Li Mengyao was a little surprised, but before she could ask her question, coach Xingchen added:
"The reason why I said I want you to beat me is to see how far you can go. If you just give up, I will be very disappointed."
He paused and continued:
"You have to be prepared. Being a sparring partner in a ball room is actually a very hard job. You may have to face a variety of different guests in the future, some of whom may come just for entertainment, and some of whom may be very good. But
No matter who you meet, there is only one thing you have to do. That is..."
Under the expectant gazes of the four people present, he said seriously:
"That is to play every ball you play well. No matter whether your level is good or bad, whether the ball in front of you is simple or difficult, you have to take it as seriously as the game you just played. This is the greatest respect for the guests. You
Got it? Of course, if there are guests who deliberately ask you to let them go, you can also add a little water as appropriate, after all, some people can't even hold the stick."
Li Mengyao nodded hastily. Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Coach Xingchen returned to his usual playful smile and continued:
"The game you just played was indeed remarkable. Although I shouldn't criticize you too much, some choices are obviously made by the weak. For example, pushing the ball to block my shot can solve the immediate problem, but in the long run
It seems that it is very disadvantageous for you..."
Coach Xingchen was acting like a coach at the moment, and what he said was clear and logical. Even Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan felt that they had benefited a lot.
"However, your swing posture is quite good. Did you learn it from the two of them? Although it's still a bit substandard, it's more than enough to be a sparring partner. In short, you are welcome to work here."
Li Mengyao could no longer suppress her excitement and said quickly:
"Um!"
…
At 10 o'clock in the evening, the three of them walked out of Xingyu Billiards. After Li Mengyao accepted the job, coach Xingchen told her some things to pay attention to in her future work, including helping guests set balls and various cue tips with different diameters.
The difference, the points and rules of each colored ball in English billiards, etc. Li Mengyao said to the two of them excitedly again:
"Thank you, senior and sister, thank you so much. You helped me so much today. I don't know how to repay you. I don't have much money right now, so I can't treat you to dinner, but I will definitely remember it in the future.
must……"
Ling Zhi quickly interrupted her:
"Hey, you don't have to be so polite. In fact, if you think about it, we only showed one recording of the whole thing. For the rest, whether you give that black jacket some money to buy a lesson, or you get your own tonight
Whether you have a job or not, you all got it through your own efforts, and we don’t deserve your gratitude to us."
Zhao Shiyan also nodded vigorously beside him. But Li Mengyao didn't seem to give up and wanted to continue to express his thanks. Ling Zhi said quickly:
"Hey, don't say thank you. You didn't know how many times you said 'thank you' in the ball room. If you really want to thank me, then... when we go to Xingyu to play in the future, please help us."
It’s a ball, haha.”
Ling Zhi made a joke at the right time, Zhao Shiyan hit him and said angrily:
"What kind of ball are you playing? You still think Mengyao is not busy enough."
After saying that, he turned his head and said to Li Mengyao:
"Mengyao, don't listen to his nonsense. I know that this job is actually not easy. In addition to the actual work, you may have to endure other people's..."
Zhao Shiyan glanced at Ling Zhi and sighed, still not daring to say it directly. But Li Mengyao didn't seem to care. She smiled and comforted Zhao Shiyan:
"Don't worry, sister, I know what you mean. Girls who do this kind of work must endure all kinds of looks. I'm mentally prepared for this. Besides... besides, this job is better than my previous job.
Get up, it’s already much better.”
Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan listened and tacitly agreed not to ask further questions. But Li Mengyao didn't seem to want to stop talking. She said calmly:
"You have helped me so much today, so I shouldn't hide it from you. However, I usually don't have many friends. Although you may not necessarily treat me as a friend, but whether you believe it or not, I sincerely
I treat you as friends. You should really be sincere when treating friends. I'm just... I'm just afraid that after I say it, you will dislike me even more. I..."
This time it was Zhao Shiyan's turn to interrupt her:
"Meng Yao, what you said is wrong. The two of us have long considered you a friend, right? Ling Zhi."
Ling Zhi paused for a while, and nodded slightly under Zhao Shiyan's expectant eyes. Zhao Shiyan continued:
"Look. Besides, not everything needs to be confessed to friends. After all, even lovers and couples have their own space, so you don't have to worry about this at all. What should you say and what shouldn't?
Say, we all know it, and you don’t need to feel any psychological burden."
Ling Zhi nodded vigorously this time. But Li Mengyao shook his head and said:
"I know, I know everything my sister said. I didn't plan to say it at first, but you have helped me so much today, and I have nothing to repay. My insignificant experience, if you don't mind
If so, can you listen to what I say again?"
Under Li Mengyao's nervous eyes, Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan smiled and nodded.
…
Near Huacheng University, in a village in the city, at Li Mengyao's suggestion, the three of them came to her residence. It was a small basement, dark and dull. Even if the fluorescent lamp was turned on, the brightness was not enough to illuminate the whole room. Occasionally,
There were arc flashes visible to the naked eye.
Although the brightness is not enough, Lexus can somewhat tell that there is basically not much free space left in this room including the space occupied by the bed and table. I just saw the bathroom outside the door, which should be shared with other tenants.
Thinking of these, Ling Zhi felt a sense of pain in his heart. Just as he was about to take a closer look at the furnishings in the house, Zhao Shiyan, who was walking in front of him, suddenly turned around and covered his eyes.
"Lingzhi, turn around quickly, don't look, you must not look, do you hear me?"
"Ah? Oh, I got it, I got it, don't keep covering it up..."
Ling Zhi was a little helpless. He could guess that there would be some girls' clothes in the room. He thought that he was not a pervert and would not keep staring at other people's clothes.
Zhao Shiyan didn't seem to care that much. Even though Ling Zhi turned around, he still insisted on covering Ling Zhi's eyes and showed no intention of letting go.
"Hey, that's enough for you, Shi Yan, I won't look at it, why can't you trust me so much?"
"Hmph! Who knows if you boys will get interested and think of boring things in your mind. I don't know if you took advantage of me while I was sleeping last time. Well, Mengyao, have you packed it up?
Don't let this guy see your..."
Speaking of this, Zhao Shiyan didn't seem to dare to continue talking. Ling Zhi smiled bitterly, but he was indeed wrong. Last time he was in Zhao Shiyan's dormitory, he saw the sleeping face of the short-haired girl. Although it was nothing, but think about it
Look, you might as well take advantage.
He didn't refute again, nor did he try to push away the short-haired girl's hand. Even... he even enjoyed it a little bit.
After a while, Li Mengyao greeted:
"It's packed. Oh, actually I don't have anything here. It doesn't matter if Senior Lingzhi is here."
Zhao Shiyan let go of his hand, and Ling Zhi entered the small room with her.
The three of them sat side by side on the edge of this bed, and there was basically no space left in the entire room. Li Mengyao was seen sitting in the innermost position against the wall, picking up the kettle under the table and pouring some water for the two of them.
.Zhao Shiyan sat in the middle, and Ling Zhi sat near the door. The two of them stared at the furnishings in the room with interest, without any intention of disliking them.
Because the space inside the room is not large, it does not have the pink feeling that is typical of a girl's boudoir. However, the large number of cosmetics on the table revealed the fact that this is a girl's room.
Li Mengyao held her thermos cup with paint peeling off and said apologetically:
"I'm a little sorry for you. I don't have many cups here, so I can't pour you two glasses of water. But the water was just boiled in the afternoon, not water that has been left for a long time. You..."
Before Li Mengyao could finish speaking, Zhao Shiyan took it over and took a few sips of it politely, then handed it to Ling Zhi. Ling Zhi took it, hesitated for a moment, recalled where Zhao Shiyan was drinking from just now, turned the cup around, and took a sip.
, avoid direct contact with her... um, that something.
After the two of them finished drinking, Li Mengyao talked about her heartbreaking past.
It turned out that because of her family's financial problems, she went home to work in farming before finishing high school. At that time, she thought that it might not be bad to be a farmer peacefully for the rest of her life.
But it didn't take long for her parents to arrange a marriage for her. It would have been fine if the other party was an honest young man, but in fact the man was a lazy man and his reputation in the village was not very good.
Relying on the high betrothal gift from the man's parents, Li Mengyao's parents decided to marry Li Mengyao, either because they were jealous of the money or because they were wary of the family's power. She couldn't accept it, so she secretly took some money from home and the ID card her parents had just issued for her.
, I hitched a ride with a kindhearted person on the road, and finally chose to come to the distant Flower City.
Not long after arriving here, the little money she had left was used up. She was unfamiliar with the place and had few connections. For a while, she begged on the edge of the river, and even thought of committing suicide.
Later, a middle-aged man fell in love with her and took her to a bar. From then on, she began her career as a bartender...
Li Mengyao slowly told this story. Although she tried her best to calm down, Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan could still feel her pain through her slightly trembling tone.
Having been away from home for 2 years, wandering and helpless, these experiences were far away from them in the past, but now they have definitely appeared around them. They have complicated emotions and don't know whether to comfort her or try not to mention them again.
Things to avoid touching her wounds.
Later, Li Mengyao met Black Jacket in a bar. She didn't make much money in the bar, but Black Jacket could give her more money. In addition, she didn't like places like bars, so later she
Three days of fishing and two days of drying nets. Later, I just resigned from my job because I was absent from work a lot.
However, Black Jacket is also a two-faced person. He is obedient to her in front of others, but secretly he is very macho. He does many things without Li Mengyao's consent. Take her to play extreme sports that she doesn't like. Take her to play extreme sports that she doesn't like.
When she was having a party with her friends, she deliberately poured red wine on her...
Over time, she felt tired. She didn't feel respected by Black Jacket. This kind of mental trauma could not be compensated by Black Jacket's unidentified banknotes. Until he took the photo without her knowledge.
She couldn't bear it anymore and broke up with her...
Ling Zhi and Zhao Shiyan both knew what happened next. They looked at the silent Li Mengyao and didn't say anything for a long time.