60. Gossip and discrimination
(The storyline is fictitious, the official must not sit in the opposite seat, the similarity is purely a coincidence)
Harry's mother was cleaning up in the kitchen, and Harry sent an email to Jing Hao in his room, apologizing to her on behalf of his mother: Jing Hao, I hope you won't be unhappy in today's conversation, please understand. My mother, like many Englishmen, has almost never been outside of continental Europe, so please forgive her for the strange questions she asks you. Generally speaking, the less aware a person is of the larger world, the more likely they are to see other worlds that way. So, I think if she has the opportunity to go to China in the future, see all aspects, and understand the current situation of your modern China, maybe you will communicate much better......
Jing Hao received an email reply saying: I can understand, I am not unhappy, we have done a lot of things in China that are really not good, but I also know that many British people do not know enough about China and imagine us to be very backward, which is indeed a big pity......
In the past few days, Jing Hao has been carefully preparing all kinds of materials, filling out her resume and various forms, revising the thesis, and sending it to Harry for him to correct, and then sending it to the school as an attachment......
Jing Hao's two Swedish roommates have finally moved in, the two boys are very friendly, and the house is not so deserted.
On this day, Harry made an appointment with Jing Hao to study Chinese in his office, asked her about the progress of her PhD application, and told Jing Hao that he had written a letter of recommendation for her and sent it to two schools, and he also scanned and sent the electronic version, so that she should not worry.
Harry still felt sorry for the unpleasantness that Jing Hao had encountered during the meal at Harry's house before, so he warmly invited Jing Hao to take a trip near Oxford on the weekend, and the travel route was a day trip designed by Harry himself to leave early and return late. Jing Hao was very interested, and the two made an appointment to go to a few places for a short trip on the weekend.
After lunch on Friday, the two went to Churchill Manor and returned at six o'clock in the evening; On Saturday, the two set off early in the morning to the town of Warringford, where Agatha Costy was home, and returned at about 8 p.m.; On Sunday, the two went to Shakespeare's former home, Statford, and returned before dinner......
In the beautiful scenery, the unpleasantness of the previous days gradually disappeared.
It must be said that Harry is indeed a very good and willing person to take care of others, and he is very tolerant and thoughtful, and during the few days of his short trip with Harry, he did not need to worry about anything: food, drink, clothes, itinerary, tickets...... Harry planned without the slightest mistake, and the timing was just right, just sooner rather than later, and unhurried.
Walking down the gravel path in Warringford, where Agatha Costy is located, Jing Hao joked: "You should really be a guide, and you will definitely be the tourist's favorite guide, so good that the queen will probably be able to bestow a knight." ”
Harry said, "Hehe, honestly, there are a lot of similarities between teachers and guides, aren't they? I'm doing a good job as a teacher! I'm a popular teacher with students, aren't I? Hehe. ”
Happy times always pass quickly, from Shakespeare's former home - Stantford town after a trip, it is already past two o'clock, people are tired, Harry and Jing Hao went to a Chinese restaurant in Oxford's George Street for lunch, the two chose a secluded partition to sit down and have a cup of tea first, after two o'clock in the afternoon, there are very few people eating in the restaurant.
Seeing that Jing Hao likes to travel very much, Harry told her that when she is busy with the work at hand for a while, and after Jing Hao's doctoral application has been fruitful, she can find a full time for a week, and the two of them will also go on a trip to Scotland, where Jing Hao's roommates Teacher Bai and Teacher He have been, where there are highlands, snow-capped mountains, the Lake District, and delicious food......
Jing Hao was so happy that she couldn't help but take out her mobile phone, open the pictures of Mr. Bai's trip to Scotland posted in his WeChat collection, and flipped through them one by one with her fingers to show Harry.
At this time, Jing Hao and Harry suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from a partition in a nearby dining room separated by two "walls" from them.
It turned out that the other two teachers of the school, Jim and Frey, were eating together, and they were sitting in a partition not far from Jinghao and Harry, Jim and Frey were actually talking about Jinghao and Harry's relationship, and Jinghao pricked up his ears to listen, and Harry first deliberately coughed, and then deliberately poured water into the cup, and the sound of water was rattling, hoping to weaken the sound of the two of them.
After Jim finished speaking, Frey was obviously surprised, it seemed that he was a little surprised when he heard about this "campus scandal" for the first time.
Jim didn't seem satisfied, just to Fress's surprise, and he speculated that Jing Hao must have been with Harry in order to get an identity to stay in Europe and a British passport, and the relationship between the two of them probably had long gone beyond the boundaries of decency! Moreover, I am afraid that we will get married soon, or live together! But it's hard to say how long the two of them will last! If you don't believe me, just wait and see.
"Not necessarily," Frey said. ”
Jim joked, "Why don't you bet?" Uh——, I think I'll bet on a hearty Chinese meal! We're done! We'll see......
Then the two of them laughed hahahaha, hey.
Harry deliberately lowered his head to eat and drink, trying to pretend that he did not hear their conversation, and when Jing Hao heard it, he was very unhappy, and he couldn't eat, and he was deeply discriminated against, misunderstood, and ridiculed, who would be happy.
She thought indignantly: Don't they all say that the British are gentlemanly? It turns out that the British like to chew their tongues and gossip about others......
She was so angry that she wanted to go to school the next day to complain about them. But if you really complain, what are you complaining about them?
Again, bet on a Chinese meal? Joke! These two people are really infuriating! Even if you gamble on something more expensive, more valuable, more valuable and meaningful, perhaps the anger of the person who hears it will be lighter. Look at it, even the thing they gambled on reveals their contempt and discrimination for this matter.
The two men were still whispering something, and Harry pressed his index finger to his lips and shook his head slightly, signaling for her to eat quietly and leave them alone.
The nonsense continued over there, and Jing Hao couldn't sit still, so he suddenly put down his chopsticks and put on his bag, and whispered to Harry, "I'm sorry, I feel a headache, I don't feel well, I want to go first." And he got up and walked away.
She deliberately passed by Jim and Freys' table - so that they could both see her.
Jim and Frey found out that Jing Hao was eating in the same restaurant, and their expressions were suddenly very embarrassed......
Harry couldn't chase after Jing Hao, so he could only eat silently. He ate a few quick bites, and then quietly beckoned to the waiter, and packed the fried rice that Jing Hao hadn't finished eating, as well as most of the plates of soft fried shrimp and fish-flavored shredded pork.
Harry quietly got up and left the back hallway of the hotel, avoiding the two acquaintances.