Cheng Yuan was ordered around in various ways, not only to help with fund projects and accounting, but also to do private work like picking up express deliveries and takeouts.
Hiring a nanny or housekeeper costs several thousand yuan a month, and a takeout order costs only a few dollars. It is free for graduate students, and it would be a waste if you don’t use it.
Zhou Mo originally didn't dislike doing chores and private work for the teacher, including paying Shen Qingyi's bills and picking up express deliveries. In fact, these were common things, but the prerequisite was that the tutor was worthy of it.
No one doesn't want to be a helpful person who can help others, but the prerequisite for helping others is that the person being helped is worthy and knows how to be grateful.
It's not because you are the teacher and I am the student, it is my duty to help you, but I have to endure your arrogance and domineering attitude.
Zhou Moxin recalled that when Liu Xiangru first switched from a candy bar phone to a smartphone, she wasn't very familiar with it and couldn't use WeChat Pay smoothly, let alone top up her phone credit. She helped her mother top up her phone several times, and Liu Xiangru even said, "Thank you, my good daughter."
What’s more, teachers are not your biological parents.
However, there are some unconscious "teachers" who rely on the "power of life and death" over students' graduation, hold the most important lifeline of students, and treat students like slaves.
"Cheng Yuan is truly brave," Zhou Mo said. "She encountered so many difficult things and shouldered so much pressure, yet she persevered until she graduated from graduate school. She didn't lose heart or become discouraged. Instead, she fought tooth and nail to survive. If it were me, I really couldn't do what she did."
Especially since Zhou Mo recently saw two news reports about graduate students jumping off buildings.
As a graduate student, besides feeling heartbroken and regretful, I also question the current scientific research and academic environment.
How could an academic community that creates knowledge and studies the objective world suddenly become an existence more cannibalistic than primitive society?
Shen Qingyi sighed, "Every time we talk about students jumping off buildings, I can't stand hearing other people say that today's children are psychologically fragile and have glass hearts. Those who can handle it should be respected, but those who can't should also be forgiven. Also, I can't stand hearing others say things like, 'You're sorry for your parents if you're gone.' People who say this never consider that no matter how open-minded parents are, their love for their children is conditional. Only children, from the day they are born, have unconditional love for their parents. It's already an unequal love, and if you become a shackle for your child, it will only suffocate the child more. Of course, what I said may be just empty talk. I didn't do it well for my daughter."
Perhaps it was because she was already a mother, and Cheng Yuan was about the same age as her daughter, so hearing the story of such a poor little girl inevitably reminded her of her own daughter.
"Your daughter... hasn't returned to China yet?" Zhou Mo asked.
"No," Shen Qingyi said, "I've been trying to persuade her for so many years, but it doesn't work. My girl is so stubborn and so affectionate. I don't know who she inherited it from."
Zhou Mo had only heard a little about Shen Qingyi's daughter, but didn't know the details.
She only knew that Shen Qingyi's daughter had a boyfriend abroad, and one day her boyfriend was suddenly murdered. Shen Qingyi's daughter insisted on finding the murderer abroad, and no matter how Shen Qingyi tried to persuade her, she would not listen.
What Shen Qingyi meant by long-lasting love probably meant that her daughter had set her sights on this boyfriend, and even though he was gone, her daughter still couldn't let go of this boy.
Even Shen Qingyi herself was puzzled. "Tell me, is there really such a long-lasting relationship? It's been several years since that boy left, but she still can't let go and has never planned to start a new life."
"I don't know either," Zhou Mo said. "There are 7.5 billion people on this planet. There are always a few people who are determined to be together forever."
"But won't this just make the rest of your life more difficult? People can't always live in the past, right?" Shen Qingyi asked.
“No one wants to live in the past forever. If the present and the future weren’t too hard, they would indulge in the beautiful fantasies of the past.”
Zhou Mo didn’t know whether her explanation was correct or not. She just tried to understand Shen Qingyi’s daughter’s thoughts based on her own experience.
As for Zhou Mo herself, she desperately wanted to return to her childhood, when housing prices were not high, Dongjiang was not as bustling with activity, Zhou Zheng was still healthy, Liu Xiangru had no gray hair, and she had a happy childhood with loyal playmates...
However, the beauty in these memories gradually dissipated with the passage of time. At most, they turned into synapses in her hippocampus and were placed in the hippocampus area of the brain. Perhaps one day the synapses would disappear and these memories would be gone forever.
Good things are always in the past, pain is always in the future, and complaints are always in the present.
"I thought you would use Han Chen as an example," Shen Qingyi said, "I heard that Han Chen and you were together ten years ago, but due to some reasons, you separated and now you can be considered to have reunited."
"You know everything?" Zhou Mo was surprised.
Shen Qingyi smiled gently and said, "Zhao Xiaoshuang, you know that no gossip can escape her."
Zhou Mo: “…”
Shen Qingyi asked, "In the past ten years... you, as I know, have had three boyfriends, right? What about Han Chen?"
Zhou Mo: "He didn't."
Shen Qingyi: "Not even once?"
Zhou Mo: "Yeah."
Shen Qingyi: "This... is similar to my daughter's. She's so stubborn."
Zhou Mo: "Yes."
Han Chen doesn't seem to be very good at expressing his own opinions, or it seems that he has no opinions at all, but he is really "stubborn" as Shen Qingyi said.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been unable to help but take the initiative to look for her after returning to Dongjiang.
He insisted on dragging her into the trap of "marriage" and even wanted to "retaliate" against her in this way.
Love can indeed give rise to hatred, but if you really care about someone, you can't bear to hurt them.
After driving for more than ten minutes, Shen Qingyi finally parked the car in the parking area in front of an office building.
Zhou Mo looked up at the towering blue-gray building and asked, "Teacher, why are you here?"
Shen Qingyi: "There's a company that wants to hire me as a technical consultant. I came to check it out. It's a research achievement transformation company that's just starting out. The boss of this company previously sponsored a lecture at the First Hospital of Southeast University. It was Director Gu who recommended it to me."
Zhou Mo followed Shen Qingyi into the elevator and went upstairs. When they arrived, Zhou Mo was suddenly shocked when he saw the company's logo at the door.
ONEPAPER……
"This..." Zhou Mo was surprised.
"Why, have you heard of this place?" Shen Qingyi asked.
"I told you before that the small private enterprise Cheng Yuan found had this name. I wonder if it's the same company."
"The boss here is named Sheng, Sheng Xian," Shen Qingyi asked, "Are they the same family?"
“It seems so.”
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