Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Hu Wenshan was absent-minded during his lecture, his mind still troubled by Tao Yuan’s behavior. Xu Shaoyan seemed to be listening attentively, but in fact he was also absent-minded.
Tao Yuan, seemingly calm and expressionless, secretly held Hu Wenshan’s teaching in deep disdain. It was truly ironic that a teacher who only taught the basics of Chinese painting and had no experience in artistic expression would actually lower the original student’s grade based on the artistry of his work.
However, if Hu Wenshan’s artistic level was high enough, he would not be a teacher here but would have become a master whose work was worth a villa.
Artistic expression mainly depended on talent and inspiration; it was difficult to reach a certain level through acquired efforts.
After the one and a half hour class, Hu Wenshan couldn’t help but glance at Tao Yuan while packing up his things, and deliberately slowed down his movements, anxiously waiting for Tao Yuan to find him and question him.
Tao Yuan had already packed up his things, but as long as Hu Wenshan didn’t leave the classroom, they, the students, couldn’t leave first, so he sat and waited for Hu Wenshan to leave.
Hu Wenshan took much longer than usual to pack his things. Seeing that Tao Yuan had no intention of questioning him, he could only reluctantly leave the classroom with his painting box.
Seeing Tao Yuan stand up and about to leave, Xu Shaoyan immediately called him in a low voice, “Qingyu, let’s go together. I want to talk to you about borrowing money.”
“Thank you for your kindness, but I didn’t ask you to borrow money, and you don’t need to lend me money.” Tao Yuan didn’t even look at him and walked out.
“I know you are embarrassed to ask, and I also know that you really need money right now. You don’t have to be polite with me, really.” Xu Shaoyan followed with the painting box.
Tao Yuan walked into the corridor, stopped, turned around and looked at him, and said seriously, “I didn’t take the initiative to ask you to borrow money. Did I fail to satisfy your vanity? After all, you have offered to lend me money many times before, and you have lost a lot of self-esteem with me. You know I am short of money now, and you think this is a good opportunity to regain your self-esteem, so you insist on lending me money. Am I right?”
Tao Yuan spoke exactly what Xu Shaoyan was thinking, not even a single word was wrong. Being exposed in front of the other students, Xu Shaoyan felt extremely embarrassed, but he still said innocently, “What are you talking about? Why do you have to think so badly of me? I just think we were friends before, so I really want to help you.”
“I’m really sorry,” Tao Yuan said. “Whether it’s your self-esteem or your vanity, I don’t want you to get satisfaction from me, so no matter what you say, I won’t accept your help. I’m just so narrow-minded. Are you angry? If so, that’s exactly the effect I want.”
“You, do you really have to talk like this?” Xu Shaoyan looked helpless and sour.
“Well, since you’ve asked me to, I’ll change my tone.” Tao Yuan thought, since you’re the one who’s asking for trouble, I’ll oblige you. “As one of your father’s illegitimate children, you’ve always had low self-esteem. When you were little, both your biological father and your adoptive father ignored you and your mother. You and your mother lived in extreme hardship, so you often borrowed money from me.”
Xu Shaoyan’s expression changed immediately. He didn’t expect Tao Yuan to say these words. These were things he didn’t want others to know.
“But I really don’t understand,” Tao Yuan continued, “I didn’t make you a bast**d. Your father is a stud, spreading his seeds everywhere. If you want to blame someone, just blame him. Or you can blame your mother who has no self-control and cheated on her husband after getting married. Why do you have to pick on me? Just because I lent you money when I was a child? I’m really sorry. I really shouldn’t have lent you money out of pity. I should have let you starve so that you wouldn’t bother me now.”
“Don’t go too far!” Xu Shaoyan’s face turned purple with anger. “Are you still human if you insult someone’s parents?”
“Did I say anything wrong?” Tao Yuan asked with a puzzled expression. “Is it that your father doesn’t have many illegitimate children, or that your mother didn’t have an affair and gave birth to you with another married man? If I ever said anything that was slanderous about you, or your parents, tell me and I’ll apologize.”
Xu Shaoyan’s blood rushed to his head, his vision blurred and he was shaking with anger, but he couldn’t say a word.
“I didn’t say a single word wrong, right?” Tao Yuan said with a straight face. “If you don’t want your shameful life story to be told, you shouldn’t have come to provoke me.”
“You’re going too far!!” Xu Shaoyan said gritting his teeth.
“What are you talking about? Why are you saying I’m going too far?” Tao Yuan imitated his tone and demeanor and said, “I’m telling the truth. If you didn’t let me say it, why did you keep provoking me? I thought you wanted to force me to say these things, so you did this. After all, in this school, I’m the only one who knows your past life. We used to be friends, weren’t we?”
After Tao Yuan finished speaking in his tone, he sneered and turned away.
Xu Shaoyan stood there, furious, almost unable to stand. He was clearly the one in trouble, so why was he still so nonchalant after having his scholarship taken away? Even though he was different now, he still couldn’t trample on his dignity. Was it because of his past that he couldn’t stand up to the public eye?
Some students who hadn’t left yet stood aside, their mouths wide open in surprise as they heard this. It was surprising that Xu Shaoyan, who was usually gentle and cheerful, had such a background and past. It was really a big gossip.
“Forget it, Shaoyan. He is just that kind of person with a weird personality. You know that. It’s not worth getting angry with him.” Several classmates who had gotten favors from Xu Shaoyan came over to comfort him, but they were actually too surprised to calm down, and their consolation was a bit perfunctory.
“I’m not angry,” Xu Shaoyan tried to remain calm and said with a lost smile, “I’m just a little sad. I never thought that I always treated him as a friend, but he misunderstood my feelings like this.”
They looked at each other, and one of the boys said, “Good intentions don’t always bring good rewards. People like him will suffer a lot, so just ignore him.”
Xu Shaoyan forced a smile and walked downstairs with his classmates.
The original owner was aloof, very cold towards everyone, and usually never attended class gatherings. Xu Shaoyan, on the other hand, was sociable, always smiling and welcoming, and often invited his classmates out to play. So, it was clear who was more popular among the classmates, and who was on the verge of being ostracized.
As Tao Yuan walked downstairs, the man walking towards him stopped and opened his mouth to say something. But Tao Yuan walked right past him, as if he hadn’t seen him, without even giving him a chance to speak.
“Hmph!” Liu Xiujie was ignored by Tao Yuan and was very unhappy. So he snorted coldly and continued walking forward.
“Your boyfriend is here to pick you up, so we won’t be the third wheel anymore. You go with him.” The classmates who went downstairs with Xu Shaoyan laughed and teased Liu Xiujie after seeing him.
Xu Shaoyan forced a smile and waved goodbye to the classmates who were leaving.
In this world, same-sex love and marriage were normal, and same-sex marriage had been legally protected since ancient times. However, ancient people valued the continuation of the family line, and the lack of a successor was a serious matter, so same-sex marriage was relatively rare.
However, as the times had developed to the present day, technology and medicine had long since matured, and same-sex couples could also have children together, so more and more same-sex couples were getting married.
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