Weekend. A sunny April day in Shanghai.

Zhu Beini stared at the bright sunlight outside the window, and felt that it was time to move on from Cob's failure.

The dark green leaves of the camphor outside the window are swaying in the sun, the evening cherry blossoms downstairs are gently embellished among the leaves, and the magnolia trees that have taken off the magnolia flowers have emerged with thick young leaves.

"Spring is infinitely good," Zhu Beini secretly decided: "Just rise from this weekend!"

Zhu Beini is not a talented woman with confidence, although she has also embarked on the road of Kaobo, but she is not as determined as the same family. The choice of "Kaobo" is not the first choice, but the "elimination method".

The year before I graduated, I learned that if I went to college, I could only work as a counselor, and if I wanted to become a teacher, I could only go to high school and junior high school. Zhu Beini is very prejudiced, she believes that she will either become a teacher in a college or a primary school. Helplessly, the identity of the Master of Arts is not high or low, and in the end it can only be forced to take the road of "taking the doctorate".

Most of the students happily embarked on the two paths that Zhu Beini refused to go, and some students found another way to take the civil service examination. As for those who ran into the first-tier cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen to go to the enterprise, they were directly thought of as "outliers" by Zhu Beini. She has never thought about the precarious corporate life, and she has always been good at self-analysis, and she doesn't even bother to ask why.

I had been preparing for the doctoral exam for a year, but I didn't expect to be defeated, and finally I failed in the English speaking interview.

Pinching the second transcript of the written test, Zhu Beini was sad and angry, and deeply felt a sense of helplessness.

"It is said that there is no master's degree that cannot be completed, and there is no doctorate who cannot be examined!" Zhu Beini cheered herself up, and immediately decided to go to a language school today to enroll in an English speaking class. "If it's not professional English, I don't believe it, Bing Xue is as smart as I can't take it!"

Think that a year's worth of tuition can always cope with a 30-minute English speaking interview. Zhu Beini packed up herself and ran to the Internet café opposite the community. An hour later, with a pen in her left hand and a notebook in her right hand, Zhu Beini rushed from the Internet café to the nearest bus stop like a whirlwind.

When the bus arrived, the road idiot, under the favor of the god of luck, magically found the office building where the English training school was located. It's a pity that the time is too unfortunate, and the bell at twelve o'clock has already struck. Teachers and classmates went to eat more.

Zhu Beini looked through the small open window on the door, and looked and looked. Get off the wrong foot. When I turned around, I saw a person with his arms crossed and looking at him back and forth.

In the backlight, I only saw the man's long figure, because he was wearing a baseball cap, he couldn't see his eyebrows clearly, and he only saw a slight smile on his angular chin. Sneer?Zhu Beni struggled to stand up straight. Isn't it high enough to laugh at me?" Zhu Beini weighed, but finally said nothing.

The light in the corridor was a little dim, which diluted her confidence.

The man in the baseball cap calmly walked past Zhu Beini and pushed open the office door with his hand. "Squeak", the door opened. Zhu Beni looked in: there was no one. So the dead horse became a live horse doctor, and asked the man who was going inside by himself, "Are you the teacher here?"

"Hmm. The other party snorted or snorted, and did not look back. What a faux pas, Zhu Beini frowned unconsciously, so her voice became cold: "That." I would like to enroll in an English speaking course. ”

"Simultaneous translation?"

"It's not. "It's the ordinary, the kind that can improve the ability to express oneself in English." ”

"What's the use?" the man sat down casually, his voice lazy.

"Cobb. ”

The man who had been wandering around looking for something stopped what he was doing and looked up at Zhu Beini with curiosity in his eyes. "What do you study?"

"Chinese. ”

Zhu Beini didn't want to have all the questions answered. But the man seemed to have magical powers, his eyes were sharp and gentle, and his tone was indifferent and lured, which made her unconsciously cooperate.

"What kind of doctorate does a person who studies Chinese!" The man sneered, as if he had encountered something extremely funny.

Hearing that his words were full of ridicule, Zhu Beini became embarrassed and wanted to retort sharply. But in a hurry, he said nothing. I was so anxious that I stomped my foot, and my face turned red. "Hmph. There was a small hum in the air, presumably by himself.

The man opposite unexpectedly laughed again, his eyes sparkled as he looked at Zhu Beini's annoyance, paused for a moment or two, and said slowly: "I'm sorry." ”

Is such an insincere apology an apology? Zhu Beini obviously didn't buy it, and the anger on her face did not subside.

"It's a waste to pay the school. Why don't you invite me to dinner and I'll teach you. The man suggested. There are loose and naughty clues in the tone.

For a moment, Zhu Beini suspected that she had misheard. Is there a teacher who digs into the wall like this? He immediately confirmed, "Are you the teacher here?"

"It's like a fake. Master of turtles, studied in the United States for ten years, and has nothing to say if he speaks good English. The other party immediately explained. That's the right attitude.

Zhu Beini was quite satisfied. I wanted to nod, but I vaguely felt that something was wrong. When I think about it, I can't think of anything wrong. In the silence, I only heard the man high-five himself, and said loudly: "That's it." Leave me a phone number. Write well, you hurry up. It's time for lunch, and they're coming back. ”

Under the urging, Zhu Beini wrote her name and mobile phone number on the notebook handed over to the other party.

"I'll contact you later. Taking back the notebook and looking at the names and numbers on it, the man still wearing a baseball cap skillfully took out his mobile phone and dialed the phone number.

"Toot toot...... Toot ......" Zhu Beini's phone rang. Zhu Beini lowered her head and touched her phone in her backpack.

"That's my number. The man on the other side said. He got up and snapped his baseball cap to the table, revealing a thick head of hair. It's so young. He's still a handsome guy. It's a beautiful laugh.

Zhu Beini was a little confused.

"Let's go. They're back. The young male teacher stepped out of the desk, pushed and helped, and quickly sent Zhu Beini out of the office.

As a result, I was still a step slower, and I met three or five female teachers who were returning to the office together.

"Are you here to sign up?" asked Zhu Beni in a sweet voice.

"Uh. Zhu Beini, who is not good at lying on the spot, was a little flustered.

"My friend. The male teacher kept moving, and the hand on Zhu Beini's shoulder was slightly forced, and he continued to walk out with Zhu Beini.

"Girlfriend, we don't eat people, don't be in a hurry to leave!" The three or five companions suddenly became enthusiastic, and some even stretched out their hands to pull.

"Hahaha. You just don't spit out bones. The male teacher who successfully pushed Zhu Beini out of the office was very happy. "Click" to close the door. Shut the door out.

The hallway was still quiet. Zhu Beini stood in front of the closed office door, vaguely hearing the lively laughter inside. I thought that the handsome brother teacher who was secretly digging the foot of the wall would send him downstairs, but I didn't expect to push her out of the door so neatly.

Zhu Beini shook her head, not sure if it was her own imagination just now, or if it really happened. I found my phone, and there was really a missed call inside. It really happened. Inexplicably strange real happening.

After a short daze, the corridor became lively. Some of the students in the morning and afternoon classes, some looked like children, some looked like adults, and even some middle-aged and elderly people, and everyone came out of the elevator one after another, walked through the corridor, and entered the classroom.

Holding the phone, Zhu Beini entered the elevator against the current.

"Master's Turtle, studied in the United States for ten years, and his English is too good to speak. As I watched the elevator go down, I thought back to the words of the amazing teacher. Zhu Beini waved her hand and cut off the mixed thoughts in her mind: "Whatever." It's not a lifetime contract. I don't think it's good to come back to register for class. ”

On the way back, Zhu Beini sat by the window of the bus. The colorful cityscape along the bus route flowed through Zhu Beini's black and white eyes. This high-rise building, this busy traffic, and the bustling prosperity of Shanghai make people fascinated. It's just that I'm just a passerby.

Because of her failure in the exam and her impressive performance in the written exam, her tutor and parents both suggested that she take the exam for another year. Her parents even suggested that she take the exam full-time, rent a room near the school, and go to school every day to review.

If time goes back three years, Zhu Beini will be obedient. But now that she has graduated with a master's degree, she will be a parasite again, so how can she be embarrassed. After thinking about it, she decided to find a random job in Shanghai, and while working, she also reviewed. This year, only professional maintenance is required, and the focus of spoken English is assaulted, and the coming year is still very promising. It's a casual job, so you don't have to worry too much. The salary is not demanding, just so-so.

In fact, Dad was not satisfied with this decision, in his heart, hard work must do his best, have the perseverance to do my best, and have the courage to break the boat. Half and half and so on, he can't look down on it. However, when the child is older, it is not good to be too authoritarian. I had no choice but to agree.

Now, Zhu Beini has been working for a domestic trading company specializing in office supplies for nearly a month.

This company says it's not big, it's not small. Counting the branches distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, there are as many as 15 large and small. Because of the "dispersion", the chairman should "concentrate". What Zhu Beini does is the work of "concentrating" - the company's corporate culture management. To put it bluntly, it is to publish the company's internal publications. It's just writing an article, and for Zhu Beini, it's not a matter at all.

In order to save money and reduce the sense of insecurity in an unfamiliar city, Zhu Beini lives in a company dormitory.

After returning to the dormitory from the language training school that day, Zhu Beini was thinking about how to improve her language skills with the help of teachers. I think there is only one way to "talk more and practice more". It's a bit of a mouthful. If you can confirm a topic in advance every time you eat and chat, everyone chats about the theme, and you should get twice the result with half the effort. Zhu Beni pondered.

With this in mind, I began to prepare and write down the English sentences that I had been brewing on paper. Roommate and colleague Zeng Mei passed by the writing desk and accidentally found Zhu Beini writing an English essay, saying, "Are you writing an English article? ”

One sentence aroused the interest of several roommates, especially the little front desk who had just graduated from high school, and had to pester Zhu Beini to tell "stories".

Zhu Beini had to recall the process. When she finished speaking, she noticed that her roommates and colleagues were all staring at her with round eyes, looking at her with incredible eyes.

"Is there any problem?" asked Zhu Beni weakly.

"It's a big problem, it's too much. Is a teacher in school? Is a teacher a good person?"

"What if he is a liar, a hooligan, a bandit, a trafficker?"

"Are you stupid, this is China's largest economic city, with a mixed mix of good and bad, hiding dirt and dirt, and there are no people of any kind of goods! How can you dare to trust a random person you know? Why do you easily give your mobile phone number to others? Why don't you even have a basic sense of prevention?"

A series of rhetorical questions were thrown one after another like grenades, and Zhu Beini couldn't parry.

"I don't think he's a bad guy. Zhu Beini argued timidly.

"Do bad people say I'm a bad guy on their faces? Wolves do bad things in sheep's clothing. The roommates shook their heads.

"What should I do?" Zhu Beini was a little dumbfounded.

It's not too soon, it's not too late, and the phone rings at the wrong time. When I looked down, I saw that it was the person who was attacked by the group at this time.

To answer or not to answer? What to say? Zhu Beini hesitated.

"Is that him?" asked the little receptionist.

Zhu Beini nodded.

"Well, we'll go with you. "Grain Grain. The roommates and colleagues who had just attacked them all had their eyes lit up and they all came over with strange smiles on their faces.

Somehow, Zhu Beini remembered the conversation she heard not long ago: "We don't eat people", "You just don't spit out bones", it turns out that there is also a group of sisters around me who are bored and afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

Zhu Beini couldn't cry or laugh for a while.