"Then I'll go back first." Zhang Ran took half a step back.
"Have you eaten yet? Let's have dinner together?" Yan Yun offered the invitation.
"I've already eaten." Zhang Ran declined and walked upstairs.
Yan Yun couldn't say much, and closed the door after thanking her again.
upstairs.
Zhang Ran opened the door, and there was a takeaway on the table.
Even if the room is full of necessities, it still makes people feel unpopular, sitting and eating alone.
boring.
Inevitably a little lonely.
The sound insulation effect of the house is not good. From time to time there is the sound of cooking next door and downstairs, as well as the voices of several members of the family talking.
"Ji Yang, take out the soup first."
"Chen He, stop playing games and come out to eat quickly."
"Is the rent coming again? I have to spend money again."
"Come here and wash your hands."
…
Zhang Ran opened the disposable chopsticks, looked at the takeaway box and suddenly lost his appetite and was in a bad mood.
Maybe she can still persuade herself to be single, but all her friends and classmates are married and have children.
There really was no one to accompany her just to leave.
Looking back, before Ji Yang got married, he still chatted with her every few days and secretly sent her couriers.
After she got married, she appeared more frequently during the period of her divorce.
After barely eating a few mouthfuls, he put down his chopsticks.
In the next few days, when Zhang Ran went downstairs, he could always bump into Ji Yang carrying his son downstairs, with hurried steps and Yan Yun's instructions behind him.
When she went downstairs, Ji Yang just pushed out the electric car, and his son stood on it, ready to drive forward.
The two looked at each other.
"Going to work?" she said first.
"Yes, how about you?"
"I'm submitting my resume today, and I'm going to an interview at a nearby company." She smiled and explained.
"I hope it goes well." He nodded and pointed to the front, "The child is going to be late, so I'll be leaving first."
"Okay." Before she finished her sentence, Ji Yang's electric car had already reached the corner, she silently looked away, and looked down at herself.
Today she is wearing a bright red tight-fitting long dress with high heels on her feet and delicate makeup on her face.
She has always known that she is not bad looking, and she has received the favor of beauty since she was a child.
I remember that in the past, as long as she dressed up a little, Ji Yang's eyes would always be a little amazed, and he would also clumsily appreciate her when chatting with her.
Just now, I didn't hear anything.
The phone rang, and she pressed it to answer.
"Hello."
"Yes, I'll be right there."
"OK, wait."
…
The one-day interview was not satisfactory.
Even though her image and academic qualifications passed the test, the salary that the company offered her on the spot did not satisfy her.
Large and small companies, the initial salary is not high.
It can even be said that in the high consumption she has formed, these salaries cannot support herself.
At noon, a restaurant.
"It's driving me to death. There is still a traffic jam on that broken road." Lu Jia threw her bag on the seat and sat down.
"I ordered a bullfrog, do you want to eat it?" Zhang Ran asked.
"Yes." Lu Jia nodded, "By the way, how was your interview today? Are you going to work there?"
"It's not good." Zhang Ran pursed her lips, a little frustrated.
"It's all like this. The guaranteed minimum salary is not high. If you want a high salary, you can go to an agency. The commission is high, and the more you work, the more you get. Anyway, you are used to working overtime there, and your education is enough." Lu Jia said again, "I'm also in a training institution now, and so is Ji Yang. Isn't he also short of money? He also teaches at an institution at night. We are in a business building. He is on the 22nd floor and I am on the 34th."
Having been Zhang Ran's deskmate for several years, she still knows him a little bit.
I am not satisfied with the salary at first sight.
"Are you in the same building?" Zhang Ran asked back.
"Yeah, I didn't know at first. I met in the elevator the day before yesterday, and we chatted for a while. I am full-time, and he works part-time at night, and he also works part-time on weekends, but I don't recruit people there anymore. His organization is a group. Still recruiting." Lu Jia explained, "You can ask him, their full-time teachers can earn tens of thousands."
Zhang Ran was moved.
In institutions, there is a class fee. If you schedule five classes on weekends, you can earn hundreds of dollars a day.
She graduated with a heavy education, and it is also possible to teach elementary and junior high school students.
"Where's the address? I'll go and have a look." She still didn't want to ask Ji Yang, which made herself very depressed.
In fact, I am very conflicted in my heart. I feel that it is wrong to have more contact with Ji Yang, and that she is not so shameless to be a third party. I also feel that I need his attention, and I faintly want to prove my charm.
"I'll send you the location."
"good."
…
Zhang Ran went for an interview in the afternoon.
The institution is very large, with more than a dozen classrooms, and more than 20 branch campuses in the urban area alone.
The person who interviewed her first was the personnel, then the person in charge of the campus, and then asked her to wait, saying that the teaching director of the headquarters would come to take a look.
After five o'clock, her patience was worn out, and the teaching director came late.
A woman who looked crisp and neat was actually a bit long-winded, and asked her again from beginning to end.
I have quite a lot of experience, and I have graduated with a lot of money, so I decided to try it out first.
The assessment period is seven days and the trial period is three months.
"We must have an assessment period for recruiting teachers now. During the assessment period, there is no need to attend classes, but you have to attend the class every day. After seven days, I will let you attend a class. I will attend." The teaching director said to her.
"Yeah." She nodded.
"At present, according to the schedule, other teachers cannot take you. Oh, there is a part-time teacher here. You can listen to his classes more. Recently, he performed very well in the group evaluation."
"Although it is a part-time job, it is very good."
After finishing the sentence, he looked at the person in charge of personnel affairs, "Has Ji Yang come yet? Is his class about to start?"
"Just here, I'll call him." The personnel went out.
Zhang Ran didn't expect to meet Ji Yang again on such an occasion. The other party hurried in with a coat in his hand.
He should have rushed over after get off work, and he was still a little upset.
"This is a new teacher, so I'll trouble you to take it with you. She will follow you on weekends. I will make arrangements for the other teaching supervisors next week if there is room for them." The director said.
"Okay." Ji Yang responded directly without any extra expression.
"That's it for now, I have to go back to the headquarters."
"Um."
…
Zhang Ran felt very embarrassed. Ji Yang was not as good at studying as her before. It felt like a scumbag who wanted to be a master of teaching.
Xueba is naturally unwilling.
It was so awkward that she even felt insulted, and she was considering whether to come to work.
"If you're not in a hurry to go home, you can be the teacher's class tonight. His class tonight happens to be the content you want to assess, and there is still a lot to learn." The person in charge reminded her in her ear. .
The other party said so, how could she refuse
Squeeze out a laugh and answer.
"Classroom No. 3, you go in first, and I'll change clothes." Ji Yang was not condescending to her, like his temperament, even a little dull.
However, she used to be an exception to him.
Today he is in the middle class of eight people, about the learning of junior high school functions.
All eight are boys.
Boys also like beautiful things. Today, Zhang Ran is well-dressed, and he stands out among a group of plain teachers.
When the supervisor came in to pick up the materials, he looked at her and reminded him in a low voice, "Try to put on light makeup tomorrow, don't wear high heels, skirts that are not tight above the knees, and hair tied up."
Zhang Ran felt a little embarrassed, and looked at Ji Yang on the podium, who had already opened the PPT and started to give a lecture.
"Close your books, don't look at that, just look at the blackboard." When Ji Yang stood up, he seemed to be a different person while speaking.
Zhang Ran couldn't help being attracted to him.
She has always felt that Ji Yang is a bit out of place, timid, timid, naive and useless.
This kind of honest person sounds like a hard worker, but in fact he doesn't know how to adapt and has no ability and sense of responsibility.
In front of him, there is an indescribable confidence, standing on the podium and talking, with a different tone, talking about knowledge points in a simple way.
"I just want you to remember this point, okay, start doing the questions now, read this question, and tell me right away, which option should be excluded?"
"AB."
"AB."
"AB!"
…
The students below scrambled to answer, feeling that they had mastered the trick, their confidence soared, and their emotions were excited.
Ji Yang nodded, "This is last year's high school entrance examination question, and there are two options left, let's continue to look."
…
The knowledge he conveyed was so simple and clear that Zhang Ran had to admit that she understood everything he said, but she couldn't sum it up like this.
It seems to find another way.
Make it easier to make things easier.
After one class, it was already past nine o'clock.
After class, Ji Yang was turning off the computer, and Zhang Ran walked up to him, "You have really changed a lot, and you spoke very well."
She hasn't been exposed to this knowledge for a long time, and she is indeed not as good as him.
"Thank you." Ji Yang pursed his lips.
"To eat supper together?" She said again, "You just said that you came here before eating, and I didn't eat while I was waiting for the interview, together?"
"No, my wife is downstairs, let's go back to eat." Ji Yang put the computer in the computer bag, the phone rang, and he picked it up.
Yan Yun's voice.
After hanging up, he turned and looked at her, "Do you know that you will go to work at eight o'clock tomorrow? My class is full tomorrow and I will be a little busy, but I don't need your help too much. You can also go to other teachers' classrooms to attend lectures and study."
"Um."
the next day.
Zhang Ran didn't go to the other teachers, but followed Ji Yang.
There are five classes a day, eight students in one class, all of them are full, he is so busy that he only eats lunch at one o'clock.
His temperament has not changed at all.
She doesn't talk too much, and doesn't bother others. Her supporting role is useless at all. What Ji Yang talks to her most is:
"Sit down, just find a place to sit."
"fine."
"No need, I'm busy alone."
…
If it is said that busy men are the most attractive, it must be wrong, they should be excellent men, and what is the definition of excellence
It seems that the most simple and clear criterion is to have money.
Zhang Ran was in the break room, listening to the discussions of other teachers.
"I saw Mr. Ji's salary slip that day, it was too high."
"Since he was rated as a senior teacher, his class fee has doubled. We only have 25, and he is 50."
"He has a full class and rarely asks for leave. One class costs 400 for eight children."
"It is forbidden to discuss wages in the organization. Do you want to be criticized?"
…
Amidst the laughter and envy, the topic was changed again.
Zhang Ran was not at peace in his heart.
Women's liking for men is sometimes quite superficial, admiration and conquest are the two most important factors.
Ji Yang's teaching is very good, and he can't arrange the classes well. Zhang Ran knows this better after following him.
Some parents who are not short of money will even ask him to make up lessons in private.
Her feelings for Ji Yang gradually changed in this environment.
Not a third party
After all, Ji Yang also showed affection to her.
Of course, there was another catalyst before that, Chen Zijun was also pursuing her.
Compared to Ji Yang's honesty, Chen Zijun is not.
He was just as playful as Pan Chengnan, the difference was that Pan Chengnan got married under pressure from his family, which was a little restrained.
Chen Zijun has a little money in his family who is not bad, and he is still playing with the little girl.
He was also her suitor before.
Chen Zijun, who is unmarried, naturally attracted her attention more. The two of them had also gone on dates and went to bars together.
Lonely men and widows also share a room.
Chen Zijun borrowed some alcohol, ignored her resistance, and said that something shouldn't have happened.
The other party is bragging and talking big, and her family is okay even if she is not capable, she can bear it, after all, she is also divorced.
pity.
People just want to have fun at all, and threaten to say that everyone gets what they want.
"Bastard!" Zhang Ran slapped him with open hand, trembling with anger.
"Sister Zhang, you are divorced, how old are you? For the sake of the next generation, I have to find a place that is more tender." Chen Zijun licked the corner of his mouth and sneered.
"Get out! Get out!"
"It's okay to have fun. I have no plans to get married in the past two years. Are you single or lonely?"
She was so angry that she started hitting Chen Zijun with her bag, without any impression of hysteria.
What a coincidence.
This scene was downstairs, and was seen by the three members of Ji's family who came back from a walk.
"Ji Yang, do you live there too?" Chen Zijun grabbed Zhang Ran's hand, greeted with a smile, and looked at Yan Yun, "Is this sister-in-law?"
Yan Yun looked at the two of them with a strange expression.
"Chen Zijun, my classmate." Ji Yang explained to her.
She nodded.
It means that Zhang Ran is divorced and is with classmate Ji Yang, the world is really small.
"Doudou, come and give me a hug from uncle." Chen Zijun looked normal, as if the quarrel just happened didn't exist.
The little guy didn't want it, he hugged Yan Yun when he was frightened, and buried his head in the other's neck, "Mom."
Feeling ashamed, Zhang Ran turned around and entered the building.
"Having lost your temper." Chen Zijun smiled and said to Ji Yang, "Drinking together at night? Call Shangchengnan and the others?"
"No, I have class tonight."
"That's a pity, next time."
"Um."
…
After the simple conversation ended, Chen Zijun drove away, and Yan Yun turned to look at Ji Yang, as if he was relieved.
"What expression?" Ji Yang frowned.
"I'm sorry, I thought you had something to do with Zhang Ran, but I was overthinking it." Yan Yun said embarrassedly.
She is not an unreasonable woman, and she is only suspicious before there is evidence.
"Why do you think that?" he asked.
"I always think it's such a coincidence that you live so close together, and you both work in the same organization. You should take her with you. Although there is nothing wrong with talking about it, who knows what will happen if you get along day and night?"
"She's divorced after all. I wanted to tell you not to stay in the institution any longer. This part-time job doesn't make any money."
It's a woman's sixth sense. Sometimes expressions and emotions can convey different feelings to people.
"Later, I thought it would be very selfish, so I didn't mention it. It was a lot of financial relief, and it was easy to relax, but I couldn't take the risk of my child not having a father."
"It's okay to live a little harder."
…
Ji Yang has always thought that Yan Yun is a very intelligent woman, and she seems to understand human nature better.
Would she not know about his flaws
she knows.
But she can tolerate.
It is human nature to like the new and dislike the old, if the temptation is too great and the price is too small, outrageous things will happen frequently.