After the city league ended, Mark returned to his previous fishing state.
Although the school team will still arrange training, the frequency will not be as frequent as during competitions, and it will not take up Mark's spare time.
Even if Mark is willing, his classmates cannot be willing.
There are only a dozen classes left in the weekly work.
Each class is forty-five minutes, and the effective class time for each class is no more than half an hour.
It can be said that Mark has less than ten hours a week to do serious things.
Suddenly free after being busy, Mark entered a state of doing nothing.
In my free time, I read the news and drink tea in the office.
After I really couldn't sit still, I went to the playground to play ball with people and played various games.
Basketball, volleyball, table tennis, etc., whether big or small, Mark loves to play.
"Old Sun, what are you doing, playing together for a while?"
Seeing Lao Sun passing by the playground, Mark hit the ground and passed the ball over.
"Ouch!" Lao Sun clutched his chest and howled: "Who plays ball without looking at others!"
"Old Sun, what are you thinking about, so absent-minded?"
Mark walked towards Lao Sun.
With the strength of Mark's school's number one point guard, Sun didn't catch any hit to the ground. It must be because Sun was not concentrating, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the pass.
"Old Ma, why did you hit me with the ball? Even if I'm in trouble now, I won't even step on me, right?"
"Didn't I want you to play with me? I even called you when I was passing the ball. You didn't know what you were thinking, and you couldn't even hear me because it was so loud."
Mark passed the ball just now without making a mistake even if he passed it to Manao.
"You go ahead and play, I won't be able to play with you anymore."
After grimacing in pain, Old Sun had a painful expression on his face. At first Mark thought that Old Sun was in pain because he was hit by a ball, but now it seems that Old Sun was in pain to begin with.
"What's wrong? You have been married for more than 20 years, and your sister-in-law's family rules are suddenly so strict. Your sister-in-law discovered that you were dating a little girl?"
Lao Sun is actually an optimist. Normally, the only person who can make him worry is his wife.
"How long has it been and you are still joking?" Lao Sun continued to reply with a grimace.
"Something really happened?"
"I just came out of the principal's office."
Lao Sun is just an ordinary teacher, so being called out by the principal would definitely not be a good thing.
"Criticized you?"
"dismiss."
"Why?" After looking at the environment of the playground, Mark said again: "Let's talk in another place."
"what's up?"
Mark dragged Lao Sun to the bar. Mark and Wang Xiaomi came here frequently. Now they are quite familiar with the bar. Lao Sun definitely needs a drink at this time.
This bar has a nice environment. Thinking of taking Lao Sun to drink, Mark directly brought him over.
"The principal told me that some students complained that my poor speaking skills delayed their studies and grades..."
"Forehead……"
Mark was a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say. Mark himself often complained about Lao Sun's plastic accent.
"It couldn't be that your Ma Li complained to me, right? You've been saying recently that I'm not good at speaking. Your Ma Li heard it and thought I was really bad.
She was playing with her mobile phone in class, and I criticized her, so she retaliated against me."
Lao Sun took Mark's embarrassment as a guilty conscience and suspected Ma Li.
"How could it be Ma Li? I was just joking in front of you. In front of Ma Li, including the students, I never said that your spoken English was not good.
Besides, Ma Li has never been the one to complain. If she really wanted to take revenge on you, she would have done it directly with you. There would be no need to retaliate afterwards. She can't wait."
The reason why Ma Li liked Wang Xiaomi so much before was because she admired Wang Xiaomi's decisive character of doing whatever he wanted.
In this aspect, Ma Li's personality is naturally that of Wang Xiaomi.
"If it's not your daughter, then who do you think she could be?"
"Does it matter who it is? The most important thing now is what should you do now?"
Mark thought about it carefully, and he did think of who did it, but it was really hard to tell Lao Sun.
Lu Kuan is Ma Li's best friend, and the two of them still have a little affection for each other.
Although I don’t know how the two of them will develop in the future, at least Mark can’t betray Lu Kuan for now.
"What can I do? I have to ask him for an explanation. Say he is fired or fired. Where is my credit and hard work for so many years?"
He had no doubt about this, he must have been the principal who laid off Lao Sun.
"This reason is a bit excessive. After all, the college entrance examination does not test oral English."
Lao Sun's teaching ability is not bad, and if it does not affect his performance, he will expel the person. It is normal for Lao Sun to feel aggrieved.
"Is my spoken English really bad..."
As soon as there was a disagreement, Lao Sun began to chatter English to Mark.
He was cursing as if he was cursing someone. I should say he was in a very depressed mood. He was studying hard in class, but suddenly he was laid off from his job.
At this time, the high salaries of private schools are far less useful than the establishment.
"Okay, stop talking. It's useless for you to tell me. Even if I change my words now and praise you for your oral skills, you won't be able to go back."
Mark brought Lao Sun here just out of friendship and to vent his emotions with Lao Sun.
Apart from being suddenly laid off from his job, it wouldn't be too bad to say how miserable Lao Sun was.
External training institutions actually welcome experienced and capable teachers like Lao Sun.
If you think openly and don't worry about it, it won't be a big problem for Lao Sun to double his income in the future.
"I have trained so many outstanding students. There are no students from Tsinghua University or Peking University at home, Cambridge or Harvard abroad, or any of the world's famous schools. Are they delayed by speaking skills?"
"No delay, no delay, come and have a drink."
Lao Sun doesn't need Mark to take care of this matter. Ma can be used as some trash cans.
Get Lao Sun drunk, send him back, and hand him over to Lao Sun's wife, so Mark won't have anything to do with him.
"Teacher Ma, Lan Fang has been in a bad mood recently, am I going to take her out to relax?"
After returning home, Mark received a message from Lao Zhangtou.
It should be to worry Xiaomi about not being able to find a suitable blind date partner.
The standards Wang Lanfang set for Wang Xiaomi are actually quite high.
"Traveling?"
"right."
"Okay, I will arrange where you want to go."
"I'm just telling you, I don't want you to spend any money. I'm not going to give you this opportunity."
There were not many opportunities for Lao Zhangtou to show his courtesy to Wang Lanfang.
Normally, Wang Lanfang would have to pay for rice, noodles, food, etc. Otherwise, he wouldn't accept it.
"Uncle Zhang, you have forgotten the cause and effect again, haven't you? If you don't give me a chance, will there be any results if you try to please Xiaomi's mother again?"
"Then how about we two take half?" Lao Zhangtou hesitated.
"How can this work? Uncle Zhang, you have to give young people a chance to express themselves. When you go out to play, there are many opportunities for you to express yourself. I have to pay for the travel agency's expenses."
What Mark wanted was to show his financial strength in front of Wang Lanfang.
The cost of a trip is half that of Lao Zhangtou alone, so there will be no effect.
"Then you give me Lanfang's, and I'll give you mine."
What Lao Zhangtou seemed to want to share with Mark just now was half of Wang Lanfang’s travel expenses.
"There is no need for that. We are allies now, and we are more likely to be a family in the future. Isn't it right for me to invite you to play? Just think of me as filial to you on Xiaomi's behalf."
"That's so embarrassing."
Mark said that he was taking Wang Xiaomi's place, and Lao Zhangtou felt happy.
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Let's just settle it. When will we meet and decide on a time and place?"
"Tomorrow afternoon, I will deliver pork in the morning."
Lao Zhangtou wants to deliver pork, which means that Wang Lanfang's Roupu is in normal business.
It has entered business mode, which proves that Wang Lanfang is in a good mood.
"Uncle Zhang, what is Xiaomi's mother's attitude towards me now?"
After class ended the next day, Mark went to the vegetable market to meet Lao Zhangtou.
"No attitude, she thought you two had broken up." Lao Zhangtou said easily.
"Does she believe you that much? She has no doubt at all. I still have contact with Xiaomi?"
Mark always thought that Wang Lanfang was Mark and Wang Xiaomi who were still in love.
He has been helping Xiaomi look for blind dates in order to find someone to compete with Mark.
Unexpectedly, there was no suspicion at all. Mark thought Wang Lanfang was too complicated.
"If he doesn't believe me, who else can he believe?"
Lao Zhangtou seemed to be in a good mood.
Lao Zhangtou actually likes the Wang family for something.
If the Wang family was completely fine, there would be no need for Lao Zhangtou to exist.
Now Wang Lanfang is very annoyed. Lao Zhangtou can follow Wang Lanfang inseparably and act as a dog-headed military advisor and dog-leg for Wang Lanfang.
Although two people working together are not very reliable, they can't do anything alone.
Wang Lanfang really believed in Lao Zhangtou, otherwise he would not have completely stopped investigating Dr. Zhang before.
"Uncle Zhang, you can't make Xiaomi's mother believe that much. You should give her a hint."
What Mark wants is for Wang Lanfang to adapt to Mark's existence, not to pretend that Mark doesn't exist.
"What do you say?"
"We'll talk after you guys go out. Just say that Xiaomi's breakup seems like nothing happened, and you suspect that we are still going on."
"Then I have to choose the right time to say it, otherwise she can turn around and come back halfway."
"When the time comes, you will act accordingly. I will help you here." You still need a remote control: "Let's go, let's get down to business first."
The two of them went to the travel agency, and Mark booked a domestic luxury seven-day tour for them.
That is to say, it is too uneasy for two people to go abroad, otherwise Mark would want to give him away.
"Second uncle, you arrived at my house today, let me cook."
When Wang Lanfang goes on a trip, there will naturally be no problem if Mark visits Lao Wang's house again.
Under normal circumstances, Mark would not date Wang Xiaomi at home. There are other people at home with both of them, so there is no personal relationship at all.
But the most important thing is that home is a place to rest, there is no fun outside.
This time Mark came over with some other purpose.
"Can it be done?"
Mark was somewhat doubtful about Wang Xiaomi's cooking skills.
No matter how unpleasant the boiled vegetables are, Mark can still eat them.
But when conditions permit, Mark is quite picky.
"Second uncle, you don't believe me?" Wang Xiaomi looked like he was about to get sad: "I have cooked before, I am not a novice at cooking."
"Okay, let's eat at home today."
"Then let's go buy groceries first?"
"Going to the vegetable market where your store is?"
"Yes, I'll see you sooner or later."
Wang Xiaomi obviously understood Mark's concerns. There were many acquaintances of Wang Xiaomi and her daughter in the market.
"Xiaomi, who is this?"
"My boyfriend Mark."
"Xiaomi, you brought your boyfriend back."
"Yes, buy some food to go home and cook."
"Xiaomi, you already have a boyfriend, why haven't you heard your mother talk about it?"
"That's before I have time to tell you."
The vegetable market is quite large, although there are many people I don’t know.
But it’s impossible for Wang Xiaomi to be unfamiliar with stalls that are relatively close to Xiaomi’s store.
The vegetable market is very large, but when Wang Xiaomi buys vegetables, he only buys from people he knows.
It can't be for the sake of acquaintances, and it's not necessarily cheap. It's obviously a deliberate declaration.
"Xiaomi, if you act like this, your mother will have to deal with you again when she comes back."
Mark felt that if it was not handled well, Wang Lanfang would have to lock up Wang Xiaomi again.
"Second uncle, I don't want this anymore. We haven't played together for a long time." In fact, we don't see each other very often. We can see each other at noon and after get off work in the afternoon. We just have less time to play together in shopping malls and bars. a little:
"This time it's not that my mother is not done yet. If she still can't figure it out and doesn't agree with us, this time it's that I'm not done with her. Why should she interfere with my love."
"No, Xiaomi, please don't be impulsive. I can take care of your mother's side."
Wang Xiaomi was obviously anxious again, so Mark still wanted to comfort him.
If he wants to add fuel to the fire, Wang Xiaomi can break up with Wang Lanfang immediately.
Mark is not a little yellow guy, so naturally he would not choose to do this.
"How did you manage it?"
"Send sugar-coated bullets to your mother and tell her that I have the ability to give you a good life."
"?" Wang Xiaomi didn't quite understand.
"Why do you think I came to your house today?"
"Aren't you here to find me?"
"I'm looking for you, but also to see what you're missing?"
"Can you see what my family lacks? My family lacks nothing."
"I'll tell you this after dinner."
After dinner, Mark took Wang Xiaomi to the furniture market again.
"Second Uncle, do you really want to replace all the furniture and appliances in our house?"
"No, I just want to replace things that are easy to change. I don't have enough time, otherwise I would really like to help you renovate your home."
It was too late to make some customized items, so Mark just wanted to change the furniture that was easy to replace.
Basically, it's just to replace the home appliances.
For the problem of inconsistent styles, you can wait until Wang Lanfang is sorted out, and then help with the overall decoration.
"Second uncle, this will cost a lot of money."
Wang Xiaomi actually visited a furniture store with Mark once, when he was buying furniture for Mark’s new house.
"If you are not willing to spend money, how can your mother believe that I can help you live a good life."
"Second uncle, is this the gift for marrying me?"
"How can you think so far? Is this enough to marry you? Your requirements are really low."
"I didn't ask for it in the first place. Second uncle, it's not easy for you to make money. In order to make more money, you have to work part-time in the gym."
"Going to the gym part-time is my hobby. I'm actually not that short of money. It's no problem for me to provide the money. I'm afraid your mother will say I'm a liar if I don't pay a dime. The effect I want is that after your mother comes back,