Chapter 116: Hard Workplace
Everyone in the office looked at each other.
Lu Xiaomin glanced at the food package in Su Man's hand. Seeing that it was just coffee and snacks, she suddenly became disdainful. "No thanks. I'm trying to lose weight recently. I'm sorry to waste Teacher Su's kindness."
Other teachers also echoed this, some said they were too full from lunch, and some said they had just ordered other afternoon teas.
You want to bribe people with just these small favors?
Who are you looking down on?
In other words, those who can become teachers in advanced art colleges must come from wealthy or noble families, and even if they want to accept your kindness, it depends on whether you have the face.
Obviously.
They were unwilling to give Suman this face.
Su Man had anticipated this, and with a smile she placed the bags one by one in front of each teacher's desk.
One of the teachers looked through the bag and suddenly exclaimed, "Wow! These are VIP tickets for the Royal Theatre's tour in Haicheng!"
Another teacher exclaimed, "Teacher Su, I thought this box of yours contained a cake, but it actually contains a gift box of luxury skincare products. Aren't you overly extravagant?"
Su Man said: "We all have these, and they can be regarded as my farewell gift. It is fate that we can get together and work together."
Well-reasoned and well-founded.
"Well... in that case, there's no reason for us not to accept it."
"Thank you, Teacher Su!"
"Teacher Su, you've really spent a lot of money. How about this? Let's go out for dinner together after get off work. I'll reserve the table. We can just treat it as a practice session for you. You can invite the teachers in your group to come along."
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The teachers who had just said they would not eat the afternoon tea Suman gave them all accepted Suman's gift with a smile.
Lu Xiaomin's face turned green.
She sat there motionless, and didn't touch the gift bag that Suman had placed on her desk.
But not refusing meant that I accepted it.
Human nature is greedy, Su Man knows people like Lu Xiaomin too well. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy those gifts. Lu Xiaomin doesn't need to lose so many benefits just to be angry with Su Man.
After giving the gift, Suman left the office.
Before she had gone far, she heard the discussion inside resume:
"I didn't expect Teacher Su to be so generous."
Lu Xiaomin said sourly, "If I had a rich CEO husband, I would be generous too. This little thing is nothing to her."
"That's not the case. These things can't be bought even if you have money. They must have cost a lot of favors to beg for. Even if it's nothing to her, it's very generous of her to give them to us."
Another teacher chimed in, "Yes, although we are colleagues in the same department, we are just casual acquaintances and don't interact much. Giving these as gifts is already a big gesture."
Lu Xiaomin's words became sharp: "Teacher Zhou, that's not what you just said. How come you changed your face so quickly after accepting their favor?"
"I don't like what you said. Didn't you accept the things? It's not right to accept other people's things and then criticize them."
"I……"
"Also, there's something I've been wanting to say for a long time. Teacher Xiaomin, you always say that Teacher Su took on a lot of work just to steal the spotlight. You've probably forgotten that those tasks were supposed to be assigned to several teachers, but because the other two teachers were busy, they fell on the two of you. You felt the workload was too heavy and complained for a long time. Finally, you made an excuse, called in sick, and let Teacher Su Man take on all the work. When you pushed the work onto Teacher Su Man, she didn't complain at all. Why do you act like you've been wronged now that it's being given to you?"
These words left Lu Xiaomin speechless.
Lu Xiaomin had already forgotten about this matter. She didn't expect that by complaining everywhere, she would end up shooting herself in the foot.
When Su Man heard this, she curled her lips happily, stopped listening, and turned to go downstairs.
She is good at handling interpersonal relationships and knows how to deal with people like Lu Xiaomin.
This time she didn't even have to do anything herself, she just used the opponent's force to her advantage.
In the next few days, although Lu Xiaomin was still a little reluctant, she was willing to cooperate with Su Man in the handover.
Su Man is currently rehearsing a program and is going to take the students to a provincial competition.
Suman will be leaving next month and will not be able to continue taking the students to the competition, but the repertoire was selected by Suman and she was also the one who rehearsed the early stages, so Suman needs to keep up with the work before she leaves.
This competition was also assigned to Lu Xiaomin. Before Su Man left, she would go to the scene with Lu Xiaomin to supervise the students' rehearsals.
Although Lu Xiaomin went to the scene, Su Man was busy most of the time.
She was sitting under the stage, holding a thermos cup and playing with her cell phone.
At every rehearsal, she is the last to arrive and the first to leave.
Sometimes Su Man would extend the rehearsal time for better results, but as soon as Lu Xiaomin got off work, she would get up and leave, and Su Man didn't say anything about it.
But some students don't like Lu Xiaomin very much.
Some students went to the school leaders to complain, saying that Lu Xiaomin was inactive and would just sit back and do nothing during rehearsal time every day. The students were very worried that after Su Man left, such an irresponsible teacher would make it impossible for them to achieve good results in the competition.
The school leaders found Lu Xiaomin and criticized her.
Lu Xiaomin came to rehearsal that day. She had a sullen face the whole time and was very grouchy. She stopped playing with her phone in the audience and went on stage to supervise. If anyone made the slightest mistake, she would start scolding them, and her scolding was particularly harsh.
A female student was even scolded to tears on the spot.
The rehearsal atmosphere was not as relaxed and cheerful as usual. Everyone was very cautious. The more cautious they were, the more mistakes they made. Once they made a mistake, Lu Xiaomin would pick on it and yell at them for a long time.
Progress was slowed, and everyone's confidence was severely damaged. It felt as if a dark cloud was hanging over everyone's head, and the mood was extremely low.
Su Man felt overwhelmed.
It would be better for Lu Xiaomin to do nothing. She is not actively working. This is clearly a personal revenge and an opportunity to vent her resentment.
Seeing everyone's dejected look, Su Man announced at the time: "Today's rehearsal ends here for now. Everyone go back and have a good rest..."
Lu Xiaomin suddenly came out and interrupted:
"Continue practicing for another forty minutes!"
The students' faces, which had just seen the light again, drooped again, and there was no light in their eyes.
Lu Xiaomin paced back and forth in front of the stage. "The competition is imminent, how can you all be so lazy? You must dance until I'm satisfied today, otherwise no one can go back!"
Su Man said, "Teacher Lu, everyone's not in good shape today, so let's stop here for now. Too much is as bad as too little."
"Too much is as bad as too little? Teacher Su, when the time comes, you can just leave and walk away. But it's different for me. I'll be responsible for the outcome of the competition. Don't be so selfish. You're playing nice in front of the students, but at the expense of my interests. You're harming me and my classmates."
Su Man frowned.
This is a typical example of Lu Xiaomin "defining" someone. Su Man didn't say anything, but Lu Xiaomin accused her of many crimes.
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