Chapter 19: A Man's Grievances
The semester is over and the summer vacation begins.
This semester, my grades have dropped, especially in math, which has always held me back in my overall score, which has worried me and my mother a little. So, we decided to find me a math teacher to tutor me this summer.
It didn't take long for the agent to connect us with a math teacher. This teacher's name is Jiang Xiaofeng, who is also a teacher in our school, and he teaches us this grade. He wasn't very old, he looked less than thirty, maybe twenty-six or seventeen. On the same day, we decided that I would go to Mr. Jiang's house for classes this summer, and he would provide me with one-on-one tutoring.
Mr. Jiang's home is in the school. Our school covers a large area, in addition to teaching buildings, student dormitories, and staff family rooms. Mr. Jiang lives in a suite in the employee's family building.
On the first day of make-up classes, we met under the school logo, a large rock with the school motto written on it. After the meeting, he took me to his house.
It was a cloudy day, with a little drizzle under the gray sky, which was much cooler than a sunny day. On a hot summer day, it's a pretty good day. I followed Mr. Jiang and walked towards the family area of the school.
I held an umbrella, carried my backpack on my chest to prevent getting wet, and silently stepped on the slightly wet ground in the school, thinking about Lin Haiyuan. When I came to school, I couldn't help but think of him, the bits and pieces of getting along with him, and our unknown future. Now I'm in school, and where is he? He should be at home, right? Don't know where his home is? What is he doing at home now? He is such a hard-working scholar, he should be working hard at home, right? Hopefully, this make-up lesson will be useful and allow me to catch up with him.
Mr. Jiang is approachable, gentle and attentive, and will write notes to me at the same time as the class, which is a good feeling to listen to his lectures. It felt like the lesson time we had agreed to end quickly. At that time, I didn't expect that he would have any contact with people I knew in the future. But that's all for later.
As high school students, it's hard for us to enjoy much more vacation, and in August our new semester has already begun, and we are sophomores.
Recently, a big incident happened in my family, everyone in the family was upset, and I was inevitably affected. Considering this, and the fact that our home was a bit far away from the school, and it took a lot of time to get to and from school every day, my mother decided to rent a room for me to accompany me to the school. Since then, I have eaten and slept in my rented house every day, and only returned to my house on Saturday afternoons after the holiday. This did save me some time, but it was hard for my mother, who had to run between home and school every day.
One Saturday afternoon, I stayed in the classroom after school as usual, waiting for the opportunity to be alone with Lin Haiyuan after the others left.
Yes, I haven't had an opportunity like this since that time when I was alone with him. But so what? This does not stop me from continuing to work the road close to Lin Haiyuan, even if I can't wait, I have to wait, what if I wait? I won't miss a chance. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if I really can't wait for the opportunity to be alone with him anymore, sitting in the same classroom and watching him study is a warm thing. So I'm going to keep waiting.
Suddenly, Lin Haiyuan spoke: "Huh? Where's my paper? I just sent it today, the one I want to do on vacation? You can't lose it, right? He searched his chaotic pile of books for a long time, but finally couldn't find it.
The people around him "fell into the well": "Look, who told you not to clean up your things properly, now it's so messy that you can't find it." "Don't look for it, you can't find it, just go and make a copy."
My lovely Lin Haiyuan always wore his sunny smile, even when he was "besieged" by everyone. In the end, he found that he really couldn't find his test papers, and there were not many papers in the class, so he had to consider going out to make copies.
"Alas, but I don't want to go out and make copies, it's a long way, so troublesome." Lin Haiyuan said.
Our school is very large, and our school building is nearly ten minutes away from the door, and it takes nearly half an hour to go back and forth and make copies.
That being said, it's not far if you're willing to go. I thought, here's my chance.
"I'll help you. I'll go out and make copies for you. "I volunteered. As long as you can help him and get close to him, what is this little thing? I'm afraid I won't have that opportunity.
"Really? Great, Yi Yinfei, thank you. โ
"You're welcome." I was secretly happy that I could finally help him. I was about to leave when he suddenly said something elseโ
"Yi Yin Fei, you have to be careful-"
I was impressed. Before going out, the person I like told me to be careful, what a warm scene! What's running errands for him? That's the kind of care I've ever dreamed of!
"Don't lose your papers."
Boom, my heart shattered like glass.
I thought he was caring about me, but I didn't expect him to be just worried about his rolls? It turns out that I am just an errand runner, and I don't have a single paper that is important. Oh, I'm being amorous again.
"Got it! Don't worry! I'm going to die on the road, and I'll put your roll next to the corpse for you to find!" I said angrily.
"Huh? Don't say that, what's wrong with you? He looked at me innocently and said. He's really "simple and cute", and he still doesn't know what's going on?
"Humph!"
"What's wrong? Are you angry? Why? "Until I turned around, this elm head was still saying such things, and it was so angry that I was angry.
Alas, no way, who made me fall in love with such a straight man? This kind of thing, I have to endure it myself. On the way to the copy shop, I thought so.
It's a cloudy day again, and the upcoming night is making the sky look even darker. I pinched my exam paper and walked alone on the campus road, the trees on the side of the road rustling in the wind.
I couldn't help but feel a little desolate. Is that what I like about him? No matter how much I do, won't he notice?
No, it's just not time yet, I just don't know him well yet. When we get acquainted, he'll pay attention to me. Moreover, I am willing to do this for the person I like, I don't ask for anything in return, I just want to brush up on his presence more. I should be happy to have such a great opportunity today.
With this in mind, I felt less sad, and I quickened my pace and walked outside the school.
When I came to the copy shop near the school gate, I handed the test paper to the boss. The owner of this shop is also a teacher at our school, and I have heard about this for a long time, and I have met this owner a few times in school. He didn't have any expression on his face, he looked very cold, and, not very friendly, I just wanted to get out of here.
When I was paying, I found that I had no change on me, so I had to hand over the fifty dollar bill.
"I don't want it." The boss said coldly, his expression was really unfriendly.
"Huh?" I was stunned for a moment, thinking that he probably didn't want to look for money, so I had to explain: "I'm sorry, I don't have change." โ
"I said, I don't want it." His voice was even more displeased in the coldness, still without any expression, but it was even more unkind, making people look even more uncomfortable.
I was at a loss for what to do, and I didn't want to take the money I gave? Is there a business that does this? What does this make me? But his cold and unfriendly appearance was a bit scary, and he was a high school teacher at our school, so I didn't dare to refute him, so I had to freeze in embarrassment.
At this time, an uncle sitting in the store spoke: "He means that you will give it next time you have change." โ
What the? Next time? When is the next time? I was really not used to taking credit, but he didn't accept the money, and I had no choice but to go to the small shop next door and buy some things that I didn't want to buy, exchange it for change, and then come back to pay the copy account.
When I handed him the money, I said "I'm sorry", and he said "um", and his expression finally softened. It seems that I really upset him by handing him the big bills.
When I left the store, I felt very wronged, is this the treatment that consumers should receive? Other merchants are looking for money, and often complain in order to please customers, but he actually refuses to accept it? Not only did he refuse to accept it, but he also put on a stinky face that I had caused trouble for him, asking me to find change to give him myself, and I had to give him a smile? What is this?
But I can't help it, when I gave him money, he said he didn't want it, I really didn't give it if I couldn't. And what's the use of arguing with him about this kind of thing? Besides, he is a teacher in our school, and I can't offend it, so I can only wronged myself.
On the way back, the surroundings were even darker, and in this misty twilight, everything seemed a little hazy.
My heart was even more poignant. It turns out that liking someone is such a hard thing? Why am I so unlucky today? volunteered to help Lin Haiyuan run errands, but all he cared about was whether the roll would be lost; came out to make a copy of a volume, and had to endure this inexplicable grievance.
But it's all my own business. These are all grievances that must be swallowed by myself, and no matter how wronged I am, I still have to face others with a smile. Because no one else is obligated to bear these things for me, it is all my own choice.