Tuesday

Dulwich College International Yangon.

Mona approached the door of the professor's office building, pausing briefly in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror at the corner of the second-story staircase.

She looked at the figure in the mirror.

The self in the mirror is meticulously dressed.

Her long hair was combed into a neat hairline at the back of her head, a pair of dark leather shoes were shining on her feet, and the collar of the white shirt of her school uniform was tightened above her curvaceous chest, held in place by a sky-blue bow tie.

Beautiful and capable.

"Come on. Miss Sandenu, you can do it, go and make a good impression on Professor Cruz. ”

She gently moved the bow tie around her neck to make sure it was in the middle of it, then nodded in satisfaction, clenched her fists, and whispered encouragement to herself in the mirror.

Mona has a thick folder under her armpit, which is the portfolio she is preparing.

She was going to pay a visit to the legendary new professor, Mrs. Adrienne Cruz, before the class began.

The wife of the internationally renowned artist is going to run a six-month Gifted & Talented class at the school.

The opportunity to study with Mrs. Sakai is a rare opportunity for every Dulwich international student.

Precious means rare.

Of course, this kind of course where the master personally guides him cannot be a class with a bunch of people in Wuyang.

There are only five places in total.

The selection criteria for the improvement class are based on the oil painting class assignments during the winter vacation, and Mrs. Sakai selects the five students who she thinks have the highest degree of completion of their works.

Into her own small class.

Mona judged that with her own painting level, she would definitely not be considered a bad kind among her classmates, but she was not the top one either.

At least not as good as Gu Weijing.

Many times, she knows in her heart that she can get such a good evaluation as A in her past courses, all of which rely on the help of her little boyfriend.

Even if this holiday homework has the guidance of a private tutor,

Mona wasn't sure she would make it to the top of the list.

She didn't want this precious opportunity to be in front of her, but she didn't grasp it.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who work hard.

Mona plans to try again.

She is the president of the school's girls' student council and knows where every teacher's office is.

Taking this opportunity, Mona wanted to pay a visit to Mrs. Sakai in advance.

She even prepared an envelope with a self-introduction in it, detailing the direction of her main painting and the transcripts of some excellent courses in the past.

It's easy to say, it's not uncommon in college to contact your favorite tutor in advance and expect to get preferential treatment in the interview, both in the East and the West.

Even a little too much,

A university in the Netherlands once produced a female student who slept all over the tutor group in the past few years, and after it was finally exposed, one-third of the teachers of the department were packed and expelled from the school.

But for high school students who are still in a relatively simple ivory tower - with such emotional intelligence, it seems very smart to be willing to do such sleek and sophisticated things in an "adult" society.

After all, art is a kind of personal subjective evaluation.

Leave a good impression on the other party in advance.

If nothing else, at least Mrs. Sakai has a little impression of the name of the schoolgirl "Mona Sandnu".

At that time, if you can be recruited or not, you will have an advantage over other students.

"I'm not the kind of person who doesn't take responsibility for myself."

Thinking of the annoying man, Mona shook her head unhappily and drove his image out of her mind.

Maybe Coco is right.

You may really like Gu Weijing.

However, the world is very big, and there are many excellent boys.

Mona never thought she had to hang herself from a tree in Gu Weijing.

It's stupid to give up a delicate life in the future for the sake of empty love.

Sometimes, when you broaden your horizons, you will find a lot of better opportunities.

Just like KFC in front of the house when I was a child, the little girl who ate it for the first time thought it was just some delicacies from the mountains and seas, but when she grew up, she saw the lights of the world of flowers, and found that it was just a boring fast food.

This time, Mrs. Sakai's improvement class was an opportunity that was so lucky that it was difficult to find even with a lantern.

The sky in Yangon is too small compared to the truly developed countries.

If you can become a student of Mrs. Sakai, you can even get a letter of recommendation from the other party.

With the strength of the good wind, it sends people to the clouds.

So step into the real upper class art circle.

So Mona will look back on this period of her life one day, and she will laugh dumbly, no matter what she cares about, it is just an ordinary KFC.

"Hello, Professor Cruz. This is a portfolio of my prepared work and I would very much like to take your course......"

Mona rehearsed the rhetoric in her mind once more, took a deep breath, and walked towards the teacher's office.

Knock, knock, knock......

There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in."

A woman's voice came from behind the door.

Mona pushed the door open.

She was surprised to find that Mrs. Sakai was not the only one in the office.

In addition to the blonde Spanish professor, there was also a young Asian man who looked to be in his twenties.

“…… This Saturday's Tokyo Dome has the right Zhilong's concert, I take Katsuko back to Japan, and fly back on Monday? What do you say? ”

As she pushed the door in, she heard the man's enthusiastic suggestion.

Kwon Ji Ryong's concert in Tokyo?

During the school day, I flew to Tokyo on weekends just to see a concert and then flew back on Monday.

Is this the life that Miss Katsuko Sakai lived?

What a luxury...... That's nice, too.

Mona couldn't hide her envy in her heart.

"It depends on what Katsuko means, she wants to go, I have no opinion, but Katsuko has been busy lately."

Mrs. Sakai replied lightly, and then asked Mona.

"What's the matter?"

"Hello, Professor Cruz, this is the portfolio I have prepared......"

"I'm sorry, miss, but I have something to discuss right now, and I'm afraid I don't have time to read your portfolio."

Mrs. Sakai's indifference exceeded Mona's expectations.

She interrupted Mona without even raising her head, and waved her hand, indicating that she didn't have time to deal with her now.

"Oh, okay."

Mona was a little disappointed.

It seems that she didn't come at a very good time, and she didn't even have a chance to say it with a full stomach of prepared words.

There is inevitably a sense of loss on cotton with enthusiasm.

"Professor, my name is Mona Sandnu, and I just really want to be in your improvement class. This is my self-introduction, I'm sorry not to bother you now. ”

She could only briefly mention her name and placed the envelope on the coffee table in her office. Turning around, he pushed open the door to his office and prepared to leave.

"Miss, wait a minute."

Mrs. Sakai seems to have been touched by the name.

She stopped Mona, who was about to leave.

"You're Sandnu, the president of the girls' student council who was given flowers at the opening ceremony?"

Mrs. Sakai looked up, her tone playful.

The blond woman looked Mona up and down from head to toe and said, "She is indeed a pretty little girl." ”

"It's quite heroic, do boys like girls with this style now?"

She asked the young man on the side in a critical tone, "But I think Katsuko is cuter." ”

Komatsu Taro only returned to Myanmar this week.

His "fiancée" Katsuko Sakai didn't know what evil she had fallen into, so she wanted to write a bullshit essay with that poor boy from Myanmar.

What annoyed Komatsu even more was.

Faced with such outrageous nonsense from Katsuko, the Sakai couple actually agreed.

Komatsu Taro wanted to explore the specific content of the paper several times.

As a result, even Mrs. Sakai, who supported herself, politely declined.

Professor Kazunari Sakai even put it more directly - "This is an important discovery, and it is inconvenient for outsiders to know about it before the paper is published." ”

Listen,

This TMD is human talk!

Regardless of what great discoveries can be made in a poor rural area like Myanmar.

When did he become an outsider compared to this little indigenous painter in Yangon?

The only thing that might be good news.

Mrs. Sakai invited herself to come to Myanmar to serve as a teaching assistant in the orientation class at Miss Katsuko's school.

This at least shows that in Mrs. Sakai's heart, it should still be towards herself.

But he could feel it,

Even Mrs. Sakai doesn't seem to be as enthusiastic about herself as she used to be.

If it had been left for half a year ago, Mrs. Sakai would have persuaded Katsuko to go to the concert with her, but now the reply has become "Look at Katsuko's own meaning".

This gave him an indescribable sense of crisis.

Hearing Mrs. Sakai's question, Komatsu Taro's eyes casually swept over the curves of Mona's body wrapped in school uniform.

It's really a beautiful girl,

Especially from her whole body, from beginning to end, from brown hairband to lace and stockings, everything is neat and meticulous.

Both Peugeot and heroic.

It's quite a bit of a youthful version of the feeling of a strong woman,

This made the female student council president look a little more charming, like a cold martini, which made Komatsu Taro feel a little itchy when he looked at each other.

however

Faced with the question of the sudden death of the "mother-in-law", Komatsu Taro is not stupid enough not to know what the correct answer is.

"It's just a little dirt girl in Yangon, and there is no comparison with Miss Shengzi."

He shook his head.

This is a bit hurtful, but Komatsu Taro did it on purpose.

It's not like he's never seen a pretty girl.

As the future heir of Komatsu Gallery, the competition for famous painters under the Grand Gallery is notoriously fierce.

There is no shortage of characters in the art circle, such as the great painter Picasso, an old scumbag surrounded by half-dozen lovers.

Sending a beautiful male or female model can only be regarded as one of the basic means.

Komatsu Taro has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he has long been the leader of the team in the wind and moon field.

This kind of schoolgirl who wants to come to curry favor with Mrs. Sakai to pull a relationship is even less worth mentioning in Komatsu's eyes.

He didn't mind stepping on the dignity of the other party to show his loyalty to his mother-in-law.

Hearing the young man call himself a dirt girl to his face,

Mona blinked violently, still maintaining a subtle and respectful smile on her face.

In Indian family education, society is a hierarchical ladder.

At home, she was a high-caste lady in the eyes of her servants.

In the relationship between men and women, a better self naturally needs Gu Weijing to work tiptoe to have the right to hold her hand.

And Mona only needs to think about whether she can reluctantly give him a little love.

But in front of the high lady Sakai,

She's nothing.

A letter of recommendation from the other party can easily make her future bright and bright, touching those schools that she would never dare to think of.

This is a big man far away in the sky,

If she really wanted to make a good impression on Mrs. Sakai, no matter how uncomfortable she was, all Mona could do in the face of offense was to smile politely or even flatteringly.

"There's no need to say that."

Mrs. Sakai was very satisfied with Komatsu Taro's attitude, but after all, she was a professor at the school, so it was a bit rude to comment on students like this.

"You want to be my student?"

Mrs. Sakai raised an eyebrow

"I am very eager for this opportunity, Professor Cruz, and I assure you that I will be a good student." Mona said respectfully.

"Well, in that case, bring your portfolio and take a look."

Because of Gu Weijing,

Mrs. Sakai doesn't have a good impression of Mona.

In fact......

It's not a bad impression.

She was just a little curious about her daughter's sweetheart's original rumored girlfriend at school.

If Mona really draws well,

Mrs. Sakai wasn't so stingy that she would have to sweep the schoolgirl out of the house.

"Yes, Professor. Please advise. ”

Mrs. Sakai took the folder.

Just after a casual glance, she shook her head in disappointment.

These works, in her opinion,

None of them are brilliant.

Not to mention that compared with his daughters Sakai Katsuko and Gu Weijing, even the younger Sakai Tsunamasa is at least an order of magnitude stronger than this Miss Mona's pen skills in the collection.

Perhaps by the standards of Burmese students, it is not that bad.

However, in the high standard vision of an artist like Mrs. Sakai, mediocrity is a mistake in itself.

If judged by the standard of art,

This little girl and Gu Weijing are not people of the same world at all.

"Well, I'm sorry. Miss Shantanu, to be honest, these works are really ordinary. If you want to go to my improvement class, you can only expect your classmates to draw worse than you. ”

She lost interest in continuing to talk to Mona and shook her head.

"Oh."

Mona bit her lip and just forced herself to give a sweet smile, "Thank you for your advice, ma'am." ”

"Take your self-introduction back, I don't have time to read it."

Mrs. Sakai's status in front of Mona is not even perfunctory at all.

Komatsu glanced at the cover of the portfolio and pursed his lips.

The cover of Mona's collection is a photographic print of the "Self-Portrait" she once showed to Gu Weijing.

With "Self-Portrait" as the main work of the collection,

In general, there is nothing wrong with that.

In the field of painting, "Self-Portrait" can be regarded as a test of one's own painting level, and many famous painters like to paint a self-portrait on a regular basis.

The composition of this self-portrait can't be faulted, but the clothes are too flashy, and while they look extraordinarily contrived, they also have the feeling of putting the cart before the horse.

"Auntie, you came to Myanmar to teach students of this level? Waste of time. ”

When Mona closes the door,

Behind him was Komatsutaro's scornful disdainful comments.

……

Gu Weijing was in the shade of the playground and found Mona who was silently wiping her tears.

"I just saw you coming out of the office building, and I've been in tears, what's wrong."

He sat beside the girl and looked at the tears on Miss Mona's face.

"What's the matter with you? You go away! ”

Mona turned her face, unwilling to let Gu Weijing see her current appearance.

Leave the office.

Walking alone in the quiet corridor, her aggrieved tears finally flowed uncontrollably.

No matter how strong he is, he disguises a smile on his face.

After all, she was just a little girl who had not yet reached adulthood.

The hurtful tone in the office was like a sharp carving knife, piercing her heart.

"You're going to find Mrs. Sakai? Is it for the sake of raising the class? She's not a good person to deal with. ”

Gu Weijing picked up the envelope at Mona's feet with a note from [To the honorable Professor Adriana Cruz] on it.

Looking at the text on it, Gu Weijing smiled dumbly.

Mrs. Sakai is not accustomed to being a gentle woman.

"It's Professor Cruz, Mrs. Sakai, huh...... Do you know people well? And I don't need you to take care of my business. “

Mona snatched the envelope from Gu Weijing's hand, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.

(End of chapter)