Each has its own misfortune
(Small Theater) Training ~
The Lans, father and daughter, spent three solid days searching the city, three days without a proper rest. I still remember my father wearing hotel slippers. We took the bus to distant destinations and taxis for nearby places that were difficult to find. We looked at no less than seven or eight schools, but ultimately chose the one recommended by my childhood painting teacher, rather than the one recommended by our high school teacher, which provided food, accommodation, and academic instruction. We chose that because we trusted it and because the price was affordable for our family.
Art exams and painting have always been expensive majors with too many uncertainties. We are not a wealthy family, so of course we have to be frugal. This is the first time I have seen my father so troubled by money.
My father chose the same hotel I'd stayed at first for my accommodations. Firstly, it was close, and secondly, I'd already been there for a few days. The owner was a nice person, and she had a son in middle school, so she might be more considerate. I also asked the owner to keep an eye on me. Since the hotel was near a university, it naturally attracted a wide variety of people, especially on weekends. Fortunately, with the owner's care, I managed to survive those lonely six months.
Just like that, in a small bedroom of about 3 or 4 square meters, with 400 yuan a month, I began my six-month preparation for the art exam, which consisted of living in hotels, eating in restaurants, and painting in school.
In order to accompany me and have sufficient financial resources, my father, introduced by someone, took a job as a construction supervisor on the other side of the city and accompanied me through the six months of study and life.
My mother is at home, doing simple work, eating simple meals, waiting for us to come home.
The moment my father turned around, my tall father looked very old. It turned out that my omnipotent and fearless father would also have moments when he was powerless.
I have no capital to lose this battle.
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Yunyi Children's Art Education - Four Campuses.
"This is it. It's not that hard to find! But how do I get in? Just walk in and tell the front desk that I'm looking for Lan Qiyue."
"No, no, it's too sudden. What if she gets angry if she finds out?"
"Oh, I came here without even saying hello. What should I say first when I see her?"
"Someone came out, one big and one small, and they left in a hurry."
"Qiyue, it's Qiyue, my leader. I have to stand properly and pretend to be casual. I can't let her see how embarrassed I am."
"A standard smile, hands in pockets, and when he looks at me, I'll take my hands out to say hello."
"Look here, look here, look here."
"What's going on? She didn't even look at me. I'm such a grown-up, can't she see me? Or did she see me and is she pretending to be with us?"
"That little boy called her Qiyue and didn't even call her teacher. How rude."
"Also, he was holding my leader's hand, and I wanted to beat him up."
"Where are they going? Can they just leave during class? Why haven't they come back yet? Did they take the kids home from get off work?"
"What do you mean by taking the child home from get off work? It's hers? No way. We haven't seen each other for only two years. She can't have a child this big."
"I'm back, I'm back," the little boy kept chattering. "They looked at me, looked at me."
Lin Lei raised his hand in the air, but before he could say "Hi", he swallowed it back down as Qi Yue ignored him.
Xiaoyu: "Qiyue, that person seems to be greeting you?"
Qi Yue didn't say anything. She held Xiaoyu's hand tightly and hurried back to the classroom. Only Xiaoyu was still looking around from time to time.
"What do you mean? You ignored me. Damn it. What do you mean? What? What do you mean? Oh, my god. It's over. I can't do this today. Why is this different from what I expected?"
Lin Lei leaned on the escalator railing, looking towards the classroom through the glass window. He didn't know what he was thinking about, and he even ignored the message on his mobile phone.
As for how long he stood there, he didn't know. He only knew that the child named Xiaoyu had finished class, and their teacher was waving goodbye to them one by one, looking forward to seeing them next time.
"Everyone has left, and there are only three or so female teachers left. Now is the chance to talk to Qiyue. I'll wait for them to come out, and then I have to rush over and grab Qiyue, otherwise she'll run away again."
"She's coming out, she's locking the door, but Qiyue didn't look at me. Maybe she doesn't like my sudden appearance? If I hold her back, will she talk to me? Will those two female teachers think I'm a bad person?"
"Dead legs, why don't you walk? Are you full of lead? Why are you so motionless? You're so useless. Hurry up, hurry up, Qiyue is leaving."
When Lin Lei came to his senses, he didn't know which exit Qi Yue had walked out of. Once again, he missed her.
Lin Lei stood in front of the building, quietly standing there. As the lights behind him went out little by little, he walked slowly forward aimlessly, as if he was the only one left in the world, a lonely person, not knowing whether he was abandoned by her or he had lost her. The stars were shining brightly tonight, but they did not belong to any of them.
"Where is it? I have time now. Let's go have a drink."
Near the square near the Beijing-Huaihai coast, four grown men began their hangover at two in the morning and witnessed the alternation of day and night.
Lin Lei's friend 1: "Okay, man, it's already two o'clock, stop drinking and go back to sleep."
"Why are you sleeping? I finally made it to the big city, we should get together and drink. We won't go home until we are drunk." After saying this, Lin Lei raised the bottle and drank from it.
Friend 2: "Are you drunk? You're playing with your life. Look, your sister-in-law has called several times, why don't you answer?"
Lin Lei stood up, pointed at his friend's face and said, "Sister-in-law, what sister-in-law? Your sister-in-law doesn't want me anymore. It's like she doesn't even look at me. She looks down on me from the bottom of her heart."
Friend 3: "Brother Lei, I'm saying, you might be suffering from pre-marital phobia. I heard you're getting married and you're here to spread the word."
"I won't get married. My sweetheart doesn't want me anymore. Who should I marry? I don't want to get married in my whole life."
Friend 2: "What kind of drunken talk is that? Just talk to your friends and don't tell them when you get home."
Lin Lei broke free from his friend's hand and said, "I'm not talking nonsense. I'm telling the truth."
Then he ran to the side of the road, pointed at the moon and started shouting: "I said I miss you, I want to see you, do you hear me? Why can't you look at me, why? Why? Why?"
Each cry became more exhausted than the last, and after the last "why", he knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face.
Lin Lei whispered to himself, "Yueyue, I love you, but I'm not in your heart, and I can't be seen in your eyes. I don't want to get married, I just want to love you well, but why have we come to this point? Why can't 'we' be just you and me?"
In the fervent July, Lin Lei found Lan Qiyue, an encounter that ended in nothing. If the previous two encounters had some overlap, this time, there wasn't even a greeting.
Lin Lei couldn't figure it out and didn't understand why he couldn't even do it with a simple friend. What went wrong?
"If it's my fault, tell me. I can apologize a thousand times, but don't ignore me. Really, I don't know how many times I can be brave again. Qiyue, I'm getting married. I really am getting married. What should I do?"
After returning to the dormitory, Qiyue simply washed up and went to bed early. Her mind was still in a mess at the moment. Zhenzhen called out to Qiyue, but seeing that Qiyue didn't answer, she didn't ask any more questions.
Dudu
"Meimei, a man came to the campus today, and he seemed to be looking for Qiyue, but Qiyue ignored him. She went back to the dormitory and fell asleep without saying anything. I'm a little worried about her." Zhenzhen sent a message to Meimei.
"It's okay. It's all in the past. It doesn't matter anymore. She'll be fine tomorrow. You should go to bed early too."
"Looks like the hero of the story has arrived. I'm really curious about what he looks like. I just heard this story at the beginning of the year, and there's already a sequel. Isn't this just coincidence? I guess it's to be continued."
Meimei put down her phone. As Qiyue's college classmate, a non-staff member of Qiyue's dormitory, and also Qiyue's best friend, she came to Jinghuai to work half a year after graduation to improve her emotional intelligence and to relax. She and Qiyue were in different campuses, but their dormitories were on the same floor, so they had each other's keys for convenience.
"It turns out that in the world of love, everyone has their own misfortunes. If we had known this, we wouldn't have graduated."
The night in Jinghuai was so cold that it chilled the hearts of two people in the hot July.
Time is truly terrifying. We fear not catching up, and we also fear being left behind in its long river. Throughout our lives, we grapple with ourselves. Qi Yue's stubbornness, Lin Lei's timidity—how could two people, so daring to love and hate, stand at the North and South Poles of the world? Perhaps it was the aurora's sheer brilliance, so dazzling it was impossible to look away, that rendered both of them speechless upon meeting, one unwilling to speak, the other afraid to.
There is never a shortage of episodes of this or that kind in life, however, life must go on.
The fifth campus is where Yunyi’s headquarters is located. Every Wednesday, teachers come here to conduct concentrated teaching seminars, skill evaluations, case studies, etc., in order to ensure the teaching quality of each class and provide students with the best course quality and services.
"Here I am. How's it going? Are you nervous?"
"No worries, just like usual."
"Go ahead, I don't know you. Look at that pen you've been holding, you never put it down. When you're nervous, you grab things and your brain freezes. I don't know where your mind is."
Qi Yue glanced at Mei Mei guiltily: "Do you have to be so accurate?"
Although I say I'm not nervous, I'm still scared inside. Today we are going to select the regional teaching manager. Qi Yue didn't want to participate originally because she is used to the four campuses and doesn't want to change the environment. Also, she likes those children and doesn't want to give up.
I want to be selected, but I don't want to be selected. I want to be a teaching manager, but I also want to be with my students on campus. It's really a dilemma and I'm conflicted.
Qiyue is such a person, a nostalgic person, a person who moves forward but still keeps an eye on the past. Otherwise, he wouldn't still be alone.
While waiting to go on stage to compete, Qi Yue's thoughts were still in a mess. Just when she was panicking, she was called to the stage and her mind went blank.
What followed was a dark five minutes. I don't remember anything Qiyue said after she left the stage, but I know the results were definitely disappointing. I vaguely remember the last question: Who do you most admire on campus? My mind went blank. I saw the new principal of my campus in the audience, and after a moment's thought, I mentioned him.
"Thinking about it later, wasn't that a lie? The person who benefited me the most was the teacher who first taught me at the first school and who provided great support during the early days of the fourth campus. She later became my first teaching supervisor and was my mentor. Most of my skills came from her, but she resigned later due to internal strife among her superiors."
Look, what hypocritical animals humans are. Even Lan Qiyue, who has never participated in any party disputes, is no exception. Even if she considers herself noble and stays away from right and wrong, there are times when she is hypocritical.
Later, when the results were announced, Qiyue had a general idea of the situation. The regional principal talked to Qiyue before announcing the results and expressed regret.
"It's nothing, really. Isn't it just a matter of admitting defeat and accepting defeat? If there's any regret, it's all my fault. I was overconfident, which led to nervousness and unstable performance. It turns out that job competition and teaching competition are really different things. It seems that I'm not suitable for managing adults, but more suitable for managing children."
"Congratulations to our winner in this job competition, Teacher Huihui, who is also the first teaching manager of our Jinghuai region." The regional principal said happily on the stage.
It’s really a blessing from the heart: “Congratulations.”
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