen's sight.
This person should be the protagonist Song Huaishu.
The system said, "Chenchen, you're done. You've offended the protagonist. You sent him a message yesterday, and he obviously still hates you."
"I still don't understand why I bullied him." Zhu Qingchen twitched his lips, walked to the podium, put down the textbook, and simply adjusted the microphone.
It hadn't been used for a long time and he was afraid he wouldn't know how to use it.
There was a boy sitting next to Song Huaishu.
The boy had fair skin, neatly combed hair, a neatly ironed shirt, and a sparkle in his eyes.
Song Huaishu seemed not to want to sit with him and moved to the side.
But the boy seemed not to understand what he meant and asked with a smile: "Song Huaishu, what's wrong? I brought you breakfast, do you want..."
Song Huaishu ignored him and just opened the book.
This person should be the protagonist, Shou Yubai.
They were not together at that time, and Yu Bai was still pursuing him.
only……
This Yu Bai looks silly, just like a young master who grew up in wealth and has no scheming at all.
Even though Song Huaishu's behavior was so obvious, he didn't react. Or maybe it was because no one had ever dared to treat him so coldly, so he found it novel.
Zhu Qingchen sighed in his heart, picked up the microphone, and shouted loudly: "Hello! Hello, hello!"
Yu Bai was startled and sat down quickly.
*
Public classes are from 8:00 to 10:00 in the morning, with a ten-minute break in between.
Zhu Qingchen announced the end of the get out of class, dragged out a chair and sat on the podium.
He held the thermos cup and secretly drank milk tea while observing the students below.
Yu Bai went to the toilet with a group of friends.
"Oh my god, are you all elementary school students? You have to go to the bathroom together?"
"Yes, I am an elementary school student!"
At this time, Yu Bai was still a cheerful and optimistic young master, carefree.
As they walked out of the classroom, someone lowered his voice and asked, "Xiaobai, is Song Huaishu still ignoring you?"
"Yeah." Yu Bai paused and regained his spirit, "But I will continue to work hard."
Song Huaishu probably heard their conversation. He looked out the door, curled his lips, and showed an expression of disgust that was inconsistent with his cold personality. He quickly lowered his head again.
He took out his cell phone and took a quick look at it.
Suddenly, he saw something extraordinary and his whole expression changed.
Song Huaishu looked gloomy. He grabbed the things on the table and wanted to move them.
Just at this time, Yu Bai and a group of friends came back.
Seeing Song Huaishu was about to leave, Yu Bai hurriedly stepped forward and called out, "Song..."
Song Huaishu didn't give him a chance to speak. He glanced at him and said coldly, "Master Yu, I was forced into this, and now you are satisfied."
Yu Bai was puzzled. Before he could ask anything, Song Huaishu turned around and sat down in the back row.
Zhu Qingchen was also confused: "System, what's wrong with him? Who forced him? Is he talking about me?"
The system passed by him faintly: "It's possible, Chenchen, don't look down on young people because they are poor." On the other side, Yu Bai's friends all comforted him: "Xiaobai, your love journey is really bumpy. If it doesn't work out, just find someone else."
Yu Bai looked at Song Huaishu's cold expression, pursed his lips, and sat down in his seat.
He didn't understand why Song Huaishu was angry.
Zhu Qingchen glanced at his cell phone and saw that it was almost time, so he took the microphone, stood up and prepared to start class.
Yu Bai was a little distracted, and it took Zhu Qingchen calling him "Hello" twice to bring him back to his senses.
The second class ended quickly.
As soon as the get out of class was over, Song Huaishu packed up his things and left, and Yu Bai hurriedly followed him.
The two people quickly disappeared into the crowd.
Zhu Qingchen frowned, and the system said, "Chenchen, we came at the wrong time. We should have come earlier. The protagonist is in love right now."
At this time, the students gathered around the podium, showing their faces and asking questions.
Zhu Qingchen was not in a hurry to find the main characters, he patiently helped them answer their questions before preparing to go back to the office.
The main campus of Kyoto University is not big and is designed as a landscape garden.
The teachers' offices are concentrated in one area.
Zhu Qingchen was walking in the corridor holding a textbook, and heard someone talking in the distance.
"Master, are you satisfied now? Not only did my counselor come to me, but Teacher Zhu also came to me yesterday. Everyone knows that my family situation is not good, and everyone is forcing me to apply for your 'Yu Scholarship'. Are you satisfied?"
It sounded like Song Huaishu.
Immediately afterwards, Yu Bai said: "I didn't ask the teacher to put pressure on you. This is the teacher's job, and they just care about you and want you to..."
"Care about me? Isn't it because you feel pity for me?" Song Huaishu asked back, "Now it's all right, the counselor wants to interview me, do I have the freedom not to apply?"
"The counselor asked me to meet him in the office at 10 o'clock. Master Yu, please let me go. I need to go meet him now." Song Huaishu gritted his teeth and whispered, "When I come out of the office, Master Yu will get what he wants."
After saying this, Song Huaishu turned and left.
Yu Bai stood there alone, his hands hanging by his sides trembling slightly.
Did he do something bad with good intentions again?
Just as he was distracted, someone came up from behind him and tapped him on the shoulder with a book.
Yu Bai came back to his senses and quickly adjusted his expression: "Teacher Zhu."
Zhu Qingchen deliberately asked: "Yu Bai, did you ask your family to set up a scholarship in order to help him improve his life?"
Yu Bai blushed a little when his teacher saw through his thoughts. He responded in a mosquito-like voice: "Yeah."
Zhu Qingchen said calmly: "Song Huaishu doesn't understand the nature and significance of the scholarship, and you don't understand it either."
"I understand." Yu Bai said, "Scholarships are awarded to students with excellent academic performance and poor families to encourage them to study hard and improve their lives."
"Everyone can explain the truth, but you don't know how important this money is to students who really need it."
Yu Bai was puzzled: "Teacher, is the money not enough? Then I'll ask my dad to add some more money!"
"..." Zhu Qingchen choked.
Although this young master is stupid, he is indeed rich and generous.
On the other side, Song Huaishu came to the door of the counselor's office.
The door was open and his counselor was sitting on the small sofa making tea.
Seeing him coming, the counselor hurriedly said, "Huaishu is here, come in and sit down."
Song Huaishu nodded slightly: "Teacher."
"Sit down first and have some tea. Mr. Zhu from the History Department will be here soon. When he comes, we can talk together." Seeing that he looked unhappy, the counselor smiled and said, "Was that Mr. Zhu's class you just took?"
"Yes, Mr. Zhu is humorous in class. Many students like his class very much."
Just at this moment, there was a knock on the open door.
The two men looked up.
"Teacher Zhu is here? Come in and sit down."
Zhu Qingchen held the textbook and nodded slightly: "Good morning."
Zhu Qingchen sat down on the small sofa on the other side.
"Since Teacher Zhu is here, let's start now." The counselor turned to Song Huaishu and said, "Huaishu, don't be nervous. We are not looking for you this time to ask you to apply for a scholarship."
Song Huaishu pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Teacher, I don't think so."
"This is your personal decision, we will not force it."
"Um."
"However, whether or not you decide to apply, we would like to correct a few of your thoughts."
Song Huaishu's eyes darkened: "Teacher, please speak."
"First of all, we want to tell you that scholarships are definitely not charity from a high position. Whether it is a scholarship from the state or a fund from an individual, it is not charity. It should be considered a reward, a gift, huh?" Song Huaishu obviously disagreed, but still nodded: "Well, I understand."
"So, applying for scholarships and grants is definitely not a servile plea. We follow the normal process, get normal approval, and get the awards with our own abilities. Why should it be considered a plea?"
"Also, Teacher Zhu and I have absolutely no intention of sympathizing with you or pitying you, nor do we have any intention of prying into your family situation. Teacher Zhu and I are just fulfilling our duties as teachers and reminding you."
"We will never force you, huh?"
"Um."
Seeing that he could only respond with "hmm" and didn't want to talk, the counselor looked at him seriously and said, "It's okay, you can tell me what you think. Teacher Zhu is here too, so we can discuss it together."
Song Huaishu raised his head and looked at the two teachers. He was silent for a long time and finally asked, "Teachers, rest assured, I will apply for the 'Yu Scholarship' when I get back."
He emphasized the words "Yu Scholarship" as if to vent his dissatisfaction.
The counselor asked, "You want to apply again? There's still time. The application deadline is next week."
Zhu Qingchen frowned, but felt that it was not that simple.
Sure enough, the next second, Song Huaishu said: "The two teachers asked me to come here, don't they want me to apply?"
The counselor tried to explain: "I told you at the beginning that we absolutely do not mean to force you."
Song Huaishu said, "This scholarship was initiated by the Yu Group. As the two teachers in charge, they should have known the inside story a long time ago, right?"
Zhu Qingchen and the counselor were stunned and looked at each other:?
What's the inside story? How come they don't know?
Song Huaishu sat up straight. "Yu Bai, the young master of Yu Group, wanted to pursue me and use money to seduce me. Unfortunately, he didn't know that I never applied for a scholarship. His plan failed, so he got anxious and asked two teachers to put pressure on me. Is that right?"
Zhu Qingchen and the counselor were full of confusion: ???
What?
The counselor choked up and said, "Student Song, you have misunderstood. Student Yu Bai never came to see us. We only wanted to remind you of something out of our responsibility and obligation as teachers."
Zhu Qingchen took a deep breath, turned on his cell phone and placed it in front of him.
"Student Song, when I reminded you to pay attention to the scholarship, I sent messages or emails to other students." "Student Yu Bai didn't come to me. Your family situation is in the school's files. As one of the persons in charge of this scholarship application, I have the obligation to remind students to pay attention to the situation, that's all."
On the mobile phone screen was the message Zhu Qingchen sent to other students yesterday.
If it's the same thing, remind them to pay attention to the latest scholarship information.
Dozens of students, most of them replied "Thank you, teacher"
Zhu Qingchen said seriously: "Student Song, don't think too much, you are not special."
Don't be too sentimental.
Zhu Qingchen continued, "We are not talking to you today to force you to apply for a scholarship, but because what you sent me yesterday was biased. Your counselor and I discussed how to correct your thinking."
"The scholarship application and selection are absolutely fair and have nothing to do with the Yu Group. Please don't think too much about it."
Song Huaishu's face turned red and he was speechless.
Zhu Qingchen added: "When students meet the requirements, they receive temporary financial assistance, and when they have achieved academic success, they give back to society and train a new batch of talents. This is a virtuous cycle, not what you call charity or begging."
"What you call 'handouts' is an opportunity that many students have been longing for. They got it through their own efforts. Are they also servile?"
"Your counselor and I are the responsible persons. We are not agents of the Yu Group. We are sincerely seeking benefits for the students."
"You can choose not to apply for the scholarship, but you can't slander it, do you understand?"
Song Huaishu's face became redder and redder, almost emitting heat.
He responded in a whisper: "Got it."
When he came out of the office, Song Huaishu's face was still red.
He felt better when the wind blew in his face.
His counselor spoke relatively gently, but Zhu Qingchen's words seemed to have ripped apart the dignity he had worked so hard to maintain.
It’s not that he doesn’t need money, nor that he doesn’t want money.
He has been a child prodigy since he was young. Whenever there is a scholarship in the village or school, he doesn't have to apply for it. Everyone thinks of him first, and he gets a lot of money.
But after going to college, the money no longer came to him.
He needs to apply, compete and pass the selection to get it.
That would be too embarrassing. What if he is not selected?
So he simply didn't apply for it and told others that this was his principle, which instead established his image of being "arrogant and independent".
But Zhu Qingchen seemed to see through his thoughts at a glance.
Song Huaishu raised his head and saw Yu Bai standing outside waiting for him.
Seeing him coming out, Yu Bai hurried forward: "Song Huaishu, what did the teacher want to tell you? I really didn't ask anyone to give you..."
Song Huaishu walked around him and left: "I will apply for it. Now that you are satisfied, don't bother me anymore. A young master like you will never understand the difference between sincerity and money."
Yu Bai stood there and pursed his lips.
Did he do something wrong?
Shouldn't he have set up the scholarship?
At this time, Zhu Qingchen walked out of the office and glanced at him: "Don't doubt yourself. Yu Group did the right thing in setting up the scholarship."
As if he could see through his thoughts, Zhu Qingchen said calmly: "Judging by deeds rather than hearts, no one is perfect. Although your original intention was not quite right, your behavior did bring benefits to many students."
"Student Yu, you still don't understand the nature of scholarships. Maybe you should open your eyes and look at other students besides Song Huaishu."
Yu Bai turned his head in confusion: "Other students?"
"Yes, look at those students who are as poor as Song Huaishu, look at those students who have a harder time than Song Huaishu, and see what true 'neither humble nor arrogant' looks like."
"I need a student here to help organize the information, but you cannot disclose the student's family situation. If you are willing, you can sign a letter of commitment and come to help."
"Compared with the sponsorship of the reluctant Song Huaishu, the Yu Group's sponsorship of other students is a more meaningful thing; he has clearly rejected you, and he is unwilling, so you should not pester him and do something more meaningful."!
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