Agreeing Easily
âYou areâ¦â
âYou forgot?â The man grinned. âI saw you fighting that b*tch from the union yesterday.â
Su Hanyan recalled that he was one of those people who had cheered and whistled then.
This person even asked for her name and found it out within a day.
âYouâre so uncivilized.â She snorted at his vulgar terms. âWhy did you call me?â
âThereâs something I wanna talk to you about.â He grinned.
âTalk about what?â
âStudying.â
She was shocked. âYou and I⦠are gonna talk about studying?â
âThatâs right!â Seeing her shocked expression, the man could not help but laugh. âLet me introduce myself. My name is Shao Feng; Iâm an uncultured worker, but my younger sister is different! Sheâs a high school graduate whoâs intending to go to college. I heard that English will be tested in next yearâs exams, so Iâm hoping that you can teach her. Sheâs shy, so she came to me.â
âHow did you find out that I know English?â Su Hanyan was surprised. She had only told Zhu Lin about it. Her roommate had such a loose tongue. In the blink of an eye, she had already spread this matter.
âHehe!â Shao Feng knew that she had guessed it. âTo tell you the truth, my sister, Shao Yu, knows your roommate. She used to visit the union to learn some English from Qiao Shasha, but because of what happened yesterday⦠that woman refused to teach her.â
She burst out laughing. âIsnât that because you jeered at her!â
âI know, right?â He scratched his head in embarrassment. âMy sister cried to me for half a night, and I⦠really had no choice. I happened to meet Zhu Lin and she said that your English is especially good. Can you teach my sister? Rest assured that I will pay you for it. I canât let you teach for free!â
Without any hesitation, she said, âItâs no big deal. I donât want money. Since sheâs my roommateâs friend, we can just learn together. Itâs still studying even if we have an extra person. In fact, the more people around, the better the atmosphere.â
âReally!â The man did not expect her to agree so easily. âThatâs great! How about this: We have rest days tomorrow and the day after. Iâll let her go and learn from you.â
âI canât tomorrow; I have to go home. The day after is fine,â she said.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âAlright. The day after tomorrow it is then!â Shao Feng was overjoyed. He had not expected this lady to be so nice. âThank you, Su Hanyan!â
âYouâre being too polite.â She waved her hand. âWe canât chat anymore. I still have work to do. Just get her to find me.â
âSure, sure.â
Su Hanyan wandered around the workshops, looking for information and materials from their publicity staff. After a rough estimation that she had enough for a blackboard report, she returned to her office.
The blackboard report would be released next week, so she was in no hurry. As soon as the bell rang, she packed her things and rushed to the dormitory.
When Zhu Lin saw her back, she hurriedly told her about Shao Feng and his sister. She wanted to seek her opinion and see if she could bring another person.
âThat guy already looked for me. Itâs not a problem. We can still learn even with an extra person. The atmosphere may even be better!â
âThank you. I was worried that you wouldnât want to.â
Su Hanyan chuckled. âWhy wouldnât I be willing! Who knows? If this group gets bigger, I may be able to start a review center; when that time comes, Iâll start taking payment!â
At her mention of this, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind. That was right. In the early 1980s, the first batch of review centers had suddenly appeared.
What Li Yangâs crazy English or New East English⦠Those review centers slowly turned into schools which earned a lot of money.
Hmm⦠Perhaps she could consider it. That might be a good way out!